Oh man, I can’t believe Founders’ Beta has been running for only 5 days but a LOT has happened since then.
We’ve had a lot of feedback (both positive and negative, mind you) from players on game improvements. Suggestions were also thrown our way which were both practical and down-right weird. For that, we thank you from the bottom of our liver-sized hearts.
If you’ve noticed, I’ve always said to players “Take care of the players and the players will take care of you” and we, the HKO Team, are sticking to our mantra.
Here’s a rundown of the upcoming changes coming this week (don’t wet yourselves):
Translations: Some of the quests in London are still written in Chinese. They will learn to speak the English language some time this week.
Guild: I know a lot of you are clamoring for the Guild System so you and your friends can band together and kick crab butt but found out that establishing a guild’s requirements are ludicrous so we’re reducing it to level 20 and quite a bit of cash (so you and your friends can pool your funds… hey we didn’t say it was easy, right?)
House and Farm: During the CB, farming was one of the highlights of the game. However, the farming system is nowhere near the system we all enjoyed before. We are currently evaluating this but we have high hopes for it. Expect good news soon.
We would want nothing more than for you to fully enjoy the game and to support it. We did this Founders’ Beta to balance out the kinks of the game and to let you see the changes we’ve made fully.
Thanks guys!
October 14th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Still love the game but so looking forward to the improvements
Thanks!
October 14th, 2008 at 8:13 am
I haven’t gotten to try farming yet but I hope to enjoy it!
October 14th, 2008 at 8:38 am
Sounds awesome!
October 14th, 2008 at 9:18 am
Sounds great! Looking foward to any changes but am enjoying playing in the mean time!
October 14th, 2008 at 9:28 am
i dont like the way they changed farming.farming was fun in the last closed beta but now its a nightmare.
October 14th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Hi Neverender *waves* … … that’s wonderful news!!! How about making a donation into the Sailor Scouts guild fund to encourage the vibrant growth of guilds in HKO??? *omg i am so thick-skin XP*
October 14th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
when i read this i yelled “YAAAY!” really loud and my fiance looked at me like i was crazy. XD thank you thank you thank you!!!!!! these were the things that were bothering me most in the game and i am psyched to know they are being fixed! especially the guilds! my friends from CB and i had been talking about guilds for awhile. thank you for fixing the farms too! ^_^
*LOL at ripplecloud’s post above*
October 14th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Great news, keep it up with the good news, we appreciate the hard work
October 14th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
good news indeed
October 14th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
That is a lovely picture!
And great news ^_^, thanks for updating us.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
^^ This is exciting.
I like your name, is it from the Coheed song? XD
October 28th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
I have a problem with the guilds.. in general and with all due respect, i am pissed! guilds are a detractor from friendship and bonding.. they segregate people based on an arbitrary system of non-reward based play.. so the HKO-founders out there just to let you know when someone isnt in your guild you should help them too
and thats my problem, noone in a guild even talks on the world channel anymore. i go on and the chat used to be full everyday.. now i hear crickets. theyre all on guild chat which pisses me off, not just cuz im not in sum stupid guild (not like i havent tried) but because you all (im mean “team” HKO) promised me friendly gameplay and people working together to save kittys world.. wheres the team system, the teamwork in general is just missing.. look i know this is a beta.. so lets friggin beta.. not guild together and talk about what happened yesterday at school or (in a little girly voice) what me an my friends did the other day, tee hee.. so no more guilds or what? yes NO MORE GUILDS PLEASE!!! instead lets try a team or group thing where we can all solve quests together.. guilding sux balls!!! and leaves noobs and even mid range players feeling like someones holding their NAME over your head!!! ooh you cant get into the sailoria guild or :”you’re not a founder!” blah blah.. we need to solve this problem NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 28th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
btw, i dont like you neverender, never have, never will…. ur farm primer is soo unhelpful it hurts! and you dont even have a friendly bone in your body.. i should know, i tried to talk to you once.. i was right next to you and you were short, mean, and rude