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<p>Welcome to Part II of my Psionicist Guide.  In this part, I will take a look at the attributes and spells/abilities that are the building block of your character.  I will go over the importance of each attribute, the effects of each spell and suggested attribute/ability builds.</p>
<p>Thanks for joining me for Part II and I hope you find the guide worthwhile!</p>
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<h1>Psionicist Attributes</h1>
<p>There are fourteen attributes in Allods Online for each character.  Of these, four are very important to the Psionicist.  Let&#8217;s go through each attribute, define what it does and decide if it is of any use to a Psion.</p>
<p><strong>Strength: </strong>Increases physical damage done.  Useless to a Psion, as they do almost no physical damage.  Pain Transfer is the only skill that Psions regularly use that does physical damage and, while an important skill, not something you want to stack strength for.</p>
<p><strong>Finesse: </strong>Determines at what percent enemy armor reduces your physical damage by.  Again, a useless attribute for a Psion.  Ignore.</p>
<p><strong>Expertise: </strong>Determines chance to miss physical attacks.  Unless you expect to stab everything to death with your dagger, (not recommended!) then ignore it.</p>
<p><strong>Agility: </strong>Determines your chance to dodge incoming physical attacks.  While arguably more important than the above attributes, it is still not important enough to focus on.  Leave it alone.</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Luck: </strong>Determines chance to deal a critical strike with all attacks, both physical and magical.  Here we have the first attribute that can be important to the Psion.  A higher critical chance can vastly increase DPS and especially burst DPS.  Keep an eye on this and boost as needed.</span></p>
<p><strong>Endurance: </strong>Reduces your chance to <em>receive </em>critical blows of all types and increases your chance to receive a glancing blow.  Another helpful attribute that you do not want to concentrate on.  Most gear gives a sufficient amount of endurance.</p>
<p><strong>Stamina: </strong>Increases health pool.  Self-explanatory and pretty important.  I found that stamina was another attribute that was increased enough by gear that I did not need to add points to it.</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Intelligence: </strong>Increases the power and damage of magic spells.  This is a very important attribute for Psions, arguably the most important.  Expect to invest many points here.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Perception: </strong>Determines the chance for enemies to resist your magic spells.  Very important.  Having a high resist number will severely limit your DPS and your chance for spells to land.</span></p>
<p><strong>Conviction: </strong>Determines the chance to successfully use control abilities and determines the duration of them.  At first glance this looks like a very important attribute for Psions, however, at lower levels intelligence and perception are much more important.  Will be more important in PvP and in group play.</p>
<p><strong>Rage: </strong>Determines the wound complexity of damage.  Not of high importance for Psions.</p>
<p><strong>Willpower: </strong>Determines the chance to resist control abilities and lessens the duration of them.  Not of high importance while leveling, may be more important at level cap and in PvP.</p>
<p><strong>Faith: </strong>Allows heals to ignore wound complexity.  We are not healers, so ignore!</p>
<p><strong>Wisdom: </strong>Increases mana pool and determines the amount of mana regen.  Mana is very important to a Psion, without it we are useless.  Keep an eye on this and boost with points or gear if needed.</p>
<p>The top four attributes for the Psion are highlighted in <span style="color:#ff0000;">red</span> above.  While leveling I would rank the most important attributes thusly:</p>
<ul>
<li>Intelligence</li>
<li>Perception</li>
<li>Luck</li>
<li>Wisdom</li>
</ul>
<p>I would suggest putting the majority of your attributes in Intelligence and Perception as you level.  Rely on gear for wisdom and keep a close eye on luck and bump as needed.  The rest of the attributes you can safely ignore until end-game when willpower and conviction might become more important.</p>
<h1>Abilities and Spells</h1>
<p>The spells available to the Psionicist must be purchase and each spell has three ranks, which also must be purchase, that increase the effectiveness of the spell.  You get one ability point each level from level four.  To purchase the second rank of each spell requires two points and the third requires three points.  For this reason you must save ability points to purchase higher ranks.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at  the abilities and how useful each is to the Psionicist.  <strong><em>A BIG thanks to Tarridus of the Keen and Graev forums for compiling a nice easy to read listing of each ability.  You can find the original list <a href="http://keenandgraev.com/forums/index.php?topic=2091.0">here</a>!</em></strong></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Psychic Shock – Mana Cost (151)<br />
