WOE! aka The War of Emperium

[GM-Ayu]

Follow-up on WoE time change + castle rotation:

Originally we promised to do castle rotation separately from the time change and have it occur in January. However, GM-Pandora will be away for the last 2 weeks and unable to do the changes in time. Currently, we are looking at implementing both changes such that the first Saturday WoE will begin on February 10th. This is not 100% confirmed yet, but we will post again on updates whenever we can.

As promised, there will be at least 7 days of lead time once we can confirm the start date of the first Saturday WoE that replaces the Sunday WoE time schedule.

[GM-Ayu]

Obviously the above didn't happen due to variety of reasons, such as sweeping flu season in real life to knock members of our poor GM team out. We're still committed to do the time change and will give 1 week notice. Most likely, we'll do castle rotation and the time change separately so that at least one of the two will stop being delayed for so long.

[GM-Ciar]

The next castle rotation will take place on Monday 19th of February. This will give about 2 days of preparation before the next WoE.

Please keep in mind, heroes, that this date is subject to GM availability, and that currently the only GMs that can rotate castles are Pandora, Garr and Ciar.

[GM-Ciar]

Update: Schedule permitting, castle rotation will happen after Sunday's Retro WoE (Feb 18). The castles that will be opened will be the following:

Prontera 3
Payon 4
Alde 4

(Obviously the current castles will be closed.)

[GM-Ciar]

WOE Castles

Currently, only 1 castle is open per WoE. WoE Times remain the same for now.

Prontera Castle ~ Odin's Sanctuary: Castle 3 is open on Sundays


Payon ~ Freya's Beauty: Castle 4 is open on Wednesdays


Geffen ~ Loki's Stronghold: Castles are currently closed


Aldebaran ~ Thor's Might: Castle 4 is is open on Sundays during Retro WoE
(This castle is "retro" also called "non-trans", no reborn or new jobs allowed)

[GM-Ciar]

Next Castles to be opened:

Prontera N/A
Payon 1
Geffen 4
Alde 1

The dates for this change have not been decided yet.

[GM-Ciar]

Next Castle rotation is happening sometime in June.

The WoE time changes are a separate update, which are not guaranteed to happen this month.

[GM-Ciar]

The next castle rotation will take place either today after WoE, or tomorrow, IRL permitting. The castles changes are the following:

Prontera Castles will be closed.
Payon Castle 1 will be opened on Wednesdays
Geffen Castle 4 will be opened for Sunday Trans WoE
Aldebaran Castle 1 will be opened for Sunday Retro WoE

[GM-Ciar]

The WoE Castles have been rotated!

Currently, and as usual, only 1 castle is open per WoE. War times remain the same.


Prontera Castle ~ Odin's Sanctuary: Castles are currently closed


Payon ~ Freya's Beauty: Castle 1 is open on Wednesdays


Geffen ~ Loki's Stronghold: Castles 4 is open on Sundays


Aldebaran ~ Thor's Might: Castle 1 is is open on Sundays during Retro WoE
(This castle is "retro" also called "non-trans", no reborn or new jobs allowed)

[GM-Ciar]

Recently we've come across a bug/glitch/issue where certain castles can be accessed despite being closed. They can also be conquered, though they won't provide any treasure/loot. Two players have already been punished for abusing this bug at least twice, without ever reporting it.

I'd like to remind players that abusing bugs and glitches is against the rules. If someone leaves a bank's safe open or unlocked, you do not have free reign to go in.

Any future abuse of this glitch/bug/issue by any player, will result in a permanent ban of the account that committed the offense, as well as any related account. And trust me when I say any related account, it means anything that has the offender's email or IP on it, or is known to be logged by them, shared account or not.


To conclude: The conquered "glitched" castles have since had the guild info wiped off them. We have been working on a few script changes to WoE, such as castle rotations and the time WoE can occur, and will be looking into the issue to fix it. Thank you for your patience and understanding.