The site has been updated to reflect the 1.95 patch spell changes. Changes were made to Smite baseline & spec, Purification baseline, Stormcalling, Mentalism baseline & spec, Instruments, and Suppression spec.

Yeah, it's been pretty quiet around here lately. That's due in part to my not noticing that my last two news posts didn't have the 'public' flag set, and were only visible to me. Not exactly useful as news, in that scenario.

However, in news today, we've got the Grab Bag - which answers two Reaver questions answered in my Reaver Guide. I was of course shocked and saddened to learn that not every new Reaver reads it. ;)

The Grab Bag also points us to this month's (or last month's? they're labeled 'June'... it's a simple question with simple answers and simple responses, it can't possibly take three months, can it?) TL Focus Question responses. You can find them on three separate pages - for Albion, Hibernia, and Midgard. Since these have more or less replaced TL reports, this question seems somewhat silly (Mythic doesn't already know the answer, after all these years?) and the answers pointless (either "no", "no, we are thinking instead of...", or "maybe"). I continue to doubt the value of the TL system.

And a new link for our German-speaking readers - guild site Alte Garde, which the creator Thivor tells me has a lot of 'in-game screenshots and races, classes, regions, battles etc.'. I do NOT speak (or in this case, read) German, so I shall take him at his word. It's a nicely designed site, anyway.

Speaking of German-speaking readers, and for that matter Spanish, French, Japanese, and the many other foreign language speakers - the foreign-language Non-English (just renamed, since 'foreign' is, after all, relative) section of the links page is pretty sparse. This is mostly because I don't know what the good sites are for those of you whose native language isn't English. But you do! So email them, please, and I'll put up a link.

A common theme over the last year or two - not DAoC news, but something that will certainly have an impact on DAoC nonetheless. Mythic has announced that Warhammer: Age of Reckoning will be released on September 18th.

This is slightly earlier than the rumored date of the 23rd, and certainly earlier than I think is good for the game - but it is without doubt earlier than is good for DAoC. Mythic has not said anything about bundle pricing or a DAoC pack-in with the WAR box (for example, a free trial), and so those things probably aren't happening. And with Origins delayed, DAoC stands helpless before the rampage of the WAAGH.