Posted by John Thornhill | 2018 Jan 09 11:36 -0500 GMT
Update 12:40 PM EST / 5:40 PM GMT: Ywain is once again open and available to all players!
The Ywain server will be coming down today (11:00 AM EST / 4:00 PM GMT) to perform some additional maintenance to address the in-game delays with gameplay and chat.
Servers are expected back up within 2 hours.
We also want to provide a bit more context for these in-game delays that many players are experiencing. All of our servers and services are hosted on the cloud and are affected by the recent software updates required to mitigate the Meltdown vulnerability. We heavily rely on these cloud services to run the game as smoothly as possible.
For more information on the recently discovered CPU vulnerability issues, please check out this article.
Unfortunately, the New Frontiers region on the Ywain server was only temporarily fixed by our configuration change last Friday. We started noticing more delays on Saturday afternoon and have been trying some behind-the-scenes fixes that don't involve downtime since then; none of which have fully resolved the issues. Fortunately, all other servers and services were fixed by that Friday downtime and are still looking good and performing better than ever.
With this downtime today, we will be trying a more robust configuration change to Ywain that we are hopeful will fix its remaining issues as well. Thank you all for your patience and understanding!
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Posted by John Thornhill | 2018 Jan 05 11:40 -0500 GMT
Update 1:04 PM EST / 5:04 PM GMT: Ywain is back online and available to all players. Thank you for your patience!
The Ywain server will be coming down today (11:00 AM EST / 4:00 PM GMT) to perform maintenance intended to address some in-game delays with gameplay and chat.
Servers are expected back up within 4 hours.
We've noticed some poorer performance than normal in New Frontiers and want to make a configuration change to our server hosting to try and address it prior to the weekend.
We appreciate your patience and understanding as we perform this downtime.
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Posted by John Thornhill | 2018 Jan 02 15:23 -0500 GMT
All servers are online and open to players!
Update: Ywain, Gaheris, and Pendragon are now online and open to players! Archived servers are still undergoing maintenance and will be up within the next couple of hours.
The Ywain, Gaheris, Pendragon and all archived servers will be coming down tomorrow, January 3rd (5:45 AM EST / 10:45 AM GMT) to perform an Amazon server hosting security update.
Due to the amount of servers and background-processes under maintenance, servers are expected back up within 10 hours. Intermittent downtime may be noticed with the Account Center and the Herald websites but any issues reaching those sites should clear up within a few minutes.
We appreciate your patience and understanding as we perform this extended downtime.
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Posted by John Thornhill | 2017 Dec 21 11:11 -0500 GMT
The 21st of December is here which means that Midwinter is truly upon us. Celebrate the holiday spirit with our Twelve Days of Midwinter give-a-way event!
On the first day of Midwinter, Broadsword gave to me...
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Login to the game and visit the following NPCs to receive a special reward each day!
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Albion: Santa Nicholas in Camelot's church
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Midgard: Kris Kringle in Jordheim's Assembly Hall
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Hibernia: Daidi na Nollag in Tir na Nog's Alainn Cuir
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Speak with the above NPCs to reveal your reward for each day.
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Each day's reward will be revealed around 10:15 AM EST / 3:15 PM GMT and last the remainder of that day.
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If you miss a day, you will be able to catch up and receive the missed rewards by visiting the NPC on subsequent days.
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This means if you simply login on the twelfth day, you'll receive all 12 rewards!
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Make sure you have room in your inventory!
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These rewards are limited to level 50s and can only be obtained once per character.
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All rewards will be tradable.
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This event will run from today, December 21st, 2017 for the next twelve days, with the last day being January 1st, 2018!
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Posted by John Thornhill | 2017 Dec 20 11:58 -0500 GMT
Another exciting year in Dark Age of Camelot is almost in the books and another, even more exciting year is about to begin! Even more exciting, you say? Unquestionably - but I can’t just spoil things right away, you’ll have to read through the letter to find out why!
There are three major development goals that we intend to accomplish over the next year.
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Make Realm vs Realm the best experience possible. This means returning RvR’s focus to the combat and realm war.
