A new CoPaP world needs Beta testers.

Alphonse · Post by **Alphonse** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:35 pm

Ladies and Gentlemen

We are proud to announce the Beta for 'Islands Of The Lost', a new CoPaP world.

We are looking for a few players willing to roll up a new character and spend some time helping us to find bugs, and making sure that we are ready to connect to the other CoPaP worlds.

Please head on over to our forums and register there if you are interested. Then PM me (Alphonse) there for the password and server info.

We are still in development so new areas and things to do will be added frequently, as well as some DM interactions too.

Hope to see you there

Alphonse
Islands of the Lost Builder / DM

Rain&Clouds · Post by **Rain&Clouds** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:42 pm

Not until you tell me more about it!

What's the world like?

Alphonse · Post by **Alphonse** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:50 pm

Taken from our world information thread. We will be going live with one island initially. The Island of Nuvar.

A large cluster of islands. Many people seem to find the islands but no one seems to find the way out. The location of the Island Chain of Arkaz isn't known to anyone even those who have lived on the islands their entire lives. While it is known that people started showing up on the islands a little over 300 years ago, no one has any knowledge about who or if anyone was there before. Though the lack of ruins leads sages to guess the islands were empty.

The first person to arrive was a sailor name Draian. Arriving on a strange island alone should have drove him mad. But he saw the rich land and decided the fates had been kind to him. He marked of a large section of the island he was on and named it after his family, and with that the Island of Nuvar was born.

Shortly there after people started to arrive in 2s or 3s. Always the same story, no one understood how they got where ever they were and no one could seem to find a way to leave. After several years the growing population decided it would be best if they accepted their fate and started rebuilding their lives. Soon building were built and farms were setup and after another 20 or so years life started to become normal.

The first nonhuman arrive 58 years after Draian arrived. A young elf washed ashore and after taking stock of his surroundings walked into the woods and remained unseen by the human population for 14 years. During that time other elves arrived and also entered the woods and seemed to vanish. 14 years after the first arrival hunters following a deer track run into a small elven settlement deep within the forest.

The elves while kind to the hunters asked them to no hunt on their lands. The hunters returned to the city, now called Nuvar and spoke with Draian about the new elven town. Draian after listening thought for a moment and then said ?Let them have it, how much land do we need?? ?Besides we?re probably going to be here for a long time so it?s best to get along.?

Shortly there after trade began and with trade came the first dwarves. The strange thing about the dwarves was the fact that they didn?t arrive in 2s or 3s, they arrive with a ship of 40. A strange storm knocked them off course and landed them on the island. Being dwarves and seeing the elves, started 45 years of blaiming. The dwarves were sure the elves had tricked them here. The elves were sure the dwarves were responsible for their troubles. It took 45 years for them to understand that what was going on wasn?t the fault of any of the islanders.

Not long after the first ship arrived a search began of the other islands. 11 more were found, each a little different then the others. After the island, dubbed the Isle of Iron, due to the large ore deposits discovered there was charted, the dwarves being dwarves picked up everything and moved on over. Trade between the 3 peoples grew and flourished.

Other races started to arrive, though largely unnoticed due to their small numbers but after 150 years one could find humans, elves, dwarves, Halflings, gnomes and several of the less then wanted races. Orcs and Lizardmen and even a few giants were spotted on some of the other islands. It?s not sure when they started to arrive or in what numbers but with that discovery the other races started building weapons.

Armies were born, not to fight a war but to stop a war from breaking out. For the next 30 years eyes were turned in all directions but nothing happened until that last night. The attack came not from the orcs or the giants, but from above. A dragon attacked the islands. Not 1 but all of the peoples were attacked. No one knows where it came from or where it lives but every few years it attacks again, taking food and sometimes people during its attacks and then flying off not to be seen again until the next attack.

It is now 300 years after Draian first arrived and a simi-peace makes up the island chains. New people still arrive every so often and settle in for the long haul. The dragon still attacks every so often and dwarves still think the elves are up to something.

Havoulov · Post by **Havoulov** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:52 pm

And i applied but i got hit back by a STRAAAANGE password and couldnt verify the aplication!

Arieanne · Post by **Arieanne** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:59 pm

Al as DM again....

FUN FUN FUN!

Any chances for lecherous brownie there and walking trees? *does sweet puppy eyes*

terryrayc · Post by **terryrayc** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:10 pm

okay just so everyone knows the world is still in early Beta.

