I. Intro
1. Could you introduce yourself in a few words?
My name is [GM]Eos, which also happens to be my GM name. I’ve been a GM here for a little over a year, and I enjoy long walks on the beach and pwning noobs.
2. What does a typical day of your work look like?
A typical day? What’s that? I suppose on a normal day, I’m helping players out with any issues they may be having and hunting gold farmers. There are many other parts of the job, though, like interacting with the community and sharing the players’ concerns with the developers.
3. How did your adventure at Ndoors start?
When I started here, I actually spent a month learning another of our titles, Luminary, inside and out. In a way, this was a test: how would the new GM treat our flagship game? It was a really exciting time because after that, we got to see Atlantica Online grow from alpha to beta, to the game you see today.
4. Do you play Atlantica Online in your free time? Do you play other MMO Games?
What are you saying? There’s only room in my heart for Atlantica Online! Of course, there are plenty of excellent MMOs on the market. But, Atlantica is one of a kind, and is my main game even after over a year of working on it.
II. Team AO
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5. How does the structure of the Western Team of Atlantica Online look like? Do you have ladies in your team? What do they do? Could you tell us this little secret?
Every place is different, but I don’t think our structure is unusual. We have different teams tasked with different jobs, and we all work together towards improving Atlantica. As for if we have ladies on our team – I can tell you our secret that we absolutely might.
6. What requirements do candidates need to become GM? Is it hard to become one? How does recruitment work?
There are many attributes that make up an Atlantica GM, but the one key attribute, the one that I think is most important, is passion. Passion about creating a great experience, passion about helping run a great game. If you’ve got passion, we can teach you the rest. If you want to become one of our GMs, keep an eye on our Careers page!
7. How many people work at Ndoors Interactive?
Trying to get our secrets again, are you?
III. Atlantica Online
8. Are you planning to open Ndoors Branch in Poland or create dedicated Polish server? What requirements does the Polish market need to fulfill to encourage you to open dedicated server? Are you planning other localization in Europe other than English and German?
As our player base grows, we will definitely consider creating a Polish server. Sometime in the near future, we’re looking to localize in another European country, but that is still being discussed.
9. Are you planning other form of payment?
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of our item mall and have added a few new options already. If there’s a particular payment option you’d like to see for Atlantica, let us know!
10. When can we expect new update? Could you share what we see in it?
I can’t say exactly when, but expect it soon. There will be plenty more to do, as in every update we do, and we’ll finally see the power saw-wielding merc the Punisher, the last of the three mercenaries we announced at GDC San Francisco earlier this year!
11. Do you have any plans to fight Gold inflation in Atlantica Online?
We’ve been keeping an eye on the gold situation, and working with the developers to improve this part of the game. Particularly in MMOGs like Atlantica, with strong player-based economies, this can be a difficult balancing act, but we are determined to fight inflation as it may occur.
12. What will be your next step to fight Gold Sellers?
Ah, Gold Sellers, my arch nemeses. As the game evolves, and our countermeasures evolve, so do they. I can’t go into specifics, since we don’t want them to read this and prepare, but rest assured we do have more tricks up our sleeves.
13. Will other cityite's (except Chonqinq, Vancouver) be granted special functions?
It’s certainly possible.
14. What kind of mercenaries can we expect in future? Will there be other types than Melee, Mystic or Ranged?
We haven’t announced any such mercenaries at this time. You’ll just have to stay tuned for more info.
15. What can we expect from Atlantica Online in future?
Of course, we’ve got the upcoming Tactical Battle System (also called “100 vs. 100”), the Housing System, and more plans to expand Titan. There are also plenty of new subsystems always on the way. And of course, expect new mercenaries, dungeons, and quests more and more frequently!
16. How you plan to keep old players and get new ones?
We believe that Atlantica’s unique battle system and ever-increasing content are a strong foundation, and more involved events in the future will give the high-level players more to do.
17. Are you thinking about Atlantica Online II?
Thinking about it? I’m dreaming about it.
18. How could you encourage new players to try Atlantica Online?
Atlantica Online is a very community-based game, and so in addition to traditional marketing, we love it when our players tell their friends about us. Of course, we owe a lot to fansites like yours, as well.
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19. Would you like to say something to Polish players?Thank you for enjoying our game! We really appreciate all the support we’ve been getting from our Polish player base. Atlantica Online is a game that can transcend international borders, and when we make new content, we make it for the whole world. If there’s anything you’d like to see in the game, let us know!
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