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BEST MMO @ E3 2014 BEST INDIE MMO @ E3 2014 BEST NEW CONCEPT from TenTon Hammer A perfect example is making crafting matter (finally). Items crafted by players will no longer be vendor fodder or the crappier equivalent of quest rewards. Instead, items that players create will be baked into the loot table of creatures out in the world bearing the original seal of the person who created it. So...for all you crafters....create a good weapon and it will become valuable to evil and monsters will seek it out...and YOUR creations will become part of the loot tables...items showing YOUR NAME!!!

I was fortunate enough to have both of my questions answered during the recent Dev Team Telethon for SHROUD OF THE AVATAR. The first one was about looting dead players and if the ability to "HEAD HUNT" them like in old UO days of collecting heads would be possible......this we found out was RIGHT UP RICHARDS (Lord British) alley!!! (he actually shows a recent purchase moments later in the video that arrives at his door in Texas) http://youtu.be/Y261it1NlFs?t=1h7m35s Second question was about JOUSTING since we did an epic job of creating Jousting in Ultima Online starting in Catskills and being duplicated by many across all shards....this one hit home with Starr (Lord Blackthorn)...to the extent he committed to making jousting an option for the release....he was also very happy and looks forward to "Coconut Jousting" (they are going to modify the existing coconut toy to become a PvP option to allow horse galloping to accompany a Jousting lance for players to run at each other and score points....thats the idea) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y261it1NlFs&feature=youtu.be&t=4h14m Horses and mounted Combat is a stretch goal not reached and currently thus is not in plans for Episode 1 game launch.....that could change though if they meet goal. at 4hrs and 3 minutes is another interesting statement of what games inspire them currently......UO, Galaxies and Arche Age .....interesting. If anyone seeks to join this game engine...please use Borg@TheHonorEmpire.org as your referral....each referral gives us $25 credit We are seeking to raise funds to purchase a guild town (which we control taxes) and guild Lord Hall. To join SHROUD of the AVATAR click here ===> https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/?page_id=35139 See you on the inside... -EmperorBorg

December 2nd is LAST DAY of 15% CREDIT BONUS for membership and ALL Purchases in SHROUD OF THE AVATAR!!! The sequel to UO and new RPG MMO game being designed by Richard Garriot (Lord British) and Starr Long (Lord Blackthorn) is SHROUD OF THE AVATAR. They are taking painstaking detail in the desires of the players and dreams years ago in UO that they could not do with the technology back then. Now armed with the new technology levels the pair has reassembled nearly all of the designers of the team again (Iolo too and his musical lute) and have opened the discussions to players who join the game early on in development. I joined up during the very first kickstarter many many years ago....and have just recently been adventuring within the Pre-Alpha game engine. If you are a fan of the Ultima Online sagas and want to participate in the weekly dialog with the development team, as well as mess around in-game as a tester...there are many MANY levels of participation available. IF you wish to join us in this game engine use Borg@TheHonorEmpire.org as your referral/friend/sponsor email as we are using recruitment credits to get the guild a larger guild house, tax free deeds and eventually enough to purchase and design our own in game Hamlet for guild members. https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/?page_id=35139 Update: Dec 2nd at 12:00 AM or Dec 1st at MIDNIGHT.

I have access to the beta. It is basically...........PVP with Personal Housing (BUNKERS)....since everything you do to your house actually gives you bonuses to skills etc. Various large add ons can give you a personal bank, workbenches and even raid portal. Im currently only gaming in UO much now and doing PT for knee.....and looking at job options and hoping to either start my business or find a job. Chadaroo has me looking at Streaming also as an option and linking it to the website. I think a lot of us are kinda in flux everywhere.....gravitating to their old favorite games or ones that they still enjoy.....I see GW2, Star Wars Vigilance, UO and Ive been listening in on Chad and Martok playing the PRELAUNCH of Archage. (it says Alpha but its a complete game just with Korean Cinematic cut scenes) They will launch it with English. So kinda enjoying the favorites I can while looking for job and something that can bring us all back together......it is what I personally miss the most....the teamwork goofy adventuring and struggles that new games and old games present to our online family.....love you all. Just wish we could be all together again somewhere constantly.

