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07-17-2006, 01:34 PM
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AC Community Relations
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Weekly Update 7/17/06
Hello there everyone. I hope you all had a great weekend.
Let’s get right into things for this week. I have some good news and some bad news. We are going to start with the bad news, which in a way is related to the good news. The bad news is that we are going to have to delay the launch of the July event for one week. The new date set for the July event is July 25th. As we continued to test some new content we found that we just needed more time to balance things out and get some needed fixes into the game. We gave ourselves a heavy workload this month, and we want to make sure that things are done right. This also means that the July Letter to the Players will not be coming out until this Friday, July 21st. This brings us to the good news which is related to the heavy workload that I already mentioned. You may recall in a past LttP’s that we mentioned one of our In-Concept items was additional high level outdoor hunting. By this time many of you have completed the Raising Grael’s Island quest. Well in July, this island will be come open to players. This new landmass is aimed at players level 150+ and is going to contain some new spawn dynamics we have been working on. Unlike Vissidal Island, players will no longer want to “Cherry Pick” certain creatures from a spawn to get better loot or the special drop. In the case of this new island, players will be encouraged to kill the entire spawn they are hunting in order to get that special creature with the item to spawn. This new spawn dynamic is also something we are looking in to adding to some of the regular landscape spawns throughout Dereth. If we decide to add this dynamic to regular spawns, you may find yourself suddenly involved in a mini-boss type fight when you least expect it. We feel this could definitely spice things up a bit for those players who enjoy outdoor hunting and a few surprises.  We have also deployed a fix for those players having authentication issues. We are hopeful this will resolve these issue and we will be able to move on with improving Asheron’s Call. We will be continually monitoring things to see just what the results of these changes are. We once again thank all of you for your understanding while we worked through these issues. It is appreciated, and we will discuss more of that appreciation in a future update. That’s about it for now. Everyone have a great week and see you all in Dereth
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07-17-2006, 01:36 PM
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Re: Weekly Update 7/17/06
When you mention Raising Grael's Island quest. Is this the same quest with the shadow raids and getting Grael's Claw with Mukkir Slayer on it? Cause there is some concern that many people werent able to do all of that quest. Will there be a way for those who have not done it, to do it in the future. And we have all been waiting for an answer on the Grael's Claw. Will this be the only Mukkir Slayer weapon, and if not, those who have Grael's Claw and are not UA, will we be able to turn in the claw for a differnt weapon?
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Ministry 275 Mage Morningthaw Member of Phoenix Rising Proud member of Rossu Morta The Cry of all MMO's "I'm Paper, nerf Scissors, Rock is fine" Last edited by Ministry; 07-17-2006 at 01:41 PM. |
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07-17-2006, 01:46 PM
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Re: Weekly Update 7/17/06
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07-17-2006, 01:50 PM
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Re: Weekly Update 7/17/06
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Ahh ok thanks. What about first part of the Shadow Raids that delt with the paper peices. Will this come into play later, or have we seen its use already in Graels Claw?
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07-17-2006, 01:47 PM
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Re: Weekly Update 7/17/06
Sounds great
 Will we need to do the Raising Grael’s Island quest to access the island? |
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07-17-2006, 01:51 PM
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Re: Weekly Update 7/17/06
Pretty soon we're going to have to call it the August event.
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07-17-2006, 01:53 PM
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Re: Weekly Update 7/17/06
This really has me excited! Since Vlad and I normally kill everything we see (no cherry picking) the idea of a mini-boss spawning sounds like a great new dynamic. We have greatly anticipated new outdoor hunting and can't wait to get to the island!
Delaying the patch to make sure it's right isn't a problem in my mind.. as long as I can log into the game consistently, I will be happy.
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07-17-2006, 02:20 PM
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Re: Weekly Update 7/17/06
Cool dynamic! I can't wait to check it out. Great JORB!
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07-17-2006, 02:21 PM
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Re: Weekly Update 7/17/06
Yes, plz tell us that their are no other requirements besides 150+, plz!
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07-17-2006, 02:44 PM
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Re: Weekly Update 7/17/06
What luck! I just hit 150
Can't wait to see the new island, but I guess I can wait a week to make sure everything works.
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07-17-2006, 03:03 PM
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Re: Weekly Update 7/17/06
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 Don't worry, it's not an epic, overly convoluted or monsterous quest.
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