Greetings Fellow Avatars!
Here’s what we have for you in this week’s edition of Update of the Avatar:
- Island of Storms
- Blood River Settlement
- Very Large Creatures: Dragons
- Fauns
- Craftable Fishing Trophies
- Release 22 Grand Tour Quest Reward: Steampunk Goggles
- Autism Awareness Charity Drive
- Dyeable Witch Hat
- Spider Wall Decorations
- 45 Day Countdown for Fall Reward & Sale Expirations
- Auto-Canceling Monthly Layaway Payment Plans
- In-game Community Weekend Events
- Upcoming Events
- Recommended Games to Back
Island of Storms
Long ago incredible magical forces crafted this island on shards of the shattered moons where it still floats high above New Britannia. Arabella greets new avatars coming from Earth and guides them with a series of questions that will determine which path they start down: Truth, Love, or Courage. These paths not only determine which plot thread you begin with, they also determine what your starting abilities are and what equipment you have. Building this scene required some new solutions for terrain to allow us to show the island floating in space.
Blood River Settlement
The massacre at Blood River was first reported in Update #141, with images depicting the bloody, smokey effects of the massacre. Esteben Zaldivar has been cleaning up the Blood River scene, depicted here as it will appear when players come back later:
Very Large Creatures: Dragons
As you know, Dragons are making their debut in Release 22 next week! Here’s a cool video that Andy Cortez captured of Bren Wilson working on the Dragon animations:
Fauns
In every army there are those who lead, and those who are led. The brutal nature of the Obsidians only amplified this simple truth. Thus was the existence of the race known as Fauns, engineered to be slaves for their more aggressive masters, the satyrs; a pairing which has persisted to this day through a bond few understand. Yet there are rumors of a faun who has broken his chains… rumors which fauns whisper among themselves when left unsupervised.
Here is a work-in-progress image of the Faun from our character art team. Look for these poor, enslaved creatures in an upcoming Release:
Craftable Fishing Trophies
As reported in Update #141, the first iteration of the fishing system will be playable in Release 22 (yay!). Scottie Jones took some time away from working on the Hilt scene to create these mounted fishing trophies that players will be able to craft from their catches in R22:
Release 22 Grand Tour Quest Reward: Steampunk Goggles
Just as we’ve been doing since Release 10, we’re including a Grand Tour Quest in R22 designed to guide you through all the new content. By completing the R22 Grand Tour Quest you will be rewarded with a pair of Steampunk Goggles. This reward can only be unlocked during Release 22 (did someone say rares?), so be sure to log in to R22 starting September 24 and talk to all the Tour Guides!
Time is Running Out to Get Your R21 Grand Tour Quest Reward
Better hurry if you want to add the Highwayman Hat to your collection because the R21 Grand Tour Quest ends next Thursday, September 24, when we launch Release 22!
Dyeable Brown Steampunk Goggles
And for those that love to accessorize, these dyeable Brown Steampunk Goggles are now available in the Add-On Store!
Autism Awareness Charity Drive
Last week we announced that RizeUp Gaming teamed up with Game4Autism and other stream teams for an Autism Awareness Charity Drive, lasting 8 days from September 14 thru September 22.
On Saturday, September 19th, between the hours of 5am CST and 5pm CST, streamers from RizeUp Gaming and DJs from Avatars Radio will be coming to Shroud of the Avatar. While their focus is to bring awareness to Autism and the Game4Autism organization, they will also be providing live coverage of in-game events supporting the Autism Awareness Drive.
And speaking of in-game events supporting the cause, join Avatars Radio, RizeUp Gaming and the Phoenix Republic for fun, games, music and shenanigans in Radio City from 2pm to 5pm CST on Saturday, September 19th! There will be Dancing, Races through the Avatars Radio race course, pet races and much celebration! Come win prizes and help raise funds for this important charity event! Contact Amber Raine, Kazyn Phoenixfyre or Eclipse Maiden for information about how to take part!
Follow @AvatarsRadio, @RizeUpgaming and @Game4Autism on Twitter for more information.
The proceeds from the Autism Awareness Charity Drive are being split equally between two organizations:
The National Autism Association, headquarted in Portsmouth, RI, whose mission statement is “…to respond to the most urgent needs of the autism community, providing real help and hope so that all affected can reach their full potential.” The National Autism Association is a parent-run 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Founded in 2003, NAA is a parent-run advocacy organization and the leading voice on urgent issues related to severe autism, regressive autism, autism safety, autism abuse, and crisis prevention.
