Asherons Call: Interview With Jessica Mulligan Over On MMORPGDot

MMORPGDot have published their [A href="http://www.mmorpgdot.com/index.php?hsaction=10053&ID=677"]first Status Report[/a] Q&A centered on the original Asheron's Call, consisting of an interview with Jessica Mulligan, the Executive Producer for the AC Franchise. Unfortunatly, she refuses to comment upon the possibility of an expansion pack, but does go into depth into the recent creature rebalancing and speaks a little about future plans for the next few months.

MMORPGDot: There are some rumours flooting around about a possible upcoming expansion pack. Any chance you could explain the plans for an expansion?
Jessica Mulligan: No comment.

MMORPGDot: I heard that the whole creature system (spawns, levels, etc) has been reworked recently? Could you explain us why that was necessary and give us a short summary of the changes?
Jessica Mulligan: Towards the beginning of this year, we made some sweeping changes to our creature content -- not the underlying technology, you understand, but just in how we created and organized our creatures. At one time, the creatures of Dereth made sense, both in terms of which environment they appeared in and of their difficulty, so that the easiest creatures to defeat appeared near newbie towns and the most dangerous creatures were in the Direlands. However, three years and several storylines later, much of the sense had been lost.

You can find the article here - go take a look! As Rortie of Morningthaw pointed out, be prepared for a popup or five.