What are we working on?

Hey all,

As usual this is just a small glimpse into the future. We've had a few hot topics around here and we have a few other changes coming up that could use some extra discussion.

The New Friend Finder

This has obviously been somewhat controversial and it still has some issues which need to be solved. We implemented this along with the bigger and more populated adventure worlds to up the 'MMO factor' of the game in the adventure worlds. Obviously this has also started to pair people in a way that causes conflicts between play styles. We're going to try some other solutions which help keep people in the same area without it being quite as obtrusive.

Crafting Stations in Club Worlds

Very soon all crafting stations and portals in Club Worlds (and remaining Homeworlds) will require that you are a member of that club in order to be able to use them. With the current system we feel that the connection between crafting stations and using them has become lost. It's one thing to pull up the 'all stations, all portals' world on the featured world list and use it and another one to be a member of a club that has crafted those.

The Character Sheet, Collections, and Transmog

As of last week we're actively working on transmogrification (turning your equipment into the look you want). This is part of converting the character sheet to be connected to collections (mounts, transmogs, recipes) and we're even talking about linking it all together with some type of 'meta progression' system which will unlock new rewards as you connect to and collect everything in the game. Trove is a game about doing many different activities and we want our main character screen and progression systems to reflect that idea more heavily.

The New Player Experience

There are still some areas here where we think we're not hitting all the right notes. Learning about some of the game's best features (Cornerstones!) can take some time, so we're going to see how we can beef up our game introduction without making it more onerous than it needs to be. As we have many new players now among us, we'd love to hear some additional feedback about how we could improve in this area.

PAX!

We'll be at PAX in a couple weeks. We're going to have a community event and we're going to hand out a code for a new mount (don't worry, there will be other ways to get it in the future too).

And there's plenty more going on too. We've already started on the next class, we're working on a few other big system updates, and as usual we're always tracking down bugs and quality of life issues. Thanks for playing and we'll see you online!