Patch 1.95 is going live Wednesday :

We will be bringing all servers down this Wednesday, August 20th at 6:00am EDT so that we can bring you version 1.95. We estimate that the servers will be back up by 6:00pm EDT. As always please stay tuned to the Herald for updates!

Friday night is here, so that means it is time for the weekly Friday Grab Bag ! Check out this weeks edition below:

Q. Hello, I’m an former player with no active account however I still keep track on the Herald. I was just curious as to how Darkness Falls will work on Origins. I enjoy playing assassins and I hunt inside Darkness Falls more then anywhere. When I saw a grief rule I was upset. Will Darkness Falls still function the same with a free for all rule?

A. The Lady of the Jewels has the info about Darkness Falls on Origins: It will be treated just like the Frontiers zones. At this time we plan to include grief protection there as well; however, players will still be able to track down assassins and griefers around their own level and fight them.

Q. At what point does Dexterity stop effecting casting speed? I'm at 390 dex with Aug Dex 3 and need a way to know if spending points and increasing my Dex further will benefit me. Thank you in advance.

A. The Equalizer took a moment to explain: There currently is a cap on Dexterity affecting casting speed, once the player has reached 390 dexterity. After this point, dexterity will no longer provide any noticeable benefit to the casting speed of your spells - while they are still getting faster, it's in the order of a thousandth of a second per point of dexterity. As such, improving dexterity beyond 390 will not provide any benefit to your character.

A "royal"hot fix :

- There is now a Royal Accountant located on the Frontiers side of Castle Sauvage, Svasud Faste, and Druim Ligen. These new NPCs will function just the same as their capital city counterparts, but in a more convenient location for those turning in the Ancient Doppelganger Coin.

It was fun while it lasted:

The additional zone bonuses that have been running over the weekend have been turned off. We now return you to your regular bonus programming.

You can see the current zone bonuses here: http://www.camelotherald.com/section.php?id=42

Hip, Hip, Hooray, zone bonuses are back!

We've decided to implement the following Zone Bonuses through this weekend:

On Classic or Normal Ruleset servers, the following bonuses have been added:
200% bonus to XP in all classic zones and dungeons.
200% bonus to BP in all NF zones.

On the PVP ruleset server the following bonuses have been added:
200% bonus to BP in all classic zones and dungeons.
200% bonus to BP in all NF zones.

On the PVE ruleset server the following bonuses have been added:
200% bonus to XP in all classic zones and dungeons.
200% bonus to BP in the capital cities.

Please note: The bonuses above will last through Monday 8/11/08.