10.26.01 - Welcome to Dark Majesty
I haven't got my copies yet so I haven't seen it but
information is starting to trickle in. I of course will keep you
updated with all the mage related information that comes out of the
expansion. Preliminary information tells us of some new freaking awesome
orbs that completely debilitate your opponent. And the juiciest
information is that there's a rumor of a new skill point point quest. GET
DOWN AND BOOGIE that's sweet news. Although this is good news
for everyone in game I would say that no class will benefit more from this
than BM. 45-50 level are the toughest levels for a BM and now they
could be eliminated. Sweetness and Light.
Got DM News? either email it to me and I'll post it or
post it on our message boards.
10.26.01 - New Fist
| New
Fist de Yuma |
New Fist is up
Correction
Got to Laugh
What will fix Melee
Life Scrolls
Rat in a Maze
Newsgroup Tales
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10.26.01 - This and that
Had a business trip this week and have been extremely busy so I haven't
had a chance to update things here. I'm working as fast as I can to
answer all your emails, message board post, etc. Also I'm
aware that the Warhead chronicles are still not working. I don't know
why I'm having so much problems with these things. Looks like I'm
going to have to go down a different route than I was wanting to go.
Anyway for now if you really want to look at them use this
link I'll make a news update when I get them up to the way I like
them.
10.19.01 - Another Mage guide
Over on Stratics there's a really
nice new
mage guide. It's also go some user fiction attached to it.
Very well done a good read for anyone.
10.18.01 - Topheron's Doom
This has been out for a month or so but not many know about it.
Keba has created an excellent decal plugin that calculates the xp earned
in game from various actions. I highly suggest that if you use decal and
are interested to see what creatures you are fighting yields the most xp,
then you really need this plugin. Soon there will be an xp gathering
project on CoD and this will be the tool used to gather that
information. So get a head start and download this today Kebas
Plugins for Decal
10.17.01 - The Legend is gone
Just some brief news that Animal one of the first BMs has been hacked
and deleted. Yes this account has been sold a few times, but the
original was a pioneer in AC and accomplished many feats. This is
terrible news for anyone but kind of a shame since this character was such
an icon.
10.16.01 - Dizz reviews Anarchy online
Nope not AC related but this site still carrys my name so I still get
to pretty much do what I want. I've been playing AO this last week
and wrote up a review of it from my perspective. If you're even
slightly interested in AO give it a read
Dizz's Review of Anarchy Online
10.15.01 - Warhead Back online
Yes I know the links for warhead have been broken a long
time. Warhead sent me his entire site before he left AC in preparation
for the time when the site wouldn't exist anymore, it just took me a while
to get it all uploaded and such. Anyways instead of making it
conform to my site, I just uploaded the whole site as is and that will now
become his section. If you haven't read Warhead's
stuff now's a good time, he was a very good and powerful BM.
10.12.01 - Emeraldwind and Fahrenheit additions
Boy these 2 have been doing a bang up job lately of getting new
journals out. As always, I'm so happy to host these 2 and highly
suggest you read them.
Emeraldwind - Part
9
Fahrenheit - Fatigue 08 (Battlemage Journal)
10.11.01 - Patch Round Up
Alright, it looks like everything important has just about been
discovered so I'll run down all the items that effect us and a little bit
of commentary on each. As always please visit Maggie's
Site for her
write up on this event
New Mana Stones Breakage - First I want to talk about the new
mana stone destruction rate being set to 10%. I've heard nothing but
whining on this and it really pisses me off. As a mage you should be
rejoicing and jumping from the hills for this little improvement.
First as a mage we don't carry every piece of loot we have back to the
shop to sell, we are almost always overburdened and I know I rarely pick
up anything that's value isn't at least 8 times its burden. But now
we can take some empty mana stones along and all the heavy junk we just
drain the mana out of and... What you don't know what to do with it?
Come on how many of you actually keep your focusing stone full? The
stone holds like 18000 mana just dump it all in there and then we also
have this mana sucking Mage Armor. Trust me this is mage love
in a big way.
Trade Mana Elixers - Easily made so these are great. Have
your favorite trade mule make you up some today. About 10 or so
should be enough for a week. You just keep them in your hot slots
and use them when you're in trouble, like when that nighmare wisp drains
you.
Impulse Gem Duration - Another huge plus. Use these for
any quest now. I'm already arranging a secondary character who's
sole purpose in life is to collect these for Dizz.
New Mask Wands - Nothing good here, just fluff
New Items
- Obsidian Director's Mask - Impen V, Focus V, Invuln V diff 190, AL
120 - Not bad if you have the Arcane Lore to use.
- Virnidi Shroud - Impen V, Magic Resist V, Willpower 5, Invuln V diff
200 - Combined with the mask above this really isn't a bad set.
