Mythos Interview

Ten Ton Hammer was able to score an interview with Flagship Studios’ Travis Baldree and Max Schaefer about Mythos.

Q: Will Mythos get a fifth race before launch? Could it be a bird race?

A: There won’t be a new race by launch, but new races are definitely in our future plans! Our development schedule is fairly flexible. We look at the game periodically and decide what to make next based on what feels lean at the time. Right now the biggest need isn’t a new race, but that will bubble to the top eventually. I can’t say what the next race will be, but I like the bird race! 🙂 Actually, back in the Diablo days we tried bird characters, and it’s next to impossible to make it not look like a man in a bird suit.
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Q: Talk about ingots some. How will you introduce items that are good enough that players want to buy them while still making sure that players who do not spend money can get the best items in the game? Can you give us an example of an item that we might purchase with ingots?

A: Every day we come up with new things that players could purchase. Our rule of thumb is that it should be cool, but it shouldn’t be necessary. And we won’t just sell the cool items. The sort of things we’ll sell are potions that give a boost to experience, or a shared account stash, or cosmetic items that make you look cooler than anyone else. Down the road, we’ll add guild houses, hopefully player housing, but that’s the direction we’re taking. We don’t think that buying the coolest items is fun for anyone. We want you to have to earn your loot, whether you’re paying or not.