Give us your feedback on The Shattered Coil Part 3

[Ibn]

Use this thread to give us your feedback on this month's teaser -- The Shattered Coil, Part 3 (http://ac.turbinegames.com/index.php?page_id=277).

[_b0o]

OOOOOOOOOOOOH More Ulgrim love!!! and OOOOOOOOH looks like BM5! We gonna get our helmet, last piece?!! oooooooooooooh and now i see why this is a lil later than normal. =P that spoiler is all really long! still reading it lol

[-Kaxak-]

Yawn :rolleyes: , I still see no content again this month , but hey what's new rofl !!!


New servers would be nice !!!

[Xeon]

Why do you think that looks like BM5?

EDIT: Just saw the VN teaser image. Looks like a BM5 shield?

[Eruditus]

Ibn it appears that the Vault Teaser pick has a guy with a shield displaying the Bhealzarohn bat on it... please say this is not going to be another PK only battle to end the storyarc.

[Deven-Kenyon]

woot! more bm :) Could there be amulets or a necklace this time? This guy looks fun http://ac.turbinegames.com/files/17/95/18/63/170.jpg

[_b0o]

gosh people thats not a 'bm5 shield', its a nefane shield with bz stamp on it, thats been in game for months...

and the undead in the BM temples have nothing to do with BZ so its obvious they wouldnt have his emblem on their shield, i barley follow the lore and i know that!


why i say bm5 cuz theres TWO pictures with burun(in shadows, then the big fat one) and theres 3 visible burun portals in rooms with the same textures on the walls as the old bm dungeons =P so thats why i say bm5!



edit: mean to say bm5 not 3 in that third paragraph

[Paraduck]

Actually, I think it's a picture of the reward room of the next temple. There is the Strange Device/Eye... It's definitely not from the Ob Plains or Blackmire Temples, the only two that have portal rewards.

[KPD157]

I see the Salvage option but What is that Right Click Mouse look Option for ?)

is it in response to learning spells accidentally and or using Items when all you wanted to do was Examine them ?)

[Paraduck]

I believe that's when you right click and drag the mouse in the 3D area to rotate the camera view.

[Kasar]

Right Click Mouse look Option has always been there. Check it and you can click right mouse button to look around while holding the button down.

[Eruditus]

"gosh people thats not a 'bm5 shield', its a nefane shield with bz stamp on it, thats been in game for months..."

But do you not have to be PK to apply that stamp? That is the point I was drawing on as I think everyone was more than aware that it was a nefane shield.

If you do have to be PK to apply the stamp then it is reasonable to extrapolate that this may well be a hint that the event/quest to which the screenshot relates would require its participants to be PK... they often hide little things like this in the teasers.

[Paraduck]

Interesting concluding Eruditus. I hope you're right. :)

[Sucamarto]

Shattered Coil - Part 1 was May 2004
Shattered Coil - Part 3 was Oct 2004

When was

Shattered Coil - Part 2, which month or was it May 2004 as well?

[Uzi-El]

Part Two was posted on the same page as Part One.

[Unstoppable]

Well I do not play Asheron's Call but here's is my feedback on the whole monthly event thing. The whole teaser is quite lengthly and complicated which it really has no reason to be. I would much prefer something shorter and simplier which gets to the point.

Bhaelz'haron's picture has been recently posted on cod.xrgaming.net. I'd be interested in seeing if he is going to redeem himself. Maybe you get to fight along side him and put an end to the shadows etc.

What I want most from AC is a story everyone can participate in and dosen't have to read a stupid teaser which is so complicated adn boring. Bring back the greatness of the Shadow Invasions and you'll bring back more players.

[Brokin]

I enjoy the backstory alot. So the teaser text being a little long this time is no big deal in my book. It was a good read. The teaser pics look great too :)

Keep up the great work Turbine!

[Helmar]

Unstoppable, you state the teaser is too long, yet you say to "bring back the greatness of the Shadow Invasions"...which had the longest teaser to date.

