Gears of Change

October 2009 - Announcements Page

''See Also:
 * Asheron's Call 10th Anniversary Event Preview
 * Preview Announcements

Teaser Images

 * Asheron.wikia.com
 * Teaser 200910ACCW.jpg
 * AC Mystics
 * ACvault
 * Dereth.info
 * Warcry's CoD

Discoveries
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Town Crier Rumors
Free Rumors:
 * Town Crier tells you, "Augmentation gems. I'll never be able to use one of those at my level. I can only imagine the power that must flow through an adventurers as that wave of color washes over them when they learn a new augmentation and there are many more to learn now."


 * Town Crier tells you, "First my cousin tells me that there are strange mechanical creatures. Now he's telling me you can make all sorts of devices with some form of crafting they brought with them. I'm not sure how much of this I can really believe."


 * Town Crier tells you, "Have you gone to see Sean the Speedy yet to hear about the next set of Explorers' Society map markers to find?"


 * Town Crier tells you, "I've always wanted to see a scarab come to life and fly away and now I have."


 * Town Crier tells you, "I've heard rumors of an army of mechanical men are marching through the Direlands!"


 * Town Crier tells you, "It seems like the Woron Family is happily reunited, thanks to the intrepid adventurers who answered their calls for help."


 * Town Crier tells you, "News! Rand the Hunter has updated his creature bounties.  Find him in Holtburg to see what he's marked this time."


 * Town Crier tells you, "There are strange reports from adventurers who have been exploring the Eastern shore of the Inner Sea."


 * Town Crier tells you, "Woosh! Woosh! That sound is all I seem to hear any more. All these large weapons being flailed around, it seems dangerous to me."

Pyreal Rumors:
 * Town Crier tells you, "All you map hounds are encouraged to see Sean the Speedy in Holtburg. Word is he's got a thing for, ahem, dangerous places this month."
 * Town Crier tells you, "It also seems that Sean the Speedy has finally finished his rounds of hiding markers, and has a special reward for those who find all of them."


 * Town Crier tells you, "Formerly undesirable materials now seem to be in demand by crafters. If I can remember right those materials are Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond, Amber, Pyreal and ... err... right! Gromnie Hide."


 * Town Crier tells you, "I have been keeping track of a lot of new information, there's so much going on. I don't have everything set yet but I know of Augmentation trainers in Cragstone, Ayan Baqur and Hebian-to, there are more I know but not their locations."


 * Town Crier tells you, "I hear that Ries Woron enjoys telling the tale of the Unknown Warrior. If you'd like to hear a story told with so much detail you feel you are actually there, you should seek him out above the tavern in Baishi."


 * Town Crier tells you, "If you have heard tell of "Gearcrafting" it seems it may be true. I saw someone running around with some kind of magnifying glass that seemed to help him kill creatures."


 * Town Crier tells you, "My cousin told me he saw an army of mechanical men digging for something in the northern Direlands. I wonder what they're looking for."


 * Town Crier tells you, "Rand the Hunter has marked a new set of creatures for bounties. This time I hear he's in a mechanical mood.  Find him in Holtburg if you feel up to the task."

Ulgrim Rumors
Free Rumors:
 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I think Sean the Speedy's running out of places to mark, because he's gone for some of the really hard-to-miss sites now."


 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Oh, it's fall. That's good, I was getting tired of summer.  All the heat makes me thirsty.  Wait, no, I'm still thirsty.  That's a hint, kid, get me some stout."


 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "See! See what the Virindi have brought on us now?!?  First Applesause, now killer robots!"


 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "So I hear there is no trouble involving Ries Woron lately, who would of guessed after months of nothing but whining. Oh I've been hurt, oh my wife is missing, almost as bad as listening to my ex-wife."
 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "You don't think I ended up here on accident do you? I saw a portal and figured whatever was on the other side was better then what was at home."


 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "You may be looking forward to festival season, but I'm not. It seems like every year bad stuff starts happening around then.  Like all the bad guys in Dereth save all their big plans for the times when it's most festive.  That just seems mean-spirited.  It'd be much kinder to make trouble in the summer, when the cool dungeon air will be a nice break from the heat."

