News archive
March 2009
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31.03.2009A few weeks ago we presented the first installement of our photo story contest "Speechless in Taborea", where we uploaded a little photo-strip and asked our players to fill in the blanks and put words in the mouths of our two Community Managers Silberfuchs and Kerensky. Today we have a winner: MikeLitoris from Belgium. Congratulations! ...
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30.03.2009We will perform another server maintenance tomorrow tuesday 31st of march between 8am GMT+1 / 9:00h CEST and 11am GMT+1 / 12:00h CEST. The next patch is scheduled to be uploaded onto the servers tuesday next week, 7th of April. During the downtime you're welcome to join our official forums. UPDATE We will take down the servers around 7:45am GMT+1 / ...
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30.03.2009This week we got something special for you bargain hunters out there! During our Springtime Special offer, you can get our bestselling items 30 % off in a cool bundle with a FREE Purified Fusion Stone! The offer starts on Monday, 30th March 2009 11am GMT / noon CET and ends Friday, 4th April 2009, 10.50pm GMT / 23:50h CET. Have a look at our bundle ...
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27.03.2009Imagine the following: some time ago you found a great cape - looking exactly how you imagined it to be! But actually the stats on that cape are... not quite as satisfying as you would like them to be. Now you found a new cape with the best stats imaginable but looking a bit boring. Until now you were just left with choice to either look cool or ...
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27.03.2009In Dragonfang Ridge lies an ancient fortress in ruins. Once a proud city, the walls and monumental stone columns now can only hint at the masterly architectural skill of their creators. Deep below that lies a cavernous system of tunnels and subterranean galleries leading to the home to the ancient race of the Ice Dwarfs. Deep inside their realm a ...
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25.03.2009It's only been almost a week ago since we officially released Runes of Magic to a wider audience and already we're back posting our weekly Community Spotlight - a general overview on things that might interest you, ranging from community news to press reviews. This week we got a few articles from the press, we would like to bring to your attention. ...
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25.03.2009With Version 2.0.2.1825 we enabled trading of items and in-game gold for our Item Shop currency Diamonds again. In some cases scammers use stolen credit card data to purchase items from us, trying to launder money by selling Diamonds for lower prices before card transaction is cancelled. To minimise this risk for all parties involved we have ...
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25.03.2009Today the Runes of Magic servers were taken down by Runewaker for an unexpected maintenance to relieve an intermittent performance issue. We keep you updated here: http://forum.runesofmagic.com/showthread.php?p=639627 Update 9.50am GMT/ 10:50h CET The servers are back online again. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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23.03.2009Tuesday, 24 March 2009 the Runes of Magix servers will be taken offline for maintenance and patching. We expect the servers to go down at around 8am GMT / 9:00h CET and stay down for no longer than 3 hours. In the course of that downtime we will apply a patch to fix a number of minor bugs and send the 2nd TP reset stone to your character's ...
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22.03.2009Pimp your character and your home this week! With our special offers you can prepare yourself to fight the Demon Lord. After the battle, you can chill out in your upgraded house, just as you always wanted to! Start your Pimpin´ on Sunday, 22nd March 2009, 11pm GMT / midnight CET. Be quick, the offer ends Friday, 27th March 2009, 10.50pm GMT / ...
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21.03.2009Tomorrow morning (Sunday, 22 March 2009) between 3am and 4am GMT / 04:00h - 05:00h CET the European Runes of Magic servers need to be restarted once more. During that time we will push an update onto the servers to further increase their performance. We expect the maintenance to take no longer than 15 minutes.
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20.03.2009A hero worth of that name not just needs the right armour or weapons, but also a ride befitting his (or her) rank! So if your virtual shoes have holes in them already, it is time to pay the local wrangler a call and saddle up one of the mystical and trustworthy mounts! There are several options for you: you can either rent mounts for a number days ...
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20.03.2009Tomorrow morning (Saturday, 21 March 2009) between 3am and 4am GMT / 04:00h - 05:00h CET the European Runes of Magic servers need to be restarted. We expect the maintenance to take no longer than 15 minutes.
