Guardians of Grail

Pysiek · Posted: Wed 20:17, 03 Nov 2010 Post subject: 2.4 New info.

This week we're presentin' the Man-At-Arms, a new game mode called Trinket Wars, more graphical/shader improvements and voices.

Let's start with ze Man At Arms. As y'may know, the Man At Arms is a french Knight. His role on the team will be a 'support' role, and he'll be juggling tactics between offense and defense. His main weapon is the halberd with its powerful close range special, great fer keeping enemies at bay when things get a bit too claustrophobic. He sits on a nice comfy middle ground (or you could say, up a nice comfy castle wall like a similar french knight you may know...) between the Heavy Knight & the Archer, which is good news for game balance and even better news for more diverse teamplay. Hands and Halberd - WIP.

Man At Arms has got:

Crossbow
Damage: Heavy
Damage Type: Piercing
Speed: Medium
Primary Attack: This fires the crossbow. 15 bolts.
Block: Toggles between aiming mode and regular mode. When in aiming mode, the crossbow is much more accurate, but the player's run speed is reduced to a walk.

Mace and Buckler
Damage: Moderate
Damage Type: Bashing
Speed: Medium
Primary Attack: Primary attack swings the mace at the opponent. (3 methods of attack)
Block: Holds up the buckler for blocking. While the buckler is being held up, primary will bash with the buckler. Release block to lower the buckler. The buckler cannot protect the Man-At-Arms near as much as a shield, but it bashes nicely.

Halberd
Damage: Heavy
Damage Type: Cutting
Speed: Slow
Primary Attack: A slow but powerful attack with a long reach. (4 methods of attack)
Block: Enables a slow block function.

Now. Trinket Wars! Trinket Wars is, in essence, an overhaul of the long-plagued-by-balance-issues Holy Grail mode. Each team now has their own 'Grail' (or Trinket, if you will). Each team has to protect their trinket carrier, whilst getting kills nearby him and trying to take down enemy trinket carriers. With each team having its own Trinket and with players spawning close to friendly trinket carriers, expect big dirty fights all over the place. The team that utilizes teamwork and tactics the most efficiently wins.

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CrackaPolly's been working out bugs in our lovely new shader system, tryin'a make the game as shiny & shadey as possible:
Viking's Horn (Model by JRocket): With the new shader specular can be tinted by the albedo allowing support for improved rendering of gold objects.

And here is a horn:

In the audio department we're making big progress, too - the Man At Arms has a voice, old characters are finally finding their voices and we're getting more and more sound effects.

We will gladly present you Berserker, Huscarl and hopefully Man At Arms in action for next news!

And in this same update coming Sharpshooter

Sharpshooter has got:

Fancy Dagger
Damage: Light
Damage Type: Cutting
Speed: Very Fast
Primary Attack: A weak, but very fast attack delivered in a combination of stabbing and slashing.

Artisan's Flintlock Pistol
Damage: Moderate
Damage Type: Piercing
Speed: Medium/Fast
Primary Attack: This is a slightly more accurate shot than the Skirmisher's and has a range of 70 feet. The user has to reload after every shot.
Block: The Sharpshooter steadies the barrel on his left arm, giving him a more accurate shot, but slowing his run speed down slightly.

Long Rifle
Damage: Heavy
Damage Type: Piercing
Speed: Slow
Primary Attack: This fires the rifle. The rifle's range is long, but this isn't an instant hit. Depending on how far the enemy is, you may have to lead them a bit.
Block: The Sharpshooter aims the rifle on his shoulder, allowing for an insanely more accurate shot. Leading the enemy will still come into play here.

Update 2.4 coming. Wesoly

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DarkSky · Posted: Wed 20:54, 03 Nov 2010 Post subject:

iTS this week?

Pysiek · Posted: Wed 21:09, 03 Nov 2010 Post subject:

No, i think this coimng 24.12 Wesoly

They give gift to all players. Wesoly

DarkSky · Posted: Wed 21:47, 03 Nov 2010 Post subject:

What Kind Of GifT?

Pysiek · Posted: Thu 7:41, 04 Nov 2010 Post subject:

They give to us 2 classes. Wesoly

Sharpshooter and Man-At-Arms.