[Xfire]TricksterTriathlon (tritrickster): Hi Everyone and welcome to the Live Chat with the Trickster GMs! I'm sorry for the technical difficulties, but we're going to get started!
[Xfire]TricksterTriathlon (tritrickster): I'll let the GMs go ahead and introduce themselves and then we'll start taking your questions!
GM_Chaos (chaosntreev): Hello everyone! This is your very own, GM Chaos!!!!!
GM_Loki (lokintreev): Greetings, this is Loki. I am a Trickster Online GM and I am typically involved with testing and play balance.
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): Hey everyone~ I'm Grimm, I handle most of the writing and localization.
Dev_Rhea (tgihanai1): Hi, this is Rhea, I am a chief game designer for Trickster Online!
GM_Moshup (trickstergm2): Hi. This is Moshup. No worries though, duel ban hammers have the safety cache locked.
GM_Loki (lokintreev): Question: killacharm: Well seeing as this community is only growing i see no downfall whatsoever,However between this community many rumors lurk,Is this true about a future 4th job?
Answer: Well the larger a community grows, the more prone to rumors it will be. This rumor is feasible, since we already have third jobs, but at this time we have not announced any plans to develop or release an additional job expansion. Feel free to suggest it on our forums though, we're always interested in your feedback!
GM_Moshup (trickstergm2): Question: baltazardz: Okay, I think there is a question that bugs us all. Will the Myshop points from poppuri be distributrd before olympic items are removed?
Answer: The Myshop points will be distributed This coming Wednesday. However, the Olympic items will be removed that same day.
GM_Chaos (chaosntreev): Question: Dark (darkmage325): Question for the gm: Whatever happened to the GM blog? The last update was October 31st and even GM_Moto didn't write in it before leaving.
Answer: It's in the works. Keep your eyes on our website.
GM_Loki (lokintreev): Question: frolicz: How much "behind-the-scenes" work done by the staff of Ntreev is left unthanked?
Answer: Most of it, actually! We have some very amazing people whose work is never properly thanked, and it's very unfortunate. A lot of people, for example, think that the only thing that happens during a maintenance is the addition of new content. That couldn't be further from the truth. We also have server support helpers who work on the machines themselves to keep the game as a whole running smoothly. Unfortunately these improvements do also lengthen maintenance time, even if we aren't adding new content.
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): Question: joetee1101: Can GM make the boss harder to fight instead of harder to reach? Thats the real concern of us
Answer: Yes, we will be making bosses harder in the future. But we are also currently taking feedback on the current boss system.
Dev_Rhea (tgihanai1): Question: kex1 (keximaze): Hi, are there any current plans on expanding the card battle system???????
Answer: There is no plan to expand the system but we are thinking of ways to utilize the cards themselves.
GM_Loki (lokintreev): Question: Dark (darkmage325): Question for the gm: Whatever happened to the GM blog? The last update was October 31st and even GM_Moto didn't write in it before leaving
Answer: I absolutely loved the GM Blog, and I hope that we can bring it back some time. I remember a conversation with our web team a while back, in which it was suggested that we should wait until we created the new "ntreev.net" site before we start GM Blogs again. So... maybe it's not coming right away, but it's on our minds, and the GMs all really like the idea
GM_Chaos (chaosntreev): Question: defrost (cyberxxl): how much ammount of work you do in the maintenance?
Answer: 1 box of Monster & Red Bull. Countless pizza and sleepless nights.
Dev_Rhea (tgihanai1): Question: DarkRayne (d4rthsid): Will we ever see the return of Predator as a true boss?
Answer: You may see it back somewhere deep underground. It's a big maybe.
GM_Moshup (trickstergm2): Question: AbyssKing (fluffalo): Can you extend the date of the Olympic items so that we can buy it with our Poppuri points? Or is it already not a option?
Answer: The Olympic items have run a course of approximately four weeks. Unfortunately, there are no plans to extend the stay of the Olympic items in Myshop.
