You guys did an absolutely amazing job finishing the Friday the 13th Rift War! All of you guys fought together and went through an insane amount of waves in the last hour bringing home victory for the War Challenge with just ten minutes to spare!

You guys literally beat us to the boss fight, after us having a crazy week at the office*! The imp pets were awarded in a special mini-quest with the new Ashen Squire monsters. Now though... now it's time for the boss! Tomix did an amazing job animating it and Rolith did some very mean things programming it. Tomix also made a wicked looking helm for the boss fight rewards!

Fixes!
Just a quick note, Rolith has adjusted the xp for leveling from 60 to 70. I've also fixed several items that were unsellable/undestroyable if you're looking to clear some inventory space. 

*Rolith got bogged down with server work and poor Tomix was sick on Thursday. D: 

Congrats guys! You beat us to the war boss! Rolith is now running around the office with his hair on fire.* You guys can collect your imp pets in the new, special wave of Ashen Squires! The General attacks tomorrow!

*Alina is not amused.

True Mortal has crafted a special scythe in honor of his birthday! Log in now to get the Glaive of the Orb. It will only be available for a limited time!

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Hey guys, just a quick check in to let you know if you're one of the people racing to level 80, you'll have the level 80 tier DoomKnight items awaiting you now.  If you have already hit 80 (wow!), then they'll be in your inventory the next time you log in!

Now I figured I'd also take some time to share some VERY INTERESTING numbers.

I love those kinds of numbers, and thought you guys would like to know them, too!

Right now, we are working on some tools to make Chapter 2 more interesting while continuing the clean up of Chapter 1, so it helps to keep track of things like how many players are at each of the different levels. Level 40 seems to be about the average for completing Chapter 1's main storyline. 

Forum question: What level are YOU, and how long did it take you to get there? How many hours a week do you play, and do you just play through the release, or farm for the epic rewards? Let us know on the Forum!

Cya on Twitter, too!

So, the end of 2011 was a crazy holiday season with people getting sick, travelling and foolishly thinking they could take vacations! With all the rush of trying to get everything done poor Togslayer armor got lost in the shuffle.

Luckily, it's a leap year, so we totally have an extra day.

So, it has been decided that we're going to have a special release on February 29th, 2012. For that one day, 24 hours, you'll be able to get Togslayer, gather "coal" from a random quest filled with togs and train the armor up. After that, you gotta wait for next time the Frostval Storybook appears.

'Tis a strange place indeed.A floating city, a sanctuary for a fleeing purple people we know nothing about.
And yet, those four individuals standing in a war camp are whispering.Whispering of brave heroes, trying to save their race from the danger.Save this world from "him".

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A special shop is now live in Falconreach! It is the Year of the Water Dragon and True Mortal has crafted a beautiful staff and scythe that will be available for just a limited time!

It's Thursday, just a few hours left for the official War Challenge announced last Friday on the homepage! If you guys can get to 50% by Friday then new fire weapons, crafted by Dracelix, will be added to the war loot table!

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The 50% by Friday War Challenge has been met! Unfortunately, it wasn't done by 6pm server so those hats will have to wait until the next war, but look for the new infernal weapons to appear tomorrow!

'Tis a strange place indeed.A floating city, a sanctuary for a fleeing purple people we know nothing about.
And yet, those four individuals standing in a war camp are whispering. Whispering of brave heroes, trying to save their race from the danger. Save this world from... him.

But in order to do so, the heroes will need power.Power they can provide for the one who speaks with dragons.

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If you walk North from Twilly in Falconreach, you will be able to enter the Auction House for the first time!  There are currently no auctions happening, but Gris the owner is setting up shop and is looking for some special items for his grand opening, and he's heard that you are pretty good at getting the job done*. Speak with his assistant Nati to begin questing for the shining elixir, hidden deep within Brightmist Tower. Adventure awaits you, adventurer!

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This week while Geo takes some well-deserved R&R, I get to build a quest for you guys! Last time I did that it was the Ruins of Sil, but this time since I only have a week to build it, it will have to be a little less complicated. Enter: Brightmist Tower!

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Judging this contest has been extremely difficult, as there were so many hilarious entries. But one hat *cough* stands above the rest… heh.  Behold, the winner of Silly hat 2011 - The "I want to break every cutscene in the game cause I am just that awesome" hat!

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