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The Waylanders RPG Heads to KickStarter with Mike Laidlaw as Narrative Consultant - MMORPG.com News

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited October 2018 in News & Features Discussion

imageThe Waylanders RPG Heads to KickStarter with Mike Laidlaw as Narrative Consultant - MMORPG.com News

One of BioWare's most beloved narrative developers was Mike Laidlaw who left the company last year to pursue new opportunities. One of those is as the narrative consultant for The Waylanders, a new "time-travelling fantasy RPG" that has just landed on KickStarter. The team is hoping to raise $150,000 over the coming month that will help it develop "an engaging narrative featuring impactful character development, unique companion romance options and a deeply technical combat system".

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  • SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
    Laidlaw's involvement sold me. I love this game's premise.

    I'm VERY cautious about my KS projects, but have yet to be disappointed by the ones I've backed. I chipped in. :)
    MrMelGibson


    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 


  • AlverantAlverant Member RarePosts: 1,320
    Not a fan of real time combat. Give me turn-based when fast reaction times don't matter.
    OyjordTokkenMrMelGibson
  • wesjrwesjr Member UncommonPosts: 506

    Alverant said:

    Not a fan of real time combat. Give me turn-based when fast reaction times don't matter.



    i agree
    Tokken
  • lahnmirlahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,041
    edited October 2018
    Pledged.

    As a K.I.A. (Kickstarter Investor Advisor) I strongly recommend it.

    Edit: the title is a joke ofc, I am in no way responsible for how people spend their money.

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
    SBFordMrMelGibson
    'the only way he could nail it any better is if he used a cross.'

    Kyleran on yours sincerely 


    'But there are many. You can play them entirely solo, and even offline. Also, you are wrong by default.'

    Ikcin in response to yours sincerely debating whether or not single-player offline MMOs exist...



    'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless. 

    It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.

    It is just huge resource waste....'

    Gdemami absolutely not being an armchair developer

  • SandmanjwSandmanjw Member RarePosts: 527
    edited October 2018

    lahnmir said:

    Pledged.



    As a K.I.A. (Kickstarter Investor Advisor) I strongly recommend it.



    Edit: the title is a joke ofc, I am in no way responsible for how people spend their money.




    /Cheers,

    Lahnmir

    Grr you and your edit while i am typing...

    What the heck is a KIA and why the heck should anyone care?

    I am not a KIA and i do not recommend it...anyone care?
    Ukurvlahnmir
  • lahnmirlahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,041


    No one can make a game for 150k, you're just giving your money away on this one. Plus Laidlaw is a a crazy socialist SJW.



    They have been working on it since 2016, which you could have read on their KS page. They aren't making it for 150k....

    Also, this politics diarreah that drips into every thread when someone doesn't agree? Its getting really annoying and is just lazy.

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir

    MrMelGibson
    'the only way he could nail it any better is if he used a cross.'

    Kyleran on yours sincerely 


    'But there are many. You can play them entirely solo, and even offline. Also, you are wrong by default.'

    Ikcin in response to yours sincerely debating whether or not single-player offline MMOs exist...



    'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless. 

    It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.

    It is just huge resource waste....'

    Gdemami absolutely not being an armchair developer

  • LililuneLililune Member UncommonPosts: 81
    Nice!
    But I'm a future "Linux Only" user so...NO TUX NO BUX xD
  • BitterClingerBitterClinger Member UncommonPosts: 439
    edited October 2018
    Kickstarter is requiring a Facebook account to pledge. Is Waylanders on any other crowdfunding sites?

    EDIT: Nevermind. I just created a new Kickstarter account.
    Post edited by BitterClinger on
  • ScorchienScorchien Member LegendaryPosts: 8,914
    edited October 2018
    I need to see alot more of this formation system , It just looks out of place for a game that is supposed to be like Neverwinter /Dragonage  a strange marriage imo
    Tokken
  • lahnmirlahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,041
    edited October 2018

    Sandmanjw said:



    lahnmir said:


    Pledged.





    As a K.I.A. (Kickstarter Investor Advisor) I strongly recommend it.





    Edit: the title is a joke ofc, I am in no way responsible for how people spend their money.







    /Cheers,


    Lahnmir


    Grr you and your edit while i am typing...



    What the heck is a KIA and why the heck should anyone care?



    I am not a KIA and i do not recommend it...anyone care?