Picks: Bronze Pick o 15x Plain Wood Plank o 45x Tourmaline o 1x Copper Pick o 15x Elemental tin o 5x Burled Wood Plank o 8x Tin Ingot Copper Pick o 10x Elemental Copper o 1000x Plain Wood Log o 10x Copper Ingot Iron Pick o 3x Burled Wood Plank o 45x Aquamarine o 15x Elemental Iron o 30x Plain Wood Plank o 15x Iron Ingot Silversteel Pick o 20x Plain Wood Plank o 60x Topaz o 20x Elemental Silver o 7x Burled Wood Plank o 10x Silver Ingot o 1x Iron Pick Axes: Copper Axe o 10x Elemental Copper o 1000x Plain Wood Log o 10x Copper Ingot Accessory: Lightstone o 10x Elemental Silver o 5x Copper Ingot o 10x Sand o 100x Topaz Grappling Hook: Bronze Grappling Hook o 20x Elemental Tin o 10x Tin Ingot o 20x Copper Ingot Metal: Copper Ingot o 100x Copper Ore Tin Ingot o 100x Tin Ore Iron Ingot o 100x Iron Ore Silver Ingot o 100x Silver Ore Tungsten Ingot o 100x Tungsten Ore Prop: Vault o 1000xStone o 50x Essence of Earth o 10x Burled Wood Plank o 20x Elemental Iron o 60x Iron Ingot Crafting Station: Marble Forge o 40xElemental Tungsten o 40x Tungsten Ingot o 60x Iron Ingot o 40x Worked Marble Copper Reinforced Saw Table o 5x Elemental Copper o 5x Tin Ingot o 10x Copper Ingot o 2000x Plain Wood Log Stone Forge o 10x Elemental Copper o 15x Copper Ingot o 2000x Stone Roughwork Sifter (Made from bronzed wood saw) 10 Tin bars 50 Jute 100 Plain Wood Planks Tin Trimmed Work Bench (Made from Bronzed Wood saw) 20 Elemental Tin 35 Tin Bars 15 Bronze Bars 50 Plain Wood Planks Amaranthine Forge- Cobalt Pick: 5 burled planks 90 sapphire 30 elemental cobalt 60 plain planks 30 cobalt ingots Indigo Pick: 40 plain planks 120 ruby 40 elemental rubicite 14 burled planks 20 rubicite ingots cobalt pick Alabaster Forge: 120 elemental mithril 120 mithril 140 cobalt ingots 100 worked alabaster Cobalt reinforced saw table: 80 elemental cobalt 30 rubicite ingot 80 cobalt ingot 50 burled planks Dynamite: 200 coal 2 cobalt ingot Tungsten Reinforced Saw- Gold Trimmed Workbench: 30 elemental gold 30 gold ingots 40 tungsten ingots 30 burled planks Tradesman Sifter: 10 tungsten ingots 50 cotton 100 burled planks Gold Trimmed Workbench - Worked Obsidian Worked Amaranthine Ring of Brawn: 10 topaz 100 amethyst 10 stone Breeze Band: 10 elemental silver 10 silver ingots 100 amethyst Tremor Amulet: 10 elemental tungsten 100 amethyst 5 tungsten ingots Messengers Signet (upgraded scouts signet): 10 cotton 20 elemental tungsten 200 emerald 20 tungsten ingots Assessor's Mark (upgraded ring of discovery): 20 elemental silver 5 silver ingots 200 emeralds 20 tungsten Band of the Quarry: 10 elemental tungsten 100 emerald 10 tungsten Building Tool: Selection Tool o 30x Elemental Iron o 10x Topaz o 30x Iron Ingot

