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Lineage 2: The New Player Experience
Apr 30th
MMORPG.com Lineage II Correspondent Chris Sides writes this article updating our readers on the state of Lineage II’s New Player Experience.
Since 2003, the new player experience in Lineage II ha matured to make it extremely friendly for new players and those that want to rapidly build and level new characters.
When you start a new character, you can get a series of buffs from various NPCs to increase your power and stats. All sorts of NPCs are available as Adventure Guides, telling you what quests are generally available, and where. Characters that are under level ten suffer no experience or chance of losing an item when they die, and actually get new soulbound weapons when a character reaches level six and 20. Decent potions drop much more frequently in the new player hunting zones as well.
Read The New Player Experience
Lettre du Game Director - Avril 2009 – Hyborian Adventures
Apr 30th
Lettre du Game Director – Avril 2009
D’aucuns pourraient y voir un symbole : alors même que la neige qui recouvrait la Norvège de son blanc manteau a enfin fini de fondre pour laisser la place au froid soleil de Scandinavie, le moment est venu de nous intéresser aux nouvelles modifications et mises à jour prévues pour le jeu.
La mise à jour 1.05 et vos retours
Les versions de la mise à jour 1.05 mises sur le serveur de test progressent de manière très satisfaisante et je tiens à profiter de cette occasion pour remercier tous ceux qui nous font profiter de leurs retours sur le serveur de test. Votre aide nous est extrêmement précieuse. Quand nous avons décidé de procéder à la refonte totale du système d’objets et de caractéristiques du jeu, nous savions que la phase de test public serait la clé de tout le processus, et votre implication, de même que la nature extrêmement constructive de vos commentaires, sont une perpétuelle source d’encouragement pour nous.
Notre équipe systèmes travaille dur sur vos retours et modifie sans cesse l’équilibrage afin d’améliorer le système à chaque nouvelle version. Ces modifications sont rendues bien plus simples par les retours en provenance de notre More >
Interviews sur TenTonHammer et Castersrealm(anglais) – Hyborian Adventures
Apr 30th
Interviews sur TenTonHammer et Castersrealm(anglais)
Craig Morrison (Game Director) et Erling Ellingsen (Product Manager) font le point sur le développement avec TenTonHammer et Castersrealm.
Ces deux interviews sont anglais.
- "A Look at Funcom’s Journey of Change"…C’est par ici
- "Exlusive Interview with Craig Morrison"… C’est par là
Brief des Game Directors April 2009 – Hyborian Adventures
Apr 30th
Brief des Game Directors April 2009
Noch kurz bevor der April seine Tore schließt hat unser Game Director Craig wieder ein paar Worte an die Community zu richten im neuen Brief des Game Directors.
Es ist mehr als passend, dass mit der Schneeschmelze, dem Einzug der skandinavischen Sonne hier in Norwegen und dem Näherrücken der helleren Monate auch wir den Veränderungen und Updates für das Spiel entgegensehen können.
Update 5 und eure RückmeldungenEs geht mit den Versionen von Update 5 auf dem Testserver gut voran, und ich möchte diese Gelegenheit nutzen, um allen, die auf den Testservern mitmachen, für ihr wertvolles Feedback und ihr Engagement zu danken. Als wir beschlossen, die Gegenstände und Statistiken des Spiels zu überarbeiten, war uns klar, dass die öffentliche Testphase der Schlüssel zum Erfolg dieses Vorhabens sein würde. Das Feedback und das Engagement der Testserver-Community ist überaus konstruktiv ausgefallen, und das ermutigt uns sehr.
Das Systemteam arbeitet hart daran, das Feedback durchzugehen, Werte anzupassen und dafür zu sorgen, dass das neue System mit jeder Version besser wird. Die Anpassung ist mit dem Feedback der Testserver-Community erheblich einfacher. Wir erhalten unsere Informationen sowohl von den Servern selbst als auch aus den Foren. Eure Erfahrungen beim Spielen auf More >
Carta del Director de Juego - Abril 2009 – Hyborian Adventures
Apr 30th
Carta del Director de Juego – Abril 2009
Parece muy apropiado que, ahora que la nieve se ha derretido aquí en Noruega dando paso al sol escandinavo y a los meses con más luz, todos tengamos ganas de ver los nuevos cambios y actualizaciones del juego.
Actualización 1.05 y vuestros comentarios
Las versiones 1.05 están teniendo un buen progreso en el servidor de pruebas. Me gustaría aprovechar esta ocasión para dar las gracias por sus valiosos comentarios a todos los que están participando. Desde el momento en el que decidimos mejorar los objetos y las estadísticas del juego, sabíamos que la fase pública de pruebas sería clave y estamos encantados con los comentarios constructivos y el compromiso de la comunidad del servidor de pruebas.
