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  |  Archive = Announcements - 2001/03 - Spring's Sorrows#Rollout Article
  |  Archive = Announcements - 2001/03 - Spring's Sorrows#Rollout Article
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=== Pages from the Producer ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
|  Current = None
| Original = http://zone.msn.com/asheronscall/news/pagesapril.asp
|  Archive = Announcements - 2001/03 - Spring's Sorrows#Pages from the Producer
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  | Original = http://classic.zone.msn.com/asheronscall/news/marchbuild.asp
  |  Archive = Announcements - 2001/03 - Spring's Sorrows#Release Notes
  |  Archive = Announcements - 2001/03 - Spring's Sorrows#Release Notes
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=== State of the Code ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
|  Current = None
| Original = http://www.zone.com/asheronscall/news/ASHEnewscodestate1.asp
|  Archive = Announcements - 2001/03 - Spring's Sorrows#State of the Code
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=== [[Town Crier]] Rumors ===
=== [[Town Crier]] Rumors ===


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "I've been seeing some really scary Reedsharks around lately."</font><br>
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "I've been seeing some really scary Reedsharks around lately."</font><br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>
Town Crier tells you, "My cousin says a Monouga cast a spell at him the other day! He must have been hit in the head or something. Everybody knows Monouga aren't clever enough to cast magic."</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "My cousin says a Monouga cast a spell at him the other day! He must have been hit in the head or something. Everybody knows Monouga aren't clever enough to cast magic."</font><br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>
Town Crier tells you, "I have a Pack Virindi! It's so cute!"</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "I have a Pack Virindi! It's so cute!"</font><br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>
Town Crier tells you, "What are these little green triangles that people are so obsessed with lately?"</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "What are these little green triangles that people are so obsessed with lately?"</font><br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>
Town Crier tells you, "My cousin has a really nice new set of boots. They're scaly."</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "My cousin has a really nice new set of boots. They're scaly."</font><br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>
Town Crier tells you, "My cousin's been spending a lot of time fighting Wisps lately."</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "My cousin's been spending a lot of time fighting Wisps lately."</font><br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>
Town Crier tells you, "Hey... ever seen a Virindi Doll? Creepiest thing I ever seen. I don't mean the Pack Virindi, either."</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "Hey... ever seen a Virindi Doll? Creepiest thing I ever seen. I don't mean the Pack Virindi, either."</font><br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>
Town Crier tells you, "News! A new portal has appeared west of Samsur... some kind of Mnemosyne Collection Site. What's a Mnemosyne</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "News! A new portal has appeared west of Samsur... some kind of Mnemosyne Collection Site. What's a Mnemosyne</font><br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>
Town Crier tells you, "News! Travelers report a new kind of Mu-Miyah, more powerful than the others!"</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "News! Travelers report a new kind of Mu-Miyah, more powerful than the others!"</font><br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>
Town Crier tells you, "A lot of adventurers are saying that they don't mind fighting Zefirs as much these days."</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "A lot of adventurers are saying that they don't mind fighting Zefirs as much these days."</font><br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>
Town Crier tells you, "News! The Virindi are creating even more unnatural servant creatures! When will their madness end? Reports say the latest batch is the creepiest ever!"</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "News! The Virindi are creating even more unnatural servant creatures! When will their madness end? Reports say the latest batch is the creepiest ever!"</font><br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>
Town Crier tells you, "News! Travelers in the Direlands report a terrifying new type of Virindi, dressed all in black... I wonder what this could mean?"</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "News! Travelers in the Direlands report a terrifying new type of Virindi, dressed all in black... I wonder what this could mean?"</font><br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>
Town Crier tells you, "News! As the seasons change, the hides dropped from monsters acquire different properties, making for different styles of clothing!"</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "News! As the seasons change, the hides dropped from monsters acquire different properties, making for different styles of clothing!"</font><br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>
Town Crier tells you, "News! People fighting undead report finding little green triangles on the bodies of their vanquished foes."</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "News! People fighting undead report finding little green triangles on the bodies of their vanquished foes."</font><br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>
Town Crier tells you, "My friend the expert lockpicker has been spending a lot more time in the Direlands lately!"</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "My friend the expert lockpicker has been spending a lot more time in the Direlands lately!"</font><br>


