Cupid Returns! A Unique Holiday Event

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  1. Chris

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    Running from February 13th until February 21st players can take part in a Unique Holiday event on the Renaissance server.

    Event Details
    Search the world for Cupid Minions!
    Find strange camps where Cupid's Minions are performing dark pagan experiments!
    Summon Cupid's Armies and attempt to defeat the Pagan god himself!
    Valentines_2016_002.jpg Valentines_2016_003.jpg Valentines_2016_004.jpg Valentines_2016_005.jpg

    How it Works!
    Search the world for Cupid's Minions
    Over 100 possible Camp Locations!
    Search for special scrolls which can be used to summon Cupid's Army
    Defeat the progressive spawn causing Cupid himself to appear.
    Defeat Cupid for fame and fortune!
    Earn holiday coins for your efforts to spend in the holiday reward shops!​

    New Rewards!
    With the recent improvements to the holiday and platinum reward vendor you can now purchase a variety of unique items fitting the Valentines theme.
    These items will be available for 11 months.
    Players can purchase the following items
    Whispering Rose - 20 Coins
    Can be imprinted with your name and given to other players (Also drops from event monsters)
    Scroll of Love - 50 Coins
    Used to summon/advance the armies of cupid. (Also drops from event monsters)
    Limited Edition Mask Dye - Hue 220 - 750 Coins
    Dye a mask of your choosing a color unique to 2016!
    Valentines Hair/Beard Dye - Hue 220 - 600/400 Coins
    A deeper pink color available this year
    Rose in a Vase - 500 Coins
    A Unique rare item that allows the player to color the rose using a dye tub.
    The Candle of Love - 1000 Coins​
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    Updated Monsters!
    [​IMG] Lord Cupid
    [​IMG] Cupids Rookie Archer
    [​IMG] Cupids Apprentice Archer
    [​IMG] Cupids Archer
    [​IMG] Cupids Veteran Archer
    [​IMG] Minion of Cupid
    [​IMG] Servant of Cupid
    [​IMG] Warrior of Cupid
    [​IMG] Sorcerer of Cupid
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  2. Lichend

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    So. Much. Mask. LOVE
  3. von Stuben

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    What does the keep full of elementals have to do with the spawn?
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  5. edmost

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    Very nice indeed. Thx for you time UOR
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    I haven't able to participate, any cool pics?
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    I'll try and upload some later today.

    Cupid himself is a beast. Some AE attack, hits hard, teleports to ranged damagers, reflects magic damage from males, spawns minions, and has a trillion HP.
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    ...and can be easily zerged with dragons. (You just need to have half a dozen tamers battleready, ergo Cupid lives in peace during US nights/mornings)
  10. BlackEye

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    Something more constructive: Does anybody have statistics about the camps? In case some people dont know yet, the chests have a chance to have hcoins (and even plats) in them. My rough guess is a 1/5 hcoin spawn chance. So far, there have been hcoins in both chests/containers or none at all.
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    I hunted the camps for a few hours and came to the same conclusions that you've made. I placed a few rare types in my scavenger and in my restock agent just in case they spawn in these camps, but no luck yet.

    Telamon's description of these camps made me feel as if we could find something rare. 1-2 hcoin in a 1/5 chance is not something I get excited about, I'd rather go work the spawn.
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  12. Suino

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    ive made like 100 camps...

    you can find hc 1-5 in both chest/barrel 1/5 chance
    sometimes 1 plat 1/15 chance
    low level weps [ the max i found was a simple vanq]
    lots of gems and pots
    less the 10 tmaps [low level 1/3]
    if you resell weps and gems you can gain 5k circa each camp plus the 4 mobs...
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    Thanks for the detailed statistics. Up to 5 coins? Only got 1 per chest so far (2 per camp then).
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    happens only 1 time.. i found 3hc in a metal chest and 2hc in the crate....
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    Hi,

    I found a Spell of strange love. Could anyone tell me how strong the army will be? I am a new player, a bard character,and I do not have that much experience so I am wondering if I should give it a try or it would be better to sell the scroll

    I am sorry if it is a stupid question, but I could not find the info anywhere.
    Thanks
  16. Godric Greycliff

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    It's not a one person job, Airin.
  17. El Horno

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    Hey man welcome! The scrolls are used to start the valentines day champion spawn outside of wrong, however that spawn is almost constantly active throughout the entire event period so I wouldn't recommend using it for that. You may be able to eek out some holiday coins in the early stages of the champion spawn and maybe even the later stages depending on your experience level. I don't think the scroll will sell for that much due to there being so many of them out there but no harm in listing it. Since your new, some vet will probably be more then happy to pay 10-20k for it.
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    Thank you both for your answers ! :)

    In that case I will try to sell the scroll, and continue hunting easier mobs .

    Thanks!
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    Go check it out tho! There are almost always people there doing the spawn. Worth the trip even if you don't dare try and work the spawn yourself.
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    OK, I might :)

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