{"id":208,"date":"2018-07-26T16:46:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T16:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/2018\/07\/26\/midsummer-traveling-merchants-and-hot-fix-notes\/"},"modified":"2018-07-26T16:46:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T16:46:22","slug":"midsummer-traveling-merchants-and-hot-fix-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/2018\/07\/26\/midsummer-traveling-merchants-and-hot-fix-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Midsummer, Traveling Merchants, and Hot Fix Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>The Midsummer celebration is upon us with a brand new event! Midsummer and the traveling merchants will run from <span style=\"color:#800000\"><strong>today, July 26th, 2018, through August 23rd, 2018<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\tRead on for the full notes, including some Hot Fixes which are now live!<\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n<h4>\n\tMidsummer Event<\/h4>\n<p>\nA brand new Midsummer Event is now live!<\/p>\n<p>Find and speak with the following NPCs to participate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tGuy in Albion&#8217;s strength relic town (Catterick Hamlet)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tGarmr in Midgard&#8217;s strength relic town (Godrborg)<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tSalle in Hibernia&#8217;s strength relic town (Criar Treflan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nThe event is made up of 2 stages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tDuring Stage 1 of the event, level 50 characters will be offerred the [Midsummer] Dragon Eggs quest from Guy, Garmr, or Salle.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tEach completion of this quest grants 1,000 realm points!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tThe first realm to complete 150 of the [Midsummer] Dragon Eggs quests wins the first stage!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tWhen one realm wins, the other 2 realms&#8217; progress is not lost and they can pick up where they left off after stage 2 is complete and the event has reset.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tAfter a realm wins, no realms will be able to turn in the [Midsummer] Dragon Eggs quest again until the next stage is completed and the event has reset.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tPlayers can speak with Guy, Garmr, or Salle in their relic towns to check the event&#8217;s current [status].<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When a realm completes Stage 1, Stage 2 begins.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tDuring Stage 2 of the event, level 50 characters will be offerred the [Midsummer] Spirit of War quest from Guy, Garmr, or Salle. A Dark Dragon will spawn and CAPTURE one of the following <strong>enemy realm <\/strong>keeps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tAlbion is victorious: Nottmoor Faste, Blendrake Faste, Hlidskialf Faste, Dun Crimthainn, Dun Bolg, or Dun da Behnn<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tMidgard is victorious: Caer Berkstead, Caer Erasleigh, Caer Sursbrooke,&nbsp;Dun Crimthainn, Dun Bolg, or Dun da Behnn<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tHibernia victorious: Caer Berkstead, Caer Erasleigh, Caer Sursbrooke, Nottmoor Faste, Blendrake Faste, or Hlidskialf Faste<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tThe captured keep is chosen randomly.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHowever, a keep can only be captured if the winning realm does not already own it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tDark Dragons repeatedly destroy the outer walls of any keep they are flying over.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tFor the duration of this event, keep walls on all keeps will not provide realm points when repaired. Keep doors still provide realm points when repaired.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tOnce a keep has been captured by the Dark Dragon, any realm can take it and defend it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tOnce a realm has taken the keep, the keep behaves as normal and the Dark Dragon will not ever re-capture it; however the outer keep walls will still be repeatedly destroyed as long as the Dark Dragon is alive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tThe Spirit of War will spawn to battle the Dark Dragon at the keep.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tPlayers that fight within ~8,000 in-game units of the Spirit of War will receive the &#8220;Spirit of War&#8217;s Mark&#8221; &#8211; <strong>a 75% realm point buff<\/strong> that lasts 30 seconds and refreshes instantly so long as you remain in range of the keep.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThis buff does not stack with or overwrite Buggane&#8217;s Folly or Lone Wolf buffs; however if either of those buffs are currently active they will need to be dropped for the Spirit of War&#8217;s Mark buff to affect the character.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tOnce a Dark Dragon has spawned and captured a keep, the [Midsummer] Spirit of War quest will become available from Guy, Garmr, and Salle.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tThis quest asks players to earn 25 enemy realm kills while they have the Spirit of War&#8217;s Mark buff active.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tThis means players will need to fight in and around the keep (roughly 8,000 units around each keep) in order to receive quest credit for the kills.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tComplete this quest to earn the Midsummer&#8217;s Triumphant Wrap!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tAfter the Dark Dragon and Spirit of the War have battled over a keep for 45 minutes, the Spirit of War will summon Dragon Ballista siege weapons that can be used to kill the Dark Dragon.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tThese Dragon Ballista will do negligible damage to everything except the Dark Dragon &#8211; but beware, the Dark Dragon doesn&#8217;t like their attention!<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tKilling the Dark Dragon will cause the inner keep to be destroyed and it&#8217;s door to be opened!<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tOnce the Dark Dragon is killed, the Spirit of War will only remain so long as there is still a battle being waged at the keep.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tIf, after roughly 3 and a half hours, the Dark Dragon has not been killed, it will retreat from the battlefield.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tOnce the Dark Dragon has retreated, the Spirit of War will only remain so long as there is still a battle being waged at the keep.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tIf the Dark Dragon retreats, the inner keep and its door are not destroyed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tOnce the Spirit of War leaves a keep, the event resets and the [Midsummer] Dragon Eggs quest can be obtained and completed again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let the siege battles begin!<\/p>\n<h4>\n\tTraveling Merchants<\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tThe Traveling Merchants make their return and hawk their wares in the following locations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tAlbion: just outside Castle Sauvage<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tMidgard: just outside Svasud Faste<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tHibernia: just outside Drium Ligen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\n\tHot Fix Notes<\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tThe [Daily] Battle of Buggane&#8217;s Obelisk quest now grants credit within the entire zone that the obelisk currently resides.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tAs such, the chance for the obelisk to spawn in Ellan Vannin has been lowered slightly. It still has the highest chance but the other locations should happen a bit more frequently now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tThe Buggane&#8217;s Obelisk no longer spawns in Emain Macha at the Hibernia maze, instead spawning in Breifine at Cavana&#8217;s Drift location on the map.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tThe [Daily] A Solo Road has had its requirements changed as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tPlayers can now earn 1 solo kill on Ellan Vannin or at any Ruined\/Maze area.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tPlayers must still earn 5 solo kills anywhere in the Frontiers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tCurse Campaign Glove reward \/use timers should now behave correctly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: The Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Midsummer celebration is upon us with a brand new event! Midsummer and the traveling merchants will run from today, July 26th, 2018, through August 23rd, 2018. Read on for the full notes, including some Hot Fixes which are now live! Midsummer Event A brand new Midsummer Event is now live! 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