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It was stated that people whose XP is below that needed for their current level will retain their level, but will have an xp debt to make up for the difference. No one will lose a currently taken level.
Good alignment only or 32UMD. Also not going to help for quite a while since it's ML23. Still, I did waver over taking Celestia anyway before taking the safe route with Pinion.Celestia is an awesome shortsword and can be picked from the raiders box. It's a caught in the web weapon and very sought after in CITW groups. Almost as hot as Pinion (the longbow).
Later it will become easier compared to before. So we need to plan for this on our next Friday group. Should third lifers have to get XP between the sessions or will the first and second lifers hold at the wall?
I don't see where this really changes our approach. After all, the 3rd lifers are 3rd lifers because those folks generally play more than the rest of the group. I'll still try to designate some makeup areas as we go and we'll still have some level ranges where there's just too much content and people hit the ceiling. So it goes. Overall, I think it will actually be easier to keep people together since there's lots of content at the lower levels, giving us lots of potential catchup areas. It was usually the upper levels where things got tricky since there simply wasn't enough content to keep the 3rd lifers on track with the rest of the group. I do wish Turbine would come out with a new pack for lvl12-13, though.We will do as always, hold levels until all are even. If you have to eat xp then that is how it will have to be. That is the simplest way to handle it. If people have time to run makeup areas in between that will work, but some weeks that is not possible, so plan to mandate "no man left behind".
Special note: Turbine appears to have botched the Raiders Box rollout. They intend to give every character a box when the next patch comes out. Soooo, everyone should log on to each toon and use their Raiders Box if they've got one. There might be a chance to double-dip here, but only if you use the first box soon.
As an apology for the issues with Raid 20th completion reward lists during Update 19, a Raider's Reward Box should appear in your inventory if you meet one of the two prerequisites:
You completed a Raid on your current life. (excluding Chronoscope or Tempest Spine.)
You performed a True Reincarnation between updates U19 and 20.
The letter you receive for reaching Harper Scout favor status no longer contains DNT text.
The Gianthold saga NPCs have filed paperwork for new, better names. (Infernys is now known as Tiragonis and Prooj is now known as Paddrog.
Kobolds have been updated to look and behave better!
Vampires no longer die in a cloud of bats, so you can tell the difference between death and phasing. They instead burn up like the fire fatality.
On reaching 5,000 total favor, a character now can speak with Nyx in the harbor to receive a +5 Ability Tome of their choosing.
Not quite. If you look at the info window in the log-on screen, the U20 patch did not roll out the Raiders Boxes properly. Everyone will get (another) box whenever U20.1 goes live..From the Patch Notes :
Not quite. If you look at the info window in the log-on screen, the U20 patch did not roll out the Raiders Boxes properly. Everyone will get (another) box whenever U20.1 goes live..