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==November 21, 2012==
Features

TALOS Anniversary Grabbag
*Buy the all new anniversary grabbag in the store for 30 GS each!
*This sale will be available for the next 2 weeks.
*There is a chance to obtain the following items: 1 Officer OR 1 Ship OR 2 crew OR 1 Utility OR Gunmaster Jessica.
*The 2 new robot crew, Swarm Bot and King Khan, will have increased Defense if either of the grabbag officers are active in the ship.
*Contains 2 new officers: Loq and Quax (robot officer with 2 heads, hence the dual names), and Tentacular (also Robot).
*Both officers will proc extra damage against Colossal or Mechanized raids; damage increases if the raid is both Colossal Mechanized; damage increases with each Swarm Bot and King Khan active in the ship.
*The 1 new utility, the TALOS Robo-Cannon, deals extra damage against Colossal or Mechanized raids, with increased damage against raids that are Colossal Mechanized; damage increases for each TALOS Robo-Cannon, Swarm Bot and King Khan owned (bonus damage caps at 10 quantity of each type).
*The Icosahedron ship is available in this grabbag; while it does not proc damage, it is one of the few ships in the game with 8 officer slots (3 Robot, 2 Melee, 2 Intellect, 1 Any) and 40 crew member slots (12 Robot, 12 Melee, 12 Intellect, 4 Any) at 120 Power.
*Gunmaster Jessica is the jackpot prize in this grabbag.


New Anniversary Zone - Puny Human Birthdays Part 2!
*Continue the second part of the anniversary storyline by defeating Anniversary Zone Part 1 on normal.
*If Anniversary Zone Part 2 does not unlock after defeating part 1, please refresh the game and it will show up then.
*Since this completes the mini-zone cycle, there is an End-of-Zone drop at the completion of Anniversary Zone Part 2 on Nightmare.
*This week starts an all new Raid-ception chain, starting with the Vlarg Relic Hunter raid boss from this zone.
*These raids are also on a 24 hour cooldown.
*There are collection pieces this week that can craft Talia's Death Dealing Pistol, which also increases the proc damage of Talia when owned.
*There are 2 Atreyu pieces coming in this week: Atreyu's Medallion (from the mission) and Atreyu's Bracers (from a raid).
*Please note the bug still exists where you must run NM missions twice to obtain your initial zone achievement.


New Limited Offer Items!
*The Zombie's Brain Recipes completes the Zombie set.
*The Witch Racer's items are a mini-set and will be available for this cycle only.
*These items are based off the Witch's Broomstick legendary item, and shares a proc synergy with it.
*The Witch Racer's items have a chance to deal regular damage, and a small chance to deal heavy damage.
*The first crafters of the Witch's Broomstick from each server have been awarded their appropriate items (Stan from Facebook, Pinky_Pie of Kong, and Mugen of Armor Games)


New Treasure Hunt - Red Thunderstorm!
*Follow the rabbit hole into an all new treasure hunt to upgrade the Red Thunder legendary item into the Red Thunderstorm!
*Like all previous Legendary contests, the first crafter from each server will receive a Limited Offer item with their name crafted on the item's lore.
*Look at the clues on the Red Thunderstorm collection pieces, and see if you can decipher the mysterious behind the hunt.
*Good luck, and may the odds be ever in your favor. 


The Return of Skorzeny's Fusion Frenzy
*''Skorzeny is at it again, as he fulfills his own diobolical plans to harness the power of the Fusion Crystals. Rally your fellow fleet members together and stop Skorzeny's Fusion Frenzy!''
*Features available to this World Raid:
**Stamina, Energy and Honor attacks are now available.
**This is a 3 day timed event with no HP involved.
**This is the first and only raid with 10 tactic slots available.
**Sian Tags have a chance to drop per hit.
**Brown, Grey, Green and Blue Fusion Crystals are given during the loot roll at the end of the raid.
**Purple, Orange and Red are guaranteed drops at the end of the raid depending on the damage tier you reach.
**Various grades of stamina/energy syringes are now part of Skorzeny's loot tables.
**A Skorzeny Mini-Mech sidekick is a guaranteed end-loot item given at 1B damage.
**The Martian Mauler sidekick is a guaranteed end-loot item given at 100B damage, goodluck!
**Skorzeny is categorized as Normal, Galactic, Human, Male and Mechanized.
*The time of release will be today on Wednesday between the hours of 22:00 GMT - 23:59 GMT.
*The raid will be released sequentially, starting on Facebook, then Kongregate and ending to Armor Games.
*The release schedule will be an hour apart between the platforms due to issues from the last WR.
*Please note that the time frame between 22:00 GMT - 23:59 GMT is when the first chain of the summon sequence starts, not to mean that all 3 will be released inside that time frame. Though once the raid is released on Facebook, it will be easy to determine when the other platforms will get their raids.


Fixes and Changes
*Officers which were bugged last week are now fixed (for example: ones with lore yells)
*The Golden Suns Super Bonus is no longer running, since it was only a 1 week long event.
*Personal damage now autorefreshes per hit on raids.
*Your name will show up as red in raid damage lists for easier tracking.


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