Cast Time = 3 sec<br />
Cooldown = none<br />
Channels 3 attacks for 1,969.9 Astral damage.  There is a 10% chance to gain the Sensitive Perception effect, causing the next Mental Link to be an Instant Cast</strong></span></p>
<p>This is the bread and butter DPS spell for the Psion.  I recommend getting rank three on this spell, as you will be using it a lot.  Increased ranks increase the damage of the spell.</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Mental Link – Mana Cost (811)<br />
Cast Time = 6 sec<br />
Cooldown = 22 sec<br />
Establishes a Mental Link with the target.  Returns half of the mana cost of all spells cast on a target affected by your Mental Link.  Increases your Conviction by 10% for the duration of the effect.  Casting Mental Link also triggers the Astral Echo effect which allows you to inflict direct Astral Damage, or stun the target for 4 seconds.  The use of Astral Echo inflicts the Mental Overload effect. </strong></span></p>
<p>This spell will be used on every mob in solo play and in PvP.  Higher ranks increase the conviction gain.  I never rank this above the first rank, though I think that will change at endgame when conviction is more important.  A higher conviction will increase the Psion&#8217;s crowd control durations and effectiveness.</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Shock Wave – Mana Cost (167)<br />
Cast Time = Instant<br />
Cooldown = 10 sec<br />
Applies 7 to 8 stacks of the Shock Wave effect.  Makes the target unable to move or use abilites for 2 seconds for each stack.  Any damage to the target will remove 3 to 4 stacks. </strong></span></p>
<p>This is another very important spell.  Higher ranks increase the number of stacks on the target and reduce the number of stacks removed from damage.  This spell allows the Psion to stun a target and cast Mental Link on the target before it comes out of stun.  Higher ranks will allow the Psion to keep a single target locked down permanently, as the stun will last longer than the Shockwave cooldown.  I recommend Rank three for Shockwave.</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Mental Shield – Mana Cost (167)<br />
Cast Time = Instant<br />
Cooldown = 6 sec<br />
Creates a shield that absorbs 11819.3 physical damage.  Has a chance to inflict the Mental Overload effect.</strong></span></p>
<p>A very nice ability used to decrease the amount of damage a Psion takes.  The biggest downside is the amount of Mental Overload the spell gives the Psion.  Mental Overload can get out of hand very quickly when this spell is used over and over.  Higher ranks increase the amount the shield absorbs.  I recommend at least one rank and possibly two.</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Trance – Mana Cost (none)<br />
Cast Time = 8-10 sec<br />
Cooldown = 30 sec<br />
Causes you to enter a trance and restore all of your mana.  Trance takes 10 seconds out of combat and 20 seconds in combat.  Any damage taken during Trance will cancel the effect and inflict double damage.  Also, once this spell has ended you gain immunity to Mental Overload for 30 seconds. </strong></span></p>
<p>This spell has two very important effects.  First, it allows you to regain all of your mana very quickly.  The second effect is just as important and makes the Psion immune to the Mental Overload effect for thirty seconds.  Higher ranks decrease the cast time.  I recommend Rank two for this spell.</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Mental Twin – Mana Cost (167)<br />
Cast Time = Instant<br />
Cooldown = none<br />
Summons a clone of yourself and makes you invisible to the target.  Your clone receives 110% more damage.  A Mental Link with the target is required. </strong></span></p>
<p>I consider this a &#8220;bread-and-butter&#8221; spell that all Psions should invest in.  It is invaluable in solo PvE and PvP.  Mental Linked mobs and PvP players can <em>not</em> attack you while your twin is up and, instead, must kill your twin. You will be totally invisible to them until the Twin is dead.  This allows you to DPS at your leisure.  Keep in mind that all other mobs or players <em>can</em> see you while the Twin is up!  Increased ranks increase the amount of damage your Twin can take.</p>
<p><span style="color:#0000ff;"><em>Fun strategy:  In one vs. one PvP, stun your target with Shockwave, cast Mental Link and then place your Twin <strong>behind</strong> a tree or similar object.  Enjoy DPS&#8217;ing your target while he runs around looking for your Twin!!</em></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Choke – Mana Cost (1216)<br />
Cast Time = 8 sec<br />
Cooldown = 22 sec<br />
Channels negative energy that inflicts Astral Damage over 9 seconds.  The amount inflicted increases over time.  Restores 52 mana if a Mental Link is established with the target.</strong></span></p>
<p>This is the second damage spell that you will find yourself using a lot.  I recommend at least Rank two in the spell, for the added DPS.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Pain Transfer – Mana Cost (498)<br />
Cast Time = 3.5 sec<br />
