Sorry for not getting this up earlier, especially given the bug fix we got in. Enjoy!
Featured Changes
2006 Halloween Masquerade: Oct. 26 through Nov. 6
It's time for The Matrix Online 2006 Halloween Masquerade! Find the jack-o-lanterns around the Mega City and activate them to spawn Exiles. Defeating a wave of Exiles leaves you with a special treat: A box only you can open that contains one of nine possible Halloween masks.
Hardline and club decorations are up and the Halloween darkness and full moon have returned!
This year, there's a new danger in the Mega City. Zombies have infested the following neighborhoods and will attack redpills wandering through them:
- Slums: Mannsdale Housing Projects and Camon Heights
- Barrens: Manssen Park and Gracy Heights
- International: Furihata and Ikebukuro
- Downtown: Creston Heights and Edgewater
Players bitten by zombies will be infected by the zombie virus and turned into the living dead themselves. Player-zombies have access to the special bite attack, which can be used against other players in PvP combat.
Zombies are known to be vulnerable to Holy Water, which can also be used against player-zombies to clear them of the zombie virus. Player-zombies can also use Antibiotic pills to clear the virus themselves.
NPC zombies may drop one of six new masks, including two rare ones. Time to grab your boomsticks and go hunting!
Changes and Improvements
- Halloween Masquerade event runs from Oct. 26 through Nov. 6
- Jack-o-Lantern objects found around the city can be activated to spawn Exile NPCs.
- Ultra-dark skies with a Halloween full moon have been turned on.
- Hardline and club decorations have been turned on.
- All Halloween masks will work during this period.
- Old Halloween mask icons have been updated to match the new mask icons.
- Level-appropriate zombies will spawn on players in certain neighborhoods.
- Players can be turned into zombies by being bitten by an NPC or player zombie.
- Players infected by the zombie virus can use the Zombie Bite Ability (under Awakened in the Actions panel).
- Antibiotics can be used by player characters to clear the zombie virus from their RSIs.
- Holy Water causes extra damage to NPC zombies and clears the zombie virus from player characters.
- Seven new masks have been added this year: five common and two rare.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug that allowed a character to have two title-Ability effects running at the same time. (Fixes exploit.)