    You cared enough to make an unfriendly post, thats a lot less productive then my inside joke you clearly aren't part of....

    What an incredibly weird response though, did I pee in your cereals or are you just incredibly easily annoyed and offended by what rondom people post on the internet?

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
    MrMelGibson
    'the only way he could nail it any better is if he used a cross.'

    Kyleran on yours sincerely 


    'But there are many. You can play them entirely solo, and even offline. Also, you are wrong by default.'

    Ikcin in response to yours sincerely debating whether or not single-player offline MMOs exist...



    'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless. 

    It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.

    It is just huge resource waste....'

    Gdemami absolutely not being an armchair developer

  • cheyanecheyane Member LegendaryPosts: 9,100
    Alverant said:
    Not a fan of real time combat. Give me turn-based when fast reaction times don't matter.
    You can pause and give orders I think.
    Chamber of Chains
  • OyjordOyjord Member UncommonPosts: 568


    Plus Laidlaw is a a crazy socialist SJW.



    I love how redneck conservative hillbillies still think "SJW" is a slam.

    Yes, I do fight for social justice. I'll never stop fighting for equal rights for all. My God, I'm a monster!

    Go back to the firing range, snowflake.
    KyleranSlapshot1188SBFord[Deleted User]kitaradPanther2103MrMelGibson
  • Slapshot1188Slapshot1188 Member LegendaryPosts: 16,982
    Grabbed a copy of this and Realms Beyond today.
    KyleranTokkenMrMelGibson

    All time classic  MY NEW FAVORITE POST!  (Keep laying those bricks)

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    Proudly wearing the Harbinger badge since Dec 23, 2017. 

    Coined the phrase "Role-Playing a Development Team" January 2018

    "Oddly Slap is the main reason I stay in these forums." - Mystichaze April 9th 2018

  • Slapshot1188Slapshot1188 Member LegendaryPosts: 16,982

    Oyjord said:





    Plus Laidlaw is a a crazy socialist SJW.






    I love how redneck conservative hillbillies still think "SJW" is a slam.



    Yes, I do fight for social justice. I'll never stop fighting for equal rights for all. My God, I'm a monster!



    Go back to the firing range, snowflake.




    You can all get the fuck out of my gaming threads.
    Thanks!
    [Deleted User]KyleranScorchienTokkenMrMelGibson

    All time classic  MY NEW FAVORITE POST!  (Keep laying those bricks)

    "I should point out that no other company has shipped out a beta on a disc before this." - Official Mortal Online Lead Community Moderator

    Proudly wearing the Harbinger badge since Dec 23, 2017. 

    Coined the phrase "Role-Playing a Development Team" January 2018

    "Oddly Slap is the main reason I stay in these forums." - Mystichaze April 9th 2018

  • Solar_ProphetSolar_Prophet Member EpicPosts: 1,960
    No one can make a game for 150k, you're just giving your money away on this one. Plus Laidlaw is a a crazy socialist SJW.
    The correct term is NPC. 

    And as long as his idiotic racist / sexist SJW drivel stays out of  the game, I don't really care what he believes. But that's the problem these days, isn't it?

    AN' DERE AIN'T NO SUCH FING AS ENUFF DAKKA, YA GROT! Enuff'z more than ya got an' less than too much an' there ain't no such fing as too much dakka. Say dere is, and me Squiggoff'z eatin' tonight!

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    #IStandWithVic

  • SandmanjwSandmanjw Member RarePosts: 527
    lahnmir said:

    Sandmanjw said:



    lahnmir said:


    Pledged.





    As a K.I.A. (Kickstarter Investor Advisor) I strongly recommend it.





    Edit: the title is a joke ofc, I am in no way responsible for how people spend their money.







    /Cheers,


    Lahnmir


    Grr you and your edit while i am typing...



    What the heck is a KIA and why the heck should anyone care?



    I am not a KIA and i do not recommend it...anyone care?



    You cared enough to make an unfriendly post, thats a lot less productive then my inside joke you clearly aren't part of....

    What an incredibly weird response though, did I pee in your cereals or are you just incredibly easily annoyed and offended by what rondom people post on the internet?

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
    Your edit to say it was a joke was added AFTER i had hit quote to post....so i never saw it till i had posted...so i had to edit to your edit...

