Asherons Call: Frelorn's Weekly Update

In a quickie update, Frelorn mentions the upcoming Event previews, as well as makes a long-awaited announcement regarding balancing the Pre-Order health gems:

Weekly Update 11/6/06
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Hello there and welcome to the November 6th edition of the weekly update.

This week we are going to address one of the issues most discussed on this forum over the last few months, the pre-order gem.

After much debate from the community as well as internally here in the office we have come to a decision we feel is optimal given the situation. Starting in the November event players will be able to get a new augmentation which will grant them an 8% health bonus for 24 hours upon use. Getting this augmentation will give players a gem in their inventory similar to the pre-order gem some players already have. The cost of getting this gem will be 2 billion experience and the gems effect will NOT stack with the Asheron's Benediction gem that those who did pre-order have in their inventory. We feel this is the best solution to an issue which has stirred up debate for quite some time now.

Remember that this upcoming Friday the November Letter to the Players and new Event fiction will be released. This month is going to mark the beginning of the latest story arc in Asheron's Call. What does the future hold for Dereth in the coming months?

That's about it for this week, everyone have a great day and see you all in Dereth!