Ban Hammer strikes swiftly…

Our good friends at Portalarium have issued a “small series of bans … for players knowingly exploiting the game.”  This ban comes the day after persistence and it speaks volumes. First, by issuing bans for exploits a day after the game went into persistence, it shows that the developers of Shroud of the Avatar aren’t going to sit idly while the players exploit the game. Second, it shows a degree of mercy, because instead of issuing permanent bans, the developers issued 72 hour bans and rolled back the gains that…

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Deathbringer saves us!

It has been reported by Dippybird that the “Deathbringer,” Oneandonly, has saved the world from his malevolent creation. At the 11th hour, the Deathbringer was able to find and squash several game stopping bugs. The Deathbringer was helped by Unity, who opened themselves up to him, and gave him access to their source code. The Deathbringer dove into the entrails of Unity and was able to pull out and isolate several game stoppers in their code that was causing Shroud to crash. Saint Deathbringer responded to questions by saying that…

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The end is nigh!

One week until final wipe and the QA server is up. With 7 days until final wipe, it is my expectation that the normal server will be damned near vacant and initial impressions are showing this to be true. My friends list is damned near vacant as I type this; however, I see many friends on the QA server. Several of the people that I have spoken to are taking a break from the game and prepping for final wipe. Those that plan on sticking around have been logging onto…

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