Asherons Call: Weekly Update 12/05/05

Hi there everyone. Yes, it's that time again, time for the weekly update post!

Let's get right to it then. This week we will be continuing to test and fix any bugs that we come across for the December event, as well as fixing some already existing bugs. The planning for January has also gotten underway. The plans are by no means concrete, but we know the direction we are going, and the design plans are well underway.

Now on to something that I want to try and do every week with these updates, which is to answer a few questions that have come up over the previous week.

Can you make the Ashbane sword from the Dark Lady quest Ivoryable?
I checked with the team on this, and they don't see a problem with getting this done in a future update.

With all the male mages complaining about that Fiun robe that looks like a dress is there any chance of having two versions of it one for the males (hooded) and one for the females?
This is actually something that was discussed the other day in our meeting. While we didn't initially have any plans to do this, it may be something that we can take another look at.

Live Events Feedback
We do appreciate all of the feedback we have gotten from you thus far as we have gone forward with the current story arc. One of things that was brought up was posting a schedule online somewhere so that players know when to log in so they can participate. We are actually a bit divided on this topic. On one hand we understand that everyone who is interested in these events would like the option to know when these events are taking place, so they can try to be there. On the other hand, one of the wonderful things about Dereth is that you never know when something interesting might happen.

That being said, we will be re-evaluating how we handle things the next time we want to push the story forward with live events.

And finally I just wanted to give you all a heads up that some time tomorrow we will be posting an announcement about the AC1 team.

That's about it for now. Please keep an eye out for that announcement tomorrow. Everyone have a great week!
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Andy "Frelorn" Cataldo
AC Community Relations
Turbine, Inc