Tomorrow is patch day! At 9:00 CET all servers will be coming down to be patched to version 1.62.
One of the things that are new is the /level command that allows you to instantly make a level 20 character if you have a level 50 character.
For details on how the command works, or for complete patch notes, check the article on the DAoC Europe website.

Right, time for a little write-up, the news reports on the website have been lacking a bit lately..

Over the past week, Tiwaz has been recruiting several new members. I'd like to welcome Hjakold, Bawen, Gryrith and his friend Ooogie, Andarielsshaman and Sardoma once more. I hope you'll enjoy your stay in Tiwaz's Emissaries :)

A couple of members have been putting some effort into getting together some cash for our guild housing fund. Four people raised a little over 1p for the housing fund in a fairly short amount of time, while getting themselves some cash as well :)

We have fairly ambitious plans when it comes to guild housing however, so we will need a lot more cash than this. Therefore I'd like to encourage people to raise funds for this purpose, so we are prepared when the time comes. Of course direct cash donations are very much appreciated (I will be collecting guild housing cash on an vault character of mine), but DF raids to raise funds are another good option.

If you get any seals for the fund, talk to me, Jerelyn/Ambush or Shaniah, as we've agreed to trinket these seals without taking any personal profit. To keep it a little more interesting for yourself, a 50/50 type seal hunt like we did is worth considering :)

I will do my best to keep track of all donations made to the fund. It's likely people that made donations will have extra house privileges when we have our own place. I can't give any details about that at this point, but it's likely that crafting tools will restricted to people who donated (of course we don't expect the same amount of donation from a low level as a multiple level 50 die-hard).

If you have any comments about this subject, you can say what's on your mind on this forum thread.
Oh, and while on the subject of the forum, there's now a seperate forum for organising hunts and raids :)