An early test version of the Clan Wars system (currently named War of the Adepts for lack of a better idea) is now available. It's very limited at the moment, but I plan on rolling out more features over the next few weeks. (actual battles between individual armies and between the overall clans are high on the priority list, but there are a few major issues that I have to work out first)

The base system works like this - as you post, you will accumulate coins. Posting in some forums will give you more money than others, and creating new topics will give you more coins than replying to topics. If you make too many spam posts just to get money, however, you'll be fined and your clan will be taxed (so clan leaders will be able to kick you out of the clan if you end up costing them too much). There will be several other methods of raising money if you aren't an active poster, but posting is currently the only available option.

You'll have a number of different options to spend your money on. You can choose to hire soldiers for your own army, or purchase items to boost your army's stats. Alternatively, you can send your money/donate your soliders and items to another member of your clan. Clan leaders (there can be several from each clan, doesn't have to be a single member) will be able to purchase a number of different upgrades to each clan's settlement/city, which in turn will raise the stats of clan members' armies. There will be more information on this when the system becomes available.

Once you have started raising your army, you will be able to fight against NPC armies to acquire money/items, or against other players. Battles will be very limited at first, but I want to expand the system in the future (ie, rather than just clicking "Fight Bandits" and having the battle results immediately delivered to you, you will be given a number of different scenarios and choices as the battle progresses which can either be beneficial, or could end up in your defeat if you choose the wrong option). Major wars between the overall clans will come at a later date, as well, as will a system that will allow you to "play" as a single character as well as as an army.


To get started, you can access the Economy system here. (there's also a "War of the Adepts" at the top of the forums. It's a bit disjointed at the moment, but I plan on putting everything into a single website in the end. There really isn't anything that you can do right at this moment aside from purchasing a few items and watch your army's stats rise, but there will be several updates in the near future. Oh and, in case it wasn't obvious, only people who are members of a clan will be able to access the system.



You can read up on some of the other aspects of the game in this topic. My plans have changed since that topic was posted, however, so please keep in mind that things might be different in the actual system. I will put together a revised game plan at some point soon (before the end of the week, hopefully).

The Dark Dawn Class Guide is finally completed and can be accessed here I might make some changes to the page structure at some point, and I do plan on actually writing a proper "guide", but this should do for now.

Character profiles should be up soon, as well as a Psynergy list/guide.

I guess we were all relying on the release of Dark Dawn to spark some good discussion, but it wasn't to be. Oh well.

I'm going to try and finish off the Dark Dawn coverage on the website and will finally be able to get around to properly advertising the site as a prime source of information for the pitifully small number of people that actually bought the game. I guess we'll see what happens from there.

The classes guide is almost complete, and will be up in a day or two, after which I will finish off the character guides.

UPDATE: Several new Golden Sun: Dark Dawn guides are now up: a full Armor list/guide, an Items list and a Forging guide.

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It has been a long time coming, and I'm still not happy with some aspects of the design, but the new website is live. Also updated are several Dark Dawn content pages: the Djinn Guide is now complete, as is the Summons Guide. I have also put up a full Weapons Guide, and all of the Encyclopedia Entries should now be up as well. I plan to get Armor, Items and updated Character pages up this weekend, and full Class and Psynergy guides up next week.

Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Upcoming later in February:
(Hopeful) completion of the Dark Dawn content section
Full Multimedia gallery
New Forums Skin
First round of War of the Adepts (more information on this will be coming soon)

So Golden Sun: Dark Dawn has been out for a while now for those of you in America and Australia, and should be releasing later today for those in Europe; hopefully you're all enjoying it

I have begun the process of compiling data from the game and putting together various strategy guides which visitors may find helpful. Very few pages are up, and even fewer yet are in their final form, but there is still a small amount of content up if you have yet to take a look. If you wish to aid in the content writing process, please let me know in the forums =)

Be on the lookout for further updates, as well as an exciting new feature on the forums which has been in the works for quite a while, over the coming weeks. Also, if you haven't seen it yet, here is a small preview of a new forums skin which I am currently working on and expect to finish before the end of the month: http://www.gs-adepts....com/gsar11.jpg

The official Japanese website has been updated with the full artwork and descriptions (will have to wait for a translation) of the remaining two characters, as well as a silhouette of another antagonist. A new English trailer was also released yesterday, featuring a couple of new scenes, a look at the new Bow weapon, and the Ulysses summon sequence. The game launches in Japan a week from today.