MO-Radio Interviews Henrik Nyström - CEO of Star Vault

Tresilian · 29th June 2009, 18:13

Late at Friday and Sunday night European time MO-Radio aired two interesting Scream112 talk show streams that went on for hours. Both shows had many community members as guests participating in the discussion via skype. Most anticipated guest was naturally Mortal Online CEO Henrik Nyström who was kind enough to join the discussion both days. Many questions were answered by Mr. Nyström or Henrik, which is his IRC nickname. Henrik answered very openly to most of the questions(there were many) he was asked by the community members listening to the shows and a great deal of new info came out. Some of the questions have already been surely answered on these forums, but also many new exciting details of Mortal Online were revealed during the weekend shows.

DISCLAIMER:

The following information transcripted from the MO-Radio show is unconfirmed talk of the game. Features of a game at developing and testing phase are subject to change at any given time. When creating a summary of a transcript/talk it is always ripping things out of context. The questions and answers presented below are mostly not the exact words said by the parties involved in the discussion, but the words of my own.

I've compiled some sort of a highlight Q&A summary of the talk shows below here. If you like to speculate and find out more about these Q&A please listen to the show recordings yourself. Listen to the recordings even if you don't want to speculate, it was truly enjoyable and interesting MO-Radio Scream112 talk shows!

Mortal For Life -auction winner Kelfatir was also interviewed during the second session 28th of July. You can find links to the recordings under the Q&A section of this post.

Q&A Grab Bag 1:

Q: Will you be able to buy more than one game with single unique credit card?
A: Yes, but there are some limitations in doing so(more detailed answer in the recordings).

Q: Will you be able to pickpocket in MO?
A: Pickpocketing and stealing are in, the system is pretty similar to Ultima Online system.

Q: How does healing and resting work?
A: You can use rest skill when you're out of combat to regenerate hit points faster than normal. In addition to resting skill there are healing spells and potions.

Q: Will there be magic implemented already in the beta preorderers get into?
A: There will be one magic school revealed to the players which is the basic combat magic school. Players will be able to explore the world to find out about magic and eventually reveal more magic schools by themselves.

Q: How dark is dark in MO?
A: Pitch black. You will really need to have a light source with you to go to a dark place.

Q: What's your stand on players who use macroing programs to train skills afk?
A: We're trying to make the skills work so that afk macroing skills has no significant advantage over training skills "the regular way".

Q: What happens when you die? How can I get back to the book of living?
A: When you die you turn into a ghost that moves in the ether world. You will either have to find a healer or a shrine to get back to the normal world alive. Also other players can resurrect you if they have the skill needed for resurrecting other players.

Q: Does money weight in MO?
A: Yes, you can only carry gold up to a certain limit by yourself. You can use for example caravans to move your goods.

Q: Will tamed pets need food, do I need to feed them?
A: Yes, you will need to feed your pets.

Q: Can I go and tame a dragon if I want to?
A: You can always go and try, but I can't guarantee you any results.

Q: Can you steal or loot a key to a house owned by another player and then take his house for yourself?
A: This is still under development and we are discussing what kind of level of security players should have in their houses. At the moment you can steal the a key to some others house, then go in and lock the doors in order to prevent others entering the house. The true owner of the house can go and have his locks changed if he can find someone to do it for him.

Q&A Grab Bag 2
Q&A Grab Bag 3
Q&A by Shargas (26th of June show)

I can't possibly post all the juicy details we heard during the weekend. If you want to hear gazillion more answers download the complete talk shows(only music is out due to copyright laws) below. You will need torrent software in order to download.

MO Radio: 2009-06-26
MO Radio: 2009-06-28

MO-Radio homepage
MO-Radio thread on this forum

Scream112 · 29th June 2009, 18:14

There you all go!

Kyrodin · 29th June 2009, 18:14

Excellent, thank you.

Lion1978 · 29th June 2009, 18:16

Well done, Thx!

And thx Scream for making this possible!

Rathius · 29th June 2009, 18:18

Good deal.

Mas · 29th June 2009, 18:20

Booya!

DaCookie · 29th June 2009, 18:21

Nice one!

Faranox · 29th June 2009, 18:21

/love

Was worried I wouldn't be able to hear yesterday's session for days!

xenageo · 29th June 2009, 18:23

awesome post, thanks!

Kaldrick · 29th June 2009, 18:24

Can I translate it and submit it to our fansite?

knuckledust · 29th June 2009, 18:25

Great stuff, really enjoyed last nights talk.

Props to the audio editor

Chaoswolf · 29th June 2009, 18:25

Thanks, pickpocketing and caravans are in, yeeeeeeeeeees!!!

Orbious · 29th June 2009, 18:26

Awesome stuff.

