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Dear Mr. Farrell,
I have received another email from Korea, and they have asked that we not release any confirmation regarding skills. Please understand that this is to prevent speculation and false rumors from spreading throughout the community.
Please refrain from publishing my answer to Question 1, and if you have already posted it, please delete relevant content as soon as possible.
As our community comes from multi lingual backgrounds, people with limited English skills tend to misinterpret any content that is published or posted, and we would not like to cause any further confusion or speculation among the community based on false or misinterpreted information. (You would be surprised at how many inquiries of "When will the new server be opened?" "I heard the new server is opening in February. Is this true?" we get a day.)
Sincerely,
morningdew
Q:- What updates are coming in the near future for us to look forward to?
A. In a few months we will be opening a teaser website for the Europe expansion -- Europe is coming to iSRO! The exact date is yet to be determined, though. In addition, some other updates are being tested on internal servers and other SRO versions, but I cannot provide you the details of the updates, as they may be modified to fit the characteristics of iSRO, and I don't want to give you any inaccurate details.
Q:- Have you ever played silkroad or another MMORPG before you were hired by joymax?
A. I have been in the online game industry since 1997, so this year is my 10th year in online games. Throughout the ten years, I have played numerous MMORPGs and other games...kind of hard to give you a list. However, I must admit that Silkroad is one of my personal favorites.
Q:- Do you plan to make more regular and exiteing events like co versions of silkroad hold on a regular basis?
A. We have talked about doing events on a regular basis, but right now all priorities have been rearranged. Our number one focus at the moment is security. Both in the game and on the website. We are focused on developing additional security measures for the game, then we can begin to focus on other things such as events and updates.
Q:- Will there be another GnG Competition and if so will it be hosted in more areas such as the UK?
A. GnG competitions are sponsored by the Korean government, which determines the location of the event. We would like to do annual Silkroad competitions, and so the possibilities are very high that there will be one competition this year.
Q:- Have you managed to hire more gms and other staff to assist you from the campaign on your home page?
A. The campaign on the website has produced extraordinary results and a rich database of very qualified people for the positions. However, because we are spanning out the customer support in stages, we plan on hiring in stages, too. So there will be more people in the US and Korea offices, but at a later date. Right now, all the employees in the US office were hired through our website campaign, and we are very happy with their work.
Q:- Can you give us a hint of the final level cap and will the mastery levels remain at 300?
A. Unfortunately we cannot reveal the final level cap, but I can tell you that mastery levels will remain at 300.
Q:- Can you tell us about your self when not at work and reviel some of the mystery?
A. Wow..I never realized that I was shrouded in mystery. Just never thought of it that way. I am 28, female, single, and live near San Jose, California. My name is Mary *** and I am the manager of US operations for Joymax. What else...I'm Catholic, I play the acoustic guitar for church, I love to cook, read, and watch movies. When I'm not at work, I'm most likely at home...I'm a bit of a homebody.
I just moved back to the Bay Area after living and working in Korea for four and a half years. I've only been working with Joymax since last October, but I love working here. Hm...what else? I've never quite described myself to anyone before, so this is a totally unfamiliar experience... how 'bout you guys ask me what you want to know, and I'll tell you?
Q:- What measures are in place to deal with bots and other people who abuse the system?
A. As you may have noticed, Game Guard is not active at the moment. We will have a new program in place in the near future to counteract bot programs and to protect the privacy of our users. Also, we are working on more bot detection methods. We're preparing for another mass bot ban, and the new image verification system has helped to reduce the number of clientless and auto login bots. We will continue to add new features and programs to counteract these programs, but cannot reveal any details, as bot program manufacturers may take advantage of the information.
Q:- Is there any plan to add an auction house system to help reduce crowded servers due to stalling players?
A. We've proposed this system and Korea is taking it into consideration. The issue really, is how much traffic does a staller use up? Not very much, actually. So is this problem big enough for us to actually consider developing an auction house? Developing an auction house means that we have to push back some other game features or developments. And stalling can be argued as an integral part of the game. These are some factors that are being considered at the moment from Korea's end, and as soon as we get the results, we will announce them in a notice on the official website.
Hope these answers helped and sorry i couldnt submit more but morningdew isnt related to game development so a lot i didnt add
<<Rearranged in a Q/A format - Sin>>
^^ put Q & A on each question insted of numbers aswell now its more like a proper Q&A format^^
But can you please put the answers below the questions? Its so much easier to read then.
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