MMHell: Catacombs Q&A

Marian over at MMHell recently had a moment to chat with DAoC's Executive Producer Matt Firor, about the soon to be released Catacombs expansion. You can read the full interview by following this link, but for now here is an excerpt from that chat:
    Marian: Will Vampiir's be actually based on the Vampire myth, and hence need to drink blood and need to stay away from sunlight? Matt Firor: Our take on the Vampiir is more of an energy thief than a "blood" thief. He'll need to sap energy from his enemies in order to cast his spells. We'll be testing this concept out in the beta test that is just now getting underway.
Just one quick note on the interview, they mention that Open Beta starts this week, that is not the case. Over in the daoc.catacombs.com forums Sanya addressed this comment with the following statement:
    "NDA is still in effect, sorry :( I'm hearing rumors that it'll be lifted maybe the middle of the week. Also, and I apologize a BILLION times for not catching this sooner, but the producer didn't mean open in that anyone can log in - he just meant the NDA was going to be lifted soon. I don't know if there will be a truly open phase, but I do know another two or three thousand invites will go out soon. Fully open isn't a good test of spawn timers or loot tables or anything - too crowded. But a totally closed beta is terrible for a lot of reasons, as we learned a few expansions ago. *cough* So we'll invited a total of five thousand and add more if needed to try and simulate a live server."

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