So it has been long enough since it was last mentioned, which means we should talk about it.

Double Gains was mentioned as something that will happen at some point after the Christmas Raid and Christmas job were gone. Since they are gone, I suppose it's time that we get it.

When can you expect it to start? Well for the sake of making it as simple to answer:

Click here to just see the countdown

How long? 96 hours after that. Or 4 days.

What does double gains affect? Well:

Does
-Double Experience from PVP and Hunt
-Double Item Experience
-Double Honing Experience
-Double payout from jobs
-Double Warfare points
-Double energy per hour (400/hour)
-Double boon xp

Does not
-Double Crafting Experience
-Double transferred Experience
-Double Job Experience
-Stack with buffs (for things like 4x job payout)
-Double hunting points
-Double gang rep gains/loss
-Double Drone xp
-Double raid xp
-Double Casino payout
-Double Drop rate
-Double Focus gain
-Double HP heal at hospital
-Double default token gain
-Double Page load times
-Double rewards from daily quests

And uh, oh, right, a new Werewolf game to break try out. New roles, slight alterations to roles, and the same chaos we all love to hate.

So here we are in December and...Halloween events are finally wrapping up. Gotta love that Legacy sense of time am I right?

Between the Werewolves game, the Spooky Story corner, and the Costume contest there are a few rewards to be given out. Which is the point of this blog so those who get random items sent to them are aware of what they are for

First up: the Trick or Treat part of the Hallowed events (thanks to everyone who participated)
Hydra, Jake, JoeBloggs, Mary, MrItrickzu, Quin, sumwish, Ulm, Bernard721, darp, GAGANB, crippler, Flagg, Pillage, Predator, Subzero, Bongo, hunter8.

For your performance in these you'll be getting a Halloween Candy. The one that fills your energy. That one, it's that one.

But specifically for the Werewolves game, they are a little different.

Everyone by default is going to be receiving the banner for Helping Legacy Staff because just by participating you all did just that. Some even reported bugs and issues along the way.

As per the norm, the winning team that survived (this is subject to change for future games) will be receiving the Werewolves banner.

The winning team will also receive a +4 favor, as per the norm.

I intend on something other than that just to change up the "norm," but I haven't made it quite that far. Thanks again to everyone who participated in the events

So for those who might have forgotten by now: signups for the new Werewolves game are done. Be sure to check the last post of it to see what's going on. The short version is that if you signed up, you need to message me with your anonymous identity. It has already been a thing for a couple days so I'll let it keep going until Monday when I get home (roughly 2PM EST (or 3PM if you go back server time in the upper right). At which point I'll get it setup with Lynx's new system (thanks to Lynx again by the way) and we will go from there.

Also, a bunch of people were able to participate in the Shadress invasion of the Wasteland this year and will be receiving a gift bag which may or may not include the banner. With Aldo successfully getting multiplayer raids figured out though, next year we can potentially get one setup so that fighting her is available all day (for all of those who miss it due to time constraints) as well as rewards for doing so.

So the take away from all of this:

• Message Will with Werewolf name


• Game will start some time Monday


• Shadress rewards some time this weekend


• Brace yourself...Winter is coming

While the outfits aren't available just yet, that doesn't mean a few other things can't happen in the meantime.

First off, the holiday season has begun. Halloween right around the corner and Christmas not to far behind. That said, a somewhat familiar face is going to make her appearance once again to try and terrorize the Hive. You know her as Shadress.

For those unaware, Shadress is a mysterious entity that made her first appearance some time ago and for some reason mostly manifests when there is a surge of power or when Halloween is near. Don't ask why. It's one of the more unknown things about her.

Shadress seems to change her combat style slightly each time we see her. The biggest problem is her overwhelming power when she first appears. In the past it has taken getting her to at least 60% fatigue for it to be a fair fight. This time however she doesn't seem to be sporting that much power. She has sacrificed a massive portion of that power for an overwhelming amount of HP. What will make this particularly challenging is that once the first attack against her is initiated, you will be on a strict time limit to take her down.

If you put forth an noticeable effort to take her down, you will be rewarded. If you get the killing blow, you will receive some extra goodies. The killing blow is not required for the banner, but it will definitely make your chances better. Also Shadress will mostly stay on a square that is neutral so Avatars are able to phase to her more easily. If she has to move for whatever reason, the timer will pause until she relocates and people follow her.

Oh, and don't worry. I will get Zorg to add the Halloween costumes next time I see him