Fury Pre-Beta Videos

[Merusk]

Ok, Nvidia released some new drivers that fixed my rendering and crash problems so I can use those.  Got Fury up and running and the low-render option is kicking ass, smooth as silk now.  Woot.

Of course, now I keep getting "connection interrupted"      Are the servers just unstable this weekend, or do I have another problem at work here?

[KallDrexx]

Ok, Nvidia released some new drivers that fixed my rendering and crash problems so I can use those.  Got Fury up and running and the low-render option is kicking ass, smooth as silk now.  Woot.

Of course, now I keep getting "connection interrupted"      Are the servers just unstable this weekend, or do I have another problem at work here?

It's an issue with the sanctuaries actually.  Try going to a different sanctuary for now.  It's definitely not you though.

Also you shouldn't get it in the warzones.

[Merusk]

It's amusing that I have NO idea what's going on right now.  I'm just spamming buttons hoping people die. Ahh, a noob once more.

I just did a vortex with someone from LOTD.. hope he's not annoyed my warden didn't heal at all. 

Ed: Ok game is WAY too much fun now that I've got it running.  Look for "Ayarae" if you want to hook up with me later. I'm off to work to finish out a job for a few hours right now, though.

[Amaron]

I wasn't sure I liked it much at first since I couldn't figure out wtf was going on but I find myself continuing to log in as I figure it out more and more.

[waylander]

It's amusing that I have NO idea what's going on right now.  I'm just spamming buttons hoping people die. Ahh, a noob once more.

I just did a vortex with someone from LOTD.. hope he's not annoyed my warden didn't heal at all. 

Ed: Ok game is WAY too much fun now that I've got it running.  Look for "Ayarae" if you want to hook up with me later. I'm off to work to finish out a job for a few hours right now, though.

We are training a lot of new recruits this weekend so we're going to be running a lot of full teams, or teams with some PUG's in there somewhere. When we run with PUG's int he group, we just sorta hope they know what to do but its not really a big deal if they don't. Our concern is just getting essence for our new members with lower rank characters, and teaching them some map tactics.

Cya in game!

[Alex Weekes]

If Alex is still reading this, can i ask; how seriously are you guys involved with the AINC people down in Melbourne, and the proposed comptitive 4v4 thing?

hey, I've just seen this. I went down there for the Sunday of their CS finals. Immunity and Parallax played a couple of 4v4 Elimination games, but we were squeezing the matches into a tight schedule so they didn't get much in the way of instruction or practice time ahead of the games.

As for how serious we are ... well, an announcement went out today about Fury and the CPL :).

[schild]

Not to rain on a parade, but isn't CPL absolutely fucked since pretty much all of their sponsors pulled out due to the lead guy being a nutjob?

[cmlancas]

I read something about that the other day. Anyone have the link?

[waylander]

Here you go. The ?'s are just errors in our forum code.

Auran Teams With CPL to Unleash the Fury

FuryBrisbane, Australia ? August 1, 2007 ? After a highly successful showing at Gamecock?s E.I.E.I.O. in California and a packed debut preview weekend, Auran, developers of the upcoming player versus player massively multiplayer online title, Fury, are excited to announce a partnership with the kings of competitive gaming ? the Cyberathlete Professional League.

?When designing Fury, we always had skilled competitive players like those of the CPL in mind,? said Tony Hilliam, Auran CEO. ?This partnership is a perfect fit: the ultimate in competitive gamers meet the ultimate competitive MMO.?

?Fury brings together the best elements of online role-playing games and first-person shooters,? said Richard Iggo, Vice President of marketing at Gamecock, Fury?s North American publishers. ?It?s a natural fit that we work with the CPL on a game like this ? we have all the depth that MMO players demand, but take the genre to a new level with lightning fast gameplay that?s all about your skill as a player, rather than the number of hours you?ve spent grinding out quests.?

The CPL will work directly with Auran and Gamecock on a series of promotional events and activities to deliver a game they?re describing as a ?PvP revolution?. Promotions include access to Fury?s online preview weekend events and a presence at the Summer 2007 CPL Championships which takes place Thursday, August 30 to Sunday, September 2, 2007 (Labor Day Weekend) at the Hilton Anatole hotel in Dallas, Texas.

More activities will be announced in the coming weeks.

After the success of the first Beta Preview Weekend, Auran will be running another 36 hour Fury frag-fest (?RPG style?) from noon, Pacific Daylight Time, Saturday August 4th.

Visit www.unleashthefury.com/beta/signup.php to register for the August 4th weekend event and a summer of ongoing PvP action.

More details on Fury can be found at www.unleashthefury.com

The complete press release is located at www.thecpl.com/news/fury.doc

[waylander]

Here's a video for you guys.

LotD vs PuG - VTX Tie Breaker!

Edit by Trippy: fixed URL

[Amaron]

Here's a video for you guys.

LotD vs PuG - VTX Tie Breaker!

Edit by Trippy: fixed URL

I ran into you guys several times today in pug vortex only to be murdered.  Though  one match you guys lost 4-0 surprisingly.  I think I got stuck with some LoD that time though.  Was good fun though as long as the pug didn't totally suck.

[waylander]

Here's a video for you guys.

