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12-09-2008, 10:48 AM
From EQ Players:
December 9, 2008
*** Highlights ***
- Frostfell: As the air starts to chill and the frost begins to cover the ground, the season of Frostfell begins. No holiday season is perfect though and a couple of your fellow Norrathians need your help to make Frostfell a merry holiday for all! Visit your favorite major city and the Plane of Knowledge to find out how you can help. The season of Frostfell will embrace Norrath from December 9th through January 8th. Various events new and old will be available at different intervals throughout the season. So make sure you join in the fun before Frostfell is over for another year.
- New Hot zones: The following Zones are now "Hot" with additional experience and item rewards. Additionally Franklin Teek in Plane of Knowledge will be happy to remind you of the current Hot Zones!
Level 20: Stonebrunt Mountains
Level 25: Crystal Caverns
Level 30: The Overthere
Level 35: Mons Letalis
Level 40: Great Divide
Level 45: Nagafens Lair
Level 50: Plane of Innovation
Level 55: Sshraeshza Temple
Level 60: Crypt of Decay
Level 65: Stoneroot Falls
Level 70: Valdeholm
Level 75: Dreadspire Keep
*** Items ***
- Added backstab skill modifiers to Seeds of Destruction Piercing weapons.
- Adjusted the nomenclature for some SoF items with corruption damage foci. The focus percentages did not change, only the names.
- Altered the required level for the procs on the "fine weapons" to match the required level of the symbol instead of the recommended level. The exceptions to this are the Blessed symbols which require level 11.
- Changed the appearance of the player-crafted "fine" long hammers.
- Changed the focus effect on the Gleaming Ursine Fang to match the focus on the base item.
- Class-specific armor for Clerics, Druids, and Shaman has had healing foci added to match the SoD armor. Clerics and Shaman will now have healing foci on their arms, while Druids will have healing foci on their wrists.
- Druadic Frostlinked Leggings and Necrotic Chillsteel Greaves have had a detrimental spell haste focus added to match the other elemental leggings.
- Fixed an issue with the Familiar of the Emerald Jungle that was causing it to behave differently from other familiars.
- Many Elaborate Defiant weapons have been upgraded slightly to follow the group item changes.
- Many SoF and all SoD group weapons have received a damage upgrade. Please be aware that some of these items are still being adjusted and may change further in a subsequent patch.
- SoD weapons with elemental damage did not all have the element that was intended. These have been changed to the intended element.
- The Bloodreaper has changed appearance and effect.
- The click effect on Darkened Shining Metallic Robes now uses its own recast timer and will not interfere with other effects.
- The Crystal Dewdrop will now have some benefit even when it is not raining or snowing.
- The Dagger of Darkflaying's appearance has changed.
- A new set of Defiant armor has appeared.
*** Spells ***
- Corrected an issue that was causing the focused versions of pets summoned by the beastlord spell "Spirit of Hoshkar" to take more melee damage than they were intended to.
- Dropdown category for Spell Damage and Haste combination songs is now "Haste/Spell Focus" instead of either or both.
- Paladin and Shadowknight damage reduction disciplines should now stack with all other spells that use the same effect. This change applies to the "Armor of <X>" and "<Y> Carapace" lines.
- Range on Rogue targeted abilities has been increased.
- Range on the Necromancer's Withering Decay and Enchanter's Dominating Aura effects has been increased.
- Tempest Blade is now an aura named Aura of Rodcet that mimics the functionality of the Cantata of Rodcet.
- The damaging proc effect from Bard's Tempest Blade song has been consolidated with Arcane Arietta.
- The global cooldown for spells previously set between 1.5 to 2.5s has been reduced to 1.5s.
- The hate reduction effect from Mindfreeze should no longer have stacking issues with other effects.
- The Malo and Tash lines should no longer interfere with out of combat regeneration.
- The Mindfreeze hate reduction effect will now stack with the Bazu Bellow line.
- The Necromancer SoF robe clicky now spawns a short duration pet instead of bestowing casting haste. Higher tier versions of the click increase the pet's lifespan.
- The Rogue SoF breastplate clicky has had its average damage increased slightly. Higher tier versions of the effect now increase the damage done per proc, instead of the increasing the effect's duration. The duration on both versions is now 2 minutes.
- The Wizard SoF robe clicky will now work on higher level spells, albeit at a reduced effectiveness.
- Type 3 augmentation bonuses should no longer benefit additional spells. For example: Icesheet Cascade / Klixcxyk's Fire improving the damage of Ethereal Conflagration.
*** Quests ***
- Addressed some faction issues that were causing NPCs in the Safe Passage mission to assist the wrong group.
- Fixed a bug with Captain Tillin in Oceangreen Hills. He will now always give out his tasks in order.
