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May 01, 2008 - 10:16 AM - by Aredhel
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For those who enjoy lore about Telon, keep watching VGPlayers.com. It looks like they're dishing it out slowly. This week, they have the story of Trengal and last week was the story of the ruins of Trengal. If you dig into the archives for last month, you'll find Secrecy’s Price – The Conversation, as well.
Telon is still a wonderous land! Many enjoy what it has to offer and if you have tried it but ran off because of all the bad press and ...*tries to think of something nice*... the overly vocal minority consisting of nay-sayers, check it out. If you're a power gamer, then it's up to you, but don't say negative things about a game designed to lead people who love the land and lore. It's not perfect, but like many are saying now, it's a site better than most of what's out there now!!
Be good, gang. We aren't deserting you. 
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| Where are they now? |
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Mar 12, 2008 - 5:57 PM - by Aredhel
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I won't be giving out names, but the devs and GMs I've been able to keep up with are now working for:
Mythic/EA (at least 5 of them)
Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment (at least 2)
Turbine (1 for sure...maybe 2)
Nexon (4)
Slipgate Ironworks (1)
SoE and variations thereof (not sure...some)
misc IT jobs (at least 1)
If anyone has more information on games our "family" has gone to, or companies, feel free to add it in, ok? Sure miss the old gang! 
That said, we do have GAME UPDATE #4 to mention. Here's the info:
1. Flying Mounts
2. Riftway Revamp
3. Character Optimizations / Helmets
4. Overland Raid
5. Class Updates
6. Refund Points
7. Veteran Rewards
8. Bug Fixes / Performance
9. Patch Notes
1. Flying Mounts
With Update 4 we have added the first two permanent flying mounts into Vanguard. Griffons and wyverns are now available for players to attain. Head to Southwatch to begin the griffon quest and to Ancient Port Warehouse for the wyvern.
2. Riftway Revamp
Also featured in Update 4 is a revamp to the riftway system. At level 10, once arriving at the first outpost after the newbie experience, the player will encounter the first riftway stone. These riftways are placed within all similarly leveled outposts, and are available immediately as options for travel. In addition, there will be a quest-giver at each riftway with ‘region introduction quests', giving an overview of what content is to be found in each region as well as a delivery quest to visit a main quest giver in that region located near the riftway.
UI
Riftway locations are represented on the map. When moused over they will show an outpost name, region name, and level range. If the riftway is available to the player it will show up in color, and if not then it will be grey. When an available riftway location is clicked and the player has required cost, the player is teleported to that location.
Cost
Riftways will be tiered and color coded by level range and each tier will have a different cost to travel. This will ensure that lower level players should always be able to afford to get to where they need to go while at the same time not trivializing the cost for higher level players.
3. Character Optimizations / Helmets
These two updates go hand in hand, because one allows us to do the other. First, we have done a lot of optimizations to player characters. By eliminating extra bones in the PC model faces we were able to add several visible helmets - which would have otherwise been interfered with by those extra bones. The end result is less customization in the facial area but better performance for the character models and brand new visible helmets.
4. Overland Raid
Many years after being driven into hiding by his murderous brothers, Fengrot Foulbreath has emerged from his slumber beneath the stagnant waters of Thelaseen. Although diminutive compared to his brothers, Fengrot makes up for this by being twice as cruel and ill-tempered as any of the other Sons of Torsheim. Having made a pact with Krigus, spirit of disease and decay, Fengrot hopes to use the spirit's power to destroy his most hated enemy - his brother, Torkald Who Mourns.
Fengrot is an overland raid target appropriate for 18 well equipped, high level players.
5. Class Updates
Three adventuring classes have received significant attention this update. They are the druid, dread knight and paladin. The main thing we did with each class was, after fixing broken or underdeveloped abilities we sat down and took a look at each of the three classes and evaluated where it was with our overall vision. After that, we made the necessary changes, be it altering abilities, adjusting DPS or a variety of other things. For a complete list of the updates, check out the detailed notes below.
6. Refund Points
If you've ever regretted putting attribute points into a certain stat as you level up, we now have a way for you to fix that! Players can now purchase refund points for all non-automatically allocated attribute points from their trainers. The initial refund will be free, but then the price will rise progressively each additional time refund points are purchased.
7. Veteran Rewards
Veteran Rewards have been added to the /claim window. Rewards include titles, special items (such as vanity pets) and a set of furniture to place inside your house. Veteran rewards are available for players who have had active accounts for six months or more. Additional rewards are available every two months... [Read More]
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| The Dungeon Master Passes... |
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Mar 04, 2008 - 9:53 PM - by Aredhel
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I believe this does deserve notice here:
In case you haven't heard, Gary Gygax, creator of D&D, died today. You can get the story from many sources, including NeXt Generation.
Here's saluting someone who changed the face of pen and paper gaming and opened a whole new era of fantasy games.
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