Makes perfect sense. Glad you approve of the current story arc. ;)

[Unstoppable]

Unstoppable, you state the teaser is too long, yet you say to "bring back the greatness of the Shadow Invasions"...which had the longest teaser to date.

Makes perfect sense. Glad you approve of the current story arc. ;)

I apologize for not being clear but the sheer scope of the invasions which involved the Shadow Captains and participation by gamemasters is what I want. With a shorter and simpler teaser that dictates who is good and who is bad.

[Chrono]

I apologize for not being clear but the sheer scope of the invasions which involved the Shadow Captains and participation by gamemasters is what I want. With a shorter and simpler teaser that dictates who is good and who is bad.

You don't even play the game, stop trolling.

[Skeptic]

"T'Kuruul Reeshan stood five hundred steps above the floor of the swamp"

"Each step of the temple was one hundred feet deep and thirty feet high"

"This progression continued until the top fifty steps, where the dimensions dropped in half, then at five steps dropped in half again."

So...assuming that the temple is a square-bottomed pyramid, let's do some quick math to see how big that sucker is:


Width: 450 steps X 200 feet per step = 90,000 feet
45 steps X 100 feet per step = 4,500 feet
5 steps X 50 feet per step = 250 feet
Total = 94,750 feet = about 18 *miles*


Height: 450 steps X 30 feet per step = 13,500 feet
45 steps X 15 feet per step = 675 feet
5 steps X 7.5 feet per step = 37.5 feet
Total = 14,212.5 feet = about 2 and 2/3 *miles*


This thing's gigantic!

[LugianWarlord]

I dunno - I've found myself wondering who the hell is who whenever I read those Burun teasers - is there a 'coles notes' anywhere explaining the storyline?

[Silifi Of Death]

I dunno - I've found myself wondering who the hell is who whenever I read those Burun teasers - is there a 'coles notes' anywhere explaining the storyline?

Heh.. No one knows who most of them are, you're not alone.

The two main Burun we've known so far are Torgluuk and Morgluuk. The ones in this teaser are brand new, never heard of before as far as I know.

[DadgaSilverhand]

The Shattered Coil: Part 2 is conclusion as it open in TSC: P1 as the first eye opening.
so it wrap up with betrayal as a "Knife in Darkness" coming from behind you, so those renegades fell victim to buruns's treachery, my post just few week ago regarding that we werent finish with Buruns. that will come with second story of Buruns' new plottings.
we are going to be in expansion story about viamontians in early spring 2005, so those other creatures and those lugains, tonks, and virindi will be in just a background story but not to have any tie-ins or wrapping up some loose ends plots.
so we will be entertaining by Turbines as more story unfolds as those Tumeroks take arms to battle with buruns, those tumeroks are more fractured by virindi's themes, we have to wait for new story about tumeroks.

i think vesayian islands is long over due for a new story, possible related to tumerok-burun war or migrations.

i was just hoping if they did vesayain update on last part of this current burun story arc, but that one teaser shows it was somewhere in desert where the dead renegades had laid low by those mighty browerk buruns, not in jungle or either swamp. so that come later when it fit with other story arc.

last year threads about "tieable portal" but all i see it was those Eye's gate portals, none about making a hookable "tied" portal. oh well. it would be nice to have hooked one of the "Subway" portal or hooked one of the favorite tied portal.

[Chupon]

These are ever so slightly dated events for those wondering.

Mgrauleshk is already on Ispar and has encountered Morgluuk. Not sure where Mgrauleshk is right now, but it's probably safe to say he didn't stick around Morgluuk very long.

Wouldn't be suprised if he was a cause of killing Morgluuk so easily.

[Unstoppable]

I dunno - I've found myself wondering who the hell is who whenever I read those Burun teasers - is there a 'coles notes' anywhere explaining the storyline?

