Newsletter #9 | May 2017 View in browser Welcome to the Dark Age of Camelot Newsletter. We'll be sending one out monthly with updates on the latest happenings in Albion, Hibernia, and Midgard!



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Folks,



It’s been a fun Spring! The Ghost Keep event and Come Back to Camelot campaign have been a resounding success as RvR action has been as fast-paced as ever with intense, epic battles over the Ghost Keeps! With Patch 1.123, we are continuing our momentum with several exciting new features that we’re unveiling details of for the first time!



First, we’re very excited to announce details of our foray into microtransactions with the sale of a new use for a familiar, old and infamously unused currency: Mithril! Mithril packs will be on sale on the EA Origin store in the coming month or so. You’ll be able to redeem them on our Account Center (https://accounts.eamythic.com) for Mithril in-game. The redemption will be *account*-wide. So no need to trade Mithril across your characters; in fact it won’t be tradable at all. In-game, we’ll then have some new stores available in the capital cities that will offer some awesome cosmetic rewards in exchange for Mithril! We have been hard at work implementing and testing this new feature but need just a few more weeks before letting you all get your hands on it with a follow-up Pendragon version (1.123B). Then, once we and YOU are happy with its implementation, we’ll launch patch 1.123, along with MTX, to the live servers. You’re going to LOVE the mounts and other cosmetic-only options we have in store for you!



One quick, but very important aspect of announcing these MTX details now is to drive home how important account security is well before we launch this feature. No matter how much you think you trust your spouse, sibling, parent, friend, or complete internet stranger… DON’T SHARE YOUR ACCOUNT INFO ! If you plan to participate in purchasing Mithril packs, this is even more important. Our Customer Support team, along with EA’s billing team, will always do their utmost to ensure your account’s security but you are its first line of defense. Be smart!



Second, we’re thrilled to be introducing some new RvR areas to some of the most iconic zones in the Frontier. These areas are going to be more than just another battlefield. They’ll be a part of a more integrated and directed RvR-quest system designed to help new, casual players along with veteran solo players and smaller groups get up to speed quickly in RvR or find action that’s more suitable to their play levels and play styles; while still being able to impact the overall war effort! In conjunction with this system, we’ll begin offering new Daily, Weekly, and even Monthly repeatable quests starting with 1.123B on Pendragon. These won’t just be limited to these new RvR quests but will filter out to many other popular aspects and areas of the game!



More in the immediate term, we are excited to showcase the class changes of this version (stay tuned for a highlight video!) which both drive the game forward and also address many your stated issues with the previous changes!



Additionally, the new item /use system has set us up to be able to re-focus on class and realm abilities over item abilities while still maintaining the fun aspects of templating out your characters and obtaining new gear! Most importantly, we’ve tried to approach these changes so as not to directly change the many item /uses you know and love while still adjusting ablatives down a bit and reducing the ability to stack several layers of defensive abilities easily. As such, we think you’ll be very happy with the measured approach we’ve taken and look forward to your feedback regarding both the new item /use system and how time-to-kill in RvR is impacted overall. We have looked at this issue from many angles and determined that reducing damage wholesale across the board was simply unwarranted and we heard your feedback loud and clear on waiting to introduce any Champion Level increase for some time.



Thank you for your commitment to this great game and we look forward to the bright months ahead!



Onward,



John Thornhill

Producer



Highlights Smite Clerics, Nature Druids, and Cave Shaman make their triumphant return to the forefront of the battlefield along with several hybrid class changes and much more!

Battle over the newly discovered buried ruins of Moydruim Castle in Emain Macha, the newly built Trellebourg fortress in Odin’s Gate, and brave the heights and depths of Folley Lake’s stronghold in the highlands of Hadrian’s Wall!

New, long-duration item /use limitations and ablative adjustments have arrived!

The ruined keeps of Caer Benowyc, Dun Crauchon, and Bledmeer Faste have been permanently restored!

Daily quests, MTX, battleground improvements and much more is on the way. Read on for the full details!

Full details and notes for Patch 1.123a can be found on the Herald here with follow up hotfixes based on your feedback available here. Grab Bag

Read our latest Grab Bag featuring questions on our latest patch here.



