PvP Tournament Registration Process has started!

Posted on the forums earlier today. So figure out who you're competing with and sign-up!

http://www.aeriagames.com/forums/en/viewtopic.php?t=2455642

Echo of Soul first community-lead Team Arena Tournament! ( Rough Draft )

Hello everyone!

Today I'm officially announcing EoS's first Team Arena tournament! Some of you may know by now, that I've been talking to players, Guilds, and the GM's asking if they're interested in helping me get people queuing more often in Team Arenas. I've received a ton of support in this matter, and now it's time to use that support to get some competition going!

Players may start registering their teams here, on the official forums. Registration is simple. Just fill out the required fields below, and you're considered registered for the tournament. You have from now, until July 6th to get the best gear you can, and practice with your teams. On the 6th, we'll start matching teams and get the tournament started!

Also below is the "Donations" post. There, players and Guilds may choose to donate rewards to help motivate players to form a team and, to reward top-placing teams who show they've got what it takes to be the best in Echo of Soul!

How it works:

Teams will be randomly chosen to compete against each other through an random number generator. Once the teams have been selected, you will be notified here on the forums, and in-game to figure out a date to have your match. The match must be completed within two ( 2 ) days of being selected. The match itself is best of 3, and the winning team advances while the losing team drops out of the tournament.

Rewards:

All teams that participate will receive rewards. However, the lion's share will be given to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams. Since the total amount of donations at this time is unclear, this will be figured out as the event nears completion.

As there are rules and regulations with just about everything in life, there's some here too. Please read through them carefully prior to registering your teams and donating rewards. Ignorance on these rules may cost you, so actually read them!

Player and Team Rules:

- Players must register a full team here on the forums. 

- Players may only use ilvl 100 PvP gear ( Hero Badge gear )

- No Gems are permitted in the tournament.

- No Support Equipment or Pet Whistles.

- Teams must have one of each class. No alternate paths ie: Either a Fire Mage or an Ice Mage. Not both.

- Selected teams need to be in the staging area 10 minutes before the match.

- Each team must have one person recording the match as soon as they enter. The recording needs to be uploaded to YouTube, and linked on the forums.

- Once inside the arena, players need to meet in the center to perform a 'gear check'. There's ample time to do so, and it helps ensure players are locked into required gear.

- If for some really weird reason there's a draw, the teams restart the match IF they both have 1 win.

- Players caught cheating will result in their team being automatically disqualified. No exceptions. 

- Should teams be caught trying to establish a pre-determined winner, all teams involved will be disqualified. Uh, basically, if you convicts try to do some shady deals setting up who's the winners/losers, all involved will be disqualified.

- If a full team does not show up for a match, it's considered a "Loss".

- Should a player disconnect, you'll just have to deal with it. You can ask the opposing team if they'd agree to a restart of that specific match, but officially, I'm not going to say they have to accept. It's not that I'm inconsiderate, it's just I've seen this abused before several times.

- All donations will be non-refundable. The GM's, the teams competing, and I appreciate your contribution. But please be certain you're okay with what you decide to donate. I don't want to have to tell people at the last minute that their rewards have been pulled.

Donations:

Players may donate prizes and gold to reward players brave enough to enter the tournament. Donations will be collected by _________ and held until after the tournament has completed. If a player decides to donate, please send an in-game mail to _______ and take a screenshot of the donation(s) prior to sending and post the image here or, send it to me. Either way, I need to see the screenshot to keep the "Donations" list up-to-date. Once every few days I'll verify with _____ to ensure that he's received the donations that players have posted on the forums.

Donation Guidelines:

Preferred items- Level 60 Potions, Scrolls, end-game crafted consumables, small amounts of item mall items and of course, gold! You get the picture. Basically, if you'd like to have it, chances are those that participate would too.

Please refrain from big ticket items like mounts, random costumes, Jack of all Trades etc. This tournament isn't all about the prizes. It's more about a community that realizes one aspect isn't doing so hot, and trying to do something about it.

That's it! Thanks to all in advance that are planning to donate, and thanks to _____ for agreeing to be the community backpack! Good luck to all teams that are going to enter.

*That's all I got for now. Some of this will be posted in different reserved posts on Monday. This is just a rough draft.*

Upcoming Razer Naga giveaway!

I did a review on a couple of Razer products I use for gaming, and the Razer Naga was one of them. Now, I'll be holding a giveaway soon for a brand new Razer Naga for my followers! If you're wanting a solid gaming mouse, this is it! So get to following!

More information on giveaway details in the coming days.

How's the mobile version of the site?

Playing around with some basic templates to make it easier to look at the site. The one I have now's pretty standard, and shows well on my Windows phone. Anyone having problems with it?

-Snares

Survey Results!

Unfortunately, the survey site I used had a cap on how many people can participate when not paying 30 bucks a month. That said, only 100 players were allowed to participate. Even though there were only 100 participates, I believe the data can be accurately used to formulate how people feel regarding PvP in EoS. I think that had there been more responses, it would have shown the same general line of thinking that the players that took the survey, had shown. So here's the results!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-N39Q62ND/

Thanks to all that took the survey!

-Snares

PvP Tournament?

