Breaking news from north pole!

Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:47 pm

The Santa's elves have come back to fight in full force! But they still need your help!

The dark elves have started to hide more and it is very hard to tell how many there are around. Be cautious of all surroundings, and always keep your guard up!

It is rumored that they can drop very nice items used for crafting weapons and armor.

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Tugex · Post by **Tugex** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:37 pm

cant help it, but if anything pops into my mind atm is, "UNCLE SAM NEEDS YOU!"

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Nexus Graveheart · Post by **Nexus Graveheart** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:04 pm

Only thing that has annoyed me so far is the Trooper, not the assasins. I fought one for a good 10 minutes after I got him to 1/3 life. Everytime he got close to redlining, he'd cast a couple quick "Close Wounds" and back to round one. I eventually just gave up and left. Not worth that many tithing points and armor durability, at least not on the Troopers.

Of course, I could just suck at killing them.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:56 pm

Trick for those is mortal, their resists are high which makes them hard.

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Finlander · Post by **Finlander** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:15 am

so squirrel could you answer me to that dread horn head thing

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sliptongue69 · Post by **sliptongue69** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:07 am

He did. Go back and look for it.

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Finlander · Post by **Finlander** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:29 am

ahh didnt notice that death answered to it already.

So it can be made trough carpentry menu, but you havent coded it in yet?

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Finlander · Post by **Finlander** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:34 am

are every one of them stockings supposed to have somethign nice in them? this is my 3 or 2nd one which has nothing but some medium items in them.

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Finlander · Post by **Finlander** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:36 am

again got one which had nothing in it

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sliptongue69 · Post by **sliptongue69** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:28 am

I've seen a few too. It's about 50:50 methinks.

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Death · Post by **Death** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:38 am

Finlander wrote:are every one of them stockings supposed to have somethign nice in them? this is my 3 or 2nd one which has nothing but some medium items in them.

Not all of them have a special resource if that's what you're asking. Most of them contain armors and items but some can contain bonding deeds, skill deeds or even nicer, dreadhorn manes, grizzled bones, etc. Just keep trying to find those stockings and you'll eventually get something nice (Mind you, the stockings themselves are nice house decor.

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Death · Post by **Death** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:40 am

Finlander wrote:ahh didnt notice that death answered to it already.

So it can be made trough carpentry menu, but you havent coded it in yet?

That entry will be coded in when I get around to coding the carpentry menu additions. I need to check the resource listings for the existing items and add in certain ones that are missing. For now, keep the head in a safe place.

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Dumples · Post by **Dumples** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:07 pm

Well I can say I was there... but it's a bit crazy for me. Nothing like going through the gate and having to run like crazy while being ganked by 10 archers and a black deathblade thing.

Anyway, I'll wait to see what comes next.

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sliptongue69 · Post by **sliptongue69** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:51 pm

I think the event is kinda fun. Run threw with my stealther/revealer and get them one by one with Beelz. Suxxorz that the stockings don't always drop or have somethin' in them everytime, but ya win some ya lose some I suppose.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:54 pm

Many battles faught, many deaths, but victory is slightly nearer. Many dark elve corpses have been spotted among regular elf ones, and tons of brave warriors who have tried their best to help.

But the war is far from over. It has been told the dark elves plan to increase profit and productivity by using evil means. All toys will now require special licensing, and each toy will be assigned it's own room, only way a toy can enter another room is using expensive volume licensing. It gets worse, every time any electronic toy is turned on, it will require to enter an activation key, if not done within 30 days, the toy will self destruct, killing everyone in the family. Production must be stopped! The possessed factory blades are the culprit to this, they must be destroyed!

Santa elven troops have been fully trained and deployed to the factory to help in the battle, but the publics' help is highly needed, the more elves die, the slower it will be to resume all operations to prepare for Christmas night!

Santa Claus is safe and currently kept in a secure location.

We want YOU, to help save Christmas!

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DOCTOR THUNDER · Post by **DOCTOR THUNDER** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:16 pm

bah humbug

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Logan · Post by **Logan** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:35 pm

After a 3-day hiatus from UO (damn ISP)...

I reached the factory last night. Upon entering the facility, two assassins, two troopers and a possessed factory blade immediately put a stop to my advance. I retreated to the safety of the ress room to rethink my moves. Charging the front line is futile given their number. Thus, I directed my trusted blazing cu to sprint us to the far SE corner of the factory. There, one by one the usurpers fell to the might of my raging cu. The assassins proved to be easy even in a group not greater than three. The troopers, however, must be lured to a corner one at a time. They seemingly refuse to die by constantly running and healing, but poison and my cu's bleed attacks finish them quickly. The same tactics must be done with the possessed factory blades. Although tougher than the dark elves, they are fairly easy to beat when constantly vetting my pet.

After a night of stalking and luring, I managed to get hold of numerous stockings. Some contained things that went straight to the trash barrel, but some yielded nice goodies i.e. a skill deed, bank checks, diseased bark among others. The dark elves and even the blades drop talismans from time to time. I still have to get hold of one with nice mods though.

It's been a long night. I'll be back tomorrow to deal with the rest of the usurpers.

- Loial, Legendary Tamer (thanks to that skill deed from a dark elf

)

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Finlander · Post by **Finlander** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 3:45 am

Are you sure that everythign is right with them stockings? ive now gotten 7 in row with nothing in.

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sliptongue69 · Post by **sliptongue69** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:55 am

Haha. Damn. Bad luck there Hector.

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Finlander · Post by **Finlander** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 6:10 am

9 in row with nothing in them, when yesturday them 3 i got all had some in them. Belive me something is fucked up now.

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Finlander · Post by **Finlander** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 6:28 am

10 in row with nothing in, iam stopping this now. As it obivously isnt working

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DOCTOR THUNDER · Post by **DOCTOR THUNDER** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 7:26 am

do they show up at having 0/125 items when you single click on them? back in the spring I was getting monster corpses with items outside the corpse box, perhaps that is happening with the stockings. if they say 0/125, then you are getting the shaft.

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Death · Post by **Death** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 8:39 am

Finlander wrote:10 in row with nothing in, iam stopping this now. As it obivously isnt working

It IS working, just the random number generator hates you. If you don't get anything, take a break. After all this event runs all the way till christmas.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 8:57 am

Is it totally empty? since there should be at least 10 items in it, whether or not they're good is a different thing, but there should be at least 10.

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Finlander · Post by **Finlander** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:32 am

well like ten items of junk, but i dont think the chances are right, ive been killing them like mad to get that 10, and all of them have had no 'special'' items in them.

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