AOV News April 2012
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:29 am
Greetings AOV,
We hope everyone is doing well. Updates have been slow the last few months due to other IRL commitments/projects as well as illness (2 bad colds and food poisoning for Death, it's not even mid year!).
In the near future, the shard will be receiving some updates, provided nothing else comes up (Like another cold).
April Fool's 2012
Hope everyone enjoyed the psychedelic experience we put in for April Fools. There were plenty of crazy colors and exotic looking monsters that you may not have seen yet. For those that missed it, we can post a few screenshots.
Event Scenario and outcomes
The "Long Live the King" scenario has begun. There are several parts of the story, which can be read here:
http://www.uovalor.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6422
This story is a unique addition to AOV as it will cause a chain of events which will have an effect on different areas of Sosaria.
The actual invasion that will spark everything will be coming soon to the live server. It is currently running on my local machine. It is taking a bit longer than previously thought as the invasion needs some tweaking to ensure that the good and evil sides are matched properly.
This event will begin to unfold after the Easter event.
World Chat
We have added a temporary chat replacement that works with the new save system. It is basic for now, but we will gradually expand it to offer more options.
How to use:
- You can type [c or [chat to use it.
- If you do not specify text you will get a list of options, for now it's on/off.
- If you turn it off, you will not see the chat. So if someone is annoying you or whatever you can just turn it off.
- By default, chat is turned on.
ML Named Monster Chests
ML Named creatures can drop level 6 treasure chests. This is different than OSI in that ALL named creatures have a chance to drop the chest.
The current base chance is 5% to drop a chest (All named creatures have this base chance regardless of difficulty. In the future, this will be based on difficulty).
The player luck attribute can increase the base percentage by a ratio of
(Luck:Percent Increase, 1:0.001). 1000 luck will give you an additional 1%, 2000 luck will give you an additional 2% and so on.
Another difference is the chest will have the name and color of the beast slain.
Examples:
Swoop: Purple chest with Swoop's name on it
Gnaw: Blue chest with Gnaw's name on it
Szavetra: Regular colored chest with Szavetra's name on it
ML Named chests are always locked and trapped. The chest will ALWAYS contain a level 6 treasure map.
Easter Event
The Easter event has begun and will run from April 7, 2012 to April 14, 2012.
Players need to gather four different types of Easter eggs in Trammel. Higher rarities will give you more points.
Follow the acorn trail at the Yew moongate in Trammel to find the Springtime Squirrel and his squirrel statue to make your donation of Easter eggs. You can then choose from a wide range of prizes. Some of the prizes are well known while others are special for this year's Easter event.
We hope you all have a safe and happy Easter.
Stay tuned in game and on the forums for more AOV news!
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We hope everyone is doing well. Updates have been slow the last few months due to other IRL commitments/projects as well as illness (2 bad colds and food poisoning for Death, it's not even mid year!).
In the near future, the shard will be receiving some updates, provided nothing else comes up (Like another cold).
April Fool's 2012
Hope everyone enjoyed the psychedelic experience we put in for April Fools. There were plenty of crazy colors and exotic looking monsters that you may not have seen yet. For those that missed it, we can post a few screenshots.
Event Scenario and outcomes
The "Long Live the King" scenario has begun. There are several parts of the story, which can be read here:
http://www.uovalor.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6422
This story is a unique addition to AOV as it will cause a chain of events which will have an effect on different areas of Sosaria.
The actual invasion that will spark everything will be coming soon to the live server. It is currently running on my local machine. It is taking a bit longer than previously thought as the invasion needs some tweaking to ensure that the good and evil sides are matched properly.
This event will begin to unfold after the Easter event.
World Chat
We have added a temporary chat replacement that works with the new save system. It is basic for now, but we will gradually expand it to offer more options.
How to use:
- You can type [c or [chat to use it.
- If you do not specify text you will get a list of options, for now it's on/off.
- If you turn it off, you will not see the chat. So if someone is annoying you or whatever you can just turn it off.
- By default, chat is turned on.
ML Named Monster Chests
ML Named creatures can drop level 6 treasure chests. This is different than OSI in that ALL named creatures have a chance to drop the chest.
The current base chance is 5% to drop a chest (All named creatures have this base chance regardless of difficulty. In the future, this will be based on difficulty).
The player luck attribute can increase the base percentage by a ratio of
(Luck:Percent Increase, 1:0.001). 1000 luck will give you an additional 1%, 2000 luck will give you an additional 2% and so on.
Another difference is the chest will have the name and color of the beast slain.
Examples:
Swoop: Purple chest with Swoop's name on it
Gnaw: Blue chest with Gnaw's name on it
Szavetra: Regular colored chest with Szavetra's name on it
ML Named chests are always locked and trapped. The chest will ALWAYS contain a level 6 treasure map.
Easter Event
The Easter event has begun and will run from April 7, 2012 to April 14, 2012.
Players need to gather four different types of Easter eggs in Trammel. Higher rarities will give you more points.
Follow the acorn trail at the Yew moongate in Trammel to find the Springtime Squirrel and his squirrel statue to make your donation of Easter eggs. You can then choose from a wide range of prizes. Some of the prizes are well known while others are special for this year's Easter event.
We hope you all have a safe and happy Easter.
Stay tuned in game and on the forums for more AOV news!
Archived topic from AOV, old topic ID:6446, old post ID:37823
