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Marina
02-22-2010, 03:35 PM
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 9:29am

FEATURES

Sentinel’s Fate

* EverQuest II’s sixth expansion, Sentinel’s Fate, is now live! Sentinel’s Fate introduces the fabled lands of Odus, filled with epic quests, magnificent dungeons and limitless content provide the ultimate MMO experience for new players and seasoned veterans alike. Sentinel's Fate presents the next chapter of the EverQuest II legacy which will be written by the passion of players and fueled by the hunger for adventure. Its features include:
o Achieve your greatest potential with a level cap increase to 90
o Discover two expansive new overland zones, The Sundered Frontier and Stone Brunt Highlands
o Battle through 12 epic dungeon additions
o Experience the legend of Odus through 400 new quests
o Conquer five new Heritage Quests with valuable new loot
o Equip over 2,000 new weapons and pieces of armor and items
o Add all new alternate advancement abilities to your arsenal of powers
o Defeat hundreds of new dangerous and cunning creatures

The Golden Path

* Game Update 55 includes a massive number of focused content improvements, collectively known as the Golden Path. The Golden Path will provide a smooth and fun progression for new characters, starting right in the beginner zones, and continuing all the way up through level 80 to lead into the Sentinel's Fate expansion. Dozens of new quests have been added, the population of several zones has been streamlined and numerous item rewards have been created!
* The Golden Path is organized, but not completely linear. It begins with the newbie quest progressions for several starting zones: Greater Faydark, Darklight Wood and Timorous Deep. It then flows through Butcherblock, including the newly re-leveled dungeon of Kaladim, and on into the Steamfont Mountains. From there, it branches into Sinking Sands, Everfrost and Lavastorm, followed by the Tenebrous Tangle, the Bonemire and the Barren Sky. At high levels it winds through the savage lands of Kunark, and ultimately leads to Odus.
* The Golden Path includes a great deal of content, and there is even more to come! Enjoy!

nVidia 3D Vision

* EverQuest II now proudly supports nVidia’s 3D Vision technology. A combination of high-tech wireless glasses and advanced software, 3D Vision automatically transforms hundreds of PC games into full stereoscopic 3D. In addition, view movies and digital photographs in eye popping 3D. For more information, follow this link: http://www.nvidia.com/object/3D_Vision_Main.html

GENERAL

* The street address and zone name of the house in the broker listing will now longer be jumbled together.
* The mitigation values for physical, elemental, noxious and arcane should now display properly when inspecting other players.
* Transmuting now has a new, more subtle visual effect.
* All instances of "roekilik" should now be correctly spelled as "roekillik".
* The griffon tamer at Butcherblock dock will now offer travel assistances to both Timorous Deep and Darklight Wood. Sarnak griffon trainer, Erochi Ku’ervs, is taking a leave of absence and will no longer provide griffon ride to Timorous Deep from Butcherblock.
* Fixed a bug where triggered effects that are modified by AA’s and items would not display the modified effect in green.
* Tinkered swarm pets are no longer restricted on what level or difficulty of target they can attack. In other words, you may now catapult cows at Anashti Sul if you wish.
* You can no longer swap out items presented to you in consignment with your own items while crafting.
* Ammo must now be more than 20 levels lower than the bow level before restricting the bow’s damage.
* Fixed a crash bug when examining adorned items.

GUILDHALLS

* You can now purchase a Wizard Portal Hireling in all guildhall layouts! This hireling can be used to travel to any of the wizard spires across Norrath!
* You can now purchase a Guild Standard Bearer in all guildhall layouts! This hireling will allow you to buy several different guild standards which you can place in instances to give a bonus to everyone in the zone!

ITEMS

* The Flesh Bound Tome can now be turned into a proper book file that can be placed in a player’s house. Once you complete the quest “The Fleshbound Tome Speaks Again”, examine the item to turn it into a book.
* Fixed a number of bugs and inconsistencies on tradeskilled jewelry and shields.
* The Illusionist epic weapon procs have been reduced to one trigger .
* The Mystic epic “Spirit Tap” is now a 10 minute reuse.
* The Ranger mythical effect that increases damage based on range has been replaced with a 20% damage increase at all ranges.
* The Warden power proc now can trigger on any heal spell but can only trigger once per cast.
* The "Ethereal Dark Beacon" is now removed when the quest "A Hatred Repressed" is completed.
* The Ebon Mask "missing pages" can now be turned into a proper book file entitled “The Missing Pages of the Sword Heist Journal - Rebound” that can be placed in a player’s house. Once you complete the quest “A Crusade to Faydwer", examine the item to turn it into a book.
* "The Eye of Ree" is now removed when the quest "A Crusade to Faydwer" is completed.

PVP

* City PVP merchant items with specific class restrictions have been modified to have the base stats benefit their wearers.
* RoK and TSO PVP merchant items with specific class restrictions have been modified to have the base stats benefit their wearers.
* Trigger effects on several of the RoK and TSO accessories and weapons have been modified to be more in line with their intended values.

