Monday, February 9th, 2009
News from http://www.rgtr.com/
Maps and Missions
Responding to unspecified intelligence, AFS Construction personnel have expanded the CELLAR Arena in preparation for imminent Bane hostilities. Recruits will find that these areas currently have restricted access.
Edmund Range Training Grounds has been enlarged, and newly available combat technology has been made available to recruits there.
Two depots were added... one in front of each team. They do not contribute to scoring but supply the owning team with Giant Robots.
All AFS buildings and structures have updated new looks
Game Mechanics
Added various mechs: AFS Mech, Orson, Angel, Vulcan, and Grendel.
AFS Mech
Ranger Themed - 1 weapon 3 abilities
Orson
Sapper Themed - 1 weapon 4 abilities
Angel
Biotech Themed - 1 weapon 4 abilities
Vulcan
Command Themed - 1 weapon 4 abilities
Grendel
Slow but deadly up close
Any class can drive any Mech but must have Logos to use abilities
Accessible only on Edmund and limited to use on Edmund
Entry to a Mech only occurs on Mech Pads
The hologram above the Mech pad matchs the Mech it spawns
Holograms turn off when Mech is in use, then reappear when a mech becomes available again
All have a time limit on use
Right click game effect icon to exit
New items added to drop packages
3 New Armor sets with level 50 stats that can be equipped by any level
40 unique weapons named after players
New pet and emote items
Hyper-EXP tokens
Known Issues
If you die in a PAU while your armor is at 0%, repairing all will result in strange displays until you exit and re-enter map.
Using the mechs in walk mode may cause the mechs to stand still.
D16.3
Characters who last logged off while in the D15 Edmund Range map will no longer be blackholed logging in to the new version
Fixed typos in some of the new weapon names
Added a few more named weapons.
D16.4
Fixed a bug that caused Mechs to be unavailable to players below level 50. Please note that the Angel and Vulcan will be fixed through a later patch.
Monday, February 9th, 2009
News from http://www.rgtr.com/
Friday Night Fights
This weeks FNF landed full force on the Orion Server! With the highly anticipated Night of Champions event closing in, the field of competitors were eager to claim one of the remaining spots in the Champions only tournament...or further cement their dominance and build momentum going into the final event.
Round One: Deadra defeated Valashar, Kaczmanchoy beat Cesspool, Chandler overcame Vaeyn and Tendari took out Machka.
Semi-Finals: Kaczmanchoy defeated Deadra and Chandler beat Tendari.
Finals: Kaczmanchoy defeated Chandler.
Final Challenge: Not eager to repeat the beating he took last week, Kaczmanchoy opted for the Pride & Trust Challenge match that would see him paired with Chandler to take on the team of Deadra & Vaeyn. Despite the status of all competitors as current or former FNF Champions, only one team could walk away victorious and when the dust had settled, Kaczmanchoy & Chandler were standing tall over the fallen Deadra & Vaeyn.
Announcement: Besides the upcoming Night of Champions event on February 27th, we have one more special FNF planned. On Friday, February 20th, we will host a Devs vs. Players FNF. Keep your calendars clear and join us as members of the TR Development team will log in and slug it out with TR Players. That night will also see a Dev "King of the Hill" fight and a chance for players to team with Developers in the "Epic Pride & Trust Challenge".
We'll see you next week! DR
Edmund Range Event
Results:
Match 1
Red Team: Ferengi, Mrsmith, Wepdesign, Anim, Smithmrs
Blue Team: Zey, Tabers, Lomez, Podkap, Occidentalis
Winner: Blue Team
King player: Zey
Red Team kills 2, Blue Team kills 41.
Match 2
Red Team: Zey, Pawns, Anim, Tabers, Clovis, Lomez, Smithmrs, Wepdesign
Blue Team: Ferengi, Mrsmith, darksyn, Podkap (dropped), Fizzel, Occidentalis
Blue Team: Mrsmith, Novaki, Darksyn, Lomez, Wepdesign, Occidentalis, Frizzell
Winner: Blue Team
King player: Sonsaky
Red Team kills 23, Blue Team kills 69
Match 4 (no AFS mech was used in this match)
Players were complaining of difficulties killing the mech, so they voted whether for it to be not allowed to be used from then on. 6 voted to no mech, 3 voted yes mech
Red Team kills 62, Blue Team kills 16,Game finished early with 6 minutes left.
The turn out for this event was astonishing! 20 players!
(Current record: Event 1 = 4, Event 2 = 10, Event 3 = 20.)