Thinking about hosting a community-lead Team Arena tournament! In the name of balance, players would not be able to use Gems, consumables, and be restricted to ilvl 100 PvP gear. Also, thinking about forcing players to only be able to use one of each class to prevent gimmick teams ( 3 Duelists 2 Mages ) while further giving players more opportunity to join a team.

Of course, there would be rewards. I'd love to have this first tournament feature around 3k gold to split among the top-3 teams.


What do you think?


-Snares

Arena players, unite!

I'm looking for some players to form a team for Arenas! I've made a team name already, but I'm completely open to joining someone else's team. If anyone's interested message me here or in-game at Jenova on Requiem server!


-Snare

PvP Survey!

I've made a small, 10 question survey regarding things like class balance, CC, PvP rewards, and if people are interested in a team arena tournament! Please take it, and I'll post the results here in a week or so.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TL7KM8X

Thanks!



-Snares

Enhancement Boost at 7 PM GMT +2!

And lasts 6 hours! So save your gems until then. Official Announcement.

-Snares

Echo of Soul PvP Facebook Page created!

Since I've created a good bit of work so far, I figured now was the time to reach out to the community past my one, lonely post on reddit a few weeks ago. I'd appreciate a like to let me know there's people actually looking at the blog and FB! lol

https://www.facebook.com/eospvpblog

-Snares

Free Arena Information's up!

Just wanted to post another quick one. Went over the basics of Free Arena, and what to expect. Check it out!

-Snares

Gaming accessories is up!

I just finished going over the products I use for MMO's, and am still working on PvP gear sets. The amount of information that will be on that page is insane. It's taking far longer than I originally thought it would take, but it'll be worth it once I finally finish. Just wanted to put up a quick page in between there.

-Snares

Valhalla's up!

Finally up. Had to wait for it to upload and process. Working on PvP gear stats still, and should be up sometime tomorrow.


-Snares

Tribulation's Vale basic information is now up!

Hidy!

Been kind of busy this weekend, so going a little slow with the posts. I didn't realize Valhalla and the PvP Gear section was going to be so huge! I will probably knock-out Valhalla tomorrow, since for the PvP Gear page I'm taking tons of screenshots, comparing gear sets for each class, listing all their stats, and doing some of that stuff called math. So Monday or Tuesday may be a more realistic time frame for the PvP Gear page to be up.

As far as the other pages; they're coming! After Valhalla and PvP Gear Sets, I'll be working on Interviews since we got the first round of PvP titles for this week! Got to see how many matches our first OBT Conqueror did to get that title.

-Snares

Mettle's Theater basic information is up!

Today I updated the Battlegrounds section. It now has information related to Mettle's Theater on it, and will be updated again, tomorrow with Tribulation's Vale info.

Saturday I'll be working on the Valhalla and PvP gear basics, and have them ready for Sunday. Just a heads-up! Have a good weekend.


-Snares

Updates!

Alrighty, after playing non-stop practically since OBT's release, I'm STILL not level 60. I am level 50 though, and I should hit 60 by the end of the day. I blame this on that darn Protector alt I made and played until 40 QQ. That said, I've updated some of my pages to "Coming Soon", since It'll probably be later this week or, early next week when I'll update them with accurate information. However, this week I'll be making a guide for the Battlegrounds, Valhalla, PvP Gear, and Gaming Accessories! So a lot of work to do and a lot of pictures/videos to capture.

Just a quick update of what's coming this week.


-Snares

New Echo of Soul PvP Blog!

Hi everyone! Today I'm starting a new blog on a game I've recently got to experience through its closed beta: Echo of Soul! I'm really excited about its open beta launch on May 28th, because I had more fun with EoS's PvP than pretty much all the other games out on the market currently. I went into the game skeptical, but I was hooked as soon as my first battleground ended. It was that fun.

Despite it being a Korean Tab-target game, it really has a lot to offer in the PvP department. At launch there will be five different ways to enjoy PvP:

GvG Open-world dynamic PvP

Solo Arena- 5v5 random players

Team Arena- 5v5 premade teams

Battlegrounds- 15v15, 12v12, or 10v10

Valhalla- The ultimate Guild PvP experience. Up to 1,000 players compete to kill a boss NPC for 1,000 gold, crafting materials, and PvP gear!

Since I was part of an organized Guild, I got to experience all game types in CBT. Valhalla is by far the most fun in my opinion. Even in CBT, it was pretty chaotic...until our Guild ran the competition off! That won't happen in OBT though, since there will be tons more players competing over the insane loot the boss NPC drops.

The other game modes are equally fun, and can get pretty hectic too. Especially the BG's. I've had lots of close games against other players there, and look forward to many more. The same can be said of Solo/Team Arenas; really fun, quick 5v5 team death matches. And of course, open-world PvP's always great. Nothing like killing that rival Guild member while he's gathering resources!

Since I've had so much fun in EoS, I'll be covering the game here, and YouTube, every Thursday. I plan to do interviews with top-ranked players on the leaderboards, build guides, strategies for each PvP mode, and much, much more! So to keep up-to-date with all things PvP related in EoS, please keep my blog in mind!


-Snares