TRADESKILLS

* Tradeskill writs now also grant status rewards to exiles.
* Sages now have recipes for level 80 user books.
* Cloak recipes and spuncloth hex doll recipes should now work. Quel’ule alchemist recipes now make 10 items at a time.
* Tradeskilled jewelry and secondary item recipes are now present in jeweler recipe books.
* Carpenter-crafted stained glass windows should now have improved collision and appearance.
* Carpenters now have recipes to make paint pots (Kaisha rejoice)
* Woodworker arrow recipes from the Hua Mein faction now require a dropped component instead of a rare wood.
* The Far Seas taskmaster desk is once again located on the docks of Thundering Steppes and Nektulos Forest.
* The Far Seas Supply faction merchant is now selling recipes for tradeskilled armor intended for battlegrounds use.
* The speed of the Far Seas tradeskill mounts has increased.
* The limited charges have been removed from the class-specific recipes sold by the Far Seas Supply faction merchant.
* Tinkering recipes now produce a finished product at all quality levels.
* Carpenters now have sales containers. Stained glass windows scale slightly larger (Whilhelmina). More paint pots (Cyliena).
* Jeweler crafted resist jewelry now uses brellium.
* Transmuting component conversion recipes have been updated.

USER INTERFACE

* Icons next to the quest name now indicate quest difficulty and con color.
* Checkboxes have been removed from each quest part since the window no longer displays completed parts.
* Fixed examine information for spells and items with ward effects.
* The class AA trees have been rearranged so they no longer scroll vertically.
* Removed critical multiplier stat from spell examine windows and added it to the Crit Bonus tooltip in the Persona Window.
* Some changes have been made to the quest helper based on player feedback:
o Reduced font size of title.
o Quest text should be more readable on light backgrounds.
o Less flashing.
* Quests now auto-pin themselves to the helper if there is space (This is an option you can turn off).
* The filter dropdown box on the Persistent tab of the Zone Reuse window (Alt-Z) now filters zones by locked/unlocked status.

BARREN SKY

* A new quest series is available on isle of desolation in Barren Sky.
* Barren Sky is now a more solo friendly zone!