GM_Loki (lokintreev): Question: D!@bolorc (diabolorc): Wouldn't it be nice if there were some items that could be drilled all over the game that were extremely rare like a 1k cash ticket or something to promote drilling? Are there any similar ideas?
Answer: That's a really great idea, can you post that on our Suggestions Forum? It's not always possible to implement all the things we would love to do, in many cases due to technical limitations, but we love hearing new ideas.
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): Question: oldcheez: As GMs' what education degree do you need to work in the gaming community?
Answer: Anything from a highschool degree to a masters degree. GMs all come from rich and varied backgrounds. PErsonally I'm still finishing college for my bachelor degrees.
GM_Chaos (chaosntreev): Question: Rubyflame (rubyflame17): Will the top drillers' box counts be announced?
Answer: They they will. We have all the data record saved from this week's maintenance. :)
GM_Loki (lokintreev): Question: Mohecchi (ecchimireiyu): I'm a fairly new player and i've seen a lot of cool things in MyShop, but are there any plans on adding more items for lower level players? Most of the items seem for 90+.
Answer: Although we have a lot of high level players too, we never forget the people who are just starting out in the game. The recent Kaguya Hime gear was level.. 15 I believe? And the Hurricane series that we just released with Wednesday's patch was level 50 gear. Also, you can always try Beginner's Town Gacha for level 20~30 gear any time, we tend to rotate the items in that town occasionally too.
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): Question: oldcheez: As GMs' what education degree do you need to work in the gaming community?
Answer: Of course! We wouldn't be doing our jobs properly if we didn't. More than that, we do enjoy playing the games we work on. If we didn't, this job would be pretty painful.
GM_Loki (lokintreev): Question: baltazardz: Will we be able to somehow sell or remove some of the old event items which can't e removed. It's really a pain them taking up the bank space.
Answer: We recently enlisted the help of the players to compile a list of old items that cannot be removed by any reasonable means. Now that we have that list, we are working with our developers on a solution. We are aware that it is an issue with the limited inventory space you have, and we are sensitive to that need.
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): Question: oldcheez: As GMs' what education degree do you need to work in the gaming community?
Answer: It has to do with the fact that the game moved out of beta. Trickster Online became TRickster Online Revolution. Besides, Eclipse is awesome.
Dev_Rhea (tgihanai1): Question: Mookie (pochiraccoon): QUESTION: When will the new eggshop items come out? Egg shop was supposed to be a monthly thing? What happened? Also Episode 3 seemed to leave it so the story could continue. Do you have plans to release the rest of the storyline soon?
Answer: We have various Egg Shop items in the works. We will be working on releasing them at a regular interval in the near future. More epiosdes are planned. Maybe we'll see some new episodes next year
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): Question: Cait (caiternoodle): Will the 1st anniversery skill ever be re-released? It appears it has in other languages of TO (jTO had it as a prize for lycan pt. 2 i believe)
Answer: It's happened before so it's certainly a possibility. If you'd like to see them rereleased let us know on the suggestion forums.
GM_Chaos (chaosntreev): Question: Jess Valentine (jesschan): Is there any chance for us to see a trickster game all in portuguese?I know you have something with Level Up,I mean,brazilians can buy cash to trickster from their site.And they already have some games in portuguese.I don't know how it works,but you have some interest?
Answer: We currently don't have any plan for Portugese version of Trickster yet.
GM_Moshup (trickstergm2): Question: hueyple: will there be future in game equips that will make things even for people without myshop?
Answer: I'm glad you asked! To be honest, there are many items that are in-game that "level the playing field". For example: Legendary Unique items, Absolute Unique items, Shining Crystal items.. and more to come. I can't give away too much info though.