Stout Rumors:
 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Did you ever wonder where the eggs we eat come from? And what about the supposed chicken our cooks make? I don't eat either of them... just in case."


 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Fall has come back around! My favorite time of year.  Time to gather the lads and throw around the old pigskin.  Wait, what do you mean there are no pigs in Dereth?  Where the heck has my bacon been coming from, then?"


 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Heh, I think Rand the Hunter is trying to send us a message with this month's bounties. And that message is that Nurino may not be as crazy as I recently thought he is.  Either that, or someone's been passing some really good Stout around."


 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I found this great pack lately. It holds even more Stout than the Colosseum Packs.  Great for exploring without getting too thirsty."


 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I was just in Eastham the other day, talking to Hei Shou, and she had an interesting theory about what the Apostate Virindi are really up to. As soon as I realized that her theory had nothing to do with applesauce, though, I dismissed it as the unfocused ravings of a crank."


 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I'm gonna need more cowbell!"


 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "If we build a new town I say we call it Ulgrim's Ridge. Now that's a town name with style!"


 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "No, really, I know exactly what the Apostates are up to. They're going to flay us all and harvest our organs so they can appear more human.  I told Claude he couldn't possibly pass for a human without organs, and ever since he's been muttering about how 'More organs equals more human' or something like that."


 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "So I went to Baishi to have a drink and there is none other than Ries Woron. He starts rambling on and on about the Unknown Warrior and the adventures in their hideout. Luckily I could drink faster than he could talk and he left me alone, or I passed out, I don't really remember."


 * Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Those mansions I've seen are pretty nice, but nowhere near as nice as the house I built for myself. I used to have a fortress on Asheron's Island, but the neighbors were too loud."

New Quests

 * Iron Blade Commander
 * Aetherium Collection
 * Empyrean Beacon Destruction
 * Gearknight Invasion Area
 * Hunter Quest (Gold Gear Troopers)
 * Hunter Quest (Silver Scope Troopers)
 * Hunter Quest (Copper Cog Troopers)
 * Hunter Quest (Iron Blade Troopers)
 * Hunter Quest (Bronze Gauntlet Troopers)

Live Events

 * Special live events are scheduled for all day Monday, Nov. 2nd.

Updated Quests

 * Skill Redistribution - Two Handed Combat Warden of Enlightenment statue added to Temple of Enlightenment and all gem timers reset.
 * Thugs Part I - Talk to Ries Woron to be portaled into the Thug Hideout. The portal at 65.8S 77.2E to the Thug Hideout is gone.
 * Dereth Exploration - 10 new Markers were added.
 * Monthly Game Hunter
 * Quests updated WITH Two Handed Weapon:
 * Red Rune Silveran Weapons (also now able to turn in old weapons for a token to get a different weapon, give old weapon to Eddred the Wolf or ?? for Whispering Blade Token, use token to buy weapon ingot from Whispering Blade Quartermaster or ??) (NPCs currently disabled and not in game to prevent an exploit)
 * Shadowfire Weapons
 * Isparian Weapons
 * Great BloodScorch
 * Weapon quests WITHOUT Two Handed Weapon:
 * Spectral Weapons (Ghost Slayer)
 * Aerbax's Prodigal Olthoi (Olthoi Slayer)
 * Singularity Weapons (Virindi Slayer)
 * Quiddity Weapons

New NPCs

 * Akemi Fei - 38.9S 83.3E in Hebian-To, second floor of the mage shop
 * Alex Brummel - 24.9N 48.5E in Cragstone windmill
 * Alishia bint Aldan - 60.0S 87.8W in Ayan Baqur
 * Anfram Mellow - 60.0S 87.8W in Ayan Baqur
 * Ayala bint'Shashqa - 35.2N, 39.3E inside the Pet Shop near the Obsidian Span
 * Carlito Gallo - 87.4N 70.5W in Silyun
 * Emily Yarow - 24.9N 48.5E in Cragstone windmill
 * Gan Fo - 38.9S 83.3E in Hebian-To, second floor of the mage shop
 * Gustuv Lansdown - 24.9N 48.5E in Cragstone windmill
 * Neela Nashua - Bandit Castle
 * Rahina bint Zalanis - 13.7N 0.7E in Zaikhal top of building (+10 Magic Aug 2 bill)
 * Raphel Detante - 87.4N 70.5W in Silyun
 * Lieutenant Micham - 33.4S, 6.3E
 * Lieutenant Grenlin - 33.4S, 6.3E
 * Lieutenant Faen - 33.4S, 6.3E
 * Lieutenant Zin - 33.4S, 6.3E
 * Sir Stavitor - 33.4S, 6.3E
 * Dame Alistra - 33.4S, 6.3E
 * Jin Ato - 33.4S, 63.3E
 * Missive - 33.4S, 63.3E (sells Refining Polish (Mana) and Refining Polish (Stamina) used in gearcrafting)
 * Dame Trielle - 12.3S 75.0W
 * T'ing Douzen - 12.3S 75.0W
 * Al-Shashqa - 12.3S 75.0W
 * Sir Yanov - 12.3S 74.9W

