Livestream had no info on Planetouched Wilds

[Endelon]

Livestream was mostly a waste of time--nothing new was covered or announced except that new hairstyles are coming with the expansion. Everyone was asking about Planetouched Wilds in the chat and the only things that were covered were the typical marketing responses about stuff we've already heard-PA will continue in some form and souls are getting new points.

Not trying to be overly critical here, but why is the community/marketing department setting aside time and resources to put together these livestreams if you aren't going to at least acknowledge topics that are being asked about? Even just a 'we don't have any information on Planetouched Wilds' would have sufficed. At least try to pretend that you don't have your answers and discussion totally planned ahead of time :\

[spaceboots]

you seem

[Zengar Zombolt]

Well, it sounded like they'll also be implementing more features that bring Defiant/Guardian players more together...? Or something like that. Will be interesting to see how that works I guess.

Can't wait for news on 1.10 in the coming weeks x.x

[bctrainers]

Livestream was mostly a waste of time--nothing new was covered or announced except that new hairstyles are coming with the expansion. Everyone was asking about Planetouched Wilds in the chat and the only things that were covered were the typical marketing responses about stuff we've already heard-PA will continue in some form and souls are getting new points.

Not trying to be overly critical here, but why is the community/marketing department setting aside time and resources to put together these livestreams if you aren't going to at least acknowledge topics that are being asked about? Even just a 'we don't have any information on Planetouched Wilds' would have sufficed. At least try to pretend that you don't have your answers and discussion totally planned ahead of time :\

With the Rift reddit AMA's coming up this next week, maybe you could try asking over there! /site plug

[Endelon]

Well I guess what I'm not understanding is the goal of these livestream things. Is it to tease new stuff coming out (apparently not) or is it to kind of summarize existing/recently released stuff (like tonight's livestream)?

I mean, if I knew what their purpose/goal was then I could decide whether or not I want to tune in for them. If it's just to showcase recently released stuff and do silly stuff with turning people into sheep, then great--I can tune into something else. There are a ton of players that love silly stuff like that.

I'm just kind of disappointed because I thought they were using these livestreams to announce new things. I can't be the only person who was disappointed tonight.

[Elrar]

So -

These Live Streams are going to service as many players as we possibly can while we identify and establish who is watching these live streams, how much value you get from them, and what formats get the best response.

We likely won't always have sparkly brand new features or juicy chunks of info to share; but we do want to recap the information that's important for you to know, the feedback we're seeing, and new/additional information that enriches your experience.

Sorry if your expectations were raised a bit beyond our intentions - but I promise you, the upcoming MAGE SOUL UNVEIL will be brand-spanking-new to everyone!

And to answer the question on Plane Touched Wilds - we're not actively working on the zone, nor is it a planned part of the expansion at this time. I'm not saying it will never happen (I don't know the future), but I just wanted to put that matter to rest as I have seen it come up a few times.

The Expansion will have 6 all new zones - MASSIVE zones bigger than Ember Isle filled to the brim with all of the knowledge, learnings, and experience we've picked up in the past year and then some. There is more than enough to look forward to there and that's where we're focusing our time and efforts!

Cheers,

[intrinsc]

Will the new expansion have a new drink called "Doctor Pabst's Secret Brew"?

[Jonus]

Did I hear a Mage Tank Soul Unveil?

[Shaedence]

Will the new expansion have a new drink called "Doctor Pabst's Secret Brew"?

Yeah, out of everything, I'm sure Elrar knows the names of the drinks at the Pubs in Brevane, off by heart.

Dude can't even kill a mob without cheating :P seriously, have you EVER seen Elrar NOT CHEAT? It's not like them not saying 'SOON' on the livestream, as much as they tried, they STILL said it!

[Riane]

With the Rift reddit AMA's coming up this next week, maybe you could try asking over there! /site plug

(ಠ_ಠ) I approve.

[Zoam]

And to answer the question on Plane Touched Wilds - we're not actively working on the zone,

Cheers,

Yay, Telara will remain looking like a koala for a long time to come

http://i49.tinypic.com/20a4as7.jpg <~ just in case you don't know what i mean.

Everyone was asking about Planetouched Wilds

>Everyone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvdf5n-zI14

Nope. I didnt ask about PTW.

[Camalus]

Buff on dots would be cool :P

So -

These Live Streams are going to service as many players as we possibly can while we identify and establish who is watching these live streams, how much value you get from them, and what formats get the best response.

We likely won't always have sparkly brand new features or juicy chunks of info to share; but we do want to recap the information that's important for you to know, the feedback we're seeing, and new/additional information that enriches your experience.

Sorry if your expectations were raised a bit beyond our intentions - but I promise you, the upcoming MAGE SOUL UNVEIL will be brand-spanking-new to everyone!

And to answer the question on Plane Touched Wilds - we're not actively working on the zone, nor is it a planned part of the expansion at this time. I'm not saying it will never happen (I don't know the future), but I just wanted to put that matter to rest as I have seen it come up a few times.

The Expansion will have 6 all new zones - MASSIVE zones bigger than Ember Isle filled to the brim with all of the knowledge, learnings, and experience we've picked up in the past year and then some. There is more than enough to look forward to there and that's where we're focusing our time and efforts!

Cheers,

[Endelon]

Cool. I look forward to watching the Mage soul announcement

[Sonoko]

Aw man, now I'm dying to know what the real deal with Planetouched Wilds was. I know for a fact this zone was actually being worked on to some degree last year, as the zone boundaries changed several times, as well as area names inside it. One patch even changed the world map to have the area fogged out instead being a static image, allowing us to have this great picture of it!

[Anthony01]

Why does Elrar sound like Lumpy Space Princess?