Events

 

 

On the boards... You can also find footage of the ceremony by Beau here and screenshots taken by Gloife here.

Yesterday, Episode 2 has reached new grounds, as the war for raw materials and construction of religious temples has entered its first large scale phase. We have carefully followed the action in game, and your reactions on the boards, and there are a few clarifications and hints we want to give and discuss with you.

Additionally, we have activated the web version of the Hall of Fame on the roleplay website opened yesterday, the Atys Chronicles.

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Desert raw materials

Raw materials for the construction of the temples are currently gathered on a desert land, and it gives an advantage to the foragers specialised in this ecosystem. We understand this is considered unfair by a lot of you, so we'll prepare a patch to modify the way it works and allow everyone to use its foraging skills to its full potential. More on this in a few days.

In the meantime, remember that you can always dig up to the level 50 even if you are specialised in some other ecosystem; also, you earn more honor points by digging higher quality materials, but the Hall of Fame doesn't take the quality into account.

PvP

The PvP has been modified just a few weeks ago. Innovative and efficient strategies are yet to be discovered - that's one of the interests of Episode 2. Don't hesitate to try new ways of fighting.

Also, we've noticed that a large part of the characters used in the PvP conflicts are still using old-fashioned jewels and do not use the new resistance characteristics we've added in the rebalancing patch; it thus gives an advantage to casters and reduces combat duration and strategies.

In any case, we'll closely follow the PvP fights on the new land and fine-tune it when necessary.

Craft action

When you take a craft mission for the Episode 2, you have to create a new action (Kami craft or Karavan craft) on your shortcut bar - this isn't done automatically.

You'll then need a jewel crafting tool to use it - but you don't need to know anything about jewelry, as your highest crafting skill is used as a reference.

Kitin spawns

To lower the death penalty you get when you play on the new harvesting map, we'll slow down the kitin respawn rate here. Instead of respawning every 2 minutes, they'll respawn every 10 to 15 minutes.

Honor points

During a fight, the honor points are distributed according to the percentage your team was able to inflict on a victim. When an opponent dies, if your team has inflicted - for example - 70% of the damages, the team will earn 70% of the factions points. These points are distributed equally between all members who are performing a combat action or are healing a team member nearby.

For craft and harvest missions, you earn points when you give the raw materials or the crafted items to the NPC.

When you respawn, you loose honor points - if you get raised before having to respawn, you do not loose honor points.

Also, be sure to not mistake Hall of Fame points (displayed on the statues) with honor points (displayed in the identity window - 'P' shortcut); they are calculated differently.

Hall of Fame points

The first thing to do in order to get Hall of Fame points is to take Episode 2 missions from the Kami and Karavan NPCs and follow the dialogues until the end; if you haven't an active mission corresponding to the action you're performing and don't listen to everything the NPC has to say, you won't earn any points from it.

Also, scores shouldn't be compared between the different branches (fight, craft, forage), as they are calculated differently. It is only relevant to compare scores of a given branch.

Kami/Karavan conflict neutrality

Neutrality in the on-going conflict will definitely be an option; there won't be specific gameplay for neutral players, but a roleplay ground and specific instructions will be given shortly. You'll have your own way of influencing the Episode 2 outcome.

Kami tolerance

To allow uninterrupted action on the foraging land, we'll prevent the Kami tolerance from lowering here. We'll prepare a patch for this and apply it in a few days.

The weekend past saw both the Kami and the Karavan harden their respective positions in the struggle for hearts and minds on Atys, as both sides announced huge rallies to be attended by as many of their supporters as possible. In reality these turned out to be two of the best attended events ever in the Saga as hundreds of players arrived from all over Atys to hear what their faction leaders had to say about the coming War.

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When they arrived, they were greeted with a surprise on both days, as the importance of the occasions meant that in support of the Karavan both King Yrkanis of the Matis and Governor Still Wyler of the Tryker race appeared in person. The next day, the Kami conference saw the appearance of no less a person than the emperor of the Fyros, Dexton accompanied by Grand Sage Mabreka of the Zorai peoples. Loud and long did the assembled Homins cheer their leaders whilst marvelling at their unique attire and potent weapons.

After the officials finished their rousing speeches, it was time for the guild Leaders of Atys to have their say. Much lore was displayed and great wisdom shown as the majority of the guilds on both sides reluctantly decided the inevitability of the coming war and reiterated their support for either Kami or Karavan. A very few lone guilds opted to stay neutral and it will be interesting to follow their position in the coming days of strife.

Finally, the floor in both meetings was opened to allow the Homins of either persuasion to speak at the assembly that matched their allegiance and faith. With sadness and determination the main conclusion was that Hominkind should follow their leaders and Jena or Ma-duk into the coming struggle. All Atys is poised for war - what will happen now?

Meanwhile the supporters of the Kami and the Karavan have not been idle, and have produced these affirmations of faith for their Homins:

   

It seems as if the differences of faith and ethos are now irreconcilable, and it behoves homins to hold fast to the faith they so clearly hold testament to whilst preparing themselves for the events that are poised to unfold over the next few weeks.

The struggle for Atys - are you ready for the fray?