New Locations

 * 37.0S 7.3E - Gearknight Invasion Area
 * 12.3S 75.0W - Direland Gearknight Resistance Camp
 * 33.4S 6.3E - tent of NPCs with Gearknight kill tasks

New Items
You are eligible for the 10th anniversary pet! Make sure that you have free space in your pack. Go to Ayala bint'Shashqa, the Arcanum Tinkerer, in the Pet Shop near the Obsidian Span at 35.2N, 39.3E.

New UI and Game Changes

 * Special text when logging in for the first time:
 * Make sure that you have free space in your pack. Go to Ayala bint'Shashqa, the Arcanum Tinkerer, in the Pet Shop near the Obsidian Span at 35.2N, 39.3E.
 * The Temples of Forgetfulness and Enlightenment have had the timer for their use reset for the 10th Anniversary.
 * You are eligible for the 10th anniversary pet!


 * Ninth character slot added to all accounts.
 * All accounts upgraded to Throne of Destiny status.
 * Quest Journal added.
 * Workaround implemented that fixes chat fail to enter on login errors.

New Skills

 * Gearcraft
 * A Guide to Gearcrafting (Page 1)
 * Two Handed Combat

Updated Skills

 * Assess Creature - Formula changed from (Focus + Self) / 2 to no formula. Gained new abilities via Gearcrafting.
 * Assess Person - Formula changed from (Focus + Self) / 2 to no formula.
 * Deception - Formula changed from (Focus + Self) / 4 to no formula. Gained new abilities via Gearcrafting.
 * Leadership - Gained new abilities via Gearcrafting.
 * Loyalty - Gained new abilities via Gearcrafting.

New Titles

 * All for One - Kill six Lesser Lords.

Images
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Known Issues

 * Per Frelorn:
 * Two Handed Mastery 7 Self and Other have the same name.
 * Gearcrafting Mastery 7 Other doesn’t have a unique name.
 * Noble Armors do not have Two Handed Mastery spells on them.
 * There’s no statue in the Tusker King (Bobo) quest for Two Handed or Gearcraft
 * Great BloodScorch is currently bugged, requiring Sword Skill instead of Two Handed Skill. It will be fixed next patch.
 * The cleave effect of Two Handed Weapons can hit monsters that are far below the player. This will be fixed next month. Read more about the bug here
 * Unable to apply Salvaged Leather to trinkets (they can be salvaged though).
 * After applying pyreal to a Major Gearcrafting Armature, the description says: "... to add Major TBD." This should show the correct spell name.
 * You cannot apply ivory to the deadly hollow 2h spear or phantom 2h spear, though they both say "Ivoryable."
 * Two Handed Weapons are targeting some non creature items such as otlhoi doors on their second bonus attack.
 * There have been unintentional side effects from the changes to the formulas of Assess Creature, Assess Person, and Deception. By default, all non-Aluvians have 0 Assess Person, and all players have 0 Assess Creature and Deception. This has made assessing creatures and people impossible unless you buff or train the appropriate skill. Read more about the bug here

Typos

 * Gustuv Lansdown tells you, "hen you use this gem, ..." - should be "When"
 * Dame Alistra tells you, "...It is my chare to disrupt..." - should be "charge"
 * Salvaged Amber (and all other new salvages) - "This Armeture [sic] can then be used..." - should be "Armature"