[AC] Lttp Januar

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January Letter to the Players


Hello there and welcome to the January 2007 Letter to the players!

The search for Asheron intensifies as the people of Dereth continue to seek out his location. Through the gathering of various clues we have discovered that Asheron is somewhere on the planet Bur. The problem we have now is how do we get to this distant world and what do we do once we are there? Who will help us find Asheron and bring him back home?

January Live Ops
The voices of the town criers ring out across the land, announcing that Prince Borelean Strathelar will be attempting to summon a portal to the world of Bur in an attempt to find Asheron, who is suspected to be in the clutches of the vile Falatacot. All men and women of stout heart are asked to assist if they can, as he believes that there may be opposition from the Falatacot and their servants. King Varicci has stated publically that he will neither support nor hinder this effort, feeling it beneath his notice, and that individuals loyal to Viamont may choose to support this effort if they wish.

In the past, players have asked for a schedule when we run important, story-based live-ops. We do listen, and so we are providing the schedule of the various runs of the Portal to Bur live-op. All live-ops will run at 10 PM Eastern Standard Time. The dates of the live-op are as follows:

January 22: Leafcull

January 23: Solclaim

January 24: Thistledown

January 25: Morningthaw

January 29: Wintersebb

January 30: Frostfell

January 31: Harvestgain

February 1: Verdantine

February 2: Darktide

Please note that Prince Borelean will want the portal site as prepared as possible on the day of the ritual. If the site is not ready, there may be delays so that the portal site may be prepared. As for what constitutes preparedness, we encourage players to log into the game and find out!

Caul Isle XP
After reading feedback from players on the forums as well as speaking to the team, we feel the XP yield on the Caul should be returned to its original numbers. A couple of years ago the xp was lowered because it was too high. We had originally said this would not make it in until the February event; however the team was able to make this adjustment for the January event

Housing timer clarification
The message that players get about the timer on housing can be a bit confusing. The message that players got before was: Housing cannot be purchased by accounts less than 15 days old. This message has been changed to: You may not purchase housing until your account has been active on this game world for 15 days. This will hopefully clear up any confusion regarding the purchase of housing.

Quest Changes
In the Finding Asheron string of quests, players are not informed they are working towards accessing the location of Asheron. This has been changed and the rumors players get for the quests now allude to them having more of a purpose, as well as clarifying the level breaks on the quests.

There was an issue with one of the decoy goblets on the Following Asheron's Trail quest where it had the same description as the actual goblet players needed to get, This was causing confusion to some people running the quest. This has been fixed and the description is no longer the same.



In Concept
These are game changes that we are thinking about for upcoming events. We cannot guarantee when or even if 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 will be adding to the game. Each month we will be discussing one new in concept topic, in order to give you as much information about the item that we can.

In-Game Mail System
We want to continue to update Asheron's Call with more features that allow the gameplay experience to evolve. To that end, one of the things we are investigating is the addition of an in-game mail system. This would work in the same way that it does in most other games. You would be able to send a limited number of items, money, or text notes to other players online or offline. Ideally this system would work by simply clicking on special mailboxes located throughout the landscape to open your mail interface. Right now this is still in the investigation stage of development, but it is something that we would love to make available to our players.

So there are just some of the things we have in store for Asheron's Call in January and beyond. Please remember that along with everything listed here, there are several new quests and exciting things going into the game for the January event.