{"id":407,"date":"2021-07-30T16:40:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T16:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/2021\/07\/30\/live-hot-fix-notes-and-midsummer-event\/"},"modified":"2021-07-30T16:40:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T16:40:30","slug":"live-hot-fix-notes-and-midsummer-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/2021\/07\/30\/live-hot-fix-notes-and-midsummer-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Hot Fix Notes and Midsummer Event"},"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!<\/p>\n<p>\tMidsummer&#8217;s Spirit of War event will run from <span><strong>today, July 30th, until Tuesday, August 24th, 2021.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read on for the full event details and live hot fix notes!<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/darkageofcamelot.com\/article\/midsummer-spirit-war-event-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https\/\/darkageofcamelot.com\/sites\/daoc\/files\/images\/images\/sshot038.jpg\" style=\"width: 350px;height: 280px;border-width: 5px;border-style: solid\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n<h4>\n\t<strong>Live Hot Fix Notes<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4>\n\t&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<div>\n\t<strong>Keep Changes<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tThe Protection Obelisk&#8217;s damage reduction buff has been improved to also provide uninterrupted casting to recipients on the inner keep roof and inside the lord&#8217;s room.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tThis change is designed to encourage attackers to destroy the obelisk prior to attempting to engage the lord room of a keep as well as provide additional benefit to keep defenders.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tThe cost of the Protection Obelisk upgrade has been increased from 50,000 to 75,000 bounty points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tRealms controlling 4 or less relics can now purchase and apply an upgrade that instantly levels their keep to level 5.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tThis costs 115,000 bounty points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tRealms controlling 2 or less relics can now purchase and apply an upgrade that instantly levels their keep to level 9.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tThis costs 225,000 bounty points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tLevel 10 inner keeps no longer have climb points up to their oil level. Outer wall climb points remain as is.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n\t<strong>Realm vs Realm<\/strong><br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tOne-way teleports to Ellan Vannin safe areas have been re-enabled.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tStand on the portal pad in each realm&#8217;s strength relic town to teleport to your realm&#8217;s safe area on Ellan Vannin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tEllan Vannin towers may still not be teleported to but have had their difficulty reduced to that of a level 5 tower.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tThe Ellan Vannin Obelisk remains but has been relocated next to the portal pad.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tPlayers must now be at least level 45 to use the Folley Lake, Trellebourg, or Moydrium Castle teleports at the obelisk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n\t<strong>Ruined Areas<\/strong><br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tThe damage lightning that targets groups of 2 or more in these areas has been changed to a 75% effectiveness debuff with a 30s duration.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tThe timer before this effect is applied when entering the area as a group has been reduced from 60s down to 15s<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tOnce activated this effect is still applied every 5 seconds and still interrupts as the lightning did.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n\t<strong>Mithril Shop<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n\tMidsummer calls for some new looks!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https\/\/darkageofcamelot.com\/sites\/daoc\/files\/images\/images\/DragonWings3realms.jpg\" style=\"width: 500px;height: 313px;border-width: 5px;border-style: solid\" \/><br \/>\n\t<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\tStone Dragon Cosmetic Wings can now be purchased at the Albion Mithril Shop in Camelot!<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\tWolf Dragon Cosmetic Wings can now be purchased at the Midgard Mithril Shop in Jordheim!<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\tGlimmer Dragon Cosmetic Wings can now be purchased at the Hibernia Mithril Shop in Tir na Nog!<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n\t<strong>Class Changes<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\tHeavy tanks have had the following adjustments to their survivability in order to make them a bit more vulnerable to magic and siege damage:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\tMemories of War reduced from 20% to 10% secondary magic resists.<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNOTE: The delve on this ability will be updated with the next downtime, but the effect is now correctly 10%.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\tSiege Resistance reduced from 50% to 33% siege damage reduction.<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNOTE: The delve on this ability will be updated with the next downtime, but the effect is now correctly 33%.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\tFury reduced from 50% chance to resist crowd control effects and 50% magic resistances down to 45%.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\tNecromancers&#8217;s Chthonic Form no longer provides the 10% secondary resistance buff.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\tAnimist, Bonedancer, and Necromancer realm-targeted Absorption Buffs have been changed to group-targeted chants that last 30 seconds and pulse with a 10 second frequency.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n\t<strong>Bug Fixes<\/strong><br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t\t\tPets should no longer become stuck when attacking milegate doors on Ellan Vannin.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\n\t<br \/>\n\tMidsummer Event<\/h3>\n<p>\nThe 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 offered 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 offered 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<li>\n\t\t\t\tNote: Siege towers are disabled for the duration of the event on ALL keeps.<\/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 the same zone that the Spirit of War is currently in 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 the same zone.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThis buff does not stack with or overwrite Buggane Draught buffs; however if that buff is currently active it 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.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPlayers can also receive the quest by heading to the keep that the Spirit of War is flying above (8,000 units).&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tTo receive quest kill credit, players will need to fight in the same zone that the Spirit of War is currently in.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Complete this quest to earn your realm&#8217;s scaly companion and choose between the Midsummer&#8217;s Triumphant Wrap or Midsummer Battlefield Potion!<\/strong><\/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><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: The Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Midsummer celebration is upon us! Midsummer&#8217;s Spirit of War event will run from today, July 30th, until Tuesday, August 24th, 2021. Read on for the full event details and live hot fix notes! &nbsp; Live Hot Fix Notes &nbsp; Keep Changes The Protection Obelisk&#8217;s damage reduction buff has been improved to also provide uninterrupted&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/2021\/07\/30\/live-hot-fix-notes-and-midsummer-event\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-herald-news","xfolkentry","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}