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Dealin' Out Some Cards

Lastly from the official Bang! Howdy site, we learn more about the card system of the game and more.

After a long spell of roundin' up them dogies, we're finally ready to drive a herd back to the ranch. Most of our progress is still focused on the next town, Indian Trading Post, but we're also making improvements and additions to Frontier Town as well.

* We added a whole heap 'o new Cards and Bonuses. Barricade, Dud, Jack Rabbit, and a dozen more. Get on into the General Store and pick up a pack fer yerself and give 'em a whirl.

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Runnin' Around the Beta Corral

More news from the Bang! Howdy official site! A general update is the subject of this posting.

We got a new programmer workin' on the project, Mark. You can thank him fer the practice scenario and the fancy new post-game stats display. He's workin' on some other improvements to the basic gameplay now so I reckon we'll have more fun stuff for ya next week. Andrzej's still hard at work on our graphics engine, makin' it work better on low-end cards. We've also got two new artists helpin' out: Josh and Ian.

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Ridin' 'em In

The official site for Bang! Howdy has been updated with serveral notices about changes in the content as they move through beta.

We been out roundin' up them dogies for quite a while now and we reckon it's just about time to ride 'em on in. We been fixin' bugs and polishin' up both Frontier Town and the old Indian Trading Post and we got some changes to report:

* We added a Character page to the Barber where you 'kin pick which avatar poses should be used in which situations (like yer Victory pose and yer Wanted Poster pose). You 'kin also use it to change yer Handle if ya done picked a dud when ya first signed up.
* We redesigned the Saloon user interface to make things a bit simpler and clearer.

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Burglar Class Player Beta Journal

It's that time again, the official site for Lord of the Rings Online has posted the weekly beta player journal. This week we get a look at the burglar class.

I chose to make a burglar, and the more I play with the character, the more I find that it fits the type of player I am perfectly.

First of all, there are the infamous conjunctions that I can start at will. These conjunctions can save lives, restore power, deal a deadly blow, or even do damage over time. So even though the burglar does not do great damage normally, being able to start conjunctions at will makes the burglar very useful in combat.

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