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Our very own Batir managed to get some information from Hanse regarding upcoming changes to resistance: I decided to try getting some info out of Hanse on some of the changes coming up. Here's what I was able to weazel out of him: Batir: How is stacking of resistances going to happen? Will wearing a shirt and plate tunic do anything? (Yeah, silly me, I saw hats having resistances and assumed all clothes would) Hanse: Resistances are not on clothes. Resistances are on armor, jewelry, and weapons. This gives you a total of 9 slots resistances can be equipped in. Armor: Six slots Jewelry: Two slots (ring and bracelet...we didn't want to make male characters feel they need to wear necklaces instead of gorgets and earrings) Weapon: One slot Total: Nine Anything you wear is applied to your player object and used for comparison. The exception is stuff that applies to the weapon only (like self repair). Batir: A little more clarification on that? Are the numbers added, averaged, weighted average like now, or what? Hanse: All pieces of equipment that have resistances total up on the player. They do not average. If you wore a platemail chest with 5% physical resist and a gorget with 3% physical resist, you would have a total of 8% physical resistance. Batir: And hit locations? Hanse: Hit location was removed for AoS. Batir: Okay, and how are these resistances really gonna work? Hanse: Resistances are the final word on any damage. They affect all damage types equally. IE: If you have 50% resist, you take half damage from energy bolt damage. It's very simple how it works. If I smack you with a 100% physical weapon and you have 50% physical resist, you take half damage. Batir: You said clothing doesn't have resistances, but I see the web site shows hats... Hanse: You can't wear helmets over hats. Hats are considered armor, now. I know I'm going to look stylish fighting monsters with my feathered magical hat on. Batir: So what's the max of any resistance I can have? Will luck and the other modifiers be the same? Hanse: We've debated maximum resistances and settled on 70%, I believe. You can exceed that number, but the resistance will only apply up to 70%. Luck has a high max. It's around 900 or 1200 or something like that. It has diminishing returns the higher you go, but is very powerful when getting magical items. It only affects items dropped as loot from slain creatures. Batir: And how will the Magic Resist skill work with all this? Hanse: Magic resist is very valuable. It protects you versus non-damaging spells. I had a lich cast weaken on me for 20 points the other day. It caused my wearables to become unwearable (not strong enough to use). In essence...it knocked my pants off. You get seriously wacked if you don't have magic resist in AoS combat. Batir: I don't see anything about the Dexterity penalties in any of the screen shots of the armor mouse overs... Hanse: Dexterity penalties were removed.Thanks a lot to Batir for gathering this info, and to Hanse for handing it out to us!

Thoughts and prayers are with you in this time of tragedy.

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That's funny stuff!

Woot!

Coldren who?

I don't remember posting the topic.... Why yo' ass can't be a Jawa in the Galaxies forums.... Funny stuff Bal. Too bad we can't see our posts with that.

I have decided to finally GM mining on Kimpek (trades character) With all the new changes to the game recently, I was wondering if anyone had any insight or suggestions for me. Mining skill is currently in mid 80's

Yes, that evil red had the same name as you Pride! We'll get you, I mean that red, next time!

Well, I am happy about it for the fact of my old PK account I had purchased. The account was a famous PK account that I had acquired some time ago.... The account has great characters on it but I would not bring any of the characters out of my home because of the names... sIr LoDaLot yM LoRd-SiR-tAilOr SiR-NeMpHis-YM ----now you see why I am happy about it

Peaceful relations with the orcs? Interesting..... *ponders* Indeed I see too few of the PGoH members utilizing Trinsic. While I am happy to say Olympus area is booming, would like to see a bit more activity around Trinny as well.

Catskills Guild Rankings by Vet Members 1. The Society of The Ninth Circle 233 2. Guardians of Light 198 3. Defenders of Justice 141 4. The Cavaliers 130 5. Lords of the Eternal Realm 117 6. Purple Guardians of HONOR 111 7. The Valor Knights 107 8. The Numenorean Empire 106 9. The Brotherhood 96 10. Eternal Friends of the Phoenix 89

Is there a good link to a info site about this game?

I would like to thank Pride (new member) for having the big Champ hunt today. Even though Wolf let me die once again, I am still a favored son of MARS, and Wolf 's death was not far behind my own! We managed to take down two champs, and I was able to get two power scrolls! I tell ya, that was some crazy fun!!! I didn't like hobbling away with all that gold though, with no way to recall or to use my bag of sending. *sigh* I had to leave some of my booty behind in order to make the ship as it was leaving the dock! I look forward to more of these champ hunts! Much fun!

Good! Lord knows I have been reading stratics as much as I have been in game the past few days. I been listening to all the Greek words and phrases you have all been speaking and been looking them up! Petals....*ahhhh* Now I get it! *goes back to Stratics*

Don't you hate it when........ You unlock a chest full of smithing and tailoring BOD's which are mostly complete and forget to lock it back down!

Wow! What enormous amounts of time I am sure it took doing BOD"s to get that! If you have any more guild charges left, I would love a war hammer. And Kodoz messaged me asking me to post for him for a short spear

Great! Just let me know a price.

Bah. I have that article taped up behind my computer! j/k But I did read that article in maximum PC. I am curious though.... They tested that card in the new Alienware Prototype.... I am wondering how the card will handle in todays systems rather than in tomorrows systems... Guess we'll have to wait to see what it will be like when it comes out!

CHARACTER NAME CHANGE PROGRAM What’s in a name?! Everything! And, although it is often hard to change your given name in the real-world it just got a lot easier in Britannia! Now for $29.99, you can do just that! The new Character Name Change service is here! That’s right, by using this service we will now change your character’s name for you! A warrior named "Girlface" no longer need worry about the taunts of his peers as he takes on a heroic new name like "Uther Daemonbane," "lAmEdAmE" can raise her head as a dignified member of society as she becomes "Mordela the Wise, and "mule 1" no longer needs to take a back seat to your "main" because of his generic or uninspired name! Here’s how the process works: First, contact our customer service representatives at 866-543-5435 (hit option 2, 2) to get the process started. Once we have verified the status of your account, we’ll apply the service fee and turn you over to our GM staff to complete the process and approve the name according to our TOS requirements. There are few things you’ll need to know before getting your name changed: * The Name Change Service is only available on the North American, European, and Oceania shards. * To help expedite the process, we ask that you please remove your character from his or her guild and faction beforehand. * At the time of the re-naming, a Game Master will need to approve the new name for compliance with our Terms of Service * The new name can’t include any apostrophe ' symbols. * The name cannot be longer than 16 characters. This new service is available NOW! Call 866-543-5435 (hit option 2, 2), toll-free, Monday through Friday, from 9:00am to 7:00pm CT & Saturday and Sunday, from 10:00am to 4:00pm CT.

In the next week or two, Nvida's new graphics card, the NV30 should be out. As everyone knows, this card is made to de-throne the Radeon 9700. Anyone manage to find one of these cards for sale yet? I'm curious as to what the price is....

Anyone know where I can purchase some shadow granite? I am in need of making some shadow granite tables, but never had the patience to GM mining....

I would also like to attend. Rand has recently taken me on a parade of all the Champ spawn locations, and I am looking forward to bashing a few around. Whisper my name upon the east wind, and I will be there