Tuesday 29 November 2016

Rain in Aelasar's Forest



The rain in Shroud of the Avatar is very cooling, especially on the coast.

Stats 29th November - Shroud of the Avatar





Crafting
Mining 46 -62 - 62 -62 - 73
Forestry 69 - 85 - 94 - 95 - 99 - 105
Foraging 53 - 59 -60 -60 - 61 - 62
Field dressing 66 - 72 - 73 - 74 - 75 - 77
Fishing 42 -106 - 109 - 112 - 113 - 113
Smelting 23 - 27 - 27 - 27 - 29
Butchery 34 - 54 - 57 - 57 - 59
Tanning 45 - 59 - 59 - 59 - 59
Milling 37 - 40 - 40 - 40 -40
Agriculture -
Textiles 33 - 38 - 38 - 38 - 38 - 38
Blacksmithing 51 - 96 - 98 - 101 - 102 - 103
Carpentry 34 - 97 - 98 - 102 - 105 - 107
Cooking 45 - 54 - 57 - 59 - 59 - 59
Alchemy 15 - 35 - 35 - 35 - 35
Tailoring 22 - 47 - 47 -47 - 47

Adventuring
Polearms 10 -10 - 10 - 10 - 10
Shields 0 - 0 - 0 - 0
Blades 103 -183 - 214 - 269 - 323 - 368
Heavy armor 0 - 0 - 0 - 0
Light armor 38 - 38 - 38 - 38
Archery 131 - 132 - 132 - 132 - 132
Bludgeon 20 - 20 - 20
Sun 16 -77 -84 - 86 - 88 - 93
Earth 50 - 52 - 93 - 132
Air 96  -183 - 189 - 192 - 194 - 199
Health 54 - 119 - 136 - 142 - 147
Tactics 43 - 80 - 83 - 85 - 89 - 91
Suberterfuge 43 - 43 - 43 - 46 - 47
Focus 29 - 66 - 71 - 74 - 78 - 82
Taming 11 -11 - 11

Pooled Experience 9,331
Gold 14,679

Locations visited:
Serpent's Spine Foothills Skull 4
East Sanctus Forest, Skull 3
North Ravenswood
Plains of Righ Inis Skull 3 (ores, trees, cotton) 
Owls Head
Aelasar's Forest
Central Brittany

Notes:
Was ganked twice in PvP and pickpocketed once in Owls Head whilst distracted watching the Telethon, great show by the way. Thanks to the devs and the Portalarium crew who made it cool.
My thoughts on PvP is that it should be in the game, but I will not be hunting others. I like the edge that it gives participation in the game, plus it helps interaction and removal of items from the game to give crafters a reason to craft.

Monday 28 November 2016

Stats 28th November - Shroud of the Avatar

Last figure is the latest




Crafting
Mining 46 -62 - 62 -62
Forestry 69 - 85 - 94 - 95 - 99
Foraging 53 - 59 -60 -60 - 61
Field dressing 66 - 72 - 73 - 74 - 75
Fishing 42 -106 - 109 - 112 - 113
Smelting 23 - 27 - 27 - 27
Butchery 34 - 54 - 57 - 57
Tanning 45 - 59 - 59 - 59
Milling 37 - 40 - 40 - 40
Agriculture -
Textiles 33 - 38 - 38 - 38 - 47
Blacksmithing 51 - 96 - 98 - 101 - 102
Carpentry 34 - 97 - 98 - 102 - 105
Cooking 45 - 54 - 57 - 59 - 59
Alchemy 15 - 35 - 35 - 35
Tailoring 22 - 47 - 47 -47

Adventuring
Polearms 10 -10 - 1010 
Shields 0 - 0 - 
Blades 103 -183 - 214 - 269 - 323
Heavy armor 0 - 0 - 0
Light armor 38 - 38 - 38
Archery 131 - 132 - 132 - 132
Bludgeon 20 - 20 - 20
Sun 16 -77 -84 - 86 - 88
Earth 50 - 52 - 93
Air 96  -183 - 189 - 192 - 194
Health 54 - 119 - 136 - 142
Tactics 43 - 80 - 83 - 85 - 89
Suberterfuge 43 - 43 - 43 - 46
Focus 29 - 66 - 71 - 74 - 78
Taming 11 -11 - 11

