:) When we do this, everything else will take care of itself. I was asked this question so many times from 1999 through release, and my answer was always the same then as it is now. The same way we did with Dark Age of Camelot back in 2001, by just making a great game. Ten Ton Hammer: How do you think Camelot Unchained is going to differentiate itself from the slew of other 'sandbox' and 'open-world' PvP MMORPG's that are coming out now or slated to be released over the next couple years? It would have been simple enough to say вЂњHey, for those among you who canвЂ™t wait to hit XX level, just buy this pre-made!вЂќ but we have eschewed that route and always will. shows how serious we are about making this system work for players of all types. Also, the fact that we donвЂ™t have a cash shop for player upgrades, pre-made characters, etc. As your readers know, a horizontal progression game is вЂњfriendlierвЂќ to a wide-range of varied time commitments since a player who has put in 100+ hours wonвЂ™t be able to breathe on a much less experienced one and kill him like they can in most MMORPGs, including WAR and Dark Age of Camelot. This is evidenced by many choices we have made, especially the ones in terms of horizontal progression and the lack of a cash shop. Camelot Unchained is being designed so that people who want to play an RvR-focused game but who donвЂ™t have as much time to do so as they did in the past can still compete with players who are willing and able to put in more hours.

In our case, we have tried to separate how long people spend playing a game from their choice of play style.

quite frankly suck, and are sometimes misused by developers. Mark: First, I think the terms hardcore, casual, etc. Ten Ton Hammer: Its been repeatedly said that Camelot Unchained isnвЂ™t for casuals and games that attempt to cater to a more hardcore audience (for want of a better word) often faring poorly in reviews, or only attracting small player bases. Mark: A number of things - surround yourself only with great people iterate, iterate, iterate question everything donвЂ™t be afraid to scrap a system and start again and most importantly, donвЂ™t be afraid to take chances. Ten Ton Hammer: What are some of the key things youвЂ™ve learned from DAoC and WAR, that you can apply to Camelot Unchained for the benefit of all the players? I also have the additional pressure of knowing that, no matter what, they want us to give them a game that makes them feel as immersed in its world as Dark Age of Camelot did back in 2001. I know we are not making Dark Age of Camelot 2, but also that a lot of our Backers would be happy if we were to deliver it. Mark: First, thanks so much for your support of both Dark Age of Camelot and Camelot Unchained it was/is appreciated! As to what it is like to be steering a game like this, well, thereвЂ™s a lot of pressure. WhatвЂ™s it like for you to be back steering a game thatвЂ™s considered fairly small budget but one so heavily influenced by a game so many of your backers loved? Ten Ton Hammer: To kick us off, IвЂ™m a backer of Camelot Unchained and Dark Age of Camelot remains one of, if not my favourite MMORPG of all time. Understandbly Mark couldn't answer all of them in great detail due to some of the games systems not having been finalized, but as always he was both open and honest.

We also thought that it'd be a good opportunity to see if any of the Camelot Unchained community had any questions they'd like answering and thanks to them, we were armed with plenty. Mark Jacobs is a busy man and with Camelot Unchained having entered Alpha, we were fortunate to pull him away from plate spinning for a few moments to talk about Camelot Unchained.

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