Varlyndria Server Alpha
 

THE CHAOS BEGINS 05/01/12


Choose between 48 paths to conquer your enemies with and become a hero or villain of Norrath!


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My body is ready

I'm happy its finally opening, just wish it was not in the middle of the week >.<

I must of been of tired when I posted the launch date earlier. I meant.

05/01/2012 :oops: :D



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Sorry, it's the best time for me personally to open it up and see how it goes. It will be available when you get off work! No worries.

15 days before D3 launch, guess I know what I'll be busy with for the next 15 days come May 1st =)

Sadly, i'm Highly disappointed with D3.

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NOTE: Please keep in mind the level cap is enforced on an Alpha Phase to keep everything balanced and I will be raising the cap as I add content. The characters you create are permanent so you can get serious about them and just grow with the content updates and level changes.


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Any chance the server will open up before tomorrow? =)

I actually have time to test the server a bit right now. I need people to get on the server lobby and please tell me if they can see Varlyndria up on the list. Thank you for your help. I have it up right now so try to log on and get a character going if you do see it. Whether or not the server will be stable enough for a lot of play tonight I don't know but it's worth trying.

If my server does not appear on the list please tell me.

I posted on the forums as well, my username is Judah, I can see the server on the list but cannot join it.

Same, I saw it on the list but I could not join earlier

I'm doing some testing to make sure the server is ready for the 1st. Thank you for the feedback, I'm working on getting everything fixed so keep trying once in a while. Also, please post on here any errors you're getting with detail.

Thank you. :D

I just made a good deal of adjustments. Can you connect now?

I just tried to connect and still get booted back to login after a while.

Okay, thank you. I seem to be having some trouble with the IP/Port Forwarding and I'm trying to correct it. Thanks for being patient and helping with the matter by trying to connect.

Hello everybody,

I am back on my comcast router and I found the port RANGED forwarding successfully and added/saved them with ease. The Qwest modem seems to be a bit more complicated because for some reason the Port Forwarding and Advanced Port Forwarding are one and the same or hidden or something. It's extremely goofy.

Go ahead and try to connect to Varlyndria now. *crosses fingers*

I just tried to log in and it is still hanging on a black screen for a few minutes before dropping back to the log in screen.

Same here, freezing up then kicking to log in screen

I'm thinking it has something to do with my config. I'll be working on this all day so stand by. I have some experts assisting with the issue as well.

Is it on a Windows OS? Clear your ports for your zone processes and world (9000, 7000-7500). Make sure that your port forwarding is forwarding those ports to the inside address on your router/modem.

For example if your server is on 192.168.1.x - 192.168.1.45

Your port forwarding needs to translate to that inside address for those ports.

Make sense?

Thanks,
Akkadius

Yes, Windows 7
Would the one I need to forward the ports to register as the IPV4 Address on the Dos Prompt Ipconfig?

When I said clear your ports I meant on the firewall sorry. As far as the port forwarding which is different, you need those ports on your router to get forwarded to the inside addresses that is running the server (Assuming your server is running behind the router). Your router is running NAT translations so that you can perform internet tasks through the one public IP address through your router. When a packet gets sent inbound for 9000, it needs to know where to go and by specifying which IP address at the router in which that packet needs to forward is what you need to do.

So say your router is 64.89.65.34 (Just an example)

Inside server address is 192.168.34.34

Your port forwarding needs to look like this

192.168.34.34 9000
192.168.34.34 7000-7500

Your Windows machine needs to also have those ports opened up on the firewall or it is going to explicitly deny all traffic coming inbound for those ports.

So to answer your other question, yes, you need to use the IP address that is specified by doing ipconfig at the CMD prompt.

Hopefully this helps

It's up! Everybody get on and enjoy! Currently 8 people on.

I am aware of the chat not working on the server and I am working on fixing it. Thanks for the feedback. :D

The zone problem should be fixed now. Thanks for all of the feedback. :D I am still working on getting the global chat going so please be patient and report any bugs you find. Thank you.

The chat is fixed! Get on there and enjoy! :D

The Alpha is officially underway and over 150 accounts have already signed up on Varlyndria! Get on and experience this unique first Alpha for yourself!
So far the community is a bunch of great people and the exp is not super fast either giving players a feel of accomplishment! Choose between 48 sub class paths from swarming animals and scarabs, lightning sword rangers, dark empowered necromancers, monks who can throw ninja stars and actually kill you, warriors who are better with a shield and can bash thier enemy into oblivion and much much more! Every class has something special they can be. :grin:

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The whole bot thing turns me away from the server, Nice layout though.

