Whut?
Mistakenly displayed internal testing server or something?
Whut?
Mistakenly displayed internal testing server or something?
At Tulga Games era, the internal server was called Genesis as far as I know. Unless they renamed it.
Nyrevin is the goddess of Death and Rebirth. Would it be a hint?
Or maybe it's something we shouldn't have seen and we will be eliminated soon.
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Development server is still named Genesis
"Alea iacta est" -- Julius Caesar
Toot shouted, voice shrill, "In the name of the Pizza Lord! Charge!" (Jim Butcher's Dresden Files)
"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spends it whole life believing that it is stupid." -- Albert Einstein
The Hall of Nyrevin is where the valkyrie take the select fallen warriors!
Dragon Scroll; BLIGHT~Anam, Ahleah; CHAOS~Veruliyam, Ceruliyan, Jaguarundi, Spinel, Ssussurrouss, Chon; ORDER~Aucapoma, Susurrus
"Alea iacta est" -- Julius Caesar
Toot shouted, voice shrill, "In the name of the Pizza Lord! Charge!" (Jim Butcher's Dresden Files)
"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spends it whole life believing that it is stupid." -- Albert Einstein
Ah ok hmmm. So some kind of limited free trial server then maybe? Someone on another site was talking about some free version of the game he saw on the web site. I assume, and really still assume he misunderstood the free trial is all. But a limited level 10 or even 20 free server would go a long way I think.
I think this might clear things up some.
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I'm glad you asked this question!
What you've heard is correct. Istaria is free to play for an unlimited amount of time now, not just the short "free trial". The only restriction on this particular type of account (it is called a Demo Subscription just so you know what you are looking for) is that you may only play a Human. The rest of the races, including Dragons, are not available with this type of subscription.
This Demo Subscription provides a single character slot and all that you need to play Istaria as one of the Gifted. It's good for getting in game to enjoy some adventuring and crafting, and you can help others with building their plots or lairs.
We have two different types of paid subscriptions that can be added to your account if you like the game and want more services.
1. Basic Subscription: Provides 3 character slots with no limitation on what race those characters can be. You are still unable to own a plot. This subscription type is designed for those who are interested in adventuring and want to wait a bit before building their own home in Istaria. It is available for a monthly fee of $9.95.
2. Gifted Subscription: Provides you all that Istaria has to offer. You will be able to own a plot (or lair as a dragon), and have 7 different character slots. Gifted Subscriptions are $14.95 a month. If needed, you can double up subscriptions on your account so you can have 2 plots, 14 character slots, 2 concurrent logins, etc. We also offer extended Gifted Subscriptions for 6 or 12 months at a discount, as most games do.
Amarië AncalÃ**mon
- Istaria Community Manager"
The demo account is brilliant. It lets people who are experiencing financial hardship stay in touch with their friends in Istaria, and it gives prospective players enough time to really try out the multiclassing system and get entrenched in the community while tantalizing them with ten less-mundane races, plot ownership, etc.
The Hall of Nyrevin will be explained in due course (notice I didn't say 'Soon!'(tm)...), but it is not a testing shard or a demo play shard, nor are there going to be shard merges, nor is it going to be the land of miracle builds and honey that you need a super-secret decoder ring to play on.
There will be an announcement/explanation of what it will be used for once it's ready. We're not trying to be coy, it's just that it will be better to make the announcement with all the details and explanations together in one spot.
Klaus Wulfenbach
Mithril Council, Chaos
"Death is fleeting. Pride is forever."
"Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it."-- Abraham Lincoln
Have you got an evil scheme that will attract such an incredible amount of new players that you're preparing a whole extra shard in anticipation to try and thin the masses and keep the other three shards from exploding?
Eh... maybe I should keep guessing. XD
~Galde
Throwing guesses out there, some of them rather silly...
- Temporary testing server specialising in the Blighted Labyrinth.
- Permanent or intermittent test server for client changes like the crashy terrain thing, so that such changes can be tested without destabilising access to Blight (ergo, access to testing normal/lesser patches).
- PvP server, but not the conventional sort. We all know the schools and their combinations aren't balanced against each other and it would be a huge amount of work to prepare alternate versions of them for a PvP environment, plus the endless additional tweaking. So instead, balance is left as-is and Hall of Nyrevin functions as a lobby where players set up arenas, choosing from a selection of locales and then deciding which abilities and equips to disallow, even having the option to disable entire schools inside their instanced arena match. Players aren't prevented from joining the match by these restrictions, they are simply prevented from using the disallowed abilities/equipment and all aspects of disabled schools are nullified. This gives the community free rein to define how they want to challenge themselves against one another, doing all their own fairness fine-tuning. All characters from Chaos and Order, on subscribed accounts, are automatically copied to Hall of Nyrevin on a regular basis.
- Text-based MUD version of Istaria.
- Ventrilo, TeamSpeak, or something of that sort.
- You play the Withered Aegis instead of the Living Races.
- MMORTS version.
- Alternate language(s).
Ooooh! Maybe its a land where the gifted do not exsist, and your character can die permanently! Then you have to be "reborn" as a son/daughter of your old character and...
Hey, off topic, but wouldn't it be cool if you started as a kid of a biped race too? HZ could be that game on the market where it's like... half MMO, half Fable. Everyone loves Fable XD
Well, I do, at least.. anyway, stupid suggestions ftw. Please ignore. XD
~Galde
Hmm... Maybe it's an experimental server that distributes simulation computational demand across the clients logged in to it using P2P.
Okay, maybe not.
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