2007-06-12

131 notes.

309 bugs have been fixed
Roughly 50 were Crafting issues
Roughly 115 were Quest issues
Roughly 90 were Spells / Abilities
You can now zoom the camera out much further from your character.
Some hitching caused by the UI's ability processing (e.g. hotkeys) has been eliminated.
Fixed a bug with chat channel filters not getting added and enabled properly.
Fixes to several "falling through the world" issues
Fixes to several "falling into meshes" issues
Fixes to several "teleported on top of terrain" issues
Fixed a somewhat rare but large UI memory leak
Title commissioners are now present in New Targonor, Ahgram, and Tawar Galan. They are authorized to hand out many different letters of title in exchange for a fee. Take a look to see what they have to offer!
Human Races – Racial Inheritance: Human Ingenuity now grants a bonus to your Two-Handed Slashing, Hand To Hand, Dodge and Archery skills as intended.
Cash loot and gear values have been changed slightly. All merchants will now give top dollar for gear players wish to sell. An internal change to how cash loot is calculated may result in slight fluctuations in its worth. If anything out of whack is discovered please report it.
Bard – Energizing Embellishment and Cirel’s Counterpoint of Clarity now properly restore energy.
Bard – Asilam’s Anti-Venom Aria is no longer an embellishment and is now a shout type ability.
Bard – Strain of Purification is no longer an embellishment and is now a shout type ability.
Bard – Upgrades to Asilam’s Anti-Venom Aria and Strain of Purification are now available on trainers.
Bard – Slightly increased the damage added by Humming Blade above level 20.
Bard – Lowered the energy reduction on humming blade gradually.
Bard – Humming Blade now specifies that it increases melee damage.
Bard – Swirl of the Tempest is no longer limited to 4 targets.
Bard – Fox Overtakes the Hare II and III now have a refresh timer of 20 sec.
Bard – Mellarian’s Requiem of War now increases damage by 5% with each component. This 5% does not stack with Anthem of War.
Bard – Mellarian’s Victorious Finale now increases damage, crit chance and accuracy by 2%. This stacks with Anthem and Requiem.
Bard – Irion’s defensive songs have had their rune and AC portions increased significantly.
Bard - Irion's Hymn of the Bastion is now available on trainers at level 36
Bard - Naman's Ruinous Revolution now works properly.
Bard – Increased the debuff amount of Naman's Ruinous Revolution.
Bard – Psalm of the Dance is now called Bladedancer's Focus and is no longer a song component.
Bard – Careen of the Cunning now progresses at the same speed as the other bard forms.
Bard – Split the Clouds IV will now do the correct damage (a lot) and cost the correct amount of endurance (10)
Bard – Ariezel’s Chorus of Confusion has been renamed Ariezel's Insidious Shriek and is now a shout ability.
Bard - Ariezel's Deafening Discord is now a verse and is available at level 25.
Bard – Greatly increased the damage shield value on Ariezel's Deafening Discord.
Bard - Dirge of Empty Thought has been removed from the game.
Bard – Feos Revolution of the Seasons is now a percussion song, similar to the other fire and cold resistance songs.
Bard – The resistance granted by Feos' Revolution of the Seasons has been greatly increased
Bard - Feos' Segue of Solace has been added to trainers at level 40.
Bard - Feos' Substitution of Shielding has been removed from the game.
Bard - Feos' Substitution of the Ether has been removed from the game.
Bard - Naman's Nefarious Barrier now functions properly.
Bard – Naman’s Grand Counterpoints (Naman's Grand Mystical Counterpoint) have replaced the lower power counterpoints.
Bard – All of Naman’s Grand Counterpoints have been renamed. The ‘Grand’ has been removed.
Bard – Naman’s Counterpoints have been lowered in level.
Bard – Both of Hazoc’s Haste components now boost attack speed by 12%. Remember that the cap on spell haste is 25%.
Bard - Naman's Guardian Rhythm is now a wind song.
Bard - Ariezel's Minor Resonation (a new lyric) has been added to trainers at level 8.
Bard - Cirel's Phrase of Renewal has been increased in effectiveness
Bard - Cirel's Healing Phrase has been added to trainers at level 25
Bard – Increased the power of Tynen's Languorous Lament
Bard – Fence now works properly, activating instantly
Blood Mage – Cleansing Symbiote should now function properly and remove poisons and diseases as intended.
Blood Mage – Cerebral Graft now uses the Alteration skill instead of Conjuration.
Blood Mage – Union of Blood now uses the Evocation skill instead of Alteration.
Blood Mage – Ritual of Awakening now uses the Alteration skill instead of Conjuration.
Cleric – Ethereality was supposed to be trainable at level 30. This has been fixed.
Cleric – Ethereality now works as intended.
Cleric – Aspect of the Destroyer no longer increases cast time.
Cleric – Wraith Touch now returns the correct amount of hit points
Cleric – Increased the power of Wraith Touch.
Cleric – Affinity removal quests are now available. Please visit the trainer that gave you the initial affinity quest.
Cleric – Absolution no longer affects those NPCs that are not currently attacking you.
Cleric – Fixed an issue with Deathbringer’s Mien. It now increases spiritual damage by 30% rather than a raw amount.
Cleric – Lowered the amount drained with Wraith Touch
Cleric – you must now wait 15 seconds after changing into Aspect of the Destroyer or Deathbringer’s Mein before changing into another
Cleric – Necrosis and Spectral Anchor now stack properly
Dread Knight – Shield of Fear I no longer states that you must be level 36 for it to work, it works at the level you get it.
Dread Knight – Shield of Fear now displays the correct additional damage in its display description.
Druid – Floating numbers and a numerical indicator have been added to the combat feedback for Suncaller’s Fury.
