MARCH 2007
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Submitted by aarian on Mar 28th, 2007
“Shadowpath: The Saga of Aarian”
“Teachings and Trials: Part 2”
Aarian lay ragged and worn on the earthen floor of the small room. He tried to open his eyes but could manage only a flutter, catching fleeting glimpses through what seemed like distorted glass. He tried to move his arm but his muscles protested with pain mixed with numbness; he was too tired to sort it out.
Is this what it feels like to die?
It was... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 28th, 2007
Greetings fellow necromancers. The folks over at Vanguard have gone ahead and setup a page where we can go to get an idea of what is in development soon and on a longer term basis. Great info to have and be aware of for certain! This is the link to the "In the Works" page and some copied over the current items in development: In The Works Link Short... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 28th, 2007
NOTE: This patch is noticeably larger than previous updates because we are adding new art assets to the game. Look for more news about this coming soon!
GAMEPLAY NOTES
- Fix for DoTs not working in PvP
- Experience rates for killing NPCs have had a significant increase. The experience changes start as a small amount at low levels and scale up to a large amount in... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 27th, 2007
Greetings!
We would like to take a moment to thank our players for their assistance in helping us combat the RMT (real market trades), i.e. the gold selling and powerleveling organizations. Your assistance through reports and petitions has been invaluable to us in identifying these individuals and removing them from our game. Please continue to report individuals you suspect are involved in the transactions involving in-game items, money or services. With your help... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 26th, 2007
Greetings fellow necromancers. It seems the devs have been busy trying to fix the woes of our class. In particular there are two updates currently patched to the Test Server that have been major points of discussion and cause for Necro stress in the recent weeks. Here is the necro specific info from this new Test Center Patch: GAMEPLAY NOTES
- Fix for DoTs not working in PvP
ADVENTURING NOTES
- Necromancer -... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 23rd, 2007
Greetings to our fellow necromancers. It is with great pride that we share with you today news of our accomplishment as a community. Sigil - Vanguard has officially granted vgnecro.com the status of "Official Affiliate Site". This means that we will have more access to the designers and we can put up that spiffy looking Seal that says we are legit! Woohoo! Our thanks to all of the vgnecro community for their efforts in growing vgnecro.com into what it is today... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 23rd, 2007
The following two updates will be going live with the next server restart: Adventuring Kill Experience Update Experience rates for killing NPCs have been increased significantly. The experience changes start as a small amount at low levels and scale up to a large amount in the early twenties. From then on, the increase remains fixed. This increase should be very noticeable for players above level fifteen. This change is in response to... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 22nd, 2007
GAMEPLAY NOTES
- Disenchant – All abilities that remove Enchantments from opponents (including – Strip Enchantment, Asilam’s Disenchanting Cry, Despoil and Disenchant) now have a tool tip description that states their effectiveness levels.
ADVENTURING NOTES
- All Classes – You can no longer train two auto attacks. If you do not have an auto attack on your hotkeys, you should be able to find one on the... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 21st, 2007
Ever wondered what is the best possible way to beat a Vanguard Necromancer in PVP? Tired of getting your backside clawed and violated by necromancers? Wish you could find a way to beat all of those conniving evil antisocial necro players? There is one big secret to knowing how to beat them. It's actually really simple to comprehend once it is made evident to you. But keep in mind, you are going after a player who basically is used to playing by themselves most of the time,... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 20th, 2007
Greetings my fellow necromancers of Telon. I was toiling late into the evening this past moon writing down with more detail my experiences while seeking my Undead Form. The previous writings I had on the matter were detailed enough for many to follow but it was not quite what I would have been satisfied with. Feel free to browse the revamped Undead Form Quest Guide and may it guide you well when your time comes to undertake this most unholy of quests. AKA I Hope it helps... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 19th, 2007
GAMEPLAY NOTES
- The Khal teleport-in location has moved off the docks. The teleport-out location has not changed.
- Ranged damage over time abilities had a bug causing them do almost no damage. This has been fixed.
- A rounding bug with ability tooltips was found and fixed. This was causing some abilities to display in the tooltip as doing less damage than was done with the actual ability.
