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'''February 2004'''
'''February 2004''' - [[Announcements - 2004/02 - The Madness of Men|Announcements Page]]
== Turbine Announcements ==
== Turbine Announcements ==
=== Teaser Images ===
=== Teaser Images ===


AC Mystics
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File:Teaser 200402 A.jpg|
File:Teaser 200402 B.jpg|
File:Teaser 200402 C.jpg|
File:Teaser 200402 D.jpg|
File:Teaser 200402 ACVault.jpg|[http://acvault.ign.com/ ACVault]
File:Teaser 200402 JackCat.jpg|[http://www.thejackcat.com/ac/ Maggie the Jackcat]
File:Teaser 200402 Mystics.jpg|[http://ac.mystics.de/ Asheron's Call Mystics]
File:Teaser 200402 Stratics.jpg|[http://ac.stratics.com/ AC Stratics]
File:Teaser 200402 WarCry.jpg|[http://ac.warcry.com/ Warcry's Crossroads of Dereth]
</gallery>


ACvault
=== Teaser ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
|  Current = http://ac.turbine.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=153-the-madness-of-men-february&catid=70-2004&Itemid=68
| Original = http://ac.turbinegames.com/index.php?page_id=168
|  Archive = Announcements - 2004/02 - The Madness of Men#Teaser
}}


Dereth.info
=== Rollout ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
|  Current = http://ac.turbine.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=155-rollout-article-february&catid=70-2004&Itemid=68
| Original = http://microsoftgamesinsider.com/AC1/feb04_rollout.htm
|  Archive = Announcements - 2004/02 - The Madness of Men#Rollout Article
}}


Maggies
=== Release Notes ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
|  Current = http://ac.turbine.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=154-developers-notes-february&catid=70-2004&Itemid=68
| Original = http://microsoftgamesinsider.com/AC1/feb04_devnotes.htm
|  Archive = Announcements - 2004/02 - The Madness of Men#Release Notes
}}


Warcry's CoD
=== Letter to the Players ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
|  Current = http://ac.turbine.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=152-letter-to-the-players-february&catid=70-2004&Itemid=68
| Original = http://ac.turbinegames.com/index.php?page_id=166
|  Archive = Announcements - 2004/02 - The Madness of Men#Letter to the Players
}}


=== Envoys and the Code of Conduct ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
|  Current = None
| Original = http://ac.turbinegames.com/index.php?page_id=181
|  Archive = Announcements - 2004/02 - The Madness of Men#Envoys and the Code of Conduct
}}


=== Teaser - [http://ac.turbine.com/?page_id=168 Link] ===
== Discoveries ==
'''The Madness of Men'''
=== [[Town Crier]] Rumors ===
<font color=darkgoldenrod>
:Town Crier tells you, "Have you been to the Lost City of Frore recently? I've heard that the undead there have begun to reinforce their halls."


''Posted By on '''06-Feb-2004'''''
:Town Crier tells you, "I stumbled across an encampment not too far from Zaikhal the other day. It was eerily empty and unoccupied. As if the people there just disappeared!"


"It's the laughing, you see?" The guard was disheveled. His clothes were torn and bloody, his eyes set deep in their sockets, his skin covered with grit and his hair matted and greasy. He reeked of filth, and smiled to reveal teeth that were stained brown from neglect. He swayed from side to side in constant motion, eyes darting toward the walls of the hall and the shadows cast against them.
:Town Crier tells you, "I'd always thought that the robe from Frore was a little drafty. I guess I was wrong."


Elysa recognized him still through the grime and stenchRoderick Largent, once a member of her castle guard. He had been assigned to investigate the disappearances on Marae Lassel, went missing two months prior, and was found preaching in Zaikhal only a few hours ago. He stood before her now, flanked by two guards who watched him with wary eyes. She felt pity.
:Town Crier tells you, "I've found the oddest assortment of items on creatures around here. Drudges dropping weapons and armor, golems with magic enhanced items and rats with lots of random pieces. Strange?"


"Roderick, where have you been, what did you see?" she asked in a quiet and steady voice, trying to calm him down.
:Town Crier tells you, "I've heard that Larry was having a tryst with Nuhmudira. Now that she doesn't have any real clout, he's cast her aside like an old worn blade. What? That's what I've heard."


