Lessons from the Past
September 2012 - Announcements Page
Turbine Announcements
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1 - Bridge to Somewhere
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2 - Careful He Bites
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3 - Desert Meets Jungle
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4 - Not Safe at Night
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5 - Training Camp
Release Notes
Release Fiction
No Release Fiction this Month.
Developer Comments
No Developer Comments this month.
Discoveries
Patch Details
Patch Date: 11th September, 2012
Patch Size: ?,???K (Client: ?,???K)
Town Crier Rumors
Free Rumors:
- Town Crier tells you, ""
- Town Crier tells you, ""
- Town Crier tells you, ""
- Town Crier tells you, ""
Pyreal Rumors:
- Town Crier tells you, ""
- Town Crier tells you, ""
- Town Crier tells you, ""
- Town Crier tells you, ""
Ulgrim Rumors
Free Rumors:
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, ""
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, ""
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, ""
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, ""
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, ""
Stout Rumors:
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, ""
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, ""
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, ""
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, ""
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, ""
- Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, ""
New UI and Game Changes
- 11 New Contracts added:
- Contract for General Stipends
- Contract for Master Society Stipends
- Contract for Hoshino Fortress
- 8 of Hoshino's Spectral creature kill tasks;
- Contract for Minions Archers, Blade/Claw, Nanjou Shou-jen, Bushi, Samurai, Golems, Mages)
- Weapon Auras: Item spells are now cast on a character and all weapons are affected by the appropriate castable buff bonuses (NOTE: Item debuffs now only last 30 seconds in PvP combat, but last the full duration in PvE combat.)
- Water of Stasis has been removed from the game world. This includes versioning it out of current loot weapons.
- Unenchantable weapons that once had built-in buff spells are getting their stats converted in such a way as if they had their item buffs active permanently, while removing the actual buff spells. (NOTE: All weapon buffs have been dispelled & will have to be re-equipped.)
- Rare Armor spells have been temporarily dispelled to address old set spells still applying their buff (This means rare armor will have to be reequipped to get their set buffs.)
- Blackmoor's Page has arrived in Arwic to replace Blackmoor's Favor, Asheron's Benediction, and Asheron's Lesser Benediction gems that have been lost.
- Changes to Alternate Currency NPC & associated Vendor.
- Luminance from inner creatures of Tou-Tou and Hoshino's Fortress has been increased.
- Luminance has been added to the nighttime Grave Yard creatures.
- Rearranged the Contracts from the starter town vendors by suggested level (except the Broker contract is always first).
- Society Shields were updated to include the Epic Shield Aptitude buff.
- Academy Intro Skip NPCs now gives 2 Oil of Renderings.
New Quests
Live Events
Updated Quests
- Simulacra Infiltrators
- Monthly Explorer Society Quests
- WARNING: These quests are standalone quests, the xp bonuses are strictly handled by the NPCs in Kara, speak to them after finishing to get your bonus. Also your timer for the bonuses depend on when you completed last month's set of quests, speak to each NPC to find out if your timer hasn't expired yet. More details here.
- Ansar El-Kerdany: (Monthly) - Atamarr Tasks
- Ansar El-Kerdany tells you, ""
- Ansar El-Kerdany tells you, ""
- - Completion Message;
- Ansar El-Kerdany tells you, ""
- Ansar El-Kerdany: (Monthly) - Atamarr Tasks
- Esmond Fielding: (Bi-Weekly) - Aerbax's Prodigal Human
- Esmond Fielding tells you, ""
- Esmond Fielding tells you, ""
- - Completion Message;
- Esmond Fielding tells you, ""
- Esmond Fielding: (Bi-Weekly) - Aerbax's Prodigal Human
- Niccolo De Luca: (Weekly) - Burun Burrow Quest
- Niccolo De Luca tells you, ""
- Niccolo De Luca tells you, ""
- - Completion Message;
- Niccolo De Luca tells you, ""
- Niccolo De Luca: (Weekly) - Burun Burrow Quest
- Monthly Game Hunter
- WARNING: These Kill Tasks are standalone quests, the xp bonuses are strictly handled by the Rand, Game Hunter in Holtburg, speak to Rand after finishing each Kill Task to get your bonus.
- Rand, Game Hunter tells you, "As a game hunter I've tagged a variety of creatures to test your skills. Kill these creatures to test your skills and prove your abilities and I'll make it worth your while."
- Rand, Game Hunter tells you, "This month I've tagged "
- Rand, Game Hunter tells you, "This month I've tagged "
- Rand, Game Hunter tells you, "This month I've tagged "
- Rand, Game Hunter tells you, "This month I've tagged "
- Rand, Game Hunter tells you, "This month I've tagged "
New NPCs
Updated NPCs
Retired NPCs
New Locations
Updated Locations
New Items
Updated Items
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Retired Items
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New Titles
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New Creatures
Images
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Known Issues
Typos
Minor Errors
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