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- World of Warcraft Client Patch 1.12.0
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Drums of War
Cross-Realm Battlegrounds
- For the first time in the history of World of Warcraft, you will be
able to face off against players from other realms in the
Battlegrounds. PvP Battlegrounds link Alterac Valley, Warsong Gulch,
and Arathi Basin so that players from several realms will be
combined into one huge matchmaking pool. Replenish your mana,
sharpen your blades, and get ready for some brand-new challengers!
World PvP
- The stage is set for intense, objective-based land battles as Horde
and Alliance vie for control over important strategic positions and
resources around Azeroth. Head out for Silithus and Eastern
Plaguelands to engage the enemy on the field!
General
- Threat Reduction Effects
This system has been redesigned to eliminate inconsistency in how
the effects work. Previously, some were additive (for example: 30%
reduction + 20% reduction = 50% reduction) while others were
multiplicative (30% reduction and 20% reduction made 44% reduction,
from 0.7*0.8). They are now all multiplicative. This also prevents
unpredictable behavior when the total reduction percentage was equal
to or greater than 100%. Please note that in almost all cases, when
stacking multiple threat reduction effects you will experience less
threat reduction than previously.
- Haste and Slow effects
Previously Haste and Slow effects worked inconsistently, with spells
working differently from weapons, and hastes and slows not acting as
inverses of each other. We have revised the system so that all haste
and slow effects work the same way, and haste and slow percentages
of the same magnitude perfectly cancel each other out (30% haste and
30% slow combine to no change). As a result, we had to change the
tooltip numbers on all spell haste effects, and on all melee and
range slow effects. The numbers in the tooltips are different, but
the game functionality is unchanged (other than slight rounding
errors). Those tooltips that changed will now display larger numbers
than they used to display. Conceptually, haste values indicate how
much more of that activity you can perform in a given time. 30%
melee haste means 30% more swings in a given time. Slow values
indicate how much longer an activity takes to complete. 30% slow
means an action takes 30% longer to finish.
- The deserter debuff will now continue to expire even while you are
offline.
- Honorable Kills now diminish at a rate 10% per kill rather than 25%
per kill.
- Temporary item buffs (e.g. poisons, sharpening stones and shaman
weapon buffs) will no longer persist through zoning or logging out
due to technical issues. This feature is anticipated to be
activated once more with the expansion.
Druids
- Barkskin: The tooltip has been changed to 25% due to the haste effect
change.
- Cat Form: This form now has an innate threat reduction component.
- Ferocious Bite: Book of Ferocious Bite (Rank 5) now drops off The
Beast in Black Rock Spire. In addition, Ferocious Bite now increases
in potency with greater attack power.
- Furor: This talent now works correctly with Cat Form again.
- Improved Shred: The discounted cost for Shred will now be displayed
correctly even when you are not in Cat Form.
- Rip: Lesser potency Rips will no longer overwrite greater potency
ones.
- Fixed a bug where the incorrect sound was being played by the Claw
attack.
Hunters
- Spirit Bond: This ability will now be correctly reapplied when you
resurrect in a battleground and your pet is polymorphed or otherwise
unable to act normally.
- Improved Concussive Shot: The effect of this talent will now still
be placed on the victim if the hunter is killed before their shot
reaches the target.
- Growl now correctly initiates combat when used by a pet in passive
mode.
- The Ferocity talent now correctly applies to non-physical hunter pet
abilities such as Lightning Breath and Thunderstomp.
- If a hunter has tamed one of the following creature types, they will
no longer potentially change colors if resummoned:
Son of Hakkar - Red
Frenzied Bloodseeker Bat - Brown
Deep Stinger - Red
Dark Screecher - Gray
Cave Creeper - Brown
Bloodaxe Worg - Black
Scarshield Worg -Brown
Mages
- Arcane Missiles: It is no longer possible to cast this spell on an
evading mob. In addition, the animation will now stop when the target
is dead.
- Arcane Power: It is no longer possible to gain the benefit of this
spell and Power Infusion at the same time by careful timing.
- Frost Armor Chilled effect: Due to the haste effect change, the
tooltip has been changed to 25%.
- Ice Armor Chilled effect: Due to the haste effect change, the
tooltip has been changed to 25%.
- Ignite: The effect of this talent will now still be placed on the
victim if the caster is killed before their spell reaches the
target.
- Impact: The effect of this talent will now still be placed on the
victim if the caster is killed before their spell reaches the target.
- Frostbite: The effect of this talent will now still be placed on the
victim if the caster is killed before their spell reaches the target.
- Polymorph: This spell will now be removed when a player leaves a
battleground. This prevents some bugs involving polymorph from
occurring.
- Evocation will no longer be usable while silenced.
- Reduced the number of messages that appear in the combat log when
using Combustion.
