Long Ago, and Far Away...

[TheHaunt]

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[TheHaunt]

Hello...

I was a Beta Tester for Horizons. I stayed with the game for about a year, then left in frustration over lag issues, small community, and lack of support. I did enjoy the crafting system

I've seen a few comments in various forums that changes have been made and the game is improved. I was hoping some of you might let me know how things are going now, and please... I know you're biased, but try to be candid and honest as possible.

I've played a lot of MMORPG's, and they've grown old... I haven't played any games in months and I am looking for a game to come back to and enjoy...

I hope I can get some informative responses.

Thanks, in advance.

PS... It's been years but there's still a list of the characters I had... I hope to pick them back up if that's possible... Looking at the list though, I think they may not be on the server I originally played them on???
They are (were)

• Tumnus CHAOS
• Rubicon Golden Eye ORDER
• Altheah Madigan ORDER
• Imel Stonepate ORDER
• Spectra Madigan ORDER

[Seranthor]

The most honest and informative response I can give would be to suggest you check out the patch notes going back however far it was that you were here and download the trial and try it out.

[Kelsaka]

As Seranthor said in your other thread, take the trial and see if you like it

Although I've only been playing 10 months or so I know a *lot* has changed since the early days of Horizons. Personally I love it, but I am a rather addicted elven crafter

[Rover]

Duplicate threads merged.

Be seeing you...

[Bulgrim StoneCleaver]

I started to work on this and had some help from others in compiling it - but it has fallen by the way side of late. So, I'm gonna post it here in this thread and I'll try and post it again in others - if anyone wants to expand/use or repost this - go for it.

Something I have left out because I've focused on game, client, character/class/racial changes. This is NOT a complete list.

