Posts made by Needlehawk

Thanks so much for this! I listened to this live, but it's great to have a summary.

• Since town areas are predefined, are all towns on Arboreus located in the non-PVP zone, or will latecomers to the game have to build towns in the PVP enabled area?

• Since you can only build on one spot, does that mean you have to choose between a residential home and a shop?

• Are the buildings that serve as crafting stations owned by the town? Example - Does a specific person own the blacksmith shop and charge a fee, or is any citizen of the town welcome to use it? If they are privately owned, do you only get the crafting shop and no residence?

Fantastic! I'm sure for that kind of money they will find a way....If nothing else, you can cancel your pledge and repledge. I'm very relieved that you didn't switch to human....I'm looking forward very much to playing in this guild!

Oh, are you going to open a discussion in the new town forum?

Hi Agracore! I just saw that you upgraded to Duke of Syndesia. Are you keeping the Beatman guild?

Thanks Agracore!

Seriously, @Sparky, take some time to read the spotlights...especially Spotlight #6. You are setting yourself up for massive disappointment.

Here are some highlights from that Spotlight:

If you flag yourself as Good, you are not allowed to perform hostile actions against any other Good or Neutral player. There are several ways this restriction is applied – some common cases being:

• You can’t use basic attacks and targeted spells against Good or Neutral players.

• Your AOE abilities cause no damage or negative side effects to Good or Neutral players.

• You can’t loot the corpse of a dead Good or Neutral player.

• Giving the killing blow to a knocked-out Good or Neutral player is not possible.

• You can’t take possession of bounty that doesn’t belong to you.
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Arboreus is designed to be the ideal home of PvE lovers. It features large areas accessible only by Beastmen and characters with Good alignment, and a great degree of protection from hostile PvP in the rest of the world. How great is such protection? Let’s go through that together.

First and foremost, travelling to Arboreus is no small feat for a Human or Demon character. It requires good planning and is generally expected to be a group effort. Moreover, and more importantly, things get exponentially more difficult for players of Neutral and Evil alignment, who not only have to work harder to gain access to the planet, but also find it harder to stay.
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If your character has an Evil alignment and you manage to enter Arboreus, well, now you’re in trouble! The planet itself, pervaded by the primal energy of Elysium, immediately starts fighting to repel you. You become heavily debuffed, and normally pacific creatures turn aggressive against you, seeking you out to rip you apart. Even worse, you are only allowed to stay on Arboreus for half an hour at once, and you are quickly drained of all vital energies if you step into a Good-only area. (NOTE: in one of the Q & A's, Prometheus said "quickly" means several seconds).

The devs are dead serious about Arboreus remaining a place for PVE'ers.

Also an EB Knight, backer 564.

I just upgraded to Knight. Alpha 1 here I come!

Welcome!

Hi and welcome!

I just upgraded to Knight, so would love to join your guild. Request sent!

OK, I finally got enough mojo to hype it...I wonder how many votes we need to show?

Very nice! It's funny that you think this game is similar to Ashes, since the reason I backed it is that IMHO it's NOTHING like Ashes. Different opinions, I guess.

Anthem and (maybe) the new Diablo project.

Hi and welcome!

Cool! Welcome!

Hi and welcome!

I'll be upgrading my pledge. I'm just deciding how far right now.

• Can others (i.e. guildmates, friends) use your crafting stations?

• Can you rearrange furniture, etc. however you like? Or is it fixed placement (e.g. LOTRO)?

• How much can we decorate? Can we make curtains, pictures, many varied types of furniture?

• Can you have free-ranging animals on your property, like cats, dogs, chickens, etc?

OK, I created an account, but I don't have enough rank to hype it. I posted on a few threads. I guess I'll keep checking back over the next few days to try to hype it.