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You can send in any questions you have for our Grab Bags through our submission form! Please note this is for game questions, feedback should be sent in through our feedback form.

Chapter 3 of our new PvE campaign, A Dragon's Curse, launched this week. Continue your adventure within the new dungeons in Dartmoor, Sheeroe Hills, and Malmohus with one new campaign quest per realm!



Chapter 4 is scheduled to launch June 27th! Our Campaign Calendar and Overview can be viewed Chapter 3 of our new PvE campaign, A Dragon's Curse, launched this week. Continue your adventure within the new dungeons in Dartmoor, Sheeroe Hills, and Malmohus with one new campaign quest per realm!Chapter 4 is scheduled to launch June 27th! Our Campaign Calendar and Overview can be viewed here on the Herald Screenshots

A selection of ingame shots from around the frontiers. Discord Community

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Tips n Tricks

Repairing Armour.



Maintaining your gear is one of the many mini tasks within Dark Age of Camelot.



You will notice if you <right click> your armour, weapon and jewelry that it shows Condition, Durability in the info box.







As armour pieces get hit, your weapon strikes, and/or you cast spells, the Condition will decrease over time. This is most noticeable on Caster Staffs and more specifically Harps for Bards and Minstrels.



Low condition armour (below 99%) you will start taking more damage from melee and bolts. For optimal damage reduction you will want to maintain this at 100% by visiting the Smith every few days and simply dragging your weapon/armour to the Smith to repair.



Low condition Weapons



- Melee Weapons: you will start doing less damage and you will notice if you delve your weapon (right click + shift i) the DPS will be lower e.g. 98% Weapon loses 0.3 DPS at RR4 (16.2 > 15.9)







- Staffs: your spells will start costing more power, which means less spells per power bar

- Harps: your chants may start dropping out randomly or may miss a tick



As you repair your armour regularly you will notice the durability will start to drop. Once the durability reaches zero the item will no longer be effective. Durability is like the item's hit points, each repair you lose some. MP/100% items have a hidden bonus to this which could be estimated as equal to an extra 10% item hit points.



Items that reach 70% Condition will no longer give you bonuses of Stat Caps and Skills. So jewelry/cloaks without these bonuses do not need to be repaired. Item Condition won't drop below 70%.



There are multiple places around the realms to repair your items, the 2 easiest places are a) at a keep, you can right click the wall to show a hook point on the ground and purchase a Smith, or b) at your relic town, the first place you appear when you enter NF . You can also have a Smith at your own house, or purchase a Smith summoning Stone from the King's throne room which can you can /use to summon a merchant almost anywhere. Accolades and Remembrance





If you would like to give congrats, well wishes, or remembrance to anyone please contact our Community Lead, Carol (Beibhinn), on the Postcount forums. Community Spotlight One of the best things about DAoC is our amazing community, the best MMO community in our opinion! This section of our newsletter aims to highlight guilds and individuals in our community, and give a little insight into the heart of the DAoC! This month we spotlight the Midgard guild:



Nevermore

Tell us about your guild name and how it came about.





Tell us a bit about your guild.



Nevermore started actively recruiting new members less than two years ago. Nevermore is an international, around-the-clock 24/7 guild. People of all nationalities, languages and experience levels are welcome, and we actively recruit and have a large population of both new and returning players.



We have 3 rules: (1) Be nice & be civil to folks. (2) See Rule #1. (3) See Rule #2. If you do not follow these 3 rules you will be removed from the guild. And we enforce it too!



We are the largest guild in the game with over 5,000 members (paid accounts) and 16,000 toons and have a very active and happy population, we work to keep the guild as a friendly community for all of our members.



Are you part of an alliance?



Nevermore is the Alliance leader of an Alliance with 19 guilds. For alliance chat (at least), we have the same three rules as we do for our guild. The alliance is very friendly and players will always help if possible answering any questions and helping any new or returning players, we also welcome guilds with a like mind set to the alliance and any guild can apply by contacting a Nevermore officer in-game.



What is the day to day life of your guild like?