- Winter's Chill: The effect of this talent will now still be placed
on the victim if the caster is killed before their spell reaches the
target.
Paladins
- Divine Shield: Due to the haste effect change, the tooltip has been
changed to 100%.
Priests
- Mind Control: Due to the haste effect change, the tooltip has been
changed to 25%.
- Psychic Scream: This spell now uses the same resistance checks as
the Warlock spell Fear.
- Spirit of Redemption: Fixed an issue preventing Twisting Nether from
retriggering when the Spirit of Redemption effect runs out.
Rogues
- Due to significant talent changes, Rogues will have all talent
points refunded and can be re-spent. Training costs for all talent
spell replacements have been significantly reduced.
- Vanish now removes effects that allow the caster to always remain
aware of their target (currently Hunter's Mark and Mind Vision).
- Pickpocket can now be used on targets that are in combat, as long as
the rogue remains stealthed.
- All manner of rogue reagents can be found in locked junkboxes
(obtained from pickpocketing).
- Fixed a bug where the Slice and Dice ability wasn't playing an
animation.
- Lethargy Root has been removed from poison vendors and is now a gray
item.
- Reduced the number of messages in the combat log when using the
Vanish ability.
- Fixed a bug that made Combo Points disappear from your target when
using Vanish.
- Eviscerate: Manual of Eviscerate (Rank 9) now drops off Blackhand
Assassins in Black Rock Spire. In addition, Eviscerate now increases
in potency with greater attack power.
- Garrote: The damage from this ability has been increased. In
addition, Garrote now increases in potency with greater attack power.
- Relentless Strikes: This ability will no longer trigger when your
finishing move does not hit your target.
- Rupture: Rupture now increases in potency with greater attack power.
- Sap: Enemy rogues will now always lose stealth when you Sap them.
Shaman
- Reincarnation should now display the cooldown timer when used.
- Chain Heal - After the initial target is healed, the healing effect
will jump to the most damaged target (by absolute health) within
range. In addition, if a raid member is the initial target it will
look for valid raid targets to jump to rather than non-raid targets
as a priority, making it consistent with group targeted Chain Heals.
- Lightning Shield: Air Bubble pockets in underwater regions will no
longer consume a charge from this spell.
Warlocks
- Cripple (Doomguard): Due to haste effect change, the tooltip has
been changed to 45%.
- Curse of Tongues: This spell will no longer debuff the target if
they are immune to the spellcast slowing effect
- Enslave Demon: Due to haste effect change, the tooltip has been
changed to 40%.
- Health Funnel: This spell will now work correctly on low-level
enslaved demons.
- Howl of Terror: This spell now uses the same resistance checks as
the Warlock spell Fear.
- Siphon Life will now properly gain a benefit from Shadow Mastery.
- A soul shard will be refunded to the caster any time a summoned pet
despawns rather than dies.
- Aftermath: The effect of this talent will now still be placed on the
victim if the caster is killed before their spell reaches the target.
- Improved Shadowbolt: The effect of this talent will now still be
placed on the victim if the caster is killed before their spell
reaches the target.
- Life Tap: This spell now benefits from effects which increase your
spell damage. At rank 3 and above, the base amount of health lost
and mana gained will increase by 80% of your bonus spell damage
effects. Talents and items can further modify those values. Rank
1 and 2 receive reduced effect.
Warriors
- Bloodthirst: This ability will now correctly benefit from attack
power bonuses versus specific creature types.
- Flurry: The text on the tooltip has been corrected to indicate it
triggers on all types of attacks.
- Shield Slam: This ability will sometimes no longer remove more than
one beneficial effect from the target.
- Thunderclap: This ability was left at 10% despite the haste effect
changes. This means its potency has been reduced slightly.
Items
- +30 Spell Damage Enchantment: Fixed a bug with this enchantment
which was preventing it from benefiting healing spells.
- Blade of Eternal Darkness: The triggered effect from this weapon
will no longer occur when the spell being cast has its effect broken
by causing damage.
- Blazefury Medallion: The triggered effect from this item will no
longer break Gouge.
- Bonescythe Armor: The Eviscerate bonus will no longer trigger when
your Eviscerate does not hit your target.
- Darkmoon Card- Twisting Nether: The dialog for this resurrection
will now always reappear after the Spirit of Redemption effect has
completed.
- Earthfury Set: The mana refund effect can now only occur once per
Healing Wave spell cast.
- Earthshatter Set: The Lightning Shield bonus will now be removed if
you lose the set bonus.
- Eye of the Dead: Holy Shock now interacts properly with this item.
