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Hot Fix Notes – 01/11

Kai brings us news that there was a patch issued today.

Pictish Weapons procs will now appropriately match the level of the weapon.

As always, please stay tuned to the Camelot Herald and the Camelot Vault for more information!

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NF Weekend Report Jan. 6-8

The New Year brought plenty of action in NF. Battles waged in every realm but Albion was hit the hardest. Find out who did what to who atNF Roundup |  | Send To Friend | 

Pendragon coming down Tuesday 1/10/12 for Patch 1.111

Patch Notes for Patch 1.111 given to us by Kai! New Quests and RvR missions coming! Make sure to head over to Pendragon to test these out!

We will be bringing Pendragon Test Server offline on Tuesday, 01/10, for the implementation of Test Patch 1.111. The server will be coming down at 2:00 pm EST / 8:00 pm CET. We anticipate that the server will be back online no later than 6:30 pm EST / 0:30 am CET.

Full Patch Notes can be found Here

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NF Holiday Report Dec.23-Jan.1,2012

The battle grounds had plenty of action over the last two weekends. Find out who won, who lost and who started the new year with control of the most relics onNF Roundup |  | Send To Friend | 

MMORPG.com Interview with Stuart Zissu

MMORPG.com have posted an interview with DAoC’s producer, Stuart Zissu, discussing the recent anniversary, community and more.

MMORPG.com:Why does the three realm break down in Dark Age of Camelot work so well? How come we have not seen it replicated as much in MMOs as it probably should have been?

Stuart Zissu:There are many reasons why the three realm system works, but I think the biggest is the self-balancing. When one realm gets too far ahead, it’s only a matter of time before the other two realms knock them down a notch. This allows for an ever changing and engaging RvR gamespace and reduces the feeling of hopelessness that can occur with a 2 sided conflict. With only 2 sides, if one gets too far ahead, it is tough for the underdogs to make a comeback.

As to why we haven’t seen three realm RvR more, I think that is because of the difficulty that is inherent with it. It is a lot of hard work to balance a game for two sides, let alone three. Even after 10 years, we are still tweaking things here and there.

MMORPG.com:The community still remains very active in DAOC, how is it working with them over all these years and managing the veteran players?

Stuart Zissu:The players are key to a game like this: they keep the game going, they make RvR dynamic and exciting, they tell us what they like and what they don’t like, and they are why we are still here. We have multiple ways to collect feedback from our players, and whether they believe it or not, we do see every single one that comes across our plates. Many of our changes to the game have come directly from players or as a result of what players were discussing on boards. We also watch and listen to what players are doing and saying in game to get an idea of how we can make things better. In the end, the players are our best resource.

Read the complete interview over on mmorpg.com

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Topic of the Week wants to know if you’ve made any New Years Resolutions?

Somewhat off topic and not really game related for this week. Here’s hoping that you and yours had a very Happy Holiday Season, whatever you may celebrate. I personally celebrate Christmas, but am not really big on New Years. I usually just spend the day with family cooking, eating and watching movies. I did however, make a few New Year’s Resolutions to become more organized and manage my time better. In game, I plan on getting my druid to RR10! So watch out to you Albs and Mids because for me to do that, there has to be a group of Hibbies in front of me doing the killing 🙂

Topic of the Week wants to hear about your New Years Resolutions. Did you make any? Do you have any that are game related?

Do you have any good topic ideas? If you have one you’d like to see posted, please drop me a line!

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From Us to You This Holiday Season…

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Happy Winter Holidays!

Kai brings us greetings from the Community and Development teams of Dark Age of Camelot:

"The Dark Age of Camelot development team and the Community team wish you happy winter holidays and a good start into the New Year. We will take a break and will return to work on January 3rd; preparing version 1.111. The in-game customer support will continue to be available 24/7 throughout the holidays.

Have a happy and safe holiday season; see you in the frontiers!"

Happy Holidays and wishes for a prosperous New Year from us as the Camelot Vault as well!

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NF weekend Update Dec. 15-17

Hibernia took back all they had lost the week earlier, but by the end of the weekend they would lose everything again. Find out who took what and how the different realms fought onNF Roundup |  | Send To Friend | 

Account Center Maintenance 12/21

Kai brings us news that the account center will be going down tomorrow for maintenance:

We will bring down the Account Center for a short maintenance tomorrow, Wednesday December 21, at 9am EST (15:00 CET). During the maintenance you will not be able to change subscription, redeem game codes or transfer characters.

At the moment we anticipate the Account Center to be back online at 11:30am EST (17:30 CET).

As always, please stay tuned to the Camelot Herald and the Camelot Vault for more information!

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An Old Enemy Returns

Fresh from the Herald, a new teaser video surrounding the celebrations of DAoC’s 10th Anniversary. Head over to the Herald to check out the new video and the introduction of the new live event from producer Stuart Zissu.

As always, please stay tuned to the Camelot Herald and the Vault for more information!

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Midwinter is Coming

The Midwinter Festival has begun in all three realms. This is a time for hearth and home, and bright and merry decorations! Come see this year’s celebrations at your realm’s festival grounds. Tavern Keepers everywhere have decorated their buildings with traditional adornments.
Midwinter Festival

As always, please stay tuned to the Camelot Herald and the Vault for more information!

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Topic of the Week wants to know you’re thoughts on the alternative rulesets?

I’ve never rolled a character on Mordred. Something about being rolled at practically any place, by any one just didn’t appeal to me. Although for a lot of players, it provided countless hours of entertainment and camaraderie. That server was home. Now sadly, it is all but dead, and because of the way the servers were set in the beginning, the characters can’t be transferred to Ywain. Many of the players are frustrated and angry to say the very least.

Gaheris faces the same dilemma. On Gaheris, other than the occasional dual, there is no PVP. In the Frontiers, there are no towers, only the main keeps, and they are occupied by high end mobs. Those mobs have to be defeated and they drop seals that the players collect and turn in for realm points.

The other thing that makes these servers unique is that they lack the realm specificity that Ywain carries. On the alternative rulesets, you can have characters on all 3 realms and mix certain gear between them, you can roam each other’s lands and capital cities, log off, switch realms, and log right back on with no timer restrictions. A cleric and a hero can run together and assist each other.

Right now, both of these servers are suffering from a severe lack of population and feel that the game developers aren’t doing enough to keep their servers alive. So many have said they would gladly drop all their gear if they could transfer their characters to Ywain. For many, moving to Ywain meant a total restart to the game, and abandoning the characters that they often worked years on developing. It meant abandoning the houses they put up, the gear and items they collected over the years, and the plat they earned. None of it could be moved to Ywain. So there it sits on a dead server. Hard to trade for the Ywain equivalent so, you start again.

Topic of the Week asks: Have you played on the alternative rulesets? Do you think anything can be done to revive those servers?

Do you have any good topic ideas? If you have one you’d like to see posted, please drop me a line!

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NF Weekend Update Dec 9-11

This week showed the strength and mass of the Hibernian Armies, but even this domination couldn’t save the Hibs from losing everthing. Find out where, when and how the battles turned against the Hibs inNF Roundup |  | Send To Friend | 

Making Of ?DAoC 10th Anniversary Work of Art?

Fresh from the editor, we have published the Making Of “DAoC 10th Anniversary Work of Art” video. Join Stuart Zissu, Kai Schober, CJ Grebb and Eric Polak as they talk about the ideas and process that led to the creation of the 10th Anniversary Work of Art for Dark Age of Camelot.

As always, please stay tuned to the Camelot Herald and the Vault for more information!

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