Spam Bot attack ( 0 Replies )
Backdraft on Fri, February 26th, 2010 @ 9:36am

Just want to say that im sorry if some spam gets by me. I have been busy for over an hour now removing posts, threads started and terminating accounts of numerous spam bots.

It seems we are being targeted by someone. I will do my best to keep up for as long as I can.

Prisoner Spawns ( 13 Replies )
Sadus on Fri, February 12th, 2010 @ 1:46pm

The prisoner spawns have been updated, fixed, and re-released. To get a clue on the location of each prison, go talk to Laken in Moonglow.

Upon completion of the quest, a player has a chance to receive a nice reward depending on the difficulty of the spawn encountered.

-Sadus

Puzzle? ( 0 Replies )
Sadus on Tue, February 09th, 2010 @ 11:47pm

In the depths of Deceit, south of the poison elementals of level 3, is a room with a strange puzzle. Players must match up 3 (sometimes 4) levers in the correct position, then stand near the magical sparkle to see if the combination is correct.

A correct guess leads to a silver, medium quality magic weapon, plus the chance at another rare item.

An incorrect guess could lead to several different outcomes, depending on player ability and luck. Everything from piles of snakes to blade spirits to "Death". If you can last 2 minutes in a locked pit against Death, you're doing pretty good.

If a player solves the puzzle, the puzzle remain inactive for 3 hours before randomizing itself.

*If the sparkle is not seen or no messages are being received, the spawn is recharging.

-Sadus

PS: This is temporary.

Upgrade and Update ( 11 Replies )
Ryan on Tue, February 09th, 2010 @ 1:22pm

I know some of you are just dying for more news - as you can see our commitment to Divinity still remains strong. Last night we made a large scale improvement to the overall experience of Divinity by moving it to new hardware. The hardware is about 10x better than what Divinity was running on previously.

As for the code/beta progress...

I haven't got it done! I suck and I should be flogged - I guess you can line up and have at it!

I actually spoke with Mark this morning while he and I were doing the move and we both agreed pushing the beta right now would be a bad idea as it's just not ready! I'm still working on it and Mark and I are going to do some code stress testing and perhaps we'll get it knocked out this week and start bringing some of you in to test! I'll keep you updated (like I have been) but alas it just isn't done yet!

I'm still committed to getting this done... just have some patience and it will all be worth it!

Hardware Upgrade ( 3 Replies )
Mark on Tue, February 09th, 2010 @ 5:58am

Divinity will be unavailable for the next few hours while we work on moving it over to new hardware.

This hardware upgrade should result in a noticeable increase in performance.

We sincerely appreciate your patience and we will let you know as soon as we have a more specific time estimate.

EDIT: Divinity's IP address is now 208.43.1.25; the hostname login.uodivinity.com has been updated to reflect this change.

EDIT #2: Migration is complete.

Server Maintenance ( 18 Replies )
Mark on Mon, February 08th, 2010 @ 2:06pm

Maintenance complete.

Thank you for your patience.

Deceit LL Room ( 12 Replies )
Sadus on Fri, February 05th, 2010 @ 12:50pm

Has been converted into a progressive spawn starting with basic liches. Continual farming of the spawn will lead to harder mobs. Good source of mid level magics, silver and other surprises.

Hint: If you hear bells, the progression is triggered. If you see fiery explosions, get ready..

Feedback thread in the PvM section is up, please give positive feedback for modifications.

-Sadus

PS: Harder liches will feed into the lich rewards (statues) at different rates depending on difficulty of the mob.

Deceit Level 4 ( 0 Replies )
Sadus on Mon, February 01st, 2010 @ 5:51pm

Deceit level 4 has been updated as to award a milestone like achievement upon the killing of a certain amount of lich lords. That amount is for you to discover in due time.

The spawn has been adjusted slightly in other areas of the level.

Enjoy.

Vesper Invasion ( 1 Reply )
Sadus on Sun, January 31st, 2010 @ 10:52pm

A scattered mess of paranoid zombies, ghouls and liches have made been cast upon the town of Vesper. Your job is to kill them all.

But not only that, if you want to take part in the quest go speak with Johan in the Vesper bank. Collecting items and not being registered in the quest won't get you squat.

Johan will give you a quest book, in the book is all the instruction you need, but I'll provide more here.

The quest: Gather up 4 keys, 1 of each key, that drops as a rare on the mobs in Vesper- Yes, you'll have to kill a lot of mobs to achieve this, so maybe work as a team? You only have one hour to complete the quest. It's a race against time, is it your lucky day?

paranoid zombies drop blue keys
ghastly ghouls drop yellow keys
burning corpses drop red keys
liches drop purple keys

The keys themselves only last a short period of time, so add them to your questbook as soon as possible. Once you have all four keys, run back to Johan to claim your prize.

The prize you may ask? A piece of, handed out at random, Divinity Rocks gear with a forest green hue. The items themselves can be seen in the room next to Johan.

I've put in another bank down at the South Docks in Vesper, guard zoned, so don't go there if you are red.

New Divinity Spawn: Hythloth 3 ( 16 Replies )
MasterM on Mon, January 11th, 2010 @ 9:14pm

Currently this is still a work in progress. However, I have added 3 spawns into this level. The "main boss" spawn, where traditionally the Balrons spawn. Orcs spawn in the back room towards level 4(this is the old ratman valley Orc spawn, slightly modified), and the southern wing of level 3 Hythloth is spawned.

What you can expect:
Magic weapons on the Main spawn, and southern wing spawn
Rare items on every spawn(pretty much an endless list of current and new rare items)
Semi rare spawn on the Orcs/Southern wing
Rare cloth on the south wing/Main spawn(this contains black cloth)
Furniture/Leather/Runebook dye tubs all limited charges on main spawn
Rare hued sandals on south wing spawn
Rare hued masks on main spawn
Added Gold

These should be fairly difficult and these will be monitored and adjusted from time to time without notice. I also have two more spawns to finish on this level. Over the course of time I may chance out locations of rare items based on how used each spawn might be(will notify of this).

This is an enter at your own risk area. Staff will not assist in matters of res killing, PKing, spawn stealing, loot stealing, etc...

I hope everyone enjoys this spawn and look for the next two spawns at a later date.

Thank you,

Divinity Staff