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20.03.2009Although we released Runes of Magic in Europe and the US this week, we sadly can't spare you reading another Preview ZAM previews Runes of Magic The last, very positive preview comes from ZAM (formerly known as "Allakhazam")-editor Sam "azerian" Maxted. He compares us with the big names and gives us praise. Eventually Sam comes ...
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19.03.2009After thousands of manhours of development and thorough Beta testing, we finally can present you with the exciting world of Taborea! Today's the big day: Runes of Magic has officially been released! For this remarkable day, we revamped the website, tidied up the forums and applied a new update to the game. Also we have prepared a little token ...
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17.03.2009Only a few more hours and the big bustle begins. Runes of Magic is going to be finally released! Everyone at Runewaker and Frogster is excited that after so many months of careful planning, hard work and the occasional surprise everything comes together. The developers are applying a few finishing touches to the Runes of Magic release version, our ...
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17.03.2009The sound of the sea, softly lapping at the shore... an accordion... bottles clanging together and rough, deep voices singing. In the background a breeze blowing through the rigging and sails of the ship. "Yo ho ho! And a pirate's life for me!" This is Ravenfell on the western coast of Taborea where pirates set up camp on the beach under ...
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17.03.2009Dear friends, annonced yesterday, we wante to remind you that we are right in the middle of today's maintenance. The maintenance started not quite on schedule 1 1/2 hours later than expected at 8.30am GMT / 9.30 CET. We are expecting that it might not take the fuil 3 hours scheduled for it but please be prepared to go the mile. Thank you for your ...
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16.03.2009"Stupid animals!", John cried and tried to aim for the head of one of those pesky beasts, running wild across his fields. "Maddie! Where are those no-good heroes when you need one? Bet they're down at the tavern guzzling beer like the drunkards they truly are. Huh?" *whamm* another head severed from its body, "when instead ...
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16.03.2009The official Runes of Magic launch is closer than ever and a lot of things are still in the pipeline this week. Here's an overview what you have to endure and can look forward to: Improvement of download bandwidth In anticipation of hundreds and thousands of new users, we are increasing the bandwidth of our patch servers to relieve a number of ...
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16.03.2009We will bring down the servers for a server software upgrade from 9:00 GMT+1 to 12:00 GMT+1. We apologize for the interruption of your gameplay and ask for your understanding. The Runes of Magic Team Update 9.45am GMT / 10:45h CET We have released the patch notes (Version 2.0.1.1819) and opened the official discussion thread in the General ...
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15.03.2009In our continuing effort to further improve the performance of our servers, you may experience some unexpected, unanounced or shortly announced server maintenances starting from today and within the next days. We wish to prepare all servers for a smooth start coming thursday, the 19th march and a great launch for Runes of Magic. We're using every ...
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13.03.2009Great bundles more than 50% off and single items for half the price? Everything is possible this weekend! Shop till you drop at the Item Shop and save more than 50% with every purchase. Whether it’s the Portal-Bundle, the Exclusive Weapon-Bundle, the Golden Repair Hammer... we have offers for everyone! So take the opportunity and save money! ...
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13.03.2009Imagine your favourite Community Managers in their daily routine - from arriving in the office to... well, you will find out in the coming weeks. From now on, we will be publishing a little photo-strip every month with scenes from the daily routine of Silberfuchs and Kerensky and your task is to fill in the blanks and put words in the mouths of our ...
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13.03.2009The Demon Lord - even before he enters the world of Runes of Magic - makes his first appearance on the big screen. Today we present the world's first Runes of Magic - Rise of the Demon Lord Cinematic Trailer We really don't want to lose many words about this - it's gorgeous - and we want to let the images speak for themselves. Release ...
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13.03.2009Runes of Magic has an ever growing player-base. Hundreds of thousands user have already registered and are looking forward playing once we release. The German servers are already close to their maximum capacity so we have decided that we need a new server before we release Runes of Magic officially. So with today's hardware upgrade we added a new ...
