News Archive - 2014

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April

Last Chance for MSN Zone Migrations link
Very soon subscription fees will no longer be required to play Asheron's Call. While it will be possible to reactivate inactive Turbine Accounts, and create new accounts, migrations from MSN Zone will no longer be possible...
Carpe Noctem - Turbine Support
--Sucamarto 9:36am, 26th April, 2014 (GMT +10)

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Decal, Decal Plugin and Decal Tool Updates;
The latest Decal Memlocs are = 0.0.11.5651 (March Patch)
Decal Plugins;

• Octagram v1.5.0.8 - 1st, April, 2014 Updated
  
• Virindi Tank v0.3.1.151 - 21st, March, 2014 Updated
  
• Mag-Tools v1.0.8.64 - 11th, March, 2014 Updated
  

--Sucamarto 3:23pm, 1st April, 2014 (GMT +10)

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March

Downtime Notice: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) Wednesday, March 26th link
The Asheron's Call Game Servers will be brought down on Wednesday, March 26th from 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) to launch the March update. Thanks for your patience, and we'll see you back in the game soon!
The Release Notes for the March patch are now available.

Cordovan - Turbine Community Relations
--Sucamarto 111:16am, 25th March, 2014 (GMT +10)

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Decal, Decal Plugin and Decal Tool Updates;
The latest Decal Memlocs are = 0.0.11.5651 (March Patch)
Decal Plugins;

• Virindi Tank v0.3.1.151 - 21st, March, 2014 Updated
  
• Mag-Tools v1.0.8.64 - 11th, March, 2014 Updated
  
• Octagram v1.5.0.7 - 4th, March, 2014 Updated
  

--Sucamarto 3:23pm, 27th March, 2014 (GMT +10)

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Downtime Notice: Tuesday, March 25th from 12:00 PM to 6:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) link
The Asheron's Call 1 & 2 Game Servers and http://myaccount.turbine.com will be offline for maintenance on Tuesday, March 25th from 12:00 PM to 6:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT). The forums and web sites may remain up, but players may not be able to log in. Thanks for your patience, and we'll see you back in the game soon!

Cordovan - Turbine Community Relations
--Sucamarto 1:40pm, 24th March, 2014 (GMT +10)

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Myaccount.turbine.com Downtime: Monday, March 24th link
The Turbine Account Maintenance site at http://myaccount.turbine.com is currently down for maintenance. We will keep you updated. During this time, players will be unable to make changes to their accounts.

Cordovan - Turbine Community Relations
--Sucamarto 8:56am, 23rd March, 2014 (GMT +10)

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Turbine on the future of Asheron's Call and the Studio on Joystiq Link;
When has putting an MMO into maintenance mode ever signaled a bright future for a game? Even so,
that's what seems to have happened for Asheron's Call, which is preparing to not only transition into a
maintenance mode phase but drop subscription fees and allow for player-run servers by the end of the
year.
--Sucamarto 6:07am, 17th March, 2014 (GMT +10)

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The Big Map of Dereth gets an Updated;
The Big Map of Dereth has been updated for Spring 2014, thanx Lothnar. Game Info -> World -> Maps
--Sucamarto 10:07am, 9th March, 2014 (GMT +10)

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Downtime Notice: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Eastern (-5 GMT) Friday, March 7th link
UPDATE: The worlds have reopened! Have fun, and we'll see you in-game!
The Asheron's Call Game Servers will be brought down on Friday, March 7th from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Eastern (-5 GMT) for an update to the game. Thanks for your patience, and we'll see you back in the game soon!
This downtime will fix some Paragon Weapons and Gauntlet issues.
Cordovan - Turbine Community Relations
--Sucamarto 7:08am, 8th March, 2014 (GMT +10)

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The February, 2014 Patch is now live. Link
The February, 2014 Spring 2014 Patch is now Live!
--Sucamarto 7:22am, 4th March, 2014 (GMT +10)

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The February, 2014 Announcements and Patch Pages are now both live. Link
The February, 2014 Announcements and Spring 2014 Patch Page are now both Live!
--Sucamarto 3:23pm, 3rd March, 2014 (GMT +10)

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Downtime Notice: 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM Eastern (-5 GMT) Tuesday, March 4th link
The Asheron's Call Game Servers will be brought down on Tuesday, March 4th from 7:00 - 11:00 AM Eastern (-5 GMT) to launch the February update. Thanks for your patience, and we'll see you back in the game soon

Cordovan - Turbine Community Relations
--Sucamarto 11:56pm, 3rd March, 2014 (GMT +10)

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Connection and Performance Issues: Friday, February 28th Link

We are currently investigating log in and in-game performance issues. At this time we believe these are linked to larger Internet issues taking place. Our teams are working to mitigate the impact of these issues as best we can. We will keep you updated.

