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godlike
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 Posted - 05/10/2007 : 17:09:10
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It's time for some Game Update 3 news!
GU3 has been on test server for some time now with Ancient Port Warehouse (APW) being in closed testing. We are still fine tuning the game play experience, as well as polishing some performance issues. The good news is many of the performance fixes are ready to go live now and we want you to reap the benefit of those as soon as possible! For this reason, we're going to launch our Game Update #3 a little different this time by delivering it to you in 3 phases, the first of which we're planning to release next week.
GU3 - Phase 1 will include more than 2 months of bug fixes, performance fixes, and new content.
GU3 - Phase 2 will contain two new overland Raid creatures and the Raid functionality to drive it.
GU3 - Phase 3 will contain the Ancient Port Warehouse dungeon.
Thanks for your patience as we come to the final stages of Game Update 3.
Hasium
We'll post details about what exactly is going into GU3 Phase 1 tomorrow. (Be on the lookout for the words trophies, amenities, fungus, and dust!)
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We've been testing some pretty big changes to APW on the test server for the last few weeks. We're finally satisfied that with these solutions and are certain that they will be going live, so I wanted to update our community with regards to the direction we're taking things so that this doesn't come as a surprise when we get APW out the door.
First of all, APW has been changed over from a 12 man dungeon to an 18 man dungeon. We felt that gameplay with 18 was more compelling and that the performance improvements did enough for us that we could comfortably increase the max raid size. In addition this allows us a base raid size, as all raid encounters in the near future (overland, apw, etc) will have a max raid size of 18.
Secondly, we have implemented lockout timers to all bosses within APW. What this means is that when you kill any of the designated raid bosses you and all others on that bosses' 'raid list' will be locked out for a fixed period of time. During that time period you cannot engage the raid boss and the raid boss cannot engage or damage you. We felt that this solution allowed us to solve what we believe was a critical problem (APW will be the only raid dungeon at its release, and especially with merged servers we need this content to be able to accommodate a relatively sizable raiding population), while maintaining a certain degree of competition (it remains true that only one raid group at a time can attempt any boss, in addition these bosses do not respawn instantly). I am intentionally being vague about the exact times for respawn and lockout since these are still under evaluation.
As always, feel free to discuss these changes - and I'll be around to clarify or answer any questions or concerns that you all might have.
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godlike
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209 Posts |
Posted - 07/10/2007 : 11:36:28
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Konecne SPAM filter :)
Currently we're on schedule to bring Phase 1 of Game Update 3 to the live servers next week. Here you'll find a detailed list of what you can expect to see in game then.
Guild Hall Trophies
The Guild Hall Trophy item can now be placed in a house or any Guild Headquarters. The buff from the Trophy will be shared by all guild members that are online.
The Guild Hall Trophy can only be picked up by the person who placed it.
Spam Filter to Combat Gold Spammers!
Ask, and you shall receive! It's been in the works for quite some time, but Game Update 3 unleashes the code that should help eliminate a lot of the spam you may receive in-game. The code works similarly to those featured in other SOE games, in that it automatically filters messages flagged as spam, and reports them to Customer Service.
Multiple Quest Lines added for Ksaravi Gulch!
The low to high teens adventuring area of Ksaravi Gulch in Qalia has been revamped. It now features new group and solo content, with many quest lines for either type of player as well as an enhanced storyline, additional items and the chance to fly into battle on an elite back wyvern mount.
Abundant Amenities!
All player housing areas should have a crafting center within one chunk's distance. You will find crafting trainers, vendors, taskmasters, and stations. In addition, a few select areas (including all of the islands) have had flying mount renters added.
Blood, Fungus, and Dust - Oh My!
Guildhall adventuring drops should now be much easier to obtain. Mnalus Fungus will now rarely drop off most mobs in Lair of the Mnalus. Mummy Dust will now rarely drop off most mobs in Nusibe. Fiend Blood will now rarely drop off most mobs in Rhaz Inkur.
Optimizations and Bug Fixes
-There have been over a dozen high-profile client crash fixes added.
-Placing items in your toolbelt will now prompt you to confirm that you wish to bind them if they are bind on equip.
-Sounds playing will now have their distances scaled to the size of the object playing the sound. This will result in waterfalls being heard farther away, but you will need to get closer to hear smaller things like torches. In general, this will provide a dramatic increase in frame rate for those with single-core processors.
-There is a new setting in the Audio tab called Distance. This value is used to calculate how far away a sound will play. If you have a single-core CPU you may see some performance increase from lowering this value. If you desire to hear sounds from further away, you can raise this.
-Failing feign death will now allow a monster to attack you.
-Fixed a bug with pet pathing that would sometimes cause them to run back to where they were before teleporting to their master, such as in cases where they got stuck somewhere and their master got too far away.
-NPCs will no longer open locked doors.
-Lights and shadows now display properly across chunk borders.
-Many NPCs have learned how to see through stealth... beware!
-Fix for high-level characters with certain configurations of gear getting "stuck" when trying to chunk.
-Bard song effects will now only display on targets for which that song has a valid effect.
-Many server-side optimizations were done related to how bard songs were being processed.
-Another source of client crashes has been found and fixed.
-Many optimizations have been done to raise frame rate in crowded areas. Group and raid encounters should see improved performance.
-Several issues related to player chests have been resolved.
-Any quests which involved multiple stacks of items should now no longer consume too many items.
-The functionality to split stacks has been greatly improved, with a new key for getting just one item from a stack, and a more functional UI for entering the number to break off from the stack.
-Multiple client-side optimizations related to the UI updating have been implemented. You should see significant improvements in frame rate from this change while in combat in a group or raid.
-NPCs will now pay better attention to you when you hail them.