    Do you REALLY want me to continue here?
  • lahnmirlahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,041
    edited October 2018
    Sandmanjw said:
    lahnmir said:

    Sandmanjw said:



    lahnmir said:


    Pledged.





    As a K.I.A. (Kickstarter Investor Advisor) I strongly recommend it.





    Edit: the title is a joke ofc, I am in no way responsible for how people spend their money.







    /Cheers,


    Lahnmir


    Grr you and your edit while i am typing...



    What the heck is a KIA and why the heck should anyone care?



    I am not a KIA and i do not recommend it...anyone care?



    You cared enough to make an unfriendly post, thats a lot less productive then my inside joke you clearly aren't part of....

    What an incredibly weird response though, did I pee in your cereals or are you just incredibly easily annoyed and offended by what rondom people post on the internet?

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
    Your edit to say it was a joke was added AFTER i had hit quote to post....so i never saw it till i had posted...so i had to edit to your edit...

    Do you REALLY want me to continue here?
    Well, you could have edited your response properly, to sound like less of a douche you know. So no, I don't really want you to continue, you seem rather unpleasant so lets just stop here.

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
    Post edited by lahnmir on
    'the only way he could nail it any better is if he used a cross.'

    Kyleran on yours sincerely 


    'But there are many. You can play them entirely solo, and even offline. Also, you are wrong by default.'

    Ikcin in response to yours sincerely debating whether or not single-player offline MMOs exist...



    'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless. 

    It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.

    It is just huge resource waste....'

    Gdemami absolutely not being an armchair developer

  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,498
    Grabbed a copy of this and Realms Beyond today.
    You are quite the paradox sometimes.

     :D 
    MrMelGibson

    "True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde 

    "I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant

    Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm

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  • Slapshot1188Slapshot1188 Member LegendaryPosts: 16,982
    Kyleran said:
    Grabbed a copy of this and Realms Beyond today.
    You are quite the paradox sometimes.

     :D 
    I’ve had great luck with Kickstarter outside of mmorpgs
    MrMelGibson

    All time classic  MY NEW FAVORITE POST!  (Keep laying those bricks)

    "I should point out that no other company has shipped out a beta on a disc before this." - Official Mortal Online Lead Community Moderator

    Proudly wearing the Harbinger badge since Dec 23, 2017. 

    Coined the phrase "Role-Playing a Development Team" January 2018

    "Oddly Slap is the main reason I stay in these forums." - Mystichaze April 9th 2018

  • SandmanjwSandmanjw Member RarePosts: 527
    lahnmir said:
    Sandmanjw said:
    lahnmir said:

    Sandmanjw said:



    lahnmir said:


    Pledged.





    As a K.I.A. (Kickstarter Investor Advisor) I strongly recommend it.





    Edit: the title is a joke ofc, I am in no way responsible for how people spend their money.







    /Cheers,


    Lahnmir


    Grr you and your edit while i am typing...



    What the heck is a KIA and why the heck should anyone care?



    I am not a KIA and i do not recommend it...anyone care?



    You cared enough to make an unfriendly post, thats a lot less productive then my inside joke you clearly aren't part of....

    What an incredibly weird response though, did I pee in your cereals or are you just incredibly easily annoyed and offended by what rondom people post on the internet?

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
    Your edit to say it was a joke was added AFTER i had hit quote to post....so i never saw it till i had posted...so i had to edit to your edit...

    Do you REALLY want me to continue here?
    Well, you could have edited your response properly, to sound like less of a douche you know. So no, I don't really want you to continue, you seem rather unpleasant so lets just stop here.

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
    So you did not want to stop..okay...yes i will definitely call out any fool on here that uses a made up title like you did...do not be a fool and you will not be called out.

    Easy enough. Really hard to tell what sarcasm is on here, since that was what i as going for...just like you claim you were going for an "inside" joke.

    All i had to go on was your original post, that had NOTHING about a joke in it. So again...we can continue this if you wish... 
  • lahnmirlahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,041
    Sandmanjw said:
    lahnmir said:
    Sandmanjw said:
    lahnmir said:

    Sandmanjw said:



    lahnmir said:


    Pledged.





    As a K.I.A. (Kickstarter Investor Advisor) I strongly recommend it.





    Edit: the title is a joke ofc, I am in no way responsible for how people spend their money.







    /Cheers,


    Lahnmir


    Grr you and your edit while i am typing...



    What the heck is a KIA and why the heck should anyone care?



