Freedom Harbor Has Fallen!

Lots of new stuff. My head is spinning!
First, for those that use the bypass to access the game - you will need to redo your links. Go HERE for info.

Second, if the last place your character was located is now an occupied territory, your char will end up at the new starting areas. Refer to your map to get to the Nightfall Citadel (red dots on the main map - probably going to want to hit the middle one as that is right in the middle of the city). When you get there, reset your town portal to the trackstone there.

Now, for some details on the new stuff. This list will be updated periodically, so check back here for additions. I will put new stuff since last post in Green. New new stuff is in Purple.

• Henry is still here and he's still making us all run his errands. He also has all the things he had before (checkins!). Only thing different is his dailies have a different name.

• Otis is still here, but he's having some difficulty recognizing tof at the moment. Good news, Otis got his memory back! \o/

• Alchemy and chef dailies have changed...for the worse :/

• Guild manager is inside the building directly behind the central trackstone. He lists all the guild bases, so all guild entrances have been centralized!

• You can buy things with wargod points! VALUABLE things!! Like star diamonds and anima upgrades! Check the npcs in the Hall of Glory. (We won't have to do round 25 of Wota!)

• You can use your extra soul power to trade for apotheosis points. (I always have too much sp too little sg).

• Instances now take a chunk of either energy or vigor to enter :(  So if you make a bunch of fusion gems, good luck getting anything else done for awhile... You do get a little free vigor and energy each night between 20:00-22:00 (really bad time for many of us, and easy to forget to do it). You can also buy extra with Shylia Favor.

• Most instances have been combined into a pot luck in the T menu. You apply for one of the groupings, and the game decides which one of the instances to throw you into. Good luck! We were shooting for SI and got TM :/
  Tip: you can all leave, reset and reapply to try to get something else - you only have a cd of about a min or two on reapply (it's not a full 5 mins).

• Instances give you a personal luck roll at the end for goodies if you queue in using the T menu. You get rolls for prizes on the wheel - it looks much like the guild lottery game. Gear instances give you the chance at big chunks of wargod points, permanent mounts, and flame crystals!! 
• You can still manually enter most instance to get a specific one. But that means no more picking up the stray queuer. IMPORTANT: you do not get the bonus personal roll when you manually enter. In fact, you get very little as the set gear no longer seems to drop in gear instances :/

• LCS, Wades, GL, and DDT still exist! They are in the What Passes for Fate instance grouping. 

• LCS has abandoned Storm Force Crystals - they do not have the tab for trade. But, the achievement for using the instance items remains. And LCS still drops divine tokens!

• Wades still has all three versions, so you can complete your Figaro quest. Wades still drops soul tokens.

•  GL only gives 1 unbound gem. You do get rolls for additional goodies.

• DDT offers the elusive Twilight Castle version that gives ghost warrior pet souls. The souls are catchable from the first set of mobs :)

•  The fishing title guy still exists!

• You can get the crystal shells for bait recipes from fishing in the base.(This was rumored, but I have had no luck with this...) Still no luck.

• You can buy any race wings to use on your char. They are available in Eyrda Boutique for soul leaves for a limited time. They are only visible once equipped if you have the chroma necessary for wings and are only the level that your chroma allows. These are treated as fashion.

• Training ground weapon no longer says that it is not transferable. ALSO it only fortifies to 9/12. :/

• You can buy fusion agents from the npc again -- not sure how long this will last. I know last time they said that this offering would be periodic, so maybe get them while you can!

•  Mount bag with 42 slots - for real.

• No extra fashion slots T.T

• Extra slots in your main bag available to open with cash shop levels.
   
• You can add short notes on your friends in your friends list.
   
•  You can set a motto for your character that will be seen by people.

• There are more quests that will give guild pts and funds.

• Mastery and resistance training and unlocking is available directly in C menu. No more running to your tutor!

