Monthly Archives: October 2008

Nostale’s latest in-game ingame event: Unholy Alliance

Servex is proud to announce their latest in-game event for Nostale Global!
Unlike most in-game events, this one will be taking place over the entire month of October. Each week will reveal a bit more of the storyline that is going on until the epic battle that will conclude the event. The name of the event is called “Unholy Alliance”, and the details of each phase can be read below.

Chapter 1 – Unusual things are happening in the wilderness as of late.
Demons have started appearing in the mines where only simple kovolt miners are supposed to be. Players will have to clean up this gathering of demons in the mines and look for clues as to why this is happening.
Event – Boss monster summoning event
Date – October 4th. 6.00 am to 8.00 am & 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm

Chapter 2 – Players will trek into the forest lands to look for clues and find any new camps have been put up by the devils.
Event – Boss monster summoning event
Date – October 11th 6.00 am to 8.00 am & 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm

Chapter 3 – The clues are coming together and the demons’ plan is clear to us. They are preparing to strike at the mining sections to disrupt the economy. They have had a big headstart and we need to prepare for war.
Players have to be reach level 30 to be able to fight the monsters.
Event – Double EXP
Date – October 18th & 19th. 6.00 am to 8.00 am and 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm each day

Chapter 4 – Final battle with the monsters outside the western mines. The danger is over for now but it lingers on. Peace is brought to the village, if only for a short while. Everybody celebrates!
Event – Boss monster summoning event followed by a Dance Party.
Date – October 26th Time 12.00 noon onwards. Approx 60 mins.

Blackshot

Blackshot is a post-modern mercenary first person shooter. You are one of the Blackshot, a hired gun who fights for big corporations in their control for resources in a war-torn world. Published for the PC, Blackshot is an action-packed first person shooter that is free to play and accessible to anyone looking for thrilling action.

Features:

Five Intense Gameplay Modes: Battle in Team Death Match, Team Flag Match, Search & Destroy (and SD Infinite), Unlimited Battle Arena, and Bunker Defense.

Customizable Characters: Choose one of several base characters, then customize your loadout, gear, and skills to fit your playstyle.

Deep Ranking System: Earn points as you play and gain in the ranks. As you progress, you gain new weapons and tactics.

Weapon Mastery: Use a weapon frequently? As you gain experience with weapons you will unlock new items to reward your prowess.

Tales of Pirates: Studying System Coming Soon

Tales of Pirates will be launching a fun new studying system. It’s a super cute and simple way to gain experience for your character by reading books; which is totally different from training your character by hunting critters. The cool thing is, that characters can study and gain experience while the player is Away From the Keyboard. This means that the players gaming world can be fitted around their real world. So there’s less time in game waiting around and more time getting on with the action adventure of Tales of Pirates.

Studying Skills
Studying is one of the life skills. Players can buy the skill books from the grocery merchants in the 3 mains cities. You will simply learn the studying skill by using the skill book and obtaining a Student Card; which is used to record your status of studying.
Whilst studying, you will accumulate experience points on your student card. You can then turn that experience into character experience by accomplishing simple quests. Studying skill has 5 ranks, the higher skill learned, the more EXP gained!

Studying Books
The studying books are the necessary source of studying. They are equipable items that you can get from (Malls / Awards / Events / Rewards). The books are also ranked according skill levels. Only the highest-level players can learn from the senior books. Whilst you are studying, the book must be equipped in the place of main equipment, and its durability will decrease as it is used. Once the durability is exhausted, the book will become useless (cannot be repaired).
The Studying book can be traded
The Studying book cannot be repaired

Student Card
The student card is used to record your current studying level. You can obtain this item when learning the studying skill, and should equip it before using the skill.
The Student card cannot be traded

So come join the fun and advantages of the Studying system of Tales of Pirates!

Blizzard wins Warcraft bot payout

World of Warcraft creator Blizzard has won $6m (£3.36m) in damages from the makers of a software ‘bot’.

The damages award comes after Blizzard won the first round of its legal battle against MDY Industries in July 2008. Blizzard embarked on the case against MDY claiming that the World of Warcraft Glider software produced by the small company infringed its copyright.

The Glider software lets Warcraft players automate many of the repetitive steps the game involves.

