We are now returned to our regularly scheduled bonuses:
The additional holiday bonuses that have been running since December 19th have now been turned off. The extra bonuses in Darkness Falls associated with the Doppelganger Invasion are still in effect and can be viewed on the Zone Bonuses page, along with all other current zone bonus information, here: http://www.camelotherald.com/section.php?id=42.
The Allakhazam team would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas today, as well as a safe and happy holiday season. We hope you're all able to spend some time with your family and friends. Also, if you get some time to log in to your game of choice today, we hope you get the chance to participate in its holiday festivities. After all, the grind never stops, but in-game events like these don't happen very often.
Holiday cheer is also being spread in most of our forums, so feel free to visit them and continue in the discussions. For Final Fantasy XI fans, members of the Allakhazam community have written "The 12 Days of Vana'diel." As I mentioned in a previous news post, the World of Warcraft community wrote "The 12 Days of Winter Veil." I'm sure somebody out there must have a decent singing voice and a microphone...
For you Star Wars Galaxies fans, Instigator has posted the official Allakhazam SWG holiday picture. If you have any festive in-game screenshots, we'd love to see them. Also, let us know if you got any good loot, both in-game and out.
Happy holidays everyone!
The last Grab Bag of 2008 has been posted, check it out:
Q. What is with the Ash demon and the lesser succubus in Lyonesse? They are a rare spawn around a demon summoning stone. I was curious as to what the point of them is since they never appeared before a patch long, long ago. However I've never come across a quest for them. Thanks!
A. Ready to solve your mystery the Lady of the Jewels says: These summoning stones and the demons that gather at them are part of the story line of Darkness Rising. Those found in Lyonesse are not involved with the main quest line like the ones in New Frontiers however.
Q. I was wondering if there is anyone in a starter guild that can use merit points for any buffing system. How would someone get promoted in a starter guild to be able to do this or do they just never get used?
A. The Lady of the Jewels has the scoop on the starter guilds: Players cannot be promoted in the starter guilds as everyone is the same guild rank, so the merit points are not used.
Zone bonuses are back for the holiday season:
The holiday season is here and we've started the party with some extra bonuses. Enjoy!
The following Zone Bonuses are now live:
On Classic and Normal Ruleset servers, the following bonuses have been added:
200% bonus to XP in all classic zones and dungeons.
200% bonus to BP in all NF zones.
200% bonus to RP in Darkness Falls.
125% bonus to RP in all NF zones (excluding Darkness Falls)
The midwinter festivities have begun!
The Midwinter Festival has begun in all three realms. This is a time for hearth and home, and bright and merry decorations! Come see this year’s celebrations at your realm’s festival grounds. Tavern Keepers everywhere have decorated their buildings with traditional adornments.
Olibar, the Midwinter Tomte, is paying frequent visits to Castle Sauvage, Svasud Faste, and Druim Ligen seeking assistance. He seems to have lost some Midwinter presents throughout the battlegrounds. Speak to him if you wish to assist him. Players on the Mordred and Gaheris servers between the levels of 35 to 49 can speak to him to receive a special Frontier Gift Retrieval quest instead.
Santa Nicholas, Lucia of the Light, and Jack Frost have all arrived with gifts for the people of the realms, but there’s been a bit of a crisis: their presents were hijacked and are now in the possession of dangerous enemies. They will offer the Saving Midwinter quest to all adventurers level 48 and above. Save Midwinter and earn a Cloak of Midwinter! Visit them at the Winter Villages outside of Ludlow, Ardee, and Vasudheim.
No Grab Bag this week:
Hello, everyone! I'm here to let you know that the Grab Bag will not be making an appearance this week. Your friendly Community Coordinator, Joanne, had to travel out of town unexpectedly at the last minute and was therefore unable to prepare one. Thanks for your understanding, and have a great weekend!
/qtd, /level for Catacombs classes and how to get your hands on the Dorawm's Bracer of Blight are just a few of the hot topics for tonights Grab Bag. Read on to learn more:
Q. Hello there. I been trying to get a Dorawm bracer of blight which is supposed to drop from the encounter of Ring of Unyielding Will. I been farming this guy a dozen times and he never drops anything, not even some random objects. Is there a bug with this mob?
A. The Lady of the Jewels remembered answering a similar question of March this year: This bracer is indeed dropped by Dorawm of the Ring of Unyielding Will encounter. As far as why he is not dropping any loot for this player; from a Previous Grab Bag found at http://www.camelotherald.com/news/news_article.php?storyid=3488 :
"All Master Level and artifact encounter monsters will now only drop their normal loot again if someone in the group killing them needs credit for the encounter. If no one in the group needs credit, they will drop nothing of significance. This does not include Celestius.
New encounters have been added which will drop random loot taken from the Master Level and artifact encounters. As well, players can turn in essences that drop from these encounters for a roll on a specific master level or artifact encounter loot table."
Further information on these new encounters can be found here in the version 1.89 Release Notes in the Trials of Atlantis section: http://www.camelotherald.com/news/news_article.php?storyid=3076
We hope you all enjoyed the zone bonuses that were in effect for the Thanksgiving holiday, but they have now been disabled. However, there's still some bonuses in effect in Darkness Falls. Here's the information straight from the Herald :
The additional zone bonuses that have been running since last Tuesday have now been turned off. The extra bonuses in Darkness Falls associated with the Doppelganger Invasion are still in effect and can be viewed on the Zone Bonuses page, along with all other current zone bonus information, here: http://www.camelotherald.com/section.php?id=42.
According to the Herald, there's a problem with the /social window that is currently in the process of being addressed.
There is an issue that is causing a delay of the information to be shown in the /social window for some players. We're currently working at resolving the delay and we appreciate your patience during this time. In the meanwhile, if you would like to see who is online in your guild or alliance, please use the following slash commands:
/gc who - Lists guild members who are currently online.
/gc who alliance - Lists alliance members who are currently online.
Important note from the Herald:
We just wanted to let you know that we are aware of an issue that is causing some players to have difficulty when attempting to renew their account. We're working on getting this resolved as soon as possible. For those of you having this issue, please try again in a little while. We're sorry for this inconvenience and hope to have it resolved very soon.
