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SEPTEMBER 2007

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Necro Guide to Lumberjacking 101

Necro Guide to Lumberjacking 101

Submitted by stillheart on Sep 22nd, 2007

So, you’re wondering how a poor Nec can afford the 10g for the pimp shadowmobile? You are a nec with integrity and would never buy from a lowlife goldseller, but dang, it’s gonna take awhile with crushed organs going for 3cp a piece…Look no further my friends than this A-B-C guide to the nec lumberjack.

You will be harvesting T5 timber in no time! Fast livery? You bet! Almost from the time you start you will be able to sell what you harvest. Will you enjoy the game... [read more]

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Database Stress!  Blame Jonaphin!

Database Stress! Blame Jonaphin!

Submitted by lifebane on Sep 18th, 2007

Greetings fellow necromancers. We are tweaking some database stuff on the back end so forums may be up and down for a short while this morning. Please be patient and feel free to blame the code monkey for all of this.

 

Lifebane
VGNecro.com

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Hotfix Notes September / 12 / 2007

Hotfix Notes September / 12 / 2007

Submitted by lifebane on Sep 12th, 2007

Hotfix Notes September / 12 / 2007

GENERAL
- Fixed a bug with player chests where placing an item in a chest, moving that item inside the chest, and then placing a second item at the original location will cause those items to stack cause the first one to look like it was lost.
- Fixed a bug with player chests where stack counts were not being saved when stacking items inside a chest. This would result in stack counts being wrong... [read more]

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Lifebaene leaves Vanguard for good. see ya folks

Lifebaene leaves Vanguard for good. see ya folks

Submitted by lifebane on Sep 12th, 2007

Greetings once again fellow necros, I bring news!

In his place on Seradon, Lifebane now exists! YAY me! I managed to abuse that merger to get control of the name "Lifebane" in game and GM Moonlite swapped it out for me the day before yesterday. It was still buggy and I was halfway in each name for the first day or so though hehe. All better now!

Farewell Lifebaene, LONG LIVE LIFEBANE!

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Thar be Cylus.. ahoy!

Thar be Cylus.. ahoy!

Submitted by lifebane on Sep 12th, 2007

Greetings fellow Necromancers of Telon. I glimpsed an interview done with none other than our some time visitor and punching bag Vanguard dev type Cylus. Obviously no groudn breaking new infoz for the masses to consume, but if nothing else ti sheds a little bit of light on our part time vgnecro resident.

You can read the interview over at Vanguard Players but be warned.... with a mug shot... [read more]

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Interview! VGNecro vs. Avair, Round two!

Interview! VGNecro vs. Avair, Round two!

Submitted by lifebane on Sep 10th, 2007

VGNECRO EXCLUSIVE! FUN FUN!

Vgnecro.com, after some technical difficulties which I somehow blame on Cylus, was able to get Avair (aka Michael Mann, SOE ) to go for another round of necro specific questions that the necro community was wanting more info on. It was great being able to get some responses and to have been reassured that there is some needed attention coming on the Horizon.

On with the interview!


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Character Move Schedule

Character Move Schedule

Submitted by arathon on Sep 7th, 2007

According to SoE's Ellyra ( Source ):

The first of the character moves is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, September 18th. If all goes well, then character moves will happen every Tuesday and Thursday subsequently.

Any updates or changes will be posted here as well as on VGPlayers.

 

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Name Issues

Name Issues

Submitted by arathon on Sep 7th, 2007

Head GM Moonlite has posted some info regarding the merges and how name conflicts will be handled ( Source ):

The announcement regarding how names would work with the server merges was posted on 13th June 2007, giving everyone plenty of notice that the oldest character that had logged in within the last 30 days before the merge would keep the name. This worked as intended.... [read more]

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Guild Hall Upkeep Costs

Guild Hall Upkeep Costs

Submitted by arathon on Sep 6th, 2007

Along with the Guild Keep fix they implemented yesterday, Ellyra also keyed us in to some updated Upkeep Costs for the plots of land and Guild Halls ( Source ):

Hobart posted this information a little bit ago:

"The 10% upkeep cost was an error. Those were the plot prices back in beta. Through a bug we accidentally resurrected that old data. It is officially dead now.... [read more]

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Downtime - Sept. 5th...  Guild Halls and Brotherhoods

Downtime - Sept. 5th... Guild Halls and Brotherhoods

Submitted by arathon on Sep 5th, 2007

Server and Station Downtime: Wednesday, September 5th

As per the SoE announcement: :

Tomorrow morning the servers will be brought down for a restart beginning at 5:00 AM PDT. The purpose of this restart is to bring new features to the game. The approximate downtime is estimated at 4 hours, with... [read more]

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Necro Learned Abilities Found!!

Necro Learned Abilities Found!!

Submitted by lifebane on Sep 4th, 2007

Greetings all... after careful and tedious testing your faithful Necro slave. err.. class leader type managed to visit two mobs that had a new ability for us to learn. And...... well..... it Didn't seem to work!!! There was also something "odd" about the ability names as well.

I went back to Taliskar and had him check on the abilities for me since obviously something seemed wrong. The good news is that we know exactly how to get the... [read more]

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VGNecro's new Logo!

VGNecro's new Logo!

Submitted by lifebane on Sep 1st, 2007

Greetings fellow necromancers. The voting to see which of the many talented artists would win the "VGNecro.com Needs a Logo contest" is over!! The winner of the contest was Braxes! 

Our thanks to all the talented people who participated and to all of those involved in the voting process. We will be emailing all the participants to let them know who won and to thank them personally.

 

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