• No more Blademaster quest to open Mastery and Resistance training. Looks like it can be opened as soon as you are the correct level.
   
• HR gives twice the goods for each round now that it is only once per week.

• There is a ratkin-like creature that pops up when you mine and pick plants. Kill him for a card box drop! They even give the rare cards!
   
• You can enter the crucible on any realm. The npc will automatically switch you to realm 2.

• The seals are now linked in the quest text.
   
• Queuing for dragon tower now tells you the name of the person who has already done dragon that week :)  No more 30 mins of finger pointing and trial booting.

• The king still gives the reward box to those who have reached the level cap. He also has some additional unsealable items.

• The locked boxes that contain the scroll of enigma that were scattered across Freedom Harbor are now scattered across Nightfall Citadel.

• New tavern quests. Some are dailies.

• Pet journey offerings have changed up a bit. No more sending your pet on fissures, but you can send them to do Run Boy, Run and Watch Rotation

• New invader instance, similar to invasion, but much easier and faster! You don't get the bonus boxes at the end, but you do get a couple personal fate-rolls for some good stuff. FYI - you only need to kill Zorkas (the last boss) to finish this.

• Invasion times have changed! 13:00, 15:00 and 17:00 -- 30 mins each. These are also the same time as the new invader instance, so you will have to choose which to do.
• Fissure times have changed! 15:00-30, 19:00-30, 23:00-00:00

• You can collect white roses, lavender, red quicksilver, copper, and tin in Deepsea Gateway instance.

• They merged fusion gem catalogs. Less catalogs to keep track of.

• You can get 30s grey gear from general beach mobs.

• Lower level skills are directly learnable in the skill menu. No more visiting the skill tutor.

• They fixed the female drunk elf dance! It's now synced and she twirls as she is supposed to, instead of looking like she's about to pass out or throw up over her shoulder.

• Some world bosses have been showing up in unexpected places! We found the robber ringleader on the beach. We killed him and it counted for achievement!
  
  
• Guild member names column has finally been adjusted!
   
• When you add a soul token manuscript to your soulpower tree, it actually shows that you did it!
  

• Master and apprentice program seems to be drastically changed, but you can still graduate the apprentices that you have the same way you did before. Except all apprentices graduate at Hugh Sutherland. (Someone in forum says that you can still do the apprentice-led quests and you can get friendship by doing the apprentice's level instances with them - you should see friendship gained at the end just like when there was a recruit previously.)

• Christer is in Nightfall and will still exchange your lv1, lv2 AND lv3 gems! He does not have the entrance for GL.

• Crystal shark soul still spawns. Look in the water.

• Farmable mats moved to the Borderlands. They are even harder to find :(

• HR roses can be added in batches! No more clicking piles of roses to add!

• HR gives temporary titles with goodies each week to all players in a ranking grouping.

• HR has a new second part - Hell Road Depths! This is open to those who have completed all floors of Hell Road.

• Ayrshi sells a buff that includes all sharable buffs for 10g. Be careful! It is in the form of a quest ! . Put all your gold in the bank if you are not already doing that. Lots of pickpockets in FW!

• You can buy the rage anima upgrades with wargod pts - npc is in Hall of Glory.

• Soul gold is far easier to accumulate! I has soul gold again! \o/

• Columbus doesn't give adventurer quests any longer, but El Nino has some that you can take every 60 mins up to 5x per day. They are easy and give 10 adventurer pts each. (You must have observation to complete them).

• There is a new TM bypass (unsure of how this works).

• Pet Transformation!
  - With Illusory Grass and a pet as a prototype, players can permanently transform the look of their pets.
  - Transformation can be undone at the Pet Trainer, however, the cost of Transformation will not be refunded.
  - Illusory grass drops from the boss monster of the Immortal Pool in Creekbank Valley and can also be purchased from the Eyrda Boutique

A new orb with new goodies!

Fox fashion!




Centaur pet!



Panda mount!