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----


=== [[Ulgrim]] Rumors ===
=== [[Ulgrim]] Rumors ===
''Pre-invasion Ulgrim''<br>
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Have you ever seen a group of Shadow Children playing tag? I like to fire off an Infernae spell at the middle of them and hear the screams."
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I'd go into the Mines of Despair, but I think I'll have a little more stout first..."
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I went poking around in Claude's tent the other day, that creepy bugger Leopold, you know what he said to me? He said, "You have no chance to survive, make your time." What's that supposed to mean?"
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "The sun out here must be baking my brain. I think maybe I'll move somewhere shadier soon."
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I got some new boots. Scaly, yet comfortable. But don't call them fish boots!"
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Seen them black-cloaked Executors drifting around? No good can come of this, I say."</font>
----
''Panopticon Ulgrim''<br>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Right, then. What'd I tell you? No one believed me... Now, do you see? I was right all along! Applesauce, I said!"<br>
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "The Observer in town's actually a reasonable guy. Or entity. Whatever they call themselves."<br>
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "You talked to the other guys around here? They seen, I don't know, a little dull lately."<br>
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "There's a Director somewhere around here who's the cause of all this mess."<br>
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I tried talking to that Director around here. Names himself Adirrred. He makes no sense, talking about "privileged self" and posts and structures."</font>
----
''Virindi Ulgrim:''<br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Have you ever seen a group of Shadow Children playing tag? I like to fire off an Infernae spell at the middle of them and hear the screams."
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Ulgrim tells you, "I find that I have acquired a taste for the wine sold by the Barkeep. Would you bring me a glass? Good human."  


Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I'd go into the Mines of Despair, but I think I'll have a little more stout first..."
:Ulgrim tells you, "Just between you, me, and the bottle, human, the theft of the Fragment of Singularity has made some beings angry."


Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I went poking around in Claude's tent the other day, that creepy bugger Leopold, you know what he said to me? He said, "You have no chance to survive, make your time." What's that supposed to mean?"
:<font color=green>You give Ulgrim Red Wine.</font>
<br>
:Ulgrim tells you, "I'm not entirely convinced the Director and the Observer are communicating properly..."  
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "The sun out here must be baking my brain. I think maybe I'll move somewhere shadier soon."


Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I got some new boots. Scaly, yet comfortable. But don't call them fish boots!"
:Ulgrim tells you, "Thank you, I find this most pleasant. Run along, now."  


Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Seen them black-cloaked Executors drifting around? No good can come of this, I say."</font>
:Ulgrim tells you, "You know... two of the little flesh things managed to escape to the southeast..."
 
:Ulgrim tells you, "I saw a human with a sword attack an Executor the other day. The human never stood a chance. Rip, rip, rip, another inert human."
 
:Ulgrim tells you, "Just don't tell the Observer that I'm drinking this human filth, okay?"
 
:Ulgrim tells you, "A pity the Dark Walker has been banished. He was most entertaining to watch."</font>
----


=== New UI and Game Changes ===
* [[Loot]]
** [[Singularity Trove]]s introduced.
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* [[Virindi Keys]]
* [[Virindi Keys]]


==== Live Events ====
* [[03/31/01 - Virindi Invade Ayan Baqur]] - [[Ayan]] is invaded by Virindi on the evening of March 31st. The inhabitants of Ayan are imprisoned in the [[Panopticon]] dungeon (59.2S, 84.0W), and Virindi stand in place of the usual NPCs.
:<font color=green>"All your filthy human hovel are belong to us!"</font>
----
----


=== New [[NPCs]] ===
=== New [[NPCs]] ===
* [[Ya-Bint-Al-Hawa]]
* [[Undead Hunters]] (13.3S, 5.1E in Tufa)
* [[Anid Al-Fadee]]
** [[Ya-Bint-Al-Hawa]]
* [[Gabal Feteh]]
** [[Anid Al-Fadee]]
** [[Gabal Feteh]]
* [[Mnemosyne Collection Site]] Archons:
** [[Hahnain]]
** [[Renselm (NPC)|Renselm ]]
** [[Saelar]]
* NPCs in [[Ayan Baqur]] replaced with Virindi
** Virindi Armorer
** Virindi Barkeeper
** Virindi Bowyer
** Virindi Grocer
** Virindi Healer
** Virindi Ivory Crafter
** Virindi Jeweler
** Virindi Leather Crafter
** Virindi Scribe
** Virindi Weaponsmith
----


