Post by Terina/Sinaroc on Mar 25, 2008 15:05:34 GMT -5
-It will be possible to fish in the bay area in Forochel
-Most of Book 13 will take place in Forochel
-There will be a level 50 public dungeon in the area
-The devs cannot say when Book 13 will be released yet
-Forochel is mostly a solo area for levels 44-50
-There will not be player-manned boats to traverse Forochel
-There will not be a new raid in Book 13
-There will be three new armor sets through the Lossoth faction
-A famous lore character will be in Forochel
-The men inhabiting Forochel are called the Lossoth, and are like hillmen but dressed a bit warmer
-A new mount variant will be available -- the color is hinted at being important
-There will be ways to mitigate frost damage, similar to the dread system
-Both normal stable-horses and swift travel will be available in Forochel, however swift travel requires good you to have a good standing with the Lossoth faction
-More swift travel routes will be added to existing stable-masters, also tied up with faction
-The Lossoth faction is tied up with Metalsmithing and Leatherworking, and there will be two superior crafting facilities in the zone that you'll need good faction to use
-Just doing the available quests will get you quite far through the faction tiers with Lossoth
-Reputation rewards will be given out at all tiers
-There won't be a crafting avenue to actually raise the Lossoth faction
-Resources available in Forochel will be similar to those found in Eastern Angmar
-The open sea will be able to be seen, but there will be limitations on how far you can travel into it
-No new traits, but more ranks in existing virtues will be available
-There will be a new Loremaster pet variant from the Lossoth faction
-The main Lossoth town is slightly bigger than Aughaire, with smaller Lossoth villages throughout the zone
-Initially Forochel will only be accessible through Evendim, but the faction swift travel routes mentioned above will provide other methods
-The public dungeon will not be as large or complex as Sarnur or Haudh Iarchith, with no rare spawns or unique deeds. Quests will get you to visit the area -- other than that it's just dungeon crawling
-Other areas around level 44 will offer quests that lead you to Forochel
-Forochel will feature its own unique music
-Book 13 will have eleven chapters, with some chapters having multiple parts
-Players will not leave tracks in the snow -- this feature may be looked at in the future, but it is not a priority
-A dev diary is coming that will talk about weather status effects in detail
-There will not be underwater gameplay in Forochel, and there are no plans for it at the moment
-A new blizzard weather effect will be seen in Forochel "
While some of these have already been known and discussed, I figued I'd include everything that they did.
Here's the link to the source: www.massively.com/2008/03/25/...-13s-forochel/