Cooldown = none<br />
</span><span style="color:#ff0000;">Inflicts 3,939.8 to 6,267.8 Astral Damage.  This ability can be prepared in advance.</span> </strong></p>
<p>At first I thought this was a very underwhelming spell, however, it can be a very important part of the Psionicist&#8217;s repetoire.  It is the <em>only</em> spell that the Psionicist can pre-cast and, also has the lowest mana per damage ratio of any damage spell the Psion regularly uses.  Finally, it is the only spell that does Physical damage instead of Astral, making it useful in some situations.  The Psionicist is very short on burst damage and Pain Transfer allows the Psion to use a pre-cast Pain Transfer/Choke combination to get some nice burst damage on the target.  For this reason, I recommend at least Rank one.</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Hypnosis – Mana Cost (438)<br />
Cast Time = 4.5-3.8 sec<br />
Cooldown = none<br />
Hypnotizes the enemy, making them unable to move or use abilities.  A Mental Link with the target is required.</strong></span></p>
<p>The longest duration of any of the Psion&#8217;s crowd control abilities, it will be used a lot in group PvP and PvE situations.  Higher ranks decrease the cast time.  Rank one is a must and further rank advantages will be determined by your play-style.</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Mental Pulse – Mana Cost (167)<br />
Cast Time = instant<br />
Cooldown = 30 sec<br />
Throws all enemies back and stuns them for 2 seconds.  Inflicts 1,450.5 Astral damage to the enemies and restores 9 mana to you.</strong></span></p>
<p>A very nice spell in PvP to get that pesky Warrior off of you, may be of less use in solo PvE.  Higher ranks increase the damage.  The main advantage of this spell is the throwback and stun, neither of which increase at higher ranks.  For this reason, I recommend only one Rank of Mental Pulse.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Mental Cleansing – Mana Cost (335)<br />
Cast Time = 2 sec<br />
Cooldown = None<br />
Removes one Poison, Disease, or Bleeding effect from a friendly target and heals you for 12,893.8.  Has a chance to inflict 2 to 3 stacks of the Mental Overload effect. </span></strong></p>
<p>Nice ability, if only for the heal!  Higher ranks increase the healing you get when used.  Take at least Rank one of this spell and consider going to Rank two!</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Emphatic Gift – Mana Cost (1699)<br />
Cast Time = 1.5 sec<br />
Gives a friendly target part of your mana.  Inflicts Mental Overload on you and your target, but reduces your target&#8217;s threat generation by 50%. </strong></span></p>
<p>An obvious group ability.  Will be useful in group PvE but less use in group PvP and any type of solo play.  I skipped it while leveling but may review at endgame if doing raids.</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Telekinetic Pull – Mana Cost (167)<br />
Cast Time = instant<br />
Cooldown = 18 sec<br />
Draws all enemies in a 20 yard radius to the chosen point.  Knocks them down and has a 20% chance to stun them for 3 seconds. </strong></span></p>
<p>Very useful in PvP.  Increased ranks increase the chance to stun.  I took Rank one but might change that at endgame for PvP purposes.  The animation is pretty incredible and it is one of the most fun spells available for the Psionicist!</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Cloud Vision – Mana Cost (167)<br />
Cast Time = instant<br />
Cooldown = 40-30 sec<br />
Blinds the target, reducing its range by 15 yards.  This effect lasts for 1 minute if cast out of combat and for 10 seconds if cast in combat.  A Mental Link with the target is required. </strong></span></p>
<p>Another useful PvP spell!  Scout giving you trouble?  Cloud his vision and then stay out of his reduced range while dps&#8217;ing him!  Rank one is a must for PvP.</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Will Suppression – Mana Cost (151)<br />
Cast Time = instant<br />
Cooldown = 20-16 sec<br />
Creates a temporary Mental Link with the target.  Causes you to enter combat, and has a lower chance to work than Mental Link.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="color:#000000;">This one is a must for Psionicists.  An instant Mental Link is too good to pass up, not to mention, it is a <em>second</em> Mental Link.  Gives you the ability to hypnotize two targets at a time!  Higher ranks decrease cooldown.  Rank one at least!</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Wall of Blades – Mana Cost (1339)<br />
Cast Time = 8 sec<br />
Cooldown = 2-1.2 min<br />
Creates a magnetic field that disarms all enemies within 10 yards and inflicts Astral damage every 2 seconds.  At the end of 8 seconds, you release the controlled weapons and inflict additional damage. </strong></span></p>
<p>This is one ability I have not experimented with yet.  I can see many situations that it could be highly useful, PvP against warriors, paladins and scouts, for instance, but I have not tried it out yet.  I will probably try to pick up at least one rank of this for use in mass PvP but, at this point, I am unsure if I will go higher.</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Spectral Assassin – Mana Cost (669)<br />
