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Mithrandir
Hired Hero
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posted August 03, 2011 10:54 AM |
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A new preview has been posted on FB. It's in Czech, but don't worry, there's exactly zero new information. The images are taken mostly from Slava's tutorial as seen in beta. The evaluation is very positive; too positive if you ask me. It praises high every bloody aspect of the game. It's more of a Ubi advert than of a preview.
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English ain't my native language, sorry for any mistakes.
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Nelgirith
Promising
Supreme Hero
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posted August 03, 2011 10:56 AM |
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I translated Asha and Urgash's descriptions in the news topic 
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seddy
Known Hero
Spinner of delicious cupcakes
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posted August 03, 2011 11:38 AM |
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"Ylath never asked to be worshipped. His only commandment is that his followers should explore, learn, and enjoy all things in life, but mostly, that they should do as they wish, as long as they respect and honour the world that the Dragons created."
You know, this sounds like my kind of God!
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lichking012
Known Hero
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posted August 03, 2011 11:42 AM |
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The earth dragon looks.... interesting. It's arms look too tiny. Interesting that it's wingless though.
Ylath looks cool though. I really like how big the wings are, and how cloudy and stormy they are.
Also, I think they elude to the fact that Father Sky and Mother Earth are just aspects of the dragon gods, Kind of like the Necropolis worshiping the spider aspect of Asha.
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However, Ylath is still very popular among the nomad barbarian tribes that roam the vast territories stretching beyond the Empire, and in the federation of the Southern Free Cities.
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Zenofex
Responsible
Legendary Hero
Kreegan-atheist
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posted August 03, 2011 12:04 PM |
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Oh dear...
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Graphic description:
Urgash is a colossal winged dragon, with twisted forms, constantly changing. His abilities are monstrous and horrible to contemplate. His thick black scales are never fixed and seem to be made of a hot and melted metal.
Bony outgrowths (horns, spikes) are constantly erupting from his body and are instantly "reabsorbed." The blood flowing from his wounds constantly renewed is a corrosive and toxic sludge that consumes all that comes into contact with it.
Urgash's body is constantly surrounded by what looks like a heat haze that "fake" reality around him.
Urgash's mouth is filled with entire rows of serrated teeth, and he can open it up to an impossible width. He truly is the insatiable Devourer of worlds.
After centuries of imprisonment in the burning heart of Ashan, the eyes of Urgash only reflect pain, insanity, hunger and hatred.
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alcibiades
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
of Gold Dragons
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posted August 03, 2011 12:10 PM |
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lols ... Sylanna looks exactly like what I said, a walking crystal dragon that takes the place of a Treant. 
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Nelgirith
Promising
Supreme Hero
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posted August 03, 2011 01:04 PM |
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Also, I think they elude to the fact that Father Sky and Mother Earth are just aspects of the dragon gods,
Because he isn't alone. As Kraal says in Slava's campaign, Elrath AND Ylath, Light AND Air. Both are the 2 faces of Father Sky.
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Avirosb
Promising
Legendary Hero
No longer on vacation
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posted August 03, 2011 01:10 PM |
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Edited by Avirosb at 13:15, 03 Aug 2011.
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What's this then, another Pokèmon?
Oh, and Sylath has to be my favorite Ashan-dragon yet.
EDIT: Hmm, the descriptions mention their offensive abilites.
But why...
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Dexter
Known Hero
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posted August 03, 2011 01:20 PM |
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What's this then, another Pokèmon?
Oh, and Sylath has to be my favorite Ashan-dragon yet.
EDIT: Hmm, the descriptions mention their offensive abilites.
But why...
Well, we do know about the Lamya boss, which uses the very same concept piece, so there must be some kind of link between them.
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DoubleDeck
Promising
Legendary Hero
Look into my eyes...
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posted August 03, 2011 01:21 PM |
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It's good to see the Dungeon and Fortress factions confirmed through the descriptions of the dragon deities. It makes me curious about the last two - Sylvan and Academy, no doubt - but now I'm wondering where the Stronghold and Necromancer dragons are hiding. Looks like somebody got the shaft!
There are no elemental dragons for Stronghold (Father Sky and Mother Earth) or Necromancer (worships Asha directly)
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pacifist
Famous Hero
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posted August 03, 2011 01:39 PM |
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edit: well it seems we can save but not load the save, so it doesn't work finally or is there another trick to load the save too?
Strange, it works for me since 1,2 patch. Are you sure you are in the skirmish mode and loading skirmish saves? I'm able to offline load offline saves without problems. 
Well, it seems it doesn't work here. I have version 1.2 too. I begin a multiplayer map with only 1 human, ready then close window, skirmish mode available (with duels for ex). I select then a new skirmish map on BA with myself and one AI (sixth slot) and I start the game , I can save (only one slot) but when I try to load there is no save in any mode (campaign, skirmish, etc). Also I can save the same way with a normal multiplayer map so it's just something I miss or it simply doesn't work with my computer for some reason. I thought I should play a map without AI, but no way to play without an AI on BA. Thanks anyway, the program saves anyway but I'll be able to load them when conflux is online again so it's not a problem .
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DoubleDeck
Promising
Legendary Hero
Look into my eyes...
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posted August 03, 2011 01:43 PM |
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So what are the 8 bosses?
