AQ3D Design Notes/News/Patch Notes

Cysero said on his twitter

Player/Monster Level Disparity patch is now live. Monsters are much easier under your level and much harder a few levels above your level.

 

Another one by Cysero

Now that we have the P/M Lvl Disparity working as it should, diminishing returns is coming for monster XP/Gold from mobs lower than you.

 

will this be the hem of the beta berseker set??? if so, COOL haha

wont actually hurt those high level players for sure

 

That set will becoming op. Imma use it to get the familiar figure of sauran in the lord of the rings

 

Yes you're right

 

thanks man....guess its time grind some time for this set haha

 

Ashfall Part 3 Concept art!
Artix Krieger | Wednesday, June 21, 2017



Concept art from the upcoming "Dragons of Ashfall: Part 3"

First, I (Artix) need to tell you that I had originally made you another post... and when the team saw how many spoilers were in the concept art they chased me around the lab with pitchforks. But fear not, I have managed to smuggle you an assortment of tasty and delicious sneaky peeks from Llussion's concept art folder. There are a few things you can infer by reading between the black sketched lines of these images about what is coming...



Part III is not an overworld story, it is a raid!

Most notably... the entirety of Ashfall Part III is a dungeon! In the previous two parts you met the dragonslayers while questing overworld. But as the finale opens, you and all of the Dragonslayers have gathered together for an all out assault on the volcanic lair.



There will be a single player story adventure where you raid the volcano alongside the dragonslayers. This version will focus heavily on the stories of the dragonslayers... bringing the stories of Galanoth, Kord, Senna, Gibbs. There will also be a 5 player group version, and a 20 player raid which will not have any cutscenes, allowing you to battle through the dungeon without being bogged down by cut-scenes.



You will discover why the evil Dragonlord Talyn came to Ashfall... rooms like the one above will allow curious heroes who like to click on things to learn the secrets and history of this place-- and more about the terrible creature lies in the heart of the volcano.



Like the Magma Mines you will find the the architecture here was originally created by the Dwarves as well. What happened to them?



The volcanic lair is massive and cave like rooms weave through the walls around it's lava core.



Will you defeat Dragonlord Talyn?

The evil Dragonlord Talyn commands all of the draconic creatures in Ashfall. He has killed dragonslayers, done the unspeakable to the people of Brimston, and he sold-out the Guardians to obtain an artifact of immense power. Last we saw him he laughed at you while walking into the mouth of the volcanic lair to summon a beast that promises to engulf the world in flame. I am not sure who wants to defeat Talyn worse... you, or Gibbs because of what happened to his sister. Prepare yourself... Ashfall Part III is development and coming soon.

 

The new armor would look great with the cleaver guys

 

New Update v1.4.8

- Fixed an issue with level difference bonus.
- Many mobs have had their stats tweaked.
- Chat window size option should now work on mobile devices.
- Fixed an issue with Facebook Login.

 

Broken Things
Artix Krieger | Friday, June 23, 2017



Now playing on NetArtix

This series' story and acting are really good. Spoiler-- we fix everything at the end.

Story time

It has been an incredible week for breaking things. I broke my car's pressurized gas seal. Zhoom also broke his car this morning. I accidentally broke a little girl's $20K prosthetic arm. *GASP!* (Well, OK, to be fair she had already broken it. But when she visited to show me it, I extra, bonus broke it. It is OK. The arm was a 3D printed prototype and a new shell is probably being printed as you read this. Long and awesome story... promise I will tell you the whole thing with pictures after the project is complete.) Then... last night our entire game network broke. You might have noticed random things suddenly not working over the past 24 hours. To solve some urgent and mandatory network issues, Captain Rhubarb was playing musical chairs with the servers. Finally, and the main event for this post-- we broke AdventureQuest 3D! Things breaking happens, what is important is that...

We fixed it

We have been fixing a lot of things recently. Most importantly, we fixed the power curve issue-- and now, your AdventureQuest 3D character should be stronger. What happened? We got lots of tweets & messages that high level players were being killed by simple dungeon monsters, or could not solo considerably lower level monsters. Investigating revealed where was a glitch where monsters were crunching their numbers wrong. See, when you are higher level than a monster, you are supposed to do more damage to it, critical hit it more, and have a significant advantage. But, the monsters sorta did not care about that. Well, they did.. but the values were so tiny that they barely mattered. At first we thought this only effected high level players, but it actually affected all players... just only high level players could really notice it. Anyway, a patch for that was rolled live and if you are high level you will not be able to reign down the wrath of heavens upon thy dungeon crawling foes. An important part of Beta Testing (or even being live) is constantly improving and fixing the game. As we begin to roll out the classes... mentally prepare yourself that there will be these kind of temporary glitches (some comically in your favor).