Roderick's eyes locked onto hers. Now his demeanor changedhe stood tall and stopped shifting. No more laughter, no more smile, only ice-blue eyes staring through her. The room seemed to warp; sound and light bent in awkward directions as he began to speak.
:Town Crier tells you, "I've seen it, with my own eyes, people who have shrugged off Asheron's protection go and look at those creepy statues and disappear!"


"I have seen the end. I have seen the coming of a tide that shall scour the face of this world and wipe clean the prophecies of the golden age. There will be a call to children who were forgotten, buried and lost. Their wrath shall be barbed with poison that courses through the veins of the world, and all shall rot. Auberean is forsaken by the light and so it shall be consumed." He cackled madly, but his lips did not move; his eyes still held hers in place and the room slowly turned dark. "First, there shall be a time of respite. The shadow will creep through its halls, falling silent but working, ever vigilant, while the warped souls of man are drawn closer to its call. The halls of the frozen city will be strengthened, a place of battle shall cull the weak from the land, Ispar will turn against Ispar. The heavens will break and a scream both holy and unholy will shatter a barrier that has long protected us all."
:Town Crier tells you, "If you visit Frore can you bring me a helm, I want to get one and dye the trim black."


Flames burst up behind Roderick, and his crazed eyes bore through Elysa like knives. The wound in her back throbbed and the sound of blood roared in her ears.
:Town Crier tells you, "If you want to visit Frore, best remember to take a group and be ready to face creatures tougher than Dark Revenants. Seems the inhabitants are preparing for tougher battles."


"You ask me what I have seen? I have seen the folly of sending the Lightbringer away. Now the darkness shall grow, unchecked, unabated. You are the architect of this world's demise! Damned is your name!" The laughter began again and Elysa screamed in defiance.
:Town Crier tells you, "Okay, here is the plan! You get a fellowship together in Yaraq, I'll get one together in Plateau and we'll go take control of the Battle Arena! What do you say?"


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:Town Crier tells you, "Some small creepy statues have been showing up in towns, they make me nervous."


When she woke, Antius placed his hands on her shoulders.
:Town Crier tells you, "Those Shreth are disgusting creatures! They'll eat anything! Even the corpses of fallen adventurers."


"What is it?" he asked.
:Town Crier tells you, "Ufet, Prophet of Blades, in Zaikhal, has been even busier now than he was before. I wonder what he is up to."


"Antius, recall all those investigating the Raven Hand." She touched her hand to one of his as she tossed the covers aside. "I need reports from all the cities, I need to know of anything strange that has happened there, anything that is¬ right." She pulled herself out of bed and moved towards her armor. "Get anyone that we sent to that damned island back here!"
:Town Crier tells you, "You know that farmer outside Lytelthorpe -- the one with the rabbit problems? Selflora says he's back."</font>
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Antius rubbed his face and ran a hand through his hair, "Elysa, where are you going?"
=== [[Ulgrim]] Rumors ===
No new messages this month.
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"The city of ice." She looked back at the bed, but he was no longer there. Across the room, he shouldered his armor. Elysa smiled, despite herself. "What are you doing?"
=== New UI and Game Changes ===
* All players now have access to Asheron's Call: [[Dark Majesty]] content, regardless of whether or not they had purchased the expansion pack in the past.
* The Allegiance Experience system has been changed. For details, please see the following articles: [[Announcements - 2004/01 - Mirror, Mirror#Allegiance Experience|Allegiance Experience]] and [[Announcements - 2004/01 - Mirror, Mirror#Allegiance Experience Follow-Up|Allegiance Experience Follow-Up]].
* The first phase of creature and chest treasure revisions has been implemented. Please see the [[Announcements - 2004/02 - The Madness of Men#Letter to the Players|Letter to the Players]] and the [[Announcements - 2004/02 - The Madness of Men#Rollout Article|Rollout Article]] for details.
* Several improvements to allegiance and general chat. Please see the [[Announcements - 2004/02 - The Madness of Men#Rollout Article|Rollout Article]] for details.
* [[NPCs]] and Stacked Items
** You can now hand a whole stack to any NPC that accepts an item that can be stacked. The NPC should take only one item off the stack, leaving the remainder in your pack, and then give you your reward.
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"Coming with you," he said.
=== New [[Quests]] ===
 
* [[Crown of Bone Quest]]
"No, I need you to get me those reports, and bring our scouts back home." She strapped on one pauldron, then the other. "I'll take a group of guards with me. Please, Antius."
* [[Decrepit Tower Quest]]
 
Antius nodded with resignation. There was no arguing with her once she had made up her mind. But even his confidence in her could not completely erase the worry. Heand Isparhad almost lost her once. "Be careful."


