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| Archived News for February 2007 |
 Planetside HoC Chat |
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| CommunityNews - 3:15 AM PST | Posted By: RainStar |
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 Please join us on Wednesday, February 28, 2007, for a House of Commons with the developers of PlanetSide at 4:00 PM Pacific / 7:00 PM Eastern in the #StraticsHoC channel on Stratics IRC. You can connect to one of our IRC servers through the use of your favorite IRC client or you can visit our new Downloads section to choose a suitable client. Connect to irc.stratics.com port 6668 or whichever server is closest to you: - stratics.frws.com port 6668, USA - Colorado
- irc.glowfish.de port 6668, EU - Germany
- stratics.afraidyet.net 6668, USA - Atlanta
You may also connect through our handy Java link which may be found right here. You must have Java installed to use this which can be downloaded from the Java homepage. We will be discussing the new Combat Engineering weaponry with the developers, and general chat will be in our IRC channel #planetside before, during, and after the House of Commons.! We hope to see you there! |
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| Dangerous People |
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| SWGStraticsVoice - 11:45 AM PST | Posted By: RainStar |
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 Why am I writing about dangerous people on a gaming site? Keep reading, you'll find out.
There are several types of dangerous people, but to me, the worst type is those who aren't armed. No, I'm not talking about guns here, so don't go running out to get one. I am referring to those who are unarmed with substantiated knowledge.
Why are they dangerous?
People like this often make bad decisions. Some like to share their "wisdom" and try to draw others into their circle of darkness.
If you're doing something they think is wrong, lookout! They'll cut you down on the air. Case in point, Kelly McBride, she fits perfectly into the dangerous people category.
Those of us who are informed know that there are several positives to being a gamer. Those positives can carry over into real life benefits. Sadly, even with all the studies being reported, there are still parents who don't have a clue. Kelly McBride is one of these parents.
McBride recently decided to share what she knows about virtual sports and Wii, among other things. You can listen to her uninformed rant on National Public Radio.org.
For those who are not able to listen to the commentary, Frank Caron of ARS Technica.com posted a text version along with his thoughts on it. Here's an excerpt:
The two minute commentary begins with Kelly outlining her dreams for fit children who come home sweaty and bruised after a game of pick-up baseball. She then proceeds to patronize her own children's new affinity for sports via Wii Sports. She mocks their sudden interest in these virtual sports and their so-called "exercise," despite the obvious physical benefits. She belittles their understanding of the real sports, only to widen her target to attack all the over-weight children of America and their newfound self-esteem before finally questioning whether or not these children will ever know the true sense of accomplishment that only reality can provide. As her commentary draws to a close, one can only think that her children's supposed self-esteem problems don't stem from their lack of interest in sports.
Ok, I'm not even going to comment on her parenting skills or her reference to other kids.....*bites tongue* Instead, I'll just say that Kelly McBride and others like her should do some research on the benefits of gaming. I'm sure McBride knows how to do that, she seems like such a smart person.  Hopefully she's seen the report that was on MSNBC.com just the other night. It's about a study that shows gaming to be beneficial to surgeons. A portion of the article states the following: Playing video games appears to help surgeons with skills that truly count: how well they operate using a precise technique.
It supports previous research that video games can improve “fine motor skills, eye-hand coordination, visual attention, depth perception and computer competency,” the study said.
There you have it folks, gaming can improve real life skills!
For all those parents who have never played a video game, I encourage you to try them as well as mmorpgs. There are plenty of games out there that are fun and will make you laugh until your sides hurt. Oh yeah, that's another benefit of gaming, stress relief.
Get a multi-player game and play it with your kids. Not only will you be sharing quality time, you're creating some enjoyable memories. Take it from me, I'm a parent whose son got her into video games.
As for mmorpgs, you're not just buying a game in a box. Once you enter the game, you'll have people from all over the world to hang out with, go on missions with and talk with while you're playing. Hmm, that's another positive, meeting people from diverse cultures and age groups.
That wraps it up for this article, I have a game to go play! |
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| Chapter 5: An Entertaining Enterprise |
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| GeneralNews - 5:57 AM PST | Posted By: RainStar |
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 New Features
Profession Expertise System Rollout Complete: The final two iconic professions, traders and entertainers, are the beneficiaries of all new skills and abilities in Chapter 5, allowing them to fully customize their characters and carve out their own place in the galaxy. Players will be able to earn up to 45 expertise points as their characters progress to level 90, which they can spend as they please on new abilities and modifications to existing abilities.