LotD vs PuG - VTX Tie Breaker!

Edit by Trippy: fixed URL

I ran into you guys several times today in pug vortex only to be murdered.  Though  one match you guys lost 4-0 surprisingly.  I think I got stuck with some LoD that time though.  Was good fun though as long as the pug didn't totally suck.

We are taking in a few new people each weekend, and it takes time to get them oriented into our team scheme. Unfortunately that means that we lose sometimes due to those members being low rank, or not knowing what their role is on the map.

Anyway, hope you had fun in Fury!

[Venkman]

Press release was released today announcing the business model. Here's a snip of what I got via email:

The game will be available from both retail and online at standard retail pricing from October. It is free to play with regular free content updates, plus an option to subscribe for additional benefits. Importantly, all players, regardless of subscription status, have access to the most powerful items and abilities in the game. Subscription offers additional benefits, choice and flexibility.

Tony Hilliam, Auran CEO, explains; “FURY is a game that blends elements from different genres; the pace and adrenaline rush from FPS games; the depth of character customization from RPGs; and the social and virtual economy aspects from MMOs” he said. “Therefore we wanted to make sure that our business model took into account the different expectations of various player types.”

All players in FURY start out as “Immortals” for their first month of play. Immortal status gives players a range of additional benefits including:

o        Quick travel in the Sanctuaries and Schools
o        VoIP talk privileges
o        One additional Item Roll Slot
o        Extended “rested gold bonus”
o        Selling privileges on the Auction House
o        Priority log-in queuing
o        Entry into weekly and seasonal Ladders
o        Personal player battle statistics
o        In-game Customer Service access
o        Elite access to the test server to preview new content

The "Priority Log-in Queuing" is interesting. I've never seen that before outside of talk of ISPs prioritizing signals.

[schild]

The "Priority Log-in Queuing" is interesting. I've never seen that before outside of talk of ISPs prioritizing signals.

Wrong.

Dungeon Runners has been doing it since day 1 of the subscription.

So have much older games I can't be bothered to remember right now.

Edit: Ok, the VOIP talk thing is stupid. Teamspeak and vent. Comeon. That's embarrassing. However, that auction house selling thing is a stroke of brilliance. Well played.

[Nerf]

Client provided VoIP is fucking brilliant, and is somthing I wish alot more MMO's would start implementing.

When you're constantly with the same group of people, yes, you'll use vent/ts, but in a PUG having everyone on the same channel instantly is great.
DDO wouldn't have gotten me out of the free trial if it werent for the built in VoIP, even if you have your own ts/vent server, you can't expect everyone to hop in it.

[SnakeCharmer]

Client provided VoIP is fucking brilliant, and is somthing I wish alot more MMO's would start implementing.

When you're constantly with the same group of people, yes, you'll use vent/ts, but in a PUG having everyone on the same channel instantly is great.
DDO wouldn't have gotten me out of the free trial if it werent for the built in VoIP, even if you have your own ts/vent server, you can't expect everyone to hop in it.

No it's not.  It's fucking AWFUL.

PuGs are bad enough.  But having to deal with some whiny, screechy, zomgicantalkonthiscomputergame 16 year old that absolutely_will_not_shut_the_fuck_up on top of a PuG?   Screw that. 

I'll use my own vent/TS thanks, even if it does have client side VoIP.

[Slayerik]

Client provided VoIP is fucking brilliant, and is somthing I wish alot more MMO's would start implementing.

When you're constantly with the same group of people, yes, you'll use vent/ts, but in a PUG having everyone on the same channel instantly is great.
DDO wouldn't have gotten me out of the free trial if it werent for the built in VoIP, even if you have your own ts/vent server, you can't expect everyone to hop in it.

No it's not.  It's fucking AWFUL.

PuGs are bad enough.  But having to deal with some whiny, screechy, zomgicantalkonthiscomputergame 16 year old that absolutely_will_not_shut_the_fuck_up on top of a PuG?   Screw that. 

I'll use my own vent/TS thanks, even if it does have client side VoIP.

There are exceptions. In a game like Battlefield, if a commander steps up, knows what he is doing, and communicates it through voice I have seen teams become twice as good.

The flipside, is when everyone 'knows the best way' of doing shit. And they all sound like they are 12. And they all suck. And stuff.

[Venkman]

The "Priority Log-in Queuing" is interesting. I've never seen that before outside of talk of ISPs prioritizing signals.

Wrong.

Dungeon Runners has been doing it since day 1 of the subscription.

Did I say "nobody's ever done that before"?

[schild]

The "Priority Log-in Queuing" is interesting. I've never seen that before outside of talk of ISPs prioritizing signals.

Wrong.

Dungeon Runners has been doing it since day 1 of the subscription.

Did I say "nobody's ever done that before"?

Whoa there pardner. You said you'd never seen that before - I'm pretty sure we (the collective f13 "we") talked about it. Sorry for being blunt. People were making me stabby this morning.

[Venkman]

Nah, it's alright man. This fucking sinusitis has got me all pissy this week. And tbh I thought you were Trippy. He usually says stuff like that and both your names show up white on the light blue background theme :)

[waylander]

LOL Check Out This Fury Video

That would be a cool thing if it got mass advertised!