Monday, October 14, 2013

Crit archer

(posted by Drigen)



Hey guy, this is my first time posting and I want to tell you about a crit archer. For those of you who do not know what a crit archer is it is an archer who has changed out their hp gems for crit gems. This idea is a good if you are an archer who can kill quick. If you are an archer who cannot kill quick do not use this method.

I have been using this method for about a month and here are the results:

Battleground (good or bad): battlegrounds have been actually better than normal, with hp gems I couldn't get 3 kills. with crit gems I am getting 5-6 kills. Given a pass

World boss: Now this is what everyone cares about the World boss. Overall I earned about 150k more gold and daru then normal. averaged about 102k per WB hit. Given a pass. the range can be a bit extreme though it ranged from 80k-124k on auto.

Spire: with hp gems my group only got to wave 9 but with crit gems we made it to half down the second bar on wave ten's health. Given a pass

Multiplayer dungeon: I have done Demon Temple (normal) 7 times while using this set up of crit gems and all times have went well. Earned rage a lot easier than normal. given a pass. Note: need a good mage because of the lesser Hp

Overall I give the crit gem setup of hp set up a rating of 8/10.

Well that's all I got for you guys. I'll be doing more experiments and posting the results up here so stay tuned. If you have any ideas for experiments shoot me an email at ZJDrigenDragonBane@yahoo.com.  Thanks for reading

***EDIT*** added pictures


At the start of the WB with no Blessing
 At the end with level 20 inspiration and full voucher blessing



Sorry for the crap pictures no Photoshop >.<

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Frogatto & Friends looking to be "greenlit" on Steam

We have mentioned in the past a few times that it is a common misconception that FOSS games need to be also "freeware", and in fact the opposite can be quite beneficial to the overall development of a game or the engine it is build on.

The 2D jump & run  Frogatto & Friends has been for sale on mobile platforms for a while now, and its really high quality game-play and graphics are definitely a notch above most other open-source games:



All of it is possible through the use of their awesome open-source engine Anura.

Now they are looking to sell their game also on desktop computers through the very popular Steam digital distribution platform. You can vote for inclusion here.

As far as I am aware this is the first open-source game that actually aims to be sold through this channel, but recently another one, Warsow, was actually approved for inclusion as a freeware title.

As a launch of their "greenlight" campaign, the creators of Frogatto & Friends have started a Q&A session on reddit, where you can learn more about them and their awesome game(s).

Unrelated to that: please also check out our own "sub-reddit" about open-source gaming :)

Friday, October 11, 2013

News From China

(Posted by Fancypants)

   In this post I will be elaborating on some of the new things that the Chinese server has to offer.
For the past couple of days, I have been playing on one of the Chinese servers of Wartune (which actually translates into what I think is "Divine Comedy"). Now I haven't gotten too far along in the game because, well, I don't speak Chinese. But there are a few things I have noticed that I would like to share with you guys.

      First off is that the loading screen is a lot different. I don't know if this is Chinese specific, or part of the update, but I think it is a little on the weird side...
     Secondly, as you saw in the last post. There is now Sky City where you can see other players from the server. Some things, such as arena and the bounty quest hall (now board), can only be accessed through Sky City via an NPC. To get to there, you press a button in the top right corner that says who knows what. Once there, just click the button again (which will now be orange) to go back to your city.
You can tell which things can only be accessed through Sky City because even though they are shown in your city, the name isn't there, and you obviously can't click on it. As shown here.
    Third, is locked balens. The free players are probably excited about this one (I know I am!) From my knowledge, they can buy anything in the store with them, and if not, feel free to correct me. They act just like vouchers (speed up cool-downs, upgrade farm, etc.), but you can now buy more stuff with them. Also, they are pretty generous (in my opinion) with giving them out. You can get them from the daily log in special, checking in, clearing the campaign map, guild alter, and I am sure many other places.
Here is the daily log in special where you can see that they give them out in fair amounts.
This is the outfit I plan to buy with them, starting with the wings first of course.
Extras: Here are just some random extras I found that might interest you.
The first is that there is no wilds. At time of publish, I am level 26 and still have not seen any sign of the wilds. In the town hall there is no place for mines either.
Weird synthesis items. Found these in the item synthesis in the black smith. They use the same ingredients and come in red, blue, purple, green, brown, and yellow.
VIP chests in MP dungeons. This is a bad shot, but I only had like a split second to get it.
Leveling up. In this pic, right above the quests, it tells you the next thing you unlock by leveling up. No more wondering when you get things again. So here, it tells you that you unlock the crypts at lvl 23.
Generosity. I don't know if this is China specific or part of the update, but they are very generous with rewards. I had 600k gold my 2nd day playing, when normally it would only be barely 200k. At lvl 15, they give you the beach style hair piece. They give you two VIP trial cards, and the list goes on!

Windows. The guild panel has changed. It is now separated into multiple tabs as well as the daily icon. (The daily icon is now a present and located by the big blue button to go to Sky City)

Auction House. This is I believe the first look at the auction house. I only wish I read Chinese... It is combined with the mystery shop as shown below. Both unlock at lvl 26

Sorry this post was so long (it was long for me anyways), but I wanted you guys to see what was new and different over in China. I just really hope we get this update, and fast. I really like it. Feel free to drop a comment. I really appreciate it.
 
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