• The Trader Expertise System: New trader talents and abilities have been divided into two trees. The Production tree allows players to choose skills such as "Advanced Production Technology" and "Deconstruction Techniques" that will allow them to not only increase the size of their storage capacities, but also decrease the costs and the amount of resources needed to produce items. The Specialization Tree offers abilities like "Artisan's Dexterity" and "Advanced Resource Refinement" that will give the player specific bonuses to their chosen profession.
A list of all the new trader skills and abilities can be found here: SWG Comlink: Trader Expertise
• The Entertainer Expertise System: Entertainers can now assign expertise points within two trees. The Artiste tree includes new skills such as "Holographic Mastery" and "Lasting Impression," which increase the stats and duration of specific bonuses and buffs that Entertainers can place on other players. The Drama tree offers abilities such as "Rising Spirit," "Controlled Spin" and "Allure," which increases their effectiveness in group combat.
New Reverse Engineering System for Traders: This new system provides traders with a greater level of involvement in the Star Wars Galaxies economy, along with making them a more valuable member of any party or guild. Through this system, traders will now be able to reverse engineer items in-game to create new item upgrades for use by themselves or other players.
Through a new reverse engineering tool, traders will be able to deconstruct items, weaponry, armor or clothing in-game and extract "Power Bits" and "Modifier Bits" that can be combined to create item upgrades that can be applied to existing weapons, clothing or armor. Traders will be able to craft both permanent item upgrades (Skill Enhancing Attachments) along with temporary item upgrades (Power-Ups) to expand their business and make them even more sought-after in the galaxy.
More information on the Reverse Engineering System, including detailed information on constructing item upgrades, can be found in this article: The Nuts and Bolts of Reverse Engineering.
Time to Go Camping: The galaxy is a big place, and sometimes it's necessary to undertake days-long expeditions. Fortunately, traders receive another new skill in Chapter 5 that will allow them to assist with players' ventures far from home.
Traders will now be able to craft and sell campsites. By loading the campsites with different modules during the crafting process, traders can customize the functionality of the camp to the order of the customer. Such things as a Shuttle Beacon, Cloning Center, Junk Dealer and Entertainment Area can be built into the campsite, making them a player's home away from home.
You can see screenshots of the new player camps here in this feature, Gone Camping!
Build-a-Buff: Traders aren't the only recipients of new features in Chapter 5. Entertainers will new be able to craft custom bonuses to sell or give to other players. These "Build-a-Buff" bonus packs will include a series of trade offs (positive buffs that can be strengthened by choosing additional de-buffs), to offer players a nearly exhaustive group of new buffs.
To learn more on how to build a specific buff package, including screenshots of the new user interface for the system, can be found here in, Build-a-Buff.
Chapter 5 Gift: When players log in to download "Chapter 5: An Entertaining Enterprise," they will automatically receive a custom one-use campsite kit that they can take on their galactic adventures. In addition, they will receive a limited-edition collectable painting entitled "Camp Life" that they can place in their home or other player structure. You can see the chapter 5 gifts here.
Chapter 5 Publish Notes
Combat
The proc effect from an elemental cold critical strike will now increase damage taken by the target instead of a snare.
Reduced the time delay when changing from On Leave to Combatant when using the /pvp command from 30 seconds to 1 second.
When attempting to harvest a corpse while in combat, you will now receive a message stating that you cannot harvest while in combat.
Spiral Kick range maximum range has been set to 10 meters.
Profession: Entertainer
Old Entertainer Titles have been added back into the profession skill wheel.
With Chapter 5, entertainers will gain two Expertise Trees:
Drama Expertise - The drama tree offers actual combat effectiveness to the entertainer that desires to be able to participate in such activities. It will provide attack lines, additional armor and dodge defense, and at the high end of the tree. It will provide the ability to do limited inspiring performances without any static venue (such as a field tour or cantina).
Artiste Expertise - The artiste tree offers improvements corresponding to performing in general. This includes field tour efficiency bonuses, inspiring performance improvements, and advanced inspiring performances that grant commands or special abilities to the viewers. This tree also contains the ability to create Holographic band members.