The National Autistic Society is the leading UK charity for people on the autism spectrum (including Asperger syndrome) and their families. They provide information, support and pioneering services, and campaign for a better world for people with autism.
Make A Difference Autism Awareness Charity Items
Additionally, as part of Portalarium’s founding purpose to promote good will and make a positive difference in the world, we’ve included the following charity items to our Make A Difference Store. For each of these items you purchase, Portalarium will donate 50% of its share of the purchase price to be equally split between the National Autism Association and The National Autistic Society. By purchasing these items, you are helping to make a difference in the lives of those that need our help.
Puzzle Pattern Cloak – Autism Awareness Charity
You will definitely stand out from the crowd with this stylish cloak themed with the multi-colored puzzle pattern signifying your support of Autism Awareness.
Puzzle Tree Cloak – Autism Awareness Charity
This Puzzle Tree Cloak can be dyed to the color of your choice, allowing you to accessorize while also signifying your support of Autism Awareness. This image is a work-in-progress:
Puzzle Tree 6-Pack – Autism Awareness Charity
We are working together with Speedtree to create a special Autism Awareness Puzzle Tree that can be placed as an in-game decoration. This Puzzle Tree pack will include 6 trees of variable sizes. The leaves of these trees will have an organic puzzle shape, signifying your support of Autism Awareness. The set will include:
- 2 one-story tall trees
- 2 two-story tall trees
- 1 three-story tall tree
- 1 four-story tall tree
[NOTE: This Speedtree logo is placeholder and not representative of what the Puzzle Tree will resemble]
Puzzle Package – Autism Awareness Charity
Buy all three of the Autism Awareness charity items and get a bundle discount! Includes the Puzzle Pattern Cloak, Puzzle Tree Cloak, and Puzzle Tree 6-Pack!
[NOTE: The Speedtree logo in the above composite image is placeholder and not representative of what the Puzzle Tree will resemble]
Halloween Goodies
Just in time for Halloween, we’ve added the following items to the Add-On Store:
This stylish Witch Hat can be dyed to better accessorize with your Halloween attire! It is a Limited Time item, available in the Add-On Store until November 30, 2015.
Spider Wall Decorations
Frighten your friends with these scary spider wall decorations, available in the Add-On Store in an assortment of poses and sizes!
[NOTE: These are static decorations and do not move]
This set of spiders are standing still, waiting for their prey to get closer.
This set of spiders have become alerted and aggressive, sensing their prey is almost within reach.
This set of spiders have gone into full attack mode, drawn back and ready to strike!
Save on this bundle of all three Spider 3-Packs! Includes the following:
- Still Pose: small, medium, large
- Aggressive Pose: small, medium, large
- Attack Pose: small, medium, large
45 Day Countdown for Fall Reward & Sale Expirations
As we approach the last quarter of 2015, and major milestones such as Alpha and Beta are looming ever closer on the horizon, we are announcing the Fall Reward Expiration Event that occurs at Midnight CST, November 2, 2015. This event includes the following reward expirations:
- Future Episodes 2,3,4 & 5 of Shroud of the Avatar
- Additional Character Slots 2 & 3
- Waterfront Homes & Lots (including Cabana, German Cabana, Lighthouse, Houseboat, Galleon, Castle, and Castle with Keeps)
In addition to the pledge reward expirations, the sale will end on November 2nd for the following Add-On Store items and they will revert to their regular prices (as displayed in the item description): Battle Banner, Tower Village Home, Tower Town Home, Druid Town Home, Airship City Home, Row Lot Property Deeds, Village Lot Property Deed (SOLD OUT), Town Lot Property Deeds, and City Lot Property Deeds
[More Fall Reward Expiration details…]
Auto-Canceling Monthly Layaway Payment Plans
We implemented the ability to automatically cancel monthly layaway payment plans, no longer requiring you to cancel them manually. Starting September 7, 2015, any payment plans that reach their desired pledge level will be canceled automatically. You are still able to cancel your plan manually at anytime by going to your Account page.
There are several payment plans that have exceeded their designated pledge level that have not been manually canceled by their account holder. The backers of these payment plans will have until September 30th to contact our customer service department at support@portalarium.com to let us know that they would like for the payment plan to continue, or they will be automatically canceled on September 30, 2015.