Cast Time = 4 sec<br />
Cooldown = 2-1.2 min<br />
Summons a clone that is a full copy of the target.  The clone attacks the target and burns their mana or energy.  The clone can only be attacked by the target, and the clone&#8217;s damage increases by 5% each second.  Does not work on targets under the effects of Mental Resistance.  A Mental Link with the target is required. </strong></span></p>
<p>This is not only a very fun skill but a staple of Psionicist at endgame.  Higher Ranks decrease cooldown time.  The Spectral Assassin puts out a lot of damage on his target and can be used at the same time as Mental Twin.  This gives opponents multiple targets that they have to worry about in PvP.  I recommend at least Rank one and higher depending on play-style.</p>
<h1>Suggested Ability Builds</h1>
<h3>Leveling Build at Level 15</h3>
<div id="attachment_2718" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 247px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-2718" href="http://novogradtimes.com/2010/02/15/psionicist-guide-part-ii-attributes-and-abilities/15-build/"><img class="size-full wp-image-2718" title="15 build" src="http://novograd.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/15-build.jpg?w=510" alt=""   /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Leveling Build at 15</p></div>
<p>This is my build at level 15.  Maxing Psychic Shock and Shockwave as early as possible, as well as picking up Mental Twin earlier, makes leveling much easier.  Trance provides quick mana while killing mobs and Choke provides more DPS.</p>
<h3>Crowd Control Build at Cap</h3>
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<p>This build is great for Crowd Control at level 40 but DPS and burst will suffer a bit.  Rank Three in Mental Link will help with your Conviction attribute, enabling longer control abilities and less resists.  Shockwave, Hypnosis and Will Suppression will allow up to three targets to be locked down indefinitely.</p>
<h3>DPS Build at Level Cap</h3>
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<p>Maxing Choke and Pain Transfer will give you a nice burst of DPS.  You still have decent Crowd Control with Rank 3 Shockwave and Rank 1 Hypnosis.</p>
<h1>Final Thoughts</h1>
<p>There are a lot of options available to the Psionicist, both while leveling and at level cap.  The Psionicist is a very well-rounded class and, if specced well, can be a real asset to any group, PvP or PvE.  Hopefully, this guide will help you make some tough decisions on where to put ability and attribute points.</p>
<p>Again, I would like to thank <em>Tarridus </em>for his invaluable work in compiling all the Psionicist skills together in an easy to read list.  This guide would have been much more difficult to write if not for his hard work.</p>
<p>Next time I will be talking about Ruby Talents.  I have held off on them a bit while they complete some of the Talents.  I hope you found this guide useful and that you join me next time!</p>
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		<title>Interview with Game Master Ruatolov of Allods Online EU!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A bit ago I asked for an interview from Ruatolov, I&#8217;ve been saving the interview for the right date to release. I got a lot of questions asking about the game, but I pruned them, because it was meant to be a personal interview. He agreed to an interview and also gave me five hundred EU keys. </p>
<p>Now, without further ado, I present to you Ruatolov of the EU Gala-Net team! </p>
<p><strong>What exactly is your job for gPotato? </strong><br />
My job is Community Manager for Allods Online Europe at the www.gPotato.eu portal.</p>
<p><strong>What is the most enjoyable part of your job?</strong><br />
Seeing the same names everyday playing while watching the newcomers enjoying the game for the first time! There&#8217;s a great sense of community in Europe for Allods Online. I’m also a fan of listening to the fun conversations that take place in zone chat. They talk about some crazy things!</p>
<p><strong>Are you liking the fan following behind Allods Online so far?</strong><br />
The response from Europe for Allods Online has been really enthusiastic. Our players stretch right across the continent from Ireland to the edges of Eastern Europe and from the tip of Scandinavia to the very south of the Mediterranean. It&#8217;s really inspiring to be a part of a game with such a great fan base. The artwork submitted on our Guild Portal (http://allodsonline-en.ning.com/) has been really creative too!</p>
<p><strong>Why did you start working with this game?</strong><br />
I wanted to work on Allods Online because it offered me something I couldn&#8217;t find in other MMOs: A game where I can play whenever I want, and not worry about whether I&#8217;m getting my money’s worth. Being a member of the team that will spear-head a revolutionary change of the MMO genre is something not many experience. Pay to play is so last decade. 2010 and beyond belongs to the subscriptionless MMO, and Allods Online is leading the charge. Thank you www.gPotato.eu!</p>