- Ranged Elemental Damage: Our ranged combat system does not allow a
ranged weapon to do a mix of Elemental (Fire, Frost, Arcane, etc.)
and Physical damage. Many ranged weapons existed which were listed
as doing Elemental damage and did not function properly (the damage
was dealt, but was treated as Physical). All of those weapons have
been changed to deliver the Elemental damage as a chance on hit
effect. Hurricane was previously changed this way in 1.11. The
following ranged weapons are also fixed in 1.12: Bow of Searing
Arrows, Dwarven Hand Cannon, Heartseeking Crossbow, Dark Iron Rifle,
Galgann's Fireblaster, Quillshooter, Shell Launcher Shotgun,
Venomstrike, and Verdant Keeper's Aim.
- Talisman of Ascendance: This item will no longer trigger from
physical damage effects. In addition, if either of the buffs from
the item are canceled, they will both be canceled.
- Talisman of Ascendance: Holy Shock heals will now trigger the effect
from this trinket.
- Zandalarian Hero Charm: Item tooltip corrected to match the effect
tooltip.
- The Items that summon mounts have been changed in their
color/quality. Items that summon normal mounts are now blue
(superior)items and items that summon swift mounts are now purple
(epic) items.
- Fixed a bug that allowed you to use items which restored health or
mana while you were already full health or mana.
- Fixed a bug with the Jom Gabbar trinket which was causing it to
trigger a category cooldown for a duration longer than intended.
- Wrath of Cenarius: This item will now trigger from Arcane Missiles.
- Clarified the tooltips for the Stormshroud armor and Kalimdor's
Revenge to explain that they deal Nature damage.
- Fixed a bug that caused the Blooddrenched Mask to hide a character's
hair.
- Warbear leather now stacks to 20.
- Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker may now be equipped in
either hand.
- Argent Shoulders no longer require a righteous orb to make.
- The cooldown timer on transforming Anathema and Benediction may no
longer be circumvented by zoning or logging out.
Professions
- Engineering: The damage from sapper charges can now be resisted. The
overall DPS of the charges should not be significantly altered from
what it currently is.
- Engineering: Explosive sheep do fire damage instead of physical
damage.
- Goblin Land Mines and Compact Harvest Reapers will no longer lock
out using other engineering devices until the land mine/reaper dies.
Harvest Reaper was given a 10 min self cooldown to prevent too many
reapers from being summoned at once.
Raids and Dungeons
- Uldaman
Reduced the number of Shadowforge Ambushers that attack after
looting the quest chest.
Shadowforge Ambushers are no longer elite.
The respawn of the Stone Stewards has been changed to 2 hours
(from 30 minutes).
- Zul'Farrak
The respawn of the 2 Troll/1 Basilisk patrollers should now be 2
hours.
Reduced the damage dealt by the Sul'lithuz Abomination and
Sul'lithuz Sandcrawler.
Zul'Farrak Dead Heroes are no longer elites.
Theka the Martyr will now only remain immune to physical damage for
30 seconds before reverting to normal.
Antu'sul's Sul'lithuz Broodlings now only hatch 4 at a time and are
significantly weaker.
Witch Doctor Zum'rah will no longer call as many Zul'Farrak Zombies
to his aid when aggroed.
Weegli Blastfuse now has slightly more hit points.
Antu'sul's Warden no longer attempts to knock adventurers into
Antu'sul's lair.
Sandfury Cretins who engage the party during the pyramid event are
no longer able to cast shadow bolt.
- Maraudon
Noxxious Scions will no longer spawn when you cleanse Celebrian
Vines.
- Ahn'Qiraj
Lieutenant General Andronov's Aura of Command should no longer
generate threat. This will hopefully prevent him from pulling aggro
on the entire wave, leading to his untimely death.
Hive'Zara Hatchlings can now swim.
Egg Explosion will no longer burn charges from spells such as
Lightning Shield.
It should no longer be possible for Emperor Vek'lor and Vek'nilash
to Unbalancing Strike or Arcane Burst immediately after a teleport.
User Interface
- V key functionality has been improved in several ways.
V key now shows summoned monsters (such as the gargoyles in
Stratholme.)
V key now shows both monsters and player enemies.
V now shows enemies only (no longer shows friendly targets.)
Shift-V now shows friendly targets only, not enemies (with a new
bindable hotkey.)
Control-V shows both friendly targets and enemy targets (with a new
bindable hotkey.)
- New floating combat text has been added to the game with a number of
options. You can see when you take damage, when you are healed and
how much, when you acquire and lose auras and much more. You can
turn on the new options in the newly revised options screen.
- There is now an option to turn on the display of your own name above
your head. You can find the option in the interface options screen.
- The Need Before Greed and Group Loot countdown timers will now have a
3 minute countdown when there is a bind on acquire item on the
corpse. This should allow a bit more time in making a decision to
roll for an item.
- Automatic Quest Tracking has been added to the game and is turned on
by default. Any time you advance a quest by advancing one of the
requirements, the quest information will appear on your screen for
5 minutes before fading. You can turn this option off from the
options screen.
