[AC] Live Op Announcement and Schedule

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In the June Event, "From the Darkest Depths", we will be conducting a series of Live Ops which will affect the fate of each individual world of Asheron's Call. Since the Live Ops are radically different from previous Live Ops, and since there are worldwide consequences for success or failure, we are giving you some information about the structure of the Live Ops in advance so that you may prepare and plan your strategy with other members of your faction.

The Live Ops concern the conflict between the Whispering Blade and the Rossu Morta. Both the Black Knight and Count Dardante are aware of several crystals unearthed by the tumultuous awakening of Grael. Both sides are unaware of the exact dungeon in which these crystals are located, however, and are sending out scouts to find the crystal and take it for their own side.

There are some requirements to fully participate in these Live Ops. One must be a full Player Killer (not a Player Killer Lite) in order to enter the dungeon where the crystal is housed. One must also be a member of either the Rossu Morta or the Whispering Blade to return the crystal to the appropriate faction. If you are not both of these things, you will not be able to directly affect the outcome of the Live Op (although you may be able to help - see below).

For your convenience, PK altars are now present in both Chapter Houses, and will remain as permanent fixtures to more easily facilitate conflict between either group. If you want to fully participate as a PK, you may also want to ensure that you have equipped yourself appropriately for the conflict, remembering that during PK, items may be looted from your corpse by your killer. Bonded items are therefore especially valuable during PK, as is possessing sufficient high-valued items to prevent yourself from dropping your own armor and weapons in case of death. You may also wish to familiarize yourself to the myriad changes that were made to Asheron's Call in March of this year, if you have not participated in PK in a while.

If you have aversions to participating as a PK, or have not officially joined a faction, fear not - there are ways in which you may still participate in the Live Op. Any character may choose to help search the landscape, notifying your chosen faction if you happen to find a portal that has changed to only allow PKs so that the attack group from your faction can enter it to capture the crystal inside. Members of the Rossu Morta or Whispering Blade also remain with either the Black Knight or Count Dardante, in hopes that they will be able to volunteer further information that you may disseminate to your faction.
People may also express some concern as to the schedule of events. For the format we have chosen to use and the amount of manpower needed to run this Live Op, it makes the most sense to only run a single occurrence of the Live Op per world. Therefore, we are trying to schedule to accommodate the location of the majority of our player base. We believe that the 7 PM start time will allow the greatest number of players to participate in the Live Op for this one-time only event.

Finally, please be aware that, with this Live Op, we are introducing a limited amount of server divergence - depending on the performance of both factions, either the Rossu Morta or Whispering Blade will receive a small advantage on that server. Therefore, if you are or plan to be a member of either faction, it is in your best interest to participate in some manner in this Live Op. We encourage you to participate in determining the history of your world!

World and Date
Darktide: 7/6/06
Frostfell: 6/21/06
Thistledown: 6/28/06
Leafcull: 6/22/06
Wintersebb: 6/20/06
Morningthaw: 6/19/06
Solclaim: 6/30/06
Harvestgain: 6/27/06
Verdantine: 6/29/06

All events are scheduled to take place at 7pm EST
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Andy "Frelorn" Cataldo
AC Community Relations
Turbine, Inc

[Ziv]

Montag Abend - tja, damit werde ich nicht dabei sein

[Kezz]

Yep, so siehts aus. Verdammt...