- Doll Leader's Charm - Focus V, War IV diff 100 - Ahh the honey pot,
Many BM's will be running to this item. It should become a
highly sought after item
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Doll Leader's
Charm
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Value
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3000 |
| Burden |
60 |
| Spells |
Focus
IV, War Magic Mast IV. |
| Spellcraft |
300 |
| Mana |
x/600 |
| Mana
Cost |
1-30 |
| Difficulty |
100 |
| Restrictions |
War
Magic 190+ |
House Recall? - Not much is known about this this yet so
speculation is running wild. But like I've said many time this does
change a lot of things. Even though it doesn't appear to be an
actual spell it will be one more item in our arsenal of portal related
items that get us around Dereth. Remember if your buying a house
choose it's location carefully.
I was really expecting more out of this patch but with the expansion
coming in a few weeks I guess this is good enough.
10.10.01 - New Fist De Yuma
http://www.crackednuts.net/asheron
Pile of Bodies
The Plains
Southwest Plains
Island Hunt
South Center Plains
Really Sad
Old Friend Returns
Island Quest
News Group Tales.
10.9.01 - Apprentice Robes and other new stuff
Some of you might be interested to see what the apprentice robes look
like now that they've been de-nerfed. So I went and got a shot of
all the gharu ones for you ApprenticeRobes.jpg
It's still early yet but it looks like there will be some more mage
items. First off we are getting some play wands with heads on them
kinda groovy looking but otherwise worthless. Also it appears there's a
new bracelet that will be a great benifit to many mages. Lastly for
those mages that arcane lore a new virindi mask has Focus 5 on
it. Complete details will come later.
10.9.01 - Build Notes
Mmm juicy. Roll
out and Dev
Notes. Here's the highlights I picked up on that effect us.
10.3.01 - New Fahrenheit up
That great teller of tells has graced us with a tell of tuskers. So
good as usual, you can find it here Tuskers
Public apology to Fahrenheit for not getting this up sooner. Look
for new stories to be coming from a perspective other than Battlemage, from
Fahren
10.2.01 - Fist de Yuma
Your weekly fist is in.
Search for the Diamond Lord
First Kill
Long Safari
Gang Banging
Wedding
http://www.crackednuts.net/asheron
09.30.01 - Now Trendkill
Inspiration must be in the air because our good friend Trendkill
has made entry into his Battlemage journal. Great topics in
this one, as usual it's always a treat to read a new Trendkill.
The
Trendkill Diaries-Book 11: The Next Milestone
09.30.01 - Even more Emeraldwind
Wow she's on a role, and man I'm so glad she is. This is a quite
exceptional entry also so I highly recommend it. You can check it
out here Part08 There are lots of
pretty pictures and it goes into great detail about Emerald
getting her mage armor.
Also Emeraldwind is doing
some research on what monsters are spawning where and she wants your help.
Here's the request from the lady herself.
I'm trying to put together a Hunting
Guide for the New Dereth and I need submissions for various places...
like good places for various levels to hunt in. If you could post that
I'm looking for this and my email ( emeraldwindofleafcull@hotmail.com
) for the submissions, this would REALLY help me out! Thanks soooooooooo
much.
09.26.01 - Dev Chat and Commentary
I'll just be covering the items that pertain to mages. That's
right I'll sort through the junk so you don't have to :) Full
transcript can be found here
on stratics
Da_HumAn in AsheronsCall asks:
Will the new spawns stay or go back the way it was before sometime? =)
cardell_turbine says: That is largely up to
the virindi.
cardell_turbine says: But to give you some insight, do drudge
raveners ever become prowlers again?
cardell_turbine says: Generally, once the Virindi fiddle with
something, it stays fiddled with...
cardell_turbine says: Look at Martine.
Dizz says: Good, I hope the silly virindi produce a lot
more of the creature and pack them in tighter. OH and dear
god I hope they put their pets back to work
Guest_Aesop in AsheronsCall asks:
Are there any plans to have a 'house recall' spell with the release of
Dark Majesty? Or can you not comment on that?
kentroop_turbine says: Yes, there are plans
to have house recall functionality.
Dizz says: hmm now this is interesting news, Think about
it. A house that's way out in the bonnies may be desirable just to
have another tie to somewhere out of the way. Or even better close
to a master mage etc.. Think before you buy will be the theme
Squeegeeman1 in AsheronsCall asks:
Hi, are the Tundra matty Robes supposed to protecet the head, or not?
cardell_turbine says: Yes, it is a bug.
Dizz says: Expect the value to go even higher than they
currently are
Guest_Lalledusken in AsheronsCall asks:
This Question has been asked hundreds of time on the Community boards
and never answered, Is there a chance to lower the cost of Plat Scarabs?
cardell_turbine says: There is always a
chance. But I highly doubt it.