The guild is abuzz with activity. Each day we welcome new members, new members with lots of questions. Guild chat is very busy answering questions and planning raids. Twice each day, once during Euro prime time and again during American prime time many of the guild members RvR. The members regularly team up for things such as RvR, Darkness Falls, Otherworldly and other raids.



What playstyles does your guild take part in?



We take part in and encourage every play style: PvE, RvR, Solo, Battlegroup, 8 man, Raid and Battleground. We just want folks to play the game and have fun and for the game to live on.



Are you currently recruiting?



Yes, we are always actively recruiting. Every member of the guild can invite to the guild, or if you would like more information about the guild you can have a chat with an officer in-game, who will more be than happy to chat with you. When in game just do a /who Nevermore to find a Nevermore member.



How can someone contact you if they wish to find out more, or apply to join?



In-game currently active GMs: Northernn, Canadarox

Email:

Facebook: Guild Nevermore =

It was a long time ago, 14 years or so. I (Glennis / Oje / Lwk) was playing on Midgard as a member of Vengeance of Valhalla. There were not enough guilds with enough merit points to claim everything. Earning enough merit points, I decided to form a small guild. But what to name it? Names are so important. There was Ravensflyte, Ravens Clan, and others, a lot of guilds in Midgard named after Ravens. Appropriate since Ravens are such an important symbol in Norse Mythology. After some thought the poem “The Raven” struck me and its refrain “Nevermore”. “Great!” I thought and Nevermore became the name of the guild and the Raven adopted as the guild symbol.Nevermore started actively recruiting new members less than two years ago. Nevermore is an international, around-the-clock 24/7 guild. People of all nationalities, languages and experience levels are welcome, and we actively recruit and have a large population of both new and returning players.We have 3 rules: (1) Be nice & be civil to folks. (2) See Rule #1. (3) See Rule #2. If you do not follow these 3 rules you will be removed from the guild. And we enforce it too!We are the largest guild in the game with over 5,000 members (paid accounts) and 16,000 toons and have a very active and happy population, we work to keep the guild as a friendly community for all of our members.Nevermore is the Alliance leader of an Alliance with 19 guilds. For alliance chat (at least), we have the same three rules as we do for our guild. The alliance is very friendly and players will always help if possible answering any questions and helping any new or returning players, we also welcome guilds with a like mind set to the alliance and any guild can apply by contacting a Nevermore officer in-game.The guild is abuzz with activity. Each day we welcome new members, new members with lots of questions. Guild chat is very busy answering questions and planning raids. Twice each day, once during Euro prime time and again during American prime time many of the guild members RvR. The members regularly team up for things such as RvR, Darkness Falls, Otherworldly and other raids.We take part in and encourage every play style: PvE, RvR, Solo, Battlegroup, 8 man, Raid and Battleground. We just want folks to play the game and have fun and for the game to live on.Yes, we are always actively recruiting. Every member of the guild can invite to the guild, or if you would like more information about the guild you can have a chat with an officer in-game, who will more be than happy to chat with you. When in game just do a /who Nevermore to find a Nevermore member.In-game currently active GMs: Northernn, CanadaroxEmail: Oje.games@gmail.com Facebook: Guild Nevermore = https://www.facebook.com/groups/153862548354401/ Thanks to Glennis and Nevermore for taking the time to answer our questions!

From the desk of our German Community Admin, Lea!



Patch 1.123A



Mit dem nächsten Patch erhalten die Offensiv-Linien einiger Support-Klassen eine Überarbeitung und bringen viele spannende Änderungen mit sich! Smite-Kleriker, Nature-Druiden und Cave-Schamanen bekommen neue und überarbeitete Fähigkeiten und werden zu einer echten Alternative.



Insbesondere an Solo- und Kleingruppenspieler richten sich die neuen Gebiete, die mit 1.123A ins Spiel kommen. Dun Crauchon, Bledmeer Faste und Caer Benowyc sind nun vollständig wiederhergestellt. Solo- und Kleingruppenspieler finden in den neuen Gebieten viele verwinkelte Strukturen, die gute Deckung bieten und für spannende Kämpfe sorgen sollten!



