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Wish other UMMORPGs, and expansions.

CyphenCyphen Member Posts: 21
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I was wondering if anyone knew if UMMORPGs will be able to have typical expansion sets like other games or if they will need any at all. In wishes case I'm guessing because the storyline is changing all the time there wont be much need to do an official expansion set, but maybe they will. And what about other UMMORPGS how do you think they will handle them?

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  • ArgentroseArgentrose Member Posts: 10

    I think UMMORPG's have plenty of room for expansion, certainly.  What the defining factor will be, though, is improvements in technology and the like.  Not only that, but they'll want to add in various features that they couldn't get to before release and the like--so in my opinion, there is always room for expansion.

    I see this, really though, being something more of a technology issue than anything else, and I think UMMORPG's will have a bit easier time of this than other gaming companies, really.  Since they have only one server to worry about rather than 10 or 20, they can concentrate on using their money for not just paying their employees, but searching out new and better technologies that will help to expand the game, and they can probably afford to train their people to use, too.

    Of course, not having much "actual" experience in the gaming design and implementation community, my ideas could be completely false, but from a simple logic perspective, this ...seems to make sense to me.

    -- Jenni --

    Wish Warcry


  • GbearGbear Member Posts: 10

    As Argentrose said, Wish will be anything but ' static ' ! ! ! hehe Things will happen at various times and in various places and IF you're in the vicinity, you'll have the chance to participate in and affect the outcome of the event ! The players in Wish will affect what happens and help shape the future in Wish.  There will be new content and new events taking place that may change the world in Wish - new alliances may form, old ones may fall apart, rulers may rise or fall . . and the players will have the opportunity to be part of it all - AND affect the outcome !!!

    Whether there will be " expansion packs ", per se, I cannot say - but Wish will grow and change and evolve according to the events that occur and the players' reactions and participation in them! You may become famous in Wish . . . or be as obscure as you want . . . the choice will be yours to make!!!

    *hands* Argentrose a beverage . . . . .

    Tula, hama neva i'naur!

    (Come, sit near the fire!)

    image

    Gbear, Gatekeeper of Harbourview
    Wish

    Make a Wish, then make it come true . . .

    Gbear

  • HirataHirata Member Posts: 57

    This game soudns so great but with there commitment to having 1 server what happens if it gets too popular? Will they add new servers or limit how many people can be online at once or just have horrible server lag and crashes?

    I would hate for any of that to happen but there are limits to technology and how can 1 server handle the 10000's of people that are logged into other games at once?

  • DanaDana Member Posts: 2,415

    Our technology is such that we know we can support tens (note the s) of thousands of players in one world at one time.

    However, we cannot really give an absolute upward limit. What we do know is that we would be lying if we said infinite. No technology is infinitely scalable. If Wish ever reaches that point, we would then create a second instance of the world.

    That said, we are certain that if that eventuality ever comes to pass we will have more than enough resources to fully support a second, independent live content team.

    Dana Massey
    Wish, World Designer
    http://www.wishgame.com/

    Dana Massey
    Formerly of MMORPG.com
    Currently Lead Designer for Bit Trap Studios

  • ArgentroseArgentrose Member Posts: 10

    Could I have possibly said like any more times in my last post?  Like..could I?  *laughing*

    *pulls Gbear to go and sit with her by the fire*  I'm all for curling up by fireplaces--with or without the drinks will do....  image

    image Some days it's good to be the princess....and such.  Like...

    -- Jenni --

    Wish Warcry


  • DynexDynex Member Posts: 4

    In VR, expansion packs are easy say compared to RW construction or changing a company’s accounting software.

    The problem is making them attractive enough for the public ( users ) to buy.

     

    IMHO

  • NMT_UKNMT_UK Member Posts: 8
    I think the live content aspect of WISH works really well for expansion oppertunities.  For example, say MR decided to add some new land in the form of an island chain at the same time they released player controlled ships, how cool would it be if it wasn't advertised or named and left upto the players to discover it.  It could be hinted at in books around the main realm.  The first player to land on the island gets to name it.........ah, I WISH.

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