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News Update: Work And Progress. Week 22

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Hello Fellow Wurmians!

 

Yes, I am a day early again but once more we have one of those lovely red days coming up here in Sweden.

Maybe you do to?

In any case, we will be disclosing some further information about the release today.

For those who were wondering what I meant in last weeks post with “there will be some information related to Xanaduâ€.

I was referring to the Pristine and Release vote about connecting to Xanadu and further hints at how the older Islands was going to be connected.

Not to worry, there will be plenty more information this week and I will also be revealing the results of the P & R vote.


Pristine and release vote, Connect to Xanadu?

First of, only the premium accounts on Pristine and Release were allowed to vote in this specific poll and the turnout was great.

Out of  just over 1000 premium accounts on these servers 801 cast their votes on the topic.

That is around 80% attentiveness which dwarfs the Swedish elections for the European parliament were we only had 50% casting their votes.

Way to show us up Wurmians!

So the results are in and they are quite clear:

At a whopping 85% saying Yes to the question, P & R are looking positively at this chance to connect to Xanadu and through that, the old cluster.

So I will delay the response from the Devs no further.


-â€With this clear majority of votes cast in favor of the suggestion, we are going ahead and connecting P & R to Xanadu at the same time as all other Freedom Islands.â€


It is a big day indeed as this subject has been through many debates over a long period of time.

But we are finally at the point where the big majority is ready to experience one awesomely huge unified Freedom Cluster!

More information will follow on locations under the topic of Xanadu.


Xanadu

Less than one week remains until the release of Xanadu is finally upon us!

For any who has missed this, the date is set for June 3rd.

With the last preparations being done there are some things we would like to share with you.


Concerning spawning the uniques, which if that was not already clear, is going to be across all of the current Islands, including epic as well as Xanadu.

I was hinting before that loot will be handled in a different way from now and whilst we still want to keep this as a surprise.

Let us at least burst the bubble on the dragons.

 

As many are preparing for a big hunting party to kill the dragons for their huge drops of crafting materials for the highly sought after and prized dragon armor.

Currently the market as we see it is in balance and we do not want to further push towards the armor becoming to standardized.

For that matter making the other armors increasingly redundant.

So, the dragons will drop a lot less of the materials needed to craft the armor.

Only one hide/scale will be produced and the weight will depend on success of another butchering check.

Aim being that we want to keep the market around the same quantity of dragon armor.

Therefore supplying only enough material so that the armors that naturally disappear due to decay and such will be replaced.

In lines with this I would further want to hint that instead, the uniques will start dropping materials that can be used to improve items.

This is to better be able to compete with the dragon armor. Making them all more valuable and viable once more.

That however, and how it will further expand, will be the part you can explore for yourself and we are quite certain many will enjoy!


How we will handle teleporting to Xanadu and Tutorial?

We are expecting plenty of new players and traffic to Golden Valley once we kick off the campaign and open the gates.

So as a precaution, we are preparing in several ways.

First of all we are building multiple locations on GV which will be selected at random to spread out spawns.

They will be used as the initial landing zone for all new accounts.

They are very basic with one unified portal for choosing whichever server you want to spawn on and one portal that takes you to the new tutorial area.

If someone, (there is always someone), has already created a new account and finished the current tutorial area.

Standing there at the end merely awaiting the release in front of the current portals.

We will provide a new portal for this area as well.

While you are at it, why not give a wave goodbye to this old place because after this, it will be but a memory.

And finally, given its size, Xanadu is going to be prepared with several spawn points which you can choose from.

Locations will not be revealed ahead of release.

 

When will other Islands get connected?

Our estimate is at the very least one week after the initial release pending traffic and unforeseen circumstances needed to be taken into account.

Players on the Epic cluster are not going to be able to use portals to get there before the general connect.

 

Positioning of the other Islands in relation to Xanadu?

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As you can see from this picture, all islands will keep their current positioning in relation to each other.

With Xanadu popping up between them and P & R on the world map it will be pushing everything further to the sides.

This is how you will be able to reach Xanadu once it is connected.

It is but a temporary map when it comes to the traveling routes being displayed as upon release nothing will be connected to Xanadu. 

We still keep reservations for unforeseen needs arising during the LandRush event however.

 

Traders on Xanadu?

As we have said previously the traders are going to change on Xanadu.

Most probably they will have a type of trading ratio that will log how much they are being used.

For example how many unique premium accounts that sold and bought to them.

This will be the basis for the measure of how much currency they will receive from the crown to be able to buy more items.

We are still coding the feature so more information will follow later.

It is uncertain whether existing trader contracts will be possible to use on Xanadu so don’t stock up on them.

 

I know, I know, you still have many questions on the specifics of so many things.

But finally, so much more information right!

At least there is no big conspiracies, maybe just these rumored to be highly fluffy and absorbent sheep.

But putting that aside, lets all get hyped and

Keep on Wurming!

 

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I dont understand how you think its balanced that only a small minority have drakehide etc..


 


So dragons are going to respawn occasionally or are you only respawning them once on all the servers?


 


otherwise the security updates great addition:)


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Well there you go and with a basic map too  :)


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Wished for a new order for all maps


But could of been worse.. = all in one big line.


 


Good decision with the uniques.