BUTCHERBLOCK MOUNTAINS

* Many areas in Butcherblock are now tiered down to be more solo friendly.
* A New pathway is now opened up in Butcherblock that is directly connected to Steamfont.
* Several quest in the Butcherblock Mountains now reward faction with the Irontoe Brigade.
* As the Spiroc Flies - You now must visit a sarnak named Researcher Kiman at the Butcherblock Docks to complete this quest. Upon completing this quest, as well as the quest, "Nautical Disaster", the player will then be given a new quest entitled, "Help in the Highlands". This quest will direct you from the docks to the Highlands Outpost.
* Necessary Precautions - Guard Tellik has moved to the Butcherblock Docks
* Necessary Precautions - Adjustments were made to Guard Tellik and Assistant Deldry's dialog.
* Thieving Runts - Guard Daarwyn has moved to the Butcherblock Docks.
* Thieving Runts - Grorowyn Writ NPC, Ankinil Zo'Ri, has been moved to the Highland Outpost.
* Trail of Feathers - The trail of feathers has been shortened to reflect the new location of Researcher Bedrick.
* Where Spirocs Dare - The locations of the totems collected during this quest have changed.
* Birds of a Feather - Quest text has been updated to better explain where the player must travel.
* Seeking Brulten Hiltstill - Quest text and dialog adjusted to reflect Brulten Hiltstill's new location at the Highlands Outpost.
* Fishmonger Usharaz now sells level appropriate food and drink items.
* Merchants have been added to the Highland Outposts.
* Mender Horon Bronzethumb has moved to a more noticeable location inside Irontoe Outpost West.
* Merchant, Tharn Boarbristle, has setup shop in Irontoe Outpost East.
* The ghosts found haunting King's Rest have had their difficulty adjusted to reflect recent changes in population flow.
* Added furnace and table for Mender Thark and Mender Bronzethumb.
* Schmitty's Sandals - Adjusted the number of components needed to complete the quest.
* Silent Beckon - Talyrae T'Zyth has moved from the caravan entrance near Great Faydark to the Highlands Outpost.
* For the Dogs - This quest now gives better instructions on where bears can be found.
* Teir'Dal Timber - Ninoin D'syl has moved to the Highland Outposts.
* Teir'Dal Timber - Ninoin also now offers advice to on how player can increase there lumber harvesting skill.
* Stock Components - Thayvl Ulthonis has moved to the Highland Outposts.
* Stock Components - Thayvl now accepts dust from any type of essence found in the Butcherblock Mountains.
* Feathers for Gherrana - Gherrana has moved to the Highland Outposts.
* Feathers for Gherrana - Gherrana now accepts any type of Kragploom feather for her quest.
* Feathers for Gherrana - Additional instructions have been added to the quest to make locating Kragploom aviaks easier.
* Unusual Palate - Quest now updates every time after killing rustfiends.
* The Kobold and the Beautiful - Brulten Hiltstill has relocated to the Highland Outposts.
* The Yarpsnarls - Argro Durthor has relocated to the Highland Outposts.
* The Number One Threat in Butcherblock - Trapper Coalbear has relocated to the Highland Outposts.
* The Number One Threat in Butcherblock - Quest text has been altered to give a better description on where to find bears.
* At Peace With the Past - Pacificator Merrek and the Great Galabo no longer require you to meditate as long as before. Quest dialog has been altered to reflect Merrek's relocation.
* Ro's Flame - Civean Il'Pernod has relocated to the Highland Outposts.
* For the Glory of Rallos! - Tychus Zeksworn has relocated to the Highland Outposts.
* Dark Tides - Additional Tidesylph ritualists have found their way out of their underwater home!
* Several city writs between the levels of 19 – 25 have been adjusted to reflect the recent changes made to the Butcherblock Mountains population.
* The Kobold and the Beautiful - Quest has had its level increased to reflect recent changes in Butcherblock's population.
* The Kobold and the Beautiful - Quest text has been altered to remind players where they can find Brulten.
* The Kobold and the Beautiful - Number of mobs needed to complete this quest has been reduced.
* Muckflick Message Intercepted! - Quest has had its level increased to reflect recent changes in Butcherblock's population.
* Muckflick Message Intercepted! - Quest target has been adjusted to reflect the quest NPC's new location.
* Muckflick Message Intercepted! - Quest text and dialog has been updated to reflect recent changes.
* Seeking the Kilnkors! - Quest has had its level increased to reflect recent changes in Butcherblock's population.
* Seeking the Kilnkors! - Quest text and dialog has been updated to reflect the quest NPC's new location.
* Seeking the Kilnkors! - Jonedorn Kilnkor has moved to West Fort Irontoe.
* Axing a Favor - Quest has had its level increased to reflect recent changes in Butcherblock's population.
* Axing a Favor - Quest has been completely rewritten to reflect the recent changes in Butcherblock's population.
* The Number One Threat in Butcherblock - Quest has had its level increased to reflect recent changes in Butcherblock's population.
* The Number One Threat in Butcherblock - Quest rewards have been altered to reflect the increase in the quest level.
* The Number One Threat in Butcherblock - New reward choice added to quest.
* The Forest Strikes Back! - The quest has been altered to reflect the recent changes in Butcherblock's population.
* The Forest Strikes Back! - Quest text and dialog has been altered.
* Finding Gloln Kilnkor - Quest level adjusted has been adjusted.
* Finding Gloln Kilnkor - Quest text altered.
* Ill Communication - Quest has been altered to reflect the recent changes in Butcherblock's population.
* Ill Communication - Quest now directs players to Hamish Felderham's line if quests.
* For the Dogs - Quest has been altered to reflect the recent changes in Butcherblock's population.
* For the Dogs - Player will now need to kill terratrodders instead of bears for the quest.
* A Mind of My Own - Quest now requires the player to feed the Yarpsnarls located at West Camp Yarpsnarl.
* A Mind of My Own - Quest level has increased to match the surrounding population.
* A Dim Light - Quest NPC, Geldrani A'Zhi'Tel, has moved to the Highland Outposts.
* A Dim Light - Quest now directs players to West Camp Yarpsnarl.
* Digging in the Yard - Patches of pure soil can now be found in and around West Camp Yarpsnarl.
* A Strange Mix - Quest level has been increased to better reflect the difficulty of the quest.
* The Yarpsnarls - Quest has been increased in difficulty to reflect the recent changes in Butcherblock's population.
* The Yarpsnarls - Argro Durthor has relocated to the Highland Outposts.
* The Many Uses of Carapace - Quest has been increased in difficulty to reflect the recent changes in Butcherblock's population.
* The Many Uses of Carapace - Quest now requires the player to harvest only granite beetles.
* The Many Uses of Carapace - Granite beetles have moved to a more scenic location.
* Irontoe Brigade Requisition Lists - Quest has been increased in difficulty to reflect the recent changes in Butcherblock's population.
* Irontoe Brigade Requisition Lists - Quest text and dialog has been updated to reflect Argro's new location.
* Delivery to Verung - Quest text and dialog has been updated to reflect Argro's new location.
* Feeding the Irontoe Brigade - Highland crawlers have increased in difficulty to better reflect the recent changes in Butcherblock's population.
* To the Docks at Once - A new quest has been added to the Greater Faydark caravan entrance in the Butcherblock Mountains. This quest directs player to Dockmaster Waulon at the Butcherblock Docks.
* Further Fame and Fortune - A new quest has been added to direct players from Butcherblock to Steamfont.
* Further Fame and Fortune - Player will need to be at least level 30 to attain this quest.
* Silencing the Shriekers - Quest no longer requires the player to be on the quest, Ill Communication (leadarm_x1).
* Sarnak Sympathizer: Part 2 - Quest have been lowered in level to bring it in line with its preceding quest.
* Eneek is No Snack! - Eneek Rialb has moved to the Three-Road Outpost.
* Eneek Needs a Snack - Quest has been decreased in difficulty to better match recent changes in Butcherblock's population.
* Trozusk's Challenge - Trozusk Ripscar has moved to the Three-Road Oupost.
* Trozusk's Challenge - Trozusk now gives better directions to where the Krulkiel may be found.
* A New Challenger - Trozusk now give new directions to this quest as to reflect his new location.
* Gorowyn: Yarpsnarl Reavers - Quest now requires the player to slay Yarpsnarl sappers.
* Gorowyn: Yarpsnarl Cutthroats - Quest now requires the player to slay Slagslore ettins.
* Order of Arcane: Sedimentary Colossi - Quest now requires the player to slay Yarpsnarl cutthroats.
* House of Falling Stars: Yarpsnarl Reaver - Quest now requires the player to slay Yarpsnarl scamps.

