Beta
tester diary 2
The
second monthly beta tester diary was published last
Friday and this month features comments from the testers
on their favourite moments during beta. Check
it out for the two new screenshots as well!
Feature
of the Week: Magic
Dragon Empires has a unique magic system that
gives the players a lot of choice in how they
use their magic powers. As you learn spells
in DE you attach the ones you want to use
to magic items you carry (up to around five
spells per item). Each item can change how
the spell behaves and so no two magic users
will ever have quite the same powers. For
example, if you have a fireball you might
attach it to a magic staff that gives the
fireball greater range (but at the cost of
more energy). At the same time you might take
an area effect spell and attach it to a wand
which reduces the range, damage and recast
time. In this way you could have some good
long-range firepower with a back-up spell
you could switch to that you can chain-cast
in an emergency. The flexibility of the system
means players can create unique magic users
with an individual style by combining different
items with different spells.
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Letter from Gadsolme
Greetings,
Today I will present you with the final instalment
of writings on the gods of Fortitude this time
concentrating on the goddess Adlef, patron deity
of the Redwing Empire more... |
Important
dates
Friday
10th - Dev diary
Friday 17th - 2nd newsletter
Friday 24th - Beta tester diary
Monday 27th - Stratics House of Commons dev chat
Latest
news
- 4Players had some questions answered from their
German
Forums
- Part 4 of the GameBunny interview series is available
- DE Stratics has a Dragon Empires
cartoon!
-
DE Compendious has posted links to the
chat logs from Monday's dev chats.
-
RPG Vault Q&A #34 on the
focus
of Dragon Empires is up.
Forum
post of the week
Monoxide has started an interesting and at times heated
debate on how city
combat should work in Dragon Empires and
MMORPGs in general. If you wonder how Dragon Empires'
system works or the reason for its specific design
have a read and check out other people's opinions
too.
Fan
site of the week
Dragon Herald - www.dragonherald.com
Dragon Herald reopens with a focus on mapping the
world of Fortitude. Dragon Herald features a large
and dynamic map of Fortitude which has screenshots
and their locations, names and more features being
added daily. |
