Archive 2007 — Dark Swords

2007-12-06: Happy May Day! (Updates)

Congratulation! A lot of spring holidays ahead. So you will not get bored on weekends, we prepared a variety of bonuses and discounts for the entire period. Enjoy your weekends!

Details in table:

DATE	BONUS
April 30, May 1	Momentary Arts x2 sale No durability loss for the items equipped in hands Personal Arts power +10% х2 professions; combat, clan % religion EXP; boards x1.5 damage vs monsters
May 2	Momentary Arts x2 sale No durability loss for the Items equipped in hands Personal Arts power +10% х2 professions; combat, clan % religion EXP; boards x1.5 damage vs monsters
May 3	Momentary Arts x2 sale No durability loss for the Items equipped in hands Personal Arts power +10% х2 professions; combat, clan % religion EXP; boards x1.5 damage vs monsters
May 4	Momentary Arts x2 sale "Dark Soul" from 14:00 to 20:00 server time No durability loss for all items in combat * х2 professions; combat, clan % religion EXP; boards * * starts from 14:00(GMT +2) and ends after morning restart
May 5	Virtual platinum discount 20% No durability loss for all items in combat * "Dark Soul" from 14:00 to 20:00 server time х2 professions; combat, clan % religion EXP; boards * * starts from 14:00(GMT +2) and ends after morning restart
May 6	Virtual platinum discount 20% No durability loss for all items in combat * "Dark Soul" from 14:00 to 20:00 server time х2 professions; combat, clan % religion EXP; boards * * starts from 14:00(GMT +2) and ends after morning restart
May 7	Virtual platinum discount 20% "Dark Soul" from 14:00 to 20:00 server time х2 professions & boards * x3 combat, clan % religion * * starts from 14:00(GMT +2) and ends after morning restart
May 8	Personal avi sale 50% "Dark Soul" from 14:00 to 20:00 server time х2 professions & boards * x3 combat, clan % religion * * starts from 14:00(GMT +2) and ends after morning restart
May 9	Personal avi sale 50% "Wanted Dead" from 14:00 to 20:00 server time No durability loss for the items equipped in hands Personal Arts power +10% х2 professions; combat, clan % religion EXP; boards x1.5 damage vs monsters
May 10	Personal avi sale 50% "Wanted Dead" from 14:00 to 20:00 server time No durability loss for the items equipped in hands Personal Arts power +10% х2 professions; combat, clan % religion EXP; boards x1.5 damage vs monsters
May 11	Personal avi sale 50% No durability loss for all items in combat * "Wanted Dead" from 14:00 to 20:00 server time х2 professions; combat, clan % religion EXP; boards * * starts from 14:00(GMT +2) and ends after morning restart

2007-12-05: Ogre & Leprechaun [hotfix] (Updates)

The rewards for Ogre and Leprechaun were reconsidered. Now players will receive rewards in any event. Thank you for testing and suggestions.

2007-12-04: Events in Regions (Updates)

New special events are available in the game now. They appears in different regions every 60 minutes. All details in this article

2007-11-30: Racial Abilities (Updates)

Upon the next restart the following abilities will be available to the characters:
-- Human: Immunity, an ability that protects the user from negative effects, like Frozen, Shocked, Stun, Open Wounds etc.
-- Elves: Shadowdance, doubles Armor Class;
-- Orcs: Rampage, adds weapon damage to every physical hit dealt (similar to Knockdown effect), doubles physical damage when the target is under effects of Disembowel;
-- Drow: Manashield, an ability that will count mana as health for purposes of determining damage when getting hit, with the factor of 3 damage to 1 mana (this negates effects of Layered Defense);
-- Dwarves: Mountain King, which has 5 layers of invulnerability to both spells cast and hits dealt to the character.

This abilities have 30 second duration and 180 seconds of cooldown.

Trigger: Racial is also available from Magic window and will toggle the activation of the abilities (if available) upon entering combat. Trigger cannot be activated/disactivated while fighting.

We have also lowered the health of Moon Cult mobiles.

2007-11-30: Corpse Looting (Updates)

It will no longer be possible to loot another character`s corpse when at Stairway to Heaven kind of location (unless they are married with you or belong to your clan and are currently online).
Active on the next restart.

2007-11-30: Weekend Bonuses (Updates)

Don't get bored! For the next days only (24-26 of April, 2015) enjoy these bonuses:

+10% to all stats of Personal Artifacts!
Profession Experience X 2.0!
Damage vs Monsters: X 1.5;
Combat Experience: X 2.0;
Religion Experience: X 2.0;
Clan Expreience: X 2.0;
No durability loss in either PVP or PVE (for equipped items in left and right hand);
Bounty mission rewards: X 2.0 (valid for missions started during event)

2007-11-30: Ancient Egypt (Updates)

Dear players, we hasten to warn you that on May 1, the Ancient Egypt region will be closed and its development is suspended. Unfortunately, the creation of new areas takes too much time and development resources compared with the result of efficiency.

We took this decision to devote much more time improving the gameplay and creation of new ingame events. We hope, that this decision will allow us to provide new interesting content changes within the existing game world in the near future. Thank you for staying with us!

Sincerely,
DarkSwords Administration

2007-11-30: Anzac Day (Updates)

In honor to the Anzacs we will be holding a quiz on the 25th April AEST(24/25 GMT) to celebrate and remember the Anzacs. The quiz will be held throughout the day and prizes given, and knowledge will be gained.

Please, remember the main reason is to remember and honor the Anzacs, so please be respectful. See all details and leave your suggestions here.

2007-11-29: Weekend Bonuses + (Updates)

Don't get bored! For the next days only (17-19 of April, 2015) enjoy these bonuses:

+10% to all stats of Personal Artifacts!
Profession Experience X 2.0!
Damage vs Monsters: X 1.5;
Combat Experience: X 2.0;
Religion Experience: X 2.0;
Clan Expreience: X 2.0;
No durability loss in either PVP or PVE (for equipped items in left and right hand);
Bounty mission rewards: X 2.0 (valid for missions started during event)

2007-11-29: Weekend Bonuses + x2 Mom Arts (Updates)

Don't get bored! For the next days only (from 10th until 12th of April, 2015) enjoy these bonuses:

+10% to all stats of Personal Artifacts!;
Damage vs Monsters: X 1.5;
Combat Experience: X 2.0;
Religion Experience: X 2.0;
Clan Expreience: X 2.0;
No durability loss in either PVP or PVE (for equipped items in left and right hand);
Bounty mission rewards: X 2.0 (valid for missions started during event)

x2 durability Momentary Artifacts are available until 17th of April in Artifact Store!