=== New Locations ===
* [[Mnemosyne Collection Site]] - 2.5S 16.4E near [[Samsur]]
** [[Small Mnemosyne Collection Site]] - From main collection site
** [[Large Mnemosyne Collection Site]] - From small collection site
* [[Panopticon]] - Near [[Ayan Baqur]], 59.2S 84.0W
==== Updated Locations ====
* [[Aerfalle Keep]] - Updated with anti-macro design:
:* All creatures in the dungeon, except for the Hellfires and Lag Beasts, are now on event generators. The death of the Watchman will activate the spawn. The death of Aerfalle *OR* the passage of ninety minutes will turn off all generators and empty the dungeon again. You can't macro drain what isn't there.
:* There are now powerful Mana Drain hotspots in Aerfalle's Keep exit portal room. Do not enter this area unless you intend to leave.
:* The cells in lower Aerfalle's Keep have been changed. Increased the spawn rate of the Umbris from ten to twelve minutes. The big, peaceful Panumbris next door has been removed. Its room is now filled with Mana Drain hotspots.
:* Removed many Mana Blight and Dispel traps in the final hallway of Aerfalle's Keep.
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=== New [[Items]] ===
=== New [[Items]] ===


==== [[Mnemosynes]] ====
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Trophies]]
| Obsidian Heart
}}


{{Item Table Three
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Mnemosynes]]
  | A Tiny Mnemosyne
  | A Tiny Mnemosyne
  | A Small Mnemosyne
  | A Small Mnemosyne
  | A Large Mnemosyne
  | A Large Mnemosyne
| An Unlocked Tiny Mnemosyne
| An Unlocked Small Mnemosyne
| An Unlocked Large Mnemosyne
  | Intricate Wooden Key
  | Intricate Wooden Key
  | Intricate Copper Key
  | Intricate Copper Key
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  | Fleshripper Arrowhead
  | Fleshripper Arrowhead
  | Soulrender Arrowhead
  | Soulrender Arrowhead
| Bloodletter Arrow
| Fleshripper Arrow
| Soulrender Arrow
| Bloodletter Quarrel
| Fleshripper Quarrel
| Soulrender Quarrel
  | Treated Healing Kit
  | Treated Healing Kit
  | Mnemosynes and the Art of Lockpicking
  | Mnemosynes and the Art of Lockpicking
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}}
}}


==== [[Virindi Keys]] ====
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Virindi Keys]]
 
{{Item Table Three
  | Virindi Directive Key
  | Virindi Directive Key
  | Virindi Master Key
  | Virindi Master Key
  | Virindi Singularity Key
  | Virindi Singularity Key
  | Director's Cache
  | Directive Key
| Master Key
| Singularity Key
| Directive's Cache
  | Master's Holding
  | Master's Holding
  | Singularity Trove
  | Singularity Trove
}}
}}


==== [[Trophies|Trophies & Rewards]] ====
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Trophies|Craftable Trophies]]
 
{{Item Table Three
  | Large Sclavus Hide
  | Large Sclavus Hide
  | Sclavus Hide
  | Sclavus Hide
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  | Fang Mace
  | Fang Mace
}}
}}
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Texts]]
| Book of Seasons (Spring)
}}
==== Updated Items ====
* {{Icon Link|Ashen Key}} - Now [[Attuned]] and [[Bonded]]


