[Nof Samedisþjófr]

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I know, it's not Friday, or even Thursday. But since I can't be with you on Friday, and I didn't want to miss the grab bag... enjoy the early column.

Happy holidays! Things may be a little quiet for the next week and a half, as we emerge with blinking, bleary eyes into the cold winter sunlight. It has been a busy and exciting year, and this is the season where developers remind spouses, children, dogs, hamsters, and friends that they exist. We’ll be back, full force, in January.

Now, on to the grab bag!

Q: Regarding your proposed server clustering concept – what about those of us who have characters on all the servers in a proposed cluster?

A: I am not including this in the grab bag because I have an answer. I don't. Not a final one, anyway – the team is discussing a number of possible solutions, all with different pros and cons.

I included this in the grab bag so that you would know that *I* know this is your number one top question about server clustering. (Let's just say that out of hundreds of questions this past week, this one was easily half of them. And last week was worse.) I also want to thank you all for your many fine suggestions. We should be able to tell you more in January.

Q: Will there be a merchant that sells Aurulite for testers on Pendragon, like how there is a merchant that sells Darkness Falls seals?

A: Yes! Notification went into the hot fixes we posted earlier. Thanks for the suggestion.

Newcomers to Camelot – please note that these are among the many benefits to playing on our test server. Hey, I'm just saying.

Q: I was wondering if it was intended for there not to be a cloak on the lvl 30 armor merchant in the inconnu crypt. I went to get armor for my new heretic, and I noticed that everything else was there except the cloak. All of the other merchants had the appropriate cloak with their individual armor sets, but the lvl 30 merchant did not.

A: This and many other changes to the stores are currently on our internal testing server, and will roll to Pendragon after the new year. Our Item Mistress said the changes were too big for a hot fix, and Bad Things happen when we don't listen to her.

Q: Sanya, why can't Heretics use Malice or the croc ring? It will be a terrible shame to be able to spec crush, and not use those items. When those of us who were wanting to play heretics heard that we could spec crush 100% of us first thought oh goody malice! I hope this is changed soon.

A: Your Item Mistress wants you to know that you're right. She said "Malice's Mace and Crocodile Tear Ring should indeed be available for Heretics to activate. Watch for the patch notes indicating it has been fixed."

Q: How come in the instanced dungeons found in classic camelot areas the creatures stop dropping items after you leave the level 1-10 instance?

A: Here’s the official answer: "Classic Camelot zones in general do not drop ROG items, so we generally stayed consistent with that [design] in the instanced areas. Players instead receive aurulite in the instanced adventure wings. The aurulite can be used to purchase armor, weapons, and jewelry that is suitable to the player's class. Each adventure wing also has a boss monster that does drop a handmade item. The dungeon task monsters do not drop items as experience is the primary reward in these dungeons. However, the monsters are also worth more coin [than the monsters in ordinary zones] as they do not have a treasure table."

Q: Is there any truth to the rumor that the "early adopter" orbs will turn into respec stones. I have purchased three copies of Catacombs, which have been wrapped and placed under the Christmas tree with care. Will I be losing a respec stone on each of these accounts by insisting our family wait till Christmas, or is there no basis to this persistant rumor?

A: As I put it when I posted the patch notes – I promise, it's just a little shiny thing to equip and wave at people who didn't buy Catacombs in the first week. It doesn't DO anything, and no, it will not turn into a respec stone (so please don't try to sell them for nine gazillion plat; yes, I'm talking to YOU, mister man on Hib Guin).

Before some of our more jaded readers roll their eyes and say, "It doesn’t DO anything, what’s the POINT," I would like to direct their attention to people who know perfectly well that it doesn't do anything, and are still mad that they didn't get theirs before we stopped offering the orbs. Sometimes, it really is all about the "bling." Or something like that.

Anyway, good sir, you may make your family wait until the big present opening day with a clear conscience.

Q: Hail. I am GM of my guild, and when viewing the guild information here on the Herald, I see a name missing. It's my understanding that if a character/account just goes inactive that the player will remain in the guild, and that if the character/account is deleted by the owner they will no longer appear there. Is this the case that he deleted his character(s)or is the Herald still not fully functioning properly? I thank ye for your time. /bow

A: Until recently, what you said in your email was true. When we streamlined the Herald processes a few weeks ago, we fixed it so that a player who has stopping paying for his account will not display on the Herald. (Players who have canceled but not yet run out of prepaid time will still display.)

Q: My character has not been updating properly on the Herald.

A: Everyone who wrote to me with that problem this week hailed from Nimue. There was a problem with that server's connection with the Herald. We've got a temporary solution in place right now, but it runs a little slow. Please be patient while we work to get the problem fixed, and thanks very much for bringing it to my attention.

Q: Will there be a DAOC 2?

A: Over the dead body of all the people working on DAOC.

Q: Hello, I was gone from the game for awhile and when I came back I was not able to log onto several of my toons that were logged out in the frontiers and the battlegrounds. I stopped playing before NF took effect and know that has something to do with it. Now that I am back playing is there a way that you could free them up for me or at least give me a toon of equal lvl? Thank you very much.

A: Welcome back. (I've been trying to run this question regularly as we welcome "home" many old friends, so if this is a repeat for you, please be patient with me.)

Please send an appeal with one of your alternate characters that you can log in, and tell us the names of the characters that are in limbo, AND the servers where they are located. You can even mention in the appeal whether you’d like to be moved to the main city on the mainland, or the main city for your realm in Shrouded Isles. (If you don't say, the CSR will pick for you.) The CSRs will be happy to fish you out of the darkness.

