tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200283.post1311234166496127933..comments2008-05-02T15:42:04.095-07:00Greg Spencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10111709469516671590noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200283.post-22836627385450074242008-05-02T15:42:00.000-07:002008-05-02T15:42:00.000-07:00What a tease! Telling us about the existence of cool new features without telling us the features themselves ^_^KChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01711467842246444798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200283.post-32734633617901765862008-04-28T19:16:00.000-07:002008-04-28T19:16:00.000-07:00No worries, I'm able to work on both and they are both coming along great.<BR/><BR/>Just today I finalized another really cool feature for guild halls.Greg Spencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10111709469516671590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200283.post-51988097472957642292008-04-28T08:23:00.000-07:002008-04-28T08:23:00.000-07:00Forget built-in voice chat, just focus on Guild Halls.. ;-)<BR/><BR/>[I know you probably have no choice, but I just wanted to emphasize the importance of Guild Halls! Remember, there is an alternative for voice chat, but there isn't any for Guild Halls]Marvishttp://eq2players.station.sony.com/characters/character_profile.vm?characterId=499213204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200283.post-72376941229663909872008-04-20T23:39:00.000-07:002008-04-20T23:39:00.000-07:00Integrated voice chat should be free for all players. I've not heard anything to the contrary.Greg Spencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10111709469516671590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200283.post-12961437367780107822008-04-20T17:04:00.000-07:002008-04-20T17:04:00.000-07:00Thanks for the heads up Greg! <BR/><BR/>It's always nice to hear even some hints about the inner workings :)<BR/><BR/>This new integrated voice chat, is it going to be 'free for a limited time', then require people to pay the extra money to use the service? <BR/>(im only asking because companies rarely give anything for free, and usually try to find a way to tie things into some kind of 'extra service fee'.<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't be surprised if this voice chat service became only available for the Eq2players.com Subscribers who have the 'Premium' membership. But then, I'm very paranoid :)<BR/><BR/>Please tell me im way off here? o.OKChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01711467842246444798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200283.post-9931022330961938202008-04-20T10:28:00.000-07:002008-04-20T10:28:00.000-07:00I agree that the server lag is something we need to look into. Unfortunately profiling a server in the live environment is not a trivial thing to do and its very difficult to see the lag in our test environment.<BR/><BR/>However, I really don't think the Voice Chat will add any lag at all to the server. The server just doesn't have to do much at all. The client is sending and receiving the voice data to a completely different set of servers on another network, the same way Ventrilo and Teamspeak work. The EQ2 servers never see your voice data.Greg Spencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10111709469516671590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200283.post-37625386679239451102008-04-20T06:31:00.000-07:002008-04-20T06:31:00.000-07:00Also I *am* concerned with added lag, as the lag is still terrible (not just in raid zones either!!), and I don't really have confidence that adding more stuff just won't make it worse. Cause right now it just sucks :(Mustang|http://www.blogger.com/profile/02201180427843405523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200283.post-67576087394337670852008-04-16T21:58:00.000-07:002008-04-16T21:58:00.000-07:00With regards to channels and guilds etc. Is it possible to fix the password system and channels? Basically if you have a channel with a password setup in your tabs then the servers go down etc. If another person with that channel as an option without a password set logs in, and creates the channel without a password. You have to go about creating new protected channels, as it lets you join the channel but ignores the fact you wanted to password protect it. It should at least state that you have failed to create a new channel as it already exists as an open channel. This would also be true for any custom channels you may allow players to set up with the voice system.Mikulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10311845580461784635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200283.post-11420007841077936212008-04-16T16:12:00.000-07:002008-04-16T16:12:00.000-07:00I just hope the voice quality is equal to a full ventrilo server.Mustang|http://www.blogger.com/profile/02201180427843405523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200283.post-90031939380565486402008-04-16T04:24:00.000-07:002008-04-16T04:24:00.000-07:00Oo, I like blinky lights (sometimes ;)).<BR/><BR/>And glad to hear guild halls are such a major focus... I can't wait to see them, I just know they're gonna be awesome.<BR/><BR/>The built-in voice chat is something I'm still iffy about... I'm going to have to see it in action before I can really pass judgment and compare it to say Ventrilo (my current voice of choice... teehee that rhymes!). But if it has nice built in "Who's Talking" functionality that'd be great, and the only other thing I'd really want is the ability to assign a "Main Talker" meaning that any time that person is speaking, all others are automatically muted.<BR/><BR/>With that said, keep up the good work =)Lord Ebonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12358383074575306828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11200283.post-82717546033093533612008-04-16T00:26:00.000-07:002008-04-16T00:26:00.000-07:00They really are some hot-looking blinky lights. You're doing great work on the voice UI; keep it up :)Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01146998462709011169noreply@blogger.com