The Other Side of the Looking Glass - 10/21/05

**Renesis13B**

Thanks for the update Walrus. I think the masks sound cool but
thats another 6-7 inventory spots. With the pbox items and these
masks inventory space is going to be even tighter than it is now.
Is there anything you guys are working on to solve this?

Micros

Looks like I'll have to eat some cake for room for the new disguises.

I do hope they are like mission teams or something. And that they are NOT ANYWHERE NEAR MARA C.

WGAnubis1

This looks to be awsome Walrus, are the disguses going to last or are they just going to be for halloween?

**Aquilae**

Thanks for the news Walrus!

Quick question if you're able to answer, will there be any hotfixes in the next patch or is it strictly for the Halloween event?

Chuui

Looks like I'll have to eat some cake for room for the new disguises.

Same. Although I doubt it, I really hope these "masks" are decompilable. The Blood drinker/lupine ones don't sound very impressive unless they differ from the existing ones (which I have a feeling that only the opposite gender ones will) so thinking about it, it's actually 4 new disguises that we can be sure to get, and one extra which we probably won't get. I still like the idea though, and I'm looking forward to it.

**FAOrien**

There is a male Lupine and a female Blooddrinker, but i dont think
there is a Male Blooddrinker and a female Lupine. As far as
decorating the HL's and clubs that is a major plus for the people that
are having the Halloween parties. I hope they are considering
making it snow in Mega City when winter and Christmas time rolls around.

T0XIC

I'm starting to wander about it being a disguise or not cuz all Walrus said was that they are Mask's,

So they prolly will just make our face's look like that but I dunno maybe I'm just thinking too much.

jemen

All i can say is just "WOW THIS IS JUST AWESOM" its nice to see that something is going on afterall SMILEY

IdesofMarch(S)

I, for one, could not be more happy about this Through The Looking Glass. Reading through it, one notices not one, now two, but three important trends
that almost make the actual specific content unimportant. The
developers are very clearly getting a handle of the pulse of the boards
and responding to said pulse, as indicated by the (rather detailed)
implementation of Halloween, the choice to supply dates for near-term
upcoming content (Richland revamp), and the commitment to a weekly
presentation of TTLG.

Some people upthread have complained that this reading lacks
'substance'. I would disagree; no matter what semi-ambigious complaints
about 'content' are made, they'll get nowhere if the design team is
unwilling or unable to implement them. We know now that they're able to
(this being SOE), and more importantly we know they're willing as
they've begun listening to the needs and wants of the community. Smart,
devs, and very well played.

I also think the recognition of helpful and interesting threads is a wonderful, and overlooked, addition in this entry.

The reclamation of MXO continues. Walrus, thanks a million and have a good week!

Best,

Ides

Message Edited by IdesofMarch(S) on 10-22-2005 02:35 AM
Message edited by IdesofMarch(S) on 10/22/2005 01:35:18.

mitez

For a second i thought nothing was happening in the near future /bang head against table

Well done and thank you to not only Walrus but everyone in the dev team

keep up the gd work

F4bia · 11/28/2007 02:51:32

"The Matrix Online Halloween Matrix Masquerade 2005"

finally we have something to look forward to :smileyvery-happy: Although the candy won't keep us pacified for long. Weekly updates, will definitely be a great improvement and some news on when the live events group will be up and running would be useful?

**Stack**

Yeah, I would think the Wachowski's would
at least have RSI's in-game secretly. It's too bad the Brothers aren't
more directly involved with the game. It would be very cool to find out
you were chatting and fighting alongside a Wachowski in an event.

I've
read from several sources that they (at least at first) played the game
themselves, and I would guess that they're still playing it all the
time (it's not like they can't afford the monthly fee :smileywink:).
They also said they like to keep their identities anonymous, so yes,
it's entirely possible you've fought next to Larry or Andy in one of
the live events. It's also entirely possible that you've strip danced
in front of one of them, which you should probably keep in mind the
next time that idea comes across your mind.

I think I had
something insightful to say about the actual topic at hand, but I can't
remember. I likewise would very much like to know if these masks will
be keepable and useable after Halloween is over. I'd also like to see
some snow come December. I noticed some leaves on the ground this
afternoon, but for all I know, they could've been there five months
ago, so... anyway. It's three in the morning, Walrus, the devs, et al.
are all really awesome, and I'm going to bed now.

EDIT: Ah, I remember now what I was going to say:

Also
hope unlike Pandora's Box enemies aren't able to be Ninja Looted and
are like Team/Mission specific or even normal kill loot specific.

Behold:

These
special NPCs will be dropping a treat for those who defeat them—a box
that only the people who had the waves spawn on them can open.

Sounds like it will be player specific, or team specific at the most.

Message Edited by Stack on 10-22-2005 03:14 AM
Message edited by Stack on 10/22/2005 02:14:45.

RockyB

Some very good stuff there. Now that PB has been implemented I think
we'll see more of this kind of thing happening. They now have a
system in place for creating singleton items, NPC swarms and all that
malarky. I'm inteested far more in the trends of the piece, as someone
earlier said, thatn teh specifics in this case.

And on that note, we can see that there is no longer a dedicated LE
team. The fact LEs currently consist of art directors and quality
assurance people doesn't bode particularly well to me. No
disrespect though,you guys did a great job.

gavin

forgive me for saying lets fix buggs first then have fun like sound
loop hyper jump and new trees like data miner *CENSORED* is that get rid and
give us something better lol sounds good but its a show to cover up the
buggs running everywhere an when will they un cap the level almost
everyone is 50 lets move forward please :smileymad:

davemusic

While Halloween isn´t for us german that important, i think this will be very cool. A nice change in Megacity.

Can´t wait to see how HLs and Clubs are decorated.

dave