Design Preview Page

[Kaze]

I noticed that this has been changed from last preview to coming soon page, any eta on when new preview will be posted?

[oluviel]

most likely due to the fact that arop is nearly complete so that's a big chuck of work removed from the to-do list.

[Seranthor]

Hardly a 'big chunk' of what was written, It may be a 'big chunk' of their time invested however. It's my opinion that its been removed to obscure what was there and the times allegedly for implementation of various things.

[AmonGwareth]

It was removed and is being replaced with a new updated one since the old one contained the months of July and August.

[Hal`cyon Sskyler]

Hardly a 'big chunk' of what was written, It may be a 'big chunk' of their time invested however. It's my opinion that its been removed to obscure what was there and the times allegedly for implementation of various things.

Haha.

It was out of date. If I remember correctly everything on the preview was being dev'd internally. Nowhere did it say those things would be on live the day after the month's over.

[Seranthor]

Hal`cyon, and therein lies the problem, you DONT remember correctly what was there. Just in case here it is for you sir.

[img]/images/temp/on_blight.gif[/img] July Focus The following items are the focus for the month of July 2005[*]Ancient Rite of Passage episodes 2 and 3.



Continued construction of "The Rift" and the new monsters and bosses that exist there.
[*]The ability for a plot owner to delete a structure on thier plot and recieve Novian Resources in their inventory. This will allow for easier upgrading of buildings as well as the ability to move structures around plots for added fun and functionality.


[*]Armor Dye Kits that will allow players to add dye to armor post item creation.


[*]Weapon Dye Kits that will allow players to add dye to weapons post item creation.


[*]Changing the Formulae for making Blighted Items to only require only 3 Blight Cores instead of 5 and allowing Players the ability to make Blight Cores from Blighted <Tier> Essence.


[*]Emblems awarded to Crafting Schools for reaching level 100.


[*]Monster "Aggro" Tweaking
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[img]/images/temp/to_blight.gif[/img] August Focus The following items are the focus for the month of August 2005[*]Ancient Rite of Passage completed...



Ancient Dragon Character Advancement
[*]Player buildable structures that have the same functionality as resource nodes.


[*]Confectioner School: Reloaded



The Addition of Expert Formulae, Brand new Formulae, Food Sources and Usages
[*]Master Processing Forumula released via world events.


[*]Adding more Set Items and Rares (including more post item creation techniques) across all Tiers


[*]Training Tutorial Island


[*]The rebeautification of Istaria continues with Dalimond / Chinconis (Tier 2) Terrain and Content overhaul with new monsters and quests.
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[img]/images/temp/to_blight.gif[/img] Fall Focus The following items are the focus for the fall season of 2005[*]

School Review and Balancing[*]

Monster Review and Balancing[*]

Tier 6 Adventure Areas[*]

Bigger and Badder Epic Monsters[*]

The Return of the Blight Anchors.[*]

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[img]/images/temp/internal.gif[/img] Internal Testing Stage The following items are on our internal server currently undergoing testing.[*]*** New Quest Editor ***



All the new in house quests are now using this tool.
[*]Dragon Lairs



We are able to buy a Lair Plot and build out a Dragon Lair currently, we are working out the bugs and adding more Dragon Lair art assets. This is very real thing and is close to being released. more information as well as a more formal announcement coming soon.
[*]Kwellen Hide Armor



Art and Armor Made, needing Formulas
[*]New Dragon Claw Techniques.


[*]Baeloch, The Fire Demon


[*]Glaciantus, The Ice Demon
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[img]/images/temp/dev.gif[/img] In Development The following items are in various development stages with no current ETA and may be different upon final implementation[*]The re-introduction of Crystals


[*]New Resources



(Enriched Ores and Pristine Gems and other Exotic Resource Types)
[*]Elder GameTM
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[imported_Ssilmath]

Hehe, Seranthor, it says "Focus", not "Completed this month"...

[Seranthor]

very true, however, it would be nice if they would actually do it... ya think? I'm almost completely certain if a certain class was given a full week of 'focus' it would have been corrected long long long ago... :) wereas the 'focus' has been to not 'focus' on it at all... :)

[HAG]

Well, as i see it, the design preview was set to reality for 70 or 80%. Nearly all of "Focus July" and half of "Focus August" we enjoy now.

Sure, ARoP is still not totally life - but we know the "Longnecks" are flying on blight - so what? [;)]

[AA0]

As I see it, they are doing very well on a lot of those issues. A few of the items we haven't heard any info on, but that is the TG way, they'll just pop up one day.

Buildable resource nodes has never been mentioned. Set jewellery hasn't changed, but those are never mentioned. And the t6 processing forms, which I imagine are finished, just haven't been released (though I see no need for them to really be released).