Dizz says: Good try but the answer was very predictable.
K that's pretty much it, lots of questions concerning the upcoming
expansion but really not that much new information. Also was it me?
or did this one seem awfully short.
09.25.01 - New Fist de yuma
Topics :
Island Quest
E-Bay
Helm
Shield
Pressure
The Bore
Newsgroups Tales.
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09.24.01 - Ohh Ahh New Emeraldwind
Well what a welcome surprise. Our girl Emeraldwind
has produced a brand spanking new journal entry. Not only is this a
new journal but it's the first journal post patch that covers the new
spawns. Good reading for all I highly recommend it.
Emeraldwind - Part 7
09.20.01 - ARGGG
Well I've just realized that no one has been able to see any new news
since the 300lb gorilla. I'm trying to get it all updated as fast as I
can. Zanten's stuff takes a while to upload so please bare with me.
*grumble*
09.17.01 - Journals of a Critter First BM
Now more than ever creature first BMs are becoming a viable option in Dereth. Zanten is one of the big pushers of this play style for BMs. At first he received a lot of grief for even suggesting this but now things are changing and through his journals he has changed many mage's minds. I'm very proud to have him on board giving his diaries. Ohhh and look they have pictures :)
Zanten - Journal of a Creature first Battlemage
09.17.01 - Battlemages in the new Dereth
File this under commentary. I'm not going to pretend
I'm the expert but I have been asked about 5 times a day 1 of these 3
questions. And I do have some answers
Are item first BMs doomed?
I'm an item first BM at level X, Now that tuskers are gone what should I
hunt?
I just rolled a BM should I take item or creature first?
I could answer these individually but they all pretty much
have the same answer, So let me start by saying that NOTHING has changed
for a BM below level 40. You're going to be leveling on pretty much
the same stuff as before the patch. If anything these BMs are going
to have a wider variety of monsters to fight. Now sure you are
probably going to have to move your hunting ground but change is good,
right? This leads me to the next point. Everyone is having to change
their outdoor hunting routine. Get out see Dereth and find new
things to hunt. It's fun, it's exciting and it's what the game
should have always been like. Now to get to the nitty gritty I have
eluded to the fact that life has changed for a BM levels 40-50 and it
has. If you were planning on powerleveling on tuskers on the Plains
then yes it has changed, BUT if you were going to be powerleveling in BSD
or at tusker camps nothing has changed. So now we are left
with a small group of people that were planning on leveling outdoors on
tuskers. Well things have changed for you. Quantity is now
your key word, find heavily populated areas of anything and plow through
them. This does imply you are going to have to explore and
find this high population areas but I trust if you are this type of player
you will have already done so.
This takes care of the first 2 question now the last and
hardest question, Item or Creature? The decision hasn't got any
easier and the requirements haven't changed. If you want to take
creature first you are going to have to have at least 1 if not 2 portal
mules to move you around. If you have this at your disposal
then I suggest you read Zanten's stuff
and see if it's for you (His Journals will be online sometime today check
back soon). Otherwise item is still very viable and alive.
Lastly if I hear 1 post 50 BM complain about the new
Dereth I will make sure that turbine nerfs you next patch. If
this patch isn't graduated BM love I don't know what is. I'm having
more fun than I've paid for.
Have fun and Blow Stuff up!
09.13.01 - The Aftermath of the Patch
As always if your looking for the best and most accurate
information on the new patch I direct you Maggies
Kick Ass site and her new section on this patch : Keep
Your Enemies Closer
New Spawns : Well in my opinion this has got to be
one of the best patches to come down the pipes in a long
while. I think the biggest news for mages, especially
battlemages pre-50, is the spawn change. Leveling
a BM might have just got tough, tuskers have run off the plains
into other grounds. Where? well I haven't found high concentrations
of them yet and everyone one on the boards are looking for them
also. I'm suspecting up near Stonehold and the northwest corner of
Oseth is going to be a very nice hunting area. I went to the bandit
castle yesterday and was very surprised what I found there. I'm
calling for all mages to get off your duff and report in what you find on
our boards. Don't just complain about the new changes make a
difference and help your fellow mages. Starting
a thread here to report what is spawning and where
New Interface : Another excellent change,
especially for us mages. Not only have they added spell durations
but the stretch UI makes it easy to see more of your spells at once.
Now you can see the 30+ buff you may have on and tell when they will
expire. Also a side effect to this is that I'm finding it easier to
identify loot so that means less time muling and shopping. So the
question is do we get rid of Mage Minder? hard to say and I'm not for sure
I will. Mage minder has 2 functionalities that the games solution
doesn't. 1 minute warnings and low comp warnings. Now I know
some of you turn these options off and if you do then you probably can
turn off the mage minder. But I've become very use to the 1 minute
warning so I believe I'll be keeping mage minder. Both solutions
seem to be reporting the same durations so nothing to worry about there
here's a screen I took of both of them running NewUi.jpg
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Asteliary Orb
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An orb enchanted with powerful
magic, taken from the Asteliary dungeon.
