David Nilsson
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David Nilsson is a member of Age of Conan development team.
[edit] Information
Forum Name → DaveDread
Occupation → Game Designer
[edit] Introduction
Hello there!
My name is David Nilsson, I'm a game designer for Age of Conan. I like red meat, walks along the beach, barbarians and scantily clad women. I also enjoy harassing system designers with class interdependancy issues, and figure out innovative things to do with the SecondaryItemTemplate and LastConcretePlayfieldInstance stats, and if adding GM_DisableTargetSystem would make it a threesome? :)
On a more serious note, my area of expertise is items (the stats on them, not the visual look) and puzzles and traps.
Evan (aka Jayde) and myself have similar work tasks; we create weapons and armor, apply appropriate bonuses and modifications to them, and try to make sure that they are actually useful for the classes that will use them. To do that properly we need to have a good understanding of all the classes, their strengths and weaknesses, how they interact etc, which makes us quite knowledgable of the game mechanics and class balancing. I'm also creating some nice and nasty surprises with the scripting and puzzle tools, but that's for you to find out for yourself. SPLAT! Hehe. You'll see. I worked as a film editor for ten years, so I know how to hit you when you dont expect it. :)
Oh, some of you might recall my DaveDread nick from the Anarchy Online forums, where I was a rather vocal profession representative for a few years. Funcom in it's infinite wisdom decided to shut me up by hiring me and... well, come on, it's Conan! How could I possibly say no?
Anyways, I'm very much looking forward to getting to know the community better. :)