Pooled Experience 8,951
Gold 11,667

Locations visited:
Serpent's Spine Foothills Skull 4
East Sanctus Forest, Skull 3
Aelasar's Forest
Central Brittany

Sunday 27 November 2016

Avatar stat update - Shroud of the Avatar

Last figure is the latest




Crafting
Mining 46 -62 - 62 -62
Forestry 69 - 85 - 94 - 95
Foraging 53 - 59 -60 -60
Field dressing 66 - 72 - 73 - 74
Fishing 42 -106 - 109 - 112
Smelting 23 - 27 - 27 - 27
Butchery 34 - 54 - 57 - 57
Tanning 45 - 59 - 59 - 59
Milling 37 - 40 - 40 - 40
Agriculture -
Textiles 33 - 38 - 38 - 38
Blacksmithing 51 - 96 - 98 - 101
Carpentry 34 - 97 - 98 - 102
Cooking 45 - 54 - 57 - 59
Alchemy 15 - 35 - 35 - 35
Tailoring 22 - 47 - 47 -47

Adventuring
Polearms 10 -10 - 10
Shields 0 - 0 -
Blades 103 -183 - 214 - 269
Heavy armor 0 - 0 - 0
Light armor 38 - 38 - 38
Archery 131 - 132 - 132 - 132
Bludgeon 20 - 20 - 20
Sun 16 -77 -84 - 86
Earth 50 - 52
Air 96  -183 - 189 - 192
Health 54 - 119 - 136
Tactics 43 - 80 - 83 - 85
Suberterfuge 43 - 43 - 43
Focus 29 - 66 - 71 - 74
Taming 11 -11 - 11

Pooled Experience 6,396
Gold 6993

Locations visited:
East Sanctus Forest, Skull 3
Aelasar's Forest
Central Brittany

Saturday 26 November 2016

Shroud of the Avatar Stat update

As of 26th November 2016
Big two day session of grinding in Skull 4 location, Serpent Spine Foothills. Just about manage killing solo mobs there, but not 3 at a time.
Also I was PvP and an Avatar called Loot ganked me and I lost my Magic Dyed helm which I bought off Cianna for 300g. Lesson learned of course as I quite liked the look of it.
I am now in a Bear hat which give me +3 strength.


Numbers on the right are the latest.

Crafting
Mining 46 -62 - 62
Forestry 69 - 85 - 94
Foraging 53 - 59 -60
Field dressing 66 - 72 - 73
Fishing 42 -106 - 109
Smelting 23 - 27 - 27
Butchery 34 - 54 - 57 
Tanning 45 - 59 - 59
Milling 37 - 40 - 40
Agriculture -
Textiles 33 - 38 - 38
Blacksmithing 51 - 96 - 98
Carpentry 34 - 97 - 98
Cooking 45 - 54 - 57
Alchemy 15 - 35 - 35
Tailoring 22 - 47 - 47

Adventuring
Polearms 10 -10
Shields 0 - 0
Blades 103 -183 - 214
Heavy armor 0 -0
Light armor 38 - 38
Archery 131 - 132 - 132
Bludgeon 20 - 20
Sun 16 -77 -84
Air 96  -183 - 189
Health 54 - 119
Tactics 43 - 80 - 83 
Suberterfuge 43 - 43 - 43
Focus 29 - 66 - 71
Taming 11 -11

Gold: 4,340

Friday 25 November 2016

Fishing in Nightshade Pass - Shroud of the Avatar Style

Sometimes during a farming session I like to relax with a spot of fishing, even in dangerous places like Nightshade Pass. Although only dangerous to new players like me.



