Games Day Baltimore - Saturday News & Tweets

[Avien]

From Games Day Baltimore, our very own PhoenixRed delivers the following news and info bits:

Tweets from PhoenixRed

• Hooray for giant arse boss fights with multiple stages! Looks awesome.
• Multiple paths to get Wards - will definitely ask a question about that!
• Wards are no longer attached to armor pieces, but are now attached to ToK - part of the overhaul to Wards
• You can invade enemy instances with specific objectives to survive and kill enemy players.
• 7 PQ's and 8 boss fights in dungeon. There's also a pendulum trap with a pattern that needs to be passed.
• Locust swarm is the indiana Jones boulder - have to outrun it but skeletons occasionally root players and need help.
• Solo dungeon crawls that are time-based. Curse which ticks damage on you, so you must get to the bottom before time runs out.
• Just saw an undead vulture lift a player into another area.
• PQ's are solo friendly at all times in Land of the Dead - no champ mobs will kick you out.
• 18 PQ's for Land of the Dead, with different theme, like "stages" in a console game
• Some highlights of interviews - Bob Mull addressing the GOA/Mythic situation, Jeff and Gabe on new Wards system, Josh and Paul on priorities
• The all-star MMO press crew + Gabe fared sort-of well on Land of the Dead content. All in-game footage WILL be publshed. I play very badly.
• Here's a nugget of the Combat and Careers interview: Nate Levy gets you guys feel the pain with AoE. It's known to be too easy
• GOA/Mythic interview bit - Bob Mull confirms start of movement to improve equality for EU players, starting with promo codes.
• Tidbit from Gabe and Jeff S. on Tomb Kings' control: there will be a handicap built in to help factions who are on losing side all the time
• Just separated from the mythic guys. Warhammer alliance salutes you for the opportunity! The fans will benefit. #warbaltimore
• And now, Lagwar.com and WA will unite for a special Baltimore on-site podcast. Yep, burning the late night oil for you. #warbaltimore

We also have 7 video interviews incoming for you guys, you just have to be patient for a while longer. They include:
Josh Drescher and Paul Barnett on WAR in general, Jeff Skalski and Gabe Amatangelo on Land of the Dead, Mark Davis on Live Events, Jeff Skalski on RvR, Nate Levy on Combat and Careers, Bob Mull on Community Relations with GOA and
Andy Belford on Community Contributions and Interaction

And some bad resolution footage

http://twitpic.com/4ulnt - Giant squig cake via mythic.
http://twitpic.com/4ulh9 - Games day baltimore
http://twitpic.com/4vivl - Full press kit including in-game codes
http://twitpic.com/4vh12 - The squig cake is dead. Tasty.
http://twitpic.com/4w1n7 - Pot roast nachos. Thanks mythic !

Lots of pics from Josh can be found here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/joshdres...Baltimore2009#


In addition, WA member Kheradruakh reports:

Originally Posted by Kheradruakh

1. The new PQs are fun and the area does lend itself to a lot of ambushes. Tomb Kings will be of benifit to RvR and PvE players.

2. I was amazed how well the game runs when the server is under the table...It really looks and plays phenomenaly.

3. All of the Mythic's staff looked tired and pasty white except for Andy. I especially found it amusing that Paul Barnett was carying around a pair of those white sunglasses when it's obvious he hasn't seen sunlight in weeks. You can tell they truly care about the players from just talking to them. Renewed my hope in the game's future.

4. It takes talent to make a cake look like a squig...Seriously the cake was incredible!

[Farscaoer]

Originally Posted by Avien

From Games Day Baltimore, our very own PhoenixRed delivers the following news and info bits:

Tweets from PhoenixRed

• Multiple paths to get Wards - will definitely ask a question about that!
• Wards are no longer attached to armor pieces, but are now attached to ToK - part of the overhaul to Wards

And some bad resolution footage

http://twitpic.com/4ulnt - Giant squig cake via mythic.
http://twitpic.com/4ulh9 - Games day baltimore

woohooo!!!

[Kalthor]

Originally Posted by Avien

• Wards are no longer attached to armor pieces, but are now attached to ToK - part of the overhaul to Wards

So I can keep wearing my conquerors? Sweet!

[Skorn_the_Unholy]

So I bet we will lose what wards we have now and have to get them back?

[Kalthor]

I was wondering the same... Would be frustrating which equals quitting. Time to do it right mythic what you are doing.

[Thason]

Originally Posted by Avien

• Multiple paths to get Wards - will definitely ask a question about that!
• Wards are no longer attached to armor pieces, but are now attached to ToK - part of the overhaul to Wards
• You can invade enemy instances with specific objectives to survive and kill enemy players.
• Solo dungeon crawls that are time-based. Curse which ticks damage on you, so you must get to the bottom before time runs out.

• Very excited about those parts, hoping the solo dungeon crawl will be friendly to all classes, healers, mdps, hybrids and tanks.

[Narcix]

That all sounds really fun. I look forward to it. If Mythic would fix cities first before messing with additional content that would be fantastic. I am not being sarcastic. Our guild is looking forward to the new content. But, the theme is typical amongst most the folks I play with. Cities are horrible (no reason to push to them as its considered an enormous waste of time), getting stuck on pebbles on the ground, and no real point in generating a laundry list of nuances.

This stuff needs to go back on the shelf and full focus needs to be devoted to addressing the reasons why people are losing interest, hanging on by a thread, or have quit altogether. This content will be a nice change of pace from these things but it will only be a temporary distraction before people are once again irritated/frustrated by the whole end game ORvR system.

[Kheradruakh]

Well this isn't a tweet but I'll post my review here (already back):

1. The new PQs are fun and the area does lend itself to a lot of ambushes. Tomb Kings will be of benifit to RvR and PvE players.

2. I was amazed how well the game runs when the server is under the table...It really looks and plays phenomenaly.

3. All of the Mythic's staff looked tired and pasty white except for Andy. I especially found it amusing that Paul Barnett was carying around a pair of those white sunglasses when it's obvious he hasn't seen sunlight in weeks. You can tell they truly care about the players from just talking to them. Renewed my hope in the game's future.

4. It takes talent to make a cake look like a squig...Seriously the cake was incredible!

5. No one bathes before, wears laundered clothes or wears deoderant to these events.

6. If you have to wear shorts when dressed up as Silk Spectre mebe you shouldn't dress up as Silk Spectre.

It was a good time and I'd reccomend it to anyone. I'd also recomend pre ordering any miniatures you would like on the GW site before you go. Lines are ungodly.

[Keigh]

What is meant with "ToK"?

[SHOE]

Originally Posted by Avien

• PQ's are solo friendly at all times in Land of the Dead - no champ mobs will kick you out.
  

Solo Public Quests... anyone else find this concept weird?

[Avien]

Originally Posted by Keigh

What is meant with "ToK"?

Tome of Knowledge.

Kheradruakh, I hope you don't mind me adding your impressions to the frontpage post

[Cathen]

Originally Posted by Keigh

What is meant with "ToK"?

ToK - Tomb of Knowledge (default 'k' button in game)....assuming that is what you were asking.


Son of a....beat me by a few seconds...lol.

[Keigh]

ow nice!

well, good, thats the only book i read

[Arivol]

So was the squig cake made by charm city (ace of cakes on food network) which is based there in Baltimore?

[Athroran]

Originally Posted by Arivol

So was the squig cake made by charm city (ace of cakes on food network) which is based there in Baltimore?

It's my understanding that, yes, the cake was made by Charm City Cakes.