To Celebrate the first Christmas Holiday on the Renaissance server we have create a custom challenge event for our players. During the holiday period players will be able to take part in several events. Reindeer Hunt Players will be able to search the world looking for Reindeer and Santa's Elf Minions Each of these creatures have a chance to drop holiday coins that can be traded in for holiday rewards (see below) The Reindeer & Elves can be found in forests and dungeons of the land, however not always in the same place. Champion Style Event Ezekiel will be running a custom Holiday themed champion event over the holidays. Make sure to check the local town criers for news of the impending event. Rise of the Reindeer Challenge Event This will be a challenge style event where players attempt to overcome a challenge to score points The event will run 14-18 times over the holiday period. The event will last approximately 30 minutes. You will not be able to take any items into the event, other than blessed or newbied items. Supplies will have to be scavenged in the event in order to defeat the Reindeer invasion. To learn more about the event, see below. Rise of the Reindeer Challenge Event How to Particpate Check the calendar here or listen for a worldwide event announcement while ingame. Once an event announcement has been made proceed to one of the event signup locations in towns across Britannia. Find the Holiday Event Signup book and double click it. Once you Sign up for the event you will be taken to the event lobby where you can safely chat with your friends, and stable your horse. Note: If you leave this arena you will be removed from the event, if there is still time you can re-join. During the Event Once the event begins you will be teleported into the event arena. In the starting zone various basic supplies can be found to get you started. Additional supplies can be found the monsters and hidden throughout the event. If you look hard enough special instruments and weapons can be found. Players are tasked with defeating the Reindeer minions in order to summon the master of the dungeon in order to end the Reindeer invasion. Scoring Players will earn points for killing the monsters during the event The player who scores the most points will receive a special trophy and bonus holiday coins at the end of the event. Points are awarded to the player who does the most damage, either directly, by magic, using a summon, or controlling another monster. Points are awarded as follows. The elves give you 1,3 or 5 points depending on difficulty Reindeer give 10 points Killing the boss of the dungeon gives you 25 points. At the end of the event each player is shown the final scoreboard for the event. Holiday Rewards At the end of the event every player who participates in the event will receive a holiday gift bag containing holiday coins that can be spent at the holiday vendor (see below) Players can remain in the event safe zone for 5 minutes after the event, where a banker is provided. Players also can keep any items that are found during the event. Items you had on your pack when you signed up for the event will be neatly placed in your bank in a red bag. Redeeming Your Holiday Coins To redeem your holiday coins simply look for the new Holiday Item vendor located at any bank in the land. These vendors will provide you with a special menu allowing you to pick a reward of your choosing. The holiday coins must be in your pack in order to purchase an item, so make sure you watch out for thieves. Note: The holiday vendors will hang around after the holidays allowing players the ability to spend their coins whenever they wish. The Rewards Snow - 5 Coins Allows you to toss snowballs at anyone else carrying snow. (Blessed) Snow can also be found, very rarely on Reindeer wandering the land Christmas Tree Deed - 10 Coins Allows you to place a decorative Christmas tree in your house. Holiday Wreath Deed - 20 Coins Allows you to place a holiday wreath in your house, can be dyed Poinsettia Plant - 25 Coins Potted Plant Deed - 40 Coins When double clicked it will place 1 of 6 potted plants in your inventory. This is completely random. The deeds are blessed, however the plants are not Mounted Reindeer Decoration - 100 Coins This selection will provide you with a random colored mounted Reindeer for your house. Reindeer Masks - 200-250 Coins A special colored mask only available this holiday season. Happy Holidays from the staff of Renaissance!
outstanding!!! this is going to be super fun... although, i reckon i will need to improve a bit more so i do not end up in last place... again... -fren
Wonderful items/loot and lots of fun Thanks guys for all the effort, hope everyone can make the event and score major on loot. enjoy
Pictures from the First Challenge Event Signup and Instructions Grabbing Some Supplies The Fight Begins The Reindeer fight valiantly but are no match for the players Santa is summoned to exact his revenge ! Santa Takes a Break from kicking ass for some milk and cookies Sharing war stories with other players after the event.
Oh wow, that was fun. I think I came in next-to-last, with 0 points. :roll: I say next-to-last because I think someone had a -1 under points...not sure though. I may have been last. I got a pile of coal and a purdy blue certificate of participation that said something like "...perhaps you'll do better next year..." :lol: But sadly, that certificate of participation was stollen by a thief when I got to town. :cry:
Nice score! I think LesClaypool got something like 250+ during one of the events though, so much killing!
~ Brief Event Results ~ Note: The website component for the events should be done soon, it just got shuffled to the end of my todo list. Regardless we are constantly collecting event data in our database. ~~ Most Points, Single Match ~~ ~~ Most Points, All Matches ~~ ~~ Event Winners ~~
What? I can t remember to have scored 240 points in an event?! Was this maybe one of the extra long events?
Woo hoo, high total points and matches won! I was planning on replacing Iolo, guess I'll keep him around instead.
