Weekly Question and Answer – September 2nd, 2016

1. When are you going to develop new content for Guild Battles and Team Battle League?

Besides the Guild Battles currently available, we’re working on adding a new PvP gameplay mode. This mode is still in its early stages, but we’ll update you with more details as soon as it’s a little more developed. As for Team Battle League, we would like to expand the current stages in the future, and we’re considering different ways to use TBL features like the spectating mode.

2. Will you consider allowing premade parties into Team Battle League?

Including premade parties into TBL isn’t a feature we intended to add initially, but we also recognize that doing so has the possibility to increase social content and allow friends to play together. Because of this, we will be considering the possibility of allowing premade parties to queue for TBL matching, and we will continue monitoring your feedback on this.

3. We noticed the companion UI includes equipment slots. Does this mean our companions are getting their own equipment someday?

We’re reviewing different options for companion equipment at the moment. One option would be to have specific items that would alter the physical appearance of your companion when equipped. Another option would be to have the player equip their own items on their companion, similarly to when they are applied to your characters. We will keep actively considering these possibilities for a future update.

4. It would be nice if the guild UI included the times when each guild member is online. What do you think?

We think that’s a great idea. We can see how being able to check when each guild member is online would be convenient for guild masters to manage their guild and plan for guild activities. We will most definitely be looking for ways to include a feature like this in an upcoming update.

5. Is the current party setting of 5 players meant to represent one of each class tree, and if so, does that mean we can expect another class tree in the future?

We developed parties to be composed of 5 players for gameplay purposes. We found 5 players to be the optimal number that allows you to distinguish the movements of other players without filling up the screen too much. We didn’t really intend to have a different class tree represented in each individual team member when we thought of this number, and we have no plans to develop a new one any time soon.

6. I want to know why guild members can no longer use the guild invite function.

We realize this is not the most convenient setting for guilds when the guild master is not logged in, that is why we are developing an alternative function that will allow the guild master to give guild members permission to invite others into the guild. We also plan to add a feature similar to a stand or stall for guilds that they can set up in the long term to recruit new members.

7. Any news about the bird companion?

If you’re wondering about the Battlebird companion, we’re planning on releasing it on Steam very soon, so you won’t have to wait much longer. We will also be launching a Battlebird item package for the TP Shop, similar to what we did for the Penguin companion.