Dev-Update for Atrius

[Enerith]

Hey all, just wanted to fill you in on Atrius progress. I'll keep posting update in formation here, so stay tuned. Any crits are welcome, and if you have ideas, post them here.
-madj

Completed:
-Custom Graal characters
-Character gender support
-Clothing
-Variable Movement w/ strafe and running
-Drag and Drop inventory items / item stacking
-Complex item system with unique item possibilities
-4,000 level overworld
-360 degree vehicles, mouse steering

Current Objectives:
-Mining and planting jobs
-Unique guilds
-Realistic (events) bowling, paintball, etc.
-Five new towns
-Business Hierarchy - industry, distribution, player-owned shops

[HoudiniMan]

Boo for Era modern theme
Boo for Era gun theme
Boo for Era health display
Boo for Era chairs and floor tiles (lightly modified is still stolen.)

Ideas:
Ditch guns and health display.
Think of something original instead.

[vahn32]

Don't mind Houdini. He happens to have everything against every server that "copies" Era.
However, I didn't even look at the screenshots or the server.
I'm just saying.

[Spark910]

Originally Posted by vahn32

He happens to have everything against every server that "copies" Era.

It's because there is only a limited number of 'classic' server spaces. Generally to get one on there, one comes off. And we don't want to flood it with era servers.

[vahn32]

Originally Posted by Spark910

It's because there is only a limited number of 'classic' server spaces. Generally to get one on there, one comes off. And we don't want to flood it with era servers.

Yes, but that doesn't mean the server is crap.

[smurfmidgetninja]

Where did you get the graves in the first screen shot? I don't remember exactly who made them but we had those exact graphics on Graal X over a year ago.....

@Spark911
It's already flooded with classic style servers....I think Graal the Adventure is fine because well its normal classic original Graal...but look at UN...a server just like classic but well...not as fun.

[zim5354]

Woot much I think thats me in the second screeney I know diablo is in the first....Anyway about the Era thing....Atrius puts Era to shame and you say the tiles are copyed...Using the same principal but is not copying and every server with guns is not a "gun" server.

[WanDaMan]

Zim, you really did make my laugh with that post. Thank you :-)

[Inspiration]

Nice copyrighted sephiroth statue there too!!!!!!111

[bef]

The issue with UN isn't that it's a classic copy, personally I think using the classic style is great. But UN isn't consistant, its medieval and then its modern!
how can you have a medieval theme and expect roleplay when you have cars? it's rediculous.
UN is a server that has no storyline and is made up of a whole lot of varying styles of playerhouses.

[Inspiration]

Originally Posted by bef

The issue with UN isn't that it's a classic copy, personally I think using the classic style is great. But UN isn't consistant, its medieval and then its modern!
how can you have a medieval theme and expect roleplay when you have cars? it's rediculous.
UN is a server that has no storyline and is made up of a whole lot of varying styles of playerhouses.

That's an awesome point until the fact that UN is not supposed to be a roleplay server is brought into play.

MMORPGs are not supposed to have a strong storyline. If you want a storyline go play a normal offline RPG. I play online games for the community and for multiplayer aspects, not to spend 15 hours following some halfassed storyline created by a 15 year old.

[Enerith]

This isn't anything personal, just commenting on your comments to make light of theme.

Houdini-Classic = Boo for Zelda Theme
Jus' a little bit of irony there. We are shooting for a completely new feel, nothing like era. Wait until we are ready for review to say that we are like them. Not to mention nothing is modified, it came out of my MSpaint. Just because Bloo got to it first doesn't mean I wouldn't have done it when I got to Graal.

Inspiration-Once again, Zelda. I'll call him Sephraaloth and he can be the online version.

Oh and Smurf-Lance works with us, he uploaded them. If GX wants to complain, I'll make new ones.

Generally, playerworlds come up and die back down. Era has died three times over, and people won't let it die. Face it, its becoming cluttered and worn. I know that their are limited playerworlds, thats why we are making something that will attract not only a good portion of players from other servers, but new comers as well. As far as UN goes, sorry to the dev's of that server in advance, but I couldn't take that place. First time I logged on there, I didn't log on again. All I saw was a mess of activities that served no purpose to any kind of plot or consistent theme.

[Darlene159]

Originally Posted by Enerith

Inspiration-Once again, Zelda. I'll call him Sephraaloth and he can be the online version.

Are you trying to say that you can use copyrighted material because Graal is a Zelda-like theme?

as UN goes, sorry to the dev's of that server in advance, but I couldn't take that place. First time I logged on there, I didn't log on again. All I saw was a mess of activities that served no purpose to any kind of plot or consistent theme.

In all fairness,they must be giving a LARGE amount of players what they want and enjoy, as a LARGE amount of the playerbase play there.

Personally, I cant stand all the gangster, shoot-em-up type PW's...It just isn't Graal...

[Crono]

Originally Posted by Spark910

It's because there is only a limited number of 'classic' server spaces. Generally to get one on there, one comes off. And we don't want to flood it with era servers.

oh, because we all know modern servers are all rip offs of era

if you're going to put it that way, delteria, shaded legend, unholy nation, and such should be taken off because they're "rip offs" of classic.

[Enerith]

Darlene, if thats not enough to use it, then I'll just call it my electronic copy, because I have the model in real life. I don't care if people on graal don't like modern. I joined graal for Era, and then it went to crap. If the people that play graal come for classic, then I'll find and attract my own target market which is modern-lovers.

Gerami, thank you... thats the best point on this post, and one that I've been trying to stress since the start of Atrius.

Let me also say that guns will be somewhat discouraged in Atrius. We don't want to be viewed as a "gun server". I'll explain our base for PK somewhat so you can get an idea of what will happen, IF people want to PK (but there will be much more to do than that). There is a clip system set up, but not implemented right now, so that when a player wants to use guns, they have to manually load their clips. When you are in the middle of a fight and you are out of clips to load into your gun, you are in trouble if you're a bad melee fighter. So, melee is more of an issue than guns. But, no worries about PK... there will be plenty of quests to cooperate against AI too. Furthermore we are hoping on a good portion of concentration towards item collection, housing, and our realism events.