Fall 2011 - Aureus Knights Community

Fall 2011
AUREUS KNIGHTS
WHATS INSIDE
Cover:
Aureus Knights in the
Open Beta Weekend
STAR WARS: TOR
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FALL 2011
AKS NEWSLETTER
SPOILER ALERT: THIS ONE’S ABOUT SWTOR
A new look quarterly newsletter packed with TOR, TOR and more TOR
Welcome to the Fall 2011 AKS
newsletter! I hope this releasewhenever-RJO-feels-like-it document
had from the beta weekends now that
the NDA is down.
This edition of the newsletter
finds you well. I also hope you are
excited about Star Wars The Old
sports an all new design and we’d
really appreciate your feedback on
Republic because spoiler alert: This
newsletter is excited about Star Wars
how you feel about it versus the old
design. We figured with our most
The Old Republic.
exciting chapter yet it was high time
This quarter’s newsletter has all
the details you need to get involved
we try a new look for this newsletter.
So come with us as we take you
with SWTOR as a member of Aureus
Knights. If you haven’t heard much
through what is going on with the
guild. If you aren’t excited for SWTOR
about the game this issue will also
after reading this. Well you know
share some impressions folks have
what? We still love you anyway.
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It’ll be all out war in TOR!
With the Aureus Knights
community spread across two
factions on one server - it’s
going to be brother fighting
brother
Play The Way You Want
Aureus Knights will be
active on both factions
in Star Wars The Old
Republic. The choice is
all yours. Will you
represent the Republic as
an Aureus Knight or the
Empire as a member of the
Aureus Empire?
INTERNET SPACESHIPS
ARE SERIOUS BUSINESS
Aureus Knights in TOR - What You Need to Know
So this whole Star Wars The Old Republic thing sounds
So what you can do in the build up to the launch of the
good to you. You want to play the game with Aureus
game (did you know head start begins on December 15th?
Knights. What now?
Aureus Knights will have TWO chapters in
TOR, one for the Republic faction and another
for the Empire faction. Each chapter will have
its own separate officer team dedicated to
Not that far away!)? Here are some tips:
Everything you
need to know to
play with AKS in
TOR
bringing the best AKS experience to date to our
1.Pick which side you want your main character
to be in
2.Pick your class and advance class
3.Register with the guild on swtor.com
(swtor.com/guilds - search for Aureus Knights for
members.
We will be rolling both guilds on the same server so we
Republic and Aureus Empire for Empire) (note - pre
registering for the guild will automatically create your
can have cross-faction guild PVP events. This also means
you can have characters on both sides, still be playing with
character in the guild. You won’t need an invite come
launch - this is a great convenience feature BUT! you
our community AND be on the same server. Awesome
only have until December 2nd to pre-register)
right? We’ll also be partnering up with Empire guild Zero
Charisma for PVP and PVE events.
4. Fill out the Census Survey on aureusknights.com’s
forums for your main faction. This is a quick survey to
Our server will be a US-EAST PVP server. We likely will
know what server we’ve been assigned to within a week of
get a feel for class, crafting and event preferences of
the guild.
this newsletter being published.
5. Drop by the Aureus Knights forums daily and get
excited about the game with your fellow Knights!
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What AKS members are saying about TOR
AKS IN BETA
Kylie:
This is probably the first MMO
side was considered due course
whereas that same series of events on
ever that I've actually paid attention to
the Republic side would result in dark
the storyline - mostly because I get to
actually interact with the NPCs in
side points being accumulated. All-inall I found it to be an awesome and
some way other than just turning the
quest in. That said, I will eventually
engaging MMO and I can't wait for
early release to get started!
have one of everything (at least on the
Empire side, but I'll get to that in a
moment) in order to just experience
Ryath:
TOR does what a lot of MMOs
each class' story.
The graphics were very nice,
have failed to do over the past
decade: make questing feel relevant,
roughly on par with Rift's, and the
and make the player feel like a real
gameplay was fantastic. Crafting isn't
a huge hassle, and if you work it right,
part of the action. Additionally, each
class has a kit that feels both unique
you can craft while dungeoning or
questing.
and complete; players are not left
feeling like they cannot tackle most of
I loved the Empire's quest options
the game on their own. Add this to a
a lot more than the Republic, too. It
seemed the shades of gray were
great PvP system and fun social
aspects and you end up with a game
drastically different between the two
sides. For example, harassing an NPC
that, while not reinventing the genre,
will give both players and guilds like
into giving information on the Empire
AKS a place to thrive.