She smiled, "Always."
==== Updated Quests ====
 
* [[Bunny Master Title]] - quest mechanic changed: timer removed, trophy items added
{|border=1
* [[Frore]] - Items, dungeons and creatures all updated.
| [[Image:The Madness of Men 1.jpg|150px]]
| [[Image:The Madness of Men 2.jpg|150px]]
|-
| [[Image:The Madness of Men 3.jpg|150px]]
| [[Image:The Madness of Men 4.jpg|150px]]
|}


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=== Rollout - [<Rollout Link to Turbine> Link] ===
=== New [[NPCs]] ===
* [[Bael'Zharon (NPC)]] - Inside the [[Greater Battle Dungeon]]
* [[Yalik Ibn Ujsef]] - 23.8N, 12.2W in the [[Decrepit Tower]]
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=== Release Notes - [<Release notes Link to Turbine> Link] ===


====Section 1====
=== New [[Locations]] ===
* [[Decrepit Tower]] - 23.8N 12.2W near Danby's Outpost
* [[Greater Battle Dungeon]] - Accessed via Small Creepy Statue, PK restricted
* [[Lesser Battle Dungeon]] - Accessed via Small Creepy Statue, PKL restricted
* [[Small Creepy Statue]]s:
** [[Candeth Keep]] - 87.8S 66.9W
** [[Fort Tethana]] - 1.6N 71.7W
** [[Nanto]] - 52.7S 82.3E
** [[Plateau Village]] - 44.3N 43.2W
** [[Qalaba'r]] - 74.5S 19.4E
** [[Tou-Tou]] - 30.3S 94.8E
** [[Xarabydun]] - 41.8S 15.9E
** [[Yaraq]] - 21.2S 1.7W


====Next Section====
==== Updated Locations ====
* [[Castle of Baron Nuvillus]] - Creatures updated. Runed chest added.
* [[Larry's Garden]] - Updated with new boss Rabbits.
* [[Lost City of Frore]] - Creature spawns updated.


== Discoveries ==
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=== [[Town Crier]] Rumors ===
'''Viamontian Town Criers'''


<font color=goldenrod>Rumor 1<br><br>
=== New Items ===
Rumor 2<br><br>
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Apology Token]] (Darktide)
| Apology Token
}}
<font color=cornflowerblue>
Make sure to visist a town crier some time during this month and leave yourself two open pack slots!</font><br>
<font color=green>
Town Crier gives you Apology Token.</font><br>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>
Town Crier tells you, "Please accept our apologies. If you return this token to any town crier, we will give you two items of incomparable value. Make certain that you have room for both items in your main pack first!"</font><br>


<font color=green>You Give Town Crier Pyreal.</font><br>
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Bunny Master Title|Bunny Master Title Update]]
Pyreal Rumor 1<br><br>
| Farmer Larry's Problem
<font color=green>You Give Town Crier Pyreal.</font><br>
| Lucky Rabbit's Foot (Green)
Pyreal Rumor 2<br><br></font>
| Lucky Rabbit's Foot (Pink)
| Lucky Rabbit's Foot (Purple)
}}


'''Mainland Town Criers'''
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Crown of Bone Quest]]
| Crown of Bone
}}


<font color=goldenrod>Rumor 1<br><br>
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Decrepit Tower Quest]]
Rumor 2<br><br>
| Shreth-Gnawed Corpse
<font color=green>You Give Town Crier Pyreal.</font><br>
| Crest of the Shagar Zharala
Pyreal Rumor 1<br><br>
| Excavation Directions
<font color=green>You Give Town Crier Pyreal.</font><br>
| Skeleton Key
Pyreal Rumor 2<br><br></font>
| Sturdy Door
| Zharalim Foreman's Journal
| Zharalim Master's Journal
| Woven Tassel of Far Sight
| Woven Tassel of Far Sight
| Woven Tassel of Sound Mind
| Shadow's Eye
| Shadow's Mind
| Shadow's Strike
| Woven Tassel of Discord
| Shagraka
| Periapt of Endless Sight
| Cowl of the Sand
}}


