News/2010

2010

March

• March 27th - N-Pulse - Castle Battle

Castle Battle is a new strategic One Vs One event between two castles pitting their armies against each other with the objective of destroying the opposite opponents castle. Buy powerful soldiers and deal devastating spells each round to deal colossal damage and destruction on the opposing armies castle to win the fight to the finish!

For more information click here.

Plans for a tournament will be announced soon.

• March 24th - Era vs Unholy Nation: Clash of the Titans!

The clash of the titans. A battle of the very best. A tournament of colossal proportions. Era vs Unholy Nation.

From Monday, March 29th, leading up to the grand finale on Saturday, April 3rd, Era and Unholy Nation will clash in what can only be described as the greatest display of skill ever seen on Graal. A group of 12 players from each server (selected by server staff) will compete in events on both servers.

For more information and for a schedule of the events, see here.

• March 24th - Playerworld Preview: Atrius

I'm sure you all know of Atrius, and if you don't well you have a lot to see! Atrius has three different armies to join Kruger Militia, USMC, and Soviet Empire as well as five businesses and forty four different guns to choose from including the P90, G36 and even a Tommy Gun! of course to buy these guns you'd need lots of money but with 6 money making methods that shouldn't be a problem at all.

The curent staff postions are open:

• Levels Team
• Gani Artists
• Graphic Artists
• Game Staff
• Scripters

To read the full article click here.

• March 15th - Graal Express

Hop on the Graal Express! This new server has classic-style PKing, sparring and events (with many unique events still being developed)!

This server is looking for all staff positions. Visit it today!

• March 15th - Graal Kingdoms - Day of the Sun Event

On March 14th the brave warriors of Graal Kingdoms gathered together in the Misty Mug Tavern to discuss how to rid our kingdom of the terrible snowstorm that was plaguing. During the discussions, a wounded warrior entered the Tavern warning of an attack on Bomboria, the warriors quickly rushed out of the Tavern and quickly vanquished the mass of deadly skeletons and rexes.

During the battle, a map was discovered on the body of one of the skeletons which showed the location of the evil wizards hideout located on Crescent Isle, plans were quickly made and supplies were gathered for the long journey.

After sailing across the rough seas, we hit land and found the island to be swarmed with all sorts of deadly monsters. The battle was fierce and many warriors were wounded, but fought on until all of the monsters had been defeated. At this point, the hunt was on for the Winter Wizard.

During the search the Winter Wizard managed to charm a number of the heroes causing them to attack one another. The battle was fierce and some of the brave warriors died, but in the end the wizard was defeated and forced to remove the spell from Graal Kingdoms. The snow is melting and within a few days will be completely gone, and kingdoms can return to normal.

Thank you to everyone who participated.

At the end of the event, conqueror was awarded an Inferno Sword and mattdapimp will receive a sun shield.

• March 7th - Unholy Nation - Calling all Guilds!

Are you in a guild looking to show your stuff? You'll sure be in luck this week! Graal's best will be gathering for Unholy Nation's first ever Guild Spar Tourney on Wednesday, March 10th at 6:30 PM EST. The winning guild will receive 25 EP and a statue in the Hall of Champions.

To enter, have a representative from your guild contact Allona either by PM or through Unholy Nation's new mail service (her account name is ohshutup55). Each guild team has only four players, so your guild can have a second team - but variety will make things more interesting!

So, do you think your guild can make it to the top? Sign up today if you've got what it takes.

• March 6th - Graal Kingdoms - Day of the Sun Event

It has been a dark time in the land of Graal. The constant fierce blizzards covering the land and trees in a heavy layer of snow. Only the bravest of warriors are able to leave there homes and venture fourth into this arctic like temperatures and heavy winds.

This year the winter seasons has lasted far longer then normal. The citizens of Graal are beginning to starve with the lack of food and the inability to plant more in this hellacious weather. Even the hunters are unable to find food as the inedible Bomys move into the once safe town of Bomboria and begin killing off every wild animal they can find to feed themselves.

Stories of an very powerful wizard casting a ice storm spell over all of Graal kingdoms has been whispered between children, but as the months drag on the many of the adults and now even the king have come to believe these tales.

The King of Graal Kingdoms has issued a decree, asking for a group of the bravest warriors to venture fourth and find out what is causing this abnormal weather, and put a stop to it by any means necessary.

If you wish to participate in this event, please notify chaosorc either in game or though forum PM. The event will be held on Sunday March 14th at 21:00 server time.

For more details about the event click here

February

• February 26th - Vega United

Zombies? Monsters? Guns? Survival?! It's all in Vega United. This new server is looking for all development positions to complete its creation.

For contact information and discussion please visit this thread

• February 22nd - Era: A Call to Battle

We hereby challenge, you, Unholy Nation, to a battle which we feel you can't possible win: a battle to decide the best Graal server, involving events on both UN and Era.

