Asherons Call: State of the Code and Network Updated

This just in from the MSNZone site:

[i]Monday, July 28: from approximately 9:00AM PST to 11:00AM PST
All worlds are being brought down to apply a hotfix to the game. For information, see the State of the Code

State of the Code

Asheron's Invasion Quest
While monitoring the progress of the Olthoi invasion of Asheron's Island, we discovered that the Olthoi Brood Matrons were taking much too long to respawn --ten hours. This was not our intent, and we were very concerned that this would remove the possibility of fighting these creatures from many players, as well as negatively impact other elements of the Asheron's Invasion quest.

With Microsoft's consent, we have decided to bring the worlds down to hotfix this issue. This also gives us the opportunity to fix other known issues with the July event--the missing wield requirements on the Renegade Bow and Crossbow, and the "stickiness" of Ulgrim's golden gromnies.

The worlds will be brought down at 9:00AM PST/12:00PM EST on Monday, July 28 for approximately two hours. When the worlds come back up:

* The Olthoi Brood Matrons on Asheron's Island will have the correct respawn timer.
* The Renegade Bow and Crossbow will have the correct wield requirements.
* Golden Gromnies in your chests and hooks will be able to be picked up again.
* The timing on the Fort Tethana renegade raids will be adjusted.

We apologize for this unplanned downtime, and we assure you that there will be no rollback due to these issues. We are confident that you will agree with us that the corrected dynamic was worth this outage in availability.

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