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Value
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3000
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Burden
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100
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Spells
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Focus IV, Mana Conv Mast V,
Willpower IV.
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Spellcraft
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250
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Mana
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x/650
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Mana Cost
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1 pt. per 30 sec.
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Difficulty
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190
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Restrictions
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Mana Conv. Mast. 150+
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Imbued Asteliary Orb
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An
orb enchanted with powerful magic, taken from the Asteliary dungeon and
imbued with the power of the Asteliary gem.
Use this item to cast its spell.
Created by [player name]. |
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Value
|
3000 |
| Burden |
100 |
| Spells |
Focus
V, Mana Conv Mast VI, Willpower V. |
| Spellcraft |
250 |
| Mana |
x/750 |
| Mana
Cost |
1
pt. per 20 sec. |
| Difficulty |
230 |
| Restrictions |
Mana
Conv. Mast. 180+ |
|
New Items : All the new items that we know about
have not been found, specifically I have seen nothing on the Orb with the
critter in the center. What we do have are some nice new orbs for
mages that have Arcane lore. (Information and pictures provided by Maggie)
I know my old mage would kill to have such an orb although I don't know if
people will use this over a focusing stone. Next there is a new robe
with protections similar to a matty robe. If your a robe wearer at
all you need to get one of these. They are found on Tundra Mattys
which are apparently pretty rare. I know I'm going hunting for one
tonight.
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Robe of the Tundra
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| A
robe crafted from a Mattekar Hide. It has some natural padding
in it that makes it more resistant to damage. |
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Value
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6000 |
| Burden |
500 |
| Armor
Level |
0 |
| Protections |
B/B/A
P/B/P/B |
Anyway a very good patch in my opinion.
09.12.01 - Rollout and Build notes
Wow word is that the patch is up. I haven't tried yet
but will as soon as possible. Here are the highlights and comments to
the Build
Notes and Rollout
notes that pertain to mages and that I didn't comment on yesterday.
Sanctuary Recall and Recall to
Aerlinthe spells have now been fixed. Players using these spells should
no longer experience client lockups after they arrive at their
destination.
Holy Recall Batman! They fixed it! It's about bloody
time :)
The Four Towers Impious Staff npc
was not spawning due to a bug, this should be fixed now.
Ah good. This is one of my favorite quest and the
last time we tried to do it we had a nice person let us in, we were
lucky.
09.11.01 - Patch News
On the brighter side, our coveted time of the month has
come. We've all see the
teaser and commented
on it. Now in the
letter to the players we see housing and even see that monsters all
over have been re-located, this has been a HUGE gripe of mine for a long
time and this actually one of the more exciting news items I've seen on
the event. Also it looks like a lot of us may be dropping the use of
mage minder if turbines
solution is as good as the
original. Lastly we see the addition of a
new orb, a new mage item (a
crown) and new
color for robes which always gets us mages a little giddy.
Ok now I'm in a much better mood.
Post all new finds here for this site : Got
Patch News?
09.11.01 - No words can describe
As most in this country, I'm in horror and disbelief over
the events that have happened today. I work at home so I watched the
whole thing unravel and was horrified at visions of the whole
ordeal. I don't really want to add more as this is a gaming
site. I just ask everyone to please take time to pray for everyone
effected by this.
comment on these events here :A
moment of Silence and Discussion and here I
know this is OT, but this is the most checked board.
09.11.01 - Fist de Yuma
Right on schedule as always, man I wish I could be this
prompt.
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Fist de Yuma |
Old Friend Returns
Cowards
Cowards II
Dangers
Looting on the Island
Taking People to the Island
The Cursed Quest
William's Take
How Balash got his Nickname
News Group Tales
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09.06.01 - The 300 lb Gorilla
Well I did it, I got off my butt and did another
diary. This one is shorter than usual but I try to pack as much
information as I could into it. I do hope you enjoy it.
Dizz's Diary - The 300lb Gorilla
Comments?
09.06.01 - Level 7 spells on Items?
ACSage.com has posted
another edition of Turbine
Talk. In this edition Fitzben asked :
Fitzbean:
Ok, I was wondering... With the addition
of Lvl 7 War, Item and Creature, and the eminent (I fear) addition of
Level 7 Life spells, will items finally start spawning some of these new
spells? For example, BD VII weapons, STR VII rings, etc. It
seems only fair to give the melee players even a chance against a Level
7 vuln and a Level 7 war spell. I know, dead either way, but these
spells are going to be needed on items, otherwise the Melee Vs. Mage
situation is more uneven than ever.