Cash call
In July US District Court Judge David Campbell ruled that the MMOGlider, as the software is now known, broke the terms of the license that players agree to when they play World of Warcraft (WoW).

The Glider software is the creation of MDY founder Michael Donnelly who is thought to have sold more than 100,000 copies of the $25 (£14) program.

It proved popular with many WoW players as it helped them automate the many repetitive tasks, such as killing monsters and scavenging loot, required to turn low level characters into more powerful ones.

Although sizeable the damages award could have been bigger, say experts, if MDY had not won some of its arguments about damages in court.

It was also helped by an admission in court that it would be reasonable to pay some form of damages.

The damages award could be delayed if Blizzard appeals against the judgement which threw out its claim to double or triple the cash settlement.

The case is due to go to court again in January 2009 when the remaining issues in the legal conflict look likely to be settled.
At issue will be whether MDY broke the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act and whether Mr Donnelly will have to pay the damages from his own pocket.

Source: link.

Trickster Online Review

Caballa Island; The landscape for Don Cavalier’s little “game” in which players compete for a fabled treasure. This island serves as the turf for Trickster Online, an MMORPG released to the public since August 4, 2006. Since then, it has gone through countless updates, events, and memorable occasions whilst still containing a very large, devoted player base. Trickster Online holds many features players yearn for in their quest to find the “perfect MMORPG” yet it lacks some very important capabilities some users cannot give up. What charms this game is its hosting company, Ntreev USA. Their support to the title is remarkable.

Basic game play
Trickster online has a pretty generic battling system although it has brought a rather unique turn to its game: the drilling system. The name basically speaks for itself; you can find or purchase various drills throughout the game, and dig up items from the underground. You can find potentially rare items, useless items, quest items, potions, you name it! It may sound uninteresting, and it can very well get annoying after an hour or so of constant drilling, although it’s actually highly entertaining and offers a nice break from the generic monster fighting. You can gain both TM (skill) exp, and regular EXP whilst drilling. Trickster Online also has a card battling system. This system is much less popular, although it still does offer experience points (much less, at that) and enjoyment. Cards drop from monsters within the game and you may use them to battle against other players. The card game is more of a “high card, low card” type, so it relies more on chance rather than player skill. That being said, there are a lot of different ways of playing Trickster Online and this is what attracted my attention when playing the game. I never had to repeat the same action in order to level up; I could vary my ways of training, which all in all offered a great experience.

Questing
Ntreev Soft found a good way to incorporate the cooperation of Trickster Online’s systems: questing. Quests in this game demand you either drill for items, kill a certain amount of monsters within a time limit, obtain items from monsters, scavenging cards, or simply following a story. Most quests are repeatable up to five times, allowing you to gain loads of experience; however they may get dull after the third or so completion! There are also episode quests, which are basically the storyline to Trickster Online. In all honesty I absolutely loved the story (especially the second episode) because it really offers you a challenge, makes you think of strategies, and of course indulges you in the environment of the game. Besides, it gives you so much exp it is not worthy to ignore. Quests are the perfect alternative to grinding. It is possible to reach the final job (level 130) without hardly any grind, due to these quests. You will never go to a point where you have no quests to complete.

Graphics and sounds
For a free, two dimensional MMORPG, you cannot really ask for better. The graphics are stunning and colourful, as are the effects and environments. The style of art is significantly different than most 2D games but the quality is outstanding. The music and sounds were also a surprise for me. Everything is so smooth and perfected that you just can’t go wrong if you enjoy the style of it all. The music really adds to the environments and sets you in the appropriate mood. I could say honestly I was not expecting for such well done work in this area. This is certainly not the type of game you feel the need to open windows media player to play your own tunes for, at least not until it gets repetitive. However, if you do want to open windows media player during your game play, you may experience some issues with that if you own a computer with Windows Vista. I had to open it prior to opening the game in order for things to function properly.

