Announcements - 2011/07 - Shifting Shadows

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Shifting Shadows

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Black Ferah slowly floated along the winding obsidian stone which led up to Ler Rhan’s perch high above the molten rock. Ferah was interested in discussing the results of the experiment they had recently conducted. If not for the fact she was no longer human, that interest may have been viewed as excitement.

“Did we get the information we were looking for?”

Ler Rhan turned to face Ferah, “Yes, we have shown that weaknesses in the Ley Lines will allow us to project Bael’Zharon up to the surface for a short time. Were the traitor’s forces any trouble?”

“We put up enough fight to let Isin Dule think we didn’t want him to see what we were doing. They were able to reach the summoning. It took a lot of effort to allow them to get so far without simply killing them all.”

Ler Rhan allowed a slight smirk to show on his usually expressionless face, “That fool must think he stopped our plans. That should keep him a bit off guard while we prepare for the final event.”

“Why don’t we just kill him, we should have done so many years ago when he first betrayed his own kind.”

“If we go after him directly, it will bring the focus of the entire kingdom and we are not ready for that. We shall continue on as planned. Send out more scouts to collect some more Ley Line readings.”

“What are we looking for in those readings?”

Ler Rhan makes gestures in the air as he explains, “Several Ley Lines pass by Tou-Tou. My research concludes that soon these flows will be at their weakest point which will allow us to pull Bael’Zharon to the surface for an extended period of time. The readings will confirm if my research is correct and that our time for reckoning is due.”

“I shall send out the scouts immediately,” replied Ferah before turning to head back down the spiraling walkway.

Just before she reached the ramp to head back down, Ferah turned back to Ler Rhan.

“Let us have faith that with the return of Bael’Zharon, Isin Dule is the first one to fall. He no longer deserves the honor of being a shadow and should have the life ripped from his being.”

“If our plan is successful, many will fall and the corruption will spread through this land until we, under the proper rule of The Hopeslayer, will control this place as we rightfully deserve.”

Ler Rhan turned and stared off into the darkness of his cave before he spoke again, ”Asheron and his weak human allies will either become one of us or join his mother as one of the many who have fallen, and will fall, before our might.”

 

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Release Notes

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July 2011 Release Notes

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Welcome to the July 2011 release notes!
With summer in full swing the Asheron’s Call team focused this month on a variety of fixes for current issues and a few makeover items. Just in time for strolling on the beach, there are some new ways to style your character.
Let’s take a look at all the changes in the July update!

• Quests of the Month changed
  • Weekly: Shadow Statues
  • Bi-weekly: Ikzisik Tika Ri Zikma (requires Messanger's Collar quest flag)
  • Monthly: Empyrean Propylaeum

• Monthly Kill task updated.

• A slew of new Society Contracts.

• The NPC Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden, has been fixed so that he does not get into stuck state from players who killed Shadow Dire Champions.

• The NPC Eldrytch Web Fort commander, has been fixed so that she does not get into stuck state from players who give Celestial Hand supplies for the Fort Assault quest.

• Closing client while in PvP should no longer get corpses stuck even when in mid animation.

• Fix to account/character login bug, where when a player abruptly crashes client & logs back on as a different character on the account while their first character is still in world. Instead now, doing such should log off all characters from that account.

• Fixed prismatic arrows so they should work with normal element missile launchers (with or without non-rend/cleave properties).

• Change to Leave Society NPC (Gaston Shadowbound) to erase all society contracts when used.

• Level 45 Facility Hub Warden NPC should now accept all 6 Blackmire Lore quest items including Elysa’s Ord.

• Fixed the Frozen Gearknight quest where sometimes it would not reset the path when it was loaded.

• New textured hairstyles have been applied to all races/genders.

• Frozen Stone Walls from Gear Crossbow quest should no longer be affected by Life Spells.

• Hive Splinters should now stay around longer.

• New Society Shield Covers let you choose exactly which style of shield you'd like to have.

• Covenant Helms and Horned Helms will now display on undead players.

• Players can now give their Scepter of the Portal Currents to Pagrok in exchange for the recall spell to Candeth Keep.

Known Issues

• Crowns and other open headwear will not display the new textured hairs when worn.

• Covenant and Horned Helms will not display on undead characters who still have appearances chosen before the undead art update went in.

• After one of the new society shield covers are applied, it is recommended that players relog to see the correct scaling adjustments of their shields.

• Old society shield covers will be replaced with a new specific shaped Society shield cover.

• Contract status not updating progress regularly for a few kill task quests in each society. Specifically the quests to kill Moguth Moarsmen, Shoguth Moarsmen, Magshuth Moarsmen, and Vaesho are not updating.

• Some contracts for quests that have an item pickup as their starting event still reset to “In Progress” instead of “Available”.

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

 

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