    I am not a KIA and i do not recommend it...anyone care?



    You cared enough to make an unfriendly post, thats a lot less productive then my inside joke you clearly aren't part of....

    What an incredibly weird response though, did I pee in your cereals or are you just incredibly easily annoyed and offended by what rondom people post on the internet?

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
    Your edit to say it was a joke was added AFTER i had hit quote to post....so i never saw it till i had posted...so i had to edit to your edit...

    Do you REALLY want me to continue here?
    Well, you could have edited your response properly, to sound like less of a douche you know. So no, I don't really want you to continue, you seem rather unpleasant so lets just stop here.

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
    So you did not want to stop..okay...yes i will definitely call out any fool on here that uses a made up title like you did...do not be a fool and you will not be called out.

    Easy enough. Really hard to tell what sarcasm is on here, since that was what i as going for...just like you claim you were going for an "inside" joke.

    All i had to go on was your original post, that had NOTHING about a joke in it. So again...we can continue this if you wish... 
    Really, that is your excuse? 'I can be a douche because I think you are a fool?' How weak...

    I meant it when I said I didn't want to continue this because you seemed unpleasant, thank you for confirming that suspicion. Better a fool then a jerk though, don't be a jerk and you won't be called out. Funny how that works eh?

    But this conversation is over, go pester some other random poster which' post you didn't get so you feel the need " to call them out."

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
    'the only way he could nail it any better is if he used a cross.'

    Kyleran on yours sincerely 


    'But there are many. You can play them entirely solo, and even offline. Also, you are wrong by default.'

    Ikcin in response to yours sincerely debating whether or not single-player offline MMOs exist...



    'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless. 

    It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.

    It is just huge resource waste....'

    Gdemami absolutely not being an armchair developer

  • SandmanjwSandmanjw Member RarePosts: 527
    lahnmir said:
    Sandmanjw said:
    lahnmir said:
    Sandmanjw said:
    lahnmir said:

    Sandmanjw said:



    lahnmir said:


    Pledged.





    As a K.I.A. (Kickstarter Investor Advisor) I strongly recommend it.





    Edit: the title is a joke ofc, I am in no way responsible for how people spend their money.







    /Cheers,


    Lahnmir


    Grr you and your edit while i am typing...



    What the heck is a KIA and why the heck should anyone care?



    I am not a KIA and i do not recommend it...anyone care?



    You cared enough to make an unfriendly post, thats a lot less productive then my inside joke you clearly aren't part of....

    What an incredibly weird response though, did I pee in your cereals or are you just incredibly easily annoyed and offended by what rondom people post on the internet?

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
    Your edit to say it was a joke was added AFTER i had hit quote to post....so i never saw it till i had posted...so i had to edit to your edit...

    Do you REALLY want me to continue here?
    Well, you could have edited your response properly, to sound like less of a douche you know. So no, I don't really want you to continue, you seem rather unpleasant so lets just stop here.

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
    So you did not want to stop..okay...yes i will definitely call out any fool on here that uses a made up title like you did...do not be a fool and you will not be called out.

    Easy enough. Really hard to tell what sarcasm is on here, since that was what i as going for...just like you claim you were going for an "inside" joke.

    All i had to go on was your original post, that had NOTHING about a joke in it. So again...we can continue this if you wish... 
    Really, that is your excuse? 'I can be a douche because I think you are a fool?' How weak...

    I meant it when I said I didn't want to continue this because you seemed unpleasant, thank you for confirming that suspicion. Better a fool then a jerk though, don't be a jerk and you won't be called out. Funny how that works eh?

    But this conversation is over, go pester some other random poster which' post you didn't get so you feel the need " to call them out."

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
    Kind of what i figured...you really need to go back and read what you posted.

    I never attacked you, the poster , i asked what the heck a KIA was and why should anyone care...

    You started right in on personal attacks which you have carried on with on every single reply.

    Like most people now-a-days...the ones that start yelling about how unpleasant people are, or the ones with issues, really need to look into a mirror to see where the issue is. 

    Really...go back and read every post...if that does not work, so sorry for you:)
  • TokkenTokken Member EpicPosts: 3,549
    edited October 2018
    Not a fan of real time combat and not impressed with what I see. I was hoping for the Waylander from the David Gemmel books. Nothing to see here.