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=== New [[Creatures]] ===
=== New [[Creatures]] ===
{|
|-valign=top
|
{{Creature Class|Doll
{{Creature Class|Doll
  | Innocent Doll
  | Innocent Doll
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  | Pristine Doll
  | Pristine Doll
}}
}}
{{Creature Class|Marionette
{{Creature Class|Marionette
  | Dark Marionette
  | Dark Marionette
  | Marionette (Creature)
  | Marionette (Creature)
}}
}}
 
|
{{Creature Class|Monouga
{{Creature Class|Monouga
  | Brutish Monouga
  | Brutish Monouga
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  | Wily Monouga
  | Wily Monouga
}}
}}
{{Creature Class|Reedshark
{{Creature Class|Reedshark
  | Dune Reaver
  | Dune Reaver
  | Silt Lurker
  | Silt Lurker
}}
}}
 
|
{{Creature Class|Undead
{{Creature Class|Undead
  | Ancient Mu-miyah
  | Ancient Mu-miyah
  | Dread Mu-miyah
  | Dread Mu-miyah
}}
}}
{{Creature Class|Virindi
{{Creature Class|Virindi
| Adirred the Theoretician
  | Virindi Executor
  | Virindi Executor
}}
}}
|}


==== Updated Creatures ====
* [[Lady Aerfalle]] - Casts some new spells (one to five minute debuffs).
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=== Images ===
Click image for full size version.
<gallery widths=200px heights=200px perrow=3>
File:Panopticon (Spring's Sorrows) 1 Live.jpg|Ayan NPCs held in Panopticon
File:Panopticon (Spring's Sorrows) 2 Live.jpg|<font color=darkgoldenrod>Leather Crafters tells you, "Flesh... Is meaningless."</font>
File:Virindi Scribe Live.jpg|A Virindi Scribe in Ayan
File:Virindi Healer Live.jpg|A Virindi Healer in Ayan
File:Undead Hunters Live.jpg|Undead Hunters in Tufa
File:Master's Holding Live.jpg|Master's Holding
File:Singularity Trove Live.jpg|Singularity Trove
File:Virindi Executor Live.jpg|Virindi Executors introduced
File:Dark Marionette Live.jpg|Dark Marionette
</gallery>


[[Category:Patch]]
[[Category:Patch]]

Revision as of 18:10, 9 April 2012

March 2001 - Announcements Page

Turbine Announcements

Teaser

  • No Current Link Available

Rollout

  • No Current Link Available

Pages from the Producer

  • No Current Link Available

Release Notes

  • No Current Link Available

State of the Code

  • No Current Link Available

Discoveries

Town Crier Rumors

Town Crier tells you, "I've been seeing some really scary Reedsharks around lately."

Town Crier tells you, "My cousin says a Monouga cast a spell at him the other day! He must have been hit in the head or something. Everybody knows Monouga aren't clever enough to cast magic."

Town Crier tells you, "I have a Pack Virindi! It's so cute!"

Town Crier tells you, "What are these little green triangles that people are so obsessed with lately?"

Town Crier tells you, "My cousin has a really nice new set of boots. They're scaly."

Town Crier tells you, "My cousin's been spending a lot of time fighting Wisps lately."

Town Crier tells you, "Hey... ever seen a Virindi Doll? Creepiest thing I ever seen. I don't mean the Pack Virindi, either."

Town Crier tells you, "News! A new portal has appeared west of Samsur... some kind of Mnemosyne Collection Site. What's a Mnemosyne

Town Crier tells you, "News! Travelers report a new kind of Mu-Miyah, more powerful than the others!"

Town Crier tells you, "A lot of adventurers are saying that they don't mind fighting Zefirs as much these days."

Town Crier tells you, "News! The Virindi are creating even more unnatural servant creatures! When will their madness end? Reports say the latest batch is the creepiest ever!"

Town Crier tells you, "News! Travelers in the Direlands report a terrifying new type of Virindi, dressed all in black... I wonder what this could mean?"

Town Crier tells you, "News! As the seasons change, the hides dropped from monsters acquire different properties, making for different styles of clothing!"

Town Crier tells you, "News! People fighting undead report finding little green triangles on the bodies of their vanquished foes."

Town Crier tells you, "My friend the expert lockpicker has been spending a lot more time in the Direlands lately!"

