Play our New Game Releases! posted by Beleen on 1/23/2015 1:21 PM

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Za’Nar: Void Invasion

• Zack Storch, faithful Artix Entertainment gamer & TV star on King of the Nerds, returns to AQWorlds this week in a special in-game event based on his new book, Za’nar: Impossibility! This Friday, battle through the Tombs of De’ther with the Magi of Za’nar to recover the Ring of Light! The dread dragon Jir'abin seeks vengeance against the Magi of Za’nar, retribution for stealing his power millennia ago. After attacking Lore last week, his power is greater than ever before - and he’s on the move to Za’nar to wreak his revenge! Defeat him and use the Ring of Light to raise a shield around Lore to ensure our world and theirs will remain safe from the Void... forever!

• • Get your event rares and learn about the world of Za’Nar before the event starts in the Za’Nar Lobby!

  • Travel with the Za’narian Magi to De’ther and Xiex to find the Ring of Light and ensure Lore’s safety FOREVER!

  • Help Nulgath the ArchFiend celebrate his birthday with the golden and Shadow Hanzo Void armor sets!

  • Collect Za’Narian Tokens to create gear in the Za’Nar Merge Shop 

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Twilly Kidnapped!

• A call for assistance to the town of Barrenford goes terribly wrong when Twilly is kidnapped!
• What do all these monsters plan to do with the Moglin and why are they so interested in him anyway?
• Also don’t miss the Deadly Icicle Spell coming to the Limited-Time Shop!

Shapeshifter Forms!

• We will soon be updating the Shapeshifter quest with new, powerful forms and we want at least one of them to be selected by our players! 
• So post your ideas for new forms for Shapeshifter here - http://forums2.battleon.com/f/tm.asp?m=21909468 

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Dragon Rider War Continues

• Saellah is found, as well as his home base. 
  • There are many dragons there, coming to fight Mritha’s army.  You cannot be there, but your dragon is. 
  • Fight valiantly so that when your dragon comes home, your dragon comes home a hero.

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Return of the Alpha Zone Continues  

• River is becoming it's own zone.
  • Many have missed the river but was originally apart of other test maps.
  • River will soon also get a slight make-over with new coding!
• More Gold Ticket items to come.

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Return to Liath!

• Dan needs your help!
• Strange things have been going on in your absence.
• Will you be able to help or will things fall apart around you?

Battle On! 

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Battle On with New Game Updates! posted by Beleen on 1/16/2015 4:28 PM

Adventure Quest Worlds - Web Browser MMO

Za’Nar: Void Invasion

Zack Storch, faithful Artix Entertainment gamer & TV star on King of the Nerds, returns to AQWorlds this week in a special in-game event based on his new book, Za’nar: Impossibility! In a realm light-years away from our planet, the dread dragon Jir’abin waits in the Void Plane with an army large enough to conquer worlds. This weekend, work with the mages of Za’nar and DragonRune Hall to repel Jir’abin’s army of Void Shades as they flood into our world to harvest the magic of Chaos!

• Get your event rares and learn about the world of Za’Nar before the event starts in the Za’Nar Lobby!

• Work with the Za’narian Magi to battle Void monsters across Lore to repel the Jir’abin’s army!

• Help Nulgath the ArchFiend celebrate his birthday with the Hanzo Void series of armor sets!

• Collect Za’Narian Tokens to create gear in the Za’Nar Merge Shop

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Barrens Outpost War

• After a long holiday truce between Legion and Exile forces, war resumes on Delta V. 
• The war for the fate of the Barrens Outpost begins today! 
• The Legion will battle to defend the powerful Barrens Turret Array while the Exile will attempt to undermine their control through hacking terminals.

New Year's Loot

• Visit Torgan in Frysteland for new New Year's loot created by Bidoof!

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Lively Hallows War!

• Barry Jotter’s former class mate Juan has unleashed an Army of Hallow upon Battleon seeking to capture and make Barry pay for a tragic accident that occurred several years ago at Zardwarts.
• Barry’s strong protestations of innocence have fallen on deaf ears, and Juan will stop at nothing to avenge his lost pet! 