Scream112 · 29th June 2009, 18:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaldrick

Can I translate it and submit it to our fansite?

the part of the Q&A that we have written? yea that would be alright, dont forget to link back to this thread, the mo-radio website and to the torrents.

translating the Q&A's in the first post is allowed and welcomed!

get involved!

Spiderspy · 29th June 2009, 18:33

Thanks!^^

icebeing · 29th June 2009, 18:34

anyway for someone to turn it into a podcast/ or youtube

i cant dowload torrents on my phone

if not i can wait untill i get home

thanks

Malem · 29th June 2009, 18:36

i really hope all those features mentionned will make it in at launch...

finally a Pickpocketing and stealing system similiar to UO and caravans!

Rene · 29th June 2009, 18:38

Thanks.

Scream112 · 29th June 2009, 18:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Malem

i really hope all those features mentionned will make it in at launch...

finally a Pickpocketing and stealing system similiar to UO and caravans!

there is a few features talked about that he mentions is not due for the final release. but to be put in later.

StJudas · 29th June 2009, 18:39

Once i got them down ill seed a few gigs worth.

-StJudas

Findariel · 29th June 2009, 18:39

Awesome, thanks for the excepts!

Banok · 29th June 2009, 18:40

cheers m'dears

is the interview in english?

Cristina · 29th June 2009, 18:42

I am worried about what "you can only carry gold up to a certain limit by yourself" means. In real world I do not like to being told how much cash i should or shouldn't carry and I wouldn't want any restriction like that in MO.

Kuroi · 29th June 2009, 18:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tresilian

Q: Will you be able to pickpocket in MO?
A: Pickpocketing and stealing are in, the system is pretty similar to Ultima Online system.

yes, YES.

TY Henrik

Kaasflipje · 29th June 2009, 18:42

Wow, awesome.

Revoid · 29th June 2009, 18:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cristina

I am worried about what "you can only carry gold up to a certain limit by yourself" means. In real world I do not like to being told how much cash i should or shouldn't carry and I wouldn't want any restriction like that in MO.

yes but this is the medival ages think gold coins instead of papper. and if you have a shitload of money get a tresury box and a caravan to transport it for you.

Banok · 29th June 2009, 18:47

I'm assuming its not in english...

heres hoping some uber fan will type it all up.

Rathius · 29th June 2009, 18:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Revoid

yes but this is the medival ages think gold coins instead of papper. and if you have a shitload of money get a tresury box and a caravan to transport it for you.

Exactly.

Kuroi · 29th June 2009, 18:48

can someone write all the interview or other juicy details not written in the first post? im not so good to understand what they say >_< (i dont even know if they speak english, just downloading)

Scream112 · 29th June 2009, 18:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Banok

I'm assuming its not in english...

heres hoping some uber fan will type it all up.

its all in english, what else?

the stuff in the first post is just a highlight of some interesting questions, but there is TONS of more in the audio. since its several hours worth of listening.

Khryses · 29th June 2009, 18:52

Tresilian · 29th June 2009, 18:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Banok

I'm assuming its not in english...

heres hoping some uber fan will type it all up.

It's all in english. Well Scream gets his tongue in a knot from time to time, but apart from that it's in english

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kuroi

can someone write all the interview or other juicy details not written in the first post? im not so good to understand what they say >_< (i dont even know if they speak english, just downloading)

I might post some more Q&A later on, but it's actually quite a bit of work to "translate" discussion into text format and try to stay objective still. Don't want to start altering what Henrik is saying, but we'll see.

Bigg · 29th June 2009, 18:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cristina

I am worried about what "you can only carry gold up to a certain limit by yourself" means. In real world I do not like to being told how much cash i should or shouldn't carry and I wouldn't want any restriction like that in MO.

well I honestly think it's pretty cool but I do have some reservations.
If inflation happens in game, pretty much everyone is punished for it. They will have to have a pretty stable economy to pull this off.

Kuroi · 29th June 2009, 18:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tresilian

I might post some more Q&A later on, but it's actually quite a bit of work to "translate" discussion into text format and try to stay objective still. Don't want to start altering what Henrik is saying, but we'll see.

please feed us

Slann · 29th June 2009, 18:57

Hellow Tresilliam. I have a question to you. For those who their listening is bad, could you (or anyone) transcribe it to paper? It could be nice for translate then. Thanks

shadowfare · 29th June 2009, 19:01

Yus! Thanks for putting the work into editing, and putting this up. I was able to finally tune in, but unable to actually get to listen without missing most of the conversations as they happened. That's just what I get for living so far away, I suppose :3

Scream112 · 29th June 2009, 19:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by shadowfare

Yus! Thanks for putting the work into editing, and putting this up. I was able to finally tune in, but unable to actually get to listen without missing most of the conversations as they happened. That's just what I get for living so far away, I suppose :3

it can be a server-side related thing, and we are looking into mirroring the show on to 2 different servers for the future. and also other solutions that might come...

we want to improve and now that we really got the server stressed its nice to see how it worked out.

