Massively OP Podcast Episode 123: Ashes of Creation's Steven Sharif

On this week’s show, Justin sits down with Ashes of Creation's Steven Sharif to talk about the game's successful Kickstarter, handling a wild community, and the next steps for this up-and-coming sandbox MMORPG.

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Show notes:

• Intro
• What is Ashes of Creation?
• What do you like best about some other MMOs you've played?
• What's the office environment like there at Intrepid?
• Why was this Kickstarter such a success?
• What did you learn from the Kickstarter process?
• Why did the web store take so long to start up?
• Will the store post totals? Why no stretch goals?
• Will there be continued fundraising?
• Have you done anything to mitigate complaints about the affiliate system?
• How much of the game is playable right now?
• Will we start getting blog posts again?
• How do you time nodes so they don't feel too quick or too static?
• What is the roadmap for this year?
• How will you wrangle a contentious community?
• What traditional MMO systems and features are you rethinking for Ashes?
• What will the housing system be like?
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Trailer Theme" from Ashes of Creation
• Your show hosts: Justin
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