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12-05-2008, 05:24 PM
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Important Information Regarding Preview Server Risia
The decision was recently made to close Risia to the public in the coming weeks to prepare it for use in an upcoming DDO project (you may have heard us allude to something big coming down the pipe!). However, Murphy's Law of MMOs bit us with a hardware failure on Risia on Monday during our regular maintenance. Since the closure was already fast approaching, we re-evaluated our plans and have decided to leave Risia closed for the immediate future. We know this will generate many questions, so we've tried to answer a few of them in advance. We'd like to thank everyone for their participation in the preview program! Please stay tuned for more announcements:
Q: What do I do with my Risia installation? A: You can uninstall the Risia client and delete any installation files. New preview server installations will be incompatible with the current Risia installation. Q: Does this mean there won't be a preview program any more? A: The preview program has been undergoing some changes based on play patterns. The active population on our preview servers tends to be very small between updates. Activity picks up when a new Module becomes available, and then quickly dies back down. We'll have more information about the preview program in the future. Q: Can I transfer my characters from Risia to the live servers? A: Unfortunately, preview characters are not eligible to be transferred. Risia characters are not up to date with the Live servers. Q: So... this "DDO related project". Can you tell me what it is? Is it super secret stuff? A: We can't tell you just yet, but the wait to find out about it won't be long! More information about the fate of Risia will be available early this coming Year! |
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12-05-2008, 05:26 PM
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Interesting.
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12-05-2008, 05:27 PM
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Hmmm... interesting. Hopefully, this will address the problem of outdated characters to test new content.
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12-05-2008, 05:28 PM
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i enjoyed my time on risia and look forward to something new and exciting
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12-05-2008, 05:28 PM
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I concur....
I bet they are bringing out Jedi as a playable class. I want to be a wookie.
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12-05-2008, 05:34 PM
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Risia...the new Permadeath server...MUHAHAHAHA!
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12-05-2008, 05:35 PM
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Wow... not too weird they're taking it down if there's a hardware problem given the low between mod use.
The more interesting thing is that whatever they'll be using it for is not patchable from the current Risia client. Now for something completely different??? Like maybe a half-orc/half-elf preview without Mod 9? Something where it's like a branch preview server? Though we know about half-orc/half-elves... and Tolero's hints of "something you weren't expecting" that isn't hirelings... or races... or druids (?)... So are we talking about a totally new AI engine? New graphics collusion engine (the one they just licensed)? A new PVP server that does sort of Battlegrounds stuff using our live chracters (this would only work if Mod9 PvP rebalanced classes - which would be its own insanely huge barrel of dune-sized sandworms)? A new client that has built-in facebook stuffs? A means to make fun of people on the LotRO server while they gather their 30x hobbit foot hairs? *shrug*
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12-05-2008, 05:39 PM
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Quote:
 Semiotics are important here -- in the lede Tarrant says in an upcoming DDO project but down below he restates it as So... this "DDO related project." I will now obsess on this distinction.
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12-05-2008, 05:40 PM
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Or maybe people were exploiting the shroud on Risia now that its closed in game...so they just took down the whole server
 I'm pretty excited about what this may be...but boy, I hope its something decent and not just something silly. The build up has been going on for so long... Maybe they need Risia to be the test server for the Console version of DDO!
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12-05-2008, 05:42 PM
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xbox beta server
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12-05-2008, 05:43 PM
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BUT MY AH BIDS!!!! I was within months on several really kewl items!!!!
Aw, man.....  
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12-05-2008, 05:48 PM
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My guess is a massive server merge, everyone to Risia!
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12-05-2008, 05:50 PM
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12-05-2008, 05:50 PM
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Abstract Thoughts
My first reaction is, "Great, now I can delete Risia and regain 2gig+ on my seriously taxed harddrive."
My next thought was, "What can be so game changing that it will require a totaly new installation of DDO?" As for the long awaited super secret project, I'm thinking that it involves a non-disclosuer agreement with another company. I know of one console manufactuer that is notorious for this. The question that is really nagging me is, "How does this impact the release of MOD9"?
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12-05-2008, 05:54 PM
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Oh, well, okay then. /Begins Uninstall....
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12-05-2008, 05:56 PM
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12-05-2008, 06:05 PM
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12-05-2008, 06:13 PM
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DDO might actually translate well onto the 360. Minimal PvP to balance between the two different client types. DDO has built-in voice chat and the 360 console is probably the most streamlined at having voice built-in to it's games/hardware (of the consoles). Maybe DDO's a great engine test primer for their setup of a Harry Potter MMO on the 360 - even though a LotRO 360 would probably garner more cash - initially. Though is Atari still the sole license holder of D&D? Not that they wouldn't sell it out for some toilet paper in their bathrooms...
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12-05-2008, 06:15 PM
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