Außerdem findet die sagenumwobene Währung Mithril endlich ihren Weg ins Spiel! Mithril werdet ihr über den MTX-Shop, der mit der nächsten Version erstmalig verfügbar sein wird, gegen reales Geld erwerben und es dann bei speziellen Händlern im Spiel für kosmetische Gegenstände und Mounts eintauschen können.



Die zweite Hälfte des Patches 1.123 wird ebenfalls bald erscheinen und weitere spannende Dinge mit sich bringen. Freut euch z.B. auf tägliche, wöchentliche und sogar monatliche Quests!

Alle Informationen zur Version 1.123A, die sich derzeit auf dem Testserver Pendragon befindet, könnt ihr hier nachlesen. Basierend auf eurem bisherigen Feedback zu Version 1.123A gab es einen Hotfix, über dessen Details ihr in diesem Dokument alle Informationen finden könnt.



A Dragon’s Curse - Der Fluch des Drachen-Kampagne



Kapitel 3 der Kampagne ist gestartet und schickt euch in neue Dungeons in den Sheeroe Hills, Malmohus und Dartmoor. Besucht die Übersichtsseite zur Kampagne für mehr Informationen!



Discord - Anschluss an die deutschsprachige Community



Zurückkehrende Spieler fragen sich häufig, wie sie Anschluss an die deutschsprachige Community und Antworten auf die Fragen, die sich bei einer Rückkehr automatisch auftun, finden können. Nichts leichter als das! Schließt euch unserem Dark Age of Camelot-Discord-Server an und chattet dort mit anderen Spielern, Knights und den Community-Vertretern. Löchert uns mit Fragen und findet eine Gilde für eure Charaktere! Ihr könnt den Server über diesen Link betreten. Der Server ist international und die deutschsprachige Community hat ihren eigenen Unterkanal.

Discord ist ein kostenloser Dienst, der Sprach- und Textchat mit unzähligen Funktionen bietet. Er steht als App fürs Smartphone, als Programm zum Download und als Web-Version im Browser zur Verfügung und erfreut sich einer stark wachsenden Popularität im Gaming-Bereich.



Freitags-Grab Bag



Die Freitags-Grab Bag ist seit ein paar Wochen zurück und beantwortet im Zwei-Wochen-Rhythmus Fragen aus der Community zu Spielmechaniken, Klassenfunktionen und dem Spiel im Allgemeinen. Die aktuellste Ausgabe vom 19. Mai könnt ihr hier nachlesen. Sie beantwortet Fragen zu den neuen Solo- und Kleingruppen-Gebieten im RvR, dem Celerity-Gesang von Minnesängern und Skalden, das Aufdecken von Schleichern mit dem nächsten Patch, gibt Gründe für die Änderungen an Bogenklassen und Schleichern mit Version 1.123A sowie einen Ausblick auf die Klassen, an denen mit 1.123B Anpassungen vorgenommen werden.



Wenn ihr News habt, von denen ihr denkt, dass sie in den Newsletter gehören, lasst es unsere deutsche Community Administratorin [Shileah] über die Postcount.net-Foren wissen! A Look Ahead Patch 1.123B will be coming to Pendragon soon with hybrid class changes, and information on how to help us test our new Mithril shops! Once testing has been completed, Patch 1.123 will be making its way to the live servers in late June!







Keep your eyes on the Herald for news of an upcoming Battleground or Darknes Falls event soon!

Of the Curse A Midgardian perspective



Dear (name indiscernible, time faded),



I write to you trifecta as is the way of our land, first of your son Smugahs, secondly of our realm, and finally of our future. We met. You took my measure, or I’m not elevated of the Fru. I will not beguile you this much and write honestly, with foresight and great need, though I trust my spirit will inspire you through this letter to act accordingly to our purposes or not within my sphere at all.



Smugahs.