GM_Loki (lokintreev): Question: kex1 (keximaze): Hi, this is my 2ND Trickster XFIRE LIVE CHAT.....and speaking from what I've seen so far, you guys really tackled most requests from the 1st LIVE CHAT....any plans on adding new maps??? and can you add some more slides if you were to add new maps??? XD
Answer: As far as new maps go, I think you're looking for something along the lines of a new region, right? It's a possibility, but in the short term we actually do add new maps occasionally in our patches. With the most recent patch we thoroughly expanded the Mirage Island. As far as slides... There's a long story behind that. Did you know that the shop in Blooming Cora was originally designed to be a slide? That's a story for another day. ;)
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): Question: Cait (caiternoodle): Will the 1st anniversery skill ever be re-released? It appears it has in other languages of TO (jTO had it as a prize for lycan pt. 2 i believe)
Answer: Translation is a long process. On a big patch that contains an episode and a Revolution it might take us two weeks on the translation alone. After that it will take several days just for me to go through and localize it. Some patches can take us up to a month to fully translate and localize.
GM_Loki (lokintreev): Question: Cybolt (cybolt): Will there ever be a permanent WT accessory?
Answer: The Premium Pocket Pouch is a permanent WT accessory. ;)
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): Question: Dark (darkmage325): Question 7 for the gms: Whatever happened to eclipse in terms of changing the trickster world. Recently she hasn't appeared much besides that event.
Answer: It's important to remember that Eclipse is not bound to our timeline. She is a master of all time and space. She bides her time and is not bound to anyone's demands.
Of course she will be around more in the future. But time affects Eclipse differently so you never know.
Dev_Rhea (tgihanai1): Question: Mookie (pochiraccoon): I was looking at the pictures in the NRI data files and I saw what seemed to be a tapasco volcano mine! If there is a map already in the client.. why isnt it in the game? If I am wrong about this let me know. When will we see this mine ingame?
Answer: It's not uncommon to deliver future data for future patches in advance. It's part of the regular patch process.
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): Question: Dark (darkmage325): Question 8 for the gms: Our trickster is only short compared to the korean version. Do any of our events come from past korean trickster events?
Answer: Some of our events do come from the other versions. However, many events are tailor made either for us or by us. The valentine's day event is an excellent example of an event that we designed in-house for our players.
GM_Loki (lokintreev): Question: Kowiz (kowiz): How did you feel, when Chaos Tower was released, and it was suppose to be the hardest challenge, that it got soloed within the first week?
Answer: I had mixed feelings about it. Obviously I was a little disappointed that the challenge didn't slow down our best players, but at the same time it was very exciting for me to see what the players were capable of. I think overall the Chaos Tower is serving its purpose, even if it isn't an unbeatable challenge there are still nice rewards to be found and upgraded. In fact, we are *so* not done with it that we're actually in the process of designing a "Beginner's" Chaos Tower, to be released in the near future.
GM_Moshup (trickstergm2): Question: Kowiz (kowiz): Will more PvP fields be released?
Answer: There are a couple ways we're going to expand the current PvP map list. The will be more PvP maps, more Skirmish Mode maps, and Guild Battle maps. We're also savvy to hearing what kind of suggestions the players have as well.
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): Question: flamezero08: Do you guys have characters ingame as well? Not your "GM" characters but normal characters like ours?
Answer: Yes we do. No we won't give you our in-game names. We all enjoy playing our games as a "civilian" from time to time. It can be a bit stressful only appearing as a GM.
Dev_Rhea (tgihanai1): Question: Sherry (viereno): Will trickster ever go 3-D?
Answer: No, Trickster will not be converted to 3D
GM_Loki (lokintreev): Question: namichan01: will there be a new training place like (ID3)? cuz some evil ppl dont let us to train. tagging monsters, make them perm skunk etc..
Answer: A training place is what you make of it. Nobody can force you not to play, but I'll admit that a skilled group can effectively use a map. There are multiple places to level up though, and I think part of the creativity required of players is to seek out those alternate... perhaps fiery... maps.
GM_Chaos (chaosntreev): Question: flamezero08: Will there be another Gacha All-Stars event?
Answer: Maybe? Tell us through our forum if you'd like to see the part 2 of Gacha All-Stars.
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): Question: flamezero08: Do you guys have characters ingame as well? Not your "GM" characters but normal characters like ours?
