They discussed the notion of skill and the scenario of what happens when 8 good/skilled players might take on a zerg of 80 not-so-good players. When asked about AFKers, Jacob and Meggs were firm to state that if the game is bottable, then it’s either a bug or bad design.
Players will get rewards based on player contributions, the overall accomplishments of the entire server, and it ties into the realms in ways other games don’t do. There is also no mob grinding to level up, Jacobs explained. Progression is strictly through RvR objectives, and it was deliberately designed to have a slow progression, so there would be no land rush to snap up all the choice locations for player settlements. Camelot Unchained is a game focusing on Realm versus Realm (RvR) combat. They opened up the floor to questions, and the audience wanted to know basics. The team also pointed out that trees in-game are rendered on the server side, not client side, so line of sight during fighting will actually be a legitimate tactical factor. While the game isn’t yet optimized, Jacobs pointed out that their current low end framerate was 30 FPS, so players with beefier systems and after optimization may experience substantially higher rates. In the primary game itself, they revealed a new fall biome and also discussed how their researched astronomy system will affect magic and its effects because Meggs is an astronomy nerd, and that the game will also feature proper seasons unlike most other MMOs. CUBE uses a PBR or Physical Based Rendering to help ensure that any structures built will actually stand up, unlike either Minecraft or Landmark, and is free to Kickstarter backers and donators.
While it was likened to Minecraft, I felt the system was more like Daybreak’s Landmark due to the higher resolution of structures. They discussed CUBE, the Camelot Unchained Building Environment, where players can use the engine to create castles and other structures. In their game-specific panel, Jacobs and CSE co-founder Andrew Meggs led a discussion about where the game is going. This year, City State Entertainment’s Camelot Unchained had a strong presence in the video gaming track, with CEO Mark Jacobs holding court to discuss the state of the crowdfunded MMO into its second year.
DragonCon may not be a games-specific convention, but several high-end game devs annually make their appearances and give panels on their games and the industry in general. PAX West wasn’t the only convention with a solid MMO presence Labor Day weekend.
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