POSTED by DARKLADY on EQLandmark Forums Before you start your mining adventures there are a few thing you need to know: 1.You don't have to equip your tools to use them, keep them in your inventory and just drag them on your hotbar. 2.You can't mine next to the starting point. Your tools are not broken, there is a small area around the portal where you can't mine anything. Head out a bit and you will be able to mine everything. 3.Make sure you are in the correct tier area. Look around the portal, the minerals you see there are the ones you are going to find on your current map. If you don't see a lot of bright orange then you are in the wrong zone. Go to the middle of the portal and click on the stone above your head and select a Tier 1 zone. Tier 1 mining: you can mine everything with the Founders Pick Copper Ore: Bright Orange, always found on the surface. If you are in a tier 1 zone you will see a lot of it wherever you look. Tin Ore: Metallic Silver, mostly found under Copper deposits, rarely found on the surface. Fully mine the Copper deposits to uncover the Tin deposits. Agate: Yellow-ish in color, found on the surface or under Tin deposits that spawned on the surface. Not very rare, but not the most common thing to come across. Mostly found in desert areas. Tourmaline: Green with yellow, very rare to find, can be found on the surface or under both copper and tin deposits. If there are a lot of people hunting for it, it might take some time to find. Keep an eye out of it though since you need it to craft your next pick. Tier 2 mining: requires a Bronze Pick Iron Ore: Metallic Dark, mostly found in tier 2 zones, always on the surface. Aquamarine: Light blue-green, found on the surface and also under Iron Ore deposits. Easier to find then the tier 1 gems. Topaz: Yellow mixed with orange, found both on the surface or under Iron Ore deposits. To craft your bronze pick you need: 15 Plain Wood Planks (1500 Plain Wood) + 3000 Plain Wood Planks (not processed) 45 Tourmaline (1 deposit should give you that) 15 Elemental Tin (provided by Tin deposits) 5 Burled Wood Plank (500 Burled Wood Log) 13 Tin Ingots (1300 Tin Ore) 15 Elemental Copper (provided by Copper deposits) 20 Copper Ingots (2000 Copper Ore) These materials would provide enough for you to craft the following: Copper Pick (needed for crafting the Bronze Pick) Copper Reinforced Saw Table (you need it to make the Wood Planks. To use this you need to place your claim and drop the item inside it. To find a valid claim spot open the minimap and zoom out. Look for a spot that is not within a box - you'll know what I mean when you see the minimap. Might be hard to find a valid spot, I found mine on the far right corner of a map.) Bronze Pick Tier 3 mining: requires an Iron Pick Silver Ore: Bright Silver, mostly found under Iron deposits. Fully mine the Iron deposit to uncover the Silver. Found on tier 2 maps. To craft your Iron Pick you need: 3 Burled Wood Planks (300 Burled Wood Logs) 45 Aquamarines 15 Elemental Iron (provided by Iron deposits) 30 Plain Wood Planks (3000 Plain Wood Logs) 15 Iron Ingots (1500 Iron Ore) Tier 4 mining: requires a Silversteel Pick Tungsten: Dark Green, found on the surface on tier 2 maps. There is loads of it, you can't miss it, especially in the desert areas. Marble: Plain White, found on the surface on tier 2 maps. To craft your Silversteel Pick you need: 20 Plain Wood Planks (2000 Plain Wood Logs) 60 Topaz 10 Silver Ingots (1000 Silver Ore) 20 Elemental Silver (provided by Silver deposits although the drop rate seems really low) 7 Burled Wood Plank (700 Burled Wood Logs) This seems to be the last pick that can be crafted at the moment. The servers went down as I was starting to try mine with my new pick so if I find anything else I will add it. If you want to craft all your planks in one go and not have to run back and forth to your claim spot, you need a total of 6.800 Plain Wood Logs and 1.500 Burled Wood Logs to make all the planks you need and never have to go back (for now). The rest of the materials and the actual picks can be crafted at the crafting station at the starting portal.

We gonna go Dwarvish as a main colony kingdom? Lean on the Viking lore? Lo there do I see my father... Lo there do I see my mother, my Sisters and my brothers... Lo there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning. Lo, they do call me, they bid me take my place among them,... in the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live forever. Viking and Steel with tons of massive stone architecture (ie Tolkein view of dwarf kingdom capitals) I can work that into the Roman production plants and Asian pottery kiln mountains.

Wolf was one of our UO leaders and Star Wars Galaxy who designed much of the graphics for the website and now works a TON with animation with a company in the USA..... Thanks Wolf...our Canadian brother in arms (gaming)

Afternoon Rumblebore......keep eye here aye....we will definitely have creative teams working on projects that will fit together well for sales on the sony site....we figure there are many of us who have been gaming and designing since this industry started....we might as well put our ideas/visions to potential benefit.............then game on top of that fun....whoot

We are already working with a large alliance of players in sector 400 and on our planet we are building up the Klingon Empire. The game is an internet browser game over time for space building, research and combat with ships....free and is much more interactive than that freeking candy crush on facebook ehhehe. If your interested we are there. Attached is a photo of where you would end up after creating base and moving it to Klingon Planet. If your interested in a city civilization building over time free internet browser game we are in Forge of Empires here (Smedlock, Zarbalt, Esidor and myself) http://us.forgeofempires.com/?invitor_id=571317&world_id=us1&ref=player_invite_link

Attached PDF of the 2013 Star Wars Expanded Universe Fans Favorite Species Tournament SWEUFFSTBracketPictures2013.pdf

Once I find my NCSoft account info...ill give a whirl on the Beta.