Januray Golden Giftboxes - Xano's Gauntlet and Kiss of the Dark Angel!

• Xano’s Gauntlet unleashes several powerful blasts of light!
• Call upon the aid of a fallen angel to heal your wounds! She may also offer to replenish your potions!

Dragon Fable - Turn Based Adventure RPG

Dragon Rider War

• Saellah is found, as well as his home base. 
  • There are many dragons there, coming to fight Mritha’s army.  You cannot be there, but your dragon is. 
  • Fight valiantly so that when your dragon comes home, your dragon comes home a hero.

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Hero Smash - Super Hero 2D MMO

Return of the Alpha Zone  

• River is becoming it's own zone.
  • Many have missed the river but was originally apart of other test maps.
  • River will soon also get a slight make-over with new coding!
• More Gold Ticket items to come.

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Battle On! 

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NO TRADE IN AQW posted by Cysero on 1/7/2015 4:30 PM

One of the most common questions/suggestions that we get is about adding Trade to AQW.

I know that I'm on the OMNI team now but the answer is the same now as it was back when I was working on AQW. We wish we had expected AQW to get as big as it did, because then we would have added it in when we were laying the groundwork. It's already something that we are heavily discusing for AQW 3D but for AQW... Trade will never be a part of AQW. 

There are several reasons. 

First, there is nothing in the AQW engine that would allow for trading of any kind so it would take not just writing the new function into the engine but a complete retooling of the entire AQW engine. The ability to give an item to another player is pretty core functionality. It's not something that you can just tack onto an existing game in most cases.  

Second, Flash actually has an actionscript line limit before it can no longer compile. The changes to allow for Trade and to make it secure, as it would need to be, would be a massive addition to the engine and the engine is already large enough that Adobe Flash has issues compiling it. Think of the engine like a slice of pizza. The AQW pizza already has so many toppings that the crust can barely support it all right now. Adding trade would essentially be adding another pizza on top of the first one at which point the pizza would then collapse under its own weight. Then you'd have to eat pizza with a fork and who want's to eat pizza with a fork? Mutants and losers, that's who. 

Third, having a reasonable trade system means having a balanced economy in-game. Gold rewards and item sale prices would have to be normalized across the game to make gold a reasonable currency with which to trade. This would mean going back over the game and retooling EVERY SINGLE quest, item price, monster kill award and shop by hand, one at a time, to balance the economy. All that could only take place after the math was done to figure out what changes would need to be made to make the ongoing economy viable. 

Fourth, all of this would take the code team a REALLY LONG time and without the coders, there isn't much that the rest of the Devs can do to make a release. While the programmers took the time to do all this and do it right, AQW would probably have limited to NO weekly releases which would make people come back less often which would reduce player count which would reduce sales which would pretty quickly kill the game off. We don't want that. That's bad. 

Fifth, it would pretty much ruin the concept of rarity which still plays a very big role in AQW. Some people would say that it's already ruined but those exact same people have some pretty amazing rare items that they wouldn't part with for all the tea in Teattle (which is like Seattle but has tea instead of coffee), so they can stuff it. People have suggested only making non-rares tradeable but most people wouldn't care about trade unless they could purchase hard-to-find items like rares so that's a pretty bad suggestion. 

Finally and most importantly, the ability to actually trade items would give hackers and scammers a real, actual reason to hack people's accounts. Right now, there's no real reason to do that other than to feel important in a pathetic sort of way and we STILL get THOUSANDS of e-mails a day from players who got "hacked" (read as: gave away their account to someone who promised them something, or tried to trade accounts even though it's against the rules for this very reason). Once the hackers and scammers actually had a reason, one of AQW's biggest problems would get substantially worse overnight. 

It's not impossible. Anything can be done but as you can see there are some pretty HUGE obstacles that make it very improbable. We're not scared of a little hard work and if something changes that someday makes it possible then we'll let you know but for now, it's pretty safe to say that Trade will NEVER be a part of AQW. Tell your friends. 

I hope this clears that up for you.