- Fixed the reset issues with the task in Old Bloodfields called Supply Interruption. If the task is not completed within 20 minutes of the flags being placed, the event will clean up and the task is failed.
- Guards in missions in Toskirakk and Kaesora will not be so easily fooled by hiding from them.
- Heralds in each of Seeds of Destruction's five eras will now offer a new quest. Each day the heralds will select one mission and grant players a bonus for completing that mission, as long as they have accepted the new quest from the Heralds.
- Killing Silliv` Host will now properly update the task "The Cabilisian Trade Route."
- Malaurin V`Kon will now reset much more quickly after a failure of the Disruptive Influences task.
- Modified the quest Favors of the Hopelost in City of Dranik to remove unwarranted faction hits.
- Navrn K`Val, Thaliv T`Kysh and Vyntal Zintha now carry the false orders.
- People on the "Let my people go" task must now complete the first two elements before speaking with Lymrit again to complete the task.
- Reduced the number of Army of Light Longswords needed to complete the Take Everything task in Bloody Kithicor.
- Reduced the number of Poachers that need to be killed for Poach the Poachers in Oceangreen Hills to 4.
- The necromancers in the Drake Scourge task will update the group's task more reliably now.
- The quest "Disruptive Influences" is now much less likely to get out of sync, so should be much easier to complete. Malaurin V`Kon will also only wait for a quest update for 20 minutes at a time. If this time elapses Malaurin V`Kon will go home, resetting the task.
- The Seeds of Destruction Quest buy back merchant now uses Chronobines instead of Doubloons. He will also buy any of his quest items from you for 1 Chronobine.
*** Raids ***
- Added an additional reward to the Field of Scale raid "Jaled`Dar's Sacrifice"
- Emperor Ganak has decided to try a new tactic for using his spells during the Jaled`Dar's Sacrifice raid.
- Fixed an issue that would not allow players to get the second Rathe Council raid.
- Upon completion, the Fall of Toskirakk event should now show "The Fall of Toskirakk" as the lockout name instead of "Unknown Event".
*** NPCs ***
- Adjusted the spawn rate for rare NPCs in the Rathe Council Chambers.
- Rathework guardians have moved out of the inner sanctum of the Rathe Council Chambers.
- Removed the remaining unkillable NPCs from the Safe Passage mission.
- The Dragorn defending Dranik have become strangely weaker. It appears the Muramite forces may have gained the upper hand.
December 9, 2008
*** Highlights ***
- Frostfell: As the air starts to chill and the frost begins to cover the ground, the season of Frostfell begins. No holiday season is perfect though and a couple of your fellow Norrathians need your help to make Frostfell a merry holiday for all! Visit your favorite major city and the Plane of Knowledge to find out how you can help. The season of Frostfell will embrace Norrath from December 9th through January 8th. Various events new and old will be available at different intervals throughout the season. So make sure you join in the fun before Frostfell is over for another year.
- New Hot zones: The following Zones are now "Hot" with additional experience and item rewards. Additionally Franklin Teek in Plane of Knowledge will be happy to remind you of the current Hot Zones!
Level 20: Stonebrunt Mountains
Level 25: Crystal Caverns
Level 30: The Overthere
Level 35: Mons Letalis
Level 40: Great Divide
Level 45: Nagafens Lair
Level 50: Plane of Innovation
Level 55: Sshraeshza Temple
Level 60: Crypt of Decay
Level 65: Stoneroot Falls
Level 70: Valdeholm
Level 75: Dreadspire Keep
*** Items ***
- Added backstab skill modifiers to Seeds of Destruction Piercing weapons.
- Adjusted the nomenclature for some SoF items with corruption damage foci. The focus percentages did not change, only the names.
- Altered the required level for the procs on the "fine weapons" to match the required level of the symbol instead of the recommended level. The exceptions to this are the Blessed symbols which require level 11.
- Changed the appearance of the player-crafted "fine" long hammers.
- Changed the focus effect on the Gleaming Ursine Fang to match the focus on the base item.
- Class-specific armor for Clerics, Druids, and Shaman has had healing foci added to match the SoD armor. Clerics and Shaman will now have healing foci on their arms, while Druids will have healing foci on their wrists.
- Druadic Frostlinked Leggings and Necrotic Chillsteel Greaves have had a detrimental spell haste focus added to match the other elemental leggings.
- Fixed an issue with the Familiar of the Emerald Jungle that was causing it to behave differently from other familiars.
- Many Elaborate Defiant weapons have been upgraded slightly to follow the group item changes.
- Many SoF and all SoD group weapons have received a damage upgrade. Please be aware that some of these items are still being adjusted and may change further in a subsequent patch.
- SoD weapons with elemental damage did not all have the element that was intended. These have been changed to the intended element.