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{{Item Table|Caption=[[Frore|Frore Update]]
=== [[Ulgrim]] Rumors ===
| Gelidite Robe
| Ice Heaume of Frore
| Hammer of Frore
}}


<font color=goldenrod>Rumor 1<br><br>
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Greater Battle Dungeon]]
Rumor 2<br><br>
| Battle Pants
<font color=green>You give Ulgrim the Unpleasant Stout.</font><br>
| Small Creepy Statue
Stout Rumor 1<br><br>
| Sparring Pants
<font color=green>You give Ulgrim the Unpleasant Stout.</font><br>
| Sparring Shirt
Stout Rumor 2<br><br></font>
}}


==== Updated Items ====
* {{Icon Link|Homecoming Pennant}} - Icon updated.
* {{Icon Link|Nefane Shield}} - Can now be stamped with the [[Fish Stamp]].
* {{Icon Link|Nexus Town Information Guide}} - Text adjusted for an easier read.
* {{Icon Link|Quintessence Sickle}} - Now has a 325 wield req.
* {{Icon Link|Shield of Power}} - Can now be stamped with the [[Fish Stamp]].
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=== New [[Quests]] ===


=== New Spells ===
* [[Far Sight]] (Increases the target's Bow Skill by 8 points.)
* [[Finesse]] (Increases the target's Coordination by 8 points.)
* [[Fruit of the Oasis]] (Increases the rate at which the target regains Health by 20%.)
* [[Shade of the Oasis]] (Increases the rate at which the target regains Stamina by 20%.)
* [[Thew]] (Increases the target's Strength by 8 points.)
* [[Water of the Oasis]] (Increases the rate at which the target regains Mana by 20%.)
* [[Zeal]] (Increases the target's Endurance by 8 points.)


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=== New NPCs ===


=== Portal.dat ===
:[[File:Portaldat 200402.png]]


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=== New Locations ===


=== New Creatures ===
:{|cellpadding=5
|-valign=top
|
{{Creature Class|Golem
| Gelidite Golem
}}
{{Creature Class|Human
| Crazed Zharalim
| Demented Zharalim
| Maddened Zharalim
| Rayssid Ibn Alhath
| Rheth Al'Thok
| Tiyol Ibn Yufaj
}}
|
{{Creature Class|Rabbit
| Bleached Boss Rabbit
| Grimacing Boss Rabbit
| Nasty Boss Rabbit
}}
{{Creature Class|Skeleton
| Baron Nuvillus
}}
|}


==== Updated Creatures ====
* New artwork:
** [[Gelidite Acolyte]]
** [[Gelidite Initiate]]
** [[Gelidite Lord]]
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=== New Items ===


=== Images ===
Click image for full size.
<gallery widths=200px heights=200px perrow=3>
File:2000-01-05 Recap Gelid.jpg|Gelidite Undead - Before
File:Teaser 200402 JackCat.jpg|Gelidite Undead - After
File:Small Creepy Statue (Old) Live.jpg|Small Creepy Statue
</gallery>
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=== New Creatures ===
=== Splash Screen ===
[[File:The Madness of Men Splash Screen.jpg]]


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February 2004 - Announcements Page