Stranger things have happened.

 

Random Adventures
Artix Krieger | Friday, June 23, 2017

The Blue Teleporter Crystal is secretly a 3D version of our classic "Battle Button"

At long last! In the next AdventureQuest 3D release, the blue teleporter crystal in the center of town is getting the feature it was designed for... RANDOM ADVENTURES! In our upcoming release, it will take you to one of two dungeons. The variety of random places it will take you will grow as the game does.

Battle Button Reborn

To feed the endless hunger for knowledge of your inner loremaster, here is a brief history of our beloved "Battle Button". In the original AdventureQuest, the battle button was at the top right of the screen and pressing it hurled you into a single fight to the death. If you only had a few minutes to play, it was the quick button you hit for instant action. Then, when we made DragonFable-- we could not have single monster fights. So we introduced a Battle Button that launched a quick, random adventure. These adventures were typically a few short, satisfyingly sweet monster filled rooms along with a boss monster. In our previous games, these buttons normally clutter the main interface of-- but in our new 3D world, we do not want to clutter the screen any more than we have to. So imagine that blue teleporter crystal as an immersive 3D version of the original AdventureQuest's Battle Button. (Fills my heart with joy)

Random Adventure Design Philosophy

New Random Adventures & Dungeons added regularly
Playable in one sitting (*coughs* potty break sized adventure)
Everyone can play them (Scaling)
Fun (Boss monsters and randomness)
Rewarding (Craftable reward items)
Crafting with Dungeon Shards

Every time you complete a random adventure, you will get a Dungeon Shard (It is a working name... Boss Bling and Randomonium were veto'dpons). You can use Dungeon Shards to craft stuff at Cysero's forge. For a limited time, during this Open Beta, you will be able to use them to craft Beta Berzerker armor and weapons.

The Teleporter Crystal is... OMG why are Yergen and Oishii storming into my room O_O

