I've been searching around for a new blog template. In order to find exactly what I want I tried a few out and lost some data. The blogroll, which I find very important, will be back as soon as possible. Everyone who was on it will see their blogs soon!
In the mean time, if you have a suggestion for a cool template, I'm game.
Now you don't have to sleep on the floor!
Today's early release gives us new house items for non-members without Adventure Coins. Now you have new statues for your home along with a bed, a table with food, and some Independance Day balloons. If you buy all the non-member, gold items, you'll have 18 items.
But you'll have 3 beds and 6 statues! Well, it's better that nothing, right? Now you can have a slumber party!
Also, I would suggest that if you haven't bought a house, do it now so you won't get a house number in the trillions. Grab those 4th of July balloons because they might be gone after the holiday, even if you think you might not want them now. Non-members have to jump on every opportunity.
Artix announced today the AdventureQuest Worlds Project Progress Page (P3) that explains future releases and tells how far along new releases will be. In it, the reader will find descriptions of many improvements, such as stats and guilds.
It looks like stats will be coming fairly soon. It's at 60% right now buy Artix says they have to map out power levels for stats up to level 100. This sounds like a huge project.
Guilds are at only 10%. But we're told that guilds might have their own city! The city would level up somehow for the guild.
There's a lot more.
The Housing Contest started June 29th and will run until July 6th. I've been going through the entries and found some great ideas. Some of the contestants are overlapping house items to create new or unusual designs with others are coming up with good themes.
There are a lot of really funny entries! These are the ones I look forward to. A lot of creativity is going into the contest.
Pictured here is what a non-member of AQW can buy for his/her house for gold. That's four items. A rickety chair, a box, a candle, and a rat. Looks like non-members better get going on that Battle Bar or AExtras if they want some decent decor.
Houses are here! I have to admit it is much better than the DragonFable houses. You can place things wherever you want.
If houses develop like in DragonFable and MechQuest (starship) you'll want to buy a smaller house. Since you have 19 inventory spots (the house takes up a slot), it will be hard to spread things out over four rooms. I picked the Villa because it has two rooms.
Be really careful about spending AC on items. As houses progress, more items will become available. Then you'll find out some of those AC items won't work so well with the decor!
You can visit other people's houses by typing /house [player name].
Goto: /warelemental to help defend Battleon!
There's also a new shop with mage robes. About time! Mages had slim pickings for clothing. I would avoid the molten robes because it seems all the members are buying it.
This event works just like a war, except you'll be collecting Flux instead of medals.
Now, where did I leave that staff?
Update: Remember to turn in your Flux as soon as you get five, or the Mega Flux as soon as you get it. That way if you lose your connection it won't be lost!
Update: I can't find a staff to match my new mage outfit. Any ideas? I'm wearing:
My AQW information page, AdventureQuest Worlds MMO, is turning into an unfocused mess. Because of the changing nature of the game, I've basically wedged new information into the page in an ad hoc fashion.
I seriously need to change it and even split it into two different pages. I'm thinking I need to create a newbie guide first and then put together a more advanced page.
The best place to rank up in AdventureQuest Worlds used to be at the Crash Site by killing Eugene the Unfortunate Grinding Dwakel. Eugene is level 15 with only 900 HP (hit points) and a weak attack.
Now, the best place is Sleuthhound Inn for ranking. This is because the Table and Chair monsters are level 15 and have only 500 HP. You can grind your way to new ranks with relative ease.
Here's a reminder about ranking up:
The base amount of Class Points (CP) you get from a monster is 50 per rank of your class. So if you are a rank 5 Warrior and kill a monster, you get 250 (about) CP. But that's only if the monster's level is equal-to or greater-than your level.
If you are a higher level than the monster, the amount of CP's you get goes down. I'm not sure what the formula is. Maybe I'll figure it out later.
In any case, the best monsters to grind for ranking are equal-to or higher-than your level with the lowest amount of hit points and a weak attack.
For balanced farming, Eugene is still the best bet for Class Points, Hit Points, and Experience Points. For money, the Fire Gem quest is still the best.
If you've been avoiding the Sneevil war, go right now! The mega defenders medals drop 100% of the time now. There's only a few hours left, so go right now!
In the June 16th posting of the design notes, Artix gives a sneak peak at the upcoming houses. Let's take it apart:
Some of the newer players of AdventureQuest Worlds might not know how to disable whispers, aka private messaging. This is the best way to keep hackers, griefers, and perverts from bothering you.
In the text box (the chat box on the bottom left) type: /pmoff
If you did it correctly, a red message in the chat area will read: Ignoring PMs.
and you won't have to deal with those annoying whispers. You have to do this each time you log in. To reactivate whispers, type: /pmon
What if you declared war and nobody showed up?
That's what is happening right now with the Sneevil war. For myself, the war holds no interest because I don't care about the drops, and the sneevils are such low level that the XP and CP don't do much for my characters. Here's what my characters have to say about the war:
Phoenix Bloodstone, Servant of the Phoenix: The Sneevils pose no real threat to the realm. And this Coinbiter fellow is of questionable character. For me, delving into the nature of Chaos and finding a way to cure my liege of his Chaos affliction is of greater import than the well-being of a merchant.
Jak of Staves, the Pet Eating Ghoul: Sneevils taste awful.
Bull Ox, the Helpful Orc: Bull Ox no like fighting sneevils. They weak. Bull Ox rather fight worthy foe. No one need help fighting sneevils.
Loki Bloodstone, Trickster and Jack of Trades: Fight Sneevils? No, I'd rather challenge them in a game of cups. I bet small gift boxes and they bet gold. It's a win-win for me. Sneevils are terrible gamblers.
Annoying n00b: theres a war??!?!? were at?? can u help me wit dis fite?!!@!!
I'm looking forward to the release tonight. It sounds like something different. Also, if I read the design notes correctly, Achievements Round #1 starts. How cool is that? Hopefully we'll get to show off our achievements on our character pages.
At the current rate the Sneevil war is going to take two weeks to complete. Things are progressing slowly, about 6% per day. I think people are more excited about the new releases in the game.
There are tons of new outfits, especially for female characters. The Spartan outfits seem popular. I see lots of those on players.
I'm a little disappointed in the cheap Adventure Coin releases. I was hoping for a little more diversity. We got six items at 20 AC or less, all of them cloaks. Don't get me wrong, the cloaks are nice. And the faerie wings go with the new dress. But I was thinking that there should be some helms or cloaks or weapons. How about a couple cheap back-pack pouches?
Back to the war, the payoff isn't very awe inspiring so I'm thinking that it's going to last for a long time. Does anyone care about this? Is Coinbiter going to have to hang out for an extra week now since adventurers are doing other things?
I have to admit I'm burned out right now. It might be time to explore other games until a really profound update is released, like stats, houses, or a new class. When was the last time we saw a new class? St. Patrick's day, I believe.
Oh, one last thing: the Guardian armor customization is really cool. I'm seeing a lot of imaginative uses of the color customization. This is a release worth noting. Unfortunately, most players are non-members and can only watch with ambivalence or jealousy.