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Improve the returning player experience. Streamline and update the many avenues to getting a character back up to speed.
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Grow the game’s population. More marketing, community engagement, a continued focus on user experience (UX) updates, and new incentives to play.
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Posted by John Thornhill | 2017 Dec 19 07:32 -0500 GMT
In celebration of the Midwinter Festival, we have the following notes (including one Hot Fix!) for you:
Hot Fix
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Buggane's Obelisk will no longer spawn at the Lucan's Summit, Uald Heights, or Cavana Drift locations.
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The obelisk can still spawn at the three realm maze locations or on Ellan Vannin.
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The chance for it to spawn on Ellan Vannin is now double that of any of the maze locations.
Midwinter Festival
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The Frozen Medal of Honor and Frozen Cloaks of Midwinter are once again available!
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Battleground Presents are there to be gathered!
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50% RP, BP, and XP bonuses are now live!
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The Traveling Merchants have made their winterly return to the realms!
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The Frozen Cavern instance will not return with Midwinter and instead will be available in a separate event in late January.
Midwinter will start today, December 19th, and will run until January 15th, 2018.
The 12 days of Midwinter event will begin on Thursday, December 21st!
Read on for more details!
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Posted by Community | 2017 Dec 15 16:13 -0500 GMT
Welcome to the last Grab Bag of 2017! We've had a lot of interesting, fun and, I hope, helpful Grab Bags. Looking forward to more in 2018 :) We're going to take a litle bag break here for the holidays, and will return with more Grab Bags after the New Year!
For those wondering where our Midwinter event is, fear not! Midwinter festival returns to the realms early next week, with the 12 days of Midwinter back for the 2nd year running later in the week.
If you have any game related questions for our DAoC Devs, please send them in through our Grab Bag submission form. Please note this is for game questions, feedback should be sent in through our feedback form.
Click 'more' to read this week's Grab Bag! :)
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Posted by John Thornhill | 2017 Dec 12 18:43 -0500 GMT
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Posted by Community | 2017 Dec 06 15:08 -0500 GMT
A lot of fights, fun, and drama later we have our overall 1v1 final players! Well done to everyone who took part, and congrats to the below winners. The final will be held this Sunday, Dec 10th, at 3PM EST / 9PM CET on the Pendragon server, and streamed live on our official Twitch channel!
Winner Roundup
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Archers |
Assassins |
Casters |
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1st - Niightstalkerr (Hunter)
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1st - Fantam (SB)
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2nd - Snowdog (SB)
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1st - Goinghurd (BD)
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2nd - Evoenia (WL)
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Hybrids |
Light Tanks |
Heavy Tanks |
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1st - Haoas (Reav)
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2nd - Yeias (Champ)
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1st - Axv (Merc)
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2nd - Waltr (BM)
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1st - Romanvs (Arms)
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2nd - Rauk (Warr)
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Match ups will be announced the day of the tournament. A note for our finalists: please be on Pendragon and ready to start at least 10 minutes beforehand!
Details on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd placed rewards has also been updated. Head over to our 1v1 Tournament page and check out the prizes :)
Good luck to all!
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Posted by Community | 2017 Dec 01 18:21 -0500 GMT
Happy December! Time flies when you're having fun, and the Grab Bag is always fun! :)
Before we get on to the questions, our November newsletter went out earlier this week so check your inboxes! If you haven't signed up yet, all is not lost, you can sign up via this link. In the meantime, you can view the full newsletter, and past issues, in your browser by clicking here.
Congrats to Romanvs (1st place) and Rauk (2nd place) for advancing through the Heavy Tanks 1v1 archetype! Archers are the next and final archetypes to go head to head before our overall 1v1 final. Tune in to our official Twitch channel on Sunday, Dec 3rd from 3PM EST/8PM CET to catch all the fights!
If you have any game related questions for our DAoC Devs, please send them in through our Grab Bag submission form. Please note this is for game questions, feedback should be sent in through our feedback form.
Clicky clicky on the more link for this weeks questions :)
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