[GregariousJB]

In the interest of wanting to put out a quality release, this week's updates have been delayed until further notice (perhaps this weekend, but no later than next Wednesday). But just to make the bummer news a lot more uplifting, here is a projected changelog of what's going to happen that will hopefully bury the hatchet and clarify our reasons:

Eternal, Redemption, and Exile are all getting a complete wipe (accounts and characters will not be affected) to reload the freshest and latest data and core. This means literally thousands of fixes over all aspects of the game, including, but not limited to:

• Icecrown Citadel re-worked and 9/12 encounters available (6/12 bosses will be scripted, and the other 3 will be tank 'n' spanks with a small added layer of difficulty to off-set the boredom and make it more challenging)
• Hundreds of quest fixes
• About a dozen Dungeon Finder fixes
• Redesigned Stealth and Invisibility handling
• Druid Natural Shapeshifter fix
• Hunter pet and Snake Trap fixes
• Lots of abnormal fixes (such as too many spawned mobs in some areas/instances)
• Potential fix for the Guild Master, Guild Tabs, instance reset issues, and other odd player issues <- Our highest priorities at the moment

We also have plans to start running at least 2 events per day - one for each timezone - so that players from all over the world are able to participate, have fun, and get some cool custom items. More on this later!

In addition, our professional in-game architect Saiyns (the mastermind behind the maze event and the Halloween event) is concocting an extra special in-game V.I.P. area for players with V.I.P. status. The only thing I can add is that V.I.P.'s will have an item sent to them via in-game mail that allows them to teleport to this area from anywhere in the world. If you don't already have V.I.P. access and would like to get an exclusive first look at this new area when it is released, help support the server you love and purchase V.I.P.!

If that wasn't enough to whet your appetite, we also have a brand new realm opening soon - Remorse - a 255 fun realm! You can view the details on this thread.

[B3dshaker]

ohh nice, i can hardly wait to get out of this class, go home and play.

thanks again for updates!

[Dinosoid]

GREAT NEWS. Appriciate the work and im happy over the ICC stuff xD. Finnaly some hard Work to do XD

*THUMPS UP*

[C0ll3c70r]

Nice job guys. Tell us more about ICC which bosses gonna be scripted, and which one gonna be tank'n'spank. Which fights wont be able to encounter? What will be this VIP area about?

[alexumad]

Please no more custom items it just makes bad players to be even worst .

[idlafel]

I agree , we want event but just find some other way to reward us .
Custom items just ruin the game.

[Joep Bouten]

Great work!
curious to see what quests are fixed. ^^

[kittykittycat]

Can't wait for these fixes! Some of the dungeon finder bugs were irking me, though I'm still extremely happy that you guys got it working at all! You admins are amazing. Hopefully this "wipe", as was mentioned, won't affect our characters unexpectedly or something. I have faith in you GM's, though!

[Qken]

I agree , we want event but just find some other way to reward us .
Custom items just ruin the game.

Ye, why can you guys not do like before? when you gave out Relentless off-pieces in first price?...(this were when Deadly Gladiator was buyable) so this time it would be Wrathful off-pieces in first price..

[thebonx]

Cant wait for 255 realm.

[kiddow]

This update is looking good but im not so positive about the new realm...
Exile already flopped and this will lower the population on eternal and redemption even more

[Elffek]

Eternal and Redemption have at least a thousand users on at peak times, I'm not sure what you mean by "flopped".

[kiddow]

Its just that the population is too low to have a decent pvp realm...

[ironcross]

Redemption deffinetly need about 1000-2000 more players splited equaly on both factions for better raiding expirience with pugs and better pool to pick good players for guild runs imo. Also it will good for PvPing t here which reminds me s8 should be avaible for non-donors too.

[Ranana]

I agree , we want event but just find some other way to reward us .
Custom items just ruin the game.

I wouldn't mind custom items if they were cosmetic- I'd love to get, say, get permanent items that do things like the orb of deception or temporary quest transformations.
It would also promote more playing of the less-used races if it could be used casually.

Not to push, but I was wondering how the possible future update to 4.0.1 was coming- I've seen adverts for other servers that have it running. Is it true? Are they using different server thing-a-ma-jigs, or something? Last I heard, it was predicted to be a long time before anyone could emulate Cataclysm-type stuffs. I don't know anything about server-running, so I'd rather get it right from the horse's mouth than sit around speculating and listening to rumors.

[Shin]

Please no more custom items it just makes bad players to be even worst .

what "custom" items are you talking about?

[rogerroos]

When u have planned to update to Catalism ???

[Elffek]

It's Cataclysm - and use the search function that question has been answered a dozen times.

[adnan4o]

Which bosses will be tank 'n' spank ?

[Mythrylfalcon]

Icecrown Citadel re-worked and 9/12 encounters available (7/12 bosses will be scripted, and the other 3 will be tank 'n' spanks...)

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We also have plans to start running at least 2 events per day - one for each timezone

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If you don't already have V.I.P. access and would like to get an exclusive first look at this new area when it is released, help support the server you love and purchase V.I.P!

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we also have a brand new realm opening soon - Remorse - a 255 fun realm!

1. Math error? 7 scripted + 3 tank and spank = 10, not 9. Can we get a clarification? There's been issues with "available bosses" in ICC before.

2. Will there be a set time for events? It's a bit disappointing to log in to the END of an event.

3. What constitutes V.I.P. access? Just any donation made previously or do we have to acquire a certain item from the store to be V.I.P.'s

4. I'm not the first to say this and probably won't be the last, but without getting too off topic, there's going to be a great deal of frustration with an entire new realm with extensive custom scripting, when (even with the new patch) nearly half the raid content (I play on Redemption so I'll speak to that) will still be unavailable along with 2 high end 5 mans. Is there a corresponding increase in players to justify a new realm or are you splitting the existing player base into smaller fractions? Will you be offering incentives for players to try Exile and Remorse to get the population up to critical mass?

Just my thoughts,

Sharphorns
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