DARKLIGHT WOOD

* Pass On the Satchel -You now must visit a dwarf named Dannard Cliffcarver to complete this quest.
* Pass On the Satchel -Thadus Flintwrit's dialog has been adjusted.
* Malyl N'Vazin now says, "for you are as sweet" instead of "for your are as sweet".

GREATER FAYDARK

* Lady Katri Eloranta now offers the quest “An Introduction to the Fae” to frogloks and halflings.
* The quest “A Meal for Grum: I” now requires 6 spiders for quest completion.
* The quest “A Meal for Grum: II” now requires 6 fae drakes for quest completion.
* The quest “Part Time Help: I” now requires 10 wolves for quest completion.
* The quest “Part Time Help: III” now requires 10 Trebuz bixies for quest completion.
* Randu K'Van has moved close to the Crushbone mount station.
* Daruk Granite Nose Dobbson and Tuathil Laeds have moved their camp slightly to the north, much closer to the Crushbone mount station.

JARSATH WASTES

* Kror Stormshield now describes the scorpikis as "foul smellin' foes", not "fowl smellin' foes".

LAVASTORM

* Lava spirit mounts in Lavastorm can now transport you from Najena’s Valley directly to the Dragon’s Breath Tunnel station.

SINKING SANDS

* Players can now access "Living Tombs" once again in Sinking Sands.

STEAMFONT MOUNTAINS

* The quests "A Necromancer's Request", "A Wizard's Request", "Mouthing Off" and "Clockwork Despair" have had their level raised to more accurately reflect the level of difficulty.

TIMOROUS DEEP

* A new griffon tamer has taken up residence at the Chrykori Village station. He offers a direct flight to the Gorowyn Docks.
* The Gorowyn Dock and Chryokori Village griffon stations now connect to the other nearby towers as well.
* Players level 9 and up can now start Standard Ku'Uul's quests in the Green Overlook without pre-requisites.

Marina
02-23-2010, 02:48 PM
Friday, February 19, 2010 at 1:10am
GENERAL
All players have been given a free AA respec.
Guards will now help you find an NPC as long as they don’t want to kill you.
Adornments should now correctly apply to lower level cloth and chain armor.
Due to the recent changes to Oberon, it will no longer gain benefits from the Bane Warding effect.
TSO zones that scale to 90 should now drop loot at all levels in between 80 and 90! The zones will drop from the level 80 tables until level 87 at which time they will start dropping from the level 90 tables!
Concussive Shock, Massive Concussive Shock and Greater Concussive Shock have had their potency reduced in PVP combat.

QUESTS
Players should once again be able to complete the quest, “Ro’s Flame”.
Indis Surion and Navarius Orvalis now count the new Sentinel's Fate heritage quests when considering whether to give you a title. They no longer require multiple hails if you've earned multiple titles, and they now provide a message detailing how many heritage items you have recovered in case this number differs from your quest count.

TRADESKILLS
There is no longer any upper level limit on the tradeskill faction writ quests from writ givers in Bathezid, Riliss, and Danak.

Marina
02-25-2010, 04:50 PM
GENERAL

* Ole' Man Silvers should be willing to talk to you now.
* Players who have lost or dropped their Huge Tiger Claws for the quest "Justice for Jojo" can loot another pair.

TRADESKILLS

* The rare 10 quicksilver +1 rare harvest from gem nodes in Odus is now awarding kaborite instead of ulteran diamond as the rare.

Marina
02-25-2010, 04:51 PM
There will be planned maintence at SOE Wednesday, February 24, 2010 that will affect all game servers for all SOE games. Maintenance will begin at 3:00 AM PST and is estimated to last until 12:00 PM PST. All game worlds will be unavailable for at least the first several hours of the estimated 9-hour maintenance. The Station Store and all commerce avenues will be unavailable for the entire duration of maintenance. This may also affect the performance of the forums and any or all accounts’ abilities to log in.

Marina
02-25-2010, 04:53 PM
BATTLEGROUNDS

* Battlegrounds are now live in EverQuest II! To access them, simply hit Alt+Z. Read all about them here: http://eq2players.station.sony.com/...o/battlegrounds

GENERAL

* Guard levels in Freeport have been slightly adjusted: many level 95 guards remain, but they are no longer blocking access to quest updates for good-aligned players of high level.
* Obelisk of Lost Souls: Characters who are high enough level to gray-out the access quests now automatically gain the power to open the doors.
* Sata, the Quel’ule faction merchant, now also sells scholar type fuel (candles, coal, and incense).

