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2007-09-26

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General Notes

• Here's a compilation of the test server notes since the last hotfix that went live. It combines 2 hot fixes and 1 build so far that are on test but not live. GAMEPLAY GENERAL
• Items that are not stacks no longer bring up the stack "Split" window, they just get dragged as if you didn't hold down a key to try to split them.
• Holding down the CTRL key and dragging on a stacked item will now pull one off the stack instead of bringing up the "Split" window. You can still bring up the "Split" window to split a stack of items, but you now hold down the SHIFT key while dragging the item instead of CTRL like you used to. This was changed to make it a bit more consistent with how other games work, so it is a bit less confusing to new players.
• You can now swap items in your bank, even if the bank is full.
• Players' Locations for Renton Keep are now categorized correctly.
• The maximum items that a player may have on the broker has been increased to 15. This change was made due to player feedback. Rejoice!
• To avoid conflict with a diplomacy title, the Squire title given by the Title Commissioner has been replaced with Attendant.
• You can now request that your character be copied (not moved, just copied) to the test server by using the new /copycharacter command. This command toggles your request to be copied on and off. Please type, "/help copycharacter" for more info.
• Hobgoblin eyes, claws, and belts are no longer considered valuable on Telon. However, hobgoblin trinkets, pants, and chests can be sold for a decent price.
• The edit box for the various "Split" windows should now work properly. ADVENTURING
• Healing Dispersion has been adjusted. The base heal has been reduced significantly bringing it more in line with its intended values.
• Fix for Bard songs remaining on all players even after the Bard leaves the group
• Fasant's Segue of Sundering now reduced target strength by 13.
• Fasant's Hymn of Frailty now reduces target strength by 6-8.
• Cirel's Healing Harmony now costs 6 energy per second and caps out at 7 points of healing.
• Cirel's Tranquil Tune now cost 5 energy per second and restores 25-28 hit points and 15-18 energy.
• Cirel's Rhythm of Renewal now costs 5 energy per second and caps out at 40 points of healing.
• Cirel's Phrase of Renewal now costs 8 energy per second and caps out at 10 points of healing.
• Lowered the refresh of Lightning Kisses the Ground to 30 seconds, to better match the rest of the attack chain
• Shatter the Mountain now only causes critical vulnerability for 1 second.
• Bard songs will now only display the effects that are active on a given target.
• Added a 3 second cast time to mental Transmutation and increased the refresh time to 12 seconds, up from 10.
• Increased the energy cost of Entwining Vein
• Lowered the cost of Entwining Vein ability line
• Mental Transmutation is now instant cast (again) and has a 15 second refresh timer.
• Increased the range of Cerebral Graft to 25m.
• Lowered the END drain portion of the Gift of Vitae bond
• Bonds are no longer toggled
• Bonds no longer have a limit per target
• Removed overall bond limit
• Increased all Bond costs to 3 Jin.
• Increased the detaunt portion of Soul Cutter.
• Increased the taunt portion of the Baiting Strike line.
• Your Bonds are now viewable from the "Effects Maintained" window. This window will show you which bonds you have active.
• Fireseeds now display damage in the ability tooltip.
• Increased the damage of Fireseeds.
• Lowered the cost of Roseberries.
• Increased the stack size of Mottleberries, Roseberries and Fireseeds to 10.
• Harmonious Body form now works as intended.
• Added new grafts to graft necropsy tables
• Increased chances of getting grafts when Necropsy is used.
• Increased minion hit points.
• The Skin of Zakrin now works correctly and has had its description clarified.
• Devour Curse now has a 25m range
• Made your "Foeman" abilities now usable outside of combat, similar to the way the Dread Knights Bleak Foeman functions.
• The block % of your "Foeman" abilities have been increased to the level of the Dread Knights.
• Added the new ability line Devout Sanctuary at level 40.
• The higher levels of Simulacrum should now be more capable of keeping your opponents attention.
• Temporal Shift no longer stops your auto attack.
• The new ability Spellbind Void has been added at level 46.
• Added text feedback and cast phase animation to Nature's Remedy.
• Increased the range of Nature's Remedy to 25m.
• Feral Strike now lasts for 5 hits instead of 5 attacks
• The buffs gained from your patron forms will no longer stop working after being in the form for an hour.
• Fiery Quills now does the correct amount of damage at all levels.
• Wings of Hayatet III will now stack properly when bonded to Nag-Suul.
• Attendant of Rakurr now attacks every 2 seconds instead of every 1 second. Damage and aggro generation have been increased to match the new, slower attack speed.
• Scent of Blood is now instant cast. This should alleviate any activation issues.
• Tearing Claw, Vicious Bite and Hamstring will now open Fist of the Earth on a critical hit.
• Maim will now deal double damage against an opponent suffering from the flesh rend weakness.
• Avatar of the Phoenix now displays the correct healing amount.
• Bloody Fang now removes the Bitten weakness to maintain consistency with the Weakness System.
• Purging Flames should now function correctly
• Made your "Foeman" abilities now usable outside of combat, similar to the way the Dread Knights Bleak Foeman functions.
• The block % of your "Foeman" abilities have been increased to the level of the Dread Knights.