I hope to do the same thing next week but I'm not sure when D16 will go live as it will cause some timing and balance issues. Rewards will be distributed to you by Avatea at a later date, possibly Monday. I will keep you informed. Notes:
King players are those that I thought performed the best throughout the whole match balancing out tactics, kills, deaths, prestige gains and CP capturing. (aka, using the score board.)
Dropped and late players are not included in Mimeomech tally.
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
News from http://www.rgtr.com/
Friday Night Fights
Though originally intended to take place on the Cassiopeia server, the recent release of D16 resulted in this weeks FNF being moved to PTS since the main servers were almost entirely empty while players searched for the newest goodies released in this latest patch. The draw of nifty weapons and cool armor didn't stop this weeks competitors from chasing one of the few remaining spots in the upcoming Nigh of Champions tournament though.
Round One: Fuzzball defeated Machka, Bishop beat Vaeyn, Kaczmanchoy (with a 'C') took out Pegasus and Degon overcame Heally.
Round Two: Fuzzball beat Bishop and Kaczmanchoy (with a 'C') defeated Degon.
Final Round: Kaczmanchoy (with a 'C') took out Fuzzball.
Final Challenge Match: First time FNF Champion Kaczmanchoy (with a 'C') is a firm believer in "No Guts No Glory" so it was no surprise when he chose to take on the dreaded Gut Check. Kacz faced off against the team of Heally, Fuzzball, Degon, Machka, Pegasus & Bishop and though he put in a heck of an effort, the Champion just couldn't overcome the numbers and fell quickly to the team of challengers.
Register for this week's AFS Boxing Tournament on the Unofficial Tabula Rasa Forums or turn up on the evening (every Friday evening from 8:30pm GMT or 9:30pm Central European Time) at the C.E.L.L.A.R. 1, Centaurus.
Edmund Range Event
Results:
Match 1
Red Team: Wepdesign, Lomez, podkap, Darksyn (late)
Blue Team: Korver, Martins, Noxian, Schuthe (late), Occidentalis (late)
Winner: Red Team
King player: Lomez
Teams kills forgot to record.
Match 2
Red Team: Wepdesign, Noxian, Podkap (join in for balance), Occidentalis
Blue Team: Korver, Darksyn, Vatrox, Schuthe, Lomez
Winner: Red Team
King player: Podkap
Teams kills forgot to record.
Match 3
Red Team: Korver, Noxian, Darksyn, Oat, Clovis
Blue Team: Wepdesign (left for balance), Vetrox, Schuthe, Occidentalis, podkap (joined for ballance), Raw
Winner: Red Team
King player: Noxian
Red Team kills 12, Blue Team kills 23
Match 4 (soldier tree [red] vs specialist tree [blue])
spy x 2, sniper x 2, guardian x 1 VS demolitionist x 2, exobiologist x 2
Red Team: Wepdesign, Darksyn, Vetrox, Oat, Bóoth (spelling?)
Blue Team: Clovis, Lomez, Raw, Occidentalis
Winner: Red Team
King player: Raw
Red Team kills 19, Blue Team kills 34
Match 5
Not sure what happened in this match but the teams ended up being uneven at the start causing the entire map to captured in 8 minutes. The rest of the team joined eventually but was too late.
Red Team: Noxian, Wepdesign, Vetrox, Oat, Lomez, Podkap (left then returned for ballance)
Blue Team: Korver, Martins, Noxian, Schuthe (late), Occidentalis (late), Reasonable (level 45)
Winner: Red Team
King player: Lomez
Red Team kills 17, Blue Team kills 3
Match 6
DISQUALIFIED for team stacking
Red Team: Korver, Vetrox, Oat, Lomez, frizzell
Blue Team: Noxian, Wepdesign, Darksyn, Clovis, Podkap (left for balance), Occidentalis, Raw
Winner: Blue Team
King player: Noxian
Red Team kills 11, Blue Team kills 38
I would like to thank some of the players for keeping at, despite their many deaths! I saw a lot of kamikaze attacks!
I hope to do the same thing next week but I'm not sure when D16 will go live as it will cause some timing and balance issues. Rewards will be distributed to you by Avatea at a later date, possibly Monday. I will keep you informed.
Notes:
King players are those that I thought performed the best throughout the whole match balancing out tactics, kills, deaths, prestige gains and CP capturing.
Late players are those that joined after the 10 minute marker, but I've included you in the tallying of mimeomech rewards anyway due to timing difficulties on my part.