Trickster Rogue class revealed! Looking good!

2 new ultimate skills are recently added to the China and Taiwan server for Age of Wushu, the Sunflower Manual and Star Absorbing Skill . The former will require male characters to virtually castrate themselves in order to master the skill, and after castration, the character will have a decrement of 30% in movement speed for 1 day due to the pain…

First off, players will have to get the related treasure item for each skill, Embroidered Needle (Sunflower Manual) and Black Wood Command Tablet (Star Absorbing Skill). These two items spawn randomly from world chests, and each server will have limited amounts of them. These items are character-bound on pickup, unable to put into storage, and each character can only have either one at any time.

If a character carrying either of the treasure items is killed, the treasure item will drop, and everyone can try to loot it. For players without the treasure items, they can pay a fee to a NPC, who will give them tips of the holder who has the least positive relationship with the NPC. If the character is online, the NPC will give the paying players tips on his or her location in the game. For 2 prices, the player can choose to teleport to where the holder is or the nearest save point.

Holding the treasure item, the character can now proceed to find an eunuch NPC to begin the training quest. After getting the required buff, it is time to kill players to obtain points. Each treasure item starts with 15 points. Killing 1 players nabs 1 point, and the same player can only be killed 2 time daily. This process only happens daily from 18:00 till 24:00. Do note that these points can degenerate, for every 10 minutes offline, 1 point is deducted. Once again, this happens only the 18:00 till 24:00 period daily, which led to majority of the working players raging in the forums… After getting 300 points, the character can now proceed to learn level 1 till 36 of either the Sunflower Manual or Star Absorbing Skill. For the Sunflower Manual, character’s look will change at level 6 (whiter skin), 16 (facial hair gone) and 26 (pinkish makeup). This change is permanent.



Both skills cannot be trained the normal way, and will need to continue killing other players to level them up. Every kill contributes to 1% of the skill level, with each needing 100% to level up. To train till level 49… It means that thousands of players must be killed (same player can only be killed twice daily for points).

The top practitioner of the Sunflower Manual will also get an exclusive set of costume which replicates what Invincible East wore. The Sunflower Manual focuses on control skills, freedom from global skill cooldowns and increasing movement speed, which is very powerful in PvP. The Star Absorbing Skill steals target’s stats to self-boost health (HP) and inner energy (MP), rendering the target severely weakened.



According to players in the China server, a negative thing about these ultimate skills are the huge amount of resources needed to activate and use them, causing them to be emergency-only skills. For both of these ultimate skills, using them at level 6 and below will burn 20,000 skill points every 20 seconds, and at level 7 to 15, burns 40,000 skill points every 20 seconds. Apparently no one has maxed the skills yet, and hopefully there will be positive changes made in future updates.

Existing servers will be shutting down for good on December 31st to pave the way for the Realm to be reborn in the new iteration of the game.

Square Enix is encouraging all past and current players to take advantage of the game as it is in the remaining days.

All FINAL FANTASY XIV Worlds will be taken offline December 31, 2012, at 06:59 a.m. (PST).

“Double HC� Weekends
Start: Friday, December 21 at 12:00 PM PST (GMT -8)
End: Monday, December 24 at 12:00 PM PST (GMT -8)

Start: Friday, December 28 at 12:00 PM PST (GMT -8)
End: Monday, December 31 at 12:00 PM PST (GMT -8)

Starts at 4 AM GMT+8/ SG time on Saturday and end on Tuesday 4 AM GMT+8/ SG time

During this time, your mechs will earn you HAWKEN Credits at double the normal rate. If you have an HC Boost active, that means quadruple the normal rate!

Quote from: Watom on December 19, 2012, 06:52:56 PM
code does not work try it already

Maybe expire already coz it works for me

Get your free 7000+ Hawken Credits by redeeming this promo code at the Hawken website.

Promo Code: MACHINIMECH

Known bug as posted on our forums here: http://einsofgaming.com/forums/index.php/topic,124.0.html

I can't access my AOW forum account again. Up to date, it made me create 4 accounts already! Now all 4 cannot log in! Sigh.. Snail Games is really very unprofessional. They are using free forum software and a crappy one at that. They could have done a research and used a better one but they didn't bother! A game publisher company using a free forum software!?!? Can you even imagine that?! Even Gpotato who is publishing the EU version of AOW is using vBulletin, a paid forum software, which most game publisher companies are using. I am getting pretty fed up with AOW forums!!

Konoka is watching almost every single anime from this season.

I thought the 90 days early access will start from Feb straight 90 days (3months) into May? What is this 71 days o.O?

Price for Game: EUR 29.95
Recurring charge: EUR 14.95 / 30 Days

... This game may have it's hype or whatever that is.. but this is not gonna work out. They are competing against "bigger" and "more famous" games like World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2 and other MMOs out there. Even The Secret World has removed it's monthly sub fees. For me if this game is buy to play, I will probably buy it. But with the sub of EUR 14.95/ 30 days?

