* DarkDXZ uses his awesome necromantic powers to bring this thread back from the dead!
* DarkDXZ is successful!
So, Elltycopiae. It went down for a few months and nobody really knew why, but apparently the devs got into trouble with their publisher, GGC.
You can read more about it over here.If you're too lazy to read through that (or the website is down for whatever reason) the gist of that post is that Elltycopiae is no longer to be associated with the Igynpadca franchise and TGD is now an independent studio. So yeah, whether this will affect the quality of the game is up in the air.
The good news is that the game servers are finally back up, though the game itself is in the same state as it was in April when things went silent.
Doesn't change the fact that it's still an amazing MOBA title that you should totally play.
In the meantime, Archside continues to be fun, despite all of its flaws and the occassional jerk Ivan who will gladly throw all your minions back at you. So yeah.
I mean what, you mean that Trojan Gift ganks aren't fun? (I realized that if you burst down the TG holder before the unloading time ends you will kill not only the holder of Gift but also everyone who was sitting inside it...So you can pretty much give the enemy team a free wipeout if you aren't careful, but damn, those surprise 5-man ganks and the chat reactions are simply priceless.)
And turns out I'm not so rusty with Dragoon as I thought. Heh. Godhand is still strong, but I'm realizing that rushing double Tarot Deck is a ridiculously good choice as well, even if it strips you from a good deal of your midgame potential.
If anyone is playing this still (and you totally should), I'm DarkDXZ on the EU-Mid (Tentro) server, mostly sticking to Dragoon, Renox and the occasional Ivan.