ITEMS

* Elemental Barrier (a unique proc on some PvP gear) has been improved as a proc and now stacks with itself
* The PvP proc Mutilation has been changed. Instead of reducing the effectiveness of your target’s heals (thus making it only effective vs healers), it now reduces the effectiveness of all heals on your current target (making it effective vs anyone who is being healed)
* Those that completed the quest "The Fleshbound Tome Speaks Again" can now buy the "Flesh Bound Tome" from the city sages in Freeport and Qeynos.
* Those that completed the quest “A Crusade to Faydwer" can now buy “The Missing Pages of the Sword Heist Journal - Rebound” from the city sages in Freeport and Qeynos.
* Those that completed the quest "Hadden's Earring" can now buy "Hrath's Journal" from the city sages in Freeport and Qeynos.
* Sentinel’s Fate (and scaled-to-90 TSO dungeons) heroic legendary gear should all have resists now.
* Roger Goldie’s Straw Hat should no longer have the “Hooluk in a Hat” effect on it.

QUESTS

* Players that decline or delete the quest "Geobot" after completing "Conflict Among the Kobolds" can now regain it by speaking with Watchman Plarg in Steamfont.
* Players are no longer being misdirected to search within "The Hole: Outer Vault" for Dartain's Fortress, while on the quest "The Footsteps of Dartain: Emergence."
* Players on the quest "The Footsteps of Dartain: Experimentation" only need to speak with the spirit once in order to advance the quest.
* "Infiltrating the Sanctum: Emissary Kvikz" now recognizes when the player defeats "Sslan'yiz the Animator".
* Alim Dabir in Sundered Frontier now responds for the quest ”Further Research Required” even if you have previously deleted it after completing other quests.
* "Justice for Jojo" now updates more reliably at the final stage, and correctly removes quest items from inventory when they are no longer needed.

TRADESKILLS

* Incorrect recipe costs on a number of crafted Mark of Manaar equipment items have been corrected.

NEKTULOS

* The "guardian mist grinnin" have a higher chance of carrying the kneespikes required for the quest "Ashland Kneespikes.”

VASTY DEEP

* Xilaxis the Explorer’s item tables have been corrected and he should always drop loot on both normal and challenge-mode.

Marina
03-02-2010, 01:26 PM
Today at 8:05am

GENERAL

Lavapoint is now a little more agile.

Battle Prowess should now properly apply its potency to all Combat Arts.



BATTLEGROUNDS

The pre-game timers have been increased by 30s to give teams and players more time to buff and be ready for the carnage!



ITEMS

The legendary, enervated and mythical epic weapons are now No Transmute.

Cloak of Unrest and Cloak of Justice will now accept compatible white slot adornments.

"Leatherfoot Tales: The Houndslayer" parts 1 - 3 and "Leatherfoot Tales: The Last of the Teir'Dal" parts 1 - 3 can now be bought from the city sages in Freeport and Qeynos for those that completed the corresponding quests of the same names.



TRADESKILLS

Tinkered environmental shields are now also useable by scouts.

It is now possible to harvest in the area of the Sundered Frontier known as Kejaan’s Rill; however, be cautious, as not all the inhabitants of that area are pleased by this change.



QUESTS

Tenebrous Tangle - "In the Name of Marr" stage1, part2 has 3 randomly chosen branches. Each of these branches had to be adjusted due to the removal of placeholder NPCs.

Tenebrous Tangle - If you already have any of Archaeologian Tydis's quests he will no longer continue to offer them to you.

Tenebrous Tangle - The number Draconic Bones that can be found for the quest "Expedition for Draconic Bones" has been increased.

Barren Sky - The "suspicious dirt" piles on Cloudmist Isle respawn faster now for those on the quest “A Misty Missing Key”.

Bonemire - Players that find the second dig site for the quest "Quick Retrieval" will now get credit for their work.

Bonemire - The quest "Fetid Harvest" now only requires you to harvest 10 Fetidthorn Spores, instead of 16.

Butcherblock Mountains - The journal entry for the quest "Silent Beckon" now accurately reflects Talvrae T'Zyth's new location.

Butcherblock Mountains - Trozusk Ripscar now grants adventurers the "Horn of Challenge" when they accept his quest "A New Challenger."

Players on the quest "Building Fawn's Garden" have a higher chance of finding a "pinch of diatomaceous sand" on the sand covered crabs in Antonica, no matter what level they are.



ANTONICA

Anguis, the level 22 named drake, has had its tier lowered to Heroic.



LAIR OF THE DRAGON QUEEN

The staff of calling should now operate properly during the Toxxulia fight.



PALACE OF ROEHN THEER

Players who have defeated Iilsaad’s Barrier can now respawn on the 4th floor, near Maalus.

Marina
03-03-2010, 01:11 PM
Patch Notes
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ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENTS
Fixed a bug which caused AA mirrors to not work correctly in some instances on a PvP server.