Personal Recommendation
Playing Trickster Online was a very enjoyable experience for me. There was never a dull moment, and I didn’t have to play 24/7 to become a high level. The community is very nice, the player versus player is elaborate, and there was just so much to do.
There were many other things that have kept my interest that I have not explained yet. Firstly, there is the MyCamp feature, a housing system that allows players to create mini homes to show off to your friends. Most items require cash shop to purchase, unfortunately, although you start off with enough to fully furnish a room. The only downside to that is that your house won’t be fully original unless you pay real money for it. Secondly, the cash shop is extremely well made in this game. Of course, most cash items give you an advantage over others, although there are so many ways to get cash shop credit, without even having to pay! The most important feature this game has, that has completely amazed me, was the events. Ntreev USA hosts so many fun events, which is what keeps most of the veteran community playing the game. There will always be at least a few ongoing events at once, and there is never a period with no running events. When an event is over, they just simply present the community a new one. Most events require players to cooperate together in order to reach a similar goal. The prizes are usually limited edition items, gacha lottery coins, and last but not least: cash shop points! The amount always varies but it’s enough for everyone to have a good share.

Also, as I’ve mentioned, levelling is so easy in this game until the point where you’ve reached your final job (there are many levels after that point, though), that you will get access to your entire skill arsenal at a pretty quick pace. All you have to do is quest along with the story and towns to keep up. Drilling for quests can get tedious at times but it’s always a great way to make money at the same time. Personally, the only true downside to this game is the lack of customisation, but I didn’t pay much attention to it due to the fact there are so many items to equip your characters that you can be unique with those alone.

In conclusion, you really have nothing to lose with this title. Trickster Online offers so much for a free 2d MMO. Everything is crisp, smooth, and constantly improving. I had a lot of fun playing the game, without much wrong to say about it. The staff members running it are amazing and continue to amaze me. Overall, it has proved itself well to me and I’ll surely play it some more!

Secret of Solstice: New Kung Fu Items, PvP Arena System

The latest patch for the free-to-play MMORPG Secret of the Solstice has arrived, introducing a new in-game mail system, an easy to use PvP arena, cool Kung Fu items, and a slew of bug fixes.
For a small fee of Kron (Secret of the Solstice’s in-game currency) you can now send, receive, and store messages from other players using a new in-game mail system. In case you’d rather fight than socialize, you can visit the newly-appointed Arena Master instead and best other players in three distinct PvP modes.

New Kung Fu items, including a stylish yellow jumpsuit, nunchunks, and the deadly Dragon Bow are now available in the Solstice Store, allowing you to show off your love for classic Kung Fu movies or just wear something more comfortable when karate chopping your enemies. Besides looking cool, players sporting the Kung Fu Jumpsuit can also participate in the Kung Fu PvP Tournament on Tuesday, September 30th. Form teams of four with three of your friends and put your fighting skills to the ultimate test!

Gladius 2

The condemned welcome you: Fight for your life and face ruthless battles in the ancient Coliseum! Experience Gladius2 – and submerge yourself in the barbaric world of the gladiator fights. Here you fight against thousands of real opponents – and in full-screen mode! Control your gladiator with the mouse or keyboard through the dust of the arena – only the bravest survive the fight against the lions, beasts and strong berserkers.

Gladius2 offers action-packed game fun with hand-to-hand and long-range weapons. Numerous arenas are just waiting to be fought in – and as a Premium member you can even design your own arenas with the arena editor. Everything is in a complex 2D/3D environment and with fantastic details. The complicated graphics and the newest animation technology turn Gladius2 into a real action adventure!

Are you equipped for the fight in the arena? If so, it’s going to get dusty and serious! Select your gladiator, sharpen your blade, equip yourself with weapons – and the battle can begin. Do not be afraid: Defiance of death, the will to win and bravery are your virtues.

Gladius2 is a flash-based browser game with the look and feel of a full-price title: For the first time, the fighting arena has been scaled for full-screen use: that way, the 3D look and the graphic details really show up. The action-packed gameplay turns the fights, animal hunts and missions into a mass spectacle. Everyone can get started right away – with numerous weapons, ammunition and armor, thousands of opponents become intoxicated at the same time by the applause of the masses and fight for the rank of the best gladiator in the arena.

Perfect World International: new server and new video!

Perfect World Entertainment is pleased to announce that its popular free-to-play MMORPG, Perfect World International has added a new game server. Following the success of its open beta program, the Perfect World International game population has continued to grow quickly and the addition of a new server will continue to support the growing demand of new players.

To coincide with the launch of their new server, Perfect World Entertainment has also released an all-new trailer which provides gamers with an in-depth look at the story behind Perfect World International. The story trailer can be viewed here: http://www.onrpg.com/MMO/Perfect-World-International/videos