Me: *looks up*
Yergen: Oishii has a point... and a question.
Oishii: Will calling it dungeon shards confuse people that the shards come from any dungeon.
Artix: Well, technically... our adventures do not need to be dungeons. They can be outside too.
Yergen: True.
Yergen: Which makes it even more confusing.
Yergen: So... you get a dungeon shard from a random adventure.
Artix: Adventure Shard?
Yergen: That is better.
Oishii: AdventureCoins! LOL!
Artix & Yergen: >_>
Oishii: And these are only going to be accessable from the crystal in Battleon, right?
Yergen: Yah.
Oishii: I like Adventure-something because you know where it is coming from.
Yergen: Battle bucks...
Yergen: Crystal Coins...
Artix: Um...
Yergen: Crystal Credits
Artix: We could have a Crystal Credit card... 16.5% APR financiing on credit
Oishii: If you do not pay it off monsters hunt you to collect it.
Artix: OK... um, I think AdventureShards might make more sense.
Artix: So. AdventureShards?
Oishii: AS... how much AS does this require?
Artix: Anything other than a shard we can use?
Yergen: Tokens... Medals...
Oishii: Logs. Adventure Logs!
Artix: Well Medals makes the most...
Oishii: Adventure Trophy
Artix: OK, I like Trophies.
Oishii: We can always rename it later.
Yergen: ....
Yergen: Adventium
Artix: That sounds cool and special, not generic.
Oishii: I think it's cool.
Oishii: Venture would be cool too.
Artix: Is that a thing? *googles*
Artix: Ven·ture ˈven(t)SHər/ - a risky or daring journey or undertaking.
Artix: Or the verb: dare to do something or go somewhere that may be dangerous or unpleasant.
Yergen & Oishii: Ok.
Yergen: So, how many Venture should the Berzerker armor pieces cost?
Artix: I need to finish this design notes post
Yergen: Have you been typing everything we've been saying?
Artix: >_>
Artix: Venture Trophy
Yergen: I like it when it is just one word.
Yergen: Lootz!
Artix: I am not opposed to lootz... it is funny. not magical. But fun.
Oishii: Treasure?
Artix: Who awards these prizes upon completing a run?
Oishii & Yergen: They're boss drops.
Artix: I mean.. the monsters do not actually have them on them... metaphorically, you get them for completing the dungeon from the crystal right?
Yergen: Yes, the Crystal is the... the... danger room.
Oishii: Is there a story for why it is giving out these quests?
Yergen: It is probably training and preparing the heroes.
Yergen: It gives you a grade.
Yergen: Stickers!
Yergen: 20 stickers for Beta Berzerker!
Artix: >_>
Artix: Back to the crystal...
Yergen: Or Gem!
Artix: AdventureGems?
Yergen: Battle Gem!
Oishii: That is cool!
Artix: ...you know we made an entire game called Battle Gems.
Oishii: Synergy!
Artix: ...
*Cysero walks in*
Yergen: Want to talk about stickers?
Cysero: I have finished going through all of the app store reviews commenting to players.
Cysero: Our biggest request is translation into other languages.
Cysero: Next biggest is a port of AQWorlds...
Artix: On it.
Cysero: 5 stars and we can make AQWorlds...
Cysero: Artix, I need to talk to you about tech demo stuff for... er.. we will talk about it when you're free.
Artix: We need to lock down the name of our Random Adventure reward... O_O
Everyone: ....
Cysero: What happened to dungeon shards!?!?!?
*Yergen recaps for some length of time and ends with the word* ... stickers.
Oishii: I like hats.
Cysero: Turn in 50 hats and we will forge you... a hat.
Cysero: Adventure Ore
Oishii: Advent-Ore!
Artix: That sounds religious.. or possibly a giant robot.
Cysero: Bobble!
Cysero: Salty tears!
Cysero: I like artifacts.
Yergen: Shardifact!
*from the other room* Alina: OH MY G!!!!!
Cysero: A SHardifact.. not a Shartifact!
*Cysero says a lot of things I cannot type*
Cysero: A potted house plant.
Yergen: Ficus! This costs 10 ficuses... Ficii....
Cysero: Puddin'
*moment of silence*
Artix: Victorium
Cysero: Vict....torium? Why not just Winnium.
Yergen: Bring me 15 wins!
Cysero: Favor! You gotta favor! Bring me 15 favors. For your party. Party Favors.
Oishii: Loot bags.
Yergen: I am still fine with Loot.
Artix: ... not sure if I am getting tried, but I sorta like Win.
Cysero & Oishii & Cysero: Fine.. just pick one.
Cysero: But some monsters drop more than one Win...
Cysero: Except that don't . Because we can't do that yet.
Yergen: We can give a partial Win, lol.
Cysero: We could drop a big Win!
Artix: /facepalm
Artix: Maybe we should just go with Battle Gems.
Yergen: Battle Gems!
*Oishii does not reply... she just walks out of the room to go type it into the Database*
Cysero: This is sort like if we dropped AdventureQuests... or MechQuests....
Cysero: When someone goes looking for how to find BattleGems in AdventureQuest 3D... will they find the other game instead?
*Lunch bell rings*
Cysero: I'm going to go eat!
Yergen: Me too!
*They both leave the room*
*I (Artix) am now sitting in my room... alone...*
Artix: So... Battle Gems?


Crafting with BattleGems

Every time you complete a random adventure, you will get a BattleGem. You can use BattleGems to craft stuff at Cysero's forge. For a limited time, during this Open Beta, you will be able to use them to craft Beta Berzerker armor and weapons.


*Warlic walks in the room*
Warlic: Is it "Battle Gems" or "BattleGems"?

O_O

 

That long convo with Artix, Yergen and Oishii was amazing

 

Yeah xD

 

i like the latest part with Warlic xD

 

No classes aww.. We should get a beserker class imo.. sounds legit fun

 

Yup no berserker class..

 

SoundFX
Artix Krieger | Monday, June 26, 2017



The Sound of Music II: The Music of Sound

*A heavy beat followed by violins, heavy metal guitar, and a hint of JPOP singing kicks in... your body and soul braces for the 1st ever, world premiere musical design notes.*

I'm playing AdventureQuest 3D...
And its still getting better, see...
Sure the Sound FX are bad...
But they're about to get rad...
Warlic rewrote the system for sound...
Every single line of code from the ground.
We still need to find new sounds that match.
But it should go live in the game's next patch.
Sound can now have 3D positioning...
A more immersive world I am envisioning.
Monsters can have unique sounds built right-in.
So can the maps, and the noise when you win.
This will improve the game in an audible way.
Without any performance hit to the game while you play.