- Damage numbers in ranged attack tooltips now show the... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 17th, 2007
Greetings fellow Necromancers.
Are you tired of bugs and posting them in long arse threads of posts?
Have a bug or game issue you wish to make public and present to the devs and class leaders in a neat organized format?
Do you perhaps have a suggestion that you might want to toss out there for the devs and the rest of the necro community to share?
Well then, do I have the thing for you! I formally present to... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 16th, 2007
Greetings fellow necromancers of Telon. It is with some sense of pride I report to you all that we have surpassed 500 registered users and 5,000 posts. This all within the first 1.5 months of our existance. The stronger our community grows the more we will be unified when dealing with our devs and class leaders so that we can ensure that our voices are heard.
Thanks to all of you for helping us reach this milestone and to those that lurk around but never... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 16th, 2007
REMINDER
- Adventuring Sphere experience has been doubled on the test server. This is permanent.
- Crafting Sphere experience will be tripled through this weekend (ending Monday) on the test server.
ADVENTURING NOTES
- Blood Mage – Mortal Calling is now out of combat only
- Disciple – Astral Walk is now out of combat only.
- Monk - Iron Hand has had a significant damage increase.
- Monk - Secret of Flames has had a significant damage... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 16th, 2007
EXPERIENCE CHANGES
- Adventuring Sphere experience has been doubled on the test server. This is permanent.
- Crafting Sphere experience will be tripled through this weekend (ending Monday) on the test server.
GAMEPLAY NOTES
- Repair Bots will now despawn after 2 minutes
- Food once again restores health. You no longer need to sit before you eat to gain this benefit.
- Phoenixes should once again fight back
ADVENTURING NOTES
- Cleric,... [read more]
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Submitted by aarian on Mar 14th, 2007
“Shadowpath: The Saga of Aarian”
“Teachings and Trials” “We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.
--Malcolm Gladwell
Aarian stepped through the transparent door and into a long earthen corridor illuminated by small glowing orbs of brilliant blue light. The smell of stale air filled... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 13th, 2007
Vgnecro.com is proud, well mostly proud, to announce the forced servitude ahem.. I mean the promotion of Dominus (Of the Flamehammer server ) to the lofty status of Vgnecro Moderator. Dominus stalks the forums enough as it is so we figure we may as well make it official. Besides, he helps many a necro that post on the forums... well when he isn't posting spam that is. So please join me in welcoming Dominus to the vgnecro crew... his brain pain has just... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 13th, 2007
GAMEPLAY NOTES
- Aggro NPCs that can see invis will now attack if you move near them.
- Aggro NPCs that cannot see invis will no longer attack if you move very close to them.
- Ranged attacks use dexterity for their damage bonus again, they had been using strength.
- Some bugs with target hit points not updating correctly have been fixed.
- Disabled the text output about the number of charges... [read more]
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Submitted by jonaphin on Mar 11th, 2007
Dear Community, As you may have experienced today, several sites have been unreachable, including our beloved VGNecro.com For once, our host was innocent... many of the main internet servers were down today, affecting mostly Canada, California, Florida, Michigan, and Washington. You may find this information here:
http://www.internettrafficreport.com/namerica.htm What does this all mean?
Our friends in Europe, Asia, South America, and Oceania shouldn't... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 8th, 2007
VGNECRO EXCLUSIVE! OMG! Vgnecro.com was able to pull Avair (aka Michael Mann, Sigil Game Designer Supreme) away from his busy schedule long enough to answer some very necro questions that our community had been focusing on. He was very friendly and when not running about in his daily efforts to fix the world he had some great info to share regarding necromancers now and what our future may hold in the world of Telon.
... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 8th, 2007
Fellow necromancers of Telon! Rejoice again for the time of Double Xp has returned! Picture it, another mindless weekend of grinding a thousand turtles or wolves! I like it! Send your spouse out of town! Buy your girlfriend / boyfriend a weekend at a health spa. Drop the kids off at weekend camp or anything you can do to free up that play time! The grind has returned for an encore! As posted at the vanguard players site:
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Submitted by aarian on Mar 8th, 2007
“Shadowpath: The Saga of Aarian”
“Destiny” Part 2 “What have you done??” He heard the old man shout from the back door of his home.
