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Highlights

• Smite Clerics, Nature Druids, and Cave Shaman make their triumphant return to the forefront of the battlefield along with several hybrid class changes and much more!
• Battle over the newly discovered buried ruins of Moydruim Castle in Emain Macha, the newly built Trellebourg fortress in Odin’s Gate, and brave the heights and depths of Folley Lake’s stronghold in the highlands of Hadrian’s Wall!
• New, long-duration item /use limitations and ablative adjustments have arrived!
• The ruined keeps of Caer Benowyc, Dun Crauchon, and Bledmeer Faste have been permanently restored!
• Daily quests, MTX, battleground improvements and much more is on the way. Read on for the full details!

Folks,

It’s been a fun Spring! The Ghost Keep event and Come Back to Camelot campaign have been a resounding success as RvR action has been as fast-paced as ever with intense, epic battles over the Ghost Keeps! With Patch 1.123, we are continuing our momentum with several exciting new features that we’re unveiling details of for the first time!

First, we’re very excited to announce details of our foray into microtransactions with the sale of a new use for a familiar, old and infamously unused currency: Mithril! Mithril packs will be on sale on the EA Origin store in the coming month or so. You’ll be able to redeem them on our Account Center (https://accounts.eamythic.com) for Mithril in-game. The redemption will be *account*-wide. So no need to trade Mithril across your characters; in fact it won’t be tradable at all. In-game, we’ll then have some new stores available in the capital cities that will offer some awesome cosmetic rewards in exchange for Mithril!  We have been hard at work implementing and testing this new feature but need just a few more weeks before letting you all get your hands on it with a follow-up Pendragon version (1.123B). Then, once we and YOU are happy with its implementation, we’ll launch patch 1.123, along with MTX, to the live servers. You’re going to LOVE the mounts and other cosmetic-only options we have in store for you!

One quick, but very important aspect of announcing these MTX details now is to drive home how important account security is well before we launch this feature. No matter how much you think you trust your spouse, sibling, parent, friend, or complete internet stranger… DON’T SHARE YOUR ACCOUNT INFO! If you plan to participate in purchasing Mithril packs, this is even more important. Our Customer Support team, along with EA’s billing team, will always do their utmost to ensure your account’s security but you are its first line of defense. Be smart!

Second, we’re thrilled to be introducing some new RvR areas to some of the most iconic zones in the Frontier. These areas are going to be more than just another battlefield. They’ll be a part of a more integrated and directed RvR-quest system designed to help new, casual players along with veteran solo players and smaller groups get up to speed quickly in RvR or find action that’s more suitable to their play levels and play styles; while still being able to impact the overall war effort! In conjunction with this system, we’ll begin offering new Daily, Weekly, and even Monthly repeatable quests starting with 1.123B on Pendragon. These won’t just be limited to these new RvR quests but will filter out to many other popular aspects and areas of the game!

More in the immediate term, we are excited to showcase the class changes of this version (stay tuned for a highlight video!) which both drive the game forward and also address many your stated issues with the previous changes!

Additionally, the new item /use system has set us up to be able to re-focus on class and realm abilities over item abilities while still maintaining the fun aspects of templating out your characters and obtaining new gear! Most importantly, we’ve tried to approach these changes so as not to directly change the many item /uses you know and love while still adjusting ablatives down a bit and reducing the ability to stack several layers of defensive abilities easily.  As such, we think you’ll be very happy with the measured approach we’ve taken and look forward to your feedback regarding both the new item /use system and how time-to-kill in RvR is impacted overall. We have looked at this issue from many angles and determined that reducing damage wholesale across the board was simply unwarranted and we heard your feedback loud and clear on waiting to introduce any Champion Level increase for some time.

Thank you for your commitment to this great game and we look forward to the bright months ahead!

Onward,

John Thornhill
Producer