The New Sound Manger

OK... so the meter was terrible on my mad rhymes, but you surely get the point. Now I need to find all kinds of sounds, solid ones that will not disappoint. Rewriting the code is only half of the war. We still need new sounds and a musical score. I would love to share more, but it is now lunchtime. Thankfully for you, the end of this rhyme. Random Adventures coming tomorrow for you to stumble upon... until then, have fun and definitely... BATTLE ON!

 

Beta Berserker
Artix Krieger | Monday, June 26, 2017



Leaked crafting recipes from the dev server!

In this week's AdventureQuest 3D release, we will be adding Beta Berserker to the game. It will only be available for you brave (and dark) souls playing in Beta. How to get it? Easy Our first ever random adventures are coming in the next release. There are only 2 dungeons to start... so the word "random" is being used loosely until we add more. Each run will earn you a shiny and highly valuable Battle Gem. Collect a bunch of them and craft Beta Berserker weapons and armor pieces at Cysero's Forge.

Beta Berserker Crafting Costs

These are the crafting costs on the dev server as of 5:41pm Monday 6/26/2017. They will very likely change... more items likely added.

Helm - 40 Battle Gems
Armor - 40 Battle Gems
Shoulders - 30 Battle Gems
Gauntlets- 20 Battle Gems
Belt - 10 Battle Gems
Boots - 20 Battle Gems
Sword - 30 Battle Gems
Axe - 40 Battle Gems
Scythe - 40 Battle Gems



J.J. Artix lens flares and kabooom promo images!

As part of an inside joke I have been adding fire and lens flares to almost every promo image I have made for a while It is really fun to photoshop them. Just letting you in on the inside joke if you have been wondering why everything has been doom fire and brimstone. Maybe I will switch it up tomorrow >_> *googles water FX*

 

Beta Berserker - Updated!
Artix Krieger | Today



Leaked crafting recipes from the dev server (Updated!)

In this week's AdventureQuest 3D release, we will be adding Beta Berserker to the game. It will only be available for you brave (and dark) souls playing in Beta. How to get it? Easy Our first ever random adventures are coming in the next release. There are only 2 dungeons to start... so the word "random" is being used loosely until we add more. Each run will earn you a shiny and highly valuable Battle Gem. (Possibly more... there is a chance on mini-bosses, and you can also find Battle Shards to craft battle gems) Collect a bunch of them and craft Beta Berserker weapons and armor pieces at Cysero's Forge.



It is dangerous to go alone... take, her/him!

After running the dungeons a bunch last night, they felt a bit lonely. So they bumped it up to 2 players so you will always get a random friend when you go on a run. It is so much more fun. It also drastically reduces how long each run takes. Then we thought... what if your new friend is not pulling their weight? So we are adding a small chance that a Battle Shard will drop from common monsters. These can be crafted into BattleGems to give you an advantage. Bottom line... the more active you are, the faster you will get Battle Gems. We did run into a few other issues with making random adventures multiplayer, like... what if you want to play with a specific friend? We have a solution, but we need to do a major game update to implement it. So for right now, enjoy the randomness of your battle buddy. Soon, you will be able to go on random adventures with your party.



Beta Berserker Crafting Costs (Updated!)

These are the crafting costs on the dev server as of 12:43pm Tuesday 6/27/2017. We added three new back items based on the weapons-- OMG they look awesome.

Beta Berserker Cape - 1 Battle Gem
Beta Berserker Boots - 3 Battle Gems
Beta Berserker Belt - 5 Battle Gems
Beta Berserker Gauntlets- 6 Battle Gems
Beta Berserker Helm - 36 Battle Gems (This is the set's most unique piece)
Beta Berserker Armor - 15 Battle Gems
Beta Berserker Shoulders - 24 Battle Gems
Beta Berserker Sheathed Sword (Back) - 9 Battle Gem
Beta Berserker Sheathed Scythe (Back) - 9 Battle Gem
Beta Berserker Sheathed Axe (Back) - 9 Battle Gem
Beta Berserker Sword - 50 Battle Gems
Beta Berserker Axe - 50 Battle Gems
Beta Berserker Scythe - 50 Battle Gems
Battle Gem - 10 Battle Shards (Bonus! Randomly drop off any monster in the adventures... yay!)



J.J. Artix lens flares and kabooom promo images!

As part of an inside joke I have been adding fire and lens flares to almost every promo image I have made for a while It is really fun to photoshop them. Just letting you in on the inside joke if you have been wondering why everything has been doom fire and brimstone. Maybe I will switch it up tomorrow >_> *googles water FX*



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Those back weapons look so cool, i will get the axe first