Testing using screenshots and Chogger to create a Ryzom comic strip.  This is my first attempt, I just found these screenies I took when I first got back to Atys, found my mount in the arena near Yrkannis, and was attempting to ride him back to Pyr where my other animals and apartment were.  He died en-route

There will also be an Atys-wide event on Saturday, June 13th at 19:00 GMT:

In autumn of the 1st AC in 2546*, the leaders of the four peoples were each seeking to assemble their people. Thus it was that during that time, the town criers of the Desert Empire, of the Forest Kingdom, of the Federation of New Trykoth and of the Theocracy of the Witherings called for all homins to gather.

Following the announcements, Patriots, Subjects, Citizens, Initiates and non-citizens of all races met their respective leaders at the same time*, converging on the Agora in Pyr, the Yrkanis Stage, Fairhaven’s Frogmore Place and the Grand Place of Zora.

Even though none of the announcers gave reason for the meetings, rumor ran rampant across the bark of Atys. The activities of the imperial, royal, federal and dynastic agents gave reason to believe that the leaders were, each on their own, working on comparable projects and would be calling for their peoples’ help and good will in short time.

– Source

To me, the dubious parts are the slightly dumbed-down missions that seem to be appearing, and which I wouldn’t like to see multiply all over the place. The good part is, this last patch shows an intent to strengthen the core and get the fundamentals in place.

One visible online update is the integration of the suggestion box. I’d be particularly excited to see something like the involvement of tribes in “politics” put forward eventually, but there’s many other suggestions that could be worth implementing, that don’t take as much development effort.

Of course, developers are not bound to implementing what’s posted there just because it’s popular, and they need to be leading the project and take their own decisions if it is to keep integrity and cohesion; nevertheless, the suggestions should give them welcome ideas to keep Atys evolving, as it should.

Angry Kami

Pissed off Kami

I shall have my revenge!!!!

It might be hard to believe, but The Strahl was spotted in the early AM hours of March 12. Many residents were frightened by the sight of a sharp, stubby ponytail, or would have been if they were not sleeping soundly and had any idea who the hell he was. There was one eye-witness, though he was traumatized and we kept the interview short.

Dallae, a local member of the beloved Aeden Artisans and avid Jewel crafter said he saw the grimy Fyros.

“That’s right, I saw him with my own two eyes. He called me DillyDallae and his very voice scared the local wildlife. I think one of the yubos even cursed at him. He was frightening, but I easily outsmarted him. I told him of the returned PvP elements, and promptly requested his aid to test a new stanza. As the inept Fyros tried to use his odd method of elemental magic, I clobbered him repeatedly with my mace. He fell three times before giving up!”

We had to stop the interview there because Dallae was either too frightened or didn’t care. He did further comment later, that the eccentric desert baby was spouting insane ramblings and claims such as Second Life has not overtaken his first life, and that he misses talking to his Guildies immensely. Along with other barely intelligible speech he actually claimed that he is making an effort to get on more often and even “hop on vent” as it was put by the madman. We are unsure if his absence because of what he calls an “[expletive deleted] boss!” but it may be a possible cause. Further investigation is needed.

We truly don’t know whether these frightening statements are true, but we can only pray to Jena that everything will still be safe in the end. All we can say is, keep your pet yubo safe, and to be wary of anyone with a pike.

This has been an Atysan special report, and may Jena and the power of teal protect us all!

The patch is scheduled for Monday January 26, and is expected to last from 9AM to ~11AM, GMT time.