A prelude to a build...       #24231 - 06/12/07 10:51 PM

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Hi all!

It's been a while since I've been able to come post on the boards about the great new stuff we have coming to you. Well, it seems like now is a good time to do some catching up.

We have a sweet new build that, if all goes well, will be going to QA tomorrow. QA is our internal test department. They give the build a clean bill of health before we put it up for you. This build has some pretty cool enhancements and new content! Let me give you an outline of some of the things that are coming in this build:

Voice Chat
We've added voice chat to Dungeon Runners! This feature will be enabled by default and will allow you to talk with other players in your group. We've provided a pretty slick UI for this so you'll be able to control your voice chat experience. This is a tiered feature. Free players can only listen with voice chat. You must have membership to speak. We're really excited about this addition and hope you are too!

Improved Text Chat
We've made another pass on the text chat interface as well. You can now resize the chat window, control the size of the chat text font and change the opacity of the chat box.

We've also added a throttle to both world and zone chat channels to stop any chat-spamming players from ruining your day.

Enhanced Invite System
We've made some good changes to the way you can be invited to groups in Dungeon Runners.

First off, we've added a new invite acceptance toggle to your right-click menu. With this toggle, you can choose to see invites from any player or just those on your friends list. The default is to only accept invites from folks on your friends list.

We've also made it so that you may not be invited if you are already in a group... and you may not be invited while you are already considering an invitation.

These changes will help you to control exactly who you want to receive invites from.

More Weapons and Armor
Man, we love adding weapons and armor. You'll notice some great additions to the weapon list... including some new mythics! You'll also see several brand new armor sets that you'll love wearing! Especially you mage-types, with the brand new wizard robes, hat, gloves, boots and shoulders. I can't wait to find them for my level 43 shadow mage!

Quests Abound!
There are literally dozens upon dozens of new quests for you to enjoy... including some particularly interesting ones involving mutant candies and WMDs! It's gonna be lots of fun getting to the bottom of these new challenges.

Improved Vendors
Vendors are now selling more useful gear. You'll never see shabby blue and green items off of vendors in Townston again! Spend that hard-earned gold on some sweet new gear!

More Skills?!
Yes, more skills. We've added several new passive skills and a fun new group-oriented skill called "Offensive Gesture". This skill, when used, will offend nearby monsters so much that they just can't help but attack you...

That's all I have time to post about now. Expect to hear more about this build going to the PTS over the next couple of weeks. I gotta get back to work...

Thanks for playing!

steve

Woohoo thanks for that, I have high hopes for this game, and play it with friends. Mario Party, Diablo II, and WoW... lets just hope we can get a trading system in the future... its to funny watching people try to trade and a noob runs up and steals their stuff!.. ((Yes I have stolen someones stuff before...))

But don't tell me that you weren't waiting for MMO without trading system ? It's finally here !

It's weird man, really weird... it's made to force you to do that dungeons by yourself i guess, because that's only thing that can be done in this game. If you could buy gear then you wouldn't have to do duneon runs at all. Then what could you do in game where dungeon runs are only thing to do ?

I just started playing this game yesterday. Granted, this game does not compete with any of the big MMO's but it is just alot of fun to play. Right now I am currently playing Guild Wars but I am sort of burned out on it at the moment. I am just waiting for Eye of the North to come out so this game fills my needs for gaming until the GW expansion hits the stands and when I get my fill of that I will come back and play this game more often.