Ulgrim Rumors

Pre-invasion Ulgrim

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Have you ever seen a group of Shadow Children playing tag? I like to fire off an Infernae spell at the middle of them and hear the screams."
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I'd go into the Mines of Despair, but I think I'll have a little more stout first..."
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I went poking around in Claude's tent the other day, that creepy bugger Leopold, you know what he said to me? He said, "You have no chance to survive, make your time." What's that supposed to mean?"
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "The sun out here must be baking my brain. I think maybe I'll move somewhere shadier soon."
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I got some new boots. Scaly, yet comfortable. But don't call them fish boots!"
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Seen them black-cloaked Executors drifting around? No good can come of this, I say."

Panopticon Ulgrim

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Right, then. What'd I tell you? No one believed me... Now, do you see? I was right all along! Applesauce, I said!"
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "The Observer in town's actually a reasonable guy. Or entity. Whatever they call themselves."
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "You talked to the other guys around here? They seen, I don't know, a little dull lately."
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "There's a Director somewhere around here who's the cause of all this mess."
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I tried talking to that Director around here. Names himself Adirrred. He makes no sense, talking about "privileged self" and posts and structures."

Virindi Ulgrim:

Ulgrim tells you, "I find that I have acquired a taste for the wine sold by the Barkeep. Would you bring me a glass? Good human."
Ulgrim tells you, "Just between you, me, and the bottle, human, the theft of the Fragment of Singularity has made some beings angry."
You give Ulgrim Red Wine.
Ulgrim tells you, "I'm not entirely convinced the Director and the Observer are communicating properly..."
Ulgrim tells you, "Thank you, I find this most pleasant. Run along, now."
Ulgrim tells you, "You know... two of the little flesh things managed to escape to the southeast..."
Ulgrim tells you, "I saw a human with a sword attack an Executor the other day. The human never stood a chance. Rip, rip, rip, another inert human."
Ulgrim tells you, "Just don't tell the Observer that I'm drinking this human filth, okay?"
Ulgrim tells you, "A pity the Dark Walker has been banished. He was most entertaining to watch."

New UI and Game Changes


New Quests

Live Events

"All your filthy human hovel are belong to us!"

New NPCs


New Locations

Updated Locations

  • All creatures in the dungeon, except for the Hellfires and Lag Beasts, are now on event generators. The death of the Watchman will activate the spawn. The death of Aerfalle *OR* the passage of ninety minutes will turn off all generators and empty the dungeon again. You can't macro drain what isn't there.
  • There are now powerful Mana Drain hotspots in Aerfalle's Keep exit portal room. Do not enter this area unless you intend to leave.
  • The cells in lower Aerfalle's Keep have been changed. Increased the spawn rate of the Umbris from ten to twelve minutes. The big, peaceful Panumbris next door has been removed. Its room is now filled with Mana Drain hotspots.
  • Removed many Mana Blight and Dispel traps in the final hallway of Aerfalle's Keep.

New Items

Obsidian Heart

A Tiny Mnemosyne A Small Mnemosyne A Large Mnemosyne An Unlocked Tiny Mnemosyne An Unlocked Small Mnemosyne An Unlocked Large Mnemosyne Intricate Wooden Key Intricate Copper Key Intricate Obsidian Key Gem of Cleansing Gem of Purity Gem of Stillness Bloodletter Arrowhead Fleshripper Arrowhead Soulrender Arrowhead Bloodletter Arrow Fleshripper Arrow Soulrender Arrow Bloodletter Quarrel Fleshripper Quarrel Soulrender Quarrel Treated Healing Kit Mnemosynes and the Art of Lockpicking Intricate Carving Tool

Virindi Directive Key Virindi Master Key Virindi Singularity Key Directive Key Master Key Singularity Key Directive's Cache Master's Holding Singularity Trove

Large Sclavus Hide Sclavus Hide Small Sclavus Hide Sclavus Skin Helmet Snake Skin Coat Snake Skin Boots Small Ursuin Hide (Spring) Large Ursuin Hide (Spring) Ursuin Fang Ursuin Boots Ursuin Hide Coat (Spring) Fang Mace

File:Book of Seasons (Spring) Icon.png Book of Seasons (Spring)

Updated Items


Portal.dat


New Creatures

Doll

Marionette

Monouga

Reedshark

Undead

Virindi

Updated Creatures

  • Lady Aerfalle - Casts some new spells (one to five minute debuffs).

Images

Click image for full size version.