Altor · 29th June 2009, 19:29

I was listening to the show..was really nice and interesting!

Especially that female US gamer..Devereux was her name i think..aah her voice made me all fuzzy inside lol.

Thx a lot for posting!

Kwolf · 29th June 2009, 19:34

Very nice, and greatly appreciated. I needed some good listening material. Downloading/Seeding now.

Cronnix · 29th June 2009, 19:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Altor

I was listening to the show..was really nice and interesting!

Especially that female US gamer..Devereux was her name i think..aah her voice made me all fuzzy inside lol.

Thx a lot for posting!

And she is single too

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Tresilian Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Rep Power: 3	MO-Radio Interviews Henrik Nyström - CEO of Star Vault Late at Friday and Sunday night European time MO-Radio aired two interesting Scream112 talk show streams that went on for hours. Both shows had many community members as guests participating in the discussion via skype. Most anticipated guest was naturally Mortal Online CEO Henrik Nyström who was kind enough to join the discussion both days. Many questions were answered by Mr. Nyström or Henrik, which is his IRC nickname. Henrik answered very openly to most of the questions(there were many) he was asked by the community members listening to the shows and a great deal of new info came out. Some of the questions have already been surely answered on these forums, but also many new exciting details of Mortal Online were revealed during the weekend shows. DISCLAIMER: The following information transcripted from the MO-Radio show is unconfirmed talk of the game. Features of a game at developing and testing phase are subject to change at any given time. When creating a summary of a transcript/talk it is always ripping things out of context. The questions and answers presented below are mostly not the exact words said by the parties involved in the discussion, but the words of my own. I've compiled some sort of a highlight Q&A summary of the talk shows below here. If you like to speculate and find out more about these Q&A please listen to the show recordings yourself. Listen to the recordings even if you don't want to speculate, it was truly enjoyable and interesting MO-Radio Scream112 talk shows! Mortal For Life -auction winner Kelfatir was also interviewed during the second session 28th of July. You can find links to the recordings under the Q&A section of this post. Q&A Grab Bag 1: Q: Will you be able to buy more than one game with single unique credit card? A: Yes, but there are some limitations in doing so(more detailed answer in the recordings). Q: Will you be able to pickpocket in MO? A: Pickpocketing and stealing are in, the system is pretty similar to Ultima Online system. Q: How does healing and resting work? A: You can use rest skill when you're out of combat to regenerate hit points faster than normal. In addition to resting skill there are healing spells and potions. Q: Will there be magic implemented already in the beta preorderers get into? A: There will be one magic school revealed to the players which is the basic combat magic school. Players will be able to explore the world to find out about magic and eventually reveal more magic schools by themselves. Q: How dark is dark in MO? A: Pitch black. You will really need to have a light source with you to go to a dark place. Q: What's your stand on players who use macroing programs to train skills afk? A: We're trying to make the skills work so that afk macroing skills has no significant advantage over training skills "the regular way". Q: What happens when you die? How can I get back to the book of living? A: When you die you turn into a ghost that moves in the ether world. You will either have to find a healer or a shrine to get back to the normal world alive. Also other players can resurrect you if they have the skill needed for resurrecting other players. Q: Does money weight in MO? A: Yes, you can only carry gold up to a certain limit by yourself. You can use for example caravans to move your goods. Q: Will tamed pets need food, do I need to feed them? A: Yes, you will need to feed your pets. Q: Can I go and tame a dragon if I want to? A: You can always go and try, but I can't guarantee you any results. Q: Can you steal or loot a key to a house owned by another player and then take his house for yourself? A: This is still under development and we are discussing what kind of level of security players should have in their houses. At the moment you can steal the a key to some others house, then go in and lock the doors in order to prevent others entering the house. The true owner of the house can go and have his locks changed if he can find someone to do it for him. Q&A Grab Bag 2 Q&A Grab Bag 3 Q&A by Shargas (26th of June show) I can't possibly post all the juicy details we heard during the weekend. If you want to hear gazillion more answers download the complete talk shows(only music is out due to copyright laws) below. You will need torrent software in order to download. MO Radio: 2009-06-26 MO Radio: 2009-06-28 MO-Radio homepage MO-Radio thread on this forum __________________ Source of information: http://www.mortalwiki.org Last edited by Tresilian : 30th June 2009 at 19:50.

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Cristina Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Rep Power: 1	I am worried about what "you can only carry gold up to a certain limit by yourself" means. In real world I do not like to being told how much cash i should or shouldn't carry and I wouldn't want any restriction like that in MO.

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Kwolf Newbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: US Age: 25 Rep Power: 2	Very nice, and greatly appreciated. I needed some good listening material. Downloading/Seeding now.