August 21, 2008
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*** Emergency Patch ***
- Tears of Qandieal has temporarily been reverted to its old
functionality to address stability issues. It will be returned to its
new state as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience
caused by this issue.
- The abacus script for Living Legacy raid rewards has been adjusted
slightly to correct for a rounding error. If you received the
incorrect augment, you will need to get another abacus from
Distribution Facilitator XCV, delete your earlier augment, and use the
abacus again.
- We are aware of many players who received no reward at all for certain
Living Legacy raids. This is due to incorrect values placed on your
character. We will be restoring these values in a future update so
that the abacus will create your reward.
- The EverQuest Team
August 20, 2008
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*** Highlights ***
- New Hot Zones: Franklin Teek has arrived in the Plane of Knowledge and
will be happy to point you to the current location of a Hot Zone
appropriate for your level. Franklin also has a series of tasks that
can be done in each of the current Hot Zones. You may complete one
(and only one) each day. The following zones are now Hot Zones with
increased experience and rewards:
20 Lake of Ill Omen 25 Feerrott 30 Frontier Mountains 35 Tower of Frozen
Shadow 40 Lower Guk 45 Wakening Lands 50 Old Sebilis 55 Blackfeather
roost 60 Plane of Storms 65 Sunderock Springs 70 Riftseeker's Sanctum
- Final Living Legacy Rewards: Living Legacy Augments are now available
by right-clicking the Abacus you obtained when doing any of the raids
you participated in. If you have lost or deleted your Abacus (or need
a replacement for any reason) see Distribution Facilitator XCV in the
Plane of Knowledge.
*** Items ***
- Moved Battlerager's Strength from Prismatic Savage-Caller's Gloves
(Beastlord) to Prismatic Enrager's Gauntlets (Berserker).
- Bard instrument modifiers have been added to many items from Living
Legacy group zones.
- The Darkened Enameled Black Chestplate and Darkened Shining Metallic
Robes are now infusible, matching the rest of their armor sets.
- The Prismatic Glyph of Loyalty is now usable by High Elves and
Erudites.
- Added tribute values to most SoF dropped items.
- Increased the AC for Ring of Molten Alloy and Perpetually
Spinning Gear.
- The Blackburrow Hunting Bow now has a range. It appears the gnolls
rather missed the point of a having a bow in the first place.
- Swapped the incorrect AC values for Ancient Husk Leggings and Steel-
Studded Leather Leggings.
- Living Legacy Augments are now available by right-clicking the Abacus
you obtained when doing any of the raids you participated in. If you
have lost or deleted your Abacus (or need a replacement for any
reason) see Distribution Facilitator XCV in the Plane of Knowledge.
- Fixed an old issue that prevented several helms from being
tinted with dye.
- The ranked Augmentation Solvents on vendors throughout the world have
been replaced with a standard unranked solvent.
- The Ornate Gnoll Hide Lariat has had its spell proc replaced with one
that does not have a knockback. It will not stun as long as before,
but will do more damage.
- The Skullstepper has had its race restrictions removed. Any race with
classes that can use it will be able to equip the item.
- A handful of previously broken spell effects on items have been
changed to function properly.
*** Quests & Events ***
- Reduced the lockout timers for the Soulbleeder and the Bloodmoon
Prophet raid from 5.5 days to 4.5 days. This will not change for those
that currently have lockouts, but will affect any new lockouts given
for those raids.
- The scarecrows in Hills of Shade have found their straw at last.
- The "crystal phases" in Big Bynn's raid should now last a full minute
in duration.
- 'The Broodmother Event' in Crystallos will now move all corpses to a
safe location when the event resets.
- The search for Donna in Hills of Shade has become a bit more complex.
- The chest reward for 'The Three Brothers' event in Frostcrypt will no
longer look like a person. The bears in Wulfnor's event will continue
to look like bears. Snozzberries will remain unaffected.
*** NPC ***
- Many NPCs that previously had corpses that would never "unlock" to
allow people who did not get kill credit to loot them no longer have
that restriction and will now unlock normally.
