"The Darkened Sea" expansion, mount keyrings, trader bags, and heroic characters were some of the topics covered in this afternoon's Dev Q&A session at SOE Live:

Q: With the addition of the Mount Key ring will it be possible to extend this feature to illusions, pet illusions, merc illusions?
A: Now that the tech for keyrings exists it will not be hard to add new types of keyrings in the future. Stay tuned! - JC

Q: Will any of the 8 zones have multiple raids or raid instances with multiple raids?
A: Yes there will be. There will be at least one raid zone with multiple raids in a single instance. -JC

Q: When will you be adding COTF zone wide rares back to heroics?
A: We're looking into adding the zone wide rare drops back in HAs. If we're sure the drop rate is working as intended. - JC

Q: The names of six zones have been announced, can you tell us the names of the other two?
A: The other two zones are: Brother Island and Katta Castrum: Waters Rising. - JC

Q: Last year at SoE Live you guys showed this Helm, any word on if or when it will be added to the game? pic.twitter.com/sJN7LHPauo
A: Just for you we'll get it in soon (tm)! -JC

Q: Of the 8 zones, will any of them be hub zones with essentially no content of their own except to act as a jumping off point for HAs?
A: All of the zones will have full population in their static versions! -JC

Q: With TDS being heavily around water, What will be the pirate to dinosaur ratio?
A: We're still hatching the dinos but we're estimating a 1:1 ratio of pirates to dinosaurs. -AS

Q: Will type 8 augs ever make a real comeback?
A: No. We like that augments come from group content, and raid gear comes from raids. - JL

Q: Traders have had 200 item slots for over a year. Will we ever see 20 slot trader bags to allow us to use them?
A: It's not very high on our priority list, but yes. We will be looking into it. - JC

Q: Will factioning come back into the game with TDS?
A: Content hasn't been finalized yet, but it is a possibility. Stay tuned! - JC

Q: Any chance we'll ever see fixes in old content, bugs, and quests?
A: Yes. We're always working to fix legacy bugs. Every update has bug fixes in it. - TT

Q: Will the TDS Collector's Edition include a new house?
A: Maybe. -RB

Q: Are heroic characters going to start at level 90 with the raise in level cap?
A: No. Heroic characters will continue to start at level 85. -JC