Let's get hyped!


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@Dragondropupdates-Way to go keeping this game pay to win yet again. Dragon armour shouldn't be just for the few who shell out 70 euro or more. Plus with all this 'advertising' that's going to come out as Xanadu does, there should be a larger player base, equally increasing the demand for drake to even out the new supply of the armour. 


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So in other words, traders will still be a complete mess and able to be manipulated?


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How is the spawning going to happen on epic, will servers get multiple dragons if they have living ones?


 


And are dragons going to drop less on epic?


(Still not sure why epic needs more dragons)


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Dragon armor is already too mainstream on Freedom. The only way to balance it now is to let more people have it, as those who try to PvP without it are almost guaranteed to lose due to the huge advantage that their opponents will have. Also, changes can't be made based on a fake economy. Don't make changes that favor people profiting quite nicely in real life from selling dragon armor that they can hold private slayings to obtain.


 


Lastly, as always is expected from me: PLEASE REMOVE THE RATIO ON PVP SERVERS!


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Why don't they just connect the east side of P&R with the west side of Chaos...?


 


1) make the world 'round'


2) it's now pointless to live on the east coast of P&R or to live or protect the west coast of Chaos...


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If we want balance in the market we might wanna look at tweaking the efficiency of the unique armors rather than withhold the resource.

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Xanadu's not looking so big or exciting anymore .. 


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I still think traders should be player owned and not deed owned. Set it up just like a merchant and have a writ that stays with the character and only one writ can be held by a single player. If that player does not have premium then they don't get any funds that month. There needs to be a clear stop to setting up all the 1s trader deeds and make it so it is player driven more to stop the wasted space.  


 


Seeing how most players have 2-3 premium alts it will not take to much for 3-4 players to band together to work out a trader system.  Even a trader alliance could form and once a month you make rounds trading with all the traders in the alliance. Seems highly exploitable but with a lot more work i guess.


 


I still think hooking the trader to premium so each trader has to have a premium member would make for a more controlled system. I guess you all will get it figured out but one thing we don't need is more wasted land with 1s trader deeds on Xanadu. 


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Is that the actual Xanadu map? I thought I read it was 3x bigger than any other server? I see it as only 2x bigger than the largest?

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Is that the actual Xanadu map?

I can't see why they would waste time on a fake one. 

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Hello




We are expecting plenty of new players and traffic to Golden Valley once we kick off the campaign and open the gates.

So as a precaution, we are preparing in several ways.


First of all we are building multiple locations on GV which will be selected at random to spread out spawns.


They will be used as the initial landing zone for all new accounts.


They are very basic with one unified portal for choosing whichever server you want to spawn on and one portal that takes you to the new tutorial area.


If someone, (there is always someone), has already created a new account and finished the current tutorial area.


Standing there at the end merely awaiting the release in front of the current portals.


We will provide a new portal for this area as well.


While you are at it, why not give a wave goodbye to this old place because after this, it will be but a memory.





 

What exactly is happening here, the whole tutorial area is becoming a memory?


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What exactly is happening here, the whole tutorial area is becoming a memory?

Sounds like the old one is yes they have built a new one to replace the outdated one. 

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one is for sure, there is plenty of room for water front deeds


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Are dragons going to be penned again?


Rolf has not said anything to make it not seem to be?


 


And wasent Xanadu going to be 4 x the size?


And yes make the world round, a lot of people have had heads up for over a month easy to were it was going to be placed on the map.


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And wasent Xanadu going to be 4 x the size?

And yes make the world round, a lot of people have had heads up for over a month easy to were it was going to be placed on the map.

That is 4x the size.

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i think there is too many wurmtongues whispering in rolfs ear about drake and dragon armor... people making money on the side.


 


To be honest it would be better to make drakehide imp with drakehead. Either that or drop it regularly. why should an armor that has distinct advantages (lightweight,resistances,etc) be limited to a select few people in the game is that really what wurm is about seperating the haves and havenots?


 


I thought mmos were about everyone having the same opportunities in game? What happened to immersion? when someone has to pay $$ outside the game for some special armor to compete that is not balanced.


 


Think of the future of the game.


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"Currently the market as we see it is in balance "

Just another example to show that you are completely out of touch with the game.

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Uhm why do I feel that chaos is getting blue balls ? Couldn't you guys connect us to xanadu too ? Everyone's connected to Xanadu, except from us.


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There is so much potential and cool things we could praising or condoning....and all people want to do is dwell on dumb dragon armor. Geez, I hate dragons.


 


 


In other issue, that map kinda scares me. It looks like its going to be very hilly. To be fair zoomed out images aren't to great at communicating detail. I would have thought Wurm learned its lesson from Indy. A lesson that shows excessive amounts of really steep land greatly reduces what people consider a settleable.

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In other issue, that map kinda scares me. It looks like its going to be very hilly. To be fair zoomed out images aren't to great at communicating detail. I would have thought Wurm learned its lesson from Indy. A lesson that shows excessive amounts of really steep land greatly reduces what people consider a settleable.

Some people consider Indy to be Wurm's best map.

Not that we need another server, but since we're getting one, I am happy to see rugged topography on the new map. If you want to play on a flat server, you have five others to choose from.

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