All Posts by katriell

In order of my preference:

1. Website designer and/or webmaster. Creator of advertising images too.
2. Writing lore and dialogues.
3. Live events team member.

Here's another PvP video, of a small outpost battle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XbUvSlPW_U

Though it may feel like being unable to jump limits your freedom of movement, your freedom in other, much more meaningful ways is far less limited than in other MMOs.

I assume you're vastly exaggerating when you say "an hour" because that's quite absurd. The worst load time I've heard of is ten minutes.

My load time on a...

AMD Athlon 3800+ (2.4GHz) single-core
1GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 6600GT 128MB

...is two minutes for initial game loading, and less than a minute for any teleport.

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Originally posted by Zorvan
According to lore, homins are descendants of humans from Earth, who left thousands of years ago when Earth was destroyed by aliens. Homins came to be on Atys when one of the convoy ships malfunctioned and they ended up crash landing. Due to Atys being completely organic ( no metals ), they couldn't repair the ship and instead adapted. Later on after the Homins established their societies, the Kitin were awakened. upon seeing the Homins, the Kitin began the task of trying to eliminate them.
And then the Karavan and the Kami showed up, and helped the Homins force back the Kitin and rebuild. The Karavan and Kami both watch over the Homins now, but both are cautious in what they share technology wise.

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Screenshots of bodoc mounts from beta 2001: 1, 2

They look a bit ridiculous IMO. Would rather have a gubani. ^_^

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Originally posted by Oyjord
Sorry, but as someone said in chat last night:
 
No loot=no fun.
 
I'll pass, thanks.

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A few additions/corrections to Olepi's information:

- Mounts and packers only gain hunger when running; not when walking, standing still, or being in the stable.

- Most of the time when you're mounted, creatures will prefer to attack you. Watch out for Area Effect damage abilities, though, like a Gingo's blinding dust kick-up. Direct attacks on packers that are less than the best are not out of the question.

- Named (semi-boss) carnivorous creatures can and quite possibly will kill your mount/packers whether you're nearby or not. Know where they roam and how that relates to where you park your mektoubs (mount and packers).

- Your unstabled mektoubs disappear when you log out. They reappear when you log in, at the same place they were when you logged out. So they can't be harmed while you're not online.

Works fine for me on Firefox 3 + Linux Mint and Firefox 2 + Windows XP in Oregon, USA.

And now they're putting out 2,000-account batches. :)

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Originally posted by Angelbound
I am truly happy some of you found your home on ryzom and wish you all a good journey.

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Originally posted by uncus
Rushin, I think you are mistaken...Old accounts that were Subscribed when the lights went out are open, but old Unsubscribed accounts do not appear to be [I know mine is not, nor are some referenced on the Ryzom forums as of today 28 Aug]

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They're also missing the banner contest announcement, which is no longer relevant, but it certainly was when I told them about it.

The background image in the header of their Ryzom info page should be updated to something that isn't from beta and is more expressive. Maybe I'll send them a replacement. *peers at 37GB of screenshots*

The genre is closer to Science-Fiction than Fantasy.

Obviously, though, they can't update the owner name until an owner name is known.

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Originally posted by gillvane1
I prefer the fantasy land that's been ravaged by a meaningless war for umpteen thousand years that at some point resulted in dark magic sundering and mutating stuff into giant spiders, giant rats, Hulk-wannabes, and undead.

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The screenshot you've got there is of a normal herbivore animal that happens to be albino from living in underground caverns.

The beginners' island does not accurately represent the mainland. The mainland is not quest-based, 99% of gear is crafted, and harvesting involves not only Basic and Fine materials but also Choice, Excellent, and Supreme, the latter two being dependent on season, weather, and time of day. The beginners' island doesn't let you try ranged combat (guns, not bows) and there are some stanzas that aren't available on its trainers.

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Originally posted by Angelbound
it seems there are more animals then there are nasty bad guys or or epic looking aliens for that matter.

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