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khysanth
02-01-2016, 04:50 PM
If you zone into the Karanas, you'll notice a green tint on the horizon.

If you stay in the zone for a while, you'll notice you start to itch, or feel feverish, and so on.

If you are in the wrong place at the wrong time, The Swarm Mother will appear with dozens of swarmlings and kill you (or you'll kill her like I did).

Interesting stuff with the new patch!

http://i.imgur.com/wIiYBvm.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/lTBQxVn.jpg
Ele
02-01-2016, 04:52 PM
That was a cool event in classic.
Lifebar
02-01-2016, 05:06 PM
Nice! I actually remember this from classic! I'm going to have to go read up on what all there is too it, I just remember there being bugs =)
Vaderman
02-01-2016, 05:17 PM
Are the clip planes for p99 correct?

I feel like I never noticed the fog 15 years ago, but here half the zones are like a blinding fog.
Droog007
02-01-2016, 05:36 PM
I recall it being a pretty heavy fog, and I don't remember being able to see blue sky above it... but for all I know that was a video driver/settings thing. I didn't have the most powerful or well-tuned hardware back in the day. Seems to me like it was just N and W Karana ... is it all 3 Karanas here that are plagued?

I probably scrapped the drive by now, but once upon a time I had a glamour shot of my Ranger in full Thorny Vine (minus one bracer IIRC) and a Woodsman's Staff standing in the Karanas with the green fog all around. That's about where ol' Thedge Evans hit his prime. Then I rolled a rogue and barely looked back. :D
Aalderon Crystafire
02-01-2016, 06:12 PM
More to come for this event - thanks devs!

http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=227091

No Southern Karana and the Centaurs weren't affected, I honestly don't remember if East Karana was or not.
khysanth
02-01-2016, 07:14 PM
Yea this happened in North Karana, i'm not sure if it is in the other Karanas. Misleading thread title is misleading!
Danth
02-01-2016, 08:52 PM
The plague happened in West and North Karana only. I believe the Swarm Mother spawned only in North, but I'm less certain about that.

Danth
Pokesan
02-01-2016, 08:53 PM
got me a black sapphire from swarm mother!
pasi
02-01-2016, 08:56 PM
Bulwark wasn't worth the cost of competitive-roleplaying.
khysanth
02-01-2016, 09:08 PM
got me a black sapphire from swarm mother!

I got a sapphire necklace. :(
ArumTP
02-01-2016, 09:08 PM
Bulwark is a better fungi for 1 person on this server :D
SamwiseRed
02-01-2016, 09:13 PM
Oh
Samwise
Pokesan
02-01-2016, 09:22 PM
The plague happened in West and North Karana only. I believe the Swarm Mother spawned only in North, but I'm less certain about that.

Danth

I think I remember trying and failing to solo swarm mother in West on my live cleric.
Sorn
02-01-2016, 09:24 PM
No swarm mother, but we did snuff out all the swarmlings!

7124
Danth
02-01-2016, 09:27 PM
I think I remember trying and failing to solo swarm mother in West on my live cleric.

You could easily be right, I never personally saw it in West but that certainly doesn't rule out the possibility. At any rate, the main thing was the event being confined to West and North.

Danth
Telin
02-01-2016, 09:37 PM
Are the clip planes for p99 correct?

I feel like I never noticed the fog 15 years ago, but here half the zones are like a blinding fog.

It's not the clip plane but how the sky angle and fog changes depending on your elevation. The classic sky didn't do that. The classic sky would just go under the zone geometry and the fog was limited. So I guess I could go through and lower the horizon for every zone but I'll have to test it for appearance.
Thordoff
02-01-2016, 09:45 PM
It's not the clip plane but how the sky angle and fog changes depending on your elevation. The classic sky didn't do that. The classic sky would just go under the zone geometry and the fog was limited. So I guess I could go through and lower the horizon for every zone but I'll have to test it for appearance.

Not sure if you already had stuff like this but here are some classic screenshots I took of the Karana plague in May 2001:

http://i.imgur.com/FF6ikaD.png
http://i.imgur.com/HFt4QCU.png
Hiragawa
02-01-2016, 09:57 PM
Not sure if you already had stuff like this but here are some classic screenshots I took of the Karana plague in May 2001:

http://i.imgur.com/FF6ikaD.png
http://i.imgur.com/HFt4QCU.png

Awesome. I wish I still had my old screenshots :( That hard drive died long ago and I lost everything from '99 til about '05
planarity
02-01-2016, 11:15 PM
Apparently on live this event was meant to culminate in opening a plane of disease, which was scrapped. Custom content??
Boilon
02-02-2016, 12:27 AM
Personally saw Swarm Mother in WK when I was on my low level wizard alt, ran the heck away from that... but now I wanna come back on a higher level if indeed it exists some items on her!
Also I saw Swarm Mother maybe half way through the zone along the roads
khysanth
02-02-2016, 01:40 AM
The Swarm Mother in NK was blue to my 38 warrior today. Hit in the mid-70s, had some decent HP for her level.
Ivory
02-02-2016, 01:57 AM
How does an ogre tell if the itching is unusual? :o
Chanteur
02-03-2016, 02:55 AM
I attended the cleansing event on live. Was fun. Reward was an artifact labeled "The Prime Healer's Bulwark"

Though not sure if they will do the event in P99 when they clense it.
Pokesan
02-03-2016, 03:13 AM
I attended the cleansing event on live. Was fun. Reward was an artifact labeled "The Prime Healer's Bulwark"

Though not sure if they will do the event in P99 when they clense it.

Something about smudging sticks and a ceremonial incense fire?

Share as much as you recall about the event on live please! :)
Chanteur
02-03-2016, 03:17 AM
Honestly do not remember much. Was SUPER long ago.

But yes. It did involve Smudging sticks and Ceremonial Incense Fire. ANd when I was lvl 14 on my shaman... Tons of Red con mobs.

I remember only being able to heal while dodging the mobs. Which I think were decay/disease themed like zombies etc.

I do remember GM picking me though to do the final ritual. But cant remember what. Was putting something into something (aka trading the item with an inanimate object npc).

Was around 2001 prior to luclin release, thats about all I know.

I can get the details for the bulwark though, its on my shaman still on live.

Wish I could be of more assistance with the event, was like 15 years old when I did it.
TKoji
02-03-2016, 06:57 AM
Killed a Rabid Griffon this morning in NK. I'm assuming it's part of the event. (Couldn't find any info online about it) blue to 49, low hp and dropped a lambent stone and emerald.
Rararboker
02-03-2016, 07:18 AM
Link to the artifact for that event. = http://lucy.allakhazam.com/item.html?id=2883&setcookie=1
Baler
02-03-2016, 09:07 AM
stupid question,.. will this era based event end on p99 or are we stuck with the green fog forever?
I also want to know in case I should partake in it before it's gone. OR if the NK we once knew it now gone forever to the green mist.
Whirled
02-03-2016, 09:21 AM
The Swarm Mother was red to a lvl32. It took 2 quivers of arrows & a full mana bar. Nice story for camp fires & a Ruby (http://wiki.project1999.com/Ruby) as a prize too. Thank you p99!
Telin
02-03-2016, 09:28 AM
stupid question,.. will this era based event end on p99 or are we stuck with the green fog forever?
I also want to know in case I should partake in it before it's gone. OR if the NK we once knew it now gone forever to the green mist.

It'll end on P99 with the October 2001 patch.