With the new publish freshly installed on test center we offer our first page of information on its content. For your enlightenment we present:

Blackthorn Artifacts

More pages and reports will follow as we explore further.

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Stratics Celebrates 16 Years of Fansite Support with Gaming Industry Legends

Posted by Taylor, 14 October 2013

WASHINGTON, DC—Stratics, the Internet’s oldest continually-operating MMO fansite, will celebrate its 16th anniversary next Sunday by hosting a series of interviews with some of the gaming industry’s most influential figures. In keeping with the theme of the celebration, “What’s Old is New Again,” Stratics’ guests will include individuals whose historical contributions uniquely shaped the modern MMORPG landscape. The event will also feature giveaways and interviews with some of Stratics’ former and current team members, as well as an unveiling of the newly-redesigned Stratics.com.

Richard Garriott and Starr Long, whose 1997 launch of Ultima Online (UO) forever shaped MMORPG development, will be meeting to discuss the anthropology of gaming and to promote their new title, Shroud of the Avatar (SotA).

Paul Sage, Creative Director at ZeniMax and another key contributor to UO’s impact on the MMORPG industry, along with veteran Community Manager Jessica Folsom will discuss ZeniMax’s highly anticipated title, The Elder Scrolls Online.

Bonnie Armstrong, Producer of Ultima Online, will discuss her leadership of the historic title and reflect on Stratics’ close support to the UO team over the past sixteen years.

Troy Hewitt, Producer and Community Director at Carbine Studios and former Stratics volunteer, will join Jen Gordy, Carbine’s Lead PvP Designer and also a Stratics alumna, to discuss Carbine’s WildStar Online, which continues to generate enormous excitement at gaming conventions.

Since its founding in 1997, Stratics has endeavored to facilitate productive communication between game developers and the communities that support them. To this end, Gina Dionne, SotA’s Community Manager, will join Troy Hewitt and Jessica Folsom to discuss the role and importance of fansite communities.

As these interviews progress, Stratics will be giving away digital and physical “swag” to viewers. Moreover, Stratics will unveil the newly-redesigned Stratics.com and announce important changes to its direction and organization, to include paid opportunities for all content contributors.

The event is scheduled to take place on Sunday, 20 October, between 2-8 PM EST. Visit Stratics.com/Stratics16 for more details! Check back often, as more information is being added as the anniversary approaches.

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Stratics.com publishes fansite news, strategy guides, and statistics for MMORPGs. The network is united by a vibrant community of players, developers, and over 50 staff members. Since its founding in 1997, Stratics has endeavored to create opportunities for players and developers to share their passionate love for gaming. Stratics is published by Valour Corp.

In our continuing efforts to provide exceptional resouces for players we have added new content, and plugged a few gaps in our knowledgebase. We hope you will find them useful.

Having realised that we lacked information about soulstones I persuaded Tazar to rectify the situation. His page can be found here:
Soulstones
I am assured that his arm will be fully functional again very shortly.

We also had some gaps in our quest information. Most notably event quests that have become permanent content. I have therefore created a new heading on our Questing page ‘Event Quests’.  Frarc’s recent excellent guides have been added to that heading, in addition you will find.

• Salis The Ophidian Cook (Bane Chosen Event)

• Queen Zhah (Echoes of the Past Event)
• Prugyilonus the Advisor to the Queen
• Linzrom The Guard Captain

• Sifting Sand (The Awakening Event) – This copied from Frarc’s news post during the event

We have also added

Prassel the Security Liason or Xeninlor the Security Advisor Quest under ‘Monster Slaying Quests’

More recent content is the addition of an artifact listing for BMV Ararat

I would like to offer special thanks to my friends from RAAM on Europa for their help in completing Linzrom’s quest to allow me to create this documentation.

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Following the very enjoyable party on Test Center yesterday we are proud to announce the contest winners, with our heartiest congratulations to all of them.

Scavenger Hunt

1st Place – Kings Collection – Solus of Atlantic
2nd Place – Raised Garden Beds (3) – Bon Ivor of Atlantic
3rd Place – Undertakers Staff – Sam Vam of Drachenfels

Fool Hardy

1st Place – Unique Dye – Blackrock Hue – Tokuno Style – Holly Bloodhand, Ash the Necromanceer and Dead Shipmate
2nd Place – Forged Metal Tool – DescWing of Drachenfels
3rd Place – 15th Anniversary Robe – Eiodolon of Atlantic

Cultural Center Design Contest

The Entries
The winner:
Miss Echo of Oceania

will have her design built on the shard of her choice with her name as the designer

Story Contest

The Entries

1st Place – Mesanna’s Wig – Story #4 – Lady Ivy of Chesapeake
2nd Place – Mesanna’s Bustier – Story #11 – Soar of Atlantic
3rd Place – Mesanna’s Whip – Story # 8 – Alexander of Atlantic

Trivia Contest

A Castle In Malas Placed By Mesanna
Holly Bloodhand

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Entries for the contest are all in and can be seen here:

character-and-lifestyle/cultural-center-design-contest

Come along to the party on Test Center today where the winner will be announced.

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Curious about the monsters etc you’ll meet in the new event arc?

Check out our updated ‘Current Event’ listing on Hunter’s Guide

The collapsed menu can be found at the top of the left sidebar.

For those who prefer a ‘walk through’ of this first act of the event arc, our esteemed reporter, Frarc has provided one in 4 beautifully written parts
http://uo2.stratics.com/quest-and-events

Of course by its very nature a ‘walkthrough’ is absolutely riddled with spoilers!

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Two pages recently added.

First, an oversight rectified by delving into an older resource.

A Safer Route Into Sanctuary

And second, for those who like a little RP with their guides

Stealing In Exodus

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The new King’s Collection has found it’s way into our playguide documentation.

King’s Collection

All craftable items can be found in the relevant crafting calculators and in our items database

Carpentry

Tinkering

In addition the two new gargish amulets have been added

Gargish Amulet

Gargish Stone Amulet

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