Aarian looked up to see his instructor frantically limping towards him, closing the gap at an incredible speed. He was shaking, filled with a sense of wonder and fear at what he had done to the stud; unable to retreat from his frantic instructor all he could do was stare, slack jawed and... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 8th, 2007
Greetings once again. I have been busy toiling in the spell section and updating a bit of it based on recent changes in the world of Telon. The biggest tweaks were made to our various finisher spell lines. Those three spell lines: Shadow Feast, Sealed Fate, and the new Bone Chill line have all been organized under their own category, Finishers. Additionally the refresh times and the descriptions have also been adjusted to reflect the changes made to those... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 8th, 2007
Greetings my dark brothers and sisters of the necromancer community; the air brings a new chill recently. I dare say a cold that chills you to the bone. Then again I could just say it gives us a Bone Chill... fine, fine.. Enough with the vain attempt at humor. Bone Chill... we got it! What is it?
Bone Chill is the 3rd finisher spell line that necromancers have. It is a fairly straight finisher in that all it does is damage; no debuff, no dot, no nothing fancy. This may seem a... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 7th, 2007
Game Update #1 is now live!
This update is larger than most patches and is a great opportunity to read the patch notes as we’ve added quite a few things!
Please Read: With Game Update #1 Customer Support now has an upgraded petition system to better assist players. As a result of the changes made to the petition system all open petitions have been closed. If you still have an issue that you need assistance with please re-petition the... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 6th, 2007
Vanguard Build 1765 Patch Notes 2/28/2007 – TEST SERVER
Welcome to the Test Server!
While it may not be for everyone, playing on the Test server can be a lot of fun. Things will break, there will be no CS support and your character is never truly ‘safe’. However, you will also get a chance to directly affect the game by helping work out new systems and features before they are finalized for the rest of the live servers.
Players on... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 6th, 2007
Greetings fellow necromancers. It seems that the much anticipated new content patch will be held off for an extra day. For those not in the know, this Patch is the first content patch to introduce new content as well as graphics for npcs and items... consider it a mini expansion. Elrar was quoted as saying:
Due to some final changes and wanting to pack some extra goodies and fun into Game Update 1 we have postponed the patch one day to Wednesday... [read more]
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Submitted by aarian on Mar 6th, 2007
“Shadowpath: The Saga of Aarian”
“Destiny” Part 1
“Every man has his destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him”
- Henry Miller
“Concentrate damn you, focus on the result not the means” The instructor snapped at young Aarian who stood awkwardly, palm outstretched. A small flicker of light hovered in... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 2nd, 2007
Greetings fellow necromancers, Do you smell change in the winds? I do. Vanguard recently announced that on March 6th the weekly patch would be considerably larger than normal. This is because they are adding in additional content, graphics, and creature models Additionally they have revamped to one degree or another various already existing dungeons. Lighting changes will make some of the darker dungeons which people have complained about much more visitor friendly... at least... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 1st, 2007
There has been some debate recently about the quality and power levels of crafted items versus that of quested or adventure obtained items. Crafted items were in some cases considerably more potent than their adventure obtained counterparts. Apparently the crafted items were not following the same rules as adventure items in regards to stat bonuses so they were adjusted. Cylus (aka Silas) stopped by the forums and verified / clarified this for us [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 1st, 2007
Greetings fellow necromancers and in particular greetings fellow dark elf necromancers. It seems that there is cause to celebrate!! The Dark Elf Racial Ability Flames of Haelifur had it's damage buff fixed in the last patch. This had not been announced openly but our hard working necro community tested it out and found there to be a notable damage increase in damage when the group is under the "pet's" influence. Cylus (aka Silas) of Sigil Games... [read more]
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Submitted by lifebane on Mar 1st, 2007
From the Vanguard Players Site: "Sometime this afternoon, players will be able to download the test server launchpad. The test server itself will remain locked for a short while longer (it will be open soon!) but players will be able to reach the character select screen. We will keep everyone updated!" Now as this particular Necromancer recalls, beta characters were to be moved to the test server once the game went live,... [read more]
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