<p><strong>Do you have any pets?</strong><br />
Ruatolov doesn&#8217;t look after animals. Ruatolov eats animals&#8230;for dinner.</p>
<p><strong>In game, what is your favorite class so far?</strong><br />
Oh I don&#8217;t have a favourite. I tend to create a few different classes and just go with what feels good at the time. There’s plenty of choice in Allods Online so it’s tough for me to pick just one favourite class.</p>
<p><strong>Do you have a preference for PvE or PvP?</strong><br />
Depends on my mood, if I’m feeling some stress and want to “let it out”, I do PvP. When plan on playing for a few short hours, I’ll just relax with some PvE. Allods Online has plenty of options in terms of play style, so it’s easy to switch from feature to feature.</p>
<p><strong>What feature of Allods Online do you enjoy the most?</strong><br />
Astral Ships! I was born to be a Helmsman. Going through the Astral is a mysterious and exciting adventure. I still have to learn a few better strategies to successfully to take down Astral demons though.</p>
<p><strong>What is your all time favorite game that is not an mmorpg?</strong><br />
Not an MMO? Hmm. Probably Jet Set Radio on the Dreamcast. I also love some Street Fighter action. I’m so retro.</p>
<p><strong>If you could go one place in the world for a week vacation, where would you go?</strong><br />
Well I’ve been to Japan before which was great, so maybe a different part of Japan this time.</p>
<p><strong>If you could have a non combat pet in game, what would you like your pet to be?</strong><br />
I&#8217;d have an Astral-whale. Everyone would call him “Moby Dick of the Astral&#8221;.</p>
<p><strong>What is the meaning behind your name?</strong><br />
If I told you, your mind may explode from sheer amazement.</p>
<p><strong>Now, if I don&#8217;t ask this my readers will kill me. Any juicy gossip you&#8217;d like to share?</strong><br />
If your a fan of World Cup soccer, keep an eye out on our official site http://en.allods.gpotato.eu/ &#8230;<br />
It’s going to be a fun summer!</p>
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		<title>The League Newbie&#8217;s Starter Guide</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing a new player will notice is a bunch of stuff in zone chat that may or may not make any sense at all. LFM rabid. LFM Mizgir. Things of that sort. Here is a short list of things you&#8217;ll see in zone chat in the first two or three zones on the League <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=novograd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10798360&amp;post=2421&amp;subd=novograd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One thing a new player will notice is a bunch of stuff in zone chat that may or may not make any sense at all. LFM rabid. LFM Mizgir. Things of that sort. Here is a short list of things you&#8217;ll see in zone chat in the first two or three zones on the League side, and answers to some other common questions seen in zone chat:</p>
<p>Where can I find birch scrolls? You will find them on the trees that are broken off. They are hard to find, that much is true, but don&#8217;t confine your search to just the area around the quest marker on your map. The birch trees are all over wherever the forest is not thick. The thick, dark forest will not have any.</p>
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<p>What are the medicinal plantains for? Gather these to turn in for reputation and get blue gear. <strong>This is worth doing before you leave.</strong> See the <a href="http://novogradtimes.com/2010/02/11/reputation-the-survivors/">Survivors reputation guide.</a></p>
<p>LFM DS: Looking for More, Damned Soul. You&#8217;ll see this on Evermeet Isle. Damned Soul is a raid boss, and the quest gives really good blue gear for rewards. The mob kill itself also has good xp. You must be level 6 in order to get the quest and be sure you do it before you leave the isle!</p>
<p>LFM rabid (or rabid squirrel, rabid sabertooth squirrel): This is the first raid boss you will be able to kill in Lightwood. You must be level 8 to receive the quest, A Cure for Rabies.</p>
<p>LFM Mizgir (or Arachnaphobia): Mizgir is the second raid boss in Lightwood, a giant, nasty spider. You must be level 10 in order to get the quest, called Arachnaphobia.</p>
<p>What happens if I die while killing a raid boss? Two options. You can ask your raid to hold off on DPS and give you time to run back (but you&#8217;ll have to get a hit in on it before it dies or you won&#8217;t get credit), or you can simply not release. If you don&#8217;t release, you will still get credit when it dies.</p>
<p>LFM Oreshek (or Oreshek Fortress): This is the instance for Lightwood, and you must be level ten in order to receive all of the quests for the instance. The drops in here are pretty impressive. Party only! You can not take a raid into Oreshek. One other thing to note is that the mobs don&#8217;t respawn in here. If you somehow are not able to complete the quest to escort the elf to the entrance, he will reappear where you first saw him and you will be able to go back and complete the quest.</p>