Answer: Unfortunately we can't give out their exact name. However, we have an artist in Japan that does a lot of our artwork.
GM_Chaos (chaosntreev): Question: frolicz: How many hours do GMs work per week?
Answer: Good question. Too many :)
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): Question: flamezero08: Do you guys have characters ingame as well? Not your "GM" characters but normal characters like ours?
Answer: It's a distinct possibility. I've written several guides for players but not one for the guild system yet.
Dev_Rhea (tgihanai1): Question: flamezero08: Will you guys make any more real life celebrity parody pets? Bruce Lie and Yao Mong are awesome pets =D
Answer: I am glad you liked them! Trickster is all about fun. We may have more parody pets in the future.
GM_Loki (lokintreev): Question: flamezero08: In the future, will there ever be any "mount" pets available? Such as for quicker transportation.
Answer: We don't have any plans to do that right now, but I think part of that is because we already offer players a mechanic to increase speed via the Sprint accessories.
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): Question: flamezero08: Do you guys have characters ingame as well? Not your "GM" characters but normal characters like ours?
Answer: We would certainly like to. If we ever have the chance I guarantee you we will.
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): Question: נєѕѕιкαℓєιgн (punkyfunk): Will you ever relese real life trickster items (Like clothes, posters, Plushies)?
Answer: We would certainly like to. If we ever have a chance we will.
Dev_Rhea (tgihanai1): Question: UubeNubeh (uubernoob): Question 5: if there are so many versions of trickster out how many ppl are there in total in the trickster team?
Answer: There are about 50 people on the Trickster team and growing!
GM_Moshup (trickstergm2): Question: Dark (darkmage325): Question 12 for the gms: Ahh we all know the well famous gms, like Loki, Chaos, and Grimm but care to tell us how many gms are actually are on the team and possibly their names =p
Answer: Though we won't tell the players about all of their names, and I won't exactly tell you how many there are in total, but a great number of Tricksters will get well aquainted with the GM's very soon.
GM_Loki (lokintreev): Question: F`e`m`o.n,i,, (ination): WIll you ever "fix" Ice Dougen...Like put an item girl there and a Kochi/Pochi for teleportation?
Answer: Ice Dungeon isn't broken. =) As far as "improving" it though, maybe that's something we can look at in the future? After all, we are not yet done "Revolutionizing" the world...
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): Question: xcrescentmoon: Will we get Boss pets?
Answer: Certainly, we've already released Blood and Odinea pets. I think you can look forward to running around with more bosses in the future.
GM_Chaos (chaosntreev): Question: skykirosaki: What is your favourite Npc in trickster??
Answer: Pia!\\
GM_Loki (lokintreev): Question: skykirosaki: What is your favourite Npc in trickster??
Answer: This is a really great question, so I'm going to ask the others to answer it as well. I'll start by giving my favorite: La Vida. I absolutely love her story and how it slowly unfolds over the course of the game, finally culminating in her showdown with her nemesis Karan... There's some really great stuff written for anyone fortunate enough to find Karan's Legendary Unique equipment.
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): Without a doubt, I love La Befana.
Dev_Rhea (tgihanai1): Question: *̲м̲ξ̲†̲ą̲ļ̲̅±̲̅j̲0̲e̲L̲* (isk8thrufire): Any esimate as to when Chaos Feather 185/230/275 are going to be released? Seeing as there's several equips for that level >_>.
Answer: It will be coming out in the future. We don't have any exact date set.
GM_Loki (lokintreev): Question: Sherry (viereno): If I were to work in the Trickster team would that mean I cant play as a regular player anymore?
Answer: Well, since we have answered before that we do have "play characters" as well as our GM characters, you wouldn't be forbidden. However, what we would want to avoid of course is having any players know your secret identity. Let's put it this way: if you ever applied for a job here, I wouldn't recommend passing on that information to your guild, otherwise you might not be able to play *your* character safely.
GM_Loki (lokintreev): Question: ｍ．ｉｉｗ／／ (mahomew): There seems toi be a lot of focus on magic pets and armour in boxes and Gacha towns.. Is that like supply and demand or what?
