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Archive for March, 2009
Dev-Blog: The Advocates – Hyborian Adventures
Mar 20th
Dev-Blog: The Advocates
Glen ’Famine’ Swan returns this week with another dev-blog update on the Advocates
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This week we cover the upcoming community announcement on the Advocates. For most, this is nothing too new but we do go into some concerns with the program and how we feel the Advocates will really benefit the feeback process as a whole. Additionally, we also hint to some upcoming entries for the future based on your own feedback from the entry last week.
"Since the announcement I have seen many people become excited about the program but I have also seen many concerns with the program failing. Those concerns are either with maintaining the program or the feedback process with the program itself. Addressing some of the concerns, I can see how many could view the program as something that will be hard to maintain as well hard to make succeed in improving feedback. However, maintaining such a program is not something new to us as we have done similar programs for years and years before as well had our ups and downs with it. Such experience will only help strengthen the program to really benefit everyone in the community with maintaining More >
EverQuest II: Producer’s Letter: Fighter Revamp Rework
Mar 19th
In a recent Producer’s Letter to the EverQuest II community, the folks at EQ2 say they will be rethinking the recent revamp to the fighter archetypes and they are looking for player input to help them determine how to proceed.
Recently we’ve been working on some changes to the fighter classes, particularly in the way that they manage hate. Our intent was to adjust these classes so that fighters would rely more on their taunts and abilities to gain and hold aggro and less on high DPS and hate buffs from DPS classes.
Why do we feel this is necessary?
Well, we’ve been talking since the last Fan Faire about how we’ve drifted away from the hate management and damage sink that tanks were originally intended to be. With this, there has also been an increase in the DPS that tanks have been doing while in combat. This begins to impinge on the role that we’ve envisioned for the Scout and Mage classes, and we feel that moving forward we need to make some adjustments, as it is increasingly difficult for us to do proper and cohesive game balancing as the lines get more blurred.
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Dofus: User Records Broken, New Server Added
Mar 18th
ANKAMA has announced that DOFUS achieved two new records over the weekend, boasting 700,000 players online over one day, and 175,000 simultaneous users online at the same time.
Roubaix, France – 18 March 2009 – the online video game DOFUS, developed by ANKAMA, has just beaten two new records as of Sunday 8 March: 700,000 players connected over the day and 175,000 connected simultaneously at 6pm!
DOFUS, the immensely successful online video game, which is available in 7 languages and played in 150 countries, has just beaten two new records. Thanks to the loyalty of its fans, the game has crossed the ‘700,000 in one day’ mark on Sunday 8 March, and another record was set at 6pm on that day – 175,000 simultaneously connected!
To allow even more players access to the game and to reduce waiting times for existing fans, ANKAMA opened a new server named Many on 13 March.
Read more here.
Lineage 2: A Look at the Economic State
Mar 18th
MMORPG.com Lineage II Correspondent Chris Sides writes this article discussing the state of the Lineage II economy and a couple of ideas on how to solve some problems with them.
We have all seen the extremely high prices for armor, weapons, materials, etc. What has caused this inflation in prices? To get ideas on how to solve this problem I went to the forums and asked people what they think. Some people are happy with the economy and some people are outraged at it. Along with their opinions and my own, I will give many ideas that may help the economic state of Lineage 2. I will also state some features NCsoft has implemented to try and help low-level players in getting gear and not being so impacted by the economy.
Read A Look at the Economic State
Community Team Podcast Ausgabe 12 am 19. März – Hyborian Adventures
Mar 18th
Community Team Podcast Ausgabe 12 am 19. März
The Lis is back! Lisertan ist zurück und zu dritt sind wir natürlich kein Stückchen leiser!
Lars weilt bald wieder unter uns und wir wollen diese Woche, in der er noch fleißig seinen Job als GM ausüben wird trotzdem nicht verstreichen lassen, ohne seine Stimme über den Äther sausen zu lassen.
Chaoslars ist wieder da und ihr könnt sicher sein, die Sendung diese Woche wird äußerst turbulent.
Die Themen diese Woche:
- Brief des Game Directors
- Lisertans Rückkehr
- Lagprobleme/Hintergründe
- DX10 Status
- Die gewählten Advokaten
- und was uns sonst noch so einfällt
Der ehemalige Host des AoC-Radio Sunrise-FM ist auch weiterhin unser zuhause und der Moderator Lenny wird uns durch den Podcast begleiten und uns Verschnaufpause geben, indem er euch mit guter Rockmusik versorgt. Der Podcast wird jede zweite Woche am Donnerstag startend von 18 Uhr ab live aufgezeichnet und danach zum Download im Podcastfeed bereit gestellt.
