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Hey Everyone, As you all probably know by now, Eretz (Formerly Awakening) Has been in production for the past few years (Off and on)
It had its ups and downs, but now we have a really strong team (Members listed below), Excellent ideas, and plenty of support from our supporters

Storyline (Rough Draft)
The World of Talmar, A place of wonders, but also a place of great civil war. For Hundreds
of years, The towns of Milen and Triton have been at civil war. Senseless killing has taken
its toll on the world. In spite of the tragic losses throughout the years, Many heroes still
fight for their towns. While all the fighting has been going on in the overworld, Deep in the
underworld, Lies The Ungodly Underworld king, Oblivion. He has plotted to take the Overworld
in the name of the Underworld. Recently, The Overworld was struck by a series of violent
Earthquakes, Thus allowing Oblivion to have his chance to reign over the Overworld. Oblivion
Corrupts many of the inhabitants of the Overworld, Make them fight for him, As well as bringing
Unearthly creatures from the Underworld to help with the takeover. Word spreads of this take-over,
And in a vast effort, The two Towns of Milen and Triton have sent their finest heroes to take
down Oblivion and his reign over the Overworld.
Can you be one of the few heroes to stop Oblivon, Or will you die in vain?
Only time will tell when you step into the realm of Eretz., In the World of Talmar.

Screenshots/Mockups



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Features
5 Different Classes, 3 Skill trees per class
Large world, Consisting of Mountains, Grasslands, Lakes, Swamps, Deserts, Ocean, As well as numerous Dungeons
2 conflicting starting towns
Different types of PvP (Arena FFA, Town Vs Town, Open World PvP)
Unique quests
11 Different Bosses Confirmed
Special Abilities for bosses
Ranged/Magic using Enemies, As well as melee
Three different type of ranged weapons
1. Bows
2. Slingshots
3. Boomerangs
Many Different items, Ranging from normal, magical, rare, unique, and even heroic items.
Unique Storyline unfolds as your journey progresses
Level 60 cap
Custom graphics
Unique Weather (Not your ordinary weather pattern)
Customizable Characters
Paperdoll
Traps/Puzzles
Many different ways of combat
Unique Aggro System
Unique Looting System

Meet the team
Lead designer/Head admin/Head Spriter - Lamborghiniz
Head Programmer - Liz
Spriter - OPEN
Developer/Head Mapper - Creepy
Developer/Mapper - Blehbomb
Mapper - OPEN

Forums

Credits (For Graphics)
.aab
Kylink
Capitalism
TRM
Cruzbr
TomPel
Kevin-1990
Dex
Lamborghiniz
Jelleye
Calvein
Many at OoT2d-EX
Many at ZFGC

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the name reminds me of hertz xD

Looks fun, but why change the name? Are you gonna release this one?

Name change was a team decision.
Its the same thing as Awakening, With some noticable changes.

Update :

(For some reason the right gets cut off

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Really looks like something i would play.

Starting to look cool there, dude.

One thing... Eretz makes it sound fucking retarded, srsly - I can't even pronounce it, please think of something that doesn't sound like it was dreamt up by a Deutsch schizophrenic reciting the Japanese alphabet backwards >.<!

Promising game, just please sort out the name xP

Hehe, Thanks, Also, Eretz is Hebrew, for Land. Pronounced like 'Hertz'

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How can Eretz sound like Hertz? O.o

I look at it and I see "Air-Its"..

>.>

Not quite, It all depends on how you want to say it, Think of the E as a Silent letter, Basicly giving a 'Er its' or 'Hertz' sound.

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I was saying it as "E-Retz"

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I am a professional software developer in Salt Lake City, UT.

That's how I pronounce it.

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Dude. You need to go to school or something. Look at how it's spelled.

E R E T Z.

H E R T Z.

See where the R is in your game name? It's not in the same place as in Hertz. I think someone lied to you.

Btw. Why would you want a jewish game? That's just.. *shuts up*

Well, However you want to say it, The name is Eretz. Whether you like it or not, and its not a Jewish game, Just cause the name is in Hebrew.

