Posted by Kai Schober | 2011 Jun 14 13:07 -0400 GMT
Update 3:30 pm EST: Pendragon is available again, happy testing!
Update 2:00 pm EST: Pendragon is now offline
Greetings,
We will be bringing the Pendragon Test Server offline for maintenance on Wednesday, 06/15, at 2:00 PM EDT (20:00 CEST). During this maintenance we will be implementing the first version of Patch 1.109b. At this time we anticipate that Pendragon will be back online no later than 5:30 PM EDT/23:30 CEST.
Please read the Pendragon Patch Notes. Be sure to check the Herald for updates regarding this downtime.
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Posted by Kai Schober | 2011 Jun 14 10:55 -0400 GMT
Have you ever had problems with unwanted neighbors? On Sunday the Battle Herald witnessed the DAoC way of dealing with them. Following the Albion army lead by Gerreniel on their quest to throw all invaders out of Albion while keeping hold of the two stolen Strength relics in Caer Hurbury and Caer Renaris, the Battle Herald was lead to Caer Berksted Outpost which was occupied by Hibernia and already under siege. When the fighters from Albion arrived at the scene, the door was already smashed open and the Hibernians had retreated to the higher floors. Still, the Albion army wasn’t able to enter the ground floor, because that was occupied by several raiders from Midgard who defended the entrance as well as the stairs.
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Posted by Stuart Zissu | 2011 Jun 06 06:11 -0400 GMT
Hello World
It’s been a while since I spoke with you, and I wanted to let you in on a little known secret. Dark Age of Camelot is turning 10 this year! OK, so not such a well kept secret, but what we are doing for the 10th anniversary is. To start things off, we are celebrating 10 years of DAoC for the full year, not just a few days in October. We have a lot of things planned, so we will be able to continuously introduce new stuff over the months to come. While we want to keep some surprises, I am happy to announce four of the big ticket items.
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Posted by Kai Schober | 2011 May 31 13:08 -0400 GMT
Did Merlin feel the tremors in his eternal sleep? Forces from Albion, Hibernia and Midgard filled the air with battle screams fighting over his staff during the last days. Stolen by Hibernia some days ago and kept in one of their keeps, Merlin’s Staff was pilfered by Midgard raiders Sunday morning when Hestina carried it into the snowy lands.
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Posted by Kai Schober | 2011 May 23 07:53 -0400 GMT
Merciless fights in confined space build the theme of last weekend. Although Hibernia was under attack and lost the power relic for a short while, the major confrontations between the realms focused in a completely different area - on the battlefield of Thidranki.
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Posted by Kai Schober | 2011 May 23 07:49 -0400 GMT
Greetings,
Starting Thursday the 19th through Monday the 23rd we will be running a weekend battleground event. This event will feature a battleground switch whereas players level 45-50 will be allowed to teleport to, and participate in, the Thidranki battleground while players level 20-24 will be allowed to teleport to, and participate in, the Cathal Valley battleground.
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Posted by Kai Schober | 2011 May 23 07:46 -0400 GMT
Highlights
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Players who fall through the floor/ground in RvR enabled zones will now take normal falling damage when they hit the ground, potentially killing them. PvE/RvR Death penalties apply and RPs will be awarded normally.
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In light of recent events in Japan we will be turning off all house rent.
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A new Quest completion icon has been added to the quest system. Any NPC having a quest you can complete with him will now display a blue knot above his head.
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All players who are wielding two weapons will now reduce their target’s chance to block or evade by 25%.
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Slam – the stun duration has been reduced to 5 seconds for all classes except for Heroes, Armsmen, and Warriors.
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Quest rewards that you cannot use are now shaded red. Your selected item is now shaded a dark yellow. (UI Modifiers see engineering note below.)
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Posted by Kai Schober | 2011 May 16 12:58 -0400 GMT
What a weekend! The Battle Herald had serious issues to follow all the movement of the relics – Thor’s Hammer was carried home to Midgard by Clumsy; Lug’s Spear of Lightning was brought back to Hibernia by Lovein; the Cauldron of Dagda was re-conquered and placed in Hibernia’s Relic temple by Tagss; Merlin’s Staff was stolen by Midgard, but intercepted by Hibernia; and Excalibur’s Scabbard was removed from Albion relic temple by Hibernia,
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Posted by Kai Schober | 2011 May 09 08:19 -0400 GMT
Being the sacred relic of Hibernia’s King, Lug’s Spear of Lightning, was quite sought after this weekend. After an absence of some weeks it was returned to the shrine Saturday morning by the Hero Ruxxn only to get heisted by Albion forces again on Sunday night when Earthmover and Selinea carried it to their frontiers. But the Albion joy didn’t lasted long – a few hours later the relic was again stolen.
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Posted by Kai Schober | 2011 May 02 07:11 -0400 GMT
This weekend our Battle Herald put on dark clothes and sneaky boots, because he wanted to witness the secret battle between the stealthers of the realms. Expecting to be able to watch them in their natural habitat, the Battle Herald patrolled the bridges around Dun Crauchon for a while but was surprised to find those places surprisingly empty. He then decided to travel to Hadrian’s Wall to search for stealther around the massive fights going on in that area.
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