Druid – Fixed the display on Wolfshape to indicate the correct amount of stat buffs, etc.
Druid – The combat spam feedback for all “berry” spells have been adjusted to make sense with the abilities.
Druid - All “berry” spells have has their range increased to 25m, up from 5m.
Psionicist – Apathy will no longer break if the target moves.
Psionicist – Apathy no longer has diminishing returns, has a 4 second refresh timer and a 1.5 second cast time.
Psionicist – All versions now state that this spell does physical damage.
Shaman – Increased the critical hit bonus on Tearing Claw
Shaman – Decreased the refresh timer on Throat Rip to 45 seconds, down from 2 minutes.
Shaman – Bloody Fang will now deal more damage when exploiting the Bitten weakness.
Shaman – Lowered the cast time of Aegis of life to 3.5 seconds, down from 4.5 seconds.
Shaman – Lowered the refresh time of Ritual of Scarring to 2 minutes.
Shaman – Bosrid’s Gift has been added to trainers at level 26. Upgrades every 8 levels.
Shaman – The healing effectiveness debuff of Gnashing Bite now lasts for 45 seconds, up from 20 seconds.
Shaman – Deafening Roar now costs only 20 END.
Shaman – Spear of the Ancestors has had its functionality changed. It now deals less damage, but heals endurance over time. Has a 45
Shaman – Removed the howling when you cast a spell while in Skin of Rakurr
Shaman – Vicious Bite now displays its damage in combat window
Shaman – Feedback has been added to Throat Rip.
Sorcerer – Chaos Volley now reports how much energy it returns to you over 6 seconds.
Sorcerer – Added a particle effect to Gather Energy
Sorcerer – Chromatic Halo now casts on your group as intended.
Artifacer - A floating artificer table in Mekalia has been fixed.
Blacksmith - Thestran Pyrite Light recipe has had its level reduced by one.
Blacksmith - A problem with certain combinations in the Thestran Mithril Hammer Recipe producing worthless metal has been fixed.
Harvesting - Some creatures that were dropping the incorrect tier skins have been fixed.
Misc - Dark Venom effects should now give the proper feedback
Misc - Shandrel’s Robe now has a proper graphic.
Misc - The Thestran crafting organizations are fighting over an artifact discovered near New Targonor. If you belong to one of the
Misc - New taskmasters have arrived at the Gorgalok area. Each have their own trading agreements, so choose wisely before you work
Misc - The Apprentice Panel Production Manual should now work properly.
Misc - Some typos and icon-issues related to work orders and crafting quests have been fixed.
Misc - Crafted housing parts have had their vendor-selling price reduced.
Outfitter - New vulmane outfitters must now actually turn in the improved needle to finish the novice quest.
Outfitter - The outfitter refining complication “Injured” has had its name and description altered to better reflect its effects.
Quests - New quests have been added to Ahgram and New Targonor.
Quests - The bindings recipes for the high level Qalian crafting organization quests have been increased in difficulty.
Quests - Housing practice quest items have had their values set to zero as intended.
Work Orders - The duplicate work orders for Set of Sandstone Hammers has been fixed.
Work Orders - Gate of Undead work order items should now be accepted for turn-in.
Work Orders - Shani Umbertroe’s “Decorative Chips” work order should now be able to be completed.
Work Orders - The Decorative Chips work order recipe now uses stone as an optional ingredient.
Work Orders - A few issues with work orders listing incorrect utilities have been remedied.
Diplomacy Cash Loot rewards have been modified to make them more compatible with Adventuring and Crafting cash loot.
Gargantuan Mushrooms now properly give you 100 Prestige faction in any of the nine Prestige cities (New Targonor, Tanvu, Ahgram,
Civic Diplomacy is now available in Tar Janashir. The citizenry of the city is composed of outcasts from all over Telon, making outsiders
Civic Diplomacy is now available in Afrit. The efreeti and the slaves have opened their doors and will speak with travelers from all over the world. Outsiders are major part of the demographic in the population of the city and all are willing to spill the secrets of three hour buffs.
Ahgram - Mahsa Shafqa, the Paladin Instructor of Ahgram now has the correct faction.
Gorgalog Swamp – The Hardened Wood plate armor components are no longer shown as cleric usable.
Gorgalog Swamp – Skull Plated, Impervious Chitin, and Shimmering Silverbark armor is no longer cleric usable.
Gorgalog Swamp – Fae Fire, Magic, and Nature wisps will no longer instantly despawn upon death.
Gorgalog Swamp – Players dying or evacuating within Vsurog Moor will now be sent to the appropriate altar location.
Gorgalog Swamp – The quest “Symbols of the Flordiel” now correctly requires that a player have the appropriate favor with the
Infineum Plateaus - The event that is required for the “Using the Weapon” quest in The Infineum Plateaus should now properly reset when failed, whether by death or leaving the immediate vicinity of the Altar of the Ages.
Tar Janashir - Janashir Jones and Bellzoc have begun an archaeological rivalry in Tar Janashir, and you can help them both. As well, there’s a new doctor in town who needs help with his studies. [There are a few more adventuring quests available in Tar Janashir aimed at players levels 34-36.]
You can now zoom the camera out much further from your character.
Some hitching caused by the UI's ability processing (e.g. hotkeys) has been eliminated.
Fixed a bug with chat channel filters not getting added and enabled properly.
Fixes to several "falling through the world" issues
Fixes to several "falling into meshes" issues
Fixes to several "teleported on top of terrain" issues
Fixed a somewhat rare but large UI memory leak

Transcribed from the Vanguard Vault at IGN. The page it was read from.