Mark Jacobs Public Letter

Mark Jacobs of Mythic Entertainment has put together a public letter that can be found both on Camelot Herald and in your Dark Age of Camelot patch notes. In the letter, Mark takes the time to thank everyone who plays the game and talks about what is going to be implemented over the course of the next month. Here’s what to expect:

1) Climbing and ladders will be added to the game.
2) You will be able to see arrows and ammo being shot by other players.
3) Shapeshifting will be added.
4) Bounty points (for Realm vs. Realm combat) will be added to the game. As part of this we will also add a Realm Store where you can redeem your points. We will also convert each character so that Bounty Points are added retroactively to your character based on the Realm Points you have accumulated so far.
5) A new class of weapon effects will be added to the game for things like flaming swords.
6) Battlegroups will be added to the game.
7) We will look at improving the animations for both water and lava.
8) New weapon animations for skills will be added.
9) More unique NPCs will be added to the game. What we mean by unique is NPCs that require their own special animations/attacks. These are not NPCs whose type exist already in the game (to which we just add new skins) but whole new types of NPCs.
10) More skins for NPCs (as separate from above).
11) Ongoing Realm by Realm, Zone by Zone analysis of all parts of the Realms.
12) Hibernia will get special attention in order to correct what people perceive it being the (poor stepchild) of the game. In particular all aspects of the development team will be turning their attention to that Realm (classes, spells, NPCs, dungeons) to improve it and the player’s perception of the Realm.
13) Increased itemization of certain dungeons and outdoor areas.
14) Addition of Epic Quests to 40th level across all Realms.
15) Addition of some Epic Quests up to 50th level.
16) Addition of more non-Epic Quests.