Foreword:
A lot of goodies will come with the following Winter Update; some of you might argue with "this is from this or that game", but you should remember that these ideas as been in RPG and MMORPGs, even before 2000.
If one shall try to make every single idea totally different from absolutely all other games, the development will be deadslow.
Many ideas out there are incredibly great, but gets turned down by players because it is recognized from other games.
Just because every single RPG game has Orcs in it, should suddenly Cipsoft remove this creature from the game?
Like a Tibian player once used to say:
"If you put wheels on a Mercedez, would that all of a sudden make it a Rolls Royce?".
It's really that simple, most creatures from Tibia are taken from mythologies or from our world, but made their own versions of them.
If you think about it for a second, most inventions today are only improvements or taken concept from an older invention.
Winter Update 2010
Mounts
There will be mounts in the next update, which every mount works for every outfit, with a small speed bonus (though it haven't been confirmed that every mount will only have a small speed bonus).
You can do everything you normally would while being mounted; attack, rope and so forth.
Note: a mount is just a sprite, like an outfit, works just the same.
News article: The Animal Whisperer
Youtube: Tame creatures and become your mounts
Cooldown System
Here's what makes it really interesting: cooldown system.
With cooldowns, each spell has its own exhaustion, so after casting the first spell you have to cast other spells too meanwhile you're waiting for the first to be ready.
Without cooldowns, we're all just using the same spell or rune over and over again in an entire battle, which everyone can admit, is pretty boring.
News article: Magical Mystery
New Spells
With the following cooldown system, there will also be new spells too! (for all vocations)
You can see more of the spell icons on Tibia Facebook.
Spell Icons: Tibia Facebook
Spreadsheet: Table with data of new and adjusted spells
Youtube: Knight's Healing Spells
Youtube: Knight's Attack Spells
Game Mechanics and In-Game Content
There's also a few minor, but significantly changes.
• Such as players and creatures are still pushable even if there's items under them, on the same tile.
We all know that most players do use an illegal third-party software, and with this change, the so-called 'anti-push' would become useless, which is a good thing.
• Players will not be able to rope creatures anymore, though you can still rope players. Reason is, because if a cave contains 3 Dragon Lords, you are to fight against all three at once, and not one after another.
• As soon as a creature loses its target, it will start walking back to its spawn.
• Players will be able to pass through other players in protection zones on all game world types.
Note that the "Glowing Switch" (the red tile in front of the depot boxes) prevents stacking, so it will work just as in Optional PvP, you will not be able to walk through players which are in front of the depot box.
• Old places in the good, ol' mainland has been revamped too!
Namely Outlaw Camp and Colossus.
News article: Of Robbers and Spirithunters
• Also been added more sellable items to the NPCs.
Though the list is pretty much useless when it comes to the original Tibia, since it's mostly rare drops and boss drops.
Many have stated that the demon loot should be added instead, and I do agree, since it's overflowing with such items on the market.
Tibia ML: New NPC Prices.
World Quests and Daily Tasks
Sooner or later there will be a world quest for every month, but for now, there will be a few new ones to look forward to.
Repeatable quests that you can do once a day will be added to new and old quests, and more will also come.
For more in-depth on world quests and daily tasks check the Test Server discussion below.
News article: World Quests Ahead!
Youtube: World Quests and Daily Tasks
Note: You can see more details about the Winter Update in Tibia.Wikia and Tibia-Stats.
You can also read the progress of the Test Server here.
If you're a tutor, you can participate in the discussion and premium players can now join the Test Server too.
OBS! Remember to delete the old TS clients, else all your hotkeys, config etc. will be automatically deleted upon login of the new TS client.
Flash Client
Soon enough, there will be a new Flash client. Though it won't be released with the next update, Winter Update 2010.
You can read more about the Flash client in the link below.
News article: Tibia Flash Client - Feature Teaser
For more details about the Flash client, do also check Tibia.Wikia, since it got most of it categorized there.
More info: Tibia.Wikia - Flash Client
//Munchies.
