Somnium Project (New Noob Island)

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This past Sunday we had an admin meeting to start with our wonderful new project – Somnium aka the new Noob Island!

What does this mean?

The admin team will now all be working on one project instead of different projects all over Terra and we will be rebuilding Terra from the ground up starting from Noob Island which we decided to name Somnium (chosen from the event held not too long ago, Pung was the lucky winner!).

Why are all the admins working on one project?

This way we will have way more ideas of which we can pick the best for the players. Work will be done way faster and there will definitely be more team work and more creativity. We believe this way of working will be beneficial for admins and all the players.

What is the basic idea behind Somnium?

We are creating a whole new island, which will replace Noob Island. We will definitely be getting rid of those awful brothers! There will be less grind and more fun! There will be interesting storylines and easy quests which are OPTIONAL! Tutorial will be way more effective due to the incorporation of the new quest system which will definitely help the new players to Terra. This will ensure that they will stay instead of leaving in frustration or boredom because of lack of knowledge.

What else can I expect from Somnium?

We will still have Karmiel, Edgewood, Eyre and surrounding areas. This time though each town will have a purpose and theme. Surrounding areas will have fun quests to do in case you do not want to leave Noob Island just yet. There will definitely be more easy and fun quests in each town as well!

What will each admin be doing?

Each admin has a specific task, here is the breakdown:
Project manager: The glue: Fally
Quest Architect: Decides what quests need to be built and manages quest builders: Honey
World Architect: Decides what should be built and manages mappers: xRavx
Storyline writers: Storyline for TWO, not only Somnium: GamerNerd, Culain, MadamMihm
Mappers: Work under leadership of world architect: xRavx, Travster, Webd
Quest builders: Create quests via quest editor may need to map a bit: Noddegamra, MadamMihm, Pong, GamerNerd, Culain

As you can see we are very organized and every admin is happy with their position.

We will be starting early June and we will update you as soon as we have made progress. We all are looking forward to this project and there is definitely a strong team spirit, it’s going to be a lot of difficult work but we are determined to see this through.

Here are the images drawn up by xRavx if you haven’t seen it yet!

-Initial Drawing


-Bird's Eye View

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Thanks!

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Love it, getting rid of the brothers is a great idea, I really would like to also see a theme around the towns, instead of pointless eyre, only going there to get spells Tongue. It's really good also that you guys are doing something about tut. Fun quests yay. Sounds fun!

Oh and does the Somnium project have a approx release date?

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no release date yet tentaive or otherwise because several of the staff are busy finishing up exams and such for school

and i think you guys will be well pleased with what we have planned xD

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*claps*

Can't wait for this. :mrgreen:

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What happens to the chars who are on noob currently? Will the new maps be over the old ones or will it be in a new place entierly?

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new place entirely

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*sniffs* but, I loved noob the way it was 2 years ago lol, that was perfection.Lol I look forward to this.

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Given how slowly i am progressing I may still be on Noob Island when this goes live.

What will happen to my character then?

I must say i would prefer to transfer to the new isle rather than stay here or be forced to go to big isle ... the new place sounds so great Laughing out loud

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you WILL have the option to transfer, and eventually the transfer will be mandatory. Wink

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The story for "transfering" to Somnium is pretty interesting as well. And before anyone else asks. The old noob island will be gone forever. Most likely deleted from the server to remove the now useless maps.

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Maybe these are silly question's but...

Will the new island allow player's to travel back and forth?

Will it be Smaller or Larger?

Will player's be able to complete it faster or at a lower level (or will it take longer)?

Is anything going to be removed or added? (Equipment, tool's, housing and such)

Are there going to be any interesting added features?

Will the same max skill's apply or might any be added or removed?

Will there be more to do for player's who decide to stay? (other than short term stuff)