Fitzbean,
Time for a role-playing standpoint answer.
Level 7 spells are the height of a magic-users career, the tantamount
moment when they have harnessed the newly reborn energies of Dereth
into the coalescence of spells that were once unattainable. That
being said, at this point in time it can be stated that there are no
immediate plans for items imbued with this immense power into the
world. Basically it would take some time for the artisans of
jewelry in Dereth to devise the ways to imbue the gems and
metals with these most powerful spells. Will they be able to do
this? Perhaps in time, but at the present they are behind
schedule.
- Allan Maki,
Community Representative,
Turbine Entertainment Software.
09.04.01 - Devastator back on line
Devastator's dungeon
Dwelling guide has been offline the last week or so due to dropping
off the message board. But never fear I have finally got around to
putting them in html form and updating it with his latest work concerning
Grendaline Consulate Dungeon which so many people have questions
about.
Like these? let him know here Battlemage
Devastator's Dungeon Dweller Guide!
09.04.01 - Fist
I would say this is on of the better ones that he's put
out in a while, have yourself a read.
End of the Golden Age of AC
Being Effective on Quests
Qubblie Orb South
Qubblie North
Tool Quest
Frost Stone
The Bore
Caulnalain Quest
Virindi Amulet Quest
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08.31.01 - Can we please fix the Level VI spells so they
last longer than V's?
This Question was asked of the developers over on the
vault. Here's the response
This question touches on another
highly debated question, that of spell economy. Spell economy has a
direct effect upon the duration of spells, and can account for the
disparity between the length of level VI spells and Level V spells. The
changes made to spell duration were done to make hunting a less tedious
process for all levels, yet the standard duration for level VI spells
was not touched as it was considered to be adequate enough. The base
duration for Level V spells is equal to the standard for Level VI spells
which can only lead to the conclusion that the higher percentage of
players using level VI spells are changing the economy of the spell and
thereby reducing the duration.
Allan Maki
Turbine Community Representative
Wow I'm glad turbine explained the spell economy to us
mages *rolls eyes* I think we all know what's going on the question
is what are you doing to fix it? He acts as though he's surprised
that I a majority of players, after a year and half of game play, are able
to cast level 6 spells. If they fell that the durations are
correct then that means there is a problem with the spell economy which
we've all know for a very long time. Why can't they commit to
fixing it?
Vaults thread : Turbine Q&A- Can we please fix the Level VI spells so they last longer than V's-
Our thread : Turbine
Q&A - Does Turbine Know the Spell economy is broken?
08.31.01 - Why is there such a thing as Resist
Mysha over at forwardartillery.net
has done a nice little rant on
"Magic
Systems - Why is there such a thing as Resist" You can find it
on his news page as the 2nd item.
In today's
popular MMP games resisting spells is handled differently in each
instance, but have similar basic concepts. In Asheron's Call, as most of
you know, magic resist is a skill you can "dump points into".
Of course the effectiveness of such a skill is extremely nerfed.
Creatures however, benefit greatly from magic resist. Everyone knows
Tusker Guards are not very resistant to magic, where as Virindi
Executioners are almost completely resistant. There exist a wide variety
of "in betweens". A relationship between the caster's skill
level and the creature's magic resistence is often a check made to
determine whether the spell casted had any effect at all. As I recall if
a resist takes place, no damage is taken and no effects occur. This is
an all or nothing situation. Of course it is possible to get high level
where virtually everything in the game NEVER resists you, and that is
the ultimate goal of player's still playing Og mages and such. They want
to be able to own everything in the game with no bumps or hitches along
the way. If you are willing to kill an absurd mass quantity of things or
have an absurb quantity of vassals this is a possibility.
Very insightful look at magic systems, I recommend this
read.
I'd like to hear your comments on this here Why
is there such a thing as Resist?
08.30.01 - Dizz's Level 7 Spell Tracker
If your like me and working on getting all of the
important level spells in you spell book then you know it's nearly
impossible to keep up with all the scrolls you have in storage and what
you have learned. Also if you start trading them it only adds to the
complexity. Well working off a spreadsheet that Yom of Leafcull
provided, I have rearranged it to do exactly this. It takes some
time to fill it out but once you do it's a real time saver.
I've put this in the Level
7 spell guide. You can find the direct link here.
Let me know what you think of it Level
7 Spell Tracking sheet
08.29.01 - Spam is bad mmmkay
I've sent this out in a global email to all registered users
but I think it still deserves attention here in case you are just signing up
or for some reason the email failed.
First off, I will only be using mass
mailing in the most dire of situations where news post will not cover it.
Since this topic covers past members of the site also I felt I had to use
this function.
