Server Maintenance – Pendragon/EU Archive

Status – Servers are online. Maintenance complete 

Greetings!

We will be bringing the Pendragon Test Server offline tomorrow morning at 8:00 AM EDT to implement the first version of Patch 1.103 for testing. At this time we anticipate that Pendragon will be back online no later than 3:30 PM EDT. Highlights from this version of 1.103 include:

  • Many powerful new items have been added to the Shrouded Isle Dragon Scale vendors!
  • The Nightshade Class has seen many balance changes.
  • Bind on Equip item functionality has been removed from the game. All previously Bind on Equip items are now tradeable.

Please be sure to read the full 1.103 Pendragon Test notes!

During this downtime we will also be bringing the Camlann, Canterbury, Cumbria, Diera and Dyvet servers offline. During this maintenance we will be shutting down all zones aside from Housing zones, transitioning these servers into archived status. Characters logged off in disabled zones will find themselves returned to the Housing zone upon logging back in. At this time we anticipate that these archived servers will be back online no later than 3:30 PM EDT/1930 GMT.

Thank you for your continued support.

PTS Stability Test/Q and A – 4/28/2010

Greetings!

We’re full steam ahead with the 1.3.5 Testing phase, with last night’s first Guild City test providing a lot of valuable feedback and information. Thanks to everyone who came out to the test! Please be sure to stop by the 1.3.5 PTS Forums to give feedback about last night’s test.

Be sure to join us tonight, 4/28/2010, at 8:00 PM EDT on the Warpstone PTS as we put version 1.3.5 through our regular stability check. We’ll be hitting a Keep en masse, replete with our AI Driven friends (Stability Bots!) to test the servers limits! Also, there may or may not be lizards ;) . Character copies are enabled for the test and templates will be provided, so everyone can participate! For information on how to access the Warpstone PTS, please read here.

After the stability test, the Mythic Community team invites you to stick around for a Q&A session on the official Mythic Entertainment Ventrilo server with Producer Carrie Gouskos, C&C Lead Nate Levy, hosted by Andy Belford. This is your chance to ask those burning questions about all things WAR! Be sure to show up early on as space is limited on the server and slots are first come, first serve!

Thanks again for your continued testing support and we’ll see you on Warpstone!

Server Maintenance 3:30 am PDT, April 28, 2010

We are bringing the Aion servers down at 3:30am PDT, April 28, 2010 (more)for maintenance. The maintenance is estimated to take no longer than 3 hours. We apologize for the later than usual announcement.Thank you for your patience!

EU Free Character Transfers Now Live!

We’re pleased to announce that free character transfers for EU players are now available! Players may chose from the following source and destination servers for the new homes.

(The following is the list of servers within each cluster: (FR)Kattrath: Broceliande, Ys, Orance, and Carnac. (GER)Glamorgen: Avalon, Lyonesse, Stonehenge, Logres, Dartmoor. (NA) Ywain 1-10.)

Dyvet

Transfer to (NA)Ywain, (FR)Kattraeth, or(GER) Glamorgan

Diera

Transfer to (NA) Ywain 1-10, (FR) Kattraeth, or (GER) Glamorgan

Cumbria

Transfer to (NA) Ywain 1-10, (FR) Kattraeth, or (GER) Glamorgan

Canterbury

Transfer to (NA) Ywain 1-10, (FR) Kattraeth, or (GER) Glamorgan

Camlann

Transfer to (NA-PVP) Mordred

Ywain

Transfer to (FR) Kattraeth, or (GER) Glamorgan

Please be sure to read the Free Character Transfer FAQ and the Free Character Transfer Instructions for any questions you may have about the process!

Please remember, if you are transferring to a server which is a different language from your source server it is highly suggested that you download the appropriate language client for the server you wish to play on. If you use a mismatching client you will encounter some technical difficulties, not allowing you to perform certain actions in the game.

Please be advised that all transfers are final and cannot be reverted. Please be careful to make sure you are transferring to the correct server before initiating the transfer command.

PLEASE NOTE: Players transferring from the Canterbury Classic server must complete the ML 1-5 Quests prior to transferring. Your characters will be unable to transfer to a new server, and will be prompted with an error stating that you are ineligible for transfer, until you have completed the quest. These quests are found in each Realms’ central housing market and are available from the following NPC’s.

Albion – Traurig

Midgard – Oropyeho

Hibernia – Droevig

Thank you to all of our players for their continued support and we’ll see you in the Frontiers!

Developer Diary – Keaven Freeman

It was a dark and stormy night. Rivulets of sweat made tracks down my
brow as I sat, hunched over my keyboard. A flash of lightning caused a
silhouette to appear in my doorway; startled by the unexpected visitor,
and the sudden manner with which they manifested, my fingers stumbled on
the keyboard as I gasped – heart skipping a beat.

“Good evening, Keaven.”

The form stepped closer, allowing the light from my desk to illuminate
his features. The elongated shadows of the room cast a macabre
unnatural pallor on the man’s face. This would not be good news.

Thus was my induction into the house of pain … er, I mean…
RvR-Driven End Game revamp of the Capitol Cities.

Hot Fixes – 4/27/2010

Greetings!

We have implemented the following Hot Fix during today’s maintenance:

Maintenance Notes

  • We have implemented changes aimed at lessening the frequency of occurrences of Scenarios ending due to imbalance. We will continue to closely monitor the number of Scenarios ending due to imbalance and will make further adjustments as needed.

Veteran Rewards Modification

We recently discovered an exploit in the Veteran Rewards system. Some players were able to procure an unintended amount of Recovery Crystals as part of the seven-month reward. To rectify this, our good friend Morati has donated his seemingly endless Secret Remedy supply. The Recovery Crystals previo..

Weekly Server Maintenance – 4/27/2010

Status - Maintenance Complete

Greetings!

We will be bringing all North American Servers offline tomorrow morning, 4/27/2010, at 8:00 AM EDT for weekly maintenance. At this time we anticipate that all servers will be back online no later than 12:00 PM EDT. As always, please be sure to check the Herald for updates regarding this downtime.

Thank you for your continued support.

Update 11:15 AM EDT – All servers are online

Update 8:15 AM EDT – All servers are offline

Ask Kinslon: Aion v1.9 Interview #3

Greetings Daevas, I’ve made a full recovery from the Porgus flu, so as promised, here is the third “Ask Kinslon” interview (the first that we will be releasing this week).    Aquilanius: What is the purpose behind Energy of Salvation? Kinslon: Energy of Salvation is for play..

Server Maintenance – All Servers 4/27/2010

Status – All servers are online.

Greetings!

We will be bringing all servers offline tomorrow morning, 4/27/2010, and 6:00 AM EDT/1000 GMT, for maintenance. During this maintenance we will be disabling transfers to the Ywain1 server in anticipation of the opening of transfers for EU players. The disabling of transfers is due to the unavailability of housing on Ywain1. At this time we anticipate that all servers will be back online no later than 2:30 PM EDT/1830 GMT. As always, please be sure to check the Herald for updates regarding this downtime.

Please note, EU transfers will not be enabled when the servers are brought back online. Please be sure to check the Herald for updates as to when we will be enabling EU transfers tomorrow.

Thank you for your continued support.  

Update 4/27/2010 – Due to technical issues we will not be disabling transfers to Ywain1. Please be aware that housing is very limited on this server, so transfer to Ywain1 at your own risk.