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[Introduction] [Beta Testing] [General] [Basic Gameplay] [Story and Quests] [Character Development] [Spawning] [Player Killing] [Combat and War] [Bestiary, Plants and Natives] [Atriana Technology] [Construction and Empire Building] [Crafting] [Environment and Terrain] [Grouping and Factions] [User Interface and Point of View] [Technical]
Total Questions: 165
1. Introduction View Section
1.1 - Who created this FAQ?
1.2 - What kind of Game is Atriarch?
      1.2.1 - What does massively-multiplayer mean in Atriarch?
      1.2.2 - What does persistent mean in Atriarch?
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2. Beta Testing View Section
2.1 - When will Atriarch go into Beta?
2.2 - Who can enter Closed Beta?
2.3 - How are Testers chosen?
2.4 - What are the System Requirements for testing?
2.5 - What are the Beta Stages?
      2.5.1 - What Stage of Beta is Atriarch currently in?
2.6 - What Support will Testers get?
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3. General View Section
3.1 - Is Atriarch ready to play? When will it be released?
      3.1.1 - How much will Atriarch cost to play? Will I download it or purchase it?
      3.1.2 - Will Atriarch be a big installation?
3.2 - I've sent email to World Fusion.How long before I should expect a response?
      3.2.1 - I want to contact WF but I don't have their email address?
3.3 - I'm developing a fan site. May I use images from the Atriarch homepage?
3.4 - Are the images and artwork on this website the from the actual game?
3.5 - How do I sign up to receive the monthly Atriarch Email News?
3.6 - Are there other Atriarch websites or resources?
3.7 - Why havn't any gameplay movies been released?
3.8 - Does Atriarch rule?
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4. Basic Gameplay View Section
4.1 - What is the goal of the game?
4.2 - Will loners be able to survive in the game or is it mostly party-based?
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5. Story and Quests View Section
5.1 - Since Atriarch is considered science fiction, when does it take place?
5.2 - How much influence will the story have on the gameplay and vice versa?
5.3 - Will there be quests?
      5.3.1 - Will there be group quests?
5.4 - Will there be player driven quests?
5.5 - Someone mentioned the Afton/Spawn of Afton story, what is this?
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6. Character Development View Section
6.1 - How many species will the player have to choose from? Are there classes?
      6.1.1 - When will more information about the story and species be released?
      6.1.2 - Will there ever be more species introduced?
6.2 - Will my Character be customizable?
      6.2.1 - How will I be able to name my character?
      6.2.2 - How much uniquity will there be?
6.3 - How does your Character advance in the game? Skills? Levels and Experience?
      6.3.1 - Can my character advance and flourish without resorting to combat?
6.4 - What skills will a character be able to learn and develop?
      6.4.1 - Will I be able to steal from other characters?
6.5 - Will species have special innate abilities or skills?
6.6 - What happens to your character when it dies?
      6.6.1 - How hard or easy will it be for my Character to die?
      6.6.2 - Permanent death and persistent characters will never work.
6.7 - How will you deal with linkdeath?
6.8 - What happens to my character when I log off from the game?
      6.8.1 - How will I protect my Character while I'm offline?
6.9 - Will there be a language for each species or a universal one?
6.10 - Can you get a disease?
      6.10.1 - Can you see the disease if someone has it?
6.11 - Will there be stats?
6.12 - Will players and spawns be able to start anywhere on Atriana?
6.13 - Will characters eventually succumb to old age?
6.14 - If you lose a limb in battle will it become a kid eventually?
      6.14.1 - The arm/limb grows back, right?
      6.14.2 - how long will it take to grow back a missing limb?
      6.14.3 - Will you be able to have a skill that allows you to reattach your limbs?
6.15 - How many character slots are you implementing?
      6.15.1 - With 3 character slots,will all 3 be able to work to help the player?
      6.15.2 - What happens when a character dies? Do they take up a charecter slot?
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7. Spawning View Section
7.1 - I hear my character can spawn offspring? Is this true?
      7.1.1 - How many spawns will we be able to have at one time?
      7.1.2 - How will each species spawn?
7.2 - Is it possible for another player to be related to me, like a family?
      7.2.1 - Will it be possible to have friends play your spawn? If not why?
      7.2.2 - If you choose to allow a player spawn, can you spawn again for yourself?
      7.2.3 - In choosing to be another player's spawn can you choose their species?
      7.2.4 - Can you remove them from your lineage/disown them?
7.3 - Does my spawn inherit anything?
      7.3.1 - If you have another player as a spawn are they entitled to your stuff?
      7.3.2 - Will my spawn inherit my skills?
      7.3.3 - Will my spawn bear my name?
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8. Player Killing View Section
8.1 - Is there a player-killer switch?
8.2 - Are there penalties or deterrents for a player killing another player?
      8.2.1 - How can you have penalties for player-killing and still have war campaigns?
8.3 - How will you deal with rampant pking? Will it be a problem?
