[AC] Weekly Update 8/14/06

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Hello there everyone. I hope you all had a great weekend.

The August event, Shattering the Dark is scheduled to go live this Thursday August 17, 2006. The downtime window we have scheduled is from 8am EDT – 3pm EDT. As always, this is subject to change if we come across something in our testing that would cause us to delay things.

The August Letter to the Players will be out a bit later today as well as the event Fiction. It is an exciting time in Dereth, a time when people will need to pull together in order to face common foes.

As I mentioned last week, we are all getting ready for The Penny Arcade Expo, which is taking place August 25-27th in Bellevue, Washington. I will be there representing Asheron’s Call and more specifically I will be spreading the word to as many people as I can about this great game. I will also be running some contests for various prizes including but not limited to autographed boxes and official Asheron’s Call T-shirts. People in attendance will also be the first to see some of the new features we have going into the game. All of us here on the team are very excited about this event and I am looking forward to meeting many of you while out there.

I would now like to take this time to answer a couple of general questions that have been asked here on the forums.

1. Can we look forward to a VoD update?

It is on our list of things to address in the coming months after the current story arc has been completed. This is not definite, but it is something we would like to do if time allows.

2. Would it be possible to have server forums set up here?

It would definitely be possible. If the demand is high enough for them it can be done. Please keep in mind that if we did do this that those forums would not be off topic friendly as some other message boards are. The rules of the forums would remain in line with what we have here now.

3. Could we get a possible Silfi of Crimson Stars update?

Only if you ask really nicely.

4. Are there any plans to revisit the Spec and Unspec temples/timers again?

At this time we have no plans to revisit this. In the grand scheme of things we have many more pressing issues to address in the game before we ever think of going back to this system again. The temples were designed to allow players to make some changes and or fix some mistakes made in creation. They are not intended to allow players to totally swap their current template for another one at the drop of a hat. Every choice should have some consequence.

Well that’s about it for this weeks update. As always I will update everyone if we have more information or announcements to make. Have a great week and see you all in Dereth!
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