Official WOFN Interview Questions Thread

Where is our so called Pod vid which was meant to be released weeks ago!
There was nothing that was meant to be released weeks ago.

If weapons are balanced to suit CTF, how will you adjust the single player game and other game types to play well with CTF balanced weapons.

How will saving the game in single player work? Can we simply save and reload at any time?

Tribes arena is much like counter-strike or America's Army. Can we expect an arena game type, but with objectives?

If a coin is tossed N times, where N is a poisson random variable. What is the probability of getting heads X times?

1) The Commander screen was a great idea for both t1 and t2, but was terribly underused, especially given the scripting possibilities of both games. What, if anything, have you done to make the commander screen more functional and integral to gameplay? Do you feel that a dedicated "commander" role will be a viable option in competetive play? If so, why?

2) When t1 first came out, there was a finite amount of "resources" a team could use to buy equipment thoughout a map. When it was gone, you had to play naked for the remainder of the map. This setting was quickly done away with on 99.9999% of servers. Will T:V have this option? Do you feel that this adds or detracts from gameplay?

3) I feel that competetive play is what gives an FPS longevity. I also feel that comp. play/players are the MAJOR driving force behind the evolution of any FPS, be it with mods, maps, additional gameplay modes, etc. But it is the casual pubber that makes up the majority sales revenue. In all honesty, are you gearing this game more towards pubbers, or comp. players? I already know the answer here: both. Do you really think that's it's possible to find a happy medium? Do you think that maybe you're trying to do too much with a single game?

4) The formation and sustaining of any gaming community ultimately comes down to the players, but what are Sierra and Vivendi doing, or planning to do, to help the Tribes community grow and evolve? Game features, sponsored LAN's, web resources, etc?

5) Do you see T:V as a game that YOU would enjoy playing competetively? (Assume you're a nerd like us, if you're still in denial.)

6) If you had to name one thing that you think most distinguishes T:V from the first two Tribes games, what would it be (Or will it be, if the feature(s) haven't been put in yet)?

7) What are you doing to set this game apart from the other FPS monsters that will be release in the coming months? Are you worried that T:V will be overshadowed by games with a more recognizable pedigrees (Doom, HL, etc)?

I was meant to say intro vid :/ but the pod vid to when r we expecting that?

When will we get to see someone DJ and run an actual route?

Will you be bringing back the "Capture the Objective" local sound when you grab the flag?!!?! Plz say yes.

Will SP have different levels of difficulty?

How was the netcode modified during the development of the Vengeance Engine from the UT engine?

Does scr8pin hate TW?

:heart: scr8pin

How long of a period do you currently have slated for post release support, and are sufficient funds in place to adequately address communty concerns and bug fixes after the initial release?

Definitive answer on CTF teamsizes please.

Would you consider letting the community design the box art?

Also, can we PLEASE get a beta date? Q4 2004 is only 7 months away, and time DOES fly you know.

Do these pants make my ass look big?

What are sierra's plans for T:V at the GDC, if any?

I know it has been mentionned before (by thrax er menzo er someone) that it will be there, so i just want to know what to expect, since i will be there.

(i posted this is GD, then realized the futility of that)

Will a beta of this game be released for UVALAN?

Does Scr8pin know the meaning of the word Pub yet?

What will be the bear minimium for system specs? (Alot of us updated for T2, and got jewed, royaly. I don't think we want to do that agian)

Many people have been playing the UT2K4 demo recently. Is there anything about that game, particularly from a physics standpoint that will relate directly to T:V?

In addition, would the preformance of UT2K4 on someones current computer be a good approximation of the preformance that they might be able to expect out of T:V?

This is an question of utter importance

it is imperative that you ask sierra this question:

"How much wood could a wood chuck chuck, if a wood chuck could chuck wood?"

will T.V. be T1?

will water play a significant role?
if so, how will explosions/weapons and jet packs work when submerged?
will there be "waterworld" levels?
submersible vehicles?

will there be kill tracking built into the game ("You were just disked for the fourth time in a row by BigGayAl" - "Your mine just exploded BigGayAl for the second time") etc?
will you add popular script ideas to the base game, such as teamsizehud, fpshud, fastfavs, etc? options to turn these on or off?

will you add private messaging in-game?

will developer tools be bundled with the game?

How does the team plan on stemming the aimbot/wallhacking/ESP that's basically ruining every FPS these days(Including tribes 1)? Are they going to actually deal with the problem or just release a punk buster and hope nobody finds their way around it?

Can I get a T:V T-Shirt....I am poor and need a shirt....it can't be good for people to be seeing my man titties :( Fund the Pancho T-Shirt fund