      8.3.1 - What does PK mean?
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9. Combat and War View Section
9.1 - How will combat work?
      9.1.1 - Will there be forms of non-lethal combat? Will I be able to maim?
      9.1.2 - How do Manuevers work?
      9.1.3 - What does a combat skill affect?
      9.1.4 - Will different damage types have different effects on different materials?
9.2 - How do war campaigns or large-scale battles work?
9.3 - What kinds of weapons and armor will be available?
9.4 - Will mobs allow you to flee combat?
9.5 - Why can't I pick up just anything to use for combat?
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10. Bestiary, Plants and Natives View Section
10.1 - What are followers, and do I want them?
10.2 - What kind of creatures and plants will there be in Atriarch?
10.3 - Will I be able to destroy or take over Native cities?
      10.3.1 - What happens to a Native when it dies?
      10.3.2 - How do creatures respawn?
10.4 - What do Guides do?
10.5 - What is the purpose of breeding plants?
10.6 - How will animals apear into the world, will they just *poof* appear there?
      10.6.1 - How do creatures spawn?
10.7 - I have heard mention of a Shap, what is it?
10.8 - What are Guides?
10.9 - What are some of the known animals that live on Atriana?
10.10 - Will I be able to give control of my plants/animals to other players?
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11. Atriana Technology View Section
11.1 - Will there be magic?
11.2 - What level of technology should we expect in Atriarch?
      11.2.1 - How is breeding used in Atriarch?
      11.2.2 - What kinds of things will I be able to breed?
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12. Construction and Empire Building View Section
12.1 - How do I build an empire?
12.2 - Will there be player housing?
12.3 - Will I be able to own land?
      12.3.1 - Will I be able to take over another player's land?
12.4 - Will there be player run cities?
      12.4.1 - Will players be able to set up their own governments?
      12.4.2 - Can I dictate what the natives in the town accept as currency?
12.5 - Will there be currency and an economy?
12.6 - Will I be able to build underground?
12.7 - How will you prevent overcrowding?
12.8 - What if I don't want a house, then where will I sleep and keep my items?
12.9 - Will I be able to build and sail ships?
12.10 - Can I build customized structures real-time in the game?
12.11 - Whats the diffrence between destruction and de-construction?
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13. Crafting View Section
13.1 - Will Crafting be supported in Atriarch?
13.2 - How many stages are there to the crafting process?
13.3 - Will there be Rares or is everything player-created?
13.4 - Will items be interchangeable between the species?
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14. Environment and Terrain View Section
14.1 - How big is the world?
      14.1.1 - What wiill the world be like?
14.2 - Will I be able change and alter the terrain?
14.3 - What modes of transportation will be available?
      14.3.1 - Will I be able to ride on flying creatures?
14.4 - What are wind tunnels?
14.5 - I've heard some mention of Torpor Storms, what are they?
14.6 - Will there be weather and seasons?
      14.6.1 - How long will each day be? Season?
14.7 - What are Wind Tunnels?
14.8 - Will Atriana have its own laws of physics?
14.9 - Will there be standard movement rates or a variation of speed?
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15. Grouping and Factions View Section
15.1 - Will Atriarch support player guilds?
      15.1.1 - What is the difference between a minor faction and a major faction?
15.2 - Will players be able to temporarily group? Will there be group skills?
15.3 - Is there a player communication system built into the game?
15.4 - Once Atriarch is completed will there be continual updates?
      15.4.1 - How will the updates be handled?
15.5 - Will the development team be in the game once it is released?
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16. User Interface and Point of View View Section
16.1 - What point of view will the player see when playing Atriarch?
16.2 - Will I be able to customize the keyboard and mouse controls?
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17. Technical View Section
17.1 - Will Atriarch have zones or transition areas?
17.2 - How many servers will Atriarch have?
      17.2.1 - Will the players be able to cross between the servers?
      17.2.2 - Will the servers be allowed to diverge?
17.3 - How are you dealing with latency?
17.4 - What platforms will Atriarch support?
17.5 - What are Atriarch's expected hardware requirements?
      17.5.1 - Will a 3D accelorator give you an advantage in the game?
17.6 - Will I access Atriarch directly or by a game service like Heat or the Zone?
17.7 - Will all the creatures use polygons?
17.8 - Will Atriarch have customizable cameras?
17.9 - How good are the rendering features?
17.10 - Will there be user made sounds?
17.11 - Will the sound be based on physics?
17.12 - Will there be a diffrence in foot steps between a heavy and light creature?
      17.12.1 - Will two Lokai footsteps sound the same?
17.13 - Will there be a lot of downtime to change the world?
17.14 - How will communication be handled?
      17.14.1 - What does the WF team think about Global Communication?
17.15 - How does Atriarch handle client/server desynchronization?
17.16 - How does the Volcano Engine and ACE/TAO interact?
17.17 - Does the Volcano Engine use any open source code?
17.18 - How is Pathfinding handled?
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