The Lands of Arda

illuminus · Vala Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 382

Entering Taur-en-Faroth from Nan Tathren

Furry forest friends

c_kitty · Joined: 04 Feb 2007 Posts: 36 Location: Sunny SoCal

hiya peeps

I would like to - scratch that - must mention that the pics look AMAZING!

GO Arda 2 Team, GO!!!

*general cheerleader-y spazziness*

awww, Illuminus, did you leave the fuzzy forest friend (or any of his relatives) alive, in case I'm needing a future pet to get lost with?

plus, little lost Pan wonders if it was just Madwack with the funky, disappearing, reappearing, unneccessarily windy, obstacle-strewn road fetish? being the directionally-challenged spacial 'tard I am, I'd like to inquire about getting around in our shiny new Arda. should I figure on more, less, or an equal amount of time panning about? or should I just figure on investing in breadcrumbs/a whole lotta string? hehe
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illuminus · Vala Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 382

I have to admit while running around on some of the maps I get lost briefly or really just lose my direction orientation. This area is a bit worse for that, but it is intentional design in this case.

Fens of Sirion daytime

Fens of Sirion night

illuminus · Vala Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 382

Salith Grinn · Vala Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 336 Location: Baltimore

I think the overall "getting lost" factor will be reduced this time...both by intention and necessity of the new game engine. Though to get from point A to point B you will still need to know the way.

We will however have fewer wilderness areas and have plans to release the maps all nicely labeled and whatnot so you can save them off and reference them easily.
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Lord of the seas and one of the Valar. He is famed for bringing Tuor to Gondolin, and so ultimately bringing about the downfall of Morgoth in the War of Wrath.
-Encyclopedia of Arda: Ulmo

illuminus · Vala Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 382

We might be approaching a beta test before much longer. I'll take screen captures of all the outside maps and put together a world map. An HTML image map would work better than one huge graphic file. Then again some people might want to print the world map, so it would need to be scaled right for printing as well.

Salith Grinn · Vala Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 336 Location: Baltimore

some view of the hill Amon Ereb

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Lord of the seas and one of the Valar. He is famed for bringing Tuor to Gondolin, and so ultimately bringing about the downfall of Morgoth in the War of Wrath.
-Encyclopedia of Arda: Ulmo

Salith Grinn · Vala Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 336 Location: Baltimore

The Inn at Sarn Athrad

Camp of Dwarves at Sarn Athrad

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Lord of the seas and one of the Valar. He is famed for bringing Tuor to Gondolin, and so ultimately bringing about the downfall of Morgoth in the War of Wrath.
-Encyclopedia of Arda: Ulmo

illuminus · Vala Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 382

Since we don't have any players I had to feed this critter my test dwarf so it doesn't starve while we wait.

Salith Grinn · Vala Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 336 Location: Baltimore

The Tavern at Sarn Athrad....a happenin place!

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Lord of the seas and one of the Valar. He is famed for bringing Tuor to Gondolin, and so ultimately bringing about the downfall of Morgoth in the War of Wrath.
-Encyclopedia of Arda: Ulmo

c_kitty · Joined: 04 Feb 2007 Posts: 36 Location: Sunny SoCal

poor widdle dorfie! (hopes Illuminius doesn't have it in for all short chars, lil Pan hates spiderwebbyness) *sniffle, small shudder*

Speaking of little people, BTW, check it out! I found a gif of Kain -

- I especially love those green footsies!
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C_Kitty
Pan(dora/demonium)
Arda Communications Specialist