NCsoft gives players plenty of Tricks and Treats this Halloween - News
By Paguba Florin
Published: October 21, 2009
Print In honor of Halloween, NCsoft is providing its players with additional in-game content and activities to get into the holiday spirit. Along with in-game events, quests, costumes and contests across NCsoft's portfolio of games, including Aion, City of Heroes, Guild Wars, Lineage, Lineage II and Exteel, players will find themselves face-to-face with zombies, werewolves, undead creatures and plenty of other foul dwellers along the way.Below you will find a brief overview of the Halloween activities across NCsoft's portfolio of games.
Aion - Harvest Revel
During
the Fall harvest, the people of Atreia have always celebrated the
bounty of the land. Years ago, the joy of the annual revels was
troubled by an eclipse-a peculiar and magical eclipse that brought
darkness to Asmodae and Elysea. Ever since, for days during Harvest
Revel, the sky goes dark and the people of Atreia join in the hunt.
Asmodians
celebrate the bounty through the Wild Hunt, racing after the Wild
Kurthanir hunt leader and cooking special dishes made from the meat. On
the other side of Atreia, the Elyos encounter undead creatures pulled
back into a semblance of life by the power of the eclipse. Elyos must
join roving Dark Night bands to hunt and destroy the undead before they
invade Elyos villages.
Each day during Harvest Revel players
will be rewarded for their investment with new lore and tasty treats
including a Halloween Hat and candy that will transform players into in
game creatures!
- Starts: Sunday, October 25, 2009
- Ends: Saturday, October 31, 2009
It's Halloween in Tyria, and that means one thing: the return of Mad King Thorn! Similar to years past, the maniacal monarch has come to play, and he's got a bag full of tricks and treats to delight and dismay. But non-tricksters fear not, there are plenty of ways to celebrate Halloween - participate in several special events (a new series of quests and a costume PvP brawl) or explore the decorated cities/towns adorned with Halloween décor.
- Starts: Friday, October 23, 2009
- Ends: Monday, November 2, 2009
Players brace themselves for a new apocalypse as City of Heroes' annual Halloween Event returns with legions of Zombies, Werewolves, Jack-o-Lanterns, and other foul denizens descend upon Paragon City and the Rogue Isles. This year they're bringing even more powerful allies! The new apocalypse is deadlier than ever as mysterious monstrosities join forces with the Eidolons, Shivans, and others. Paragon City and the Rogue Isles are in terrible peril, and only the greatest Heroes and Villains can turn back the tide. The greater the challenge, the greater the reward!
- Starts: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
- Ends: Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Halloween is just around the corner and players can win in-game prizes by showing off their creative holiday spirit. Players are encouraged to create and share their Halloween and/or autumn themed adena art (visual art created by dropping adena on the ground in-game to create an image seen from above.) For those just looking to have fun this Halloween, players can don a "Scarecrow Jack" illusion featuring two animated emotes. Along with the illusion, players will receive 5 revita pops to refill their vitality bars while in game.
- Starts: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
- Ends: Thursday, November 19, 2009
- Deadline for art submissions is Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 11:59pm CDT
The Lineage team is hosting the in-game party of all parties this Halloween - costumes not required, but highly encouraged! In addition to free polymorph "costumes," most monsters will drop pumpkin seed, which is redeemable for prizes like a Pinewand to spawn monsters of choice, accessories, and Stat t-shirts from NPCs. No tricks about it, as an added bonus, players will be treated to increased item drops from Bosses. See you at the "Cavern of Chaos!"
- Starts: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
- Ends: Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Smashing pumpkins and bag snatching is easy! Try picking on a Mechanaught your own size, even if it is painted Orange and Purple! Exteel players are encouraged to celebrate this Halloween colorfully with free Orange and Purple paint. But that's not all! Players will receive +50% bonus credits during the week-long Exteel Halloween celebration!
- Starts: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
- Ends: Wednesday, November 4, 2009
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