In-game Weekend Community Events
Our amazing community has another great lineup of in-game events planned for this weekend. Special thanks to community member Justyn (Clan of the Wolf) for her help in compiling the latest schedule of player events from the Avatar’s Circle Community Events calendar and the Events of the Avatars community calendar:
Recurring Events
- Release 20 Deco Contest – Shops & Markets
- This event has been extended! Get your entries in by September 21st, and judging will begin on September 25th. Your entry should be some kind of shop/bazaar/market/black market/trading post/harbor. Having a Vendor isn’t requirement. There will be prizes! Click here to enter the contest.
- The R21 Unreliable Travel Guide
- The Unreliable Travel Guide, created at the SotA Writing Round Table, is not an event, but a a collection of hilarious short stories published by two drunken layabouts who have nothing better to do than try to derive a dishonest income from newly arrived avatars. (details)
- Avatars Radio (Daily Programming)
- Welcome New Britannians to Avatars Radio – Radio of the Avatars. Rocking your socks off from the town of Radio City with the Terrestrial and New Britannian bards together under one roof through the power of the Moon Towers. Check out their daily program of amazing DJs: http://avatarsradio.info/schedule.php
- NBNN Lunch with Lazarus (Weekdays, 12pm CST)
- Join Lazarus every weekday for the daily goings on in SOTA. Calendar updates, relevant issues happening in the days news, chat about upcoming events and general information. Feel free to call in or join us in team speak and tell us WHAT YOU THINK. http://www.twitch.tv/nbnnnews
- Daily War Time PVP Event (Daily, 8pm CST – 9pm CST)
- Invitation to all guilds, PK hunters, PVP’rs or players interested in PVP training to come to Chaos Crossroads (Located at the crossroads outside of Kingsport on the road to Owl’s Head). PVP Event rules: None! Use whatever spells you want, kill in mobs or solo, group with new allies and defend your territory, lure newbies into the town and wack them! (details)
- Daily Breakfast Club – 12am CST (London UK); 6am CST (Central US); 3pm CST (Sydney Australia)
- Breakfast Clubs offer a time when people from around different time zones can gather. (Wody’s Pub, Paxlair)
- “The Tavern Respite” RP Event (Mondays, 8pm CST)
- The tavern door opens before you, and the scent of pipe and stew waft outwards with a wall of warmth from the hearth. Join in with the patrons of the Bear Tavern as they share tales of their adventures amid endless mugs of ale, legs of mutton, and merriment unbounded (The Bear Tavern in PaxLair; /zone Elgarion De’Khali; details)!
- Challenge Dungeon Run (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 7pm CST)
- This is a self-host event, meet at the Braemar Cemetery and organize into groups to take on the infamous Chillblain’s Compendium of Pain & Suffering!
- PaxLair Working Hours – Host Sean Silverfoot (Tuesdays, 2pm)
- PaxLair town and community “working hours” are for anyone interested in PaxLair. We will be in New Britannia doing things as a town when many people can work together. Sean Silverfoot hosts this working period. / zone Sean Silverfoot
- Novian Academy – New Citizen Help Hours (Tuesdays, 6pm CST)
- /zone Kazyn Phoenixfyre of Novian Academy in Soltown as they provide guidance to those new to the world of New Britannia.
- Gladiator Wars (Wednesdays, 7pm CST)
- A call to all fighters PVE and PVP! Would you like to participate in the “Gladiator Wars” PvP Tournaments? Registration starts at 6pm CST. (/zone Pestilence; details)
- Phoenix Republic Weekly Correspondents Dinner (Wednesdayas, 7pm CST)
- Join the Phoenix Republic and all of our friends and allies in a weekly dinner and working hour (Port Phoenix Capital Building)
- Happy Hour Wednesdays (Wednesdays, 8pm CST)
- Otherwise known as “Spend Stryker’s Gold” – Stryker will open a bar tab at one of the local Novia taverns for an hour or so for drinks, stories, news, critique of the arts, dancing, and otherwise unplanned mayhem. Zone /Stryker Sparhawk or watch this thread for locations each week!
