Volume 4
24 July 2022
Titan Times, A New Edition š°
Good evening companions and comrades, and welcome to another volume of everyone's favorite guild publication, Titan Times; the best place to go for everything ANO and thoughtful insights into all things Wynn! This is definitely not the third time this volume has been written. I hope all of Salted's patch notes haven't made you completely sick of the Hero Beta yet, cause we'll be getting to that shortly. But first, the usual. Let's not keep y'all in my intro any longer!
Recent Happenings š
First up, promotions! I love this part because I get to talk about the guild members that have really stepped it up recently. Thereās a good handful this go around since this has been rewritten so many times. Niel1299_TW, RowansWorld, ThrowMusket, Galassia98, explosivegamer25, TM20, Dr_san, wabbalubbadubdub, vxzzy, Gushh, iBug, and Varuhkt have all been promoted to Sorcerer! Additionally, Aemor and Asoart have made the jump to Artificer! Congrats everyone, and letās get some new names up here soon!
As Iām sure all of us know by now, the Hero Beta is available for anyone who has Hero or Champion rank. At the time of writing, there are 4 classes that are playable (sad no shaman), and new patches are coming regularly until the release of the new update. If youāre able to play and havenāt yet, I highly recommend giving some of the features a spin!
Iām also fairly certain most people know this too, but the SMP with our friends over in Adonis has been out for about a month now make your bets now for whether or not SMP will be dead by the time this comes out. Itās a 1.19 vanilla server and is just a fun space for alliance members to hang outside of Wynn. If for some reason youāre not in the Adonis discord, make sure you use the invite link in #guild-info and join the shenanigans (and definitely not just so I have more people to count with)!
Staying with news from Adonis for another moment, ESI members planned a Wynnguesser (same concept as Geoguesser, but using the Wynncraft map) event. Participants were given either images or short video clips of a location in game, and were asked to provide approximate coordinates within 30 seconds. 3 of the top slots were held by ANO members, so congrats to Cal, Geb, and Micah!
A fun surprise recently was another Crab Game event hosted by LaMDaKiS! Me being at work at the time, I couldnāt personally attend, but Crab Game is always a popular choice amongst guild members (and even people outside ANO), so of course it was a success. Make sure you grab the events role so you donāt miss any surprise events like this one!
editor's note: Raw finished the medal command. -profile <username> to see your medals šļø, if you've gotten one from the award ceremony.
Adonis End
Photo taken by Ohza
I got one shot by the Nova Dragon's ability (full netherite etc.)
Aezuh Perspective
Military Updates āļø
I want to start this section off by giving a massive congrats to ChristmasBear for passing the strategist test! The test isnāt as simple as one might think, and new strats do not come by often. Nice job dude!
It has been a few weeks at this point, but itās still notable to mention our 5th place standing at the end of Season 6! This is higher than the previous season, so itās awesome to see our war teams more active this time around. LaMDaKiS also came on top in Ocean Trials, our seasonal event in which you can earn LE for warring! Make sure you grab the role in #military-info if youāre interested in participating this season (or in any future season).
Our Season 7 reclaim of the ocean went smoothly. However, we have 3 new territories in our claim this season: Jofash Docks, Aldorei Valley West Entrance, and Light Forest West Lower; that officially makes ours a 30 territory claim instead of 27!
As always, if you donāt have the military role and would like it, just ask any council member for access!
Main Stage: Hero Beta Patches š
With multiple patches having been released at this point, I wanted to get some of the guild membersā thoughts on the content weāve seen thus far, and some predictions for the future. Most of the members interviewed this round have Hero+ rank and have played the beta, but not everyone was! Overall, ANO members seem to be excited for the final release of Spellbound, but letās see what our thoughts are on the patches!
Have you played on the Hero Beta yet? Which classes?
My thoughts: Iāve played on Warrior and only really looked at the skill tree on Mage
TM20: Yes, on Mage and Archer.
LaMDaKiS: Yes, on Archer, and a bit on Warrior and Mage.
Now that ā classes are out, what are your overall thoughts of the update so far?
My thoughts: I think itāll take time for me to really appreciate the new stuff; right now it feels like too many dramatic changes at once, but anything less wouldnāt be worthy of a 2.0 release
Ugastag: I really like the variety they are providing with the archetypes making all the builds more diverse.
TheZeldaBoi: The ability tree seems cool, the agility and defense changes donāt.
What class do you think youāll play on first when the final update drops?
My thoughts: Iām definitely going to start a new class, and itāll probably be either assassin or warrior (Iām biased okay).
Rowans_World: When the update releases on main servers Iāll play Mage then Archer, and Iāll probably have a 105 Warrior and Shaman by then too.
Viirns: Maybe Archer first because I enjoy that the most.
Which feature/piece of content are you most hopeful for or excited to play with?
My thoughts: Iām excited to check out the new quests! Iāve been avoiding them until the final release so I get the best experience with any lore-based content.
TakenEleven: Funny vertical teleport, heal immunity, etc. Basically fun stuff with Mage and Shaman.
TheZeldaBoi: I'm excited for the new raid and ability tree.
Which feature/piece of content has your biggest criticism?
My thoughts: Spellspam builds are going to work very differently, and with the nerfs to intelligence, I think spellspam is going to be significantly less effective.
LaMDaKiS: One of the 3 quests is a movie like, 70% is just cutscenes.
TM20: The ability tree is very overwhelming.
How do you imagine this will impact the guild community?
My thoughts: Because of the new archetypes and the new damage system, warring will require completely new builds. Also, I imagine many veteran players will want to return to check out the new update.
Rowans_World: I donāt really think itāll impact the guild, weāre more of a community that plays Wynncraft together than a community dependent on Wynncraft.
Ugastag: With the new archetypes, it'll obviously greatly affect the war meta with all the new spells and the update will definitely draw back veterans back into the game, flooding guilds.
How do you think the build meta will change after the update releases (specifically with the change in the mana and combat systems)?
My thoughts: I think heavy melee builds will dominate the meta because youāre able to create a wider variety of melee builds across the new archetypes (RIP spellspam warrior my beloved).
Viirns: The meta is really impossible to predict, as there are so many new ways to play; it's not gonna be spells vs. melee anymore, so I don't know about the meta.
TakenEleven: I think we are going to see 1 build way better than the rest in the meta for each mythic weapon in a certain archetype (sob no more variety).
Any other thoughts?
My thoughts: I hope we see a better mana revert before final release, but I doubt Iāll get one.
TakenEleven: wynn are you high btw
Ugastag: Dogs
Viirns: I like this update, and hope it brings a new life to wynncraft, maybe puts it back at the top of the list of games to play.
So there you have it! Lots of different thoughts and opinions, but overall pretty positive. If you havenāt checked out the Hero Beta recently (and are able to of course), I would recommend it!
Member Shout of the Publication
Trivia Fact āØ
Closing Remarks
If you made it this far, thank you! The support of my fellow guildmates is what keeps me motivated to continue creating for you all. I hope yāall look forward to reading each volume as much as I look forward to writing them. As always, if thereās something you think should be included in the next volume, DM me! Or if youāre interested in helping write, add visuals, or just want to help out the publication in general, consider submitting a Brilliance application. Itās currently just me writing and Aezuh helps with getting visuals and publishing on Github. But the two man team never fails nonetheless! Once again, thank you all and I hope to catch you in the next one.
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