I have recently been made aware that Ezboard has been giving our email
addresses out to spammers. I knew I was getting spam but wasn't
aware that it was from EzBoard as I thought them to be an
"honorable" company. Well I was wrong and I would like to
personally apologize to you for putting you through some of the vial and
annoying email that has been sent to you.
I was especially upset about this since we (the members of this board) have
paid a premium price to have our board upgraded to free ourselves from
advertising. Being that, I posted to the exclusive forum of Ezboard to
get answers for this.
To sum this up one of the nicer Administrators gave the link to the spam
delivier they use. Please go here http://www.postmastergeneral.com/privacy/antispam.html
This link is suppose to remove you from the spam they are sending. If
it does not, I will continue to try and alleviate this problem.
Once again I'm sorry and hope you continue your patronage to my site.
If you would like to reply to this email please use this thread http://pub55.ezboard.com/fdizzsbattlemageforumsfrm11.showMessage?topicID=25.topic
- Dizz
08.28.01 - Weekly Fist de Yuma
The man who never stops, yet again gives us a entry to his
journals.
Og vs. BM debate
I place, in pure power of mages, BM number one and Og a close second. As
I get higher in level (75 now) I’m getting close to where yield is
seldom used. Still I have spent double the points on War over Life to
get War to within 19 points of my Life skill level. That is over 60
million points for a base 271 vs. 28 million for 290 Life.
The debate started with my old friend Zethgryn
posting an essay on the VN board. I recommend you go read it at;
http://vnboards.ign.com/message.asp?topic=15643953&start=15647632
The rest of the journal can be found here http://www.crackednuts.net/asheron/
08.26.01 - New Disgruntled
Tokugawa has given us a new update to his Disgruntled
Mage column.
Greetings,
The last journal was a controversial one, I plan on taking it a little bit
easier this time, write a more philosophical journal and abstain from
bashing a character class, although I think I should talk about the mage
class sucking so bad. That would turn out well on a mage board, right!!!
The next one will probably wait a bit longer until mid-september.
- Tokugawa
Latest Column : Journal
of August 24, 2001
Disscussion :Journal
of Tokugawa - 08/24/2001
08.24.01 - Message Board Highlights
As promised here's the weekly highlights of what's
happened on the message boards. First and foremost I want to direct
your attention to the work that Rincewind has been doing on the Battlemage
board. He's has been telling the story of his, umm... erm.. less
than honorable Battlemage. I don't care if you hate battlemages, I
don't care if you hate reading fiction, I don't care what your excuse is.
Read these things! They are a true treasure and so fun to read. You
can find the first 3 chapters Gambler's
Anonymous (Part I) (Part
II) (Part
III)
Also one finally note I need your input on Board
Titles. If you post on the message board then PLEASE reply to this
post with input Board
Titles - Suggestions Welcome
08.24.01 - Site Happenings
I don't know when it will happen but my web provider is
moving servers sometime this week. I don't expect any down time but
there will at some point be a roll back of site to sometime around the
13th or so. When that happens it will be up to me to put the site
back to it's current state. Hopefully this will happen with little
mess or fuss
08.21.01 - Lag issues
We are all aware of the lag going on in
game right now. Ken Troop has spoken up about this his Letter
to the Players for August 2001 and the worlds are coming down on
Wednesday to help fix some of this as stated in the State
of the Network. What I want to make all you mages aware of is
your level 6 scrolls being exchanged for level
7's. During this time there has been reports of loosing level 6
scrolls when turning them in. If you have some highly valuable
scrolls that you need to turn in for 7's I suggest you wait till these
problems are alleviated.
Also I started a poll about this Would
you continue to play AC in its current state
08.21.01 - Tips for using
Keyboard Commands in Spellcasting
Dang someone beat me to
it. This is a nice little essay on how to use your keyboard
effectively in combat. If you don't currently use your keyboard in
combat then this should be required reading. You can greatly
increase your effectiveness in combat by breaking yourself of the mouse.
This essay is available over on Maggie's site here http://www.thejackcat.com/AC/Ned/Tip6.htm
08.21.01 - Base To Buff Skill table now hosted
I mentioned this very nice table in the news last week and
now this wonderful resource is available permanently on this site. You can
find it in it's new home here Base To
Buff Skills.