C = Craft Issue, A = Adv. Issue, D = Dragon Issue, CL = Client, G = Guild Issues

Feb 04 C: Auto Deconstruct added to crafting window
Mar 04 CL: In game Maps Added (I think)??
Mar 04 C: Item Tricking Added for Weapons/Items
Mar 04 G: Auto Guild Leader Changes Added
Mar 04 C: Armor Dye teching added
Mar 04 A: Many classes recieve adjustments/ability changes or nerfs
Apr 04 C: Salt Rock removed from bonus resources tables
Apr 04 C: Silos fully functional
Apr 04 C: Vault Upgrades added
Apr 04 C: Tech Application Changes for all items
Apr 04 D: RoP live (I think) - or near May 04
May 04 A: Combat Dmg is Randomized
May 04 D: Hoard Decay over time removed
May 04 D: Silver Strike/Gold Strike/Shield of Gold Abilities added
May 04 A: Combat Revamp, including multi-opponent bonus XP and combat que implemented
June 04 C: Spell Creation Resources Simplified
July 04 A: Many Class Specific Abilities made passive
End of Aug 04 CL: Shard Consolidations take place
- many more plots added
- Guild plot communities added
- New Lands added
Sept 04 C: Player Owned Shop Bonuses added
Sept 04 C: Most Expert Forms - Live
Sept 04 C: Different Sized Resource nodes introduced
Sept 04 C: Storage added to all houses and Guild houses
Sept 04 C: All tiers (1-5) of essence residue introduced
Sept 04 A: Monsters given schools/abilities/skills - some increased/tweaked
Sept 04 A: Named Mobs added to all tiers
Sept 04 A: Monster Loot/Treasure tables changed/enhanced (blighted resources removed for most part)
Sept 04 A: Trophy Hunters added
Sept 04 A: Town Marshal Quests Added
Sept 04 A: Blighted Weapons?armor added to loot tables
Sept 04 A: Monks, Disciples and Elemental Archer fixes added
Sept 04 D: Start of Over all Dragon Class fixes (Armor Scaling, Slots, Class Power Adjustments)
Oct 04 CL: Plot Client Fixes
Oct 04 A: Monster Spawn Issues fixed
Oct 04 CL: IBill dropped completely and billing issues addressed/fixed
Nov 04 D: More Dragon Class/Racial Adjustments and Fixes
Nov 04 A: Blight Anchors Introduced and scaled thru tiers
Jan 05 CL: Icons added, resource icons added (many "brown boxes" gone)
Mar 05 A: /random added to commands
Apr 05 CL: Memory Accumulation fixes
Apr 05 A: New Set Items, new Named Weapons and Rare Formuli added
Apr 05 A: Trickets, tablets, statuary added for random effects during game play (bad and good)
Apr 05 D: ARoP quests begin to be added to client
May 05 C: Limits on # of scribed spells,forms and techs increased
May 05 C: resource requirements for some plot buildings reduced
May 05 C: Some Disks can transport thru gates
May 05 C: Consigner limits raised to 150 per sub
June 05 C: Formuli of higher tiers will allow creation of lower tier of same item
June 05 A: Experience Bonus Changes
June 05 A: Lesser Aradoth Revamp
July 05 A: Lesser Aradoth Quests added 1-19
July 05 CL: Maps Optimized/Changed
Aug 05 D: Skalkaar Tutorial and Dragon Starter Isle added
Aug 05 C: Imperial Recognition Officer added
Aug 05 C: Dye Kits added for re-coloring
Aug 05 C: Metal Bar Changes - (tier 2-4 made easier, and mithril process made more difficult)
Aug 05 A: Spell Vendors Added
Aug 05 A: Sir Aiden the Reasonable added to counter the Vielo
Sept 05 CL: Character Animations & Emotes changed/added
Sept 05 CL: New Trismus revamp/facelift - new quests added
Sept 05 D: ARoP fully live with new abilities
Nov 05 D: Lair plots added
Nov 05 D: Lairshaping skills introduced
Nov 05 C: Pawnbroker Changes/Limits placed
Nov 05 A: Crystal revamp (900 changed/added)
Jan 06 D: Storage Caps on Lair structures adjusted
Jan 06 D: Lair structure resource requirement adjustments
Jan 06 C: More tricking added for weapons
Jan 06 A: New Trismus quests Added
Feb 06 C: Some Biped plots begin to be revamped/enlarged
Mar 06 CL: Client Tweaks Culminate after 6+ months of work/additions to live
Mar 06 CL: Spirit Isle Tutorial Added
Apr 06 A: More Quests added to New Trismus/Lesser Aradoth
May 06 CL: More New Trismus content tweaks

P.S. Client fixes/changes are being added continously (like the video changes that just hit live) - I haven't had the chance to add much to the list since about May 06.

[TheHaunt]

Wow...

Thanks for taking the time to compile this list. I will take some time to read and try to understand all the changes you have listed. I really appreciate the responses.

Thanks.

[Yuusuke Akiyama IV]

Welcome back, Rubicon (et al)! With a bit of luck you may find a few old hands still about.

**note to the Forum Moderators: can we get a version of Bulgrim's List copied and stickied on the General Forum? o-negaishimasu <--please!**

[AA0]

We have a much more up to date list than that, but lack of all feedback has been a set back. I'm hoping Velea is working on a better version

[Bulgrim StoneCleaver]

What AA0 said - he spent a lot of effort getting a much more detailed list ready to go. I just didn't know what happened to it and thought to offer up my simple list for those asking lately.

[AA0]

http://www.rocwin.com/hz/patchnotestimeline.pdf

There is my link to a pdf done so far, but it could use some html formating, etc.

[Bulgrim StoneCleaver]

NOW that's a link that should be stickied!

[C`gan]

As for your question of getting your characters back, there have been no character or account wipes since the game went live. If you have your previous login and password information, you can resubscribe on the website. If you're missing it, Reyem has been very capable of finding lost accounts and passwords for several people using billing records. Send him a PM from the forum here and he should be able to help you out.

[Seranthor]

Bulgrim,

Gold Rage is before Apr 04,
RoP is before Apr 04,
Expert forms (minus CNF) were on the Vielo upon their arrival in Bristugo in Jun 04.
Jun 06 lots of mob spawns severly tweaked down and spawn timers tweaked upward.

[AA0]

If you have dates, then its changable, otherwise that isn't helping much, hehe
The link should be updated for the last two now