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Looking good

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Update 7/22/08

Change log :
Features
1. 120 Total Skills - 24 Skills per class, 5 classes total, 3 skill trees per class.
2. Aggro-system - All damage dealt to an enemy and all damage taken, Totaled into a chart for that specific fight, More damage delt + more damage taken = More likely the enemy will attack you.
3. Looting System - Each enemy, when killed, will leave its corpse behind for 1 minute ( 5 minutes on bosses ) - Left clicking the corpse will open up a inventory bag for that particular enemy. Right click the item to loot it.
4. Buffs and Debuffs - Buffs, Given to a character(s) via skills from the player or allied players, Increases stats dependent on the buff. Debuffs do just the opposite of buffs, Reducing the stats of the player, dependent on the debuff
5. Different morals for NPCs - Not only is there the normal NPC morals, There are also 2 new ones, As well as bosses have their own Moral.
6. Bosses - Each boss has its own moral, Skills, Items, Type of Combat. Some vary to summoning skills, to buff/debuff skills, to straight up active skills. Every boss fight will be different each time (Uses same stuff, Just at different times, giving a unique fight each time)

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Sounds really nice

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That's great Matt, but this is European forum so I just deleted your post.

Stop spamming up game threads with your American bullshit and go back to the General Chat.

Lambor, sorry.

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Last time I checked this forum caters to people from all over the world, not to just you damn brits.

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QFT

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His post said that his American rights let him spam up the forum with his bullshit. I couldn't care less if he does, but when it gets to the point where he brings it into every last game development thread, that's where I draw the line. He's a good mate, but I'm not gonna let him fuck up this small part of the forum ;D

And since when was Europe the same as Britain? xD

The owner is based in Sweden, so your rights mean nothing here :3

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Technically, our rights depend upon the laws where ever the server is located that hosts this site. But yes, we should keep the game dev threads clean at least.

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William, where is the server?

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Do you like social gaming? Fight it out in Battle Juice!

I am a professional software developer in Salt Lake City, UT.

Not sure how reliable the IP lookup I used is, but I think it's in New York

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So... what, fuck the english? Ban Robin! Say whatever you want!

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Why not try my app, ColorEye, on your Android devlce?
Do you like social gaming? Fight it out in Battle Juice!

I am a professional software developer in Salt Lake City, UT.

Alrighty guys, Here are the types of characters you can choose in Eretz, All the way down to their skill-list

Warrior - A melee wielding class. Able to use One-Handed weapons with Shields, Or under the right tree, Two-Handed heavy damage dealing class. They can use almost all types of armor (That are class specific).

Warrior in Bloodfierce set, Using Demonic Deflector and Edge of Eternity :

- Skill Trees
- Onslaught - Damage Tree, has many active and passive skills. Also holds the skill to allow the warrior to use two handed weapons (Cannot use shields if the weapon is a 2-hander.
- Preservation - Defense Tree, has active and passive skills that help the warrior take damage, and buff the warrior/players in party.
- Adeptness - A mixed class, Deals some moderate damage compared to the Onslaught class, But can also take a bit more damage then an onslaught warrior.

Ranger - A ranged weapon class. Able to use three different types of weapons, Bows, Slingshots, and Boomerangs. Can use armor up to Light armor

Ranger in SkullCaptain's Set, Using a Short bow :

- Skill Trees
- Arabalist - Bow specialization tree. Increases damage for bows, as well as other passive skils.
- Catapultist - Slingshot specialization tree. Increases damage for Slingshot, as well as other passive skils
- Projectilist - Boomerang specialization tree. Increases damage for Boomerang, as well as other passive skils

Mage - Wield Two-Handed staves and One Handed wands. Uses magic as its main source of attacking. Able to use up to cloth armor.

Mage in Hexing Max of Elements, Robes of Garth, With Staff of Elders :

- Skill Trees - BEING WORKED ON
- Pyromaniac
- Elementalist
- Blight


Priest - Wield Two-Handed staves and One Handed wands. Uses magic as its main source of attacking and defending, Great support class. Able to use up to cloth armor.

- Skill Trees
- Salvation - Supporting Tree, Does some moderate damage spells, Enhances player(s) with buffs
- Anarchy - Damage dealing Tree, Does extreme damage at the cost of high mana skills usage. CANNOT cast spells that heal/buff other players (Can use Resurrection)
- Blessed - Support Tree, Does Minimal damage spells, Hosts many of the healing spells.

Assassin - Dual Wields Two One-Handed weapons. Has fastest attack speed in the game at the cost of damage. Can wear armor up to Medium armor.

Assassin in Butcher's Set, Using two Dagger's Of Maiming :
(Sorry its blown up)

- Skill Trees
- Cunning - Damage dealing with MELEE weapons, Only tree where the the player can STEALTH (At the cost of Mana per Second)
- Trapper - Deals damage with traps. Able to lay two traps down at once, Each one disappears after 30 seconds. Traps can only be seen if the enemies AGILITY is over the amount for that trap
- Mastery - Damage delt + damage taken tree. Sacrifices the high damage for increasing HP and damage that can be taken. Also the only tree that allows the player to run faster.


So there you have it fellas =] I hope you guys enjoy this update!

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