Hey guys! I've not checked in on Median for a long time, but stumbled across it today and boy it sure has come a long way! Great job to those who are running the show now. I was a bit surprised to find a forum specifically for discussing other mods, but since it is here I see no reason not to throw a thread in about a server I've been working on a little over a year now.
It's called Annihilus, and you can find it at http://annihilus.net . What we were going for when we made Annihilus was sticking close to vanilla LoD to hit nostalgia factors, but at the same time modernize the game and improve it the best we can. Just putting that out there now so people who are so used to an awesome mod like Median that feels almost like a different game do not instantly get their expectations crushed if they check out Annihilus! Though it is no secret that we've looked to other mods as well for ideas and motivation, to shoutout to all other modders out there.
Some of our key features are the following:
- Higher resolutions are built directly into the game up to a certain resolution, to make the game not feel so old. You change it in the Video Settings in-game, just like you would before.
- 64 Player Limit on games. This lets players do much more together without letting anyone feel left out.
- Spectator Mode. With the click of a button on our new Party Screen, you may watch another player from their point of view, as if you were sitting next to them in person.
- Gold no longer drops in-game, it is obtained by voting daily for Annihilus on those top100 websites. You'd be surprised at how many players came to us from those websites! The Website's Gold ties directly to your Gold in-game, so you receive it instantly.
- All necessities cost 0 Gold now due to the Gold change, such as mercenary hiring, repairing, potions, etc. Gold can now purchase awesome customization and convenience items at the Gold Vendor in town, such as color dyes, Respec Tokens, and much more.
- Just about every Set and Unique item has been revamped/buffed, and plenty more have been added Rares have also been greatly overhauled, and have potential to be some of the best items in the game. We did not want Runewords to be the only endgame items, there is endless variety now.
- We have added an Enchantment system as well, Enchantment scrolls drop randomly in hell and require different items based on the enchant to apply them to an item. Enchants also use up Enchantment slots on an item based on their strength as well.
- Tons of new endgame content! We have puzzles that must be figured out, new uber-type bosses, and even the Crucible which is 20 levels long and must be cleared on a time limit and without dying, or you are locked out from killing anything else!
There's a lot more but that about sums up the basics. Our content patches are pretty frequent, we try to get one out every 3 months or so. We still have a long ways to go, but with a pretty active and always growing community, we look to continue to improve! Thanks to anyone who decides to give us a chance and check us out, and thanks to Median for allowing other modders to get their mods thrown out there in this forum.
