Features
- New Maps and Locations: Explore a variety of new maps and environments, meticulously crafted to enrich your Dungeon Siege experience.
- Expanded Character Options: Play as new character types including Sea Elves, Swamp Elves, Regular Elves, Snake Women, and Amazons. Each character type comes with unique abilities and skills.
- Enhanced Gameplay Mechanics: Introducing the Hand Skill, a new combat style focusing on hand-to-hand and leg combat, with balanced stat growth.
- Dynamic Difficulty Levels: Four levels of multiplayer difficulty: Regular, Veteran, Elite, and Visionary. Monsters scale according to your level, providing a constant challenge.
- Quests and Storyline: An engaging storyline with numerous quests for both single-player and multiplayer modes.
- Custom Content: New mobs, weapons, and NPCs, along with unique decorations and graphical enhancements.
New Monsters
- Balor: A family of fearsome creatures, ranging from the Balor Brute, a hand-to-hand fighter, to the Balor Mage and the formidable Balor Champion.
- Satyr: Axe-wielding brutes, slow but powerful.
- Balrog: A fearsome foe, though surprisingly cuddly when played as a PC.
- Outcast
- WoodNymph
- Succubus
- Succubus Queen
- Dryad
New Animals
Encounter new animals in the world of Abstraction, each adding to the diverse ecosystem.
- Bison: A relative of the cow with a temper if you get too close.
- Pillbug: Innocuous-looking but beware of bug bites.
- Buck: Basically a deer with antlers.
- Snake: Be cautious around these, as some player characters can summon them.
Player Characters
In multiplayer, you'll have a variety of new characters to choose from. Single-player will primarily feature the Female or Male Sea Elf.
- Sea Elf - Female
- Sea Elf - Male
- Naja
- Swamp Elf - Female
- Swamp Elf - Male
Updates and Progress
04/16/07: Updated the Beta Version to Abstraction Beta V0.997. (MISSING)- 07/29/06: Added more maps and tools.
- 06/18/06: Added Witness's guides from SiegeNetwork.
- 03/29/06: Added Elys maps files for Ehb, UP, and LoA.
- 03/26/06: Updated Beta Version to Abstraction Beta V0.996.
- 03/12/06: Added Elys mods (excluding large DS1 maps).
- 02/09/06: Added several files to DS1, DS2, and tools sections.
- 12/10/05: Updated the download section with regular DS/DSLoA downloads and Abstraction Beta.
- 12/01/05: Beta version 0.995 released.
- 09/11/05: Beta nearly complete, with focus on second difficulty level for enhanced challenges.
- 08/16/05: Dungeon Siege II released.
- 07/14/05: Beta testing in progress, seeking more testers.
- 07/05/05: Call for Beta testers; sign-up instructions provided.
- 05/27/05: Siegelet nearing completion, Beta testers needed.
- 03/20/05: Progress slowed but significant development on quests and story.
- 01/11/05: Rapid progress, with map completion and balancing underway.
Credits:
- Monsoon: Well I'm just here for the pie...oh yeah, and the skrit
- sjr: Web guy, gas files
- ghastley: Models
- theresnothinglft: Models
- Ulfman: Original mapper
- Callisto: Started project
- Xaa: Technical consultant