Archangel Uriel - Haven
Archangel Michael - Haven
Queen Breeder - Demon
Abyssal Worm - Demon
Arch Demon - Demon
Mother Namtaru - Necro
Water Dragon Eel - Naga
Shadow Dragon Lamya - Dungeon
Is this right? Seems like there are more demon bosses so makes sense as they are one of the antagonists of Ashan.
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alcibiades
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
of Gold Dragons
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posted August 03, 2011 01:47 PM |
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So what are the 8 bosses?
Archangel Uriel - Haven
Archangel Michael - Haven
Queen Breeder - Demon
Abyssal Worm - Demon
Arch Demon - Demon
Mother Namtaru - Necro
Water Dragon Eel - Naga
Shadow Dragon Lamya - Dungeon
Is this right? Seems like there are more demon bosses so makes sense as they are one of the antagonists of Ashan.
Can someone please link me to the source of these informations? I know about Michael, Namtaru and the Eel, but I would very much like to know where the rest comes from, and see pictures if any.
Also: 3 Demon bosses - are we sure the Abyssal Worm (which comes from a building, after all) is included in the count of 10?
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Meundmein
Adventuring Hero
Tricky, tricky Death...
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posted August 03, 2011 01:57 PM |
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My thoughts on the Dragon gods, now that only Sar-elam is left (if they're ever going to include it)
ARKATH: Like the design, but the information contradicts itself as it's the dragon who's wings look better to fly, and he isn't standing.
SYLANNA: Totally bleh. I expected much much more. It should be bigger and more imposing. Looks too much like a rock, should have more plant-like feeling IMO.
YLATH: Amazing! The best in my opinion, too bad he hasn't got a faction 
SHALASSA: I expected her being different, cool anyway. Love the head. 
ASHA: Great too, love the robotic feeling about her, though I get confused with her wings.
URGASH: As bleh as Sylanna. Never liked inferno anyway.
ELRATH: Great! Love the majestic poise, the tail, the wings... Only con is that he feels little.
MALASSA: Good body design, terrible wings.
Generally, the descriptions are good and they meven make the dragon better, like in Sylanna's case.
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Nelgirith
Promising
Supreme Hero
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posted August 03, 2011 02:26 PM |
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About the bosses :
All we know 100% is that Namtaru and the Dragon Eel are bosses (they were officially announced).
We do NOT know if we'll fight Uriel and/or Michael. somehow, I doubt we'll fight Michael since Ubisoft has made our mondays a nightmare for quite long and now they're telling us he's an emblematic character of Ashan ... would be stupid to kill him so fast
The Abyssal Worm is the creature that spawns during battles from one of the Inferno unique building. There's NO proof that we'll fight one of those. The only hint is Sandor's artwork, but that's far from being a proof.
The Mother Breeder will most likely be a boss as she's the mother of all demons.
Lamya is obviously the final boss.
The Librarian will most likely play a big role, but that doesn't make him a boss, even though we know that Michael wants to destroy ALL the Faceless.
About the Arch-Demons ... they have Pit Lord models. After a giant Mother Breeder fighting 2 giant Pit Lords seems VERY cheap. Also one of them "Ahribban" is used in the first in-game cinematic.
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Seraphim
Supreme Hero
Knowledge Reaper
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posted August 03, 2011 03:30 PM |
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Oh dear...
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Graphic description:
Urgash is a colossal winged dragon, with twisted forms, constantly changing. His abilities are monstrous and horrible to contemplate. His thick black scales are never fixed and seem to be made of a hot and melted metal.
Bony outgrowths (horns, spikes) are constantly erupting from his body and are instantly "reabsorbed." The blood flowing from his wounds constantly renewed is a corrosive and toxic sludge that consumes all that comes into contact with it.
Urgash's body is constantly surrounded by what looks like a heat haze that "fake" reality around him.
Urgash's mouth is filled with entire rows of serrated teeth, and he can open it up to an impossible width. He truly is the insatiable Devourer of worlds.
After centuries of imprisonment in the burning heart of Ashan, the eyes of Urgash only reflect pain, insanity, hunger and hatred.
The description fits the image very well. Inspiration from the arch demon in dragon age?
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OmegaDestroyer
Hero of Order
Fox or Chicken?
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posted August 03, 2011 03:33 PM |
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Looks like one of Mortis's creatures from Disciples 2.
I had forgotten about Dragon Age's "Arch Demon." There's a reason I never finished that game.
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The giant has awakened
You drink my blood and drown
Wrath and raving I will not stop
You'll never take me down
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Fauch
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
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posted August 03, 2011 03:37 PM |
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Edited by Fauch at 15:37, 03 Aug 2011.
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the lamia looks like malassa
mother breeder is just a bigger breeder?
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Wckey
Famous Hero
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posted August 03, 2011 04:14 PM |
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Well, we do know about the Lamya boss, which uses the very same concept piece, so there must be some kind of link between them.
Now that I think about it, it's possible Lamya will be the only "dragon god" of the vanilla. Probably these designs were made recently, since the concept artists can't do anything for the game now.
But since they made the dragons, I believe that Ubihole will put them (or at least the ones fans like more) in the expansions somehow.
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Come back soon, Elvin!
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Zenofex
Responsible
Legendary Hero
Kreegan-atheist
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posted August 03, 2011 04:42 PM |
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The description fits the image very well. Inspiration from the arch demon in dragon age?
That's the thing, it looks much more like the Archdemon than what they provided as a picture for Urgash:
I mean - this thing is winged? Apparently it really changes its shape very fast because I see no wings. I tried without blinking for a while, no joy.
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