The Madness of Men

New Functionality and Content

• All players now have access to Asheron's Call: Dark Majesty content, regardless of whether or not they had purchased the expansion pack in the past. Please see the Letter to the Players for details.
  [LI]The Allegiance Experience system has been changed. For details, please see the following articles: Allegiance Experience and Allegiance Experience Follow-Up.
  [LI]Two existing quests - Frore and the Bunny Master - have been updated.
  [LI]The first phase of creature and chest treasure revisions has been implemented. Please see the Letter to the Players and the Rollout Article for details.
  [LI]Several improvements to allegiance and general chat. Please see the Rollout Article for details.

Miscellaneous Changes and Improvements

• We have made changes to reduce and/or prevent the severe server-side lag and black screen client bug that were experienced after the January event. Please see the Rollout Article for details.
  [LI]This month, we will be activating speed-enhancement ("speedhack") auto-enforcement on the NPK worlds. Please see the Rollout Article for details.
  The opening splash screens now show the name of the monthly event.
  [LI]Snow has stopped falling in most of Dereth, although the accumulation on the ground has not yet melted.
  [LI]The Fellowship Experience changes made last month no longer applies to experience earned from trophy turn-ins. Please see the Rollout Article for details.
  [LI]@day is now an option on the Character Options panel, and it is persistent across logins. You can still toggle it via the @day command as well.
  [LI]All existing characters on Darktide are eligible for a one-time award of experience and items. Please see the Letter to the Players for details.
  [LI]You can now hand a stack of items to an NPC instead of having to split one item off the stack first. Please see the Rollout Article for details.
  [LI]One player closing the trade window should no longer automatically close the window for the other player. Please see the Rollout Article for details.
  [LI]Removing characters from your house guest list or squelch list is no longer case-sensitive.
  [LI]A bug that was preventing use of Vincadi's Harbinger portal has been fixed.
  [LI]The collector at the Yanshi refugee camp should now give the same rewards as the other collectors.
  [LI]The Listris Nefane should no longer drop its trophy 100% of the time.
  [LI]All Nefane were doing too little damage with their tentacles, this has been resolved.
  [LI]The Dolls on the Singularity Caul should no longer be casting level 1 debuffs.
  [LI]The run speed of Marguls has been increased..
  [LI]The highest level of Runed Chests should once again spawning on landscape.
  [LI]You can now recharge Ulgrim's Casting Stein if it is wielded by using a full mana stone or charge on your paperdoll.
  [LI]You can now use the Fish Stamp on stampable shields, if you meet the requirements.
  [LI]The Sleek Dress should look correct when dyed.
  [LI]The rings received from Darhy, Nuhmudira's assistant, are now ivoryable.
  [LI]The Mace of Dissonance is no longer attuned.
  [LI]The Quintessence Sickle now has a correct wield requirement. If you are wielding a Sickle when you log in, and do not meet the 325 base Axe wield requirement, you will unwield the Sickle. Please see the Letter to the Players for details..

Minor Details

• The Nexus Town Information Guide handed out by Society Agents at each town has been tweaked to be easier to read.
  [LI]Enchanted damage modifiers on missile weapons should now be properly shown in green in the ID panel.
  [LI]Several buildings on the Singularity Caul have been tweaked to improve how they sit on landscape.
  [LI]Scrum no longer casts war spells, but his debuffs have gotten nastier.
  [LI]The NPCs in the Hidden Cavern are a little more talkative.
  [LI]Your girth area should no longer flash when equipping a Rendeath Shreth Coat.
  [LI]New Rendeath Shreth Coats will no longer have a white girth area when dropped or hooked. This does not change existing Coats.
  [LI]You should no longer get stuck on the ledge above the cage in Oolutanga's Refuge.
  [LI]The second guard in the Training Academy no longer repeats himself unnecessarily.
  [LI]It is no longer possible to write in the untranslated Elemental Tomes.
  [LI]Signs in Al-Jalima should no longer be on the ground.
  [LI]The text in a Samsur town sign has been fixed.
  [LI]The bags sold by the Candeth Keep tree vendors are now the correct color.
  [LI]The Hieromancer's Gauntlets are now spelled correctly, as are Banderling Hierophants.
  [LI]The Peerless Drudge Charm Necklace now has the correct name.
  [LI]Tachis wielded by high-level Drudges no longer have an incorrect icon.
  [LI]Several creatures have been tweaked for balance.
  [LI]A typo in the Book of Quests for New Explorers has been fixed.
  [LI]The Surface portal in the Unicorn's Grace dungeon no longer says "Exit to Sruface".
  [LI]A typo in Samuel's speech has been corrected.