This person just proved my point ladies and gentlemen. By simply making the teaser simplier to understand and drawing a cleaner line of who's who you don't ailenate customers like me and this person. There's just no reason for it. If you want people to read what you write, make it understandable and easy to read.

[Unstoppable]

The Shattered Coil: Part 2 is conclusion as it open in TSC: P1 as the first eye opening.
so it wrap up with betrayal as a "Knife in Darkness" coming from behind you, so those renegades fell victim to buruns's treachery, my post just few week ago regarding that we werent finish with Buruns. that will come with second story of Buruns' new plottings.
we are going to be in expansion story about viamontians in early spring 2005, so those other creatures and those lugains, tonks, and virindi will be in just a background story but not to have any tie-ins or wrapping up some loose ends plots.
so we will be entertaining by Turbines as more story unfolds as those Tumeroks take arms to battle with buruns, those tumeroks are more fractured by virindi's themes, we have to wait for new story about tumeroks.

i think vesayian islands is long over due for a new story, possible related to tumerok-burun war or migrations.

i was just hoping if they did vesayain update on last part of this current burun story arc, but that one teaser shows it was somewhere in desert where the dead renegades had laid low by those mighty browerk buruns, not in jungle or either swamp. so that come later when it fit with other story arc.

last year threads about "tieable portal" but all i see it was those Eye's gate portals, none about making a hookable "tied" portal. oh well. it would be nice to have hooked one of the "Subway" portal or hooked one of the favorite tied portal.
:confused: :confused: :eek:

Imagine someone who joins the game. How is he/she suppose to understand what you're talking about ?! The teaser as well. Thanks for proving my point even further. :D

[Hosagi]

Ibn it appears that the Vault Teaser pick has a guy with a shield displaying the Bhealzarohn bat on it... please say this is not going to be another PK only battle to end the storyarc.
there has only been 2 PK Only battles for a story arc
1)the Frag that Released BZ
2)the last core cistern(Which I am glad to say the cistern on the server I play on lasted longer than DT's and we got no reward :mad: )
so if this is another PK Only battle i say w00h00

[Eruditus]

I enjoyed the teaser and found it quite simple to read, you cannot always make things suitable for the new people who arrive each month and must occasionally cater to the long term players and those with some interest in the lore.

I much prefer this form of teaser to the usual 3 paragraphs which basically just detail exactly what the content will be in the coming patch, the backstory helps to make the game a richer and more involving experience.

More of the same please Ibn... that said I will offer a quick summary for those who found it (laughs) complex:

1. Little Burun runs away from former masters to find the sleeping gods
2. Little Burun is attacked by Moars
3. Little Burun is saved by a big Burun who then breaks his neck
4. Big Burun carries little Burun to the Elders
5. The elders probe the little Buruns mind
6. The little burun dies
7. Big Burun is given permission to eat the corpse of Little Burun
8. Big Burrun is allowed to watch while the elders strip the soul from little Burrun and force it to tell the its story

There we go all the complexities and lore removed for you with no explanations as to why things are happening or what is going to happen but I imagaine this is what you want.

[Eruditus]

I am against all PK content which effects the white servers in such a way, there may only have been 2 events but these were both important events and equate to about half of the major events in the game.

As a player on a white server I am not designed or equiped for the sport of bloodthirsty children, nor do I have a desire to hand over all of my equipment to those who will camp the drop. Added to this from a roleplaying perspective I have no desire to swear to BZ or break my bond with Asheron.

While I am still opposed to such things should they desire a conflict between players then there is no reason that PKlite could not be used on the white worlds. Leave the PK stuff on Darktide where it belongs.

[Deven-Kenyon]

http://www.thejackcat.com/AC/Culture/teaser/survey1.htm

[Unstoppable]

I enjoyed the teaser and found it quite simple to read, you cannot always make things suitable for the new people who arrive each month and must occasionally cater to the long term players and those with some interest in the lore.

