Xsyon - Prelude News

Xsyon 2022 Thanksgiving Event:

On Saturday, November 26th, we will be hosting Xsyon's 2022 Thanksgiving Event over at the camp on Mystery Isle. This will be a cooperative Event in the spirit of Thanksgiving.

The Time for the Event on the Peace Server will be Noon PST.
The Time for the Event on the War Server will be 2 pm PST.

Guide Elijah wants Triceracock Kebobs for my Thanksgiving Dinner!
He will spawn in a Legendary Triceracock and name him ThanksgivingDinner. Players will be expected to cooperate to take him down. You will only be able to use one of the 4 types of dogs as your hunting pet for the event. Coyotes will not be allowed for this Event.

So get out there and tame yourself a good hunting dog and train him up for the event.

When he is taken down, Guide Elijah will skin him and evenly distribute the spoils among event attendees. You will then need to cook a Triceracock Kebob using the following ingredients:

Primary Ingredient 1 Triceracock Meat
Secondary Ingredient 1 Water Cress
Terciary Ingredient 1 Yarrow

Each person that turns in a Triceracock Kebob will receive their choice of Special Weapon and $5000.

Happy Thanksgiving!

In celebration of Halloween, Xsyon is on sale for under $10 through October 31st!

This coming weekend we will be hosting our annual Halloween Event.

The Event will be on Saturday October 29th at 12 Noon PST.

Pumpkin Head Revenants have taken over the long sandy gulch on Mystery Isle. Donning pumpkin head helms and wielding indestructible weapons, they terrorize the Isle.

We are calling for Heroes to come clear out this haunted batch of evil spirits!

Heroes can keep all the gear they loot from the Revenants, including the pumpkin head helms and indestructible weapons. If they so desire, players can exchange looted weapons for 10 Event Tokens and Halloween Helms for 3 Event Tokens.

In addition, there are baskets hidden in the area that each contain $5000 loot.

Guide Elijah will start summons about 20 minutes before the event start time.

Come one and all and enjoy the Xsyon 2022 Halloween Event!

We are running PvP battle events again this coming weekend, on both servers!

Time:
War Server: 12 Noon PST , Saturday October 1st 2022
Peace Server: 2 PM PST , Saturday October 1st 2022
15 minutes prior to the event, whisper GuideRaguel for a port.

Details:
Let’s get ready to rumble. Two citizens enter, only one leaves alive. With the conquest update coming up, it is time to fight. Spar with your fellow survivors to see who has the edge. Depending on participation there may be time for rematches, challenges, or team fights for fun.

After the fights, we’ll have a short race just to see how fast you can get to those contested areas! Everyone is a winner. Food will be provided.

Come hang out and see your fellow players and enjoy an afternoon of sparring and fellowship!

Rules:
Single elimination bracket
Must keep it in the area
No mounts
Order of port request determines bracket order
Weapons allowed
Looting of opponent NOT allowed
Destruction of the arena high discouraged
Don’t kill non-combatants!

Prizes:
1st gets a brand spanking new craft-able weapon of their choice and a pick of material (within reason) or schematic.
2nd gets either a new weapon or pick of material (within reason)
3rd gets whatever 2nd did not choose.

A Fishing Rodeo will be held on September 17th at Sunset Cove.

The event will start at 12 Noon PST / 3 pm EST. GuideElijah will be on hand about 20 minutes before the event begins to give summons.

Everyone who shows up will get $5000.
You can turn in 5 fish of any type to get 1 event token.

Turn in fish as follows for other prizes:

20 Mountain Whitefish Supreme ql 125 Master Scrapper's Rod
15 Brown Trout Supreme ql 125 Welmeti Fish Pouch
10 Cutthroat Supreme ql 125 Welmeti Fish Basket
5 Brook Trout Supreme ql 100 Dissector

However be sure to hold some fish back for the special grand finale of this event. I will spawn a male hunchback coyote pup and set his age at 1.

Whoever tames him gets to keep him.

Age of animals in Xsyon is in months, and about every 3 and one third to 3 and one half real life days your your pet's age will go up by one month.

Come and join the fun!

Hello Xsyon Citizens!

Here's a summary of what's going on with Xsyon over the next few months.

War Server Conquest System
I've resolved glitches with the Conquest System that were reported and that I found on my own over the past month. Several requested features have also been implemented. The latest iteration of the system is currently on the Test Server. While I feel the system is working well enough for public release I will be waiting until October to make it live. Almost there!

Construction Snap
I've added a Snap feature to building construction on the current Test Server build. Check the Developer Zone on the Xsyon website for more info.

Events
We will be running several events (both PvE and PvE) in September and October. I will announce each event a week ahead of time but we're planning to have an event at least every other weekend starting around mid September.

DirectX Graphics Update
The graphics update is coming along but will take a while longer. I am hoping to finish updating all the graphic systems and effects by the end of the year. Most of the foundation has been updated but the tree system, shadows and effects still need to be converted to the latest DirectX.

I will keep players updated on my progress and when I get to the point where some of the updated graphics can be tested.

That's all for now! As before, my primary focus is updating the graphics code. It's a very time consuming but necessary task and I hope it will be well worth it when it's complete.

Enjoy!