A lot of goodies will come with the following Winter Update; some of you might argue with "this is from this or that game", but you should remember that these ideas as been in RPG and MMORPGs, even before 2000.
If one shall try to make every single idea totally different from absolutely all other games, the development will be deadslow.
Many ideas out there are incredibly great, but gets turned down by players because it is recognized from other games.
Just because every single RPG game has Orcs in it, should suddenly Cipsoft remove this creature from the game?
Like a Tibian player once used to say:
"If you put wheels on a Mercedez, would that all of a sudden make it a Rolls Royce?".
It's really that simple, most creatures from Tibia are taken from mythologies or from our world, but made their own versions of them.
If you think about it for a second, most inventions today are only improvements or taken concept from an older invention.
Winter Update 2010
Mounts
There will be mounts in the next update, which every mount works for every outfit, with a small speed bonus (though it haven't been confirmed that every mount will only have a small speed bonus).
You can do everything you normally would while being mounted; attack, rope and so forth.
Note: a mount is just a sprite, like an outfit, works just the same.
News article: The Animal Whisperer
Youtube: Tame creatures and become your mounts
Cooldown System
Here's what makes it really interesting: cooldown system.
With cooldowns, each spell has its own exhaustion, so after casting the first spell you have to cast other spells too meanwhile you're waiting for the first to be ready.
Without cooldowns, we're all just using the same spell or rune over and over again in an entire battle, which everyone can admit, is pretty boring.
News article: Magical Mystery
New Spells
With the following cooldown system, there will also be new spells too! (for all vocations)
You can see more of the spell icons on Tibia Facebook.
Spell Icons: Tibia Facebook
Spreadsheet: Table with data of new and adjusted spells
Youtube: Knight's Healing Spells
Youtube: Knight's Attack Spells
Game Mechanics and In-Game Content
There's also a few minor, but significantly changes.
• Such as players and creatures are still pushable even if there's items under them, on the same tile.
We all know that most players do use an illegal third-party software, and with this change, the so-called 'anti-push' would become useless, which is a good thing.
• Players will not be able to rope creatures anymore, though you can still rope players. Reason is, because if a cave contains 3 Dragon Lords, you are to fight against all three at once, and not one after another.
• As soon as a creature loses its target, it will start walking back to its spawn.
• Players will be able to pass through other players in protection zones on all game world types.
Note that the "Glowing Switch" (the red tile in front of the depot boxes) prevents stacking, so it will work just as in Optional PvP, you will not be able to walk through players which are in front of the depot box.
• Old places in the good, ol' mainland has been revamped too!
Namely Outlaw Camp and Colossus.
News article: Of Robbers and Spirithunters
• Also been added more sellable items to the NPCs.
Though the list is pretty much useless when it comes to the original Tibia, since it's mostly rare drops and boss drops.
Many have stated that the demon loot should be added instead, and I do agree, since it's overflowing with such items on the market.
Tibia ML: New NPC Prices.
World Quests and Daily Tasks
Sooner or later there will be a world quest for every month, but for now, there will be a few new ones to look forward to.
Repeatable quests that you can do once a day will be added to new and old quests, and more will also come.
For more in-depth on world quests and daily tasks check the Test Server discussion below.
News article: World Quests Ahead!
Youtube: World Quests and Daily Tasks
Note: You can see more details about the Winter Update in Tibia.Wikia and Tibia-Stats.
You can also read the progress of the Test Server here.
If you're a tutor, you can participate in the discussion and premium players can now join the Test Server too.
OBS! Remember to delete the old TS clients, else all your hotkeys, config etc. will be automatically deleted upon login of the new TS client.
Flash Client
Soon enough, there will be a new Flash client. Though it won't be released with the next update, Winter Update 2010.
You can read more about the Flash client in the link below.
News article: Tibia Flash Client - Feature Teaser
For more details about the Flash client, do also check Tibia.Wikia, since it got most of it categorized there.
More info: Tibia.Wikia - Flash Client
//Munchies.
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