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Brand new 1st Campaign armor sets and accessories
Many of the accessories are based upon the currently BG-disabled RoK PvP accessories. Those adornments have had their effects adjusted and will be re-enabled for battlegrounds!
Each armor piece will have a pvp-only Blue adornment slot!
As such, we'll all be introducing 20+ new Blue adornments!
Battlegrounds at levels 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70 are being activated!
Battleground armor sets and accessories will be on sale at each of those tiers
Brand new open-pvp server battles for control of Antonica and Commonlands!
Additionally, we've internally removed the ~15% damage reduction applied to all spells in pvp combat. I'd like to once again ask for y'all to copy over to test-copy and give us feedback on the change.
Woah! What is this?
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Cyanbane wrote:
Battlegrounds at levels 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70 are being activated!
Battleground armor sets and accessories will be on sale at each of those tiers
Excellent news, this is just what the game needed to get right ready for Halas, I was resigned to expecting them to just release one new bracket of BG's myself which was the previous news. Cyanbane wrote:
Brand new open-pvp server battles for control of Antonica and Commonlands!
Woah, now this one came out of nowhere, I’m really intrigued to hear how this works. It sounds like it’ll work great with the server merges that they are planning if we do go for super servers (the way I see it server technology has moved on so we shouldn’t be limited to 2004 sized servers). No idea how this will be implemented, but it is exactly the sort of thing I want to experience in the game, I assume here that this is not just limited to Nagafen. Cyanbane wrote:
Additionally, we've internally removed the ~15% damage reduction applied to all spells in pvp combat. I'd like to once again ask for y'all to copy over to test-copy and give us feedback on the change.
Woah! What is this?
Hmm, not so sure on the removal of the 15% damage reduction for spells, I’ll have to see how this works with the fixed resistances, but last time I went into a BG I got roasted by every single caster (along with everyone else in the BG), so it seemed to me like spell damage was vastly out of balance with health, too far for the simple resistance change they’ve mentioned so far.
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I am very excited at the thought of taking a new Bruser alt I made that is currently at 25 and moving to 90 entirely via BGS.
The Antonica/Commonlands stuff REALLY has me intrigued. If anyone is on test and can give us the low down, PLEASE do.
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WOW - this is a big update. And overland control points in pvp? OMG - I can remember Rot begging for that on a podcast ages ago. Can't wait. Only thing, how will levels be balanced in the zones for overland warfare? We talking tier 3 only? If so the twinkage will multiply 10 fold.
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If I was still on the pvp server I would be extremely excited about the control points in ant and cl. Some of the most fun i've had pvping was the early days in ant and cl and running around in huge raids.
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Anyone know what the difference between 'Brand new 1st Campaign armor sets and accessories' and the BG gear that we have now? Cyanbane wrote:
Brand new 1st Campaign armor sets and accessories
Many of the accessories are based upon the currently BG-disabled RoK PvP accessories. Those adornments have had their effects adjusted and will be re-enabled for battlegrounds!
Each armor piece will have a pvp-only Blue adornment slot!
As such, we'll all be introducing 20+ new Blue adornments!
Battlegrounds at levels 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70 are being activated!
Battleground armor sets and accessories will be on sale at each of those tiers
Brand new open-pvp server battles for control of Antonica and Commonlands!
Additionally, we've internally removed the ~15% damage reduction applied to all spells in pvp combat. I'd like to once again ask for y'all to copy over to test-copy and give us feedback on the change.
Woah! What is this?
Kinkle 90 Warden on Antonia Bayle
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If I think I read it correctly on eq2 wire, they are also removing the 1.5 per level AA cap on pvp servers. :| Cyanbane wrote:
Brand new 1st Campaign armor sets and accessories
Many of the accessories are based upon the currently BG-disabled RoK PvP accessories. Those adornments have had their effects adjusted and will be re-enabled for battlegrounds!
Each armor piece will have a pvp-only Blue adornment slot!
As such, we'll all be introducing 20+ new Blue adornments!
Battlegrounds at levels 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70 are being activated!
Battleground armor sets and accessories will be on sale at each of those tiers
Brand new open-pvp server battles for control of Antonica and Commonlands!
Additionally, we've internally removed the ~15% damage reduction applied to all spells in pvp combat. I'd like to once again ask for y'all to copy over to test-copy and give us feedback on the change.
Woah! What is this?
Kinkle 90 Warden on Antonia Bayle
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Risi_Lishian wrote:Anyone know what the difference between 'Brand new 1st Campaign armor sets and accessories' and the BG gear that we have now?
I have no clue honestly but I am wondering if the statistics they are going to keep for BGs might also pertain to these new CL/Ant areas and maybe the rankings will be episodic, so that the first series of rankings will be "Campaign 1" and then in 6 months start "Campaign 2" or something of the like. (or maybe I am just dreaming ;)
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That would be a logical move. What else would keep folks doing BGs after they've already earned all of the gear. At the moment there is nothing. We really need guild writs for BGs and other things to give guilds a reason other than ePeen to do these things. On a side not, I(my team) won 4 of 4 matches last night. It's really nice getting 12 tokens instead of 4. :) I also think that some of the bigger BG quests should give out tokens as rewards as well as coin. I've also found it very hard to get folks together to do BGs on AB. Folks are constantly logging in and out - so - you end up missing eachother. There needs to be some sort of AFK-like flag for folks in BGs. So folks will get their tells when they come back out of a BG. A hub would also be nice. Perhaps even pre-grouping with folks on other servers. Cyanbane wrote:Risi_Lishian wrote:Anyone know what the difference between 'Brand new 1st Campaign armor sets and accessories' and the BG gear that we have now?
