Book 12 - What's in it?

doromur

Does anyone know any detail of what is pencilled in for book 12?

I'm hoping it's high-end content, but wondered if anyone had details/links?

 

AckbarNL

Not sure , only thing i heard about future books is that fishing would be in book 14.

iffymack

There was a dev chat a whle back that had a little info for book 12,found this on wikipedia:

Book 12

The fourth free content update's release has not been announced.

• Character customization - Increased character customization "ranging from haircuts, to some (possible) additions to the trait-system." ^[11]
• Orc Shamans - a new Monster Play class - may be added.

 

They also said that the stuff planned for book 11 that didnt make it would be in book 12,which was pvp rewards,persistant items for creeps (whatever that means..weapons and armor?) and a new pvp area beneath the ettinmoors called the ettindeep.Also some update to the rep vendors. Perhaps the housing system will be finished properly in book 12 too?

No announcement of any further landscape additions,but there will be an announcement for the first paid expansion some time after book 11 is live,which could mean anything from a day to a year LOL.Ill dig around for some links.

Cant remember anything else.

The expansion could be interesting considering all the things theyve added so far. Book 11 is the first proper content addition since launch,90% of the other stuff was things that didnt make it to the launch or tweaks to exsisting content.

Hopefully the world will increase a LOT and there will finally be something done with the traits system.

wykkid79

Originally posted by iffymack


There was a dev chat a whle back that had a little info for book 12,found this on wikipedia:
Book 12
The fourth free content update's release has not been announced.

Character customization - Increased character customization "ranging from haircuts, to some (possible) additions to the trait-system." ^[11]
Orc Shamans - a new Monster Play class - may be added.

 
They also said that the stuff planned for book 11 that didnt make it would be in book 12,which was pvp rewards,persistant items for creeps (whatever that means..weapons and armor?) and a new pvp area beneath the ettinmoors called the ettindeep.Also some update to the rep vendors. Perhaps the housing system will be finished properly in book 12 too?
No announcement of any further landscape additions,but there will be an announcement for the first paid expansion some time after book 11 is live,which could mean anything from a day to a year LOL.Ill dig around for some links.
Cant remember anything else.
The expansion could be interesting considering all the things theyve added so far. Book 11 is the first proper content addition since launch,90% of the other stuff was things that didnt make it to the launch or tweaks to exsisting content.
Hopefully the world will increase a LOT and there will finally be something done with the traits system.

Pretty close here, Book 12 will add things like the ability to change your haircuts, new options for character creation.  Rumor is the reason Ettendeep was put off was in order to add Legendary monster traits to the ettendeeps to really make it worthwhile to both sides.  There's going to be raid-type bosses with really good loot for the Freep side so they wanted something equally appealing to the creeps is my understanding.  Book 12 will probably expand on an existing area as well as the Ettenmoors much the way 10 and 11 are with Sarnur/Annuminas/High Pass.  Book 13 is rumored to be the next major land mass but I suppose that depends on the development time table, it could slip back to Book 14 I suppose.  Book 12 will also be the month of the Guardian and Burglar, so the final two classes will be done with their initial pass.

If you look at the Roheryn server the epic quest arc we're in now ends with Book 15 IIRC.  To me that would mean Book 16 is probably where the first paid expansion will launch as I don't see them starting another 5+ patch cycle quest arch before a paid expansion launches.  I also wouldn't expect fishing until the first expansion personally just for the fact that it won't be the only new crafting skill added so they need to add all new vocations, something typically associated with a paid update.

FikusOfAhazi

book 12 burglar's get their love finally.

iffymack

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Originally posted by wykkid79
Originally posted by iffymack There was a dev chat a whle back that had a little info for book 12,found this on wikipedia:
Book 12
The fourth free content update's release has not been announced.
Character customization - Increased character customization "ranging from haircuts, to some (possible) additions to the trait-system." [11] Orc Shamans - a new Monster Play class - may be added.
 
