The First Strike

December 2001 - Announcements Page
== Game Changes ==
* The Training Academy has been introduced to train new arrivals to Dereth.
* A new thrown weapon projectile launcher, the Atlatl, has been introduced. There are also standard darts for these Atlatls.
* Players can now use thrown weapons while wearing a shield.
* 250 Cottages, 40 Villas and 10 Mansions added to the world.
* Settlement Portals added for housing introduced during the The Gathering Storm event.
* Other changes:
** House owners no longer need to add other characters on their account to their guest list. This is now automatically done, and these characters will no longer appear on the guest list.
** If an account owns a house, all characters on that account can now recall to that house with the command @house recall.
** New animation for the house recall command.
== New Quests ==
* Training Academy Quest
== Updated Quests ==
* Training Halls - Old tutorial quest now retired
== New NPCs ==
* Academy Blacksmith
* Academy Foreman
* Academy Quartermaster
* Academy Researcher
* Senior Guard
* Royal Guard Sentry
* Sentry (Training Academy)
* Jacque the Woodsman
* William Witty
* Woodsman
== Updated NPCs ==
* Giant Snowman - Now sells A Frozen Note
* Snowman - Now sells A Frozen Note
* Greeter - Updated as part of the new Training Academy
* Training Master - Updated as part of the new Training Academy
== New Locations ==
* Training Academy
** Holtburg West Training Academy
** Holtburg South Training Academy
** Shoushi West Training Academy
** Shoushi Southeast Training Academy
** Yaraq North Training Academy
** Yaraq East Training Academy
== Updated Locations ==
* Palenqual's Cavern - Upper level requirement removed (was 5-45)
* Starter Outposts destroyed in 6 Nexus towns:
** North Al-Arqas Outpost
** West Al-Arqas Outpost
** East Lytelthorpe Outpost
** West Lytelthorpe Outpost
** East Nanto Outpost
** North Nanto Outpost
** East Rithwic Outpost
** South Rithwic Outpost
** East Samsur Outpost
** Northwest Samsur Outpost
** North Yanshi Outpost
** South Yanshi Outpost
== New Items ==
== Updated Items ==
== New Emotes ==
* Talk to the hand: *talk to the hand*
* At ease: *at ease*
* Pretend to be asleep: *play possum*
* Sit: *sit down*
* Get comfortable: *cross legs*
* Get really comfortable: *sitback*
* Point left: *point left*
* Point right: *point right*
* Point to the left until you do another action: *pointing left*
* Point to the right until you do another action: *pointing right*
* Nudge left: *nudgeleft*
* Nudge right: *nudgeright*
== New Creatures ==
== New Dialog ==
;Town Crier
== Related Articles ==
* Teaser
* Rollout Article
* Release Notes
* Letter to the Players
* Letter to the Players 2
* Letter to the Players 3
== Media ==
File:Portaldat 200112.png|Portal.dat
Category:Events