BATTLEGROUNDS
You can no longer join a battlegrounds match while possessing a creature.
Fixed a bug which allowed group leaders to kick people from group in battlegrounds.
We’ve implemented an AFK voting system into battlegrounds in order to report teammates that have gone AFK in a match. A player can only be voted AFK if they haven’t had any recent activity. If they receive 3 unique votes for AFK’ing during a match they will be removed from the match and will not receive a reward. Players removed this way will also receive the truancy debuff. To vote a player AFK, right-click their avatar and choose “vote afk”.

QUESTS
Bonemire - The quest "Go back to Vegli" now correctly identifies the name of the gnome you need to return to. It has been renamed "Go Back to Vegnit".
Players who are searching for the remains of the ritual tablets for the quest "The Footsteps of Dartain: Enlightenment" must now find six separate tablet shards.
Players who have completed the quest, "The Footsteps of Dartain: Emergence" but have not yet accepted the quest, "The Footsteps of Dartain: Observation", may now hail Pleni Mas'arc and receive her second quest.
The following quests should now update for all group members who are on the correct stage:

Erudin Research Halls:
Gear Gathering
Coded Messages

Royal Palace of Erudin:
Expropriation
Collecting Seals

Demetrik’s Bastion:
Poisons

The Vigilant: Incursion:
Sash of Courage
A Little Zap Will Do
Swiping Scrolls

The Vigilant: Infiltration:
Collecting Cargo
Weapon Seizure
Metaphysical Matters
Nowhere To Be Found

The Vigilant: Rescue:
Pets of Zek
The Crook Cook
The Captain's Implements
Secrets of the Tallonites

Vasty Deep: The Conservatory:
Void Botany

Vast Deep: The Abandoned Labs:
Tissue Issues

Vasty Deep: The Vestigial Cella:
Ca'Na Medallions

Marina
03-11-2010, 01:42 PM
Patch Notes
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GENERAL
It should be more difficult to get out of PvP combat after engaging someone in PvP combat.
You can no longer break PvP encounters by using /yell.
All raid mobs have had their damage and melee reduced by 10-20%

BATTLEGROUNDS
You will now only get a death credit in a battleground if you actually die.
Ungrouped members on the same team should be autogrouped after a few seconds.
The old group icons are back. So custom UI group icons should work normally now.
Russian names now display properly in the battleground leaderboard window.
Healing from wards will now count as healing given and healing received in the battleground leaderboard.

ITEMS
The descriptions for Clarissa's Content Countenance and Criggle's Chaotic Characteristics have been updated to resolve some confusion issues.
The following items have been changed from heirloom/lore-equip to no trade/lore:
exquisite woven boots
exquisite woven pants
exquisite woven shoulder pads
exquisite woven tunic
female tradesman boots
female tradesman gloves
female tradesman pants
female tradesman tunic
male tradesman boots
male tradesman gloves
male tradesman pants
male tradesman tunic
striking woven boots
striking woven pants
striking woven shoulder pads
striking woven tunic
dragon fastened robe
exquisitely stitched robe
female gold blouse
female gold skirt
formal wear female ensemble
formal wear male ensemble

QUESTS
Rewards from the ‘Shadows of the Betrayed’ signature quest are now correctly flagged as one-hand weapons.

TRADESKILLS
Tradeskilled adornments would not work on a large number of low-level items. This has been fixed.
The Hua Mein daily crafting missions now include only 1 mission that requires harvesting, equivalent to the Kerra and Quel’ule factions.

LAIR OF THE DRAGON QUEEN
Toxxulia should do less damage with her spells and melee.

PALACE OF ROEHN THEER
Maalus Shadowfyre will now cast his AOE spells at least 12 seconds apart from one another, rather than 8 seconds, giving players more time to recover after the previous AOE spell ticks.

PERAH CELSIS ABONIMABLE LABORATORY
Perah Celsis should do slightly less damage with his spells.

Marina
03-11-2010, 06:21 PM
Today at 10:53am
GENERAL
Wild Swings will now persist through death.
The switches that open and close doors and barriers on the Vigilant: Final Destruction should now function on PvP servers.
Killing several Dreadnaught guards in South Freeport will now cause them to learn some respect. The same applies to Thexians in North Freeport.

BATTLEGROUNDS
Effects that can only be obtained on PVP Servers will no longer work in Battlegrounds.

ITEMS
All raid dropped armor now has red adornment slots.
Critical Mitigation on many raid dropped armor pieces have been changed to be more in line with TSO numbers.
Many of the high tier armor sets have been renamed to reduce confusion.
Brellium resist jewelry items have been improved.
All raid dropped jewelry now has resists.
Many raid drop weapons and jewelry items have had additional effects added.
Some of Waansu’s items have had class restrictions added.

QUESTS
The quest “Swiping Scrolls” can once again be successfully completed.
The quest “Shroom Prune” now updates off of killing Coercer Pittles and Shroombis the Coerced.

PERAH’CELSIS ABONIMABLE LABORATORY
Waansu should no longer appear inside a test tube if he has spawned as an encounter.

Marina
03-17-2010, 02:01 AM
Today at 9:44am

GENERAL

Most of the guards in Freeport, Qeynos and Kelethin have had their levels reduced to what they had previously. Exceptions to this include palace guards and patrolling knights.



ITEMS

All jewelry from the Vigilant: Final Destruction has had resists added.