- Storytime with royalsexy (Thursdays, 7am CST)
- Join royalsexy in Radio City for stories and chats. /zone royalsexy or hike aaaaalll the way to Radio City to join in. Also live on Avatars Radio http://avatarsr
adio.info
- Join royalsexy in Radio City for stories and chats. /zone royalsexy or hike aaaaalll the way to Radio City to join in. Also live on Avatars Radio http://avatarsr
- Phoenix Republic – Military Drills – Control Points (Thursdays & Fridays, 7pm CST)
- Join the Phoenix Republic as we send our weekly foray into the control points, dungeons and other of the most dangerous locales. Each week we will depart to a different PVE locale to help train our combatants. Contact Kazyn Phoenixfyre for more info!
- Vengeance Madness (Fridays, 7pm CST)
- This is an Open PvP event where everyone fights it out in a royal rumble to see who the ultimate death dealer is! (City of Vengeance; /zone Bambino LudoVate)
- Astronomy Event (Fridays, 8pm CST)
- Interested in New Britannia Astronomy? Just enjoy gazing at the stars? Join us every week as we explore the night sky above New Britannia. (Player Town of Caer Dracwych; details)
Saturday, September 19
- 9:00am CST PaxLair Working Hours
- PaxLair town and community “working hours” are for anyone interested in PaxLair. (/zone Winfield)
- 11:00am CST Church of the Dark Star – Saturday Service
- Join Lady Amber Raine, High Priestess of the Church of the Dark Star along with Kazyn Phoenixfyre of the Church of the Sun, as they bring another thought provoking service. (PaxLair; details)
- 12:00pm CST BMC Craft Show
- Come learn the intricacies of crafting from the BMC master craftsman, including Q&A sessions. There will be several well stocked player run stores onsite providing a large variety of bespoke products. Always wanted that custom armor set, legendary weapon or house decoration but didnt know a supplier? Then this is your chance to grab master crafted items at fair prices. Door prizes! (Crafting hall in central Owl’s Head; /zone Xavier Starfall; details)
- 2:00pm CST Avatars Radio / Phoenix Republic / Rize Up Gaming Autism Charity Extravaganza!
- Join Avatars Radio, Rize Up Gaming and the Phoenix Republic for fun, games, dancing, music and shenanigans in Radio City as we raise money for this month’s Autism Awareness charity headed up by Avatars Radio! There will be Dancing, Races through the Avatars Radio race course, pet races and much celebration! Come win prizes and help fund raise for this important charity event! Contact Amber Raine, Kazyn Phoenixfyre or Eclipse Maiden for information about how to take part!
- 7:00pm CST Port Phoenix: Gustball Challenge Matches
- Come on out to Port Phoenix to join the republic in a series of 1v1 and 2v2 Gustball matches! Each match is played first to four points wins! (Port Phoenix, Firehawk Field, or /zone Kazyn Phoenixfyre)
- 8:00pm CST Vengeance 1v1 Tournament
- The longest running Player vs Player tournament in Shroud of the Avatar. (City of Vengeance)
Sunday, September 20
- 6:30am CST Explore Novia with royalsexy (PaxLair Moon Tower, /zone royalsexy)
- 8:30am CST PaxLair Meeting
- Come see what PaxLair is up to in Novia and other town areas! Many people also attend from towns and guilds for a bit of a weekly wrap-up and what’s happening. Good discussions! (PaxLair, /zone Winfield)
- 11:00am CST Phoenix Republic Town Hall/Working Hours
- A Gathering of members of the Phoenix Republic to cover important topic areas of the month. (Republic Town Hall, Port Phoenix, /zone Kazyn Phoenixfyre or Jack Knyfe)
- 1:00pm CST Serenite Shopping Extravaganza
- Serenite Shopping Extravaganza at the Selfridge Mall. Crafters will be available for special orders.
3:00pm CST Gustball
- Two teams are pitted against each other in a sporting event not dissimilar from soccer, football, and basketball. The object of the game is to Gust a Gustball around the field and into your opponent’s goal (/zone Bambino Ludovate, details)
- 5:00pm CST BMC Grid Iron Feast and Registration
- Register to compete in the BMC Gridiron and mingle with other participants and spectators before the big fight! (Blackrock Point on Novia near Etceter Crag Mines, details)
- 5:30pm CST BMC Gladiator’s Grid-Iron
- The BMC is proud to present the nastiest, the foulest, the most feared arena in all of New Britannia! The Grid-Iron is equipped with a pit-style arena, locker rooms, a VIP round-table, betting & vendor booths, and all the blood-sport you can handle. (Blackrock Point on Novia near Etceter Crag Mines, details)
- 7:00pm CST PaxLair Meeting
- Come see what PaxLair is up to in Novia and other town areas! Many people also attend from towns and guilds for a bit of a weekly wrap-up and what’s happening. Good discussions! (PaxLair, /zone Winfield)
- 8:00pm CST Fishing with Winfield (in Avenguard)
- Come sit with Winfield on a log or rock to hear some fish tales or tell your own. Chat about anything from the moons to the earth worms. Spend a relaxing day in nature near a stream or lake — bring insect repellent or a sword. (some fishing spot or pond, /zone Winfield)
Be sure and check out the Release 21 Events thread in the SotA forums for additional events that may not be included here.
