Publish 68.3 Released to Origin

[Sage Aurora]

Gonna toss this up here while I still have it on my clipboard:
(*grins* Zur would have copied it anyway)


General News
Publish 68.3 Released to Origin - Today!
James Nichols
26 Oct 2010 17:04:24 EST

Update - 6:00PM EDT: While we did not previously provide an ETA we wanted to inform players that we anticipate downtime for Origin to last up to two additional hours (8:00PM EDT). We appreciate your patience while we deploy this publish, thank you.

Greetings!

We are pleased to announce to release of Publish 68.3 to Origin today at approximately 5:00PM EDT , below you can find out what's new - thanks and have fun.

Publish 68.3

Halloween Event

A mysterious merchant has appeared near the Umbra moongate selling treats for hellhounds. Little is known of his motive, but know that giving treats to hellhounds this time of year is not for the faint of heart!

Enjoy trick or treating with the town NPCs! There are 4 new items that you may get. Be sure your begging skills are up to the challenge!

Live Event

There is a new quest giver in Trammel Britain by the moongate. Visit him to find out how you can get a replica of the Book of Truth.

Those who are loyal to the Bane Chosen can visit Trammel Magincia and seek out Miegen for a quest. You will need 7500 loyalty with the Bane Chosen to get his quest.Loyalty cap for the Bane Chosen, the Meer, and the Ophidians has been raised to 10,000.

13th Year Anniversary Rewards

This year there are various items to pick :

Message in a Bottle Revamp

New Items to Fish Up:

New Message in a Bottle Chest items:

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* Enchanted Kelp Woven Leggings:

* Bronzed Armor of the Valkyrie:

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Small chance to pull up a ship StrongBox instead of a MIB Chest

Saltpeter is now a mineable resource– Need High Seas Entitlement

New Rare Crab and Lobster Trophy’s

Bug Fixes

Enhanced Client

Classic Client

[Rotep]

Those are some nice fished up items the bow and legs especially. To bad I wouldn't have been able to fit those legs in with the tunic I'd have bah.

[Sage Aurora]

Publish 68.3 to all Shards - 5:00PM EDT
James Nichols
28 Oct 2010 16:18:00 EST

Greetings!

Publish 68.3 will be released to all shards at 5:00PM EDT today, we apologize for the inconvenience but want to ensure players are able to fully enjoy the Halloween Event. Additionally, Origin will be open once again at the conclusion of the downtime. We estimate the update to be completed by 8:00PM EDT.

[Sage Aurora]

Customer Service
Server Restarts All Shards - 10:00PM EDT
James Nichols
28 Oct 2010 20:01:13 EST

Greetings!

All shards will be restarted tonight at 10:00PM EDT to resolve an issue with this evenings publish. We apologize for this additional inconvenience and expect all shards to be back online by 11:00PM EDT. Thank you for your continued patience.


Cats is already down however, it went down at 9:15 PM EDT