Cordovan - Turbine Community Relations
--Sucamarto 10:12am, 3rd March, 2014 (GMT +10)

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February

Some February 2014 event details have been announced. Link

I know players are anxiously waiting for an update about the state of Asheron’s Call. (This is probably because I promised to have an update early this week.) We want to have an honest discussion about our future plans, even though we still have outstanding challenges to solve before we can put those plans into place.

We are working hard on the February update, and we hope to have the update finished this week. We are aiming for a patch a week from Tuesday, on March 4th. As always, if we run into bugs or problems that date might have to change. This caveat is why we generally don’t release dates before the patch is approved, but in this case I suspect players would rather have tentative information than none at all.

The February update includes some cool new features:

• The random rewards for the Viridian Rise have been reworked and most of the consumable rewards have been removed.
• A brand new coliseum to challenge players and top end characters.
• Enhancements to the three Societies, the Celestial Hand, the Eldrytch Web, and the Radiant Blood.
• Paragon weapons. Characters can slowly enhance their favorite weapons by forging them into Paragon weapons. The process that will send characters all over Dereth to prove themselves by completing heroic tasks and gaining Luminance. Though the process is involved, Paragon weapons gain levels and empower the user with substantial benefits. The process can enhance melee weapons, missile weapons or casters.
• Enlightenment. A system designed for our most dedicated players, Enlightenment allows a character who has reached the pinnacle of levels and Luminance to let it all go and start over. The process of Enlightenment is certainly not for the faint of heart, but enlightenment will provide an avenue for players to prove that they are some of the most hardcore players of the game.

Once this next update is in the hands of the players, the updates to Asheron’s Call will be limited. We intend to fix critical bugs and continue maintenance and support on the game. While there is always a chance we will put out a small update if time permits, players should have the expectation that updates will be limited to maintenance, bug fixes, and perhaps balance iterations of February content such as the new Colosseum.

Severlin - Producer
--Sucamarto 7:49am, 26th February, 2014 (GMT +10)

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Leafcull is back up now; Link
Leafcull should be available again now.
NoWorries - AC Associate Designer

--Sucamarto 89:12am, 2nd February, 2014 (GMT +10)

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Leafcull is currently Down;
All other worlds are available and there is no update on when LC will come back up at this stage.
--Sucamarto 6:54am, 2nd February, 2014 (GMT +10)

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January

Decal, Decal Plugin and Decal Tool Updates;
The latest Decal Memlocs are = 0.0.11.4202 (January 2014)
Decal Plugins;

• Mag-Tools v1.0.8.63 - 29th, January, 2014 Updated
  
• Virindi Tank v0.3.1.149 - 22nd, January, 2014 Updated
  
• Octagram v1.5.0.1 - 04th, January, 2014 Updated
  

Standalone Programs;

• Mag-SuitBuilder v1.0.29 - 26th, December, 2013 Updated

--Sucamarto 2:27pm, 29th January, 2014 (GMT +10)

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The January, 2014 event Forces of Nature Patch Page is now live. Link
The January, 2014 event Forces of Nature patch page and Announcements page are Now both Live!

--Sucamarto 1:49pm, 19th January, 2014 (GMT +10)

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Downtime Notice: 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM Eastern (-5 GMT) Tuesday, January 21st link
The Asheron's Call Game Servers will be brought down on Tuesday, January 21st from 7:00 - 10:00 AM Eastern (-5 GMT) to launch the January update: Forces of Nature. Patch notes can be found here. Thanks for your patience, and we'll see you back in the game soon!

Cordovan - Turbine Community Relations
--Sucamarto 1:49pm, 19th January, 2014 (GMT +10)

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Downtime Notice: Wednesday, January 15th from 7:00am to 12:00pm Eastern (-5 GMT)
The Asheron's Call game servers will be brought down for maintenance from 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM Eastern (-5 GMT.) Additionally, the Turbine Account Maintenance site at http://myaccount.turbine.com will be down for maintenance from 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM Eastern (-5 GMT). During this time, players will bge unable to make changes to their accuonts.
--Sucamarto 1:27pm, 15th January, 2014 (GMT +10)

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