<p>Where is the treasure? The treasure in Evermeet is easy to find, since a quest takes you right to it. The treasures in Lightwood are a little harder. Check out <a href="http://novogradtimes.com/2009/12/05/how-to-find-the-treasure-in-lightwood/">this guide</a> to finding the two chests in Lightwood.</p>
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		<title>Playata Launches Allods Database!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashkir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I was contacted by a representative of Playata. You guys may know them from past mmorpgs. They do some amazing work. I was provided with a press release. So the gist/important stuff: Playata is a database developer and has even developed databases and programs for other mmorpgs. They just released the Allods Online database. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=novograd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10798360&amp;post=2700&amp;subd=novograd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, I was contacted by a representative of Playata. You guys may know them from past mmorpgs. They do some amazing work. I was provided with a press release. </p>
<p>So the gist/important stuff: Playata is a database developer and has even developed databases and programs for other mmorpgs. They just released the Allods Online database. It already has a bunch of content and all. So yeah! Totally works! <a href="http://www.allodsdatabase.com">www.allodsdatabase.com</a></p>
<p>Thoughts? <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>And of course, before anyone asks here&#8217;s the <a href="http://novograd.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/press_release_playata_allodsdb.pdf">press release pdf</a>. :]. Press release below. :]</p>
<p>&#8211;</p>
<p>Playata launches first international game database for the latest hit MMO Allods Online</p>
<p>The perfect companion for a smooth start with the popular new MMORPG Allods Online: <a href="http://www.allodsdatabase.com">www.allodsdatabase.com</a> contains up-to-date information on ten thousands of game items.</p>
<p>Bernried (Germany), February 15th 2010: Playata has released the beta version of its latest game database<a href="http://www.allodsdatabase.com"> www.allodsdatabase.com</a> just in time for the start of the Open Beta of Allods Online, a new free-to-play fantasy online game. <a href="http://www.allodsdatabase.com">www.allodsdatabase.com</a> is available in four languages (English, French, German, Russian).</p>
<p>Playata’s independent database is the perfect information resource for the Allods Online community. Users have access to a vast collection of over 40,000 data entries on equipment, ship parts, quests, recipes, skills and zones. It&#8217;s easy to search for the best gear using the “Item Filter” function and to compare different pieces of equipment. Items can also be viewed, zoomed and rotated in 3D.</p>
<p>User participation is a big part of www.allodsdatabase.com. Players can contribute to the database by leaving comments, uploading screenshots and using the integrated “World Map Linker” to add details about key locations in the game world. Fans can also take advantage of available syndication tools to include item tooltips, 3D models and a search box on their websites.</p>
<p>Playata&#8217;s <a href="http://www.allodsdatabase.com">www.allodsdatabase.com</a> is always up-to-date with the latest content additions and changes as soon as they are patched into Allods Online. Additional tools and features will be added to the game database in the upcoming months. Any questions regarding licensing, database development or other Playata products may be addressed to mail@playata.com.</p>
<p><em>Allods Online logo, game content, and materials are trademarks and copyrights of Astrum Nival and its licensors and are used with permission. All rights reserved.</em></p>
<p><strong>About Playata</strong><br />
Playata is a provider of database, community, content, consulting and programming services to publishers of online games and related industries. The company is headquartered in Germany with outlets in Canada and Japan. Playata is operating the leading independent Aion game database <a href="http://aiondatabase.com">www.aiondatabase.com</a> and a database homepage for Facebook games, <a href="http://fbplayers.com">www.fbplayers.com</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Contact</strong><br />
Playata GmbH<br />
Wiener Platz 7, 81667 Munich, Germany<br />
Phone +49 1522 2350899<br />
Email: mail@playata.com<br />
Web: <a href="http://playata.com">www.playata.com</a><br />
Twitter: www.twitter.com/playata<br />
Reg.: D-82347 Bernried</p>
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		<title>Japan Gets Allods Online License</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GameOn secured the Allods Online license for Japan! Here&#8217;s an excerpt: Moscow, Russia &#38; Tokyo, Japan — February 09, 2010 — Mail.Ru Inc. is pleased to announce that GameOn Co., Ltd. will publish the award-winning Allods Online, developed by Astrum Nival game studio, for Japanese community, where GameOn is a leading online game operator with <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=novograd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10798360&amp;post=2698&amp;subd=novograd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.astrumnival.com/eng/news/2010/document1246.shtml">GameOn secured the Allods Online license</a> for Japan! </p>
