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Monday, 10/20/03, 4:07 PM ESTThe October Letter to the Players is here. As the forces of Dereth focus on ridding the land of the Olthoi, we can't help but wonder what lies on the horizon.Here's a point from the letter some may find usful information: The October EventJudging by our schedule in past months, you would expect the October event to take place a week and a half after this Letter is posted. This month, however, the event will be roughly a week later than normal. Our current target for the event is the last week in October. The Zone has plans for annual maintenance in late October, and asked us if we would be willing to push our event back a week. This was to ensure that none of their maintenance would impact our event in any way. To get you through the extra week, the teaser will be a little longer than usual, and spread out over a few days. ( Teaser, Part 1) In other event news, the October download will be larger than usual. (If you watch the splash screens after the download is complete, you'll see one of the reasons why.) ....Be sure and read the rest of The October Letter to the Players for more information. ~Dahkhan - Warlock Extraordinaire~
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Tuesday, 8/19/03, 7:31 PM EST
Dow Ni coughs a little and steps out of the shadows, a quiet little smile on her face...
Well, as you can see by that stunning self-introduction, I've conscripted taken on Dahkhan as co-webmaster.
I realise that it's important to have someone who is active and up-to-date on current news in the Guild, and in Dereth in general, updating here. And while I am still a member, and I am still playing occasionally... well, I no longer really fit that description.
Does that mean I'm going away for good? Hell no. I'm still available via eMail and IM (pick a client, any client, most weekday evenings after midnight) and I will still be making my occasional appearance in-game when circumstances allow.
In the meantime, be good to each other, and give Gand and Dahk as hard a time as possible. Dahk, you've got the conn partner.
...and with that Dow Ni steps back into the shadows, where she'll be watching...
~Dow Ni~
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Friday, 1/9/03 9:57 PM ESTJanuary Letter To Players is HERE. Mages are once again are firmly in the Turbie's sights. We get another way to help us ungimp ourselves. Gaerlan gets "fixed". And an alternative for those lag-inducing subway Trade Bots is introduced! In an attempt to soothe the howling, Drain Health ranges are increased, Life bbolts get sped up, War Volley spells hit harder, and streaks will mostly do less damage, but will cast faster. And the old Hide value/True Value spells are being replaced with something that will give mages a reason to get that Item school up again... A quest "similar to the one introduced for skill sell-back" is going to give us the ability to change our Attributes 10 points at a time. The hitch is... A) only the 250 "startup" points and B) the standard 2 week timer. And the new command is *drumroll* "@Marketplace"!!! Whether the bots actually move or not is anyone's guess... ~ Dow Ni ~
Now with 30% less gimpiness
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Tues, 12/31/02 11:04 pm EST Since I dont really have anywhere else to stick this I'm going to put it here on the main page. The following is a parody of an SCA-related song called The SCA Driving Song, co-written by Gui Long and yours truly, Dow Ni in a fit of late night silliness. Enjoy. The HOA Questing Song
Hunting bright and early out by Dereth way
Have to get my level by the break of day
Don't be late for the quest or I'll get left again
Hanging out all weekend waiting for the timer to kick in
Why do I do this anyway?
Welcome my friends, to the HoA
Seems like I've been questing for at least a week
Have to say "afk" and take a leak
My ass is sore and my brain is starting to numb
Fellowed with escapees from a mental asylum
Why do I do this anyway?
Welcome my friends, to the HoA
Finally reach the portal now we can begin
Someone gets the boot as we buff again.
A Sho UA and a drunken Gharu mage
Standing here until we hit retirement age
Why do I do this anyway?
Welcome my friends, to the HoA
Get into the dungeon get our game in gear.
The final room has gotta be a mile from here.
Half a dozen turns and our leader's lost again
I run outta tapers and all the hollows respawn then.
Why do I do this anyway?
Welcome my friends, to the HoA.
Welcome my freinds, to the HoA.
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8:12 pm EST, Wednesday, 12/11/02Nag, nag, nag...The Guild Tree as far as I can tell is fully functional. However as of a few minutes ago when I looked, we are shy over 100 character entries. Please update your info! Pretty Please? You can download the CORRECT versions of the Client and Link for Decal HERE. The default password is HOAtree (please change your password as soon as you update, since this is publicly posted)and the server address is: ac-guild.dsafire.net/cgi-bin/acgm/server.cgiMake sure your vassals are in the tree, and at least aware of the fact that we do have a site. :) Ooooh, a POLLThere's a Poll posted to the Guildmembers Only forum by our Head Gimp, bold Monarch, Gandolfv. Check it out, and leave your response. And over in The Big Bazaar is a plea from his poor overburdened mules for some relief... (derned nagging mules...) Need an armor upgrade? He's your man! And Late Congrats... To our Venerable Monarch who has reached Level 90, and to Gui-Long and Reave the Just who are recently married! (I'd post screenies but I lost them in my recent reformat) Wanna see your name up here? Proud of that vassal of yours? Drop me a PM and I'll post all the gossip news. Dow Ni, Gimp at large...
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Monday, 11/11 10:44 PMIts it patch day already? Well, almost. Tomorrow. This months' TEASER is in its usual spot, with a Movie here. Something about a new island!?! There's also a LETTER TO PLAYERS that everyone should have a look at, detailing (ta-da!) Skill Sellbacks!! That's right, all us gimps out there will now have the chance to get ungimped, and re-gimp ourselves in some new and exciting ways!! There is also a change in how loot will be dropped from critters... Its a 6th Sense/Bandit Sight looter nerf! But heck, if it leashes the lagbeast a bit... No word on the "tweaking" of Life magic for this month though. Now if everything just works this patch... :::crosses her fingers::: Dow Ni, the eternally nerfed...
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Wed, 10/24/02 1:41 AM EST
Please, dont hurt me... it wasnt my fault this time...
ACGM, AKA the bane of my existance
OK, I had to upgrade the server again. :::dodges rocks::: And we all have to DL and install a new client and Link if you use it (which I really DO recommend if you use Decal at all). Two reasons for this.
1)Was that Link was "broken" (why I wasnt in a tearing rush to do it) by the last patch. The changes in protocol for the last patch required a change in the way Link is coded. So since we had the BETA version up rather than the FINAL, and ACGM isnt backwards compatable we had to upgrade or not use Link.
2) Is there was a bug that caused the tree.dat file (IE: everyone's info) to become corrupted. This bug has since been corrected, and I thought we were unaffected by it. I thought wrong. If you opened the tree page here in the past few days and saw the "server setup is successful!" message... well, guess what happened.
The third part IS my fault and if you throw rocks now I promise not to dodge. I slacked on backing up the server files and so I had to install a WAY old backup of the tree.dat file. Unfortunately this means pretty much EVERYONE has to do a full update.
On the upside, we are NOT going to do this again unless AC protocals are drastically changed again. Lorus has something else in the works, he says maybe in a month or so but unless its pretty nifty indeed I wont be tempted.
My apologies to everyone.
~Dow Ni, WebGimp~
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