Summoning the mount from the Ykeshan Warbear whistle will now work if you are level 80 in either adventuring or tradeskilling.

The valuable, Onayan staff of the waves, should now be on the Vasty Deep collection tables.



QUESTS

The Footsteps of Dartain: Observation - The projected erudite will no longer disappear during conversation.

In Search of Lucan – Fyr’remd Lorak should no longer disappear during conversation.

"Confronting the Godslayer" requires the raid lichform version of Perah'Celsis in order to update. The prose is now more specific about this.

Delinah now properly updates "The Footsteps of Dartain: Emergence."

Players who delete or decline the various "Footsteps of Dartain" signature quests can now re-obtain them.

Stage 3 of "Whispers from the Past" now correctly mentions Silent City instead of Living Tombs.



PALACE OF ROEHN THEER

Kendis and Penda United now have lower maximum health.

The 3 sages in challenge mode now synchronize their use of prismatic sphere with their exchange of stones (tank switching).



SUNDERED FRONTIER

Neophyte Sairal in the Hall of Necromancy seeks adventurers 80 and higher for a special task.



VASTY DEEP: THE ABANDONED LABS

Adds on the Kadara'Mola fight in Vasty Deep: The Abandoned Labs should now de-spawn should she reset or the encounter breaks.

Marina
03-19-2010, 12:44 PM
GENERAL
Brawler Focus: Stances red adornments have been restored to their original values.

BATTLEGROUNDS
Fixed an issue that would cause some players to become stuck when returning home from a battlegrounds match.
It should no longer be possible to cause your character to become stuck by spam-clicking the cloud mounts in Smuggler’s Den.

ITEMS
Many of the Tier 3 Raid Boss Armor drops have been improved to be more in line with the challenge.
Tier 3 Priest sets had some spell reuse added and some casting haste removed.
Chainmail of Worshipped Will should now have the proper critical mitigation.
Chainmail of Worshipped Will should now have a red raid adornment slot.
Greaves of Recollected Vengeance have had their critical bonus returned to their original value of 12.6.
A few more high-end accessories and armor pieces have been found that did not accept new tradeskill adornments. These have been fixed.
Frothy Tankard can no longer be transmuted.
The Soot Covered Illusionary Robe should no longer share appearances with the Academy Junior Apprentice Robes.

PVP
Warden Root spells should now follow the 8 second duration rule in PVP.

QUESTS
"Premonitions of Doom" should now update correctly when you consume the mutagenic potion.
Eva will now correctly update "The Footsteps of Dartain: Ascension" for followers of Tunare.
An Organic Matter of Fact - The blur effect observed when using the Glomalin Divining Rod has been reduced.
An Organic Matter of Fact - Certain glomalin deposits that were appearing underground should now be accessible.

SPELLS
Blaze of Ro should now increase the overtime portion of the spell with each update.

TRADESKILLS
“Essence of Peel” and “Essence of Peel II” recipes are now correctly named in Alchemists’ recipe books.

GREATER FAYDARK
Several gathering quests in Greater Faydark have been repaired.

PALACE OF ROEHN THEER
Improved the drop tables for 1- and 2-rune Roehn Theer kills
The Roehn Theer add Approaching Equilibrium changed:
- Spawns with a more consistent timer
- Now only immune to mez
- Have fewer HP

Marina
04-07-2010, 01:19 PM
GENERAL

Unflinching Defiance can no longer trigger when not in PVP combat.
Mutilation can no longer trigger when not in PVP combat.
Fanaticism now persists through death.

ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENTS

Hail Storm should now stack when applied by two wizards.
Time Warp Immunity can no longer have its duration extended
Infusion now persists through death and can no longer hit targets that are not in combat.
Fiery Blast and Rhythmic Overture should now stack properly when used by two different people at the same time.

BATTLEGROUNDS

Annihilate the Opposition should update correctly now.
The six pets obtained in the Outer Vault can no longer be summoned if not within the correct zone.
Players can now move more freely during pregame of the Gears of Klakanon and Smuggler’s Den matches.
Taking the relic into a respawn area in the Gears of Klakanon battleground will cause the relic to auto reset to the middle of the battleground.
In the Battlefield of Ganak, taking the flag to a respawn area will cause the flag to auto reset to its home position.
When a pet kills a player in a battleground the owner will get credit for the kill.
Fix for bug that was causing players to sometimes not get experience for completing a battleground.
You can no longer deploy a training dummy in a battleground.

ITEMS

Balanced Ayr Stones are now Adornments of Avoidance (Superior). They grant Riposte Chance and can only be applied on Neck slot items.
Rare drops from the Sentinel’s Fate instances received resists.
The Battleground Emerald-studded Brutallic Bracelet now has Soulsteal II to match the Open PVP version.
Focused and Specialist’s Reprieve potions can no longer be auto-consumed.
Lots of Sentinel’s Fate raid weapons and shields have had updated appearances added.
Stats on the Di’Zok Bow of Flame, Riliss Chicken Foot, and Danak Wishbone have been adjusted to be more useful to all the classes that can use these items.
Changed the appearances on many brawler fists so they have a different appearance other than the standard spike bronze pot!