You can find basic information about expertise points here.
Build-a-Buff is a new system of Inspiration Buff that replaces the existing system and gives Entertainers the ability to provide unique, custom buffs for their customers.
Entertainers will be able to select from a wide range of modifiers and effects which are combined to create a single buff tailored to the needs of their patron.
The Build-a-Buff system allows for automatic and secure transfer of payment for services rendered between the Entertainer and patron.
For those who wish to specialize in Inspiration, Expertise are also available for purchase that will allow the Entertainer access to special packages that allow different and more powerful effects to be added to their custom buffs.
You can find more information about Build-a-Buffs here.
Profession: Trader
With Chapter 5, traders will gain two Expertise Trees:
Specialization Expertise: Traders that spend points in this tree will have the option to improve their assembly, experimentation, and overall crafting abilities for one or both of their crafting sub-types, including general crafting.
Production Expertise: Traders that spend points in this tree are able to improve their sampling, harvesting, factory, and merchant vendor efficiency.
New schematics are also available for the various trader professions throughout the expertise trees.
Droid Modules: Creature Harvest Module: Droids equipped with a harvest module set to auto harvest will attempt to harvest automatically after exiting combat.
Droid Modules: Detonation Module: Droids equipped with a Detonation Module will display the damage range along with the detonation power.
Droid Modules: Detonation Module: Increased detonation power by 33%.
Removed Draft Schematic entries for the Scout Trap Module, Stimpack Dispenser Module and the Medical Modules 1-6.
Re-Deeding a harvester now consumes the correct amount of credits.
Reverse Engineering
With Chapter 5, traders will gain the ability to craft a reverse engineering tool and "reverse engineer" some items. The ability to craft a reverse engineering tool is available at Novice Artisan.
Munitions, Domestics and Engineering Traders will be able to deconstruct items, weapons, armor or clothing and also looted "junk" items. Deconstructing an item through reverse engineering destroys the original item.
Deconstructed components may be used to create Skill Enhancing Attachments and Power-Ups that may be applied to armor, weapons and clothing.
Weapons are now craftable with "sockets" to accommodate new Skill Enhancing Attachments that can now be created with Reverse Engineering.
For more information on Reverse Engineering see The Nuts and Bolts of Reverse Engineering.
Vendors
Added "Re-list Item" button and popup menu to the vendor stockroom window to allow for quickly putting selected items back up for sale using each item's previous price and seller description.
To limit the amount of mail sent to the owner of a vendor owner when items for sale on the vendor are moved to the vendor stockroom, the following rules have been implemented to determine whether mail is sent to the vendor owner when an item for sale on the vendor is moved to the vendor stockroom.
1) If the vendor owner withdraws the sale of an item, no mail is sent to the vendor owner.
2) If the item expired because no one has bought the item, mail is sent to the vendor owner. No more mail will be sent to the vendor owner for subsequent items on that particular vendor that expire because no one has bought the item until the vendor owner accesses the vendor or the galaxy is restarted. The definition of "access" is the same as the definition of "access" currently used to determine the various vendor operational states.
For convenience when re-listing an item from the vendor stockroom, the sell window will default the item's price and seller description with values from when the item was previously put up for sale.
You can now select multiple items to re-list from the vendor stockroom. When the "Sell Item" button or popup menu in the vendor stockroom window is clicked, the Sell window will be displayed for each selected item where you can specify the price and seller description for the selected item.
Wookiee and Ithorian Vendors can now where Cybernetics.
Foraging
Foraging has been added back to Star Wars Galaxies. Foraging, currently, will give you bait for fishing.
Similar bait should now stack in your inventory, as you gather them.
Foraging Tips:
After attempting to forage in a location, you must move at least 5m to another location before attempting forage again.
After a successful forage attempt, you cannot forage in that spot again, per session, per character.
You have a 50% chance of getting bait, and 50% chance of getting nothing.
Game Options
The game options program (launched via Launchpad) will now support resolutions above 1600x1200.
A speaker configuration has been added and old sound options have been reset.
Note: It is highly recommended everyone check their speaker configuration in Game Options (Press O) to ensure it matches the sound system you have.
Galactic Civil War
You must be Special Forces to enter PvP regions. Trying to enter a PvP region will no longer automatically switch you to Special Forces. Areas included are the Restuss battleground, Naboo GCW base, Corellia GCW base and Talus GCW base.
