This year's Empire Day is stacking up to be a very memorable event. We're bringing back the event from last year and have added many new features to ensure it is as exciting if not more so, than our past three events. Enhancements were made to the entire event from last year. We have added a slew of new rewards and interactive content. Here is a quick overview of some of the things you can expect to experience during Empire Day.
Ceremonies
The ceremonies are back in the same locations as last year; Imperials will be gathering in Theed while Rebels will be assembling in Coronet. The ceremonies themselves have been expanded with more troops and enhancements and now occur approximately every 15 minutes as opposed to the hourly ceremonies held last year. This means less waiting for your player to be picked and more time to participate in other Empire Day activities. As with Life Day, the player will participate in activities through which you will earn event tokens that can be used to purchase Empire Day specific items. These items are available from the ceremony organizers between ceremonies.
Darth Vader and Princess Leia will yet again be calling loyal players out of the crowd and presenting them with a brand new badge/title for 2009. Instead of just calling one person out of the crowd, as they did last year, they will be calling three players out at each ceremony. These chosen players must bow before the presenters to receive their reward.
Propaganda
In an effort to draw citizens over to their respective sides, both the Empire and Rebellion need help displaying propaganda posters around Theed and Coronet. Players will be able to help their faction by posting propaganda on unmarked kiosks throughout the cities. Players who do this while flagged as Special Forces will receive an additional token bonus for their deeds each time they participate.
Anti-Propaganda With both factions vying for attention, neither side can rely on their posters do the job; they must also tear down the posters put up by the opposing faction. Players can help their faction by tearing down the rival propaganda posted around Theed and Coronet. Again, players who participate while flagged as Special Forces will receive an additional token bonus for their contribution each time they participate.
Entertainer and Crafter-Specific Missions Both Entertainers and Crafters will have missions specifically designed for them so that they may add their own unique talents to this year's Empire Day. Entertainers will need to go perform for specific groups of soldiers in six different cantinas across the galaxy. Crafters will be asked to contribute to their faction's cause by raiding certain shuttle crash sites for materials and creating needed items.
Collections
Collections will be directly tied to Event and Quest activities already mentioned. Once complete, players will be rewarded with event tokens, GCW Points, badges and in some cases, new titles.
Rewards
Several new rewards have been added to the event this year. One of the most exciting is the Tantive-IV landspeeder, the first eight-passenger vehicle available through regular in-game means. This vehicle has been a highly desirable and often requested multi-player ship and we could think of no better time or opportunity to give it to players another great reason to join the Empire Day celebration.
Players will be able to obtain the one already in-game via Empire Day tokens. They can then deconstruct it, if they so desire, and have an Engineering Trader craft them an improved version with an alternate texture.
6th Anniversary Painting
To commemorate the 6th Anniversary we have included this very nice painting to add to your collection of rarities (seen below). It's a nice way to remember our coming together to celebrate and a memento to share with your friends when they visit you. You will surely want to add this to your art collection.
We hope you enjoy this year's Empire Day and thank you for sharing the memories of this iconic adventure with players new and old. May the force be with you!
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