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There will be no grab bag on December 31 (I'll be taking practically my first trip ever out of the country, try not to miss me :P), but look for its return on January 7.

Your friends at the Camelot Vault have set up a nifty artifact database: http://camelotvault.ign.com/?dir=artifacts. It's community driven content, so if you feel like adding some of your artifacts, head on over! Thanks, Olafur, for all the hard work. And thanks are as always due to Swanny, the rock of the internet.

Speaking of the Vault, I just wanted to shout out to Ant Butternut. You are certifiably insane, and you never fail to amuse. I am not blond.

I also would like to wish a very happy holidays to all the news and fan sites – Catacombs, Safehouse, Allakhazam, GameRifts, Ianstorm, Gamergod, and more. Even Corpnews. Thanks for a wonderful year – you all are the backbone of the community, and I wouldn't be here without you. If I left your site out, it’s not because of you, it’s because I messed up.

A big Ho Ho Ho to the team leads and to Team Teal! Gooooooo team. Or is it BAAAAAAAA team?

Though the Herald will be a little quiet for the next week, don't stop checking – Missy is planning to update the Community section with your news and special events, so keep sending in those announcements!

Have a wonderful holiday, and please accept the best wishes from all of us at the Herald, and the whole Mythic team. PLEASE, everyone, be safe. If you want to imbibe… do it behind the keyboard, not behind the wheel.

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Traduction en cours.

[Vilya]

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Publié par Sanya

It has been a busy and exciting year, and this is the season where developers remind spouses, children, dogs, hamsters, and friends that they exist. We’ll be back, full force, in January.

Je suis fan
Merci pour l'info Nof.

[Nof Samedisþjófr]

Traduction de ce qui nous concerne(ra) :

- La semaine à venir sera plus calme que d'habitude en raison des fêtes. Le travail reprendra en janvier.

- La question numéro 1 à propos des regroupements de serveurs [NdT : annonce à ce sujet] concerne les joueurs qui posséderaient des personnages sur plusieurs serveurs ainsi regroupés. Il n'y a pour le moment rien qui ait été décidé en ce sens, et donc pas de réponse à donner.

- De nombreux ajouts et modifications des inventaires des marchands de Catacombes vont être fait lors d'une prochaine mise à jour du jeu, notamment pour corriger l'absence de cape de niveau 30.

- Les Hérétiques ne peuvent pas utiliser pour le moment la Hache de Malveillance ou l'Anneau de Larmes du Crocodile, mais devraient en avoir la possibilité lors d'une prochaine mise à jour.

- Les zones classiques ne donnent normalement pas d'objets aléatoires, Mythic a donc essayé de conserver ce fait dans les zones instanciées [NdT : article à ce sujet]. À la place, les joueurs peuvent obtenir de l'aurulite dans ces zones, qui peut être échangée contre des armures, armes et bijoux disponibles pour toutes les classes. Chaque zone dispose aussi d'un monstre nommé qui laisse à sa mort un objet prédéfini. Les monstres des zones de missions instanciées ne donnent par contre ni objet ni aurulite, car l'expérience est le principal attrait de ces donjons. Ils donnent cependant plus d'or pour compenser.

- Une rumeur voulait que, pour Noël, les orbes lumineuses de Catacombes [NdT : annonce à ce sujet] se transformeraient en pierres de re-spécialisation. C'est faux, et mais ça n'empêche pas certains joueurs d'être malades d'avoir loupé ce cadeau.

- Depuis quelques semaines, les personnages sur un compte qui n'a pas d'abonnement en cours n'apparaissent plus sur les chroniques de Mythic.

- Un DAoC 2 ne se ferra que sur les corps morts et refroidis de l'équipe travaillant sur DAoC.

- Si vous n'avez plus connecté des personnages depuis longtemps, et que ces personnages étaient dans les vaux ou en zone frontière avant l'installation de NF, vous pouvez avoir des problèmes pour les connecter. Dans un tel cas, contactez le support technique en précisant si vous le préférez déplacés à la capitale ou sur SI.

- Le site en anglais Camelot Vault a mis en place une base de données d'artefacts : http://camelotvault.ign.com/?dir=artifacts . Ce site dépend des ajouts de la communauté, n'hésitez pas à combler les manques.

- Si vous voulez célébrer les fêtes avec de la boisson, faites le devant votre clavier, pas devant votre volant.

Grossièrement, l'expression over my dead body signifie : jamais de la vie.

Merci pour la traduction.

[Peritele]

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- Si vous voulez célébrer les fêtes avec de la boisson, faites le devant votre clavier, pas devant votre volant.

Excellent rappel
Mici pour la traduction

[Lundrah Sawson]

Merci Nof pour cette traduction....

Joyeux Noël !!!!!

[Shok]

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- Un DAoC 2 ne se ferra que sur les corps morts et refroidis de l'équipe travaillant sur DAoC.

[Tenacious]

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Publié par Nof Samedisthjofr

- Un DAoC 2 ne se ferra que sur les corps morts et refroidis de l'équipe travaillant sur DAoC.

Ils ont pas du penser que fait que l'on finira bien par atteindre la version 2.00 Même si cela n'aura pas la même signification que DAoC2

Mais on sera quand même en version DAoC v2.00

[Lameh Dba]

(Merci pour la traduction et bonnes fêtes à tous )

[Khalizad / Fakushkas]

Merci pour la traduction nof.

[Fenrhyl Wulfson]

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Ils ont pas du penser que fait que l'on finira bien par atteindre la version 2.00 Même si cela n'aura pas la même signification que DAoC2

Mais on sera quand même en version DAoC v2.00

Non, DAOC V1.OA ^^