This thread is for discussing the monthly newsletter that is now being sent out monthly. The newsletter contains information about what has been going on in the past month at Exilian, and similar news.
Here you can discuss the latest issue, comment on it, give criticism, feedback, woops of joy, etc.
I am currently in the process of writing the first issue, and will post it when it is sent out.
Issue #1 has been sent out:
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To all Exilian members,
Welcome to the first Exilian Newsletter! This will be a monthly article sent to all members, containing information about new mods, events, notices etc. It will not attempt to sell you anything, like a lot of so called 'newsletters', just give you the latest from our little corner of the net.
Our website is accessible here: http://exilian.co.uk/ (http://exilian.co.uk/)
So, Issue #1:
Mods
One of our hosted mods, The Horde Lands for Mount&Blade 1.011, maintained and developed by Keedo420, has had a new release. Version 1.22 of the mod adds several new features, such as new spells, new items, abilities etc. And fixes many bugs present in 1.21.
Here is a list of some of the features of The Horde Lands:
8 Playable Races: Human, Elf, Dark Elf, Goblin, Orc, Zombie, Skeleton, and Ghost (transparent skeleton). Starting attributes, skills, and weapon proficiencies are affected by gender and race. (exact numbers may be tweaked later)
A completely redesigned map with 8 Kingdoms (each with expanded troop trees and equal territory), as well as expanded troop trees for outlaws and mercenaries.
Nearby enemy parties will now join forces against you.
291 new items (85 horses, 40 helmets, 18 shields, 51 armours, 3 boots, 75 weapons, & 18 cloaks, 1 gauntlets), plus several items not available in Native (including black armour) have been added back to the merchants.
Expanded recruitment options: 3 different recruits per kingdom at villages, hire rogues & mercenaries from tavern keepers, greater variety of random hire-able troops in taverns, and the NPC Necronus sells undead troops. Mid and upper tier troops can be recruited from towns/castles if the player is a member of the controlling faction. If the player is leader of their own kingdom, the troops recruitable from towns/castles will be based on the culture the player chooses for their kingdom. Tavern keepers, Guild Masters, Tournament Masters, Ransom Brokers, and Travellers can now be recruited as well.
Non-tournament arena fights now include a wider variety of opponents.
You can visit the forum here: http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian/forum/44341/ (http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian/forum/44341/)
Or visit the gallery here: http://www.exilian.co.uk/gallery/the-horde-lands/ (http://www.exilian.co.uk/gallery/the-horde-lands/)
Some of our other mods that are well worth trying, and have releases are:
The Wedding Dance, a mod for Mount&Blade 1.011, is a mod that adds many new features to the game, including chariots, a storyline, many new items and armours, a new map, lots of silly hats, and of course, the ability to get married.
You can check out its home page here: http://exilian.co.uk/the-wedding-dance.php (http://exilian.co.uk/the-wedding-dance.php)
Its forum here: http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian/forum/3004629/ (http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian/forum/3004629/)
Or its gallery here: http://exilian.co.uk/gallery/the-wedding-dance/ (http://exilian.co.uk/gallery/the-wedding-dance/)
Website
This section contains updates about the website and the forum software itself. If you have any comments about the website or forum, feel free to post them in their respecting threads here:
Website Discussion: http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian?topic=467808/3/#new (http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian?topic=467808/3/#new)
Forum Discussion: http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian?topic=7139901/1/#new (http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian?topic=7139901/1/#new)
Wiki
We also have a wiki, which we are trying to fill with information about the mods we host and various other modding/gaming information. Feel free to contribute in any way you can, it will be much appreciated. You can access the wiki here: http://exilian.wikia.com/ (http://exilian.wikia.com/)
Staff
We are short of two admins for maintaining and updating the Total War sections of our site. If you feel you have the spare time to help us keep these areas alive and kicking, then apply in your respective threads. Bear in mind though that if you are inactive for long periods without good reason, you'll be replaced.
Empire: Total War Admin: http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian?topic=7101512/1/ (http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian?topic=7101512/1/)
Rome: Total War Admin: http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian?topic=7148642/1/ (http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian?topic=7148642/1/)
Newsletter
If you have any comments or complaints about the latest issue, feel free to post them in its thread here:
Newsletter Discussion: http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian?topic=7148488/1/ (http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian?topic=7148488/1/)
How've you sent it out? I has no copy.
I sent it out by email. I got a copy... :blink:
Damnit. Did you check to bulk email it to all the member groups? You might just have missed root admin or something.
He kept your copy for himself ! Hang him ! No... Hang him twice !
How many people actually received it?
Quote from: "Marcus"How many people actually received it?
I did.
I did...
I did.
I am getting together news for the next newsletter, if anyone has anything that happened here that I wasn't aware of, then post it here. As long as you consider it newsworthy.
Quote from: "Marcus"I am getting together news for the next newsletter, if anyone has anything that happened here that I wasn't aware of, then post it here. As long as you consider it newsworthy.
I made RTW Admin, heh.
I released Pyrrhic Victory - a minimod.
SubRosa enlightened us to Amazon: Total War 3.0c (wonder who moved her to do that, heh).
EG got under way... then stalled.
Probably other stuff.
Issue 2 released, check Announcements forum.
