December Letter to the Players

Muneman · Post by **Muneman** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 9:04 pm

December Letter to the Players

Greetings and welcome to the December Letter to the Players.

In the last month we saw King Varicci took his assault to the next level. Through some form of dark design, King Varicci was able to acquire and use a new type of weapon to kill Antius Blackmoor. What will Queen Elyssa's reaction to this be? Will she send out an immediate force to seek revenge? Or will she be too upset at the loss of someone so important to her?

New for December
After gathering feedback from the players, the changes to the Temples of Forgetfulness and Enlightenment have gone in this month. We feel these changes will help both new and old players make changes to their characters while also not allowing anyone to abuse the abilities granted by these temples. The following is a list of how the timers will be changed when you go to the temples after the December event goes live.

Untrain
1st-4th gems: Instant
5th-8th gems: 1 week timer
9th-16th gems: 2 week timer
17th and above: 3 week timer

Specialization
1st-2nd gems: Instant
3rd-4th gems: 1 week timer
5th-8th gems: 2 week timer
9th and above: 3 week timer

Attribute
1st-18th: Instant
19th-36th gems: 1 week timer
37th and above: 2 week timer

Also please note there is a 2 week timer on handing in any Tesserae.

The Hotkey issue that was causing players to lose their save hotkey selections has been resolved. The items that players put in the hotkey slots should now stay there after they log off.

Players will be able to turn in their Glenden Wood Recall Orb for a scroll of the same spell. This will allow players to still have the recall without having to have the orb which can cause players to get stuck in combat mode.

The winter season is here and once again snow has started to fall. This seasonal change also means that some creature spawns will change accordingly. Scarecrows and Pumpkin Golems have been removed from the landscape. Instead players will find an increasing amount of Snowmen spawning throughout the land.

With the death of Antius, the people of Dereth have realized that a change is in the air. This has prompted them to take action. The town of Yanshi has finally rebuilt and has been fortified. You can find the new town near the Yanshi festival grounds. There has also been a memorial built there for the great Antius Blackmoor. Deep below the memorial, Antius lays in his final resting place. The citizens of Dereth may still go and pay their respects if they already haven't done so.

The invasion of Glenden Wood appears to have been pushed back, thanks to the aid of the brave people of Dereth. The Royal Captains have now moved in and have secured the area. Though there are still reports of some Viamontian activities in the area. Speaking to Tomo Genza may yield more information on this.

In-Concept
These are some the game changes we are thinking about for the upcoming months in Asheron's Call. We cannot guarantee when- or even if â€“ any of these changes will be added to the game, as scheduling and priorities can change. These changes are in addition to the new quests, dungeons, and items we'll be introducing in each monthly event. Your feedback on these topics is particularly valuable.

- PK/PKL Arenas(more details on these will be coming)
- Additional Allegiance Management Improvements
- Friends Panel
- Player-vs-Player Improvements
- Additional High level Hunting Areas
- Story Driven Loyalty Decisions

The items that are included in this section are just some of the things we are looking at for future changes. As time goes on this list will continue to change and expand. As always, all in-concept ideas are subject to change with scheduling and priority changes.

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Keebler · Post by **Keebler** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 9:52 pm

thanks mune

thunderblade · Post by **thunderblade** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:26 pm

thx mune

Ncatyl · Post by **Ncatyl** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 3:33 am

Not impressed.

Guess it's vacation season. Looks to be some thoughts fueled by egg nog.

Ashida Kim · Post by **Ashida Kim** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 10:17 am

About time they rebuilt Yanshi. That was my very first home in this game starting in Beta. They rebuilt it after the sky fell and we had to deal with the onslaught of a Tremendous tearing through town, by Asheron, it lives AGAIN.

*** Story Driven Loyalty Decisions ***

'Bout Dang Time. THIS is something I am looking forward to!