<p>Here&#8217;s an excerpt: </p>
<blockquote><p>Moscow, Russia &amp; Tokyo, Japan — February 09, 2010 — Mail.Ru Inc. is pleased to announce that GameOn Co., Ltd. will publish the award-winning Allods Online, developed by Astrum Nival game studio, for Japanese community, where GameOn is a leading online game operator with several years of experience and a diverse portfolio of popular free to play offerings. The companies are cooperating closely to establish a timeline for localization into Japanese, beta testing and launch.</p>
<p>Allods Online title is the Russian game development industry&#8217;s project from Astrum Nival game development studio, owned by Mail.Ru Inc. Allods Online brings MMO fans across the world into a universe of epic fantasy and fierce conflict with a deep and captivating storyline. Allods Online takes place after the destruction of the planet of Sarnaut and the subsequent formation of the Allods, these mystical islands float in the Astral, an expansive living substance that makes up the compelling game world. Adventurers will explore the numerous Allods as they battle against a wide range of enemies – and each other.</p>
<p>Some other notable elements are a crafting system based on mini-games, a vast array of over 1500 quests, many of which help advance the deep storyline by revealing the history and secrets of the universe, eight archetypes, 28 classes, six races and two factions. Characters are free to explore perilous areas, socialize in guilds, earn money by crafting, participate in massive PvP battles, and will feature classic fantasy MMORPG gameplay that fans of the genre’s most successful titles can enjoy. It features extensive questing, intense player-versus-player combat, grand exploration, in-depth character development and plenty of social interaction. In the Astral, players will have the chance to put their wits and brawn to the test in Astral battles, the game’s giant fights between competing Astral ships manned by multiple players.</p>
<p>With over 12 million USD in funding, Allods Online is the best-funded Russian game development project in history. In addition, Allods Online was acknowledged as the Best Game 2009 and Best Online Game 2008 by Russian Game Development Conference (KRI), where it also received the Audience Choice Award 2008.</p></blockquote>
<p>The source is no other then <a href="http://www.astrumnival.com/eng/news/2010/document1246.shtml">Astrum Nival</a> themselves. </p>
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		<title>Bright&#8217;s Alchemy Guide</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the last days of Closed beta counting down I decided to play with a craft, here is what I have learned about crafting. Like any other profession you will spend 38 Silver on the instruction manual and learn your only profession for the time being. You will also need to purchase a shoddy flask <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=novograd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10798360&amp;post=2673&amp;subd=novograd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With the last days of Closed beta counting down I decided to play with a craft, here is what I have learned about crafting.</p>
<p>Like any other profession you will spend 38 Silver on the instruction manual and learn your only profession for the time being.  You will also need to purchase a shoddy flask which will take an inventory slot and act as you access to your skill.</p>
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<p>Upon speaking to the alchemist again he will give you a quest to bring him 10 Stain Removers.  You will also be given 40 basic solvents to use as ingredients.  These will be found on the Reagents tab of your bag.</p>
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<p>***BIG HINT***<br />
You will not need to use all 40 basic solvents to make the 10 Stain Removers but you should keep crafting until you have used all 40.  The quest give will take back any extras you have and afterwards you will pay 9 silvers for each one.</p>
<p>As you can see the basic solvent has 2 properties 2 Blinding Agents and 2 Unknown.  When you open your Alchemist window you will see two flasks for boiling ingredients.</p>
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<p>You will place 2 of your herbs (which will need to be bought/traded) from an herbalist or the auction house until you can learn your second profession. Into the flask and click on boil.</p>
<p>The aspects will rotate like a slot machine and stop.  If you match a recipe (which I’ll cover a little later) you will have a potion ready to be bottled, if not you will have the bottle of death show.</p>
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<p>You are permitted to make a minor correction (levels 1-50 only 1) to the results to steer them to a usable potion.</p>