Crafting

• A few obsolete items have been removed from the outpost crafting merchant list.
• The outpost in Varryn Dunes should now give rest experience.
• Mortar and mortar components are now set to Grade A. This should solve any assembly issues.
• Qalian and Thestran guild house windows are now available for purchase on merchants.
• The tutorial quest rewards "improved tools" have had their levels lowered so they can be equipped by crafters at Level 3.
• Fixed lots of typos in crafting actions, recipes and crafting quests.
• Actions that say "Treatment" now actually use treatment.
• A bug with the Dawn's Sign quest recipes for artificers has been fixed.
• Many merchants in housing plot areas now offer banking services.
• All community crafting areas near house plots will grant faction bonuses upon successful work order completion much like other outposts.
• An error with faction gain bonuses for work orders at Grade C has been corrected.
• You can now properly turn in the finished products for the gilded coffers work order.
• Many basic crafting equipment suppliers now have higher level equipment for sale.

Diplomacy

• Tier 2 Diplomacy valises (28 slot) are now available from Chancellor Dagnol Granitefist in Bordinar's Cleft, Chancellor Cirfalin Onios in Leth Nurae, and His Elegance, Raoul in New Targonor for 250 of the appropriate type of Prestige faction.
• NPC racial cards attached to sentient mobs now drop at a rate dependent on the number of dots on the mob.
• By overwhelming popular request, level 50 Bartender Parleys have been added to all Bartenders.
• Level 30 Bartender parleys are now correctly set to level 30 again.
• Level 20 Qalian Bartender parleys are now correctly set to level 20 again.
• Bartender loot tables have been corrected to prevent overlap (and the giving of rewards below your tier!)
• Kojani Bartender parleys now will correctly give out Prestige Faction again.
• Level 5-60 Ghosts and Cartheon Zombies (upright zombies) no longer drop "Words of the Dead"
• they drop a new card instead.
• NPCs with of the zombie race from levels 35-60 drop Words of the Dead
• lower level zombies no longer do. This does not apply to upright zombies from Cartheon.
• The missing nine NPC race-specific Diplomacy cards have been found and stuck to the proper NPCs. Let the hunt continue!
• Diplomacy cards now drop from appropriate NPCs up to NPC level 60.
• Diplomacy cards will no longer drop from level 1-4 NPCs throughout Telon.
• Bartender parleys across Telon now have a small chance of dropping Adventuring loot, including rare Adventuring items. These items are drawn from the common World Loot tables.
• The Civic Diplomacy radius of Leth Nurae has been expanded to encompass a number of NPCs that were available for Civic parleys but not able to manipulate the levers. These NPCs are: Celestial Lion Orilana, Votary Unalu, Starseer Darniel, Silver Crescent Belaris, Adept Tiyun, Apprentice Anderion, Adept Theric, Adept Silareth, Adept Eldamar, Adept Sulhin.
• The Informant loot tables for tier 1 Blackmail (all types) and tier 2 Blackmail hearsay have been improved to drop multiples of the same loot item rather than 1.
• All four tiers of Informants and all 3 types of Information now have at least some chance of dropping one or more baubles of appropriate tier to the tier of the information (tier 1 information = prestigious baubles, tier 2 = prestigious and shiny prestigious baubles, tier 3 = shiny and radiant prestigious baubles, tier 4 = radiant prestigious baubles). Drop rates vary based on type of information, continent, and the quality of the information.
• It is now possible to purchase House Thistle Fencing Gloves. Jam will no longer withhold his goods!
• Bartenders across Telon now have the four new newbie line comments in their loot tables. Only tier 1 and 2 parleys will yield these comments, with tier 1 having the highest drop rate. Unlike the cards in the newbie line, these cards are not soulbound and thus tradable.
• Diplomacy expendables (kini verse, phlactery of maroj, Macken's Wisdom, etc.) are no longer BOE.
• A number of Hai Fang Su Li's rare tier 4 Diplomacy clothing are now correctly named after that aspect of Gloriann from the incorrect name of Beiganan.
• A number of Sihari's rare tier 4 Diplomacy clothing are now correctly named after the storm goddess. Boy was she mad that the trade god Beiganan had his name on her stuff!
• Newbie lines have new comment cards placed on them so you will no longer be able to select a comment card you cannot use. These are identical clones of existing newbie comments you receive based on your Adventuring class.
• Bartenders now give out a variety of baubles depending on tier, including the new Radiant and Exquisite Prestigious baubles.
• In the Ca'ial Brael writ "Cut Down the Ra'Jin" you should no longer be able to use the Yukionna Rod on the Yukionna until the proper time, and you cannot talk to Governor Jalixfin or General Zewg until you have used the rod on the Yukionna.
• Bartender parleys have had their prereqs altered to make them display more logically and to prevent overlap.
• Diplomacy "Land" objects (acquired from Noble Houses in New Targonor) now fit in Diplomacy containers.
• All Diplomacy Neck items now will fit in Diplomacy containers (like the valise or hold-all).
• Drop rates for Evidence in high in-tier Civic parleys have been increased by 40% above it's original drop rate.
• NPCs in Civic Diplomacy should no longer belong to overlapping loot tables for Information, especially NPCs of levels 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50.
• Tier 4 Diplomacy Information turn-ins now can give "Radiant Prestigious Baubles." These baubles, when right-clicked, give 10 Prestige faction for the area and devolve into a Shiny Prestigious Bauble.
• Some New Targonor Diplomacy House quests have had their rewards altered to account for the new Bursars for each House.
• The shiny prestigious bauble requirement in all 3 Diplomacy guild hall quests has been reduced from 75 to 50.
• House Bursars will no longer attempt to hawk titles to players, which they have already purchased.
• Rank Dealings in Veskal's Exchange no longer requires Merchant Presence to complete. Ramoak the vendor has taken holy vows and is now a Clergy.
• Wardship of the Sleeping Moon (-23 25) is now a part of Leth Nurae's Civic Diplomacy radius
• buffs activated in Leth Nurae now will affect players in the Wardship.