We don't expect you to accept, of course, being a group of chickens.

Sincerely,
Era

• February 21st - Classic iPhone - Guilds

Players of the Classic iPhone server can now join or create their own guilds! With over 2300 guilds currently at war the system is proving to be a huge success, but which of the guilds will stand the test of time?

Creating a new guild only costs 2000 gralats, and to simply join one you can visit the new guild section of the in-game menu.

Click here for more details.

• February 15th - Valikorlia Cumulative News

Valikorlia has made excellent progress over the past few months. Thanks to Dylan (loneangelibesu), Valikorlia has an operational crafting system. Along with the crafting system, Zectra has created a fully customizable pet system.

Once the template is finished, players will be able to create their own personal pet images. These pets do more than follow you around, because there are options to have your pet follow you, stay put, and scavenge. Scavenging is the most useful function of a pet. In scavenging, each pet has its own unique item list and it searches randomly for these items. While scavenging is extremely useful, the pet system will be functional as a job in the future. Keep tuned in by playing Valikorlia!

For more information about Valikorlia you can also check out the website

• February 15th - Classic iPhone - Player Houses

Player owned houses are now available on the Graal Classic iPhone server. With this update you will be able to get your own house and buy furniture for it! There are three furniture stores, which are located at Onnet, Swamptown and North Graal city. To get this update you must have already bought Classic+ or the inside app update from the first version.

We hope you enjoy the houses. If you have an iPhone or iPod touch then download GraalOnline Classic now.

• February 5th - Account Lock

The account lock by computer is enabled again. It is encouraged that users enable this protection for better security.

For more information see the the forums.

January

• January 26th - Maloria

As our second Preview time is running towards an end, we feel as if we've accomplished a fair bit in comparison to what we set out to do. We've gotten a fair amount of bugs regarding gameplay fixed, and the remaining few shouldn't last too long. I'd like to thank the players who continuously logged on to check for updates and help us with testing, couldn't have done it as good without you!

We're currently planning out how we want the world to look like as well as where the player needs to go and when. After that has been done, we'll be working on area by area until we have enough content to actually sustain gameplay. System wise everything of huge importance is completed, so we're looking forward to making the world playable.

Currently players have access to the (temporary) starting area which leads you to D'unhyl Town after completing a quest to slay a couple of blobs. This town will most probably remain as one of the very first areas that players encounter. Our current focus lays on finishing it up and adding the next couple of quests that will lead you to slay a certain Brood Mother in D'unhyl Forest, but more about that some other time!

I'd like to bring to light that yes, we are very much looking for development help. Mainly in the graphical section, but also when it comes to levels. Do note that if you are interested in helping us with the latter, you need to be able to work with Gonstruct since all of our levels will be made using tilelayers, and the normal editor is not capable of supporting them. We'd be happy to help you understand how it works though, of course.

If you'd like to contact us about anything at all, you can either poke us when we're online, or leave us a message at www.maloria.com

• January 23rd - Era Hotel Auction

During this weekend, Era will be holding an auction for the Era Hotel! Log on now, check out the hotel, and place a bid! The auction will end Monday, January 25th at 8:00 PM EST.

• January 23rd - Dusk

Dusk is hiring! We are looking for staff who are willing to work with a blank server. Our plan is to make a zombie apocalypse styled server. We need scripters, GFXers, gani artists, and LATs who can work with a custom tileset. Either contact Caffeine or e-mail [email protected].

We are not hiring non-developer staff. The server has almost no content yet.

• January 15th - WARNING

There is a new phishing scam out there targeting your Graal account information via email. It claims to be from the Graal Administration Account Information Team. This is not an email from us. We will never request your password under any circumstances. Please do not respond to these emails. -Bell Accounts Administrator

• January 15th - Zone Roll

Press F + arrow key to roll into any direction, even diagonally! Use it to dodge attacks and bullets.

• January 8th - Version 6 beta test

The closed beta test for the new version on Windows and Linux has started, so there are now advanced versions for all platforms including Mac and the official version should be ready in a few weeks.

• January 1st - Noctorious

Noctorious is a modern based server, where you can do just about anything. The server has been closed for sometime and has now been reopend and many things have changed and have been finished. At this time Noctorious is in the beta stages, so while you are playing will notice changes/updates being made.There are also a few things you can do while playing, such as Fishing or Delivering Crates to make money or even shoveling. You could also buy shops or condos or maybe even join a gang.. but thats your choice to make not ares...

We hope that you all enjoy the server and if you need any help feel free to contact the staff.

• January 1st - Happy New Year from GraalOnline

The GraalOnline team would like to wish you a happy new year! In 2009 we have seen a vast amount server improvements and updates as well as the advancements in Graal using iPhone technology, may 2010 be as exciting as 2009 and hope to see a happy future for GraalOnline.