Crafting isn't live...almost.
Only like 2 quests are live there are around 16 more that are almost ready to go in.
We have a lot of areas but encounters are still being designed so don't expect to be doing a lot of grinding.
What I'd like to see is how the server holds up with a lot of people running around, I was able to kick off a 60 NPC free for all with no lag but that's not a true test.

MAke sure you PM Al for the PW.

chilingsworth · Post by **chilingsworth** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:01 pm

PM sent to Al. Waiting eagerly for reply.

On question: Will this world see the return of Plane travel to Avlis?

Snow · Post by **Snow** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:11 pm

As soon as the linking plot with outlands is done, Avlis will be connected to the multiverse again

terryrayc · Post by **terryrayc** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:11 pm

as for that we are not sure.

Linking hasn't been fully planned.

longbow · Post by **longbow** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:19 pm

*bump*

just had a wander around and a very nice ale with a friendly barman.

looks grand but could have done with more people on board.

stop powercrafting for an evening and go and visit.

apandapion · Post by **apandapion** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:34 pm

It looks cool, but I don't understand how such a place could ever link.

Edit: And I'm unclear on the steps to log in. Just pm you there?

Alphonse · Post by **Alphonse** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:38 pm

register on the forums there, and then drop me a pm on that site.

Alphonse · Post by **Alphonse** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:45 pm

DMed EVENT

places are limited, sign up to beta, roll up an alt and join the fun

I'm going to run a small DM event on Friday 2nd September at 19:00 GMT, for any beta-testers.

Grab your characters and meet in the town hall in the hamlet of Nuvar

Alphonse · Post by **Alphonse** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:28 pm

*bumps*

Alphonse · Post by **Alphonse** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 6:46 pm

15 mins til DM event

Fifty · Post by **Fifty** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:02 pm

I tried to register yesterday but the registration email never arrived.

Alphonse · Post by **Alphonse** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:05 pm

we've been having some problems with the mail client on the forum. Accounts made yesterday have been activated

Sinbadsam · Post by **Sinbadsam** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:49 pm

Snow wrote:As soon as the linking plot with outlands is done, Avlis will be connected to the multiverse again

There is no need for a linking plot to the Outlands,,you just have to be a Epic Dwarvan Monk with Psi abilites that do not work.

*goes back to the *Censored* Caves to make sure they are prepared for the fresh Primes*

terryrayc · Post by **terryrayc** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 6:42 am

the move to the new web host is complete. Besides being faster this has fixed the smtp errors we were having, so sign up for the forums should be a cake walk now.

http://www.arkaz.com

Fifty · Post by **Fifty** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 10:21 am

I played there for a couple of hours last night and had a great time. The little village is really well built and the interior areas really convinced me.

Also, you don't need any additional haks beyond the basic CoPaP ones that every world including Avlis requires anyway, so what are you waiting for?

There are all sorts of interesting dire creatures too

terryrayc · Post by **terryrayc** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 4:58 pm

7pm GMT tonight, part 2 of the dmed event. Would love to see a lot more people. Need to do a good load test on the server.

If your free and can give us a few hours we'd be thankful.

There is a 20 player cap on the server, I'm not going to change it until we run some good load tests first.

Thanks in advance for your aid.

Terry

http://www.arkaz.com

Sign up and we'll pm you the game server password.

Alphonse · Post by **Alphonse** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 4:58 pm

If you can play on Avlis you have all the haks you need

terryrayc · Post by **terryrayc** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 3:22 am

just a quick update.

Beta testing is going fine. Lots of bugs found and fixed.
Mines are in.
Crafting is in.
Several quests live.
small but growing player base.

Come check us out http://www.arkaz.com

On a side note, we are currently looking for an additional DM and an area builder. if you are interested email or send me a PM.

Alphonse · Post by **Alphonse** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 8:28 am

terryrayc wrote:just a quick update.

Beta testing is going fine. Lots of bugs found and fixed.
Mines are in.
Crafting is in.
Several quests live.
small but growing player base.

you forgot sadistic . . . .*coughs* . . er . . .I mean nice friendly DMs

Fifty · Post by **Fifty** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 11:35 am

terryrayc wrote:just a quick update.

Beta testing is going fine. Lots of bugs found and fixed.
Mines are in.
Crafting is in.
Several quests live.
small but growing player base.

Come check us out http://www.arkaz.com

On a side note, we are currently looking for an additional DM and an area builder. if you are interested email or send me a PM.

Mines and crafting are working now?! Time to go powercraft...