Shout-out to Razmael: Some questions

Lin · December 2012

Hail, President Razmael! Four more years! Now that you're at the head of the game, I wanted to ask you a few things on the behalf of my fellow 'Tolians.

It's no secret that Galleus had a kind of steampunk future set out for the game, and it was assumed by almost everyone that we'd be ditching Sapience and heading to Albedos at some point in the Soon™ Timeline. Do you have plans to continue with this vision for the game? Will Aetolia's tech, as the lore would describe it, continue to see aggressive advancement (a la bombcrafting, Maghak's temple, etc.)?
Do you have any plans on picking up defunct events? I think I speak for my fellow players when I say that I would be super excited to see where the Nazedha pick up, or get some closure with the Dreikathi.
What are the chances of getting an in-game Q&A, or just some time to chat with the Producer and see what's up with the game?

Aldric · December 2012

4. Would you be willing to try and pick up where the G-Man left off in the form of Colliders? I know you are emphasizing transparency, and I really feel like those gave everybody stuff to look forward to. The threads lately by Slyphe and Iosyne both have been awesome, but a monthly post/update just to keep us antsy would be phenomenal.

5. How 'bout dat Ustream, boss?

6. What would you say your main goals are with the game right now? What are the biggest things you think need addressing, and what are some ideas you have floating around to sort of combat them?

Razmael · December 2012

1)
We will be continuing along this road, yes. I think it's natural for any world to have advancements in technology, and Aetolia is no different, so we'll continue seeing more of this. We have a couple of great people (Haern and Maghak) handling the majority of our world building, and they are extremely good at it!

2)
Oh yes. I think Nazedha was definitely one of our better global events, and they are definitely due to make a return. Dreikathi will also come into the picture eventually, but they are tied heavily into Albedos and we don't want to get ahead of ourselves there. Besides, I think they're still a bit sore after suffering their first military loss in several thousand years...

3)
Pretty good! A Town Hall meeting is definitely something I want to do.

4)
Yes, again this is definitely something I want to do. I'm trying to figure out the best format for this. At the moment I'm considering doing a "The month in Aetolia" at the end of each month, where I discuss what we accomplished for that month, and what we're aiming to get done for the next.

5)
Oh boy.

6)
So I think one of the biggest problems right now is that there's not a lot of faith in the administration. We all know about the Soon(tm) joke, and we might even have a chuckle over it. But fact is, it's part of a huge problem we've had over the last few years of promising things, and failing to deliver. So I really want to focus on making sure we deliver what we promise, and improve our standing with you guys.