Letzte Beiträge
- [17.12.2009] – CROMCAST #17 – Der Barbar mit dem weißen Bart kommt
- [15.12.2009] – Einzigartige Belohnung über die Feiertage: Unbefristete kostenlose Testversion
- [11.12.2009] – Exklusives Entwickler-Videotagebuch auf Buffed
- [04.12.2009] – Buffed berichtet über Neuerungen in Update 6
- [03.12.2009] – CROMCAST #16 – Hohoho hammer noch nich…
Runescape: The Chosen Commander
Mar 17th
The folks at Runescape have posted a look at the final mission in a long running quest series, recapping previous events and guiding players to the final chapter.
Ever since Dorgesh-Kaan made contact with the surface, the cave goblin adventurer Zanik has helped to defend the city from Sigmund’s villainous plots. Now Zanik has disappeared, her fate and whereabouts unknown, and Dorgesh-Kaan is more vulnerable than ever.
Captain Undak of the Dorgeshuun guard is responsible for the city’s defences, and he needs your help to investigate a possible HAM attack – but this will only be the start of your adventure. The mystery of Zanik’s disappearance will be resolved, and the truth behind a goblin prophecy will be revealed, as events move inexorably towards the realisation of Zanik’s destiny. Your adventures will include the discovery of a new Agility course, learning more about the history of the Dorgeshuun, and uncovering the plots of the Big High War God.
Read more here.
Interview mit Waldgeist auf mmorpg-planet.de – Hyborian Adventures
Mar 17th
Interview mit Waldgeist auf mmorpg-planet.de
Unser Community Manager Waldgeist wurde von mmorpg-planet.de interviewed.
Auf dem MMORPG Portal mmorpg-planet.de wurde ein Interview mit unserem Community Manager Johannes ’Waldgeist’ Rebhan veröffentlicht. Er beantwortet Fragen zum Zustand von Funcom und den kommenden Updates in Age of Conan.
Das komplette Interview findet ihr hier.
Letzte Beiträge
- [17.12.2009] – CROMCAST #17 – Der Barbar mit dem weißen Bart kommt
- [15.12.2009] – Einzigartige Belohnung über die Feiertage: Unbefristete kostenlose Testversion
- [11.12.2009] – Exklusives Entwickler-Videotagebuch auf Buffed
- [04.12.2009] – Buffed berichtet über Neuerungen in Update 6
- [03.12.2009] – CROMCAST #16 – Hohoho hammer noch nich…
EverQuest II: Norraths Timeless Heroes Contest
Mar 16th
SOE has announced they are holding a contest as part of their 10 year anniversary celebrations for the EverQuest games. The contest calls on players to produce an image and brief write-up about why their character is one of "Norrath’s Timeless Heroes."
From Friday, March 13, 2009 (6:00 p.m., US Pacific Time) through Friday, April 10, 2009 at (11:59 p.m., US Pacific Time), Sony Online Entertainment will be hosting the “Norrath’s Timeless Heroes” contest.
Using live photography (real life pictures), in-game imagery through screenshots or modified screenshots, original artwork, and their special skills, EverQuest II community members have this opportunity to depict a visual representation of why they think their character deserves to be one of Norrath’s Timeless Heroes.
The EverQuest II character depicted in the image should be displayed in a heroic or action pose and setting, and/or performing a heroic act, and depicted as a hero of Norrath. It should be clear to the panel of judges from your Artwork that your EverQuest II character (as depicted in the Artwork) should be declared a hero of Norrath.
In addition, submissions must include a 300 word or less story or description about the character and what is being displayed in the image.
Winners will More >
Past and Present with Erling Ellingsen – Hyborian Adventures
Mar 16th
Past and Present with Erling Ellingsen
Gamesource talks about the past and present of Conan with the mighty Erling Ellingsen
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Erling covers some key concerns and questions with some of the issues on launch, trials, PvP and much more!
"GS: Before May 2008 AoC had one of the higher hype in MMO history, so whats the biggest mistake you have made that absolutely you wouldnt commit again at launch?
EE: Thats a good question but its hard to name just one thing we would like to do differently. I think many of the design decisions we made could have been done differently, while others worked very well. One of the things we have realized did not work out so well was the way items are handled in the game, their importance for character advancement and what impact they have on your statistics. We believe that this system should have been better and that it would have made the game last longer for many players. So in the next update we are actually launching a revamped item system that makes items matter more and have a much more clearly defined impact on your character…" –Featured on Gamesource.it
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EverQuest II: Brew Day
Mar 13th
The folks at EverQuest II have announced the return of Brew Day, an annual holiday of events which celebrate a Dwarf’s favorite pastime.
Grab yer ale and yer favourite dwarf! It’s time for Brewday!! This year, Brewday will run from March 12th through March 19th. It will be turned off on the morning of the 20th, so make sure you experience it all by the 19th!
There’s a lot of fun in store for you, this Brewday. All the quests from previous years will be active for folks who would like to relive past drunken celebrations of Brell!
Read more here.