Turbine Announcements

Teaser Images

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Teaser

Rollout

Release Notes

Letter to the Players

Envoys and the Code of Conduct

  • No Current Link Available

Discoveries

Town Crier Rumors

Town Crier tells you, "Have you been to the Lost City of Frore recently? I've heard that the undead there have begun to reinforce their halls."
Town Crier tells you, "I stumbled across an encampment not too far from Zaikhal the other day. It was eerily empty and unoccupied. As if the people there just disappeared!"
Town Crier tells you, "I'd always thought that the robe from Frore was a little drafty. I guess I was wrong."
Town Crier tells you, "I've found the oddest assortment of items on creatures around here. Drudges dropping weapons and armor, golems with magic enhanced items and rats with lots of random pieces. Strange?"
Town Crier tells you, "I've heard that Larry was having a tryst with Nuhmudira. Now that she doesn't have any real clout, he's cast her aside like an old worn blade. What? That's what I've heard."
Town Crier tells you, "I've seen it, with my own eyes, people who have shrugged off Asheron's protection go and look at those creepy statues and disappear!"
Town Crier tells you, "If you visit Frore can you bring me a helm, I want to get one and dye the trim black."
Town Crier tells you, "If you want to visit Frore, best remember to take a group and be ready to face creatures tougher than Dark Revenants. Seems the inhabitants are preparing for tougher battles."
Town Crier tells you, "Okay, here is the plan! You get a fellowship together in Yaraq, I'll get one together in Plateau and we'll go take control of the Battle Arena! What do you say?"
Town Crier tells you, "Some small creepy statues have been showing up in towns, they make me nervous."
Town Crier tells you, "Those Shreth are disgusting creatures! They'll eat anything! Even the corpses of fallen adventurers."
Town Crier tells you, "Ufet, Prophet of Blades, in Zaikhal, has been even busier now than he was before. I wonder what he is up to."
Town Crier tells you, "You know that farmer outside Lytelthorpe -- the one with the rabbit problems? Selflora says he's back."

Ulgrim Rumors

No new messages this month.

New UI and Game Changes

  • All players now have access to Asheron's Call: Dark Majesty content, regardless of whether or not they had purchased the expansion pack in the past.
  • The Allegiance Experience system has been changed. For details, please see the following articles: Allegiance Experience and Allegiance Experience Follow-Up.
  • The first phase of creature and chest treasure revisions has been implemented. Please see the Letter to the Players and the Rollout Article for details.
  • Several improvements to allegiance and general chat. Please see the Rollout Article for details.
  • NPCs and Stacked Items
    • You can now hand a whole stack to any NPC that accepts an item that can be stacked. The NPC should take only one item off the stack, leaving the remainder in your pack, and then give you your reward.

New Quests

Updated Quests

  • Bunny Master Title - quest mechanic changed: timer removed, trophy items added
  • Frore - Items, dungeons and creatures all updated.

New NPCs

New Locations

Updated Locations

New Items

Apology Token (Darktide)
Apology Token

Make sure to visist a town crier some time during this month and leave yourself two open pack slots!
Town Crier gives you Apology Token.
Town Crier tells you, "Please accept our apologies. If you return this token to any town crier, we will give you two items of incomparable value. Make certain that you have room for both items in your main pack first!"


Bunny Master Title Update
Farmer Larry's Problem
Lucky Rabbit's Foot (Green)
Lucky Rabbit's Foot (Pink)
Lucky Rabbit's Foot (Purple)


Crown of Bone Quest
Crown of Bone


Decrepit Tower Quest
Shreth-Gnawed Corpse
Crest of the Shagar Zharala
Excavation Directions
Skeleton Key
Sturdy Door
Zharalim Foreman's Journal
Zharalim Master's Journal
Woven Tassel of Far Sight
Woven Tassel of Far Sight
Woven Tassel of Sound Mind
Shadow's Eye
Shadow's Mind
Shadow's Strike
Woven Tassel of Discord
Shagraka
Periapt of Endless Sight
Cowl of the Sand


Frore Update
Gelidite Robe
Ice Heaume of Frore
Hammer of Frore


Greater Battle Dungeon
Battle Pants
Small Creepy Statue
Sparring Pants
Sparring Shirt


Updated Items

New Spells

  • Far Sight (Increases the target's Bow Skill by 8 points.)
  • Finesse (Increases the target's Coordination by 8 points.)
  • Fruit of the Oasis (Increases the rate at which the target regains Health by 20%.)
  • Shade of the Oasis (Increases the rate at which the target regains Stamina by 20%.)
  • Thew (Increases the target's Strength by 8 points.)
  • Water of the Oasis (Increases the rate at which the target regains Mana by 20%.)
  • Zeal (Increases the target's Endurance by 8 points.)

Portal.dat

New Creatures

Golem

Human

Rabbit

Skeleton

Updated Creatures

Images

Click image for full size.

  • Gelidite Undead - Before
    Gelidite Undead - Before
  • Gelidite Undead - After
    Gelidite Undead - After
  • Small Creepy Statue
    Small Creepy Statue

Splash Screen

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