Why are people so against bots? I played on Last World for a year and never had any problems with them. I thought they were fun.

I personally have no issues with bots and see them as a great addittion to any server espically on new servers just starting out since most don't have the population to support not having them.
Now if you server had a large enough player base on at all time's of the day/night or specially designed to be soloable then sure not having them would be fine.

Now back on topic i look forward to giving your server a try once i get some free time and good luck to you so far it look's like your off to a good start.

without mobs , it would take 10x as long as to kill mobs , already with bots the xp is slow + long fights

I apologize about the current bugs on the server and are working very hard on eliminating them. Thank you for all of your testing because it's going to make Varlyndria into a better server over time.

The next update for Varlyndria will hopefully be in a week or two and it's going to feature an event that should bring players together and weapon quests for all of the paths that will expand and balance everything even more than now. The level cap will also raise to 25 in this update. Thank you once again for your patience, testing and help with the server.

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Attempting to bring the server back up in a different location. Please try to log in.

Drak, I love my class/specialization, and I love the server, but I don't love how long it takes to level up :( any chance this will be tweaked over the next couple of updates?

There is nothing wrong with the delay in leveling up. If you want faster go elsewhere or make your own.

Just because you cannot reach lvl 20 within 30 mins or even a few hours does not mean anything is wrong.

With LotD running I got to level 12 in 4 hours. That is pretty fast if you think about it. Plus Drak is putting in custom quests items and classes. Why would you want to fly through all of that? The leveling speed is ment to be slower so you can enjoy the game. Also, this is ALPHA stage, not even BETA. But, as far as I know, Drak is keeping the exp where it is. Do not go anywhere else, stay on Varlyndria but just enjoy the game and become part of our GROWING community :D

UPDATE 05/06/12 9:54pm MST - INSTALL NEW FILES BELOW

PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE LATEST FILES FOR THIS UPDATE
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The new DBstr contains many missing things that weren't in
the game before. Special thanks to the community for this fix!
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Added Shrunken Heads to the Varlyndrian General Merchants.
Using these foul smelling things can somehow shrink you...
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Shrink is now a level 1 spell for shamans and beastlords.
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Soulrager's Spirit Healing Rank 1 has had its hatred lowered
and now heals for 50% more.
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Bladesinger's Singing Blades Rank 1 now deals 66% more
damage with 1hs but is now considered a song instead of a
normal buff.
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Enchanter's Enchant Silver, Gold, Electrum, Platinum, Clay,
Mithril, Velium, Adamantite, Steel and Brelium are now level 10.
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Enchanter's Mass Enchant Silver, Gold, Electrum, Platinum, Clay,
Mithril, Velium, Adamantite, Steel and Brelium are now level 20.
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All resistances for NPCs have been greatly lowered.
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has had a massive boost to its hatred.
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Virulent Savage's Aura Of Filth Rank 1 has had a massive boost
to its hatred.
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The Guardian charm now has Echo Of Anger Rank 1 instead of Parry/block 1.
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Assassin's Killer Instinct Rank 1 has had its extra backstab
damage increased by 50%.
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Slayer's Combat Mastery Rank 1 has had its Kick damage
increased by 100%.
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Conjurer's summoned weapons do not proc force snap as
often as they used to.
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UPDATE: MAY 07 2012

PLEASE GET THE LATEST FILES FOR THIS PATCH. Varlyndria Files 05/07/12

Swarmer pet paths have received an update and less mobs are summoned now
to save on server lag. In return these special pets have been buffed and
changed. All swarmer pets are now considered level 10 but have different
variations.

Brigand's Thugs Tier 1:
Summon per click 2, Class: Rogue, Damage 11-33 + Backstab, HP 60

Earthguard's Animal Tier 1:
Summon per click 1, Class: Ranger, Damage 22-66 +Kick/Bash/Spells, HP 120

Ghostcaller's Ghost Tier 1:
Summon per click 2, Class: Shaman, Damage 11-33 +Kick/Bash/Spells, HP 60

Dune Raiser's Scarab Tier 1:
Summon per click 3, Class: Berserker, Damage 8-22 +Frenzy/Kick/Bash, HP 40

Timeweaver's Rift Victim Tier 1:
Summon per click 1, Class: Warrior, Damage 22-66 +Kick/Bash, HP 180


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