Tymaron
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| posted on 30/7/2006 at 19:45 |
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UO Week in Review--30 July 2006
Now with MarkeeDragon firmly in control of this site, things will be a bit
less hazy around here. Unfortunately, we can't say the same for UO, since
there is still no word about the Big Announcement. The delay is not the
fault of the Dev team, but of their bosses. In the meantime, we will learn
this coming week what the veteran rewards will be as well as get a glimpse
of the new tile sets for your home decorating pleasure. Anything, however,
is better than the "very soon" "it's way below our radar" "please be
patient" "in the near future" "the timetable has not been determined"
montage that we have endured for the past several weeks. This week's
topics:
- Ophidians Capture Redwood (along with Vesper and Papua).
- Tile Sets and Vet Rewards to be Revealed.
Ophidians On the March!
Enraged by the theft of their prized artifact, the Ophidians mustered
outside of their temple in the Lost Lands desert. Here they organized in a
highly militaristic fashion, delineating themselves according to rank. The
strongest were assigned the rank of General, all the way down to the
Recruits who could barely hold a spear. This army was commanded by an
ophidian known as a Brood Queen, who was protected by her special guard,
the Beserkers. After sending scouts on a suicide mission to reconnoiter
Britannia, they formulated then launched their assault. They first
overwhelmed the tropical outpost of Papua, then marched south across the
jungle to the entrance to Vesper's graveyard. From there they flooded
across the southern bridge to the city itself...
Good story, eh? Anyway, well, we knew at some point there would be town
invasions. This time we have ophidians in Vesper and Papua (Trammel). The
action started Friday night when they took down all of the shards, turned
off the anti-summons prohibition, and installed ophidians each with
military rank. We have Recruits, Specialists, Corporals, Sergeants,
Lieutenants, Captains, Majors and Generals. In addition, we have Healers
(hint: kill the healers before the generals) and Beserkers, which are a
bitch to kill.
The invasion works much the same way like the Despise/Britain invasion,
where you can start clearing the spawn and the spawn returns in waves, each
successive wave being harder until you are faced with the beserkers. After
the beserkers are defeated there is a lull then the entire cycle begins
again.
For a treat, the beserkers have a chance to drop major artifacts.
Unfortunately, these artifacts are cursed meaning that they are uninsurable
and will drop with your corpse if you die. They will also drop minor
artifacts, but these won't be cursed. There are also drops of
"Vanquishing" and "Mystic" weapons, the Mystic weapons having some impact
on the beserkers.
It's still filler, but it's good that they were able to throw something
together while they wait for the suits to give them the green light to make
the Big Announcement. [Yes, I am tired of typing 'Big Announcement;' does
it show?]
The Dark and Crystal Tile Sets, Along with Vet Rewards
Well, actually the new tile sets will be called crystal and shadow, but I
can't resist a good movie pun. I guess the crystal will look a bit like
the Prism of Light interior, and the Shadow will look like the buildings of
Umbra, but we'll see for certain this coming week.
Also this week will be revealed the new Vet rewards. They did state back
in March that there will be rewards for 6th, 7th and 8th year vets along
with a few more rewards for the 1st and 2nd years. I hope the rewards are
mostly decorative in nature, with probably ethereal ridables for the 1st
and 2nd year folks. The last thing we need is another game disbalancing
item only vets can get and use.
I want a sarcophagus, please give me a sarcophagus.
I think that'll be it for now. If anything Big happens, we'll let you
know.
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Nieves
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| posted on 1/8/2006 at 15:01 |
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Tymaron,
Let me be one to personally thank you for continuing to post news on UOPG.
It's appreciated.
Hasta.
Most people aren't stupid. They are just uninformed idiots.
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