New event: the Crystal Clash

Twice a day, at 14:00 and 22:00 Istanbul time, Valcrest and Gorzhak now meet in the Crystal Clash: a short nation against nation battle in a small arena with a crystal at its heart.

Sign-up opens ten minutes before each start. A chip with a countdown and a Join button appears in the corner of your screen: press it and you are in. When the countdown ends, everyone who signed up is brought to the arena of their level, one for levels 20 to 39 and one for 40 to 60. Each side is up to six players and enters as one party.

There are three ways to win. Strike the last blow on the crystal and your nation wins at once. Reach 30 kills first and the match is yours. If neither happens in 20 minutes, the side with more kills wins.

Everyone who fights takes a coffer home: a Sapphire Coffer for the winners and a Jade Coffer for the other side, with Greater ones in the 40 to 60 arena. Break them on the Riftstone Reel at Nessa the Gemcutter in Emberfold. A Sapphire holds gold and gear of your level, now and then a scroll; a Jade mostly gold and plainer gear, with the odd lucky find. Kills pay National Points just as in the Colony.

You can leave a match through the gate behind your camp or the Leave button at the top of the screen. The first early exit of the day is free; a second one keeps your account out of the Clash for 24 hours. When a match ends, everyone is sent to Emberfold.

See you at the crystal.