Editing Archived AC News - 2008 (section)

=== January ===
'''January Update: Thursday January 24th 8am EST - 3pm EST''' - [http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showthread.php?t=37161 Link]

Frelorn has announced that the January Event, [[Recollections]], will be going live on Thursday, January 24th. The servers are expected to be down from 8am EST to 3pm EST.

When the servers are online, be sure to check out our [[Recollections|Patch Page]] for the latest information. And if you have some information not on our page, feel free to contribute to it yourself. Just create an account here and start contributing to the community.

--[[User:An Adventurer|An Adventurer]] 13:09, 21 January 2008 (CST)

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'''January 08 Teaser Image''' - [http://ac.turbine.com/?page_id=562 Link]

Frelorn posted this early teaser shot on [http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showthread.php?t=37050 this thread.]

[[Image:Jan08TeaserImage.jpg|500px]]

--[[User:An Adventurer|An Adventurer]] 16:13, 13 January 2008 (CST)

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'''Plans for the New Year''' - [http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showthread.php?t=37023 Link]

''In another thread from earlier today the question came up about what we have planned for the future, more specifically this year. So after meeting with the team, they are forcing me to give you all a little sneak peek at what the team is busy working on.

''There is a very special milestone upcoming for Asheron's Call and Turbine upcoming this year, as some of you may know. This is something that has not been accomplished by any other game or game company as far as we know. During this year, Asheron's Call will have its 100th content update! This is something we want to celebrate with our players. This is something truly special that need to be marked by a truly special event.

''What we have planned for everyone is still in early development, and as time goes on we will begin discussing this special occasion in much more detail, but for now I will leave you all with something to think about and discuss.

''With the 100th update, one of our goals is to implement a new faction system into Asheron's Call. Now before you ask, we are not at the point yet to share more details, but when that time does come, we will let everyone know. This is just a little teaser to let everyone know we do have goals and we do have plans going forward.

--[[User:An Adventurer|An Adventurer]] 18:38, 9 January 2008 (CST)

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'''Character Name Change System Coming Soon'''

In [http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showthread.php?t=37003 this thread] Frelorn has made it public that there is a character name change system in the works. Some details about the system:

''For those worried about griefers using this to hide, we will have a few step in place to prevent this. First off, there will be some sort of charge for this service, it will not be something that you just do anytime you want. There will be limits on the number of changes that can be made and the frequency of the changes. There will also be background checks made on each individual before we grant that name change. For example, our other two products have this service and when someone tries to purchase a name change, they rep will check the users history up to six months back. If that person has had any disciplinary actions taken against them, they will not be allowed to purchase that name change.

''One of the key factors behind us doing this is two fold. One is alternate revenue. The more money we make for the franchise, the better. That just make sense. The other is we want to be able to offer our players as many conveniences as we can.

--[[User:An Adventurer|An Adventurer]] 18:38, 9 January 2008 (CST)

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'''January Live Events!''' - [http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showpost.php?p=381270&postcount=1 Link]

''We have scheduled some live events for each server in the month of January. These events are lore based, and will run one time on each world. We look forward to seeing everyone there!

'''''Frostfell''''' - ''Saturday, January 12th 12pm EST''

'''''Harvestgain''''' - ''Tuesday, January 8th 9pm EST''

'''''Leafcull''''' - ''Sunday, January 13th 12pm EST''

'''''Morningthaw''''' - ''Friday, January 11th 9pm EST''

'''''Solclaim''''' - ''Thursday, January 10th 9pm EST''

'''''Thistledown''''' - ''Wednesday, January 9th 9pm EST''

'''''Verdantine''''' - ''Saturday, January 12th 3pm EST''

'''''Wintersebb''''' - ''Monday, January 7th 9pm EST''

'''''Darktide''''' - ''Sunday, January 13th 3pm EST''

--[[User:An Adventurer|An Adventurer]] 16:16, 3 January 2008 (CST)

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