Hellgate: London Interview

IAHGames’ official Hellgate Resistance website is featuring a new video interview with Flagship Studios director of technology Tyler Thompson. The six-and-a-half minute clip covers skill trees, damage types, grouping strategies, and more. An excerpt:

Q: “I understand you’re the man in-charge of the skills and talent trees for Hellgate: London. Can you tell us more about the latest skill you’ve implemented for the game?”

A: “The skills and talent trees are a lot of fun to work on. One of the newest ones we’ve put in is a spectral curse that the Evoker does that curses a bunch of monsters and then when they die, they all do an explosion, a spectral explosion that helps to phase the nearby monsters and when monsters are phased, it makes them weaker – they both do less damage and take more damage …”