Now you can use these nostalgic weapon/shield models for something besides healing!

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You even make Clerics look good Drak!
Awesome job!

I'm glad you like them! Thank you very much. :)


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“May your feet ever walk in the light of two suns... and may the moonshadow never fall on you... ”
― Robert Fanney

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I'll be honest folks, for the work I have invested already into Ascension I really think it would be a great idea if we all started fresh again. I know I already had a vote on this and many players were against it, but the fact of the matter is this server is entirely different than the one you were used to. I have been thinking of ways to compensate players who earned their epics to make them happy. Toss down some ideas on this thread. I would like to hear what you think about this.



www.varlyndria.com

Yes, that's a cleric. Eat your heart out shadow priests. The shadow orbs he's holding are the Dark Emissary epics.

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Holy poop. I leave for a month and Drak puts out all of this. The attention to detail is looking very nice, looking forward to seeing the end result.

Sorry if this was posted somewhere else, but what expansion would we need to fully experience this server?

Varlyndria: Ascension will be best experienced with the HoT/UF/RoF clients.

Drak,

All I have to say is that you are insane. I admire your persistence and passion however.

Hopefully this turns out well for you :)

The best things in life are created by people who push themselves to their limits. Thank you for the good wishes.


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“To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.”
― Thomas A. Edison

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Due to some strange bug that makes it where silence lasts forever on NPCs I have just changed any path silence spell to a stun. This is overall better anyway since it stops melee in their tracks.

The paths changed are:
• Avengers
• Thanes
• Arcane Engineers

NEW SPELL
ARCANE ENGINEER: BLARING SIREN: 48 SEC CD, MANA COST 1920, LASTS 12 SECONDS
• SPELL SLOT 1: Stun all enemies around you for 12 seconds.
• ENCHANTER SPECIAL: Blaring Siren has a stun effect that gets double duration.

Welcome to heaven Steampunk fans.

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NOTE: This path is very group friendly and gets most of its damage from its pet and base enchanter nukes but lacks any real path nuke punch.

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Drak I am beyond excited to see the crazyness come to life. This looks freaking awesome!

Thank you! I can't wait to launch it for everybody!

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Dude, shut up and take my money.

:)


"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." - Leo Tolstoy

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Im still waiting to see what the Slayer has going for them ;)

There are only 9 paths left and I will be done with the base 64 for launch. I am also giving players the option to design their own path that the entire world can play. Epics and everything. Literally creating a playable class for the server (I will work with you and balance things) for a very generous donation. With that said, you can check out the Slayer and other paths I didn't release on this thread on the official website.


http://www.varlyndria.com/warrior.html

http://www.varlyndria.com/paladin.html

You've been zooming along the last couple days, the anticipation is rising!

Aye, the server is getting there and it's getting closer to the point where I can release an official launch date so players can prepare for that day. :)


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"Do you realize the power you might hold? When the world of flesh is beneath you, even creatures mysterious and magical will fall!" - Jon Irenicus

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Elemental Madness

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Really excited for this server. This will be the first server that has interested me enough to upgrade my titanium client to something newer. My only concern will be about how the classes will be balanced. Something about the balancing is screaming ez server quality where paladins rule all, just hope that doesn't happen here.

All of the paths in Ascension have a place in a group or the battlefield of player vs player combat. The fact that mana can be drained, melee mitigation can be lowered and healing can be reduced will make sure there is a lot of Rock/Paper/Scissors going on. For instance: an Avenger will be dreadful against most casters, where a Dark Emissary will be a tank's worst nightmare and Soulreaper can eat up an Avenger because they can't be harmed directly from his stuns and anti-magic, but a Soulreaper can probably be crushed by an Assassin who jumps their wraith. The server will be team based play and the synergies your guilds can form for pve and pvp is vast.


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Some notes on the Soulreaper path:

• Soulreapers who are changed into a Dark Reaper cannot change back until it wears off or their pet dies, which will than kill them. (The spell counts as a harmful self effect and cannot be dispelled. Use at your own risk. With great power comes great responsibility.)

• Soulreapers who are changed into Dark Reapers and tell their pets to "Guard Here" or "Hold" will instantly kill their pet. This immortality is not to be abused by keeping your pet hidden.

• Soulreapers who have a pet out when they change into the Dark Reaper will slay the pet.

• Pets that are told to "Go Away" will instantly kill the Soulreaper if they are in Dark Reaper form.

“I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.”
― Albert Camus, The Plague

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NOTE: The Rotfeaster's epic will allow them to restore their health and mana by 4800 by targeting a corpse and casting the spell/eating it. The corpse does not go away afterwards. 60 SEC CD.

Any Eta on a launch date?

The server is getting closer to the point where I'll have more info on specific launch date but nothing is concrete just yet. No worries though, you won't miss the launch date announcement if you keep checking this thread or our main website.

SOULREAPER UPDATE:

The Soulreaper might be changed around a bit from what I originally said would happen but we think we have the solution to keep the mechanic I originally designed. I got this idea from Dark Age of Camelot's Necromancer which is really fun to play.