There is no longer a five minute delay when a player requests resignation from a faction.
When you use the comm-link to call in reinforcements, they will now attack your intended target first before attacking any other targets in the area.
There is now a four hour cool-down after placing a GCW base before it will become vulnerable.
Increased GCW point value for a normal ground target up to 5 points (from 3 points).
Periodic bonus GCW points from a PvP region are now modified by your current GCW rank.
Quests
Trials of Obi-Wan: Decrepit Droid Factory: Fixed an error where the Factory Guardian would on occasion be un-lootable.
Trials of Obi-Wan: Decrepit Droid Factory: The Factory Guardian will now drop the Chef Enhancement Ring as intended.
Trials of Obi-Wan: Lord Vartonis will now heal himself to full health in the intermission of the final fight.
Trials of Obi-Wan: The Blistmok Heart, Xandank Jaw, and Tulrus Mandible quest items no longer grant their quest from the loot window. You must have them in your inventory in order to get the quest. This helps to avoid someone being granted the quest when they only meant to take the object.
Rage of the Wookiees: You are now told that you no longer need the lockbox from the avatar platform prisoner quests when you try to access to it again after completing that step.
Rage of the Wookiees: The "Wrelaac Needs Proof" quest can no longer be repeated.
Rage of the Wookiees: Fixed a code string in the Holonet Braodcaster conversation.
Rage of the Wookiees: Clone Relics: "Working for Boba Fett, Phase IV" will no longer be granted if you speak with Boba Fett after completing "Working for Boba Fett, Phase V".
Rage of the Wookiees: The "Treat for the Trandoshans" quest will again award the promised credits upon completion.
Rage of the Wookiees: Fixed a punctuation error in the Genocide quest.
Rage of the Wookiees: Fixed a typo in the The Chirq Council: Assumed Identity quest.
Legacy: Jabba's Palace: EV-9D9 in Jabba's palace can no longer grant you the same quest twice at the same time.
Gendra's Quests are no longer showing an incorrect amount of experience when the quest is accepted.
Items
Unity: Selected rings are no longer traded in the Unity ceremony. Players will instead wear the ring they choose. A unity band will become un-tradable if it is not already and will revert to tradable status should the unity be terminated.
Unity: Players must meet any profession/level requirements for equipping the unity ring to select that ring during the ceremony.
Unity: Game systems no longer enforce wearing unity rings all the time. Spouses may have their own opinion on the subject.
Trials of Obi-Wan: The Mustafarian Blade Globe and Mustafarian Distance Globe have had their buff timer changed to a 60 second duration.
Trials of Obi-Wan: Fixed an issue where the Mustafarian Injector's reuse timer would occasionally be wrong.
Trials of Obi-Wan: Fixed an issue causing the Shard of Ferocity and Mustafarian Injector buffs would overwrite each other.
Restuss: The Crusader M-XX Heavy Rifle now does kinetic damage instead of energy damage.
Clone Trooper armor belts will no longer show armor stats. Previously they would show armor stats but not actually apply the bonus since belts are not supposed to give an armor honus.
Bacta Kits now require Bacta Kit Charge Loaders. These components can influence the number of charges on a bacta kit.
Bacta Kits will now only stop if you are damaged. This means you can be in combat, but you will be interrupted if you are damaged.
Fixed some instances of Nalargons and Omni Boxes telling entertainers that they must un-equip their current instrument first.
Items granted on the profession wheel that currently don't have quests now have the proper descriptions to reflect that they are just decorative items for your home.
Profession: Medic
The Reckless Stimulation line of abilities will now correctly show the amount of action healed when it is used. For example, if you have full action, it will say +0 Action.
Fixed an issue causing the ability Stasis Field not working properly up to 48 meters.
Profession: Officer
Marksmanship Expertise modifiers now correctly grant the first 10 bonuses.
Marksmanship Expertise now correctly shows the 4 available tiers you can learn.
Profession: Shipwright
Droid brain upgrades did not have a variety of increases. This change increases them, based on the level of the droid brain.
Droid brain Mark 1: Experimentation removed. Value for increase is now -1.
Droid brain Mark 2: Experimentation value for command speed is now -1 to -2.
Droid brain Mark 3: Experimentation value for command speed is now -1 to -3.