Kicking ass
has never
looked so
good
This game is about story...
Star Wars The Old Republic
is a feature complete MMO
with some great content.
The biggest thing you’ll
notice is the story. The
story is woven in to
everything. And no matter
what you think now: you
will care about the story.
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Minecraft Has Launched!
It might surprise you to learn this:
But Minecraft released on November
18th! It seems weird to talk about the
release date of a game we’ve been
playing for a few years but the 1.0
update to the game is worthy of being
considered a released product.
Minecraft 1.0 added a load of new
content to the game. Some of the
highlights include a “final boss”
dragon in a new area called “The
End”, NPC villages complete with
This fresh world has offered a very
cool experience. On the opening night
everyone worked together to survive
the first nights while we started to
build up the town. What started out as
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a hole in the hill at the spawn point has
now evolved in to a very cool town
and it is growing cooler every day.
Highlights of the new server so far
include surviving our first nights,
Abaci’s new library built in to the base
of a GIANT tree, a very well built out
Nether Transit System to get you all
NPCs, new Snow Golems and a whole around the world, and many nights
spent with groups of 4 or more going
lot more.
out and exploring the world.
The server is still early days and
New Minecraft = New Guild
Server
there’s probably never been a better
time to get involved with Minecraft
We decided the best way to
with the guild. If you want to learn
celebrate the release of the game, with more or want to be added to the
its wide array of new features was to
whitelist visit the Minecraft forum on
launch a new server for the guild.
AureusKnights.com
The Giant
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Casual Games Aplenty
Currently AKS casual is
active in Minecraft,
Battlefield 3 and League
of Legends.
AKS Casual is a chapter
within the guild dedicated
to MMO downtime gaming.
We play easy to pick up
MOBA, FPS and RTS games to
help pass the time between
MMOs and when we need a
break from our MMO lives.
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GETTING INVOLVED
The guild is always looking for volunteers here’s how you can get involved
This past summer the guild
launched its revised Guild Charter.
little of their time to make
the guild a better place to
One of the core principles we applied
play and socialize.
when redesigning the Charter was to
give more control of the guild’s fate to
This guild is here for you
guys and now more than
the members who actually play
games.
ever your help and
feedback is appreciated
In order for this to work the guild
now more than ever relies on people
playing games to step up and
to help make it the best
Volunteers
leading the
guild to victory
gaming community online.
Other ways to help...
volunteer to offer their services
There are many ways both in and
SWTOR is looking for Chapter
Officers
out of games you can help out.
In game here are some ways you
Both our Republic and Empire
SWTOR chapters will shortly be
posting applications looking for
Chapter Officers and we encourage
anyone who is interested in helping
out the guild in SWTOR apply for
those positions.
We have a broad range of
positions from Recruiting to Events
coordination to general guild help that
we will be looking for.
It is important that we build a solid
officer corps in any game we play full
of dedicated Knights willing to give a
can contribute to the guild:
Pops
Raiak
Caledonia
RJO
Ehrie
Gagtech
Serv
Xan
We are always looking for people
to assist out of game as well! Here are
some ideas:
• Everyone is encouraged to host
events. From the simplest dungeon
• Submit content for the
newsletter. We’ll accept anything.
run to the most complicated raid. If
there’s an event you would enjoy
Drawings, stories, thoughts on a
hosting, by all means we’d love to
game. Whatever it is!
• Maintain a blog. Did you know
have you host it!
• Be helpful in guild chat, be a
the AKS community website allows
hosting of blogs? Just click the
positive reflection of the guild in
general chat
• If you adventure with someone
who seems like a stand up individual
mention that the guild is always
Blog button to get started
• Submit content for the website!
Our front page often looks little
sparse so feel free to submit
anything to spruce it up.
looking for good recruits. Point
Community Leadership Team
Arcius
Boosie
them to our website or to an in
game officer.
Chapter Officers
Viveck (SWTOR)
Hengist
Okaria
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