Announcements - 2012/04 - Retributions

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Teaser

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Retributions

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"You are incompetent fools." Geraine stood with his back to the Archons.

Hahnain dared to speak first, "The intrusion was much unexpected Emperor. They didn't seem the sort to be capable of finding us."

"We never should have been kind to the Isparians when they invaded these lands. We should have killed them all." Renselm fumed from his recent defeat.

"The full blame is on me for ever thinking you could properly perform a simple task." Geraine turned to face the three decaying bodies which stood in his chambers. "They did have some help from an old adversary who still has not learned his lesson. He thinks that his growing power is any match for mine. The miserable oaf seems to have forgotten I defeated him at his peak many millennia ago and can easily do so again."

"The last time you had The Book…" Renselm dared.

Geraine swung his gaze to Renselm, "I do not need The Book! You do not question me! Feel lucky that I do not submit you to an eternity of suffering for your insolent behavior."

Renselm, startled by the outburst, fell silent. Geraine regained his composure, "The book is where it needs to be for now. It will serve a far greater purpose and I do not need it to handle House Mhoire."

Geraine stayed silent for an uncomfortable minute. The Archons, unsure of how to respond to this new side of Geraine and fearing the wrath of interrupting his thoughts, kept quiet until Saelar finally took the risk of resuming the conversation, "Shall we go to war? Destroy House Mhoire in one final blow?"

"No… not yet. We are exposed. It will not take Mhoire long to figure out what they stumbled on to. Soon Mhoire will send out his forces in search of my hosts, I must move them to safety."

Geraine turned to leave his chamber, "Go make sure my hosts are hidden away. I have a message to send to Lord Mhoire."

Immense crackling echoed through the valley in the Graveyard of Despair. Large stones crashed down into the hills, followed by statues and soon the North side of Mhoire Castle dipped down in the sky. The castle sunk through the air with increasing momentum until it slammed into the mountain beneath it. The ground shook violently from the impact sending rocks and dirt spilling in over the top of the structure. The weight of the collapsing hills pushed towers and broke free parapets. One section of wall slid down a ridge and slammed into a glen below.

As the rumbling quelled and the dust began to filter back to the ground, with pieces of statues and stone supports now littering the cliffs, a tall dark figure could be seen on a far away hill. Turning his back to the devastation he disappeared out of view leaving the destruction behind.

Rollout Article

There was no Rollout article this month.

Release Notes

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April 2012: Release Notes

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Greetings and welcome to the Release Notes for the April Event, Retributions. This month brings the long awaited arrival of Lugians as a playable race to Asheron's Call! With this addition, the team has opened another character slot for players to use. Let’s see what else is in store this month in Asheron’s Call!

Monthly Kill Tasks have been changed.

Quests of the Month update

• Weekly: Sword of Lost Light
• Bi-weekly: Silifi of Crimson Night
• Monthly: Dark Monolith

CONTRACTS:

• Aerbax's Prodigal Drudge
• Aerbax's Prodigal Human
• Chasing Oswald
• Hunting Aun Ralirea
• Gurog Creation: we have fixed an issue with name inconsistency.

There are now more baby creatures on the landscape. Spring has been fruitful thus far!

Lugians are now a playable race! Make yours today!

With the addition of another playable race, we have made another character slot available to players, rejoice!

Some Rare Jewelry items have been upgraded.

Beneficial defensive mods have been added to Alchemy phials.

Shields & off-handed weapons can now be equipped after thrown projectiles such as Alchemy Phials.

When an enchantment overwrites a previous enchantment, a replacement message is now displayed.

The Aluvian Rare exchanger should no longer get stuck in busy state when given Rogue's Crystal.

Fixed a transparency issue with the Crown of Anointed Blood.

Giving gems no longer displays the gem material name twice.

KNOWN ISSUES:
Characters with an off-hand weapon and a thrown weapon will not automatically revert to dual wield stance once the thrown weapon is removed, until a new weapon is placed in the main hand.

The following items do not display on Lugians, and will be added in a future update:

• Dresses
• Most Headwear
• Rare Armor
• Hieromancer/Exarch Armor
• Rabbit Girth
• Drudge Championship Belt
• Winged Gromnie Armor
• Shadow Wing Breastplate

So these are just some of the things we have in store for Asheron's Call in April. Please remember that along with everything listed here, there are new quests and exciting things going into the game for the April Event.

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Developer Comments

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