Answer: It's only a matter of time until the pendulum swings the other way. =) It is our intention to "spread the love" as best we can amongst all our play styles, so we apologize if it seems like we're dwelling too much on one type.
GM_Moshup (trickstergm2): Question: xzxpersonxzx: Account Related Question: With the faulty 1:1 Support issue solved, what would be done about the several deleted characters from the 1:1 incident?
Answer: Anytime a player loses a character via deletion, or through extraordinary means, a member of our staff needs to be contacted as soon as possible. If the a player deleted a character, send us a 1:1 report. If an account was "hacked" file a 911 "in-game" asap, and send us a 1:1 report. We want to get any and all concerns with account security issues resolved immediately.
GM_Chaos (chaosntreev): Question: hueyple: What are you favorite in game spots on Trickster? I love the new mirage island 6 - water garden. It has this romantic place which looks just beatiful at night. The place with the giant lamp after you go past Robin.
Answer: It's the old O/X Quiz map. It brings back the memories.
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): Question: hueyple: What are you favorite in game spots on Trickster? I love the new mirage island 6 - water garden. It has this romantic place which looks just beatiful at night. The place with the giant lamp after you go past Robin.
Answer: I love one of the new maps in Mirage Island that we just added in Episode 3. You meet a very important NPC and there's a big crystal. I'll let you figure out which one I'm talking about.
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): Question: slayer2992: Why isnt the special desert beach O/X map used anymore?
Answer: It's far too small for our current O/X games. It would likely crash if we ever tried to put our current O/X games in there it wouldn't be pretty.
GM_Chaos (chaosntreev): Question: {E§§}Hellboy(EGL®™) (hellkid01): will there ever be a real life trickster card game?
Answer: Not at this moment. Although eletronic versio is always in the game. :)
GM_Loki (lokintreev): Question: Rubyflame (rubyflame17): Will the new Poppurri Hat be distributed in MyShop, or will it be at the Poppurri Exchange?
Answer: The newly-designed Poppuri Hat will be distributed via My Shop to all qualifying accounts in a future maintenance, however the exchange Poppuri will gladly trade you for the old Poppuri hat.
Dev_Rhea (tgihanai1): Question: shadow810000: GM's Will There Be More TM Quests For all LvLs?
Answer: There are more TM Quests in development. It will be released in the future!
Dev_Rhea (tgihanai1): Question: Grim-Chan (siddichan): Will the web-based Trickster Card game ever be updated to include the 2nd set of rules?
Answer: The web-based one is design to be as 'introductory'. We'd like players to enjoy the full version of Card Battle in the game.
GM_Moshup (trickstergm2): Question: Dark (darkmage325): Question 19 for the gms: Are there going to be future gm costumes? How about a change of costume once in a while?
Answer: The tar and feathers used on Moshup is an absolute pain to remove. The Eagle helmet is stuffy as all get out, but supreme ultimate power may get a makeover... hmm. I like that idea?
GM_Loki (lokintreev): Question: hueyple: Are you guys going to be at the next Anime Expo and are you going to be dressed up as Trickster characters?
Answer: Well, we'll *be* there, it's just a matter of whether or not you can find us. Of course, when you asked that question, everyone started talking about what costumes they wanted to do, so there's a possibility we could show up "in character" if we don't get lazy and make them in time.
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): Question: Spartans (theblues100): why are the trickster job name after animals?
Answer: Part of the rules Don Cavalier set out for the TRickster game is that anyone playing the game had to wear an animal costume. Since the characters all wear a specific animal costume it's easiest to refer to them by their costume.
Dev_Rhea (tgihanai1): Question: UubeNubeh (uubernoob): Question: do u guys have secret plans stored away for things to come out in the future like 1 yr or onwards or are u guys just doing things as they come?
Answer: There is always a larger picture we are working with. Of course, there is a shorter picture we are working with as well.