Persian Invasion? :ermm:
Get up on the times man :P
I know, i never said it was recent release, but it wasn't mentioned in previous newsletters and I'm short on RTW news, so give me a break. :P
Quote from: "Marcus"I know, i never said it was recent release, but it wasn't mentioned in previous newsletters and I'm short on RTW news, so give me a break. :P
Even though I released EaT like a week ago. :D
I missed that entirely. Tell you what, I'll report that a month late as well. Bargain!
Quote from: "Marcus"I missed that entirely. Tell you what, I'll report that a month late as well. Bargain!
sounds great! :P
New issue, and yes, your mods are mentioned CG. ;)
QuoteExilian Newsletter #4
Hi there, in this issue, we have new mod releases, new content and new Exilian staff members. Read on.
Mod Releases
First off we have two new mod releases to celebrate, Southern Realms and Europe 1080.
Southern Realms is a mod that expands the native game of Mount&Blade with more land, more troops, more factions, and navies, but to name a few. Jubal, the mods creator, has released a new beta with plenty of bug fixes, new features and more troops than you can shake a stick at! You can get the new version by going to the Southern Realms forum here: http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian/forum/44333/ (http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian/forum/44333/)
Europe 1080 is a mod that takes Mount&Blade to Europe at the dawn of the middle ages with all of the factions of the era, including the smaller ones like Aragon. It has new armours, troops and the whole of Europe to run around in! Dimos, the mods creator, has released version 0.2 and you can get it here: http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian/forum/3005237/ (http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian/forum/3005237/)
New Content
Over the past week, we have been expanding the Rome: Total War section of our site, and as a result we have four new articles for you to read. They are all written by comrade_general and they all cover his mods for RTW which are, by the way, quite good. You can view them here:
http://exilian.co.uk/empires-and-traders-total-war.php (http://exilian.co.uk/empires-and-traders-total-war.php)
http://www.exilian.co.uk/imperial-crisis-total-war.php (http://www.exilian.co.uk/imperial-crisis-total-war.php)
http://www.exilian.co.uk/persian-invasion.php (http://www.exilian.co.uk/persian-invasion.php)
http://www.exilian.co.uk/pyrrhic-victory.php (http://www.exilian.co.uk/pyrrhic-victory.php)
New Staff
Elections for Sebastokrator Popularos and Spatharios have happened and the results are as follows:
Dripping D keeps his position as Spatharios.
Silver Wolf is elected Spatharios.
And Dimos is elected Sebastokrator Popularos.
If you don't know what these staff positions are, you can read about them here: http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian?topic=467543/1/ (http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian?topic=467543/1/)
Congratulations to them, anyway.
Site stuff
Apart from adding the articles, there isn't much here for me to report on. If any of you feel depraved enough to read my blog (shameless plug, I know, I know) then click here: http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian/blog/main/134405/ (http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian/blog/main/134405/)
That's all for now, do join in and use your membership!
Marcus.
Newsletter #5, feel free to COMMENT <hint, hint.
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Welcome to the fifth Exilian newsletter, this will be short issue, as it has bee quiet of late, but here you are:
Mods:
Warsword, a Warhammer mod for Mount&Blade, has had an article of its own created on Exilian. The mod has progressed to the stage where I can make an article for it without the mod dying the next day. Enjoy the article and feel free to comment:
http://exilian.co.uk/warsword.php (http://exilian.co.uk/warsword.php)
Warhammer: Total War for Rome: Total War is inching closer to a new release, as Jubal reports that it now has a fully functioning and complete map for it now. Link below:
http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian?topic=7193316/2/#new (http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian?topic=7193316/2/#new)
Also, any modders out there that have experience with RTW, Jubal wants your help! He is working on this project pretty much solo, and any help would be appreciated. All contributions will of course be credited, if included in the final release. The areas Jubal needs help in are coding, new buildings, traits, and rebalancing troops. Any modellers out there would also be welcomed, so put your name down! The more help he can get, the quicker the mod will be released.
Site Staff:
In line with the democratic way the forums are run, there will be elections for Sebastokrator and moderator posts in June. If you feel like standing for them, feel free to put your name in. If you don't understand what the posts are, read here:
http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian?topic=467543/1/#new (http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian?topic=467543/1/#new)
Bear in mind that anyone applying for the posts should be prepared to put in a reasonable amount of effort if they are elected. If they do not do anything, then Citizens can initiate a vote of no confidence if it is passed, the staff member will be voted out and a new election will be held. All staff are also expected to abide by and enforce the Terms of Service.
Site Tech:
Anyone who bothers to read the Terms of Service will have noticed that since our upgrade to Zetaboards a while ago, the HTML used to format it has been broken, due to ZB not supporting it. Thanks to the efforts of Son of the King, they have been reformatted as BB Code and are finally readable again. Read them here:
http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian/boardrules/ (http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian/boardrules/)
That's all for this issue, if you have any comments, feel free to post them here:
http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian?topic=7148488/2/#new (http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian?topic=7148488/2/#new)
Cheers,
Marcus, Technikos.
not that i made that map or anything :P
Shush you, Jubal credited you in the thread. :P
;)
edit: but on a serious note, its better if you remove the /#new on those links so it doesnt go to the last post, but uh oh you sent it already
Yeah, I normally do, but I couldn't be bothered this time. :/
on the next one you should mention how we are opening up forum space for any substantial topic
Oh yes, I forgot that one. :(
Unpinned for the moment as we currently have no newsletter.