September 5, 2008: State of the Union - Estaq Edition

I'm assuming that Vult-R is not working on anything right now. Neither he, nor Arvid, are talking with me and none of my sources have anything new. So is EO at the end of its development cycle?

Well, my answer is maybe...perhaps this is as far as Vult-R is going to program. BUT that doesn't mean that EO has to die...the skeleton system is enough to make the game interesting as it is...but it does need some development.

If I was Vult-R, here's what I would do:

1. Put together a team that wouldn't program the game -- it would just develop the in game stuff. Maps, quests, and pixels. All the elements are there to make new areas and changes that would keep everyone happy. Put in a better storyline, rebalance weapons, add new quests and areas.

2. Make every map EXCEPT newbie Island, the goat/sheep woods, and Aeven PK. I've researched other games that have done things like this and they've turned out to be awesome. Guilds become super important. Party hunting makes sense. Healers find use. And anyone who is autotraining gets absolutely killed.

3. Level cap -- let's say 50. Just to make sure things don't get wildly out of control.

That's it. If anti-speed is close to being done release it -- otherwise leave it...every guild would recruit speed hunters and that would just be an element of the game. 

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Do these things and then just let the world run. New maps and items would keep things fresh and global PK would make the game amazing.

Wikky

September 2, 2008: Chrome...

Hey all...first post using Google Chrome and I've got to tell you -- I'm impressed. I hated Firefox. Opera was brutal. I kept using IE7 just because I liked it better than the others but this is super fast and convenient.

Only thing I don't like is the new tab with all your history showing up. I'd rather just have a homepage, or at least the option of setting it.

Hopefully that will be corrected since it's only Beta.

EO Related Stuff:

1. V29 -- the "Sakura" conversations. Regarding the forum post which claims an MSN conversation with Sakurakur -- don't believe the hype. It's not her. I know who controls her MSN and forum account and he's having a good laugh at you for biting. There will NOT be a new version in 2 weeks. Sorry.

2. Drama - Nez and Ava have split. I mention it only because it's made the front page of Ava's blog while I was away. I think I'll just count her last post as the obligatory "I got drunk and was hanging off a creepy skinny redneck to convince myself I don't need you" photos and leave it at that. 

Props to Nez for being a man and not biting at the bait.

3. Did I mention that Chrome is awesome. Wap bop a loo bop...Chrome...Chrome...

Wikky

August 18, 2008: Just checking in...

Howdy Nation,

I'm just checking in. I've accumulated a ton of vacation time and I decided to use it all up this summer -- and it's amazing. That means I'm going to be gone for the rest of the summer and I'll return in September.

That means the job of reporting is going to you guys. Check the comments in this message for up to date news on Endless-Online from one of the top reporting teams in Aeven.

Have a great summer.

Wikky

PS -- School is coming quickly. Get your asses off the net and make these next couple weeks memorable.

July 24, 2008:WARNING!

Hey all,

If you check the comments on my last post you'll find a story from Wawa that talks about how he recently lost his account through a development server scam.

Here's how it works. Someone comes up to you and tells you about the development server and then gives you an IP address and says -- you can log in with your EO account from the Main Server.

You then attempt to log in and they take your login and your password which you've sent directly to them.

DON'T USE ANY IP other than GAME.ENDLESS-ONLINE.COM or TEST.ENDLESS-ONLINE.COM.

Nobody gets on the development server besides admins and it's only on when Vult-R decides to turn it on. It doesn't run all the time. Pretend it doesn't exist because YOU WILL NEVER EVER BE ALLOWED ON IT.

Now I know that some of you are still going to get scammed by this because you're greedy fucks with no common sense but don't say I haven't warned you.

YOU CANNOT ACCESS THE DEVELOPMENT SERVER. EVER. NEVER NEVER NEVER. IF ANYONE ATTEMTS TO TELL YOU OTHERWISE THEY ARE A SCAMMER AND YOU SHOULD IGNORE THEM RIGHT AWAY.

Is that clear?

Wikky