I am pretty much busy with finals and projects until mid next week... so I probably won't have time to really write anything long and meaningful like I have planned. I still do check up on the forums whenever I'm taking a break though. :D The forums are a mess and I'm tired of going in there and trying to sort things out. I'm in no way affiliated to Gala-net, so any of my "defending" posts I make

Hello readers (whoever you are!), if you are looking for a faster way to get the latest patch without waiting for the launcher's torrent... look no further! I have uploaded the patch on Filefront: http://www.filefront.com/16303063/1.0.06.36.1_.zip And Megaupload: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CW0IXX39 Includes files for:1.0.05.45.1 -> 1.0.06.35.31.0.06.35.3 -> 1.0.06.36.1 Edit: If you get the

Yesterday I was able to talk to Darren Allarde, or GM Chomp, directly on ventrilo concerning the future of Allods. Darren is the associate producer of Allods, he works for Gala-net and you might have seen him ingame (or just on [world] chat) under the name "CHOMP_". Sometimes you'll also find him on the forums or posting on his developer blog. Novograd Times is doing an interview with him soon and

One can only ignore game imbalances and flaws for so long, and people can only be so patient. It would suffice if the GMs promised balancing patches in the future, but seeing how we get a glimpse of RU patches anyways - the future looks bleak. What's especially questionable is how RU servers are going to add "new content" aka upping the level cap to 42, without fixing all the bugs and glitches of

With the right build and playstyle you'll dominate any other class, but getting up to that level takes a lot of trial-and-error. - TraumaWhat do psionicists do, and why would you play one? It's hard to describe exactly what a psi is, especially compared to WoW, because there is no copy. The closest thing I can find is: CC like a frost mage with spells that look like a mix of arcane mage + shadow priest.

Amount of crying and whining over the new patch notes is making me stay away from the forums, which is also making me not generate any new ideas for content... :P Next post will probably be a Coba Plateau rep guide, but I haven't even found the rep quests yet so...My latest article is an interview with Lockness, an Empire summoner on Tensess. He's the second player in open beta to have reached the

If you've endured the reputation grind in Asee-Teph - I applaud you (just the thought of that keeps me far away) . The grind in Eljune is a lot easier in terms of not having 40s 1-shot you every few minutes, however since Forestfolk is a neutral faction, you will most likely run into the opposite faction. If you like avoiding pvp - I'll promise you, at times you'll really wish you had a war banner...(click

Since we are getting a new patch within the next few weeks, a lot of players are speculating about the "hidden" changes, and other players are upset about the future of cash shops. Although NA servers have Fear of Death, and are not changing it for awhile... our Allods friends in Russia have voted it away, to be replaced with a "cursed" item system. This has caused some unrest in the forums, but no

What I love about faction games is that you can end up really cheering for your own faction. Now, this can go wrong when your own faction has inner disputes and/or players start acting too personal and too insulting towards the other faction (but perhaps some people like this?) I felt like WoW made this work out very well - with catchphrases like "for the horde/alliance!" that you can yell while running

(screenshot from Novograd Times - healer casting circle of healing)If you've ever visited the healer archetype forum on the official Allods forums, you'll notice that the majority of the threads are about melee healers. Well, what about the players who don't want to play melee healer? Occasionally you'll also come upon a few threads discussing pve healing... but what about people like me who want

(I don't have a cool Allods guild screenie yet, so I'll leave you with this instead)I'm not sure how many people read my blog, since a lot of the newer comments I've been getting are guest posts... but how are your all's experiences with the social aspect of Allods? Have you joined a guild? Did you start the game with a group of friends? Did you make some friends along the way? Or maybe, you're just

Yes, a lot of my entries will be discussing pvp... because I like pvp, but I don't like Allods pvp.I love how much e-peen waving there is on the forums right now about pvp. Specifically certain guild members vs other guild members of another faction. I can't believe people are already using words like "skill" and calling other players bad. I'm sorry, but if WoW arenas was viewed as one of the least

Before anything else is said, here is a shameless plug for the Novograd Times - I will be starting up a "guiding new players" column on there soon. But no worries, all my opinionated observations and such will still be posted on this blog.There is a thread on the forums asking about the possibility of including battlegrounds or arenas in Allods. The replies are fairly interesting, some people agree

If you have played a caster, you will notice that sometimes your cast bar will go to 100% but your spell will not cast (especially if you are getting hit by a mob/player). Spell push back is a good mechanic, but is fairly useless when your cast bar does not work properly - all you can do is guess when your spell will actually go off. This happens to other classes as well, such as scouts not doing

Pardon my earlier rant, we'll now return to regular posts. :DAs of this moment I'm not far level 27 - where I will finish up some key quests in Asee-Teph and move onto Eljune. Overall, my experience in this zone was good; the ganking didn't see as "game-breaking" as many forum posts suggested. However, I do agree that there are a lot of things in the area that make pvp less fun than it ought to be,

Putting it under a cut because it is wholeheartedly ranting, mostly about game mechanics. Call it whining if you wa

Making speedy progress, I'm actually halfway through level 25 now. :) I spent a good hour grinding out about 40% of a level, then grouped up with a player I met in Dead Sea and knocked out about 10 quests. Fortunately, we didn't run into many league players! But lots of thanks to Teggycon the summoner for helping me with my quests even though he had already finished them.Anyways, grinding is not bad

There's an excellent post on the official Allods forums giving some tips on surviving in a pvp environment. Here are my additions:Be aware. In most mmorpgs, basic player awareness will keep you alive a lot longer. This means panning your camera around every once in awhile to know your surroundings. Better awareness is usually something good pvpers have, and will also aid in pve. In AT, make sure you

Well, I'll just start this off by saying I died... a LOT. And today is only my first day in the notorious Holy lands, aka Asee-Teph! Did it take me a long time to finally ding 24? Yes... yes it did. Was it THAT bad? Nope.Several times it was my own fault (man those League Defenders have a huuge aggro radius, I got hit for 87k by one before I even saw him on my screen) for running around with my flag

Today I logged on happily to idle in Nezeb, typing "/z lfg lab13" every couple of minutes in hopes of starting a group. Fortunately the party filled up quickly, and we all teleported down within 20 minutes of the party creation. I felt like I was blessed with patient players, as my previous attempts at creating a legit instance group failed miserably. Everyone was nice and understanding (in our noob

Alright I just spent the last few minutes looking over templates and tweaking things, I'm not particularly happy with any of these pre-set themes so it'll be awhile before this blog gets its correct look.I'm trying to search for a template that is simple and will actually allow minor changes without causing headaches. :) Hopefully I'll find what I'm looking for before the end of tod

I've officially reached the much anticipated Holy lands, and in my first 10 minutes I've already seen 3 League players, 2 of which were labeled as level ??. I figured questing during the mornings would be fairly quiet, but I guess I'm wrong! Unfortunately I'm still 20% away from level 23, and have not run Lab13 yet, so I will be enjoying a few days idling in Nezeb until I ding before I continue questing.

Hello! This is Lunith from Empire on Tensess... This blog will just be a recording of my adventure on Allods Online.A little about my gaming past:The only other mmorpg I played for an extended period of time was World of Warcraft. I joined during the 1st expansion (Burning Crusade) and played on and off all the way until Wrath of the Lich King. I did a fair share of raiding (from casual 10mans to