Chaos Ruled Earlier This Week During Internal Team PvP Combat Testing
But Virtue Reigned Supreme During Dev+ Community Testing
(…okay, Lord British being invulnerable might have given Virtue a slight advantage)
Updates
Update of the Avatar #86 – 2014.08.15: 6 Days till R9!, MMORPG Sweepstakes!, Lord’s Cloak, Ice Elemental, Barrel Mimic, Ardoris, Mini-Maps, and More!
Greetings Fellow Avatars!
Here’s what we have for you in this week’s edition of Update of the Avatar:
- Shroud of the Avatar Opening Cinematic
- Only 6 Days Until Release 9!
- MMORPG.com Release 9 Weekend Access Sweepstakes!
- Lord’s Cloak
- Darkstarr Training Montage
- Galactic Inquiry: Starr Long Talks Persistant Worlds
- Call for Lore: Player Written Books
- Obsidian Cloak
- Alienware Sponsors $20 Pledge Upgrade Coupon
- World Builder/Level Designer Job Opening
- Upcoming Events
Shroud of the Avatar Opening Cinematic
The opening moments of Shroud of the Avatar where first you learn of the mysterious lands of Novia, and you feel the alluring pull of your destiny…
Update of the Avatar #85 – 2014.08.08: MMORPG.com R9 Sweepstakes, R8 Player Events, Duke’s Cloak, Lord Marshal Hearth, Call for Lore, and More!
Greetings Fellow Avatars!
Here’s what we have for you in this week’s edition of Update of the Avatar:
- MMORPG.com Release 9 Weekend Access Sweepstakes!
- Player Run Town Welcome Quests
- New Britannia’s First Player Run Theatrical Production
- Duke’s Cloak
- Lord Marshal’s Great Hearth
- Hangout of the Avatar: R8 Postmortem & R9 Preview
- Call for Lore: Player Written Books
- Through the Lunar Rift!
- Alienware Sponsors $20 Pledge Upgrade Coupon
- World Builder/Level Designer Job Opening
- Upcoming Events
MMORPG.com Pre-Alpha Release 9 Weekend Access Sweepstakes!
We’re excited to announce that MMORPG.com is sponsoring an exclusive sweepstakes where they are giving away 1000 Release 9 Weekend Access keys to MMORPG.com members. The cut-off date for eligibility is August 16th, so hurry over to MMORPG.com and get signed up for the sweepstakes!
Pen of the Avatar ~ Dungeon Entrances
Join us for Pen of the Avatar tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. CDT. Lead Concept Artist Stephen Daniele returns with Dungeon Entrance Art! Enter if you dare, and hang out with me in SotA Chat, armed with your art-related questions for Stephen!
Tuesday, August 5th
12:00 p.m. CDT
Hangout of the Avatar ~ Release 8 Postmortem
Join us today, Monday, August 4th at 3pm CDT for Hangout of the Avatar! Richard, Starr, and Chris will be chatting about Release 8, recounting their favorite moments, and reflecting on the R8 PvP and combat experience, while also looking ahead to Release 9. Don’t forget, I’ll be taking your questions and feedback about R8 live in the chat-room.
Update of the Avatar #84 – 2014.08.01: R8 Perspectives, PvP Tournaments, Lord Marshal Throne, BotA Cloak, and More!
Greetings Fellow Avatars!
Here’s what we have for you in this week’s edition of Update of the Avatar:
- Release 8 Perspectives
- Player Hosted PvP Tournaments
- Lord Marshal Throne
- Lord British and Darkstarr Outfits
- Through the Lunar Rift!
- Blade of the Avatar Cloak
- More Stretch Goal Store Goodies
- Alienware Sponsors $20 Pledge Upgrade Coupon
- World Builder/Level Designer Job Opening
- Upcoming Events
Shroud of the Avatar backers were “rooted” to their computers all weekend enjoying the new PvP combat!
Release 8 Perspectives
Update of the Avatar #83 – 2014.07.25: It’s PvP Time!, Shardfall Ruins, Titan of Love, Drinking Horn, Alienware Prizes, and More!