<p><strong>Recipes</strong></p>
<p>You can click on the recipes tab at the bottom of your alchemy window to access the list of potions you know.  Through experimentation I discovered that unless you know the recipe you can not accidently create a potion or make it, you just get the bottle of death.</p>
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<p>And here is what the potions do.</p>
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<p>Buff lasts for 30 seconds but man do you fly.</p>
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<p>Any skill increasing potion does cancel out any other one in effect, making so that you can only have one 30 min stat buff active at one time.</p>
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<p>Again a 30 sec buff but having a constant 34 damage reduction can make a big difference in lower level PvP and Boss fights.</p>
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<p>I never did make a Divine resistance potion but assume (I know shame on me) that it would match nature’s resistance except vs divine.  Might be useful against all those PvP paladins…..uh well maybe there’s a hold boss monster out there somewhere.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Russia&#8217;s v6 they introduced guild tags! Yup! the long wanted feature of Allods Online guild tags! ^^ They&#8217;re finally here. Guilds have been asking for this ever since, well, there has been a guild formed in Allods Online. Mastrgamr has been spending some time on the Russian open beta and provided some screenshots for <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=novograd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10798360&amp;post=2669&amp;subd=novograd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In Russia&#8217;s v6 they introduced guild tags! Yup! the long wanted feature of Allods Online guild tags! ^^ They&#8217;re finally here. Guilds have been asking for this ever since, well, there has been a guild formed in Allods Online. </p>
<p>Mastrgamr has been spending some time on the Russian open beta and provided some screenshots for me. I cropped them and here they are:</p>
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<p>So, are you guys glad that this is finally coming out? :]. </p>
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		<title>A First Look at the Allods Online Official Wiki!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashkir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am going to be spending a lot of time in open beta leveling very slowly. Why so? Because I will be helping fill up the official wiki with content. There are several things that need to be done, and that we have in mind for the wiki! Trust me, even though I won&#8217;t be <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=novograd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10798360&amp;post=2653&amp;subd=novograd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am going to be spending a lot of time in open beta leveling very slowly. Why so? Because I will be helping fill up the official wiki with content. There are several things that need to be done, and that we have in mind for the wiki! Trust me, even though I won&#8217;t be in the first thousand to forty, I will be working on a wiki full of npc, mob, items and quest information directly in game! </p>
<p>I have decided to let you guys get a sneak peek at two of our pages so far. The first quest a League player encounters and the first npc encountered. The template is not finalized, nor is the content. I&#8217;m still working on the parser code for the info box templates can be very easily managed.</p>
<p>I have a background in wikis. I am an administrator at the world&#8217;s largest wiki, <a href="http://aboutus.org/novogradtimes.com">AboutUs</a>. :]. I have made over forty thousand edits at the largest wiki, and several tens of thousands across other wikis. Wikis are fun to me, and they are one of the few things, that I&#8217;m actually good at. Many consider me an expert in wikis, because of my background and experience. I am generally more known with commercial wikis, not with nonprofits. </p>
<p>It took me over fifteen hours to get the first pages done, and a good few hours in game to do these. I am dedicating a large portion of my time to this. I am very well aware of the grammar errors that exist, and I&#8217;ll be fixing them soon. I am personally in game manually writing, double checking my writing, and checking out every little detail. </p>
<p>Here are two screenshots of two pages done on the wiki so far: </p>
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<p>Feedback is very much welcomed, as it can morph how the official wiki is formed. :]. A positive thing about spending massive amounts of time working on the wiki, is that the lore will burn itself into my mind. I will easily be spending forty to sixty hours a week working on this. </p>
<p><strong>Update:</strong> Due to some feedback from a friend, and testing while asking a few people on my MSN list, I have changed the look of the quest template. Take a look at the new version: </p>
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