-You can now see item links for items you loot.
-You can now swap equipped items with items in your inventory or bags, even if your inventory is full, as long as it is a one-for-one swap and does not require moving two equipped items, such as swapping out a weapon and shield for a two-handed weapon.
-Group members will now see a loot message regardless of their location.
-Fixed some issues where looted items in groups were not displaying the same for all members.
-You can now request that your character be copied (not moved, just copied) to the test server by using the new /copycharacter command. This command toggles your request to be copied on and off. Please type, "/help copycharacter" for more info. |
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RED EYE
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Posted - 09/10/2007 : 09:35:35
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| spamfilter je v EQ2 uz docela dlouho spis me zarazi ze ho do VG jeste nedali protoze tam byl ten spam nejhorsi |
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tojejedno
Advanced Member
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Posted - 28/11/2007 : 13:07:59
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A dalsi novinka
As many of you have correctly pointed out, it’s very likely that during prime time – given the number of high level players in our game, that APW could potentially be rendered unplayable due to volume of traffic. As a result, we have implemented a solution to this problem that we wanted to outline for you here before it goes to test and then live in order to give us time to make sure it is fully understood before you guys start interacting with it on the test server.
Our first step was actually to move the dungeon itself to its own separate chunk. This is why you’ll notice an empty dungeon behind the current doorway, and soon the doors will be made immobile and this version of the dungeon removed completely. By moving the dungeon this allows the server supporting the dungeon to dedicate its resources entirely to those hunting within the dungeon itself, wasting no server resources on anyone who might be spending time doing the overland content.
The second step was actually to create multiple copies of this separate dungeon. Opening day we will only have one APW ‘shard’ (and yes, this could even potentially be called an ‘instance’) open. However, we will be able to, if it is deemed necessary and on a per server basis, open additional overflow copies of APW.
No ja jsme zvedav jak budou resit snahy o trefovani do napopovane verze, v kazde bude up neco trochu jineho. No uz by si to s tema instancema meli rozmyslet.
Ale jinak uz po tech ctyrech mesicich miri k nejakemu konci coz je fajn:-) |
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VG: Jsem takova mala pisnicka - retarded s potencialem
EQ2: Tojeonde - Pivipi - retarded
Rift: Tojejedno - nejakej FOTM class, takze klerik asi:/ - retarded
FF XIV: Toje Tojejedno - a opet retarded, hrozna hra
TESO - tojejedno - sorcka - Sem se vratil z dovolene a prej uz se to nehraje
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tojejedno
Advanced Member
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Posted - 06/12/2007 : 13:30:07
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Jsem fakt zvedav jak to tam na konec bude vypadat:-)
Lockout Timers
Once a boss has been defeated, the 18 players that engaged will be flagged with a Lockout Timer for that specific encounter. Mobs in APW are currently expected to have a one hour re-spawn however, raids will only be able to engage locked-out mobs once every 72 hours (all times are subject to change). While flagged with the Lockout Timer, the player will be unable to engage or be engaged by that particular boss mob. |
AO: Pan Shade Tojejedno + PvP nub - retarded (tm)by NerfTý Mittra
VG: Jsem takova mala pisnicka - retarded s potencialem
EQ2: Tojeonde - Pivipi - retarded
Rift: Tojejedno - nejakej FOTM class, takze klerik asi:/ - retarded
FF XIV: Toje Tojejedno - a opet retarded, hrozna hra
TESO - tojejedno - sorcka - Sem se vratil z dovolene a prej uz se to nehraje
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godlike
New Member
209 Posts |
Posted - 12/12/2007 : 22:52:04
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| GU3 je tu ... mel by nekdo zajem to zkusit ? |
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Demawend
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Posted - 12/12/2007 : 23:28:33
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quote:
Originally posted by godlike
GU3 je tu ... mel by nekdo zajem to zkusit ?
Jako hrabat se v mrtvole? |
Ultima Online, Dark Age of Camelot, EVE Online, Everquest 2, Vanguard, Age of Conan, Hellgate London, Dungeons & Dragons, Warhammer Online, LOTRO, Star Trek Online, SWG, Darkfall, Dofus, Guild Wars, WoW,... a myslim, ze ja debil, tak aspon pulku z toho porad platim :) |
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brutus
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Posted - 12/12/2007 : 23:53:23
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quote:
Originally posted by godlike
GU3 je tu ... mel by nekdo zajem to zkusit ?
Ja bych VG rad skusil - na novem serveru bez dupnutych itemu... i prez to ze dneska uz nema sanci stat se Ackovou gamesou - ac je to skoda - hra s takovym potencialem tu uz dlouho nebyla (a asi ani hned tak nebude) :( |
Darkness beyond twilight, Crimson beyond blood that flows, Buried in the stream of time is where your power grows, I pledge myself to conquer all the foes who stand, before the mighty gift bestowed in my unworthy hand, Let the fools who stand before me be destroyed, by the power you and I possess... DRAGON SLAVE! |
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Rashaverak
Senior Member
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Posted - 13/12/2007 : 09:02:40
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| podle me se mylis ta hra je ackova, a jsem na tom stejne, nejvic me odrazuje ta ekonomika. Jinak ale pres vanoce to zrejme zkusim, jelikoz jsem si po druhe reactivnul wowko a tentokrat jsem tu kokotinu neustal ani 2 hodiny jako minule. |
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HK
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Posted - 13/12/2007 : 11:54:08
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| To sme na tom stejne ja sem taky asi pred mesicem reaktivoval WOW ale kdyz tam lognu tak zabiju tak dva moby a rikam si boze co to delam a odlognu. Ted du zase skusit po par mesicich VG, kdyz nic tak aspon zabiju trochu casu. |
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