GM_Chaos (chaosntreev): Question: killacharm: Hmm in completion of ep3 some of us have received dev room key,Will this have any use what so ever?
Answer: The use for that item will be revealed in the Episode 4!
GM_Loki (lokintreev): Question: oldcheez: How often does the crystal items appears? I know I saw someone getting one this month.
Answer: Absolute Unique items are intended to be incredibly rare. So rare, and unique in fact, that there is a limit to the number of absolute unique items that can exist at a given time. So really, it depends on when the current owner wants to let one go.
GM_Chaos (chaosntreev): Question: Mega (megamanexe333): Will the re-identifier ever come back?
Answer: It's a possibility. Let us know through our forum if you'd like to see this item back!
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): Question: Dark (darkmage325): Question 25 for the gms: Have there been any scrapped events?
Answer: Well, between Chaos' Chicken Toss and Loki's Lockdown we've scrapped several events. Just recently we scrapped an event because we didn't feel it was appropriate for our playbase and would have been received negatively.
GM_Moshup (trickstergm2): Question: hueyple: Will you guys host more GMs vs Tricksters PvP events?
Answer: Keep your eyes on the Desert, Garden, Phantom School Dungeon, and the announce page. We think the players may be getting too comfortable on the PvP maps. We'll be there, with prizes of course.
GM_Loki (lokintreev): Question: Rubyflame (rubyflame17): Will there ever be a "nTreev booth" in anime or game expos?
Answer: I hope so! I love conventions, and it would be great if we could make an official presence there.
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): Question: נєѕѕιкαℓєιgн (punkyfunk): What is your favorite skill, or the combination oh skills?
Answer: Staff of Thunder is my favorite. It looks so pretty and it's so destructive!
GM_Moshup (trickstergm2): Moshup's favorite NPC is White Snake Spirit and Shaman Girl Jia.
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): I should chime in that I love Apprentice Knight too. I want to see more of her.
GM_Loki (lokintreev): Question: slayer2992: Do you think that WT and AC should be swapped? (Since strength=carrying and sense/luck/detection = sharpshooting sort of)
Answer: It's a very interesting proposition from a design standpoint. Accuracy is useful as a power-type attribute as it is necessary for physical attacks to land. Understandably, your weight carrying capacity could be a factor of your strength, but I think of it more in terms of the mental acuity required to creatively pack items to take up less space. Really though, if AC were a Sense-type attribute, I think it would be too powerful for gunners.
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): Alright guys it looks like our time is at an end
GM_Chaos (chaosntreev): An hour went fast guys! Thanks all for participating!
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): Thanks for coming out Tricksters!
GM_Loki (lokintreev): GM_Loki, signing off! It's been a pleasure to talk to you guys today, hopefully we can do this again in the future. Stay tricky~
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): Hearts and Huggles~
[Xfire]TricksterTriathlon (tritrickster): Alright everyone, sadly the GMs have to say good-bye. Let's give them a round of applause! Now for the prizes!
GM_Grimm (trickstergm1): yee~
Dev_Rhea (tgihanai1): It was great chatting with you guys!
[Xfire]TricksterTriathlon (tritrickster): 5 chatters will win the exclusive Xfactor Item Set!
GM_Moshup (trickstergm2): See you all in PvP.
Dev_David (ntreevstaff8): Thank you guys!
[Xfire]TricksterTriathlon (tritrickster): And if you give your information right away, the set will be in your character by Midnight tonight!
[Xfire]TricksterTriathlon (tritrickster): If you are a winner be sure to PM me so that I can get your information!
[Xfire]TricksterTriathlon (tritrickster):
hueyple
Ess Hellboy
XZXpersonXZX
Cait
Skykirosaki
[Xfire]TricksterTriathlon (tritrickster): Thanks everyon!
[Xfire]TricksterTriathlon (tritrickster): I hope you had fun!
[Xfire]TricksterTriathlon (tritrickster): Remember there are 7 more hours to go in the Trickster Triathlon!
[Xfire]TricksterTriathlon (tritrickster): Keep playing!
