Legend of Dragon Falls BETA

For nearly a year now my friend and I have been hard at work on Legend of Dragon Falls. Legend of Dragon falls is an epic rpg that will used the save code feature upon final release. BETA Instructions and features follow below.

Features of Legend of Dragon Falls

- All new heroe. Each and every hero that is playable in Legend of Dragon Falls has been hand made and balanced by myself. I assure that each character has qualities that will apeal to anyone who chooses it.

- All new skills. Each new hero is also equiped with new skills or revamped non-hero skills, such as the Shaman's blood lust. Even the warrior's abilities fit them precisely.

- Real time effects. Time passing in game isn't simply eye candy anymore because now certain events only happen at certain times. Weather isn't also pleasurable either, storms have been known to erupt across the archipeligo.

- Interactive spells/skills. Skills aren't just for war anymore, certain skills are designed to help find things or uncover hidden treasure.

- Evolving environments. You won't get the boring same-old, same-old quests game to game because the nonplayer characters will always have new things for you to do for them.

- In game guilds. Want to be a part of a larger group even when you aren't in the same game? Well now you can represent your colors by joining a guild in game. Your character will recieve a certificate of admitance and will be transported to a new start location when they load. Although this is not yet installed, we plan to have this working prior to the release.

- Save code that saves quests. Even though this will make save codes all the more long, it will give players the opportunity to actually advance in the game rather than starting over every time they pick up the game again. For the lower level players, the low-level quests can still be obtained even if a high level player I also playing.

- Encouraging groups and squashing cheaters. Although it is fun to play single player occasionally, we have decided to cause the map to disable all save triggers if you are not playing the map on Battle.net or over a LAN with another player. This is a security option to prevent cheating.

- Tradeskills. We will be the first RPG to successfully incorperte tradeskills that will directly affect gameplay and force players to think outside of the "Kill, pillage, destroy" thought mindset. You will have eight tradeskills to choose from, each trained by a specific trainer.

BETA Signup Instructions

- In order to particitpate, you must agree to not share Legend of Dragon Falls with ANYONE! I will be installing a special save code in the time the beta is running that will only allow the select 20 people who recieve a version of Legend of Dragon falls to be able to play. Anyone who plays it that is not listed on the safe list will be booted out of the game immediately at start up, and they will have no way to save/load if they get around the crash. Thinking about that, you are in a definite pinch. A) You can't make a profile in single player to try it if you obtained it illegitimately because of the single player anti-cheat system. B) You can not play on Battle.net becuase of the safelist. Now onto the perks of playing. You will be a part of the developement of an epic rpg that will also push the Warcraft editor to the extremes. You will also get the chance to play as a special BETA-Only character, you'll have to see what it is for yourself.

Your responsibility as a BETA Tester

- You are a BETA Tester, not a BETA Player. While we want you to enjoy playing our map to the full extent, we also expect you to report every bug you find. Please try to bend and break everything you can, and exploit every bug you can, but please tell us about your discoveries so that we may provide everyone with an excellent final product.

- The level cap and game specs are as follows. Each race has four playable heroes, and each hero has up to four abilities (three regular ones, and one ultimate). There is but one island at this point, not taking up nearly 1/5 of the map, but this will change, hence the beta will expand to more landmasses and more players. The level cap is currently 20, but is also easily subject to change if it is too "Obtainable." Some heroes DO NOT have all of their abilities, and some heroes may feel unbalanced. Report any other game play imbalances that are found.

- There is no save code yet! Please do not tell me that the game must have a save code to be playable. Save codes take a long time to fill out, with all the items and variables. The save code will be ready prior to an expansion in the beta. Please for now just try to test without the save code.

- And finally... If the rules are broken. If I find out the map is at all transfered from one person to another, edited in anyway (if the protection were somehow broken) the people participating in the illegal act will be immediately name banned from any finally legitimate releases. We mean business when it comes to having an official map here. It is for your entertainment, why try to destroy it?

Please leave a contact if you want to join the closed beta, there is no "Non Disclosure" agreement, so feel free to take screenshots and do as you wish. Participants will be chosen randomly unless less than 20 sign up, then all will get in.

Sounds really good. Ill be willing to beta test.

Awesome, the data I collect from this can help me to focus on bugs more closely...

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im in dude do u need our emails???

Yes, that way I can send the map and final instruction, I will send the map probably thursday night, that gives many people a chance to signup and I can finish beta-proofing it.

I hate to double post, but I need people to know that this may not be making a beta debut tonight, infact, count on a saturday release. I underestimated how long the security measures would take, and I would like to add a few more quests for the testers to do.

This sounds good.

I would like to beta test if possible.

[email protected]

If its not too late, count me in!

Great, I believe I will give out up to 20 keys out. I'm no where near the 20, so I'll bet I can fit all of you in.

I will add some new screenshots of regions across the map as they are unveiled. We also need more testers!
These regions are not necessarily up to date, but it shows the most complete versions of the regions, and the finished ones... There is an Orc region waiting unveiling, and I will say that it is the larget continent yet.

wow they look mad and my eamil is [email protected] and my AIM is kablamo185

I'll test it for you if you still need, dalten(at)blackpassage.com

okay, I'll be finishing up on the version on the map that I'm working on now, so that everyone can begin playing asap. I'll also add more regional pictures too.

heck i'm in for the beta my e-mail is [email protected]

I could probably tie off some ends for now, and get this map ready for a beta test within the coming hours, it would be a push, but no later than tomorrow.