They also said that the stuff planned for book 11 that didnt make it would be in book 12,which was pvp rewards,persistant items for creeps (whatever that means..weapons and armor?) and a new pvp area beneath the ettinmoors called the ettindeep.Also some update to the rep vendors. Perhaps the housing system will be finished properly in book 12 too?
No announcement of any further landscape additions,but there will be an announcement for the first paid expansion some time after book 11 is live,which could mean anything from a day to a year LOL.Ill dig around for some links.
Cant remember anything else.
The expansion could be interesting considering all the things theyve added so far. Book 11 is the first proper content addition since launch,90% of the other stuff was things that didnt make it to the launch or tweaks to exsisting content.
Hopefully the world will increase a LOT and there will finally be something done with the traits system.

Pretty close here, Book 12 will add things like the ability to change your haircuts, new options for character creation.  Rumor is the reason Ettendeep was put off was in order to add Legendary monster traits to the ettendeeps to really make it worthwhile to both sides.  There's going to be raid-type bosses with really good loot for the Freep side so they wanted something equally appealing to the creeps is my understanding.  Book 12 will probably expand on an existing area as well as the Ettenmoors much the way 10 and 11 are with Sarnur/Annuminas/High Pass.  Book 13 is rumored to be the next major land mass but I suppose that depends on the development time table, it could slip back to Book 14 I suppose.  Book 12 will also be the month of the Guardian and Burglar, so the final two classes will be done with their initial pass.
If you look at the Roheryn server the epic quest arc we're in now ends with Book 15 IIRC.  To me that would mean Book 16 is probably where the first paid expansion will launch as I don't see them starting another 5+ patch cycle quest arch before a paid expansion launches.  I also wouldn't expect fishing until the first expansion personally just for the fact that it won't be the only new crafting skill added so they need to add all new vocations, something typically associated with a paid update.

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Have you got any links for this?the raid bosses in ettinmoors sounds interesting.
fishings in book 13 too isnt it?

Orphes

Originally posted by iffymack


There was a dev chat a whle back that had a little info for book 12,found this on wikipedia:
Book 12
The fourth free content update's release has not been announced.

Character customization - Increased character customization "ranging from haircuts, to some (possible) additions to the trait-system." ^[11]
Orc Shamans - a new Monster Play class - may be added.

 

Ok, so the hype was that the game actually was released finished?

iffymack

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Originally posted by Orphes
Originally posted by iffymack There was a dev chat a whle back that had a little info for book 12,found this on wikipedia:
Book 12
The fourth free content update's release has not been announced.
Character customization - Increased character customization "ranging from haircuts, to some (possible) additions to the trait-system." [11] Orc Shamans - a new Monster Play class - may be added.
 

Ok, so the hype was that the game actually was released finished?

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well evendim is in the manual,so its clearly obvious that it didnt make release,no matter what anyone claims about it being a 'free update'.
It could have been worse i suppose;it could have pulled a total vanguard and been incomplete and still a laughing stock after 9 months.

Orphes

Originally posted by iffymack


 

Originally posted by Orphes


Originally posted by iffymack
 
There was a dev chat a whle back that had a little info for book 12,found this on wikipedia:

Book 12

The fourth free content update's release has not been announced.



Character customization - Increased character customization "ranging from haircuts, to some (possible) additions to the trait-system." [11] Orc Shamans - a new Monster Play class - may be added.



 
 
 

Ok, so the hype was that the game actually was released finished?

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well evendim is in the manual,so its clearly obvious that it didnt make release,no matter what anyone claims about it being a 'free update'.

It could have been worse i suppose;it could have pulled a total vanguard and been incomplete and still a laughing stock after 9 months.

Funny you bring that up as it was that I indirectly compared it to...

Kruniac

Orc Shamans! Woot!

 

Glad to see PvP is getting attention. Thats just what will revive this game. Good graphics arent good enough - the PvP quests alone are enough to motivate people to get to level 10, and more PvP goodness will clear this up.

amous

Any idea when they are raising the lvl cap?