I can't say that I notice any difference in quality or number of catches. As long as you fish the bubbles you have about a 1 in 5 chance of catching something. My fishing level is about 50ish. But by next week it should be well into the 60ish

Shroud of the Avatar Stat Update

Stats for 25th November
Previous stats are first, current are second
This is the 17th day of play

Crafting
Mining 46 -62
Forestry 69 - 85
Foraging 53 - 59
Field dressing 66 - 72
Fishing 42 -106
Smelting 23 - 27
Butchery 34 - 54
Tanning 45 - 59
Milling 37 - 40
Agriculture -
Textiles 33 - 38
Blacksmithing 51 - 96
Carpentry 34 - 97
Cooking 45 - 54
Alchemy 15 - 35
Tailoring 22 - 47

Adventuring
Polearms 10
Shields 0
Blades 103 -183
Heavy armor 0
Light armor 38
Archery 131 - 132
Bludgeon 20 
Sun 16 -77
Air 96  -183
Health 54 - 119
Tactics 43 -80
Suberterfuge 43 -43
Focus 29 - 66
Taming 11

Gold: 1410

Sunday 20 November 2016

Every item in Shroud of the Avatar

Note: I have taking this project one step forward and created a whole website around finding the prices on Shroud of the Avatar, it's at avatarfinancialexchange.com


Prices are what I find player vendors selling items for
Bolded items are common items


This is a list of items Shroud of the Avatar, also known as SOTA. It's not yet complete, but it is constantly updated

Multiple prices are listed where merchants are selling at different prices
Merchants sourced are in Central Britanny only.