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New Holiday Game Releases! posted by Beleen on 12/19/2014 1:41 PM

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WorldBreaker: Return of the Ancients

After the Champion of Chaos let the Queen of Monsters loose, refugees from across the world flee to a new continent as the land grows colder and winter storms rage. Fight alongside Syrrus the Astromancer at the shattered Tower of Winds. Build a planetary gate that will allow a mysterious warrior mage's army to journey across spacetime and add their blades to the battle!

• Begin the new main storyline on an all-new continent with 35 quests
• Talk to Quibble Coinbiter in Battleon to get the coolest gear of the year
• Unlock Cryomancer Class with Glacera Tokens or purchase for 2000 AdventureCoins
• Log in each day until December 24th for a free Frostval gift!

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Frozen Fury Part 3

• The greatest event to ever grace this humble PvP MMO is about to reach its thrilling climax in the 3rd and grandest part of this epic saga. Challenge the Endless to unlock the secrets of the Void and battle for the hearts and minds of Frysteland's citizens.

Endless Power

• Visit The Endless to unravel the mysteries of the Void and master its power. Complete this immortal being's task and you will be incredibly rewarded with a powerful new armor and 2 unstoppable new cores: Eternal Enhance and Eternal Protection!

Endless Arcade

• Cash in some hard-earned Arcade Tokens on the new Frozen Fury Arcade machine. Win an amazing assortment of wintery prizes, including Assassin Order's Harnessed Yeti Set.

Endless Achievements

• Grab the new upgradeable Sushi badge to earn piles of rating points. There are so many new achievements that we've enabled the next tier of epic swag: Red stars! Will you be the first?

Endless Giving

• Our 27 Days of Giving continues. Login every day to unwrap your packages and give gifts to your friends (and enemies)! 

Endless Styles

• We're pleased to introduce 72 bizarre new styles created by Guest Artist Vorzathiel. Ever wanted to look like a festive, psychotic alien? Now is your chance!

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It's a Wonderful Life of Crime War - Killing Spree Ending!

• Oh no! Zorbak's lost it and is destroying... err, I guess it's a hologram of Frostvale?
• Well, I guess that no one's being hurt, and it's improving Zorbak's morale, so it's a good thing?
• So log in this week to help Zorbak take down an army of Frostvale monsters!

December Golden Giftboxes - Crimson Vengeance and Fire Fang!

• A staff reforged by the legendary conqueror Drakonnan, who was defeated in the Great Fire War!
• If the super-heated blade of Fire Fang doesn’t scorch your enemies, then the powerful fire blast will!

Guardian BONUS - Radiant Guardian Dragon Armor!

• This awesome armor comes free if you Guardianize any time during the month of December.
• Existing Guardians can find the armor in the Guardian Tower at a super discounted price!
• Grab this armor while you can because it will only be available until the end of December and then gone forever!

Giftboxes are here!

• Be sure to grab your giftboxes from the Guardian Tower as we wait to see what awesome items will be unwrapped!

Kibbles has returned!

• Kibbles is a really happy elf.
• He likes to wander around at Frostval time and spread as much holiday cheer as he can!
• Find him during random battles and join in the spirit of giving, and donate up to 100k to your fellow players!

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A Tale of Two Timelines

• It's almost time for Frostval in Frostvale! 
• The moglins are busily making cookies, wrapping gifts, stringing lights, and maintaining watch while you and Icemaster Yeti scope out weak spots in the defenses. 
• This year there won't be any moglin-napping! It's sure to be quiet, right?

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Hero Smash - Super Hero 2D MMO

Gold Ticket Shops

• Yes SHOPS! One uses Gold Ticket (Formerly Golden Tickets) the other SmashCoins and Fame (Members Only)
  • Gold Tickets are a very rare drop by the enemies in the Super Hero MMO HeroSMash  
  • Most items in the Gold Ticket Shop are 'Import Items' meaning they come from many of the other AE Online Game
• This last week for Yergen's Birthday
• Coming Soon: Smashmas!

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Mech Quest - Sci-Fi Giant Robot RPG

The Ice Elves Attack!

• A once peaceful group has started attacking the town of Frostvale!
• Help Dr. Kringle find out what's going on and try to stop the attacks!

• Flavescent Friday!
  • Log in tonight to get some cool deals on current items and pick up a few requested rare items!

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Battle On! 

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