[Ratneck]

It's a good article, more about building the company then the particular game. My favorite quote from it is:

Originally Posted by Scott

JumpGate is not the WoW killer. It’s a space simulator, built for people who like space simulators. Don’t try to make it into something it’s not.

Let's see if they stick to it. :-)

Making MMOs on a Shoestring: The NetDevil Story with Scott Brown : The MMO Gamer

[Radi]

PR maybe?

[Ratneck]

Originally Posted by Radi

PR maybe?

Could be, but you can't blame a company for that. :-) I'm sure the guy's rather conflicted between doing what he really wants and knows he wants, and doing what he thinks makes the most business sense. It's alot easier to make the risky decision when you only have 8 employees, but when the jobs of 150+ people may be on the line if you make a bad "market" decision....that weighs a little heavier on you.

I understand the "Gazillion" decision, I don't like it.....but I understand it, moreso after this interview and reading more detail about how they came up from nothing and how he still supports the "if you love it, do it" mentality.

[Ambrosius]

It's also possible that he's so close to the project that he can't see what it has become.

[Radi]

@Ratneck

Yeah, I know. It all comes down to money and what is good for business. I would most likely do the same.

At the same time, it makes me sick.

[Ratneck]

Originally Posted by Radi

@Ratneck
At the same time, it makes me sick.

Agreed, it's not a good feeling. Hopefully the "small team" vibe with shine through...but my final judgment is going to be held off till open beta.

[Radi]

I'm trying not to judge it too quickly, but video after video, interview after interview, it feels more like WoW. Scott mentions in MMORPG video about points that you gain for fighting in instances. Ugh. Might as well call them honor points. It might tie in well with Honor Guard from Jumpgate.

Furtheremore, no cockpit view still. So is that another feature that will be pushed back after release? Because if they wanted to show it, they would have by now IMHO.

My guess is that they [dev team] do not want to scare people away with pure simulator feel (a.k.a. view from a cockpit). If they show mostly 3rd person view, they will get more people interested because it will feel more close to WoW (where you can see your avatar) than Jumpgate.

[Ambrosius]

Originally Posted by Radi

Furtheremore, no cockpit view still. So is that another feature that will be pushed back after release? Because if they wanted to show it, they would have by now IMHO.

There was first-person view way back when I previewed the game in 12/07. Just no "cockpit" graphic. Most Jumpgate Classic pilots (not including me) flew with the cockpit graphic off anyway.

[Ratneck]

Originally Posted by Ambrosius

There was first-person view way back when I previewed the game in 12/07. Just no "cockpit" graphic. Most Jumpgate Classic pilots (not including me) flew with the cockpit graphic off anyway.

Agreed, I saw it back in Jan/Feb and Scott showed me the first person view as well. Graphics are the same, except there's no ship in the middle of your screen. :-) Like Ambro said above, there was no "HUD" so he was reluctant to show it, but since I turn off the HUD in most games it didn't make a difference to me.

There were some tweaks they needed to do on the controls as well, I recall the ship wasn't really controllable in that view...but that could have had to do with his configuration since it was on a laptop and he may have had it configured for the stick (for some reason I remember that being the reason, but I'm not 100% sure).

The graphics in the game look great...My concern is mostly going to be the ruleset, hence why I'm happy to hear he's not trying to make WOW. I'm not overly into the instanced PvP either, if they want that then they could make private sims for people to play in (passworded rooms)....with no reward or risk.

[Ambrosius]

I definitely flew first peson with a stick back in 12/07. Dunno what may or may not have changes since then, though.

[Ratneck]

Originally Posted by Ambrosius

I definitely flew first peson with a stick back in 12/07. Dunno what may or may not have changes since then, though.

I didn't mean to say the controls for the stick weren't working, I meant to say there was no stick there and attached...and I wasn't going to make him remap the controls since I don't really like mouse and KB anyhow.