Cead Mile Failte!Well, that escalated quickly! This past month has been a wild one. We have seen floods, fires, and now plague sweep our lands. Widespread quarantines are in place and many of us can't even leave our homes. It's a good thing we're Gamers! We've been practicing for this moment all our lives and now we finally have a good reason to stay home and play video games! I know this is probably the first time in many of your lives where a lockdown/quarantine has ever gone into effect. It can be a bit frightening but rest assured we will get through this. This is just one of those moments future generations will talk about in their history classes. The important part is that we stay positive. Stress can weaken your immune system the same way sugar does. I encourage you all to avoid sugary foods right now, load up on vitamin c, and for the love of all things please wash your hands :D. We got this guys! We can beat this thing and come out the other side stronger because of it. Let's dive into some news! DirectoryGet InvolvedGaiscioch Family NewsGaiscioch March Charity Event ConcludesFor those that might have missed it, Foghladha streamed for 12-hours on March 13th for Colorectal Cancer Awareness in honor of Rhynor. He fulfilled one of her bucket list items by wearing an adult diaper (Depends) on his head while livestreaming. You can check out the streams in all their glory by clicking the links below. If you would like to contribute to the cause visit https://gsch.info/cca Ashes of Creation Shows Off Alpha One!On March 27th, 2020, Ashes of Creation took to Twitch.tv to show off the first look at its Alpha One test which is scheduled to launch soon. Take a look at this video showing the MMORPG gameplay and content. This is the first major movement we've seen on the AOC frontier in the past year. Perhaps something we're looking forward to might actually arrive this year! In the video demo they revealed open-world dungeons, dragons, node development, mayoral interface, and even announced female dwarf beards. The stream went well over 1 hour of gameplay and they showed what happens when a dragon attacks your village. There's a lot of exciting things in the game that can be done by large groups. Feel free to give it a watch at the Ashes of Creation YouTube or Twitch. Explore a New World With Us!Want to join Foghladha on an expedition to the New World? We're looking for warriors to join our company and help us establish land and fame in this new world. New World is a buy-2-play MMORPG from Amazon Game Studios and features both PvE and PvP. Recently it has been switched from a full loot PVP game to a consensual PVP game similar to Warhammer Online and Dark Ages of Camelot. It is expected to hit beta this month and Foghladha will be streaming it and hosting regular events. Feel free to join us! Space is limited in our company so be sure to enlist early! Join the company at: Inside the FamilyGaiscioch Family Patreons:Want to give a special shout-out to those members who are helping enable our community to do great things. Their financial support has allowed us to expand the tools at our disposal and maintain the community without burning a hole in my personal savings. While a still do pay a bit out of pocket their contributions have prevented me from having to work side gigs to keep us afloat and for that, I am eternally grateful. It's at a manageable level I am comfortable with. Without these Patreons, you'd be seeing a lot less of me. Thank you for keeping me in-game and focused on growing our community. Avohaiel
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Gaiscioch Family Promotions:I wanted to take a moment to say congratulations to a few members this month for accepting their next credo and stepping into a new role in our family. Guardians (Seaimpín)The Gaiscioch Family Guardians are an advanced part of the Veteran Members group and serve as the front line of our family. They help newer members learn about the family, our website, and our belief system. They occasionally will need to help get conversations back on track, or report misdoing's to the family elders. They act as advisors, guidance providers, and overall protectors of the family name. By this time a member should be involved in the family for more than 6 months and has been an active attendee in family events. For those who prefer fellowship over leadership this is the last stop on the family tree. Members must prove their leadership ability to progress to the Leadership ranks through the accumulation of both Valor Points (Earned through leading events.) as well as earning Tokens of Valor from lower ranked members of the family. Veteran Members (Curadh)Veteran Members have proven their devotion to the family by participating in events and contributing to the family's success. They have been active more than 90 days and have continued to be contributing members to the family. » Dorda » Kitt » LanY » Proffy Official Members (Lorgaire)Official Members have earned the rank of Lorgaire and have accepted the Mark of the Kindred credo. They have officially decided to become members of the family and start their journey to ascend the roles of the Gaiscioch Family. Please Welcome Our Newest MembersGaiscioch By The Numbers
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It's regrettable, but with the current condition of business my job had to make some cutbacks and part of that hit my department with a 20% reduction in pay via moving to a 4-day work week schedule. To balance my books and keep afloat during this time I have to cut my spending on subs and recurring monthly costs for hobbies. Unfortunately, this includes my World of Warcraft subscription which expired on the 17th. So for the time being the ever-loving and helpful Varder will be taking over. It's times like these that make me truly appreciate this community and members, like Varder, who over the years constantly offer their support.
