Editing Archived AC News - 2008 (section)

=== April ===
'''Important Announcement Regarding Recent Downtimes''' - [http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showthread.php?t=38354 Link]

''Greetings,


''It's been a long week, so I'm particularly pleased to be able to announce that the Asheron's Call team will be bringing you in-game rewards as part of the May event!

''We'll save the specifics for the May Release notes but just to give you an idea: Rewards will range from a pack doll to a free level, with many other cool things in-between (and maybe a surprise or two).

''No one likes extended downtimes – especially us. We know that many of you missed out on planned play time due to the maintenance. While we can't replace that time, we hope you enjoy this in-game reward as a token of our gratitude for your patience.


''Thanks for playing Asheron's Call!<br>
__________________<br>
''Andy "Frelorn" Cataldo

--[[User:An Adventurer|An Adventurer]] 14:07, 18 April 2008 (CDT)
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'''Maintenance Extended'''

'''''Update:''''' ''In order to ensure that everything is working properly, we are extending the Authentication downtime window until 5pm Eastern.''

--[[User:An Adventurer|An Adventurer]] 13:54, 18 April 2008 (CDT)
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'''Authentication & myaccount.turbine.com Critical Maintenance 4/18/08 9:30AM – 2:30PM E''' - [http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showthread.php?&postid=400609#post400609 Link]

''The game server authentication system and myaccount.turbine.com will be undergoing critical maintenance on Friday, April 18 from 9:30AM – 2:30PM Eastern (-5 GMT). During this time players will be unable to log into the game, register new keys, or make changes to their Turbine accounts on myaccount.turbine.com. Thank you for your cooperation and patience as we work out the issue!<br>
__________________<br>
''Andy "Frelorn" Cataldo

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'''Authentication Issues: Thursday April 17, 2008''' - [http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showthread.php?&postid=400583#post400583 Link]

Saffron of Turbine posted this announcement:
''We are currently troubleshooting an issue with authentication. The myaccount.turbine.com site is currently down. If you encounter trouble logging into the game, please try again. Thanks for your cooperation while we work on the problem!

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'''Turbine Global Maintenance 4/14/08 7am Eastern - 11am Eastern (-5 GMT)''' - [http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showthread.php?&postid=399154#post399154 Link]

All Turbine services will be down on Monday April 14th from 7am Eastern - 11am Eastern (-5 GMT) for maintenance. During this time the billing and authentication servers will be offline. In addition, all turbine forums will be viewable, but players may not be able to log into their accounts. Players who are already in the game at the time of the maintenance should not be affected.<br>
__________________<br>
''Andy "Frelorn" Cataldo

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'''Upcoming functionality addition: Cooldown Timers''' - [http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showthread.php?t=38171 Link]

''As we continue to move forward with our technical capabilities, we will be adding new features to Asheron's Call. Coming in April we will be introducing Cool Down Timers on some previously existing items, as well as some new ones.

''The first items that will be utilizing this new tech will be the Blackmoor's Favor and Asheron's Benediction Gems(Asheron's Lesser Benediction as well). Beginning with the April event, there will be a 30 second cool down timer on each gem use. Each gem will have separate timers so players will still be able to use both at the same time. Players will however, now have to wait 30 seconds before being able to use the gems again.

''This new tech not only opens up several options for items going forward, but it also allows us to become more creative with some other quests and content going forward. Some of the new uses of this tech will also been seen in April in addition to the timer on the existing gems.

''This is just one of the new tech features we have planned for Asheron's Call going forward.<br>
__________________<br>
''Andy "Frelorn" Cataldo

--[[User:An Adventurer|An Adventurer]] 17:50, 1 April 2008 (CDT)