2015 Fireworks 45-Piece Gift Reward Pack
Aether Vibration Amplifier
2015 Fireworks 45-Piece Gift Reward Pack
Aether Vibration Console Amplifier
Airship City Home
Amethyst 400
Ancestor Tombstone
Ancestor'S Cloak 75,000
Animal Hide 35.8
Animal Whistle
Ankh Of Virtue Necklace
Apple 10
Aqua Dye
Ardoris Coleslaw 80
Artisan Box Of Plenty
Artisan Tool Reward
Artisan Pickaxe 25,000
Astrolabe +1 3,000
Augmented Leather Boots 
Augmented Leather Chest Armor
Automaton
Bagpipes
Baked Salmon
Baked Trout
Banana Bread 50 - 82
Bark bread 70
Barn Owl Decoration Pet
Baron's Crown
Baron Founder (City Home) 550,000
Beef pot pie 100
Bear Hat
Bear hat +1 150
Beetle Carapace
Benefactor Citizen Piano
Benefactor'S Cloak 15,000 - 65,000
Benefactor'S Cloth Tunic 15,000
Benefactor'S Plaque
Benefactor'S Vanduul Polearm
Blood Raven Reward
Blue Dye
Blue stall awning 100
Bodice Bottoms
Bodice Top 
Bolt Of Cotton Cloth
Brace Of Lapine
Brazier
Bronze Augmented Chainmail Helm
Bronze Augmented Chainmail Chest Armor +4 13,000
Bronze Augmented Chainmail Gloves +2 3,000
Bronze Heavy War Hammer +2 3,000
Carpacian Augmented Cloth Chest Armor 500
Carpacian Augmented Cloth Helm 500
Carpacian Epic Cloth Chest Armor 500
Carpentry Hammer Of Prosperity
Chaox Pork And Beef Load
Chaox Pork And Beef Loaf
Checkered Cloak
Chicken pot pie 100 - 165
Citizen Benefactor (Village Home)
Citizen Founder (Village Home)
Citizen Founder (Village Home)
Citizen Founder (Village Water Home)
Citrine
Commission-Free Vendor
Cotton Epic cloth chest armor 600
Cotton Epic cloth gloves 300
Cotton epic cloth helm 300
Cotton epic cloth helm 300
Cotton epic leg armor 450
Cotton Long Kilt 3,400
Copper Binding
Copper Great Axe
Copper Ingot
Copper Ore
Copper Augmented Chainmail Leggings +6 8,000
Corner Rough Wooden Fence
Corner Viking Wooden Fence
Corpse Wax 7.5
Countach - An Album Cover
Crocodile skewers 125
Daemon Hoof
Dark Aqua Dye
Dark Blue Dye
Dark Green Dye 400
Dark Orange Dye
Dark Pink Dye
Dark Purple Dye
Dark Red Dye
Dark Yellow Dye
Darkstarr Cloak 150,000
Darkstarr smoked duck 100
Diamond 400
Dinner chair 1,890
Domesday Certificate
Dragonbone Throne
Duke'S Cloak
Duke'S Crown
Dupre'S Duck Stew 100
Edelmann Benefactor (Village Home)
Edelmann Birdbath
Edelmann Founder (Village Home) 70,000
Edelmann Founder (Village Water Home)
Elven Three-Story Row Home Reward 157,500
Elven Two-Story Row Home Reward 87,500
Elven Wardrobe
Emerald
Epic leather boots +8 375
Explosive potion 100
Fairy Wings
Fanciful Dragon Pipe
Fancy bed 3,400
Fancy Tiara 
Filled Test Tube Rack
Fishing Rod Of Prosperity
Focus Potion 100
Founder Artisan Tool Reward
Founder'S Cloth Tunic
Founder'S Plaque
Founder'S Vanduul Polearm
Foundry Expert Carpentry Station
Fyndoro'S Tablet
Giant Monarch Butterfly Decoration Pet
Garlic Cheese Bread 75
Garlic Chicken 250
Gold Crown Of The Obsidians 2,500 - 2,100
Gold Ingot
Gold Ore
Gorns venison roast 100
Gothic Mansion Three-Story (Village Home)
Grannus Beef Stew
Great Dane Decoration Pet
Green Dye
Grey Dye
Guillotine
Harvesting Axe Of Prosperity
Hatch (Basement Entrance)
Health Potion 100
Iron Crown of the Obsidians 2,000
Iron Great Axe +5 3,600
Iron Plate Boots +4 3,200
Iron Plate Boots +74 3,200
Iron Ingot
Iron Ore 66
Jack O' Lantern
Knight Founder (Village Home)
Knight Founder (Village Water Home)
Knight Marshal'S Winged Helm
Kobold Clockwork Wings
Kobold Fighter Mask
Kobold Statue
Kobold Tusker Mask
Large Cabinet 2,800
Large Windmill Power Generator 30,000
Large writing desk 2,400
Large Fountain
leather boots +1 200
Leather boots +7 1,500
Light Orange Dye
Light Pink Dye
Light Purple Dye
Light Red Dye
Light Yellow Dye
Lolo'S Founder Crossbow
Long Rug (Ornate) 1,200
Long Rug (Red) 640
Long Viking Wooden Fence
Lord Founder (Town Water Home)
Lord Marshal Helm
Lute
Magic Printing Press
Maple Wood
Metal Scrap
Meteoric Iron Augmented Plate Leggings
Mounted Artic wolf
Mounted antlers 125 -120
Mounted Artic Wolf 800
Mounted Brown Bear 1,200
Mounted Desert Wolf 1,500
Mounted Elder Wolf 2,200
Mounted Patriarch Bear 8,600
Mounted Polar Bear 2,200
Mutton pot pie 100 - 160
Nickel 99
Non-Combat Clockwork Pet Reward 18.000
Non-Combat Pet Reward 15,000
Novia Map Atlas Reward Pack
Obsidian Chip
Obsidian Potion Reward
Obsidian Potion of Capacity 3,500
Obsidian Potion of Conservation 3,500
Obsidian Potion of Expedience 3,500
Obsidian Potion of Precision 3,500
Obsidian Potion of Stamina 3,500
Obsidian Venison loaf 750
Obsidian wolf chops 750
Oil Lamp Burner
Onyx 500
Orange Dye
Ornate Brass Darklamp
Ornate Skull Candle
Oyster Potpie 100 - 200
Pewter Bowl
Phonograph
Pickaxe With Gold Engravings
Pie dough 60
Piece Of Apple Pie
Piece Of Carmelized Onion Quiche
Piece Of Pumpkin Pie 105
Piece Of White Cake 125
Pine Long Bow Of Gaiaism
Pine Long Bow +2 666
Pink Dye
Plain Carnival Mask
Player Owned Town City Lot Deed
Player Owned Town Row Lot Deed
Player Owned Town Village Lot Deed
Portable Aether Vibration Amplifier
Pristine Arctic Wolf Head
Pristine Brown Bear Head
Pristine Elder wolf head 1,000
Pristine Timber Wolf Head 1,000
Prosperity Tool Reward
Pumpkin Soup 72
Pure black dye 2,150
Rabbit stew 100
Raw Cotton 7.8 - 15.98 
Recall Scroll 150
Rectangle Rug (Orange And Black)
Rectangle Rug (Red)
Red Dye
Red stall awning 120
Replenshing Snowball Box
Round Tower (Village Home)
Row Stone & Timber 1-Story Basement
Row Stone & Timber 2-Story Basement
Royal Founder'S Bow
Royal Founder'S Cloak
Royal Founder'S Plaque
Royal purple dye 30,000
Rusted Iron Greenhouse
Ruby 500
Sapphire 300
Scale
Short Little Stone Wall
Shroud Of The Avatar Painting
Sickle Of Prosperity
Sickle Of Prosperity
Silver Ore 60 -69
Skeleton Bone 1,000
Skinning Knife Of Prosperity
Skull Sword
Small Old Keep (Village Home)
Small odd skul 100
Small Stone Ruins
Small Writing Desk 1,800
Sooty Bark
Spider Legs
Steampunk Hat 
Steampunk Top Hat 15,000 98,999
Stone Ladder Corner Castle Wall
Stone Ladder Long Gated Castle Wall
Stone Ladder Straight Castle Wall
Stone Short Gated Castle Wall
Stone Straight Castle Wall
Stone Three-Story (Row Home)
Stone Two-Story (Row Home)
Striped Cloak
Suet 380
Sugar cookie 25
Summoning Whistle Necklace (Ferocious Wolf Spider)
Summoning Whistle Necklace (Large Red Spider)
Summoning Whistle Necklace (Small Wolf Spider)
Summoning Whistle Necklace +1 (Ferocious Wolf Spider)
Tavern counter with gate 120
Taming Collar
Teleport Scroll 150
Telescope
Tin 84 - 99
Tinkerer Certificate
Tombstone 100
Tungsten
Venom Sack
Viking Storage Chest
Viking Three-Story (Row Home)
Viking Two-Story (Row Home)
Village stone 2-strory basement 15,000
Wall Torch 375 - 399
Wheat 2
Wheat seed
Wind Power Generator
Windmill (Village Home) 100,001
Wooden Storage Chest 500
Woolf hat +1 150
Yellow Dye