Droid brain Mark 4: Experimentation value for command speed is now -1 to -4.
Droid brain Mark 5: Experimentation value for command speed is now -1 to -5.
Space
The targets for the Imperial Destroy Duty mission from the Dathomir Space Station are now Tier 4 Rebel ships.
User Interface
Status information is now displayed over the intended target (the green bracket target) in addition to the look-at target (the blue bracket target). If you prefer to not have the extra status information, go into Options->Interface and uncheck "Show status information over the intended target".
Numbers copied and pasted will now be limited to the same length as those originally typed.
Changing the specular terrain option will require a scene change or client restart to take effect.
The NPC Master Pilot Menddle no longer has "type: an unknown creature" in his Examine window.
Fixed a typo in the description of Civic Policy II.
World
Rage of the Wookiees: The Survey Data Recorder near the ‘Rryatt Trail Gate' is no longer floating in the air.
Gamma Station: The lamp on Inaldra's desk is no longer floating.
Gamma Station: The Rak'qua Shaman will no longer be behind the wall in the first room.
Bug Fix: Players should no longer fall out of the world when trying to enter an instance while mounted.
The Mining Outpost on Dantooine is now correctly labeled on the radar.
The Abandoned Battle Droids of the Rryatt Trail now have laser shots when they fire at someone.
Kurt "Thunderheart" Stangl
Community Relations Manager
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| WoW Stratics Exclusive Interview! |
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| CommunityNews - 2:37 AM PST | Posted By: RainStar |
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One of our reporters, The Traveler, recently had the opportunity to chat with Dan Bojanowski, the WoW TCG Product Manager regarding the WoW TCG. Stratics: When Through The Dark Portal is released will we see the Heroes of Azeroth sets removed from store shelves?
DB – Heroes of Azeroth is a base set for the WOW TCG and has many staple cards with recognizable in-game spells and characters. We want this product to be available to new players that begin playing the WOW TCG anytime within the first year. Also, for certain types of tournaments, Heroes of Azeroth booster packs will be used in addition to Through the Dark Portal booster packs.
As such, we have printed what we feel is an appropriate amount of product to remain on retail shelves well beyond the release of Through the Dark Portal. Stratics: At the sneak preview events for The Dark Portal on March 31st and April 1st will players be able to acquire starters and boosters?
DB– Yes, in limited quantities. Anyone that enters these Sneak Preview tournaments will be given some booster packs which they will use to construct their deck. There will be extra booster packs awarded to top finishers for these tournaments. Additionally, special prizes will be available which may include promo cards, deck tins, play mats and t-shirts (prizes still being finalized). If you can’t make it to a Sneak Preview tournament, be sure to look for Release Celebration tournaments on April 14-15 for more chances to win exclusive prizes. Stratics: Will there be a sneak preview event for Molten Core raid deck as well?
DB – No, Sneak Previews in general are only done for booster/starter launches. Stratics: For the Onyxia Raid deck, will you make ever make the hero cards smaller or just large ones? This also applies to the upcoming Molton Core Raid deck which will be released in 2007.
DB– Yes, we do plan on printing all three copies of the Onyxia hero card in normal card size. They will likely be available through the UDE Points Store. The same will probably be true for Molten Core Raid Deck. Stratics: When Heroes of Azeroth hit store shelves it sold out pretty quick. Will there be more sets of Through The Dark Portal made available at release time than there were for Heroes of Azeroth?
DB – In short, yes. When we printed Heroes of Azeroth the first time, it was based on pre-orders and estimated demand. As you noted, it sold out very quickly. We were super excited about this, and immediately went back on press and got more Heroes of Azeroth on store shelves by early December. For Through the Dark Portal, we will print what we feel is an appropriate amount, based on pre-orders and our knowledge of the market. Now that retailers and distributors have seen the customer’s response to WOW TCG, the supply should become more in line with the demand. Stratics: Are there plans to release pre-constructed decks for game play?
DB – Every starter decks come with a 33-card preconstructed deck. While this is not a big enough deck to take to a sanctioned tournament, it provides players with a basis for building a solid deck. In the Heroes of Azeroth starters, there were nine different pre-constructed decks (one for each of the classes). There will be nine NEW pre-constructed decks in the Through the Dark Portal starters. Stratics: Are there plans to release clothing featuring artwork from the cards?
