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<title>Halloween Update Notes - Thursday, October 26, 2006</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;Sorry for not getting this up earlier, especially given the bug fix we got in. Enjoy!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Featured Changes&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;2006 Halloween Masquerade: Oct. 26 through Nov. 6&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt; It&amp;#39;s time for &lt;i&gt;The Matrix Online &lt;/i&gt;2006 Halloween Masquerade! Find the jack-o-lanterns around the Mega City and activate them to spawn Exiles. Defeating a wave of Exiles leaves you with a special treat: A box only you can open that contains one of nine possible Halloween masks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hardline and club decorations are up and the Halloween darkness and full moon have returned!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This year, there&amp;#39;s a new danger in the Mega City. Zombies have infested the following neighborhoods and will attack redpills wandering through them: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Slums: &lt;/b&gt;Mannsdale Housing Projects and Camon Heights &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Barrens: &lt;/b&gt;Manssen Park and Gracy Heights &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;International: &lt;/b&gt;Furihata and Ikebukuro &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Downtown: &lt;/b&gt;Creston Heights and Edgewater &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Players bitten by zombies will be infected by the zombie virus and turned into the living dead themselves. Player-zombies have access to the special bite attack, which can be used against other players in PvP combat.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Zombies are known to be vulnerable to Holy Water, which can also be used against player-zombies to clear them of the zombie virus. Player-zombies can also use Antibiotic pills to clear the virus themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;NPC zombies may drop one of six new masks, including two rare ones. Time to grab your boomsticks and go hunting!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Changes and Improvements&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Halloween Masquerade event runs from Oct. 26 through Nov. 6 &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jack-o-Lantern objects found around the city can be activated to spawn Exile NPCs. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ultra-dark skies with a Halloween full moon have been turned on. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hardline and club decorations have been turned on. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;All Halloween masks will work during this period. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Old Halloween mask icons have been updated to match the new mask icons. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Level-appropriate zombies will spawn on players in certain neighborhoods. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Players can be turned into zombies by being bitten by an NPC or player zombie. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Players infected by the zombie virus can use the Zombie Bite Ability (under Awakened in the Actions panel). &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Antibiotics can be used by player characters to clear the zombie virus from their RSIs. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Holy Water causes extra damage to NPC zombies and clears the zombie virus from player characters. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Seven new masks have been added this year: five common and two rare. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bug Fixes&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Fixed a bug that allowed a character to have two title-Ability effects running at the same time. (Fixes exploit.) &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:45:33 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Walrus</author>
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