Thursday 17 November 2016

Lyndoman of Cornwall, main character in Shroud of the Avatar

This is my main character in the pre-release version of the MMO, Shroud of the Avatar.



Name:
Lyndoman Cornwall

Guild:
Order of the Forest Dwellers

Home location:
Aelasar's Forest

Character calling:
Air Mage with a secondary in Moon skills.

Main game goals:
Expert in cooking, agriculture, alchemy

Secondary game goals:
Visiting every location in the game and writing a guide called, "Cheeses of Britannia".

House:
Town lot, Druid's Tree House (lent by the wonderful, Guild leader)

Current stats as of day 12 of gaming:


Skills


Crafting
Mining 46
Forestry 69
Foraging 53
Field dressing 667
Fishing 42
Smelting 23
Butchery 34
Tanning 452
Milling 37
Agriculture -
Textiles 33
Blacksmithing 51
Carpentry 34
Cooking 45
Alchemy 15
Tailoring 22

Adventuring
Polearms 10
Shields 0
Blades 103
Heavy armor 0
Light armor 38
Archery 131
Bludgeon 20
Sun 16
Health 54
Tactics 43
Suberterfuge 43
Focus 29
Taming 11
Air 96

Skill training is turned on for:

Air
Tactics health/strength
Life
Ranged
Blades



12th Day of progress in Shroud of the Avatar

Progress is going in the right direction, but never fast enough. But that's a good thing as it shows a game is engaging.

The amount of information I could share is huge and the problem with blogging progress of my character's progression is being able to stop playing and start tapping out words.

This is good, because it shows that the game can be immersive, maybe too immersive. But such is the nature of games like this, and a game such as Shroud of the Avatar can be played in many different ways.

I have thought about why I enjoy the play and it's probably about micro progression, that thing you got when you played Civilisation, it's 1am and you have to be up for work in the morning and you think, "Just one more turn," Next time you look at the clock it's 4.24am.

We have all been there, although as an adult with a family this kind of thing should not happen. Ok it still does, but it shouldn't. Addiction in gaming is a real thing and life needs to keep balanced. As does the game itself.

A good game imitates aspects of life that are interesting.

