Asherons Call: October LttP is Up!

Hello there and welcome to the October 2006 Letter to the Players!

It is once again festival time in Dereth! The time of year when the chill of the fall season begins to nip at the air, and at your toes! With the coming of the Festival celebration comes new masks and guises as well some fun surprises.

Let's see what is new this month in Asheron's Call!

New Content and Updated Functionality
This year the October event brings us to the seventh anniversary of our time together in Asheron's Call. With that comes some grand celebrations among the people of Dereth. There will be fireworks, sparklers, and maybe even some disco dancing! Not to mention the many tricks and treats that will be available. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank you, the players of Asheron's Call. Without you we would not be able to continue working on the game that we love so much. So as we approach that day (November 2nd) we just want to say a heartfelt Thank You for your loyalty and support from all of us here on the Asheron's Call team.

The first stages of our proposed improvements to the trade skills will be going in this month. Players who have the Alchemy skill trained will have the ability to create new 7th level protection gems. These gems will be able to be traded or given to any player and can be used by any player to cast the various Life Magic protection spells on themselves.

The Scarecrows have once again begun appearing on the landscape throughout Dereth. Be sure to keep an eye out for them when you are out hunting.

In keeping with our theme of revising some areas of the game for better hunting we have added some new tasks to continue the improvements in the area known as the Valley of Ruin.

When the October event goes live newly acquired white rabbit slippers should now appear white instead of the off white that appeared after the launch of ToD. This only applies to newly created slippers and not previously crafted slippers.

In Concept
These are game changes that we are thinking about for upcoming events. We cannot guarantee when or even if these changes will be added to the game, as scheduling and priorities can change. These changes are in addition to the new quests, dungeons, and items we will be adding to the game. With each monthly event we will be discussing an in concept topic, in order to give you as much information about the item that we can.

As part of our effort to continue improving the overall experience here in Asheron's Call we are going to be working on some Housing Economy Improvements over the next several months. The goal of these improvements is to make all forms of housing more useful to players, as well as making the concept of owning housing less of a chore and more of a bonus, while still making sure that there is a cost associated with owning the various levels of housing.

So there are just some of the things we have in store for Asheron's Call in October and beyond. Please remember that along with everything listed here, there are several new quests and exciting things going into the game for the October event.

Thank you for playing Asheron's Call and we look forward to seeing you all in Dereth.