08.20.01 - Grandpa hits 80
The old man keeps on truckin and still insist that his
template is a viably strong template. Well he's right check out this
post here Grandpa
Template hits 80th! This is really quite an amazing feat and one
to be very proud of. Way to go Grandpa maybe we won't put you in a
home after all :)
I am aware that for
nearly a year now (in October) I have tried to promote this template
with very little following. I had a post when I was level 70 of one 60+
player with this template that was actively playing. From what has been
conveyed to me, getting to level 60 without item magic is the biggest
problem, others have discounted the benefit of mana c specialized. At
level 90, when I take healing, is really when I think this template will
gain “better” popularity, and of course if I get to 120 and take
lock-pick, the template is truly complete. I am committed to getting to
90th, but I can’t say I’d have the energy to go to 120, so level 90
would likely be my last update … the way I am leveling and getting exp
from my chain, hopefully that will be in 3 months or so … so stay
tuned! - Grandpa of Solcaim
08.18.01 - The Disgruntled Mage Spouts Off
Our very good friend and journal contributor, Tokugawa has
started a new column here titled "The
Disgruntled Mage." This column will be semi-regular and
contain just about anything he feels like writing about. To kick
this off he's started by covering the following topics in this
edition.
Introduction
Bow Users
The good old thievery……
Battlemages
Vassals
Make no doubt there's a lot of ranting going on in this
column. Not that I agree with it all but I do love this
column. Feel like he is just wrong? Tell him what you think in this
thread : Journal
of Tokugawa - 08/17/01
Also let me put up this Disclaimer : The views of The
Disgruntled Mage are his own and do not reflect the views of this site or
its patrons. :)
08.16.01 - Patch Stuff
Just to point you guys in the right
direction if your looking for a complete compilation of patch information,
I always suggest Maggie's
Site.
Big update to the Crests
of a Turbulent Sea patch page! Learn more about the Banners and
locations of the 6 Tumerok Tribes and the new Assault Weapons! You can
also see several more examples of finished banners, thanks to Edain of
Leafcull and Loup Noir of Frostfell among others. - Maggie
Still nothing solid on whether we are
getting new Magic staves this month, but it's looking less likely.
08.15.01 - Starter Guides
In our continual progression to the new
Improved site there are now 2 new starter guides online
First is the most excellent OG
Mage Guide written by Finges. Even if you don't want to play an
Og mage read this guide. If you have some experience with the Og
mage and want to help contribute of just comment on this guide please
leave a message here : Og
Starter guide Ver. 0.5
Next is the nicely done McWar
Mage Guide written by our good friend Tribal Priestess. I
guarentee this is the first guide ever on this class of mages and it's
very well done. You can help or say thanks here : McWar
Mage Starter Guide
Lastely I've made a few new additions to
the Battlemage Starter
guide.
Think you've got the stuff to make a
Starter Guide? We still need one for the Opal
mage and all the other variations of templates possible. Just find
yourself an appropriate
forum and have at it.
08.15.01 - Message Board Highlights
I'm probably going to start making this
a regular feature on the news, say once a week or so.
08.15.01 - New Magic Staves after all?
Reports are sketchy, and I haven't seen one
yet but it appears with the new banners and hafts and such that we'll be able to
make Magic Staves. And it looks like I'm going to be the first to post
this. I'm not going to give exact details either. But take it this
is all hear say.
Fact: There are
6 Banners, There a 3 reinforced Hafts and 3 regular hafts. Each
haft has a required banner you can attach to it.
speculation : Banners
determine spells, reinforced Hafts add a 2nd spell
Fact: There are 4 head piece to put on a haft Spear, Mace, Staff,
and Wand? < This last one is disputed.
speculation : There are other pieces you can add too it to make them
even more powerful
This is going to be interesting as a
lot of these items are rare finds and like the composite bows everyone
will want the best there is.
Got more information? Post it on
our boards here : Banners
become Magic Staves
08.14.01 - Post Patch News
As the information comes in I'll post
more. There's not a lot as far as first glances goes for us
experienced mages but new mages are getting some nice little treats.
New
BM Starting Spells - If your starting any new mage you will have many
more spells to start.
Also of not are the new templates, the
old gimpy templates have been removed and more streamlined templates have
been put in. They still are not Uber by any means but a good
starting point. Of particular interest the War Mage Template is
actually a McWar mage that take arcane lore from the start.
08.14.01 - Pre-Patch News
Mage stuff from the Build notes http://zone.msn.com/asheronscall/news/augustbuild2.asp
- Revised Newbie Templates! New
names, new abilities, same cool newbie fun!
- Slightly revised newbie spell
lists! New spell casters start out with an additional spell or two!
And if specialized? Wowzas!
Rollout notes are here http://zone.msn.com/asheronscall/news/augustrollout.asp
Looks like a heavy content month, or at least
I hope.
Got Patch news? Get known in the
community post it on our
boards ;)
08.14.01 - Weekly Fist
In this edition http://www.crackednuts.net/asheron
What to do?
Focus Stone
Bodies Parts I - V
A Little Humor
Keeps you coming back
More on Good People
I'm still conducting a poll on
this, let your voice be heard and shape this site.
Should
I post Fist de Yuma in the News?