DB – We will not be doing a full line of clothing, but we will create t-shirts with card art that will be used as prizes through our Organized Play programs. Stratics: Do you know of any new items that will be added for in-game rewards?
DB – Yes, lots.  Stratics: Any chance we will see codes made available as loot in World of Warcraft that can be exchanged for card products?
DB – Hmm… interesting. There are no plans for anything like this right now. Stratics: What's your favorite card and why?
DB – Rise to the Challenge – While this is not the most competitive of cards, it is definitely very flavorful and fun. In the MMO, there is such satisfaction when you level up. I feel that this card does a fantastic job of bringing that feeling to the TCG. It takes a LONG time to pull it off, but when you do, the rewards are great! This interview is also permanently located here, as well as on our left side menu under INTERVIEWS. |
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| Everquest House of Commons Chat |
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| CommunityNews - 2:28 AM PST | Posted By: RainStar |
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Please join us on Wednesday, February 21, 2007, for a House of Commons with the developers of EverQuest at 5:00 PM Pacific / 8:00 PM Eastern in the #StraticsHoC channel on Stratics IRC. You can connect to one of our IRC servers through the use of your favorite IRC client or you can visit our new Downloads section to choose a suitable client. Connect to irc.stratics.com port 6668 or whichever server is closest to you: - stratics.frws.com port 6668, USA - Colorado
- irc.glowfish.de port 6668, EU - Germany
- stratics.afraidyet.net 6668, USA - Atlanta
You may also connect through our handy Java link which may be found right here. You must have Java installed to use this which can be downloaded from the Java homepage. We will be discussing general topics with the developers, and general chat will be in our IRC channel #everquest before, during, and after the House of Commons.! We hope to see you there! |
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| Coming Soon...Chapter 5 |
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| SWGStraticsVoice - 5:05 PM PST | Posted By: DasoLegend |
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Chapter 5 is currently in Test Center. Areas of interest include Entertainer and Trader expertise. Armorsmiths, weaponsmiths and tailors will be able to engineer SEA, self-enhancing attachments, and weapon power-ups. Shipwrights, architects and droid engineers will be getting some new schematics.
Camps are back!! And better than ever. Modules can be added to enhance the camps. Specific crafting stations and shutting access to name a couple. In the old days, camps were used to heal wounds by entertainers and medics and for xp to level in scout and ranger professions. Now they can be used to assemble groups quickly and get those needed buffs before the attack begins.
Entertainers will have the build-a-buff system. Where they can customize the specific buff you are looking for. One buff will include an increase to your kinetic and energy armor stats!! Final numbers still being tweaked.
I expect the chapter to live within the next two weeks. Although, I will not personally respec to an entertainer, I will try to get some notes and give a take on it soon!! Good things ahead!! |
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| S.A.W-T: Stratics Against Wrongful Trades; Increase your awareness |
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| SWGStraticsVoice - 4:40 AM PST | Posted By: DasoLegend |
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Have you ever been a victim of a deal gone bad? Unfortunately it is all but a common occurrence. During the Chapter 4, many people began partaking in cross server trades. Although, it is against SOE’s policy, many players still tested the waters. DISCLAIMER: SOE does not endorse or protect cross server trades. Let that be said. Many people were on the wrong side of those trades and lost valuable items when attempting to acquire valuable items on their preferred server.
But, it’s not just crosser trades that go wrong. Many in-server trades can go bad. First and foremost, know the person you are trading. While it may be physically impossible to know them, here are a few keys to learning some facts about the other party. Examine the character and look at the tabs. A long list of badges will let you assume that character has been playing for a while. Also, looking into the characters Galactic Civil War points will also help determine the extent at which they play. A frequent long playing character is a good bet you can find them online if something goes wrong. It is also a safe bet that many others will know of this character. Also note the guild tag associated on the character. This will help you search out a character is something goes wrong. Guild names are more know throughout any galaxy by more players than actual character names. So, if a character has been established as a long time, returning player chances are they will not put their reputation on the line to take a chance at a quick steal.
Secondly, know what you are trading. All too often people, many long standing players, try to take advantage of a new comer by offering an insufficient trade. Prime example is the newer AT-RT that is available for those that purchased the Complete Online Adventures starter kit. While the community price has come down a bit since it was first released, they can still sell for nearly 40 million credits. But that is just one example. Recently, we have seen a resurgence of the comeback. Many players that canceled over a year ago are making their way back to see the new changes. You may not know what you have!! With the economy highly inflated, many items that once sold for a few hundred credits may have reached a few million.
