Halloween Update - October 30th , 2007

**Raijinn**

2007 Halloween Masquerade: Oct. 30 through Nov. 8
It's time for The Matrix Online 2007 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 seven possible Halloween masks.

Hardline and club decorations are up and the Halloween darkness and full moon have returned!

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 cleanse them of the zombie virus. Player-zombies can also use Antibiotic pills to cleanse the virus themselves.

Changes and Improvements

Halloween Masquerade event runs from Oct. 30 through Nov. 8
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.
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

Halloween masks now place on the Marketplace correctly.
Fixed positioning of muzzle flashes for silenced submachineguns and shotguns.
Fixed positioning of pistol muzzle flashes.
The bluepill Amber asks you to escort in her second mission, "A Safe Place," will no longer be attacked by Amber's own ASP street gang.
Jack-O-Lanterns now break stealth active stealth abilities on the player activating them.
The close button on the map legend window now works.
The scrollbar on the description window in character creation no longer looks chopped off.