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12.03.2009Tomorrow, Thursday, 12 March 2009, at around 6am GMT / 7:00h CET (updated time) the European Runes of Magic servers will be taken offline for an significant, major hardware upgrade and essential maintenance. We will be doubling the server's capacity and storage so we are properly prepared for launch. The estimated downtime is app. 7 hours and the ...
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11.03.2009This weeks patch and the combat system changes stole the stage and so we have only a few items for today's community spotlight. Játékok preview As previously announced, Hungarian site Játékok posted their Runes of Magic review yesterday. Sadly I don't speak any word of Hungarian, but I guess that mentioning my name in the last paragraph must be ...
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11.03.2009Currently we're performing an unexpected server maintenance. The duration of the downtime can not yet be evaluated. Therefore we will keep you updated as good as possible. We ask for your understanding and apologize for the inconvinience. The Runes of Magic Team Update 10.15am GMT / 11:15 CET The patch notes are now live and can be found ...
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10.03.2009Today's patch introduced the Guild Castles to the world of Taborea - the first new step into the direction of more sophisticated Guild-vs-Guild battles. Once a guild has reached level 7 and has stocked up on several ressources, they can start building their castle. These castles give access to central guild storage for all members. The guild leader ...
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09.03.2009Tomorrow, Tuesday, 10 March 2009, the Runes of Magic servers will be taken offline for maintenance and patching. The maintenance is scheduled to start at 8am GMT / 09:00h CET and could take up to 3 hours. Highlights are: Introduction of the Guild Halls Revamp of all Loot-tables Bosses drop Item Shop items All-new Combat Formulas The Version ...
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09.03.2009This week we are offering you great bundles for all your gaming needs. We have the Experience Bundle, the Skill Bundle or even the Housing Bundle. How about some fine new furniture for your house? With our drastically reduced prices you can get yourself more comfort and more individualisation at a low cost. You can get your bundle starting Monday, ...
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06.03.2009This weekend you get the chance to cheat death! Avoid the cold hand of death with our reduced bundles. You can choose between "Level-Bundle", "Raid-Bundle" and "Ultimate-Bundle" and you can get the 30-days Little Death Pet almost 60% less! Between Friday, 6th March 4pm GMT / 17:00h CET and Monday, 9th March 10am GMT / ...
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06.03.2009Ladies and Gentlemen, The Frogster Movie Company proudly presents a Taborea Production film, written and directed by Runewaker Entertainment... Today we are releasing the Runes of Magic launch trailer - presenting many exciting images from Taborea. We promise that even if you are already in the game, you want to have a look! But that's not all. ...
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05.03.2009Around 9:00 GMT+1 we will bring down the servers for the thursday maintenance. We expect the downtime to last no longer than 30 Minuten. In addition our server service provider will upgrade the software friday, 06. march between 9:00 and 11:00. While we do not expect it, there might be some disconnects or otherwise noticable interruption of your ...
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04.03.2009RoM Item database now on Buffed This week's communtiy spotlight is short but sweet as sugar, useful like a gun in a knife-fight and truely awesome: German portal "Buffed" has released the probably largest Runes of Magic database with tons and tons of information on items, quests, professions and skills. Available in German and English ...
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03.03.2009The release is getting closer and we are adding more content to Runes of Magic. Today we are proudly announcing a new high-level dungeon, that will be available for release, called "Kalin Shrine". A group of of Lv. 50 players will find that Regin, the dark mage and his army of ghosts, rune guardians and grave robbers a tough challenge. ...
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02.03.2009Taborea: A world filled with thousands of adventures and dangers. Is your character prepared for this? Does your character have the right gear? This week, you have the chance to pimp your character - just as you wish to! You want a bit more comfort? You want more individualization? Just pimp it up! From Tuesday, 3 March 8am GMT / 9:00h CET through ...
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02.03.2009As announced last week, we will enable the 1-vs.-1 PvP Arena in Obsidian Fortress tomorrow, Tuesday 3 March 2009. We will take down the Runes of Magic servers at 8am GMT / 9:00h CET to apply the new patch (Version 2.0.1.1815). The process might take up to 3 hours. Important: Major Hardware Upgrade UPDATE: For technical reasons the schedule hardware ...
