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Q - Will there be an auction house and in-game mail system?
Q - Does the game support widescreen formats? (1920x1200)
Q - What does the game favor more; OpenGL or D3D?
Q - Can Necros fear/kite again? =)
Q - How will housing work? First come/first served? Or will ppl be buying gold or homes on eBay the day the game launches or will everyone have a decent chance of landing a home?
Q - Will banks have shared space by accounts?
Q - Is it 3rd person WASD for movement?
Q - Will there be 2-3 splash screen advertisements (for partner products) that we'll have to endure, i.e. EQ2, before we're able to login?
Q - Will certain creatures only appear at night - like in Kithicor Forest......muhahaha - scary!
Q - What is the downtime like?
Q - Can 1 player take all 3 trades?
Q - Why is the website and forums so sloooooow to load while the rest of the internet zips?
Q - Can I PK Aradune?
Q - Are there weather effects?
Q - Can we get a huge DING!!!! sound when we level?
Q - Do the skelly's cackle?

More to come!!!! Thank you

Q - Does the game support widescreen formats? (1920x1200)

A - Yep. Theortically, there is no limit. The only limit the power of the machine. On a higher end machine I can play the game at 2560x1600 and have a great time. So both high resolutions and widescreen are absolutely supported (personally, I can’t play the game in non-widescreen anymore – I just love that extra real estate for the UI and such). We are also looking into supporting multiple monitors, but that will likely be post-launch.

Q - What does the game favor more; OpenGL or D3D?

It’s totally D3D, shader 2.0 and above.

Q - Can Necros fear/kite again? =)

Not the same as EQ… I’d encourage you to look around for stories on necros and interviews and such to get the details on them thus far.

Q - How will housing work? First come/first served? Or will ppl be buying gold or homes on eBay the day the game launches or will everyone have a decent chance of landing a home?

The world is huge and there will be a lot of plots. We also believe that many players will sell their plots and move when they level up and want to live closer to content more for their level. That said, housing isn’t an entitlement – we don’t guarantee 1 house per player.

Q - Will banks have shared space by accounts?

Not sure yet…

Q - Is it 3rd person WASD for movement?

Yes, but it’s also 1st where you can see yourself, 1st where you can’t, and you can totally customize your keyboard and UI. So it’s pretty much whatever suits your playstyle.

Q - Will there be 2-3 splash screen advertisements (for partner products) that we'll have to endure, i.e. EQ2, before we're able to login?

As few as we can, but yeah, there will be some. No escaping that.

Q - Will certain creatures only appear at night - like in Kithicor Forest......muhahaha - scary!

Oh yes, and much more.

Q - What is the downtime like?

Depends on what you mean. Downtime between fights is very low – enough for you to go to the bathroom or talk about your strategy going forward, but not tedious. In terms of traveling, the world is huge and you can’t teleport everywhere, but you get a horse right away and we’ve made a large world with a TON of interesting content. Basically, our intent is meaningful travel where it’s fun to do the traveling and you don’t have to travel all of the time. You head to an area, enjoy it for a week or two, and then you move to another area, and during that move, you have adventures on the way.

Q - Can 1 player take all 3 trades?

If you mean spheres, yes, you are all spheres – it’s up to you if you want to use them. If you mean can you excel in all tradeskills as much as anyone else, no, there are some restrictions/specializations. Please check out the info that’s out there to get more detail on this.

Q - Why is the website and forums so sloooooow to load while the rest of the internet zips?

Our move from MSFT being our publisher to us co-publishing with SOE took some time to get things back on track and so we’re late upgrading our web and message board servers, but it’s a high priority and will be solved soon.

Q - Can I PK Aradune?

Yes, if I don’t manage to get myself killed first accidentally

Q - Are there weather effects?

Yes, big time. Storms move around the world, hit different climates, and affect gameplay.

Q - Can we get a huge DING!!!! sound when we level?

It’s there!

Q - Do the skelly's cackle?

They and the other NPCs have awesome sounds and we’re adding more every day.

For the best place to start getting the real details on the game, start here.

thanks and Welcome!


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