April 2008 Release Notes

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April 2008 Release Notes


Hello there and welcome to the Release Notes for the April event, Upping the Ante. This month we have heard some reports about the Jester appearing in the Graveyard. Cooldown timers have been added to the game. Aside from some new content rewards, players will first notice this new tech on their Throne of Destiny gems. Let see what else is going on this month in Asheron’s Call.



New Content and Updated Functionality


Cooldown Timers have been added to the game.



The Throne of Destiny gems have been changed to use this new cooldown tech. Players will now need to wait 30 seconds between each use. This tech is intended to be used on new items as well.



Aerbax has been revised again to resolve the issues that have been seen with him returning back to health. Please keep in mind if a player or players attempt to trap Aerbax in a state where he is trapped or in a state where he cannot hit players, he will return back to his home location and return to full health. The action is working as intended to prevent players from exploiting the nature of the platform that the fight takes place on. The new mechanic to prevent the unplanned instances where Aerbax returns to full health, is as follows. Players fighting Aerbax will get him down to a certain health level which triggers him to teleport to a new platform. And in appearance, that is what will happen. The actual tech change in this case is that instead of Aerbax teleporting himself, he will get to a certain health rate, delete himself and cause a new version to spawn at the next platform, at a reduced health level. Please keep in mind that when the new form of Aerbax shows up, it will say he is at 100% health, but upon closer ID, players will be able to see his overall health is lower.



The Emissary of Asheron now fixes all the reward bugs when you talk to him and if a player has received two helms one can be given for the next piece of armor.



The timer emote on Aerbax no longer counts down incorrectly (was saying 5 min left 4 3 2 5)



The Jester has shown up in the graveyard. Players may want to investigate this move.



The Jester will now re-teach players the Arcane Pyramid spell if they have deleted it out of their spellbooks.



The Jester now tells players when he teaches them the Arcane Pyramid spell.



The Ghost Jailer will now know if you released the Jester and give a different response.



If players free the Jester and then go back and free him again before their timer is up, they will no longer be able to start in the cell room.



Players can now choose to spawn at beginning of the Jester dungeon or at the trap in case they skipped turning in the letter to the wall.



Mages should now be able to hit The Jester with a bit more ease now.



An issue where players could possibly get stuck on the Shadow Kresovus quest has been fixed.



The Burun Collar on the Asheron’s Abductor quest no longer looks like Darling’s Collar.



Player corpses that have no items or Pyreals on them will now self delete after about 30 seconds. This should apply to regular corpses as well as PK Lite corpses.



Dark Scarabs should no longer burn upon use. They now will just go away one their timer is up.



Due to the issues we had in the March event, the Tanada House of Pancakes will be open with the start of the April event from 4/15/2008 through 4/22/2008.



An announcement is now made when a player uses a volatile rare. For those who do not know, these are rares that are burned upon use such as melee defense or magic defense rare gems.


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


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