We have the Vigilance name still. Marcohs has it (guild shows over 279 characters)

Way back when the AUTHENTICATORS became available I picked up a bunch of them and sent many out to members. My Authenticator today has died...locked up on a number which is what happens at the end of life for the battery I am told. SO I am sending this note out as a warning to all others....you may need to get a new Authenticator soon. (WOW version is out of stock, Starcraft one which works for WoW and battlenet for USA still in stock) Sadly I now have to call them since all the options to deal with adding or removing an authenticator...require me to login with authenticator....and I would rather not have the account without one...so I will call them and spend the millions of hours online with them to help get new one up and running.

A bit of a translation....I was given a severance package and lost my job with Staples (DM finally won his personality clash n battle with me) when they reorganized all stores and did not have to use any performance rankings or reports. I am looking to own a franchise in Ithaca as well as continuing on the side to try to get THE Pizza programs going to bring commissions to THE and its members to benefit from. (If anyone knows someone in an advertising agency or company send contact to me) I am a pretty open book and if you have any leads out there drop me a line. On the gaming front....we all seem to be enjoying the summer so far which is great and gaming is low key as the industry itself seems to be restructuring itself with some games going free (with store purchasing as revenue gains) and others not doing as well as expected. Still...UO, WOW, GW2 and KotOR still have players enjoying their game time. It is interesting how in WoW guild the DRUID Grip on Mains is over now with Paladins leading.....Druids n Hunters bumped down by 3 rising classes of Mains.....Pally, Mage and Warriors rising to the top 3. Taurens still hold the top population in Mains and Overall but Blood Elves really have come up as an overall group...interesting stuff.

"Gud Aftahnun der Crushas..... It been a long time fur anylatz be skirbulzin on de skypage und da Chief just as guilty as any latz. Morgh has been fightin a great cause in da RW which has ended and now Morgh moving onto a new RW life dat he wurkin to be da Boss of und not wurkin fur any other Leadur. Morgh sent word to Priest n Scribe Colin to get back tu work on tings that da Clan like in da skypage as well as ottah fixins. Colin did find out that the skypage mastah and Chief I Grulg has GREAT NEWS for da clan. He und his wife are expecting a new Crusher in days!!! No worries for da Clan dat his wife wunt no bizness of any Uncle Ugggie doing any babysittin or nutin with da new Crushling. Congrats to dem both. Eben wit dat blah...Colin be startin wurks back on da skypage und one of da first tings he skribbulzed wus a new updated Rostah listing of da Clan Crushers (mains) and der families (all chars in guild) und put it into a pikchur fur easy looks at da powah, size und what the Clan has grown to become as THE greatest Clan in all Azeroth und World (of warcraft). Many tanks fur..."; Morgh stops mid sentence. Colin interrupts; "Thanks....many Thanks". he whispers to Chieftain Morgh. "Dat wut I said....hmmphfff.. Many TANKS fur da Crushas efforts (does raspberry at Colin quickly) und advendchas in da new lands of Pandaria, Island of Giants und Tunder Island!!" finished Morgh as he pokes Colin in shoulder as they move away from da front table und back to the Clan enjoying the afternoon summer sun at their base in Arathi Highlands.

Many of the current players use Facebook and they have set up the groups there and still do use ICQ even thought TeamSpeak is available to them to use freely. I will forward your info to the team.

Good Evening.... Another change in the Star Wars Universe....or a return.... http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/06/ea-acquires-star-wars-game-license?utm_campaign=twposts&utm_source=twitter

In this clip is a glimpse of one of our THE member's wife.....she is the blonde that screams on the bridge at the end of the scene in the superbowl 2nd video. (she shows in blue as thumbnail to superbowl trailer too) http://news.moviefon..._n_3132475.html she was also on the bridge in the first one with blonde ponytail.