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I wanted to make sure everyone had forewarning to spend those Fangs before April 3rd when the Season Two store is removed. This is your Final Warning to spend that currency. Season two has brought some great things to our door.
In season one, we called Westweg home and held but one fief. At the start of season two, we took a second fief named Mainstadt and continued to expand our reach. By week eight we would expand to include the city Nordtal and the village Fallenberg. Our Gaiscioch Alliance now comfortably owns four fiefs providing our warriors with ample supplies for fief quests, optimal ability to create kits and siege weapons, and a large area to protect.
Since the kickoff of season two, we were attacked by brutaL & Kheshig both of which no longer exist. More recently, BloodMoon has provided us with some entertainment by attacking us, but we have thwarted every attempt. We have even sought out their fiefs and successfully taken their land in retaliation for their transgressions.
Our policy of peace to all remains intact until provoked. Our community now has 15-25 online every territory war with at least 10 of us fielding tier 5 troops. We continue to maintain our hold on the northwest of Osteria while building trade alliances with other nearby alliances to expand our resource gathering potential.
Overall we have come into our own in Season Two. We are no longer the weak training house that had to be given land. We can now fight and hold land as we see fit and can stand on our own two legs with the protection of the Gaiscioch and the support of ArachDubh. Our community has grown to be the 8th largest alliance in the game with its sight on becoming one of the largest 6 alliances. Two of our 4 fiefs have reached level 7.
You can see our progress at https://gsch.info/cb
In season three we will re-establish our home in the northwest continuing to call Westweg home. We will fight relentlessly to acquire, defend, and maintain Fallenburg, Nordtal, and Mainstadt in addition to Westweg. The biggest change we will make is that we will begin having all ArachDubh members focus their fief quests on Mainstadt and Fallenburg, while Gaiscioch members focus on Westweg and Nordtal. Tuatha members will be able to focus on whatever they can for the week.
Our goal is to get all 4 of these fiefs to level 5 so that each of them has a chance to spawn 5-star fief quests that draw the public to help maintain them. Westweg we will push to be our Tier 7 fief so that we can craft purple siege there. With our research in season 2, we found that it cost 15,000 resources to maintain a Tier 7 village where it takes 22,000 to maintain a Tier 7 town. Both a town and village can create the tier 7 siege weapons. The only difference is that the town brings in 1200 influence whereas the village brings in 500 influence. Influence affects the number of titles you can distribute every week.
Tuatha being without a fief has worked out nicely in season 2 as it adds incentives for members to progress to the ArachDubh house and later the Gaiscioch house. This will hopefully thwart the people who try to join just to get paychecks. For several months we have maintained a 99 person roster in Tuatha with a waiting list and no player is more than 7 days afk. We are actively moving overall players who show a willingness to interact with us over to ArachDubh to get them started in our system. My hope is by the end of Season 3 both Gaiscioch and ArachDubh will be at 90 people a piece and we'll have at least 30 of us with Tier 5 troops. Both Gaiscioch and ArachDubh will begin rotating members at 90 people. So if you want to stay on the roster, complete a daily quest each week. Fief quests are also great ways to stay involved even if you can't make the territory wars.
As resistance has begun to grow to our presence, Territory War battles will increase on our shores. The introduction of several new Tier 5 units this season brings the promise of some interesting changes in the meta.
You can open the Houses & Alliances (N) window, click on Alliances, and join the Gaiscioch alliance. You won't have to be in the House with your alt to be in the alliance. This allows you all the benefits of being in the alliance without using up one of our roster slots. As ArachDubh and Gaiscioch fill up we will be removing alts to make space for actual players. We would like everyone's alts to remain part of the community by joining the Alliance rather than a house.
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Like the virus plaguing the world right now, Chronicles of Elyria's downfall sprung up out of nowhere. Thousands of crowdfunders are left with a sour taste in their mouth as COE pulls its plug just 5 days after the launch of Pre-Alpha. COE raised over 8 million in funding over the 4 years of development but alas, Soulbound Studios closed its doors.
"But to our great sadness.... with the failure of Settlers of Elyria, and five long months of only limited crowdfunding revenue coming in, Soulbound Studios has officially run out of money. Last night I was forced to do something I never thought I'd have to do. I closed the online store, put the SoE map back into read-only mode, and laid off all the employees…"
It's a sad state of affairs and we are really heartbroken to see this one fall. On the bright side, Ashes of Creation just got a lot more popular pushing it closer to our chapter goal.
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