I will speak plainly for your son he has moved more centrally into my plans where I fear they are interwoven as our plans now. There is nothing in the land of Strength and Ice more attractive to one elevated of the Fru than a kind hearted warrior who knows not his strength. So much potential, still un-cracked. Planter’s clay, in knowing hands. Already he has become something they will write songs about. Together, we will create and destroy, as is the way of our people. Since we first met things have changed, of this you must be informed. Now, we both run within the General’s circle. I more so now than before, as our enemies now know my name… a difficult burden for a healer as you had forewarned me. I will give you this laugh with a cursory nod. As we share this intimate support of your son and our realm, let none then say that our purpose runs contrary to the will of Odin.



I am building the name of your son as I send him in front leading the charge, with my, our, full support. I intend to keep him by my side, though your counsel as his mother is a welcome visitor. As we speak our enemies already speak of the General’s army as if lead by Smugahs, for his is the last face many of them see, either in abject terror and flight, or of life. A detail smugly reported by the most adept Shadowblades within our ranks.



Our Realm.

Rumors have been circling for over a month here regarding an uprising of the nasty Varulv who from their dank caves in Drakulvhamn aided Gjapinulva herself in times past. Though I have ventured only briefly with Smugahs to ascertain the truth of these rumors, our path has led at King Eirik’s bidding, through Malmohous, into Drakulvahamn. The creatures within are far more deadly than those weaker peoples of Albion or Hibernia. Though our expedition has passed several small but crucial steps within this region, already we have unearthed wealth unknown in all the realm. If my letter moves you, do not tread this path alone, nor even with a select few. Fill your numbers until you have the strength of a war party for I can assure you that neither Oracle Kel and his party, nor the Priestess Aiyana or any of the other Varulv we have so far found within this region are as quickly dispatched as even a fully supported paladin.



I admit freely that I have begun to instruct those who are easily influenced by a named such as we possess by nature of our many conquests over the other realms, to return to Jordheim and even to their homes and guilds, and speak of all the wealth and potential they have seen within this place, to gather weapons, armor, and friends, and come what may. Regardless of our woven plans, for this our realm will be the better dressed. Again I return to solemnity and fear if I am not physically present, the yet unknown machinations will be the undoing of a great number of our realm, and for that as ever, our strength remains firm.



Our future.

As we agree, Smugahs may lead though actual power must reside with our support. I am ready and bear this burden with honor, of this you cannot deny me. I have taken his heart, you have heard, seen, and know this. While fear amongst our enemies is acceptable, to mingle amongst his own realm, to have them learn his measure, his worth and might, is what is most needed, and opportunity has here presented itself.



I have already instructed Smugahs to liaison with Theso of the Frozen Torch. With this scoundrel and treasure hunters’ valuable understanding of the riches and dangers lurking within Drakulvhamn, he will gain our peoples respect, and further restore our power and the riches of our realm. In his own right he is learning to respect me, my advice, and support, as well as your counsel from afar. When he is ready, I will finally wed. Though you are not invited to the after event, I have it on very good authority that the General still holds you in higher regard than you know. You were, he has said, his one regret. Though I know not the full measure of that statement it may have some significance to your understanding, plans, and perhaps unfortunately our friendly arrangement, for I cannot back from these plans.



Finally, I have attached by leather bound bundle a blade found within this dark region. Take this as a gift of our developing leadership. It has ominous reminders of the strength of Gjapinulva’s two handed blade of old, a strength that has to this day not been evenly matched, yet with that strength and more, a still unknown force has managed to bind the utility and ability of the Picts within its cold metal. More than I lust for the power items like this may bring our realm, and our plans, I fear what may become if our enemies become aware of these riches, as they are already more numerous through their soft ways of life. Your counsel is always welcome.



Alvaas Icehaield Puzzle Break DAoC Jigsaw - Mag Mell







Click to complete the jigsaw on the Herald!

Last month's newsletter's Word Scramble puzzle is unscrambled below; how many did you get?! csitihp -> Pictish

rrseain -> Renaris

ersalifn -> Fensalir

acaostbmc -> Catacombs

iharmnicnt -> Crimthainn

volnaaina -> Avalonian

etarkdesb -> Berkstead rualkvd -> Drakulv

muaotirn -> Minotaur

aolrsfft -> Frostalf

giofrbl -> Firbolg

uhsemleipm -> Muspelheim

ntahoccn -> Connacht

cwallrno -> Cornwall