The Forumwarz Blog Posted:

We’re only one week away from the Launch of Forumwarz Episode 2!

Here are some very important things you should know (even if you haven’t purchased Episode 2):

Most game statistics have been changed and tuned

This is in the best interests of keeping the game smooth and challenging, as well as balancing between the various player clbumes.

Many things are weaker, many are stronger. Changes have been made to pretty much every attack, item and upgrade in the game. In fact, you’ll find that the new system includes many more upgrades for the same amount of upgrade points, (although they are weaker.)

As a result of this, everyone will begin with all their upgrades reset, and their equipment unequipped. The first thing you will have to do when you start playing is re-build your character (unless of course you’re starting from scratch.). This means taking your time to use the upgrade interface to create a new build, and putting back on your equipment.

If you are unsure as to what makes a good build in the Episode 2 universe, don’t worry, HaxlRose will allow you to refresh your stats for free once every 4 days.

We have to take the server down for the upgrade

On October 15th at approximately 7AM EST Forumwarz will be taken down. When the server comes back up, Forumwarz Episode 2 will be live.

We are also using this opportunity to do some major cleanup of old files and data, as well as moving to a brand new server. For those keeping count, this will be our third infrastructure change in a year (and that’s not even counting RAM upgrades). We’re anticipating lots of activity around the Episode 2 launch, and we want to do our best to make sure things stay up and are smooth.

Domination is going to end a day early

Because the server needs to be taken down for the upgrade, and we happen to be launching on a Wednesday, we’ve decided to end Domination at 9PM EST on Tuesday night instead.

Is there anyway we can check our primary attributes? the secondary ones are down the bottom of the screen, but how do we tell what level of egomania/douchebaggery we have? Other than the numerical value underneath the character portrait, there doesn’t seem to be a way to check this.

The reason being, I want to write down my stats so I can get the same basic character build I have now.

Thanks!

CreepPipe Posted:

You can go to the Upgrades tab on your Character page then check which upgrades you have under the Added subsection.

However as ET mentioned certain things will be weaker as others will be stronger for Episode 2, so if you’re looking to have the exact same build in Episode 2 that you did in Episode 1 it may not be as easy as picking the same upgrades verbatim. But then again I won’t be 100% sure of that until next week.

Also looking forward to it.

What CreepPipe said. But adding that I think it’s probably a better idea to go by the numeric values than upgrade level – primarily because ET mentioned that upgrades will be cheaper but weaker. So if you’re at ego level 5 now and have x number of ego points, ego level 5 after ep2 may have x-50 points.

Since I imaging the new forums will hit a hell of a lot harder in general, I’m guessing the number of ego points is going to matter a lot more than matching current level 5 to ep2 level 5.

Fran Posted:

Got any idea when the servers will come back online?

It’s a pretty big move so I am going to be very generous with my estimate.

The good news is I’ve set up many versions of Forumwarz by now and I’m quite good at it.

I expect the servers to be back up by 7PM EST, but if there are issues or whatever I’ll update the page that’s showing to the world.

quangntenemy Posted:

Does this affect only skill and item stats?

I hope the item prices won’t change otherwise I’ll have to cash in all my junks.

Item prices may or may not change. However, without a pre-published list, there’s no way to know if you should be selling now or later.

priscilla Posted:

This: http://killermist.com/buildcheck.htm may be of use.

Actually, that will become completely obsolete with Ep 2 until it is redone.

He means to look at your current stats, and that information is available above.

JioCaged Posted:

If things go badly i there a chance that it wouldn’t be ready until the 16th?

of 2009, yes.

TornadoTK Posted:

Dammit. Now I don’t know if the price of the DML is gonna go up, or if the stats of the DML are gonna go down.

To buy, or not to buy? GRAH.

buy it now. maybe only two days left to benefit from it and the min repair, ir you’re into grinding