- The Bloodreaper has changed appearance and effect.
- The click effect on Darkened Shining Metallic Robes now uses its own recast timer and will not interfere with other effects.
- The Crystal Dewdrop will now have some benefit even when it is not raining or snowing.
- The Dagger of Darkflaying's appearance has changed.
- A new set of Defiant armor has appeared.
*** Spells ***
- Corrected an issue that was causing the focused versions of pets summoned by the beastlord spell "Spirit of Hoshkar" to take more melee damage than they were intended to.
- Dropdown category for Spell Damage and Haste combination songs is now "Haste/Spell Focus" instead of either or both.
- Paladin and Shadowknight damage reduction disciplines should now stack with all other spells that use the same effect. This change applies to the "Armor of <X>" and "<Y> Carapace" lines.
- Range on Rogue targeted abilities has been increased.
- Range on the Necromancer's Withering Decay and Enchanter's Dominating Aura effects has been increased.
- Tempest Blade is now an aura named Aura of Rodcet that mimics the functionality of the Cantata of Rodcet.
- The damaging proc effect from Bard's Tempest Blade song has been consolidated with Arcane Arietta.
- The global cooldown for spells previously set between 1.5 to 2.5s has been reduced to 1.5s.
- The hate reduction effect from Mindfreeze should no longer have stacking issues with other effects.
- The Malo and Tash lines should no longer interfere with out of combat regeneration.
- The Mindfreeze hate reduction effect will now stack with the Bazu Bellow line.
- The Necromancer SoF robe clicky now spawns a short duration pet instead of bestowing casting haste. Higher tier versions of the click increase the pet's lifespan.
- The Rogue SoF breastplate clicky has had its average damage increased slightly. Higher tier versions of the effect now increase the damage done per proc, instead of the increasing the effect's duration. The duration on both versions is now 2 minutes.
- The Wizard SoF robe clicky will now work on higher level spells, albeit at a reduced effectiveness.
- Type 3 augmentation bonuses should no longer benefit additional spells. For example: Icesheet Cascade / Klixcxyk's Fire improving the damage of Ethereal Conflagration.
*** Quests ***
- Addressed some faction issues that were causing NPCs in the Safe Passage mission to assist the wrong group.
- Fixed a bug with Captain Tillin in Oceangreen Hills. He will now always give out his tasks in order.
- Fixed the reset issues with the task in Old Bloodfields called Supply Interruption. If the task is not completed within 20 minutes of the flags being placed, the event will clean up and the task is failed.
- Guards in missions in Toskirakk and Kaesora will not be so easily fooled by hiding from them.
- Heralds in each of Seeds of Destruction's five eras will now offer a new quest. Each day the heralds will select one mission and grant players a bonus for completing that mission, as long as they have accepted the new quest from the Heralds.
- Killing Silliv` Host will now properly update the task "The Cabilisian Trade Route."
- Malaurin V`Kon will now reset much more quickly after a failure of the Disruptive Influences task.
- Modified the quest Favors of the Hopelost in City of Dranik to remove unwarranted faction hits.
- Navrn K`Val, Thaliv T`Kysh and Vyntal Zintha now carry the false orders.
- People on the "Let my people go" task must now complete the first two elements before speaking with Lymrit again to complete the task.
- Reduced the number of Army of Light Longswords needed to complete the Take Everything task in Bloody Kithicor.
- Reduced the number of Poachers that need to be killed for Poach the Poachers in Oceangreen Hills to 4.
- The necromancers in the Drake Scourge task will update the group's task more reliably now.
- The quest "Disruptive Influences" is now much less likely to get out of sync, so should be much easier to complete. Malaurin V`Kon will also only wait for a quest update for 20 minutes at a time. If this time elapses Malaurin V`Kon will go home, resetting the task.
- The Seeds of Destruction Quest buy back merchant now uses Chronobines instead of Doubloons. He will also buy any of his quest items from you for 1 Chronobine.
*** Raids ***
- Added an additional reward to the Field of Scale raid "Jaled`Dar's Sacrifice"
- Emperor Ganak has decided to try a new tactic for using his spells during the Jaled`Dar's Sacrifice raid.
- Fixed an issue that would not allow players to get the second Rathe Council raid.
- Upon completion, the Fall of Toskirakk event should now show "The Fall of Toskirakk" as the lockout name instead of "Unknown Event".
*** NPCs ***
- Adjusted the spawn rate for rare NPCs in the Rathe Council Chambers.
- Rathework guardians have moved out of the inner sanctum of the Rathe Council Chambers.
- Removed the remaining unkillable NPCs from the Safe Passage mission.
- The Dragorn defending Dranik have become strangely weaker. It appears the Muramite forces may have gained the upper hand.