The Secret World has removed the p2p/ subscription fees!! Anyone feel like going back into the game?

The Secret World subscription changes

What is now required to be able to play The Secret World?
Everyone who has purchased (or will purchase) the game can now enjoy the full game without being required to sign-up for a monthly fee. This means that all of the heralded story-line and all of the game content available right now can be played as you please without requiring any additional payment.

Are there any restrictions to what a free player has access to?
No. You have access to all the content available right now, including all playfields, all missions; you may enter all lairs, participate in raids, learn all abilities, use all equipment and so on.

What is a 'Membership'?
For those dedicated to the game there is an optional Membership available which also includes some great items and services:
'The Time Accelerator'. This clickable item increases experience gain for defeating monsters by 100% for 1 hour and has a 16 hour cool-down. This item can only be used by Members and Grand Masters.
$10 worth of Bonus Points given out every month which can be used towards any product in the Item Store of The Secret World (bonus points are valid for 6 months).
Membership Item-of-the-month gift (given out every month).
10% discount to everything in the Item Store except Content Packs or other Packs (discounts to the Item Store do not stack with other offers).

How much does a Membership cost?
There are several offers for different durations of a Membership. The current prices are as follows:
1 month 14.99 USD/EUR
3 month 38.97 USD/EUR (12.99 USD/EUR per month)
6 month 71.94 USD/EUR (11.99 USD/EUR per month)
12 month 119.88 USD/EUR (9.99 USD/EUR per month)
The EUR price includes VAT where applicable.

What about Grand Masters?
The Grand Master Lifetime Option continues to yield all the benefits given to Members and more! As a Grand Master customer you receive everything that Membership customers get, every month, lifelong. In addition to that we have increased the Item Store discount to 20% for everything in the Item Store except Content Packs or other Packs.

I already bought an Initiate Pack in December 2012. Why was that not free?
Anyone who has purchased the Initate Pack in December 2012 before the offer was launched, will be reimbursed with 1800 bonus points to their game accounts.

What will this discount in the Item Store be valid for?
What used to be a discount of 10% discount to only social items in the Item Store has now been extended to be a discount on everything in the store. As Members are getting a 10% discount to everything in the store, Grand Masters will receive 20% discount to everything in the store!

When are items-of-the-month given out to Members and Grand Masters?
If you are a Member or a Grand Master you will receive the items on the first patch day of every month (currently the first Tuesday of every month). If you are playing the game without a Membership, the item will be given to you immediately when you sign up for Membership or become a Grand Master. The first gift is available now and can be claimed through the Item Store.

Are the free Bonus Points for members included with the first 30 days of the game?
No, the monthly Bonus Points are only given out when additional Membership and/or Grand Master is purchased. However, by completing 30 missions you unlock the similar level of Bonus Points â€" so there’s a motivator to play. The client fee includes the full game (including issue 1 through 4) as well as 30 days of Membership. Until the end of December issue 5 will also be included for anyone with a registered full account.

Are there other motivators for new players?
Yes, in addition to the 30-mission reward, there is also the challenge of taking down the Ur-draug. He is the final boss of the first dungeon in the game, and being able to complete this challenge yields a special reward called “The Whispering Demon Ring”. This powerful ring gives a fixed XP gain increase for new players and is a great way for new players to get a feel for what is in store deeper into the storyline.

What happens with my remaining Subscription time?
Your current subscription will be automatically transferred to the new Membership program. As such your account will be credited with 1200 bonus points, you can immediately claim the Time Accelerator item and your Membership gift of the month. The 1200 bonus points will be credited to your account on Dec. 12th, 2012. After that you will get 1200 points every 30 days from your renewal of the Membership.

What about future content updates?
Periodically we will release packs of DLC (Downloadable Content). The main content in these packs will be a story leading to unique rewards/items through missions. These packs are fully optional and can be purchased for the Bonus Points that are included in the optional Membership, as well as with the points offered with Grand Master Lifetime service. Players without a Membership or a Grand Master Service can of course as well purchase new DLC content in the Item Store.

When can the first DLC content be expected?
The first DLC will start selling in January 2013, and is the main storyline of Issue #5. However, this content will already be fully unlocked for anyone who has a full game account registered before the end of December 2012.

Besides DLCs, will there also still be regular content updates to The Secret World?
Definitely! Regular patches with free content and updates and enhancements to the core game will continue.

Hawken open beta will start in less than 10 hours! Have you enlisted yourself for the beta? Enlist yourself at http://www.playhawken.com

For those who wish to join the Guild, please leave your IGN here after creating your character!

Game delayed. More info: http://www.darkfallonline.com/blog/?p=3448