I have no clue honestly but I am wondering if the statistics they are going to keep for BGs might also pertain to these new CL/Ant areas and maybe the rankings will be episodic, so that the first series of rankings will be "Campaign 1" and then in 6 months start "Campaign 2" or something of the like. (or maybe I am just dreaming ;)
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Warfields are restricted to PvP servers.
The writs are being changed to 6 kills for 5 tokens across all levels. A single currency regardless of the level will be used.
The new coin will be the Discord Token and I have set up a merchant to exchange the tokens for you in increments of 5 or 100. I know some will be able to gear up more of their characters quickly, but that is the point. I want you to be able to play on your account at whatever level you want and either save or spend your token when you want.Any level? I'm confused, will you still get tokens for grays? If so, then WOW. Talk about hard core PvP for lowbies. Timetravellers PostsOhlin's PostsAlso: Quote:The BG 'starter' sets will be the already-existing Mastercrafted armor sets (from levels 30 -> 70). Each has had a small amount of toughness added to its existing stats.
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I guess it won't be a good idea to quest in cl or ant anymore. Cyanbane wrote:Warfields are restricted to PvP servers.
The writs are being changed to 6 kills for 5 tokens across all levels. A single currency regardless of the level will be used.
The new coin will be the Discord Token and I have set up a merchant to exchange the tokens for you in increments of 5 or 100. I know some will be able to gear up more of their characters quickly, but that is the point. I want you to be able to play on your account at whatever level you want and either save or spend your token when you want.Any level? I'm confused, will you still get tokens for grays? If so, then WOW. Talk about hard core PvP for lowbies. Timetravellers PostsOhlin's PostsAlso: Quote:The BG 'starter' sets will be the already-existing Mastercrafted armor sets (from levels 30 -> 70). Each has had a small amount of toughness added to its existing stats.
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I can basically find the pvp action at any tier and use the drops for whomever I choose. Here is reasoning for this as I see it. Antonica and CL will be where its at on Nagafen. I can pvp to my hearts content there and spend the tokens to gear out my 90 toon.
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So... this sounds absolutely awesome: Quote:PvP WARFIELDS
Antonica and Commonlands have once again become hotbeds of conflict! Will your lands be overrun or will your forces prevail against the siege?
· Warfields are Good vs. Evil faction based.
· Rewards will be Discord Tokens with a higher quantity to the winning team.
· The event will stagger between Antonica and 2 hours later in Commonlands and last for 30 minutes.
· The Antonica and Commonlands zones have been CHANGED to 10 level ranges from 4 to allow a wider range of skirmishes.
Event (Offense)
· Four towers located near the three griffin towers and one near the city gate will spawn 10 minutes before the skirmish.
· At the start of the event, the towers will have 5 guardian statues that will need to be destroyed by the invaders.
· The Tower Guardians are protected by powerful magic but are vulnerable to players of certain levels.
o The Purple Tower Guardian will damage anyone level 31 or higher.
o The Blue Tower Guardian will damage anyone level 51 or higher.
o The Green Tower Guardian will damage anyone level 71 or higher.
o The Red Tower Guardian is attackable by all level ranges.
o The White Tower Guardian will be immune until all other guardians at that tower are defeated.
o Destroying the White Tower Guardian destroys that tower.
· If all four Towers are destroyed, the invaders are victorious!
Event (Defense)
· The battles favors the defending team Evil (Commonlands) or Good (Antonica).
· The defenders have 10 minutes to prepare for the siege and must then defend all four towers for 30 minutes. I seriously am VERY pumped.
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Given the zoning issues we've been periodically experiencing with BG just being open to the levels it has been ... I'm kind of wondering what degree of chaos and zoning pandemonium this is going to unleash. I just want to be able to get to and from my PvE zones on my PvE server like I used to before BG was introduced. :(
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Vallar wrote:Given the zoning issues we've been periodically experiencing with BG just being open to the levels it has been ... I'm kind of wondering what degree of chaos and zoning pandemonium this is going to unleash. I just want to be able to get to and from my PvE zones on my PvE server like I used to before BG was introduced. :( Unfortunately we'll be pretty immune to it on the EU servers, I really do hope they can forget trying to keep all the different languages together and just join them all up, although the forum has gone quiet on any feedback. And that topless bug sounds fun, I wonder how many people have just heard about it and are currently abusing as much as they can right now ... :)
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Cyanbane wrote:Warfields are restricted to PvP servers.
The writs are being changed to 6 kills for 5 tokens across all levels. A single currency regardless of the level will be used.
The new coin will be the Discord Token and I have set up a merchant to exchange the tokens for you in increments of 5 or 100. I know some will be able to gear up more of their characters quickly, but that is the point. I want you to be able to play on your account at whatever level you want and either save or spend your token when you want.
Any level? I'm confused, will you still get tokens for grays?
If so, then WOW. Talk about hard core PvP for lowbies.
Nah - they changed pvp level range to 10 - it is saying 6 kills for 5 tokens is the same no matter what level you are. It will be strange to see so many varying levels fighting alongside each other.
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