How do I know what I have and what it is worth? Well, I’m glad you asked. Post, post, post, post!! Ask around the community. Start a thread in New Players , and ask away. Not a new player, then feel free to start a thread here, Coronet Starport .
That’s the easy way though. Another way to get your questions answered is by using your in-game friends. Don’t have any you say, well, it may be a good idea to search around for a nice guild in your galaxy. Search these forums, or ask questions with new threads. You may like to role play, PvP or like to group for quests and rewards. There are usually guilds out there that meet your criteria. On any server you can find Rebel only or Imperial/Neutral guilds. Each guild can surround themselves with people of similar interests or playing styles, you just have to find the one that agrees with you.
Don’t be so quick to jump at the chance to make a quick buck. The economy is currently on the inflated side and a couple hundred thousand credits won’t take you too far. Finally, remember that if something feels not quite right, stop and research it. It may take a few minutes to get the right answer, but in the long run it will be worth the wait!! |
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| PotBS Portal Opens With Exclusive Screenshots |
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| CommunityNews - 2:29 AM PST | Posted By: RainStar |
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| The Age of Sail is upon us... a time of exploring new worlds across the vast waters of the open seas. In this time, pirates have begun to set sail on those high seas to claim it as their own, taming the wild spirit held within the murky depths of the oceans, being unwelcome in the civilized and land-lubber worlds of the French, Spanish, and British. And sea travelers be wary, for the pirates are not concerned with who is aboard your ship... only what can be had for the taking! Imagine the Caribbean in the early 1700s, when man was intent upon staking their claim upon all things the eye could see... including other men. And many men felt they should be the ones doing the conquering! A time when pirates and countries both desired to rule the open seas of the world, trying to make their mark on the lands and conquer all in their paths. You can make a stand, whether it be as a soldier in the Royal Navy, a privateer, a merchant, or a pirate - the choice is yours to make. But ! be certain of your career, for you may very well catch the ire of others who most assuredly oppose you! Pirates of the Burning Sea is brought to you by Flying Labs Software, creators of Rails Across America and Delta Green are bringing to us in June 2007 Pirates of the Burning Sea, a game, to quote the devs, "With pirates". With that being said, we welcome you to Pirates of the Burning Sea Stratics. To celebrate the opening of the portal, we give you SIX Exclusive Screenshots brought to use by Aether at FlyingLabs.  A port of call | 
Storms at sea
|  A port at night |  Meeting at night |  Storms at sea |  A wrecked ship on the beach | We look forward to meeting you both in our community here, and on the high seas! Aargh, matey! |
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| HoC Chat - LOTRO |
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| CommunityNews - 8:08 AM PST | Posted By: RainStar |
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Please join us tonight, February 12, 2007, for a House of Commons with the developers of Lord of the Rings Online at 5:00 PM Pacific / 8:00 PM Eastern in the #StraticsHoC channel on Stratics IRC. You can connect to one of our IRC servers through the use of your favorite IRC client or you can visit our new Downloads section to choose a suitable client. Connect to irc.stratics.com port 6668 or whichever server is closest to you: - stratics.frws.com port 6668, USA - Colorado
- irc.glowfish.de port 6668, EU - Germany
- stratics.afraidyet.net 6668, USA - Atlanta
You may also connect through our handy Java link which may be found right here. You must have Java installed to use this which can be downloaded from the Java homepage. We will be discussing general topics with the developers, and general chat will be in our IRC channel #middle-earth before, during, and after the House of Commons. We hope to see you there! |
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| Ask the WoW Developers |
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| CommunityNews - 5:12 AM PST | Posted By: RainStar |
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Our Ask the WoW Developers Q&A has started back up again. You can submit your question here (one question per person please).
All questions need to be in by February 15th, we will take the top ten questions and forward them onto Blizzard. Make sure you check back on February 25th to see if your question was answered by Blizzard!
We are hoping to make this a monthly event so make sure you keep checking back! Thank you!