I much prefer this form of teaser to the usual 3 paragraphs which basically just detail exactly what the content will be in the coming patch, the backstory helps to make the game a richer and more involving experience.

More of the same please Ibn... that said I will offer a quick summary for those who found it (laughs) complex:

1. Little Burun runs away from former masters to find the sleeping gods
2. Little Burun is attacked by Moars
3. Little Burun is saved by a big Burun who then breaks his neck
4. Big Burun carries little Burun to the Elders
5. The elders probe the little Buruns mind
6. The little burun dies
7. Big Burun is given permission to eat the corpse of Little Burun
8. Big Burrun is allowed to watch while the elders strip the soul from little Burrun and force it to tell the its story

There we go all the complexities and lore removed for you with no explanations as to why things are happening or what is going to happen but I imagaine this is what you want.

Why thanks.

[Tolliver]

Oh Looks like Blackmire V !!!

Only 3 more Blackmires to go to account for all seven sleeping sisters> :) :o

[Nexus-HG]

there are 7 sleeping sisters?

[Chupon]

13 actually

[mishop]

I like the multiple salvaging =)

[Heideggar]

If your "Ust Multiple Items at Once" combines bags of 10.00 with 9.00, and 8.00, etc. It will be near useless, and thus wasting another month's, or more, of development resources.

Your players even stated that concern in 100% agreement on this topic in the LttP.

I hope it doesn't, and you did something good with Usting.

I guess we should be thankful that you are adding a salvaging skill across the board to all races *shrug*. The ability to get more salvage than normal is kinda nice. Just hurts to see you guys spend time and resources putting in stuff very few will use, and then seeing you reply to our ideas and concerns with "We don't have the resources to do it atm."

[Skinnerc]

The Shattered Coil: Part 2 is conclusion as it open in TSC: P1 as the first eye opening.
so it wrap up with betrayal as a "Knife in Darkness" coming from behind you, so those renegades fell victim to buruns's treachery, my post just few week ago regarding that we werent finish with Buruns. that will come with second story of Buruns' new plottings.
we are going to be in expansion story about viamontians in early spring 2005, so those other creatures and those lugains, tonks, and virindi will be in just a background story but not to have any tie-ins or wrapping up some loose ends plots.
so we will be entertaining by Turbines as more story unfolds as those Tumeroks take arms to battle with buruns, those tumeroks are more fractured by virindi's themes, we have to wait for new story about tumeroks.

i think vesayian islands is long over due for a new story, possible related to tumerok-burun war or migrations.

i was just hoping if they did vesayain update on last part of this current burun story arc, but that one teaser shows it was somewhere in desert where the dead renegades had laid low by those mighty browerk buruns, not in jungle or either swamp. so that come later when it fit with other story arc.

last year threads about "tieable portal" but all i see it was those Eye's gate portals, none about making a hookable "tied" portal. oh well. it would be nice to have hooked one of the "Subway" portal or hooked one of the favorite tied portal.


ok so, vesayan isles
heres my idea on the next story line after this one gets all nice and tidy and everyone who finds it complex gets it.

it remains unseen of Harbingers effects on the world, given, he was released, and blew up was it Yanshi? hmm but they say that he will continue to become more powerful, especially if with held in a vessel, furthermore, he would draw from the magic fields of the world.

there is lore pertaining to the vesayan isles, dealing with the Slithis, supposedly the children of great gods, their stalks as many of you may have seen are supposedly very small limbs of a creature described as "the creature below could have been as large as mount tenkardun itself".

perhaps fuse
the sleeping one/fiazhat great god theory
old empyrean powerful magic and ancient gods
Harbinger and his effect on the world
and something to do with the Slithis, Vesayan, and whatever god the Slithis come from.

please i would like replies on this, and a dev post would be much enjoyed, if i wasnt as young, and wasnt bound to live where i do, i would consider looking into this dept of turbine, best storyline a game has ever had imo (although gaerlen and bz were better than burun imho) plz ur thoughts!!