Author: Silk

  • NEStalgia v1.55 Released

    The NEStalgia v1.55 update is now live on all servers. You can view a complete rundown of the documented changes in the patch notes, or check out last week’s preview of the major new features. Those features include Gamepad Mode, battle battlegrounds, and a new player interaction interface. As we’ve previously discussed, this update also […]

  • v1.55 Releasing Saturday + More Notes

    The previously discussed v1.55 patch (full notes) will go live this Saturday. Things have gone really well on the test server and I’m excited for all of you to check it out. From the wealth of new features to the much improved user interface design work, this is a great patch. Whether or not v1.55 […]

  • NEStalgia Cyber Monday Sale!

    As I prepare to spend the next few hours browsing Amazon for all of the big sales, I’m super excited to be able to offer my very own Cyber Monday sale on NEStalgia subscriptions. From now through tomorrow at Midnight PST all NEStalgia subscriptions are Buy One Get One Free. The prices for subscriptions are as […]

  • v1.54b Hotfix + Respec Change

    Just to let everyone know, I had to post a hotfix for an unexpected bug this morning and along with it I put in some of the minor fixes from the upcoming v1.55 patch. These fixes previously slated for v1.55 are now live: Ranger Bug Fix: Quickness was calculating a percentage increase to Agility rather […]

  • Mini Podcast: Revealing More v1.55 Changes

    Although this is the shortest podcast we’ve ever recorded, it is crammed with lots of new information about the v1.55 update that I didn’t cover in yesterday’s blog post. [mp3-jplayer tracks=”Ep13 (11/23/11) – Another short podcast. Topic: v1.55 Changes@NEStalgiaPodcastEp13.mp3″] You can find this and previous podcasts on the NEStalgia Podcasts page and also on iTunes. […]

  • NEStalgia v1.55 Preview – Gamepad Mode, New Interface, and More…

    The next NEStalgia patch has grown into a bit of a monster. Spiff and I had a pretty decent sized list of goals for the post-skill tree patches, and somehow almost all of those ambitions have ended up coming to fruition simultaneously in this single massive update. First and foremost, Gamepad Mode is finally here. […]

  • Today’s Podcast: A Brief Development Overview

    After a two week hiatus we’re back with another podcast, in which Balzack and I briefly talk about what the development team is working on. As you’ll hear me discuss in the podcast, my short term goals are to get some PvP Tournaments scheduled and to start posting some previews of the Monster Companion update. […]

  • v1.54 Released – Bug Fixes and Ranger Improvements

    The v1.54 update is now live on all servers (version notes). It address a handful of minor bugs (thanks Spiff!) and also delivers some substantial improvements to the Ranger skill trees. My goals with the Ranger tweaks were A.) to boost the power of Storm spells for most types of builds, and B.) to significantly […]

  • Holiday Event News, v1.54 Incoming

    It looks like there won’t be a Halloween holiday event this weekend. It’s really unfortunate that the timing didn’t work out for me to create the event, because Halloween has an incredible amount of potential for stuff like this. Hopefully I’ll be able to make up for it with a really awesome holiday event week […]

  • v1.53 Update Released

    NEStalgia version 1.53 is a fairly large patch with lots of little bug fixes and balance tweaks. It will be live on all servers within a few hours, and the release notes can be found on the wiki: NEStalgia v1.53 Update Notes This update is our first crack at smoothing out some of v1.52’s rough […]