However it should also have a little dullness about it, creating ups and downs, excitement and then a little banality. Bean counting is an aspect of the game and it's something that is quite powerful, zen even.

The aesthetic of the game is very good and you can see how much better it will get once more development time has been put into the environmentals.

Everyone plays a game like this differently, the sandbox concept lends itself to a diversity of play. We saw this with Minecraft where players created different ways of playing. From what I know about Shroud of the Avatar, this is something the development team are striving for.

It's still early days though, the game is not yet finished, player Markee Dragon commented on one of his videos that it is about 80% finished. And as the game started in 2013 I think it will be 6 to 12 months before it reaches a point that will be mainstream.

Of course a game like this will never be finished and will hopefully reach a point where it can continue for as long as the Ultima series or indeed, World of Warcraft, which is still going strong if a little diminished in player numbers.

Lots and lots more to say about this game, now if I could only start playing it and blog more about it.


Wednesday 16 November 2016

Day 8 in Shroud of the Avatar

Things to do today in Britannia:



  • Trip to Adoris to clean out bank and hit locations along the way to say hi to Town Crier.
  • Plant more with various seeds and using different planters
  • Develop cooking skill more


Visited:


Liberty
Breakers Landing (cool air balloon)
Serpent's Watch
Green Acres
Cottage Grove
Dawns Keep
Ordinas Mortis
Brittany Estates
Brittany Graveyards
Serenity's Edge

Nightshade Pass 3 Scull (ran through quickly, killing one mage, had to take this path top deliver mail on the other side of the pass. Still too hard to solo)
Blackblade foothills 2 Scull

Items I want to buy
Bookcase 2,000g
Large dark cabinet 3,500
Oval Rug (Red) 1,600g


Notes


At Liberty, I found a comprehensive bunch of merchants gathered around the entrance to the location, which is great as I don't need to travel. Anything that cuts down on travel helps.


Skills


Crafting
Mining 43/
Forestry 51
Foraging 47
Field dressing 62
Fishing 38
Smelting 21
Butchery 12
Tanning 47
Agriculture 0
Textiles 26
Blacksmithing 43
Carpentry 21
Cooking 15
Alchemy 12
Tailoring 19

Adventuring
Polearms 10
Shields 0
Blades 81/100
Heavy armor 0
Light armor 38
Archery 132/131
Bludgeon
Sun 15/16
Health 42/51
Tactics 34/42
Suberterfuge 43
Focus 29
Taming 11
Air -/90


Failed to get to Adoris, got sidetracked grinding in West Ravensmoor, Skull level 3.


Monday 14 November 2016

List of things to do today in Shroud of the Avatar

A list of goals I want to complete today in SOTA after playing 7 days.

Today is my 7th day of staring a new life in Britannia, which is the land of Shroud of the Avatar, a new MMO which is the spiritual offspring of Ultima.

This will be a journal of what I get up to.

Goals today
  • Cooking, buy a recipe and cook one thing.
  • Sell cooked item.
  • Create more cooked food to increase cooking skill.
  • Create more health potions to build alchemy skill
  • Create Portal and Teleport scrolls to sell
  • Organise more deco for new home


Bought Baked Trout recipe from merchant in Nido 
Bought health potion supplies from alchemist merchant in Nido

Need
Wood pulp recipe, for scrolls


Went to West Ravenswood to boost skill pool, using Longbow to easily dispatch Brown Bears and Wolf Spiders.

Visited for 100g Town crier and screenshot
Shady Copse
Southmarsh
Nido

Stats as of today:

Crafting
Mining 43
Forestry 51
Foraging 47
Field dressing 62
Fishing 38
Smelting 21
Butchery 12
Tanning 47
Agriculture 0
Textiles 26
Blacksmithing 43
Carpentry 21
Cooking 15
Alchemy 12
Tailoring 19

Adventuring
Polearms 10
Shields 0
Blades 81
Heavy armor 0
Light armor 38
Archery 132
Bludgeon
Sun 15
Health 42
Tactics 34
Suberterfuge 43
Focus 29
Taming 11

Recipes learned:
Recall scroll
Hard maple timber
Wood pulp
Salmon meat
Butter
Jar of cooking oil

Housing
I have been lent a house to rest my weary head in Aelasars Forest