New Britannia Theatre Troupe Presents – Conversations in PaxLair
The New Britannia Theatre Troupe presented a new play last weekend entitled “Conversations in PaxLair.” The play was held at Doctor Shroud’s lot in the player town of PaxLair, with Avatars Radio broadcasting the voicing audio. In case you missed it, here’s the video:
Upcoming Events
2015.09.21 – Unite 2015
2015.09.24 – Release 22
2015.10.15 – Intel® Buzz Workshop
2015.10.29 – Release 23
2015.11.19 – Release 24
2015.12.17 – Release 25
2016.01.28 – Release 26
2016.02.25 – Release 27
2016.03.17 – SXSW Gaming
Recommended Games to Back
Hard to believe it’s been almost a year since our friends and fellow Austinites at Skyshine Games successfully funded their BEDLAM Kickstarter campaign! They have made great progress and we’re excited to announce they released BEDLAM on Steam Early Access this week!
BEDLAM is a strategic rogue-like turn-based RPG. You are the Mechanic, the last known member of a once-thriving guild of brilliant operators of the rolling fortresses called Dozers. You are in charge of commanding your crew in battles, managing your resources, improving your Dozer, interacting with various characters, and protecting your passengers while navigating through the post-apocalyptic wasteland. Your goal is to travel from the futuristic metropolis of Bysantine through the chaotic realm of Bedlam to reach the rumored utopia of Aztec City with as many of your passengers and crew intact as possible.
Wonderful !!!
Fishing!
Fauns!
Floating Islands!
OH MY!!!!
Very exciting update. Thanks Portalarium.
My goodness, that Island of Storms!
It looks so amazing that I’ll be sad to leave the scene to start my adventure in Novia!
I only have one question: If this is a “new” game, why do the characters look like cirque 2000-2005 video game characters? I don’t get it. Surely whichever engine you’re using can support more modern character creation? This game world looks amazing but the characters look like crap, it doesn’t look like they belong in this world. It’s as if you’ve taken characters from a 2005 video game and dropped them into a 2015 virtual world. It just does’t look right. Pleas,e do something about the characters or this game is going to suck!
Ooooh! Home looks fantabulous! Home? Blood River of course. I am so excited! The Blood Omen Keep shall have its place again in the land of New Britannia as it did in Old Britannia and the story both history, present, and future can continue. Very nice work Esteben!!
Release 22 appears to be something dreams are made of. It is going to be fantastic, even if all I am doing is sitting on the edge of a river filled with blood, writing tomes filled with lyrics and tales of yore.
Oh, and those goggles. Thank you!!! Must haz more steam/clock punk!
So the Island of Storms is like the entrance dungeon to the game-slash-tutorial level? I can get behind that.
Speaking as an autistic person, I am… really worried about that “Autism Awareness Charity Drive.” It appears well-intentioned, but there are many aspects that look like no one who’s actually autistic was consulted about it. A non-exhaustive list of concerns:
1. The #1 rule of any marginalized group (and especially disabled ones) is “Nothing about us without us.” If anybody autistic was consulted on this, I would be shocked. This involvement concern extends, too, to the organizations involved (both those doing the fundraising and the recipients of the funds); further details on that below.
2. The drive is phrased as “Autism Awareness,” not “Autism Acceptance.” Autism is not a disease that needs to be cured. Allistic people do not need to be “aware” of autism or of autistic people. They need to accept us for who we are.
3. Several rewards use the “puzzle piece” logo. This symbol has been rejected by many autistic people, not only due to its origins (which was created not by autistic people but by the parents of autistic children and, among other issues, suggests that our autism is a problem to be solved), but especially due to its adoption by and current association with ableist, abusive organizations such as Autism Speaks.
