What plans do you have to have to build A community in Saga? How will guilds work? Will Saga have any sort of "party" system so that friends can play with each other?

Saga is first and foremost a community of players. The chat system has been designed to allow for custom channels to be created where friends can meet. Guilds also have their own channels where players share information and plan attacks on their enemies. Forming guilds brings real benefits beyond communication. Members of guilds gain bonus resources based on the questing success and nation economy of their guild-mates.

The quest system is designed to allow for grouping. It has always frustrated me that I was never able to find an RTS that I could cooperatively play with my friends. Some of the quest lines end in epic boss encounters that will pretty much require the help of a friend or guild-mate; in addition, players can repeat completed quests at a higher difficulty level where grouping is encouraged. – Slava Zatuchny Marketing Director

What sort of out-of-game support will you include for Saga? Will there be tournaments? Raids? Special events?

If by raids you mean raiding the town of your enemies, absolutely. In addition, a world conflict system will be introduced at some point in the future. Tournaments, however, will be in the game at or shortly after release.

The tournament system will allow players to compete for saga products any time, day or night. Once 8 players join the tournament queue a tournament will be spawned by the system. Tournaments will have an entry fee paid using event tickets similar to Magic: the Gathering Online or Legends of Norath for Everquest. Winners will be awarded prizes worth many times their entry fee.

Throughout the year some tournaments will be invitation only, based on a number of factors such as PvP ranking, tournament ranking, best dressed, etc. We are currently planning on holding a huge world tournament at the end of the year to crown the Saga world champion. The invitation only tournaments will of course be free and offer even larger prizes. – Slava Zatuchny Marketing Director