- Distribution Facilitator XCV in the Plane of Knowledge will be happy
to replace any Living Legacy Abacus items you may have lost or may
be missing.
- Kalim'Kar the Gold in Dragonscale sells a container that can be
used to convert Glowing Prismatic Runes into Whirring Clockwork
Runes, and/or convert Whirring Clockwork Runes into Humming
Finsternacht Runes.
*** Spells ***
- SoF Rank II global spells now drop more frequently.
- SoF Rank II global spells are now weighted to drop more often for
classes with a higher population.
- The Whirl till you hurl spin stun line is now linked on the
same timer.
- The Mana Flare spell proc line is now linked on the same timer.
- Aurora of Morrow has been modified. It now heals all members of the
Paladin's group, consuming no more mana than is necessary (up to the
cap) to heal the group members, and preferentially apportions healing
to group members that need it the most.
- Battle Frenzy now correctly checks the health of the Berserker using
the ability, not their target.
- Tears of Qandieal now destroys the target's mana and inflicts damage
based on the mana destroyed.
- Nature's Burning Wrath damage over time spells will now stack, in the
same manner as Nature's Blazing Wrath.
- Speed Focus Discipline has been moved from reuse timer 2 to timer 10.
- The heal over time component from the Ward of Tunare and Skin of the
Reptile lines should no longer have stacking conflicts.
- Unholy Aura Discipline will now double the damage of lifetap spells
for its duration.
- The duration on all versions of Necromancer and Shadowknight Lich
spells have been changed to a standard one hour.
- The damage over time component of Harm Touch will no longer "stack"
with other Harm Touches.
*** Tradeskills ***
- All tradeskill recipes intended for Seeds of Destruction have been
disabled until Seeds of Destruction is released.
*** Tasks ***
- Fenden Helter in Dragonscale has received new instructions from
some of his clients and some of his combat related tasks have
been modified.
*** Zones ***
- The level requirement for Theater of Blood has been lowered
back to 68.
- New Hot Zones: Franklin Teek has arrived in the Plane of Knowledge and
will be happy to point you to the current location of a Hot Zone
appropriate for your level. Franklin also has a series of tasks that
can be done in each of the current Hot Zones. You may complete one
(and only one) each day. The following zones are now Hot Zones with
increased experience and rewards:
20 Lake of Ill Omen 25 Feerrott 30 Frontier Mountains 35 Tower of Frozen
Shadow 40 Lower Guk 45 Wakening Lands 50 Old Sebilis 55 Blackfeather
roost 60 Plane of Storms 65 Sunderock Springs 70 Riftseeker's Sanctum
*** Previously Updated ***
- The Kirkoten Miners will now update the Combat task given by Fenden
Helter for the Brownie Rebels.
- Several NPCs from the tasks given by Fenden Helter in Dragonscale
Hills are now listed on the Find window in their respective zones.
- Beltron will once again recognize Banish Shadows procs.
- The EverQuest Team
July 17, 2008
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*** Highlights ***
- Spells and procs will no longer reset swing timers for any class,
PC or NPC.
*** Returning Players ***
- If you're returning to the game following a break, be sure to visit
the Scholars in the northeast portion of the Plane of Knowledge. They
can help guide you through the many changes to the land of Norrath
over the years.
*** NPC ***
- The NPCs that were made easier in our previous patch will now have
their proper consider message.
*** UI ***
- Fix a problem that was causing some custom UIs to crash while drawing
buff icons.
*** Miscellaneous ***
- Spells and procs will no longer reset swing timers for any class,
PC or NPC.
- Improved an issue that was causing poor performance in outdoor zones.
*** Previously Updated ***
- Laiyken should once again allow you in to Crystallos if you're on the
proper step of his quest. If you were refused access before, hailing
him again should allow you to enter the zone.
- Laiyken will no longer consume your Oil-Covered Crystal if you are not
yet at the correct point of his quest.
- The Kirkoten Miners will now update the Combat task given by Fenden
Helter for the Brownie Rebels.
- Beltron in Frostcrypt will once again take damage from Banish
Shadows procs.
- The EverQuest Team