Here We Go - Next Island Content is coming today ! - Horray No Reported Set Backs

0700 EU time? That would be 3am Eastern USA time currently...looking forward to this new stuff.

Saving crafting crystals? My NI storage looks like the ceiling chandelier section at a home improvement showroom. I have some serious crystal action going on. And yay for some Greek armor.

(Oh, by the way, when they said that fellow with the quest at Shephard's Beach said it was a previous teleport with a new name and content, which one is it? I mean I guess I could pop around to all the TPs on a beach...is it going to be a new one, or a reworking of an existing one?)

 

It will be be renamed, just look for it in your TP list, I'm going to take a guess that it is(or was) Adamite beach.

 

So was the NI content implemented in this patch or is it just some data download as on other planets?

 

Yes, there is new NI content. Only had a look at Dr Shepherd and his beach, well guessed Corey.

 

Dr. Shepherd must have prerequisites, talked to him and he said he was busy. But I did find that you get an achievement if you swim down to the bottom of his nearby hole.

Release notes link:
http://www.nextisland.com/blog/next-island-content-release-notes/

Pasting:
"October 4th, 2011 / Entropia Universe Release 12.1.0

Next Island is pleased to introduce more of the Elysian backstory with this content release.

New Items

This new release offers several new items for colorists:

- Elysian Colorator, a lovely new coloring tool currently available through a quest.
- Bleaching Attachment for Elysian Colorator
- Miranda Violet, a new paint color named for Miranda Stratford
- Kylon’s Blue, a new paint color named for Dr. Paul Kylon
- Elysian Artistic Patterns Blueprint Book (Oh! Spoiler alert!)

As part of our ongoing partnership with meemo and Transformers 3, we also have an Optimus Prime helmet for available for men and women. A limited number of these helmets will be dropping from boar!
If you’re not lucky enough to get one, visit Sandy in Crystal Center to pick up a blueprint for one.

New Missions

New missions begin to reveal the Elysian backstory and set the stage for our new two content releases.

-Lost First-Wave Elysians
-Inventing A Color

Once you’ve completed the June quests, and fixed the sensors to locate First-Wave Elysians, head back to Samuel to see what he’s found now."

 

I believe you have to talk to Samuel as SylverDragon mentioned. I think the release notes state that also :)

LOL I still have yet to get in. Was there for 15 mins but had to get back to work. I really wish they do the VU's on a Friday. Oh well! :(

 

Yes good guess, or was it? (play Twilight zone music) :)

 

Where did you read this? It's not in the releae notes.
Can anyone confirm?

 

To my amazement, considering the hundreds of refined crystals I've been hoarding for someday, danburite (you need 8 at least initially for Dr. Shepherd) I only have 1 of. They are listed in Entropedia as dropping "often" from wild boars.

There are low level wild boars northeast of the Crystal Center area amongst the grey papoos but they are sparse. The area south of the river island west of Crystal Center has provider and up but those kill me fast. Anyone have tips of where to find vast herds of young-mature wild boars?

 

About the same here, I have 1349 NI crystals of various types in storage, yet only 8 Danburite.