Items

• Eye of Zukayr is no longer deconstructable.
• Mask of the Feral Warrior is now Bind on Equip and no longer Sellable
• The Sun Strike of Vol Anari and the Moon Strike of Vol Tuniel have had their statistics increased. The ultra rare version has received a minor upgrade while the legendary versions have received a larger upgrade. All of these items may now stack up to 200 per lot.

World Population

• Ksaravi Gulch
• In the war between Khal and the Ksaravi, it has become apparent to both sides that force of arms is not enough. To this end, the Ksaravi have turned to the creation of vile magical toxins and diseases with which they plan to afflict the good people of Khal. In the aftermath, they intend to claim the city as their own. In order to put an end to the Ksaravi taint, you will need the aid of Curate Sabha and Brumdul Svat, priests of the White Coronaria, a sect that worships Sahari Jeddai, the Qaliathari aspect of Gloriann. Fighting into the gulch is not an easy affair, even with the magic of the White Coronaria, and time is of the essence. Yet, hope rides on black wings, and Captain Venir Isthir of the elite Black Wyvern Riders offers an answer. By working with the Black Wyvern Riders, you can gain access to a temporary wyvern mount that will allow you to conduct your swift raids in the Ksaravi Gulch and put the Ksaravi back on the defensive.
• 3 all new solo quest lines offering 20 new quests
• 12 group quests in an exciting new group quest line
• Fly into battle on an elite black wyvern
• All-new rewards, like Coronarian Gloves and Ice Ember poison
• Issues with various armor quest drops in Flordiel have been addressed.
• Issues with various armor quest drops in Ichtaka have been addressed.
• Tishra should now reset properly after being killed.
• Issues with various armor quest drops in Vsurog Moor have been addressed.
• Quest: Controlling the Situation
• The amount of dusts required has been increased, and the drop rate has been increased as well. CODING GENERAL
• Guilds are now able to mark themselves as recruiting new members, add a description of their guild, and mark members as guild recruiters. Players that want to find a guild to join can look through the list of guilds that are recruiting in the new "Guilds LFM" tab within the "Guild" tab of the social window. Clicking on a guild in the list to the left of this new tab will show the selected guild's description and a list of recruiters from that guild which can be contacted for more info about the guild.

Pvp

• : New resist system for detrimental utility spells (Roots, stuns, snares, mezzes, debuffs)! Resistances matter much more now, and utility spells will be resisted more frequently, especially against players with high resists. Damaging spells still use the old resist formulas.
• Several performance enhancements have been added to increase frame rate in crowded areas CLIENT
• When placing a crafting or harvesting tool in a toolbelt it will now bring up the BoE confirm when necessary. ENGINE
• There is a new setting in the Audio tab called Distance. This value is used to calculate how far away a sound will play. If you have a single-core CPU you may see some performance increase from lowering this value. If you desire to hear sounds from further away, you can raise this value, though it may effect performance. GRAPHICS
• Added a new slider bar to toggle the scale of the scrolling combat text. SERVER
• Guild Trophy buffs are now in. The guild trophy buff will only be applied to the character if the items is placed in a guild headquarters.
• Fixed a bug with pet pathing that would sometimes cause them to run back to where they were before teleporting to their master, such as in cases where they got stuck somewhere and their master got too far away.
• NPCs will no longer open locked doors. This fixes an expoit where you could get an aggro NPC on the far side of a locked door to open the door for you when it moved to attack you.

Recovered from a developer post on SOE's own board.