El equipo del sistema está leyendo todos los comentarios y trabajando muy duro para ajustar los valores y mejorar el sistema con cada versión. Esta labor es mucho más sencilla gracias a los comentarios recibidos de la comunidad del servidor, tanto en los propios servidores como en los foros. La información obtenida de vuestras sesiones resulta tremendamente valiosa a la hora de realizar una actualización del sistema tan profunda como ésta.
En el siguiente enlace http://forums-tl.ageofconan.com/ podéis acceder a los foros More >
Age of Conan nominiert für den BÄM! Award – Hyborian Adventures
Apr 30th
Age of Conan nominiert für den BÄM! Award
Age of Conan ist nominiert für den BÄM! Award 2009 in der Kategorie Weltenbummler
Der BÄM! Award, der diese Jahr auf der GamesCom in Köln verliehen wird hat Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures in der Kategorie Weltenbummler nominiert!
Der Preis ist ein reiner Publikumspreis, also seid ihr als Spieler und Fans eurer Lieblingsspiele gefragt. Schaut vorbei auf buffed.de wo ihr online für Age of Conan und in anderen Kategorien abstimmen könnt.
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…
Letter from the Game Director April 2009 – Hyborian Adventures
Apr 30th
Letter from the Game Director April 2009
Its more than a little fitting that as the snow has melted away and given way to some Scandinavian sunshine here in Norway, and as the brighter months approach that we also can look forward to the new changes and updates coming for the game.
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Update 1.05 and your feedbackThe versions of 1.05 are progressing nicely on the test server and I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who is participating on the test servers for their valuable feedback and involvement. We knew that when we decided to undertake the work of revamping the items and statistics in the game that the public phase of testing would be key, and we are very encouraged by the constructive nature of the feedback and the engagement with the test server community.
The systems team is hard at work going through the feedback, tweaking values and working to improve the new system in each and every build. A lot of that tweaking is much easier with the feedback that we can gather from the test server community, both on the servers themselves, and from the forums. The information that we gather from More >
Ten Ton Hammer takes "A Look at Funcom's Journey of Change" – Hyborian Adventures
Apr 30th
Ten Ton Hammer takes “A Look at Funcom’s Journey of Change”
Ten Ton Hammer spoke to Game Director Craig Morrison and Product Manager Erling Ellingsen and took "A Look at Funcom’s Journey of Change".
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"Funcom has been on the MMO Industry map for almost a decade. They are known for Anarchy Online, Dreamfall, Age of Conan, and are now starting to release news on their next project, The Secret World. But the company has certainly had its ups-and-downs. Numerous players and critics believed that the company’s most recent title, Age of Conan, was launched too early and suffered from high system requirements, bugs, and lack of content, thus leading to many updates over the past year. Similar problems cropped up when Funcom released their first MMO title, Anarchy Online, too early as well, yet the company has continued to pump time and energy into their still operating first project. Yet current Age of Conan and Anarchy Online players now hail both games as being strong and fun."
You can read the whole interview on Ten Ton Hammer.
Interview with Game Director on Castersrealm.com – Hyborian Adventures
Apr 30th
Interview with Game Director on Castersrealm.com
Castersrealm.com recently got the opportunity to talk to Game Director Craig Morrison about what was currently going on with Age of Conan and the near future.
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I think there were a few issues that contributed to that feeling at the games launch last year and we have worked on those over the last year. More voice-over has been added to the world at large so that it isnt such a jarring difference. We have added more travel options to allow players to get around easier and generally improve the options for navigating the world. So much of that has already been addressed in the updates since launch.
You can read the whole interview on castersrealm.com.
Lineage 2: Gracia Final Launched
Apr 29th
NCsoft has announced the launch of Gracia Final, the third instalment of the Gracia Expansions for Lineage II and the game’s largest expansion to date, on the game’s five year anniversary of the start of operations in North America.
NCsoft®, the world’s premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), commemorates five years of Lineage® II service in the West with the launch of Gracia™ Final, the latest free expansion to the legendary Lineage II franchise. Gracia Final, the third part of the Gracia expansion series, brings Lineage II fans a whole new continent and refined player-versus-player (PvP) combat. Other highlights of the Gracia Final expansion include more clan features, territory wars, new items, and new skill effects.
Players can log into Lineage II right now and experience the chaotic lands of Gracia, an entire new continent ready for exploration. To venture into Gracia, characters fly on airships available at the Gludio airship wharf. Characters who would rather reach the continent using their own devices can use the new aerial transformation skills Aurabird Falcon, Aurabird Owl, and the Kamael’s special Final Flying Form. While on the continent of Gracia, explorers can journey through war-torn lands filled with mysterious creatures and More >