Rollout Article
posted on 11-Nov-2004

At long last the page ran red with blood. Months of unending silence gave way to a horde that rivaled the incursion of the Olthoi. Words scribbled across the page; the prophecies began to form once again. Too long had the book thirsted for blood; too long had its words lay hidden within. The fragile fabric of the future spun from the web of the book's whim as the dark past suddenly returned full circle.

Another piece to a grand puzzle was played. Darkness gained another ally.

Many of this month's changes have already been described in detail in the Letter to the Players. Here are some additional topics that we'd like to discuss in detail.

PKL and the Altar of Asheron

Since the introduction of Player Killer Lite, there has been a bug that could cause PKL combat to interfere with returning to NPK status from PK. For example, if you turn PKL, kill another PKL player, then go PK, you will be unable to go NPK despite the fact that you haven't committed a PK kill.

This bug should be resolved for this event. PKL kills will not count against the PK/NPK timer.

Allegiance Info

The @allegiance info command has always been on a timer to avoid frequent repeated use by multiple players, which could bog down the server. However it was put on the text spam timer, which meant that if you were near the end of the timer and tried to use the command, the amount of time that you needed to wait would increase.

As of this event, @allegiance info is now on a flat 30 second timer. Using the command before the timer has run out will tell you how long you must wait before using it again, but the amount of time will not increase.