08.10.01 - Man am I hung over
Well the get together was a success and
I think everyone that showed up had a good time. I do appreciate all
of you that took the time to stop by. I did record a log
of the event if you didn't get to come. There's a lot of
screwing around and drinking in it but there are some nuggets of
information in there. Some exclusive information was made available
for the first time to the public at this meeting so it might be worth
going through if you weren't there.
Group shot of those that were left
after 2 hours
If you want to see the aftermath of a
party like this take a look at this shot : Meeting2Aftermath.jpg
Did
everyone have fun at the event?
08.09.01 - TONIGHT be on MorningThaw
Quick reminder that tonight is the night for
the mage gathering. Please come all of your friends from this board will
be here. I know there are a lot of lurkers for this site and you are
especially welcome to come hang out too.
When : Tonight
Location : MorningThaw, Rithwic Fairgrounds 10.4n 53.8e
| Times : |
9 pm Eastern |
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8 pm Central |
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7 pm Mountain |
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6 pm Pacific |
RSVP and Ideas for the events
08.09.01 - Buffed Stats
Philip over at CoD has come up with a
nice table showing generic stats when you buff them. Specifically he
shows what level you can get Arcane lore at with different buffs and your
primary skills. Very nice especially for those of you who do not
have Arcane lore and are interested when you'll be able to use your
focusing stone. Keep in mind though the spell economy can be
cruel and these numbers are a little generous.
Table
of Base to Buffed skill
08.08.01 - Biggest Sale in AC History
This
is truly amazing. Javhis monarch of the Phoenix
Guard on MorningThaw has made a deal to sell his Matty Robe for
54,000,000 pyreals. As far as I know this is the largest sale of in
game currency ever. Why would he do such
a crazy thing? from the man himself
It's not the airport,
or the upcoming housing, it's how I can spend time ingame.
Every minute I spend hunting for loot is another minute I cannot: 1)
plan better quests for the guildfolk 2) hunt with guildfolk simply for
the hunt 3) be red for the hell of it 4) stand around bs'ing 5) do
whatever strikes me at the moment
A monster pile of pyreal = Freedom, which to me may very well be worth
more than a matty.
The airport he speaks of is basically a
rotation of 10 portal mules on 2 accounts. An amazing feat in
itself. But basically he's doing it for his guild, the Phoenix
Guard. I find it an honor an privilege to be a member of this
monarchy.
Discussion : Matty
Robe for 54,000,000p
08.08.01 - New Journals
I hate getting behind on these.
Anyway Fahrenheit our resident Story
teller has weaved another excellent tell entitled The
road of support.
And our Newest contributor Raecyn
continues on with his stories with this one The
Path of Death, Destruction, and Mayhem Chapter Five
Good stuff here folks, don't deprive
yourself from reading them.
08.07.01 - 2nd Gathering of Mages Now set
Well it's been a few months since our last get together so it's
time we did it agian. Everyone who visits the site is welcome to
come. Meet your favorite Journal writers and all your other friends from
the boards.
Date : This Thursday August 8th
Location : MorningThaw, Rithwic Fairgrounds 10.4n 53.8e
| Times : |
9 pm Eastern |
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8 pm Central |
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7 pm Mountain |
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6 pm Pacific |
If you don't have a character on MT just create you a new
one in Rithwic. We a lot of fun last time and this time should be
even better. The event will probably continue for 2 hours or so, so if
you cann't make it till later that' fine. I know some of you
live over seas and I'm sorry we just have to set a time and go with
it. I'll be recording a log and posting it here for viewing on
Friday.
No set activities are planned yet so
give your ideas, or just let us know your coming here on this thread : 2nd
Gathering of Mages, RSVP and Ideas for the events
08.07.01 - New Fist
I haven't posted these in the news
section in a long time. I'm still not for sure if I need to as they
are on every other news page out there. I've set up a poll to see if
you think I should post these in the news, please tell me what you think. Should
I post Fist de Yuma in the News?
Negative WI?
Now here is the amazing thing about all this. Not once in the entire
quest did I have to use my healing kit! I have heard of the WI flag. I
must have had the –WI flag. Even when running alone all that came
close to hitting we were wasps. With my melee that was a miss.
http://www.crackednuts.net/asheron
08.03.01 - Mount Analysis
I love these type of things so here's another.
Tanlin has done an analysis of an area that he's been hunting at in the
mountains near Qualibar. Nice bit of info here, good
information if you're into hunting luggies and matties.
The
Mountain Lifestone Essay
08.03.01 - Hell Island a mage perspective
Mad Prophet over at the CoD board has done a very nice
analysis of the new level 55+ island from a mage perspective that was put
in this month. This does contain spoilers and Magic Defense numbers
of new creatures.
Hell
Isle, a mages perspective (essay)