While the games come and go....the guild (website) or guilds we all built together and the bonds of friendships we made will keep going and as intended this place (website) will always be a hub for all past members of all the games....to gather chat...checkup on....and even launch into the new games together. It is incredible and a ton of fun at launches....even the TS chatter when servers crash....god help me but I really love hanging/chatting/adventuring and whatever with all members during launches and gametime. The Guilds will exist forever as long as we keep thier goofy fun, memories fresh and in our hearts n minds....regardless of where the real world stears us. I for one now at this moment surely can relate as I am no longer with Staples and am looking to start my own business (franchise) here in Ithaca hopefuly in a few months. Regardless....I am poppin in and out of WOW, Facebook, GW2, Forge of Empires (free web game) and yup...as martok has....even UO!!!! Gonna look up some old friends and dev team members at EA for UO and see if there are any needs for some content writing....I have a wicked nice VIKING / WENDLE Invasion project they may indeed enjoy. (Given Viking stuff is hot nowdays ie history channel show) Stay in touch EVERYONE....and never forget your family....errr....your gamer family is always here. The Honor Empire and all its versions of guilds. PS.....Martok....lets go Fishin (huntin pirates in UO) Have no idea about this sea battle system...but then we always wanted it....might as well go sink a few ships ehhehe.

Well the Pandarian adventures continue for the Skullcrushers and there are a dozen that have gotten nice n dirty in the process (getting to 90). In past expansions I had done this as a small token reward for thier toils and persuit of the top level of experience. Congrats to Elder Scryll Elder Kalea General Lomar Boss Kasragerg Warmonger Ascoli Grunt Visskar Grunt Heriotan Grunt Orcala Warden Neoscoryn Warden Boven Warden Wagruk

Snow White.... http://www.snowwhiteandthehuntsman.com/

Skill and coordination of team members aye.....though I hold fast to the new rule.....BALANDAR is not allowed to control power or anything to do with routing of power....he can be fireman, gunner or starship fighterpilot for any space campaigns. heheh It is too bad we dont have a direct link to the Bioware team.....grab thier ear for an evening. 16yrs experience in these game engines on the user side (seeing what fails and succeeds as well as what is desired) is more than some of the devs careers themselves.....number one failure of all game engine teams is failure to look and listen OUTSIDE thier programming cells or circles of peeps. A programmer never can be a customer service rep or even be effective at speaking to customers....they chose programming for a reason...complete control.

What I took away from the video is something we worked on very hard in UO......STOCKPILES and the value of Resource gathering and supply. When we were in Galaxies the hope was to utilize the tradespeople and builders to supply the FLEETS of the Empire (Hutt and Rebels) to build and support the FLEETS which in turn could be turned loose on trade routes or capture planet(s) etc.... I agree and maintain the belief that putting a value and utilization of the trades to support the combat roles is the way games can then stack upon the world PVP and enhance the capture point epic battles etc. (DAOC keep sieges etc) Star wars could adapt that to Cities....Planets.....Trade routes....Galactic Resource centers.....etc. What I see and hope for (space wise PVP) is Planetary assaults like at the beginning of Star Wars 3 I believe where Anakkin and Obiwan were in small ships flying in and out of the massive battling fleets. The fleets being a base that is UPGRADED or ADDED to by Faction players that dedicate thier "creations" and/or guild ship support within a massive Planetary assault that is triggered or scheduled as open PVP (ie Keep battle in DAoC) to determine for the week or month which Faction will control that UNIQUE PLANET and its Resources...thus gaining the Faction access to those Flashpoints, Quest lines and/or World Bosses etc...and PLUNDER GAINS. Various Capital ships that could be ASSAULTED or DEFENDED ...depending on which you rather do ....or spend time in your fighter or within your guild ships participating in larger scale combat against NPC enemy Capital ships.... Once NPC Capital ships are destroyed....NPC Capital ships (boardable) are captured....and guild participating ships are defeated.....a side wins. Or a timeframe ends with 2 being completed by a side....a side wins. Fail to get 2 of the 3 or 3 of the 3 and ..........the planet remains uncontrolled and inaccessible to either. TRADE ROUTES would control the commerce options of the game engine and give a faction a discount or penalty depending on which is in control of the route. ROUTE battles would be FLEET battles again with the 3 parts again.....the various routes would relate to some area of commerce and resources. etc.

Might I add on that when you are on Balmorra for the first time and leveling up....right as you are finishing with planet there will be a quest giver for the BONUS SERIES at the Spaceport.....DO THAT SERIES THEN....dont wait till your 50.