QUESTS

In Her Majesty’s Service for the Qeynos Claymore quest in Tenebrous Tangle should now allow those over 80 to get the quest.
Necromantic Research – Turbulent Knots, no longer shows Tubulent Knots.

THE SENTINEL: FINAL DESTRUCTION

Tartan’s Jaws of Death has had the damage drastically reduced.
The Sense of Urgency achievement is now 90 minutes.

Marina
04-14-2010, 12:07 PM
GENERAL
The difficulty of the Vigilant zones has been adjusted slightly.
Fixed a bug causing some players to be locked out of the game when harvesting.

ITEMS
Warbeads should once again be dropping in Ykesha's Inner Stronghold
Vest of Divine Equilibrium should now have 20 critical mitigation.
Band of Stonefom has been slightly improved.

PVP
Removed legacy mults that reduced player spell avoidance and resist amounts as they were making the new formulas less effective. Overall, players should see their resists be more effective vs spells

QUESTS
The ring event for King Speleothem should now be respawning properly.

PALACE OF ROEHN THEER
Roehn Theer’s spell Balanced Judgment was not intended to be resistible—this has been corrected
Maalus Imbued priest clones have been balanced. Also the demoralization spell it casts on players no longer stifles, and is curable as a normal arcane spell.

PERAH’CELSIS’ ABOMINABLE LABORATORY
Xilaxis and Arkatanthis have had the range of their AOE spells reduced. Arkatanthis will no longer have the potential to cast curse of destruction on as many players in a given time period.

Marina
04-20-2010, 12:32 PM
GENERAL

* Fixed an issue where possessing a creature would sometimes make your attackable target not attackable until you changed targets.

RESEARCH

* You may now have all characters on your account researching at the same time.

USEABILITYONPLAYER COMMAND

* The useabilityonplayer command now supports group and raid slot numbers in place of the player’s name.
* For example, to cast Enduring Breath on the 12th person in the raid:
o /useabilityonplayer r12 Enduring Breath
* To cast Enduring Breath on the 3rd person in your group:
o /useabilityonplayer g3 Enduring Breath

ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENTS

* Focus: Death March now adds 10% damage reduction to On the March in PVE Combat and 5% damage reduction in PVP Combat.

QUESTS

* The Flames That Cannot Die Quest has been altered. It was not intended that you have to go through the library several times for that update and as such the quest has been updated. Those who have completed at least one part of that stage should petition to have it updated.

ITEMS

* Leather Breastplate of Divine Equilibrium and Vest of Divine Equilibrium now have Critical Vigor as an effect.

PERAH’CELSIS’ ABOMINABLE LABORATORY

* Arkatanthis’ benthic freeze curse now has a max duration of 60 secs, rather than lasting indefinately.
* Arkatanthis’ curse of destruction now lasts 20 secs, giving players more time to remove it. The benthic warlord and defiler adds associated with Arkatanthis now have significantly lower max health.
* Arkatanthis will no longer cast curse of destruction or benthic freeze on players actively fighting the benthic warlord adds. Players with curse of destruction on them will no longer be chosen to fight the benthic warlord adds.

YKESHA’S INNER STRONGHOLD

* Ykeshan Footsoldiers should now drop Ykeshan warbeads in both the Field General Uktap and Ykesha encounters.

Marina
04-29-2010, 02:46 PM
ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENTS

* Fiery Blast and Rhythmic Overture should no longer apply extra damage if cast by multiple people at the same time.

ITEMS

* Many items that had nude appearances have been corrected.

PERAH’CELSIS’ ABOMINABLE LABORATORY

* Arkatanthis’ benthic warlord adds will try and pick a more balanced group of 3 players when they spawn during the challenge mode encounter.

Marina
05-04-2010, 03:18 PM
THE PALACE OF ROEHN THEER

* 3 Sage Encounter (Challenge Mode)- If the incorrect character class (according to the Idolic Stone that sage possesses) keeps agro on that sage for more than 3 secs after that sage has lost it’s prismatic sphere, that character will be hit by a bolt of slaying.

SANCTUM OF THE SCALEBORN

* The Trial of the Reaver no longer requires a Trial Stone to start. The statue that starts the event, "Rites of the Scaleborn," now becomes usable right after it spawns.

Marina
05-21-2010, 12:00 AM
ITEMS

* Summoning Brace of the Wyrmkind now properly adds Molten Carnage IV to the caster’s pet.

THE HOLE

* The following mobs will no longer attack you if you have faction points equal to or above -39999 points with them. The faction point requirement should now be consistent with other standard mobs under the same faction.
o “an animated watcher”
o “a disheveled refugee”
o The “Caetaxian dominator” located on the fallen pillar bridge in the Old Paineel section of the zone.
* Killing “disheveled refugee” should now have an effect on your faction status with “Caertaxian Legion” as well as factions that are against them.

Marina
05-21-2010, 12:01 AM
EVERFROST

* A new tunnel in Everfrost connecting the Jagged Plains with the Kromise Caves has been added to expedite travel within the zone.