4. Game4Autism: Their site is such a mess that I can’t find a lot of details about who’s actually involved and what their connection to autism is, but as far as I can tell, it’s run by the parent of an autistic child, not by an autistic person. I am seeing some huge red flags even on their latest blog post, where, for example, they describe autistic people as being “Mentally Younger than their actual age.” They also use phrasing such as “someone who has Autism.” Because autism is not something we “have,” but rather a fundamental part of ourselves that defines how we see and interact with the world, many autistic people now reject such “person-first” terminology.
5. RizeUpGaming: No direct connection to autistic people that I can see. Problematic usage of “awareness” and the puzzle piece symbol.
6. National Autism Association: Does not involve any autistic people in leadership. Views autism as a “problem” to be “fixed.” Has a position on vaccination that completely sidesteps the disgusting, ableist scaremongering about vaccines “causing” autism, which is not only untrue, but it’s unbelievably insulting to autistic people to suggest that children would be better off dead than autistic.
7. National Autistic Society: I’m not as familiar with them since I’m not in the U.K., but from what I know they’re better than the NAA. However, the NAS still uses person-first phrasing and is mostly run by allistic people (though a few board members are on the spectrum).
If you actually want to act in solidarity with autistic people instead of treating our neurodivergence like a disease, I strongly suggest reaching out to the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (autisticadvocacy.org). They should be able to help you organize a charity event that involves autistic people while reflecting and supporting our actual needs.
Gosh, I wonder why this comment is still awaiting moderation while others submitted after it have been approved. Very disappointed that you’re censoring the voice of someone who is backing your game because it’s pointing out a serious concern instead of lavishing you with praise.
Thank you for your detailed feedback regarding the Autism Awareness Charity Drive. As stated on our Make A Difference charity store page (https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/?page_id=51225), it is Portalarium’s founding purpose to promote good will and make a positive difference in the world. With our very limited team resources, we rely heavily on our community to provide guidance on which organizations to support with charity donations.
Our preference for charities to support is that they have an international reach, or at the very least, a national reach. We also attempt to validate the performance of charities through such sites as Charity Navigator (http://www.charitynavigator.org), Charity Watch (https://www.charitywatch.org), and Guidestar (http://www.guidestar.org). We understand the evaluations provided by these sites do not represent the entire story of charities, which is why it is helpful to get additional feedback from our community.
We are always willing to change which organizations we support as we learn more about how best to channel the donations coming from our community. As such, we are very appreciative of the guidance you have provided. We will most certainly take your suggestions into consideration and will explore the Autistic Self Advocacy Network as a possible recipient of future community donations through our Make A Difference charity items.
Appreciatively,
dallas
COO/Founder/Portalarium
Thanks very much for your reply here and by email.
If I may make a suggestion as to comment moderation in the future, please empower and encourage whoever’s in charge of the comment stream here to approve ASAP any comments that don’t violate the rules of the community, even if they are something you feel requires a response and are working one up for. Otherwise, you’re gonna get people like me feeling censored and getting tetchy.
We are a VERY small team doing lots of things at once. We try to respond as quickly as we can. Please trust that we are always trying as hard as we can.
If there’s the Island of Storm in R22 and the decisions there determine starting skills, would that mean we’re bound to getting a skill reset (just not an exp pool reset) in R22?
~looks puzzled~
The floating island looks awesome! Hope there will come a floating island over land too, or maybe an island within a huge maelstrom – that would be so wonderful!
The Island of Storms appears to be the same as the Island of Choices announced way back in Update #87; like the new name, but I would have liked to see the concept art again!
The list at the top notes a Monthly Layaway Payment Plan Extension, which appears to just be the standard Auto-Canceling Monthly Layaway Payment Plans entry. Are we going to see the payment plans get extended once again, or still on track for year-end?
Yep, it’s the Island of Choices, renamed:
http://sotawiki.net/sota/Island_of_Choices
I love the concept art too and i think if they added color to the atomosphere / clouds, it would come pretty close. And is that a static image of New Britannia that’s part of the skybox or are we really orbiting over New Britannia?
Very cool! Did they send out the email version of this update? I collect those and have not yet gotten the email for this one.
Yes, emails are sent at the same time the Update is posted to the web. You should have received the email shortly after midnight on Friday night. Check your spam folder. If you still don’t have it send me a PM with the email address you normally receive the updates with and I’ll check to make sure it is still active in our MailChimp email database.
Is there going to be a wipe?
Would like to know this too!
The next wipe is scheduled for Release 23, October 29th.