    Proud MMORPG.com member since March 2004!  Make PvE GREAT Again!

  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332
    I feel the formation idea looks dumb.It won't take but a day and the enemy formations will be EASY to figure out making the entire system a waste.
    I have yet to see a single developer beyond the initiate dev that utilizes elements.It is a simple concept but one that creates a lot of depth.

    Seeing these arrow formations and the copy of a 300 movie shell under the shields is cool in a movie seeing it a couple times but seeing i over and over in a game would start to look very silly.
    Then the other problem is the game and it's combat becomes nothing more than a simple game of formation versus formation.

    Football teams have formations,it still comes down to the individual skills,defenses adapt to what they see,in a game it is just bad because a computer doesn't have to think like a person it just reacts using scripts.So the game is trying to act like real people but is just scripts.

    Game design or even just combat design takes a LOT of work,i cannot nor can anyone fully explain it in an internet forum,i just know from hundreds of thousands of hours of gaming what works what doesn't and what can be improved.The rest is left up to the creative director,to give us something creative and unique,challenging but still interesting and fun.

    If you don't see the idea as looking dumb like i do then i'll draw up a scenario to really prove it.Ok you and your friends are walking through the forest...a BEAR jumps out,NOBODY in your group of friends is yelling out ...OK JIMMY....SARAH.....JEFF assume the proper FORMATION !!!

    Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.

  • lahnmirlahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,041
    Sandmanjw said:
    lahnmir said:
    Sandmanjw said:
    lahnmir said:
    Sandmanjw said:
    lahnmir said:

    Sandmanjw said:



    lahnmir said:


    Pledged.





    As a K.I.A. (Kickstarter Investor Advisor) I strongly recommend it.





    Edit: the title is a joke ofc, I am in no way responsible for how people spend their money.







    /Cheers,


    Lahnmir


    Grr you and your edit while i am typing...



    What the heck is a KIA and why the heck should anyone care?



    I am not a KIA and i do not recommend it...anyone care?



    You cared enough to make an unfriendly post, thats a lot less productive then my inside joke you clearly aren't part of....

    What an incredibly weird response though, did I pee in your cereals or are you just incredibly easily annoyed and offended by what rondom people post on the internet?

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
    Your edit to say it was a joke was added AFTER i had hit quote to post....so i never saw it till i had posted...so i had to edit to your edit...

    Do you REALLY want me to continue here?
    Well, you could have edited your response properly, to sound like less of a douche you know. So no, I don't really want you to continue, you seem rather unpleasant so lets just stop here.

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
    So you did not want to stop..okay...yes i will definitely call out any fool on here that uses a made up title like you did...do not be a fool and you will not be called out.

    Easy enough. Really hard to tell what sarcasm is on here, since that was what i as going for...just like you claim you were going for an "inside" joke.

    All i had to go on was your original post, that had NOTHING about a joke in it. So again...we can continue this if you wish... 
    Really, that is your excuse? 'I can be a douche because I think you are a fool?' How weak...

    I meant it when I said I didn't want to continue this because you seemed unpleasant, thank you for confirming that suspicion. Better a fool then a jerk though, don't be a jerk and you won't be called out. Funny how that works eh?

    But this conversation is over, go pester some other random poster which' post you didn't get so you feel the need " to call them out."

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
    Kind of what i figured...you really need to go back and read what you posted.

    I never attacked you, the poster , i asked what the heck a KIA was and why should anyone care...

    You started right in on personal attacks which you have carried on with on every single reply.

    Like most people now-a-days...the ones that start yelling about how unpleasant people are, or the ones with issues, really need to look into a mirror to see where the issue is. 

    Really...go back and read every post...if that does not work, so sorry for you:)
    I just reread our back and forth and took a look in the mirror like you suggested. Yes, I reacted strongly but your first response was simply unfriendly and unpleasant, more so then my response to that post. I will definitely take my part of the blame but it would be nice if you stopped distancing yourself from our back and forth and took a look in that same mirror and acknowledged your own contribution.

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir   
    'the only way he could nail it any better is if he used a cross.'

    Kyleran on yours sincerely 


    'But there are many. You can play them entirely solo, and even offline. Also, you are wrong by default.'

    Ikcin in response to yours sincerely debating whether or not single-player offline MMOs exist...



    'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless. 

    It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.

    It is just huge resource waste....'

    Gdemami absolutely not being an armchair developer

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