Sunday, April 12, 2009
New To Me Blogs - Casual War
The post on missing DAoC over at Casual War really struck home for me. Asheron's Call holds the title of my first MMORPG. But it is DAoC that will always be my favorite. I played DAoC from release all the way until Warhammer's release. There are days when I consider going back. There just seems to be no game that can hold a candle to the mechanics of the three-way RvR DAoC had. Anyways the post was a good one and dealt more with the music/soundtrack of DAoC, but it got me reminiscing.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
WAR RvR Updates
Updates that will be moving onto the PTS are reminiscent of DAoC siege. Hopefully they will add some extra flavor to our battles!
Realm vs. RealmKeep Upgrade System
Once a Keep has been claimed, a guild member with sufficient permission can speak to the Guild Broker NPC on the upper level of the Keep to choose what upgrades to purchase. These upgrades require a periodic maintenance fee and some are available in multiple Ranks. Once purchased, upgrades will take time to be completed and this process can be monitored on the new Keep Upgrade Interface. Upgrades will decay if funds are unavailable to pay their maintenance or a guild member chooses to stop paying for the upgrade. Guilds that successfully hold a Keep until the zone is captured will be rewarded with a free Gold Bag that will be mailed to the guild master and is tradable to his or her guild members.Realm vs. Realm Ordnance
This patch also introduces a new resource material that players in RvR can gather and trade in for deadly assault upgrades! Scattered throughout the RvR lakes, and acquired from killing players, Ordinance is collected and traded in for various items and weapons to use in open RvR!
These items include the following:
Rams that have double the Hit-points of standard Rams
Ballista that do twice the amount of standard Ballista damage
Self-only Oil Immunity potions that last 30, 60, or 90 seconds
Caltrops which place a small PBAoE Snare/DoT field on the ground
Dynamite that when thrown at a player will deal direct damage and knockback and if thrown at a siege weapon will deal double damage.
Realm vs. RealmKeep Upgrade System
Once a Keep has been claimed, a guild member with sufficient permission can speak to the Guild Broker NPC on the upper level of the Keep to choose what upgrades to purchase. These upgrades require a periodic maintenance fee and some are available in multiple Ranks. Once purchased, upgrades will take time to be completed and this process can be monitored on the new Keep Upgrade Interface. Upgrades will decay if funds are unavailable to pay their maintenance or a guild member chooses to stop paying for the upgrade. Guilds that successfully hold a Keep until the zone is captured will be rewarded with a free Gold Bag that will be mailed to the guild master and is tradable to his or her guild members.Realm vs. Realm Ordnance
This patch also introduces a new resource material that players in RvR can gather and trade in for deadly assault upgrades! Scattered throughout the RvR lakes, and acquired from killing players, Ordinance is collected and traded in for various items and weapons to use in open RvR!
These items include the following:
Rams that have double the Hit-points of standard Rams
Ballista that do twice the amount of standard Ballista damage
Self-only Oil Immunity potions that last 30, 60, or 90 seconds
Caltrops which place a small PBAoE Snare/DoT field on the ground
Dynamite that when thrown at a player will deal direct damage and knockback and if thrown at a siege weapon will deal double damage.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
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