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Today we're diving into the latest expansion for Ravendawn titled Horizons Call dropping
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on August 9th 2024. Ravendawn is a free to play MMORPG that launched back in January 2024 and this new update is
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set to be absolutely massive. It's packed with features and epic new content so let's jump right in and see what's
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in store. First off let's talk about some updates you can already experience in the pre patch
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So first we've got the adventure board. It's a daily task system designed to help you catch up on experience by completing simple
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tasks like farming or slaying enemies and it's a great way to get a hefty chunk of
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XP without too much hassle. Then we've got the rangers company that's also seen an update
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You now stack charges allowing you to complete tasks more often and as often as you want
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provided that you have the charges. This makes the game more accessible and rewarding
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Plus there are gear chest rewards from the Northstar quests which offer gear upgrades
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at level 15 for your tier 2 gear, at level 25 you'll get tier 3 gear and at level 40
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you'll get chests with tier 4 gear. And this is perfect if the market gear price is a bit too expensive for you, you're still
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able to upgrade your gear. One of the most exciting changes is the new aggro system and threat generation
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Previously enemies would randomly attack players making tanking a bit of a nightmare
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Now with threat increase and threat reduction abilities you can finally play as a tank effectively
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and efficiently, especially if you use protection or warfare archetypes. And this takes us onto the new features coming with Horizons Core
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We've got Aether Echoes. You're going to really need that new aggro system for this
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This expansion will introduce these Aether Echoes which are a phased group boss fight system
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Gather a group of 2-4 players and challenge one of the 10 Aether Echo bosses which you
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can find on the west side of Ravencrest and you need to use Aether Echo Scrolls to do it
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There are 4 difficulties and you can repeat these fights as much as you want as long as
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you've got the scroll and you can earn high level materials, augmenting stones and Aether
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Echo trophies. Brilliant new feature, really excited for this one. Next up we have Aether Rifts
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A dynamic, competitive, PvPvE arena type gameplay mode. You have to enter a nightmare dimension
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It's a fight 1v1 or 2v2 against other players and PvE enemies
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There's also bosses in there as well. By defeating other players and all the enemies in the rift grants you Aether Echo Scrolls
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to do the Aether Echoes that we just mentioned alongside Aether Marked Runes, trophies, player
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titles and much more. You can also get some practice in beforehand for this content with the brand new dueling
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system which allows you to duel other players and invite them to duels
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Guilds also support a party grouping duel so you can duel with more than one other person
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And there are no death penalties or consequences for doing this so it's a great new feature
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to get that practice in PvP combat. Guilds get a major spotlight in this expansion
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Guild banks now become available allowing members to contribute collectively. This is crucial for Guild Wars where every Saturday guilds can engage in 15v15 battles
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Guilds will have to bid to take part in Guild Wars and the top 20 guilds with the highest
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silver bids will battle it out against each other to fight for one of the 10 guild forts
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These forts are large areas accessible to the winning guild, complete with rooms and
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a warforge to enchant gear. These rooms will give buffs to your guild so it's really important to fight every Saturday
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to keep your guild forts. For those who love a good risk reward scenario, the Plunder Channel is a new high risk PvP zone
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You'll need a key, a silver deposit to enter and if you die you'll drop a chest with your
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silver deposit inside. Surviving here grants a 25% increase in trade pack value, XP and rare loot so it's a brand
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new feature and it's going to be fun for people who like that competitive risk reward scenario
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The update brings new gear options like Warforging which boosts your gear stats and weapon skills
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You'll need to compete in Guild Wars to do this. There's also new tier 7 gear for players that are at legacy level 75 and an augmentation
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system to further enhance your gear using augmentation stones that you get from those
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Aether Echoes. Legendary rings can now also be obtained and if you pair them together you'll also get
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additional benefits so you'll need to kill enemies and do various tasks to also get access
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to these. Two new professions with alchemy and herbalism are being added
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Herbalism lets you gather rare herbs and mushrooms or grow them on your land
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Alchemy then uses these ingredients along with others to craft potions, elixirs, poisons
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and breeding boosters. Other exciting additions include new artifacts, new housing room types for additional buffs
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improved inventory systems for backpacks and bank tabs, brand new chat UI, new outfits
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new ocean content and balancing as well as new high level hunting zones
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If you haven't tried Raven Dawn yet, now is the perfect time
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It's completely free to play, one of the least pay to win games and you can now use
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my code TCE13 for 3 days free patron membership. Trust me you won't want to miss out on this amazing expansion
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Get ready to dive into Horizons Call in Raven Dawn on August 9th
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Thanks for watching and bye bye for now