Greetings Fellow Avatars!
Here’s what we have for you in this week’s edition of Update of the Avatar:
- It’s PvP Time – Play R8 Now!
- The Mad Hermit’s Video Guides to Release 8 Combat
- Shardfall Ruins – Open PvP Zones
- Starr Long shows off Release 8 with MMORPG!
- Sequanna, The Titan of Love
NeverAlways Read the Comments- Lord Marshal Drinking Horn
- Underground Player Towns
- Alienware Sponsors 1000 Access Keys and Prizes for Release 8
- World Builder/Level Designer Job Opening
- This Week In The News
- Upcoming Events
It’s PvP Time – Come Play Release 8 Now!
Release 8 Instructions – It’s PvP Time!
It’s PvP Time!
[A Public Forum post by Starr Long]
Greetings Avatars,
Thank you to our loyal backers of Shroud of the Avatar. Release 8 access for all backers at First Responder level and above begins this Thursday, July 24 at 10:30 AM Central Time. Release 8 access will end on Monday, July 28 at 10:00 AM Central Time. Starting today, you can begin installing and patching (see instructions below), but login will not be enabled until Thursday morning.
This has been yet another incredible release to work on. We kicked it off with a bang by completely redirecting the entire release to focus on pulling PVP in earlier than previously planned. We then followed it up with an incredibly positive showing at the Rooster Teeth Expo here in Austin where we signed up over 300 potential backers for Release 8 access. Right after RTX , we managed to pull in Deck Building and Glyph Combat (originally planned for R9) and then we hunkered down and spent every day making combat and PVP better. We do daily dev death matches in the Castle Arena Basement and they are epic! The team has never been more engaged and excited. Even team members who are not traditionally drawn to PVP were pulled in and had fun. After each death match, we meet to discuss the results and decide what we want to fix / add for the next session. The end result is combat that offers a truly refreshing and compelling experience that is completely different than anything we have played. Is it still rough? Of course it is, but it positively seethes with potential and you, our incredible backers, are going to help us reach that potential.
Without further ado here are the R8 deliverables, along with some extra notes and new deliverables in italics.
Community Spotlight ~ Gladiator Games
With Release 8 around the corner, and PvP on everyone’s mind, I thought it would be a great time to check out one of the first Fighting Tournaments to rage through the hearts and minds of New Britannia… the Gladiator Games. I had a chance to chat with the Battlemaster, Torniquet TheWarSworn, and he had lot’s of great information about the Gladiator Games and what he envisions them becoming. But for those of you interested in participating… well, I figured you would want this bit up front. 
A call to all fighters PVE and PVP! If you would like to participate in the “Gladiator Wars” please send me, Torniquet TheWarSworn, a short background about your character and why you are the greatest fighter! That way, I can start doing spots for you guys on Avatars radio with interviews and commercials, to build your titles up and create a following! I look forward to hearing from you all! please only send me messages with your characters name (not forum unless they are the same) and why he/she is the greatest fighter of all time!
–include your character name (not forum but in game name)
—what city if any you are from (in game)
–a brief description why you are a contender!
Update of the Avatar #82 – 2014.07.18: PvP, Discourse Orb, Winged Helm, Crowdsourcing Music, Player Town Hangout, Flexible Placement Stretch Goal, and More!
Greetings Fellow Avatars!
Here’s what we have for you in this week’s edition of Update of the Avatar:
- Are You Ready for some PvP?
- Dev+ Early Early Release 8 Access
- Lord Reward: Noble’s Magical Discourse Orb
- Knight Marshal Winged Helm
- Row House Expansion
- Crowdsourcing Music Update
- Hangout of the Avatar Developer Roundtable ~ Player Owned Towns
- Flexible Placement Stretch Goal
- Alienware Sponsors 1000 Access Keys and Prizes for Release 8
- World Builder/Level Designer Job Opening
- Upcoming Events
Are You Ready for some PvP?