Lady Beth
WoW Stratics
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| Second Life Competition |
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| CommunityNews - 1:27 PM PST | Posted By: RainStar |
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Stratics Second Life is pleased to announce our fantastic exclusive
competition to five lucky Stratics users, to win a free copy of "Second Life - A documentary", a 50 minute program filmed entirely within the online environment Second Life, explaining what it is all about, and featuring interviews with a number of players.
Second Life is a fully immersive, player created, 3D environment with over 3 million registered users. It is a realization of The Metaverse, as described in the novel "Snowcrash".
If you are not familiar with the documentary, please read our interview with the creators, Robo Studios, here.
Enter our competition here.
Please drop by the Stratics Second Life forums here, or download and create your free Second Life account.
Good luck!
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| Stratics Coverage of the EA Mythic Press Event |
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| CommunityNews - 9:55 AM PST | Posted By: RainStar |
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WAR Stratics has released their coverage of the EA Mythic Press Event, January '07!My first view of the game this time around is amazing. Plumes of black smoke rise in the distance. Obviously something over there needs my attention! On my way to investigate there are farmers running around. Ducking, weaving, crying over lost farmsteads and general confusion abound. I've been in game all of 10 seconds. This is gonna be AWESOME! We'll get into more of the good stuff later. For now, the rest of the overview!
The review includes a look at the newly released races of Chaos, and the Human Empire.
The screenshots released at this event can be found in the WAR Stratics gallery.
Tovin
WAR Stratics Portal Manager |
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| Scions of Fate Beta Keys Available! |
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| CommunityNews - 2:58 PM PST | Posted By: RainStar |
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Scions of Fate is entering into their next Closed Beta stage, and you have a chance to secure your very own beta key! That's right... you can participate in the closed beta stages. MGame and Stratics have teamed up to offer you the chance to request a beta key for the third and final phase! MGame recently brought us Legend of Ares and Hero. Now they bring Scions of Fate to join in their fantastic lineup of titles. If you don't know of Scions of Fate, you're definitely missing out: In China, Taiwan, and Thailand, Scions of Fate has received many ovations and has now become a community that has members all throughout the countries. While bringing the joy of martial arts and garnering more fame in Asia has been a goal of Scions of Fate since the beginning, it is now time for the whole world to experience the world of Scions of Fate. So join the millions of others who are enjoying the fun and entertaining world of Scions of Fate. Request your key today! |
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| HoC Logs - January 31, 2007 |
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| GeneralNews - 4:58 AM PST | Posted By: RainStar |
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ArkonPhoenix: How many sockets will a multi-stat SEA take? Is it one SEA per socket (regardless of number of stats), or stat number for socket number?
Blixtev: You will be able to add 3 stats per socket, and all items will be going down to 1 socket per item. We are also adding a method to remove old stats and refund the socket slot.
Cosmo: are you guys bring back food additives ?
Blixtev: Yes, food additives are returning in chapter 5!
Celt: will weaponsmiths be a viable crafting profession again? How will reverse engineering affect them?
Tunso: Weaponsmiths will be able to create socketed weapons now and also create Skill Enhancing Attachments and Powerups for weapons. So aside from what you currently sell, you’ll be able to have a secondary market for consumables Powerups and SEAs.
Eahot: Question About the Holo-bands, How many total Holoband Members, and can we make them do different things like 1 plays music others dance?
Addy: The maximum Holo images possible at one time is 3, and they will follow the lead of the entertaining meaning they will all do what the entertainer is doing.
The entire Chapter 5 HoC Logs can be found here. |
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| Last Chaos HoC Chat |
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| CommunityNews - 2:52 AM PST | Posted By: RainStar |
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Please join us on Friday, February 2, 2007, for a House of Commons with the developers of Last Chaos at 5:00 PM Pacific / 8:00 PM Eastern in the #StraticsHoC channel on Stratics IRC. You can connect to one of our IRC servers through the use of your favorite IRC client or you can visit our new downloads section to choose a suitable client. Connect to irc.stratics.com port 6668 or whichever server is closest to you: - stratics.frws.com port 6668, USA - Colorado
- irc.glowfish.de port 6668, EU - Germany
- stratics.afraidyet.net 6668, USA - Atlanta
You may also connect through our handy Java link which may be found right here. You must have Java installed to use this which can be downloaded from the Java homepage. We will be discussing general topics with the developers, and general chat will be in our IRC channel #lastchaos before, during, and after the House of Commons. We hope to see you there! |
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