- The options screen has be redone and expanded due to space required
for additional options. Also the location of various options has
been changed in the options screen. They should make more sense now,
though they will not be in quite the place you remember them being.
- There is now a confirmation dialogue when you attempt to disband
your guild.
- When you destroy a superior quality (blue) or better item, you will
get a dialogue that has you confirm deletion of that item.
- Raid Pullout frames are now created on demand and will not take up
any memory if you are not using them.
- The player inspect range has been increased to 10 yards.
- New API Functions
Add-ons can send hidden chat messages to players in the party, raid
or guild, using SendAddonMessage("prefix", "message", "PARTY"|"RAID"
|"GUILD"|"BATTLEGROUND"). When players receive these messages, a new
event "CHAT_MSG_ADDON" is sent, with arg1-arg3 being the parameters
to SendAddonMessage(), and arg4 being the name of the player that
sent it. The combined length of "prefix" and "message" must be less
than or equal to 254 bytes.
Added UnitPlayerOrPetInParty() and UnitPlayerOrPetInRaid().
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug that caused some non-combat pets to be referred to as
Minions instead of Pets. Mini Diablo however has escaped this fate
and will continue to be referred to as a Minion.
- Fixed a bug that was causing Ice Block to trigger a 5 minute
cooldown on the Gnomish Cloaking Device.
- Summon Dreadsteed no longer briefly puts you into combat.
- Chain-targeted abilities cast by creatures no longer hit stealthed
or invisible players.
- Will of the Forsaken is no longer gray on the action bar while you
are charmed.
- Fixed a bug where large amounts of damage could go negative.
- Non-combat pets are no longer affected by environmental damage.
- The dressing room window will remain open and functional while
zoning.
- Fixed a bug allowing linked combat groups to be split when pathing
fails.
- Soul Link will persist across instance boundaries.
- Item bonuses, buffs, and enchants will no longer be lost when
swapping an equipped item with another equipped item.
- Stats will no longer fluctuate when putting points into stat
improving talents.
- Devouring Plague will continue to heal the caster after the target
is Mind Controlled.
- Using /assist on a Mind Controlled target works properly now.
- Recasting Feed Pet while using Feed Pet will reset the duration
of the cast.
- Activating passive pet abilities while targeting an opposite faction
player will no longer aggro neutral town guards.
- If a Hunter is unflagged for PvP, an enemy faction rogue won't be
able to disarm his trap.
- Fixed a bug causing the floating combat text from a killing blow
to be delayed until another unit is attacked.
- Text with a scroll bar should no longer get clipped while in
windowed mode.
- Heals from spells such as Frenzied Regeneration will no longer close
the loot window.
- Casting a spell while a loot window containing a disenchantment is
open will autoloot the item.
- Pet spells can now be toggled in the pet spell book.
- Grand Widow Faerlina's Rain of Fire no longer damages players
outside the area of effect.
- Players can no longer drop from combat by repeatedly placing their
pet into passive mode.
World Environment
- Cities
Neutral guards are now able to see through the rogue Vanish ability.
- Silithus
Tortured Druids and Sentinels will now call only one Hive'Ashi drone
on death.
Mac
- Added support for controlling iTunes from within World of Warcraft.
You can bind a set of keys for play/pause, next track, back track
and volume up and down.
1.12
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Fairweather Pure
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That is because SOE patches more often than twice a year.Sargeras wrote:They still didn't fix Seal of Command.
Fuckers.
To SoE, this patch would be known as "an expansion".
WOW should be getting patches this large weekly based on their subscription base.
Instead you are getting bugfixes that should have happened in beta and upgrades for classes that by far need them the least.
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miir
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Here's a breakdown on the updates/patches EQ2 has gotten since the last WoW patch:kyoukan wrote:That is because SOE patches more often than twice a year.Sargeras wrote:They still didn't fix Seal of Command.
Fuckers.
To SoE, this patch would be known as "an expansion".
WOW should be getting patches this large weekly based on their subscription base.
*** Player-versus-Player ***
- Evac spells in the Sinking Sands will now return Qeynos and Freeport aligned players on PvP enabled servers to their designated Beach respawn points.
*** Guild Writ Raids ***
- Mother Znedari's adds will no longer continue to spawn after the party wipes.
- Mother Znedari will no longer aggro players that have resurrected in the tower if her adds are out.
*** Items ***
- Fallen Dynasty items with aggro modifying effects will now work again.
*** Zones and Population ***
- Due to recent monopolistic charges brought up against Fizzbang Coghandler, fuels have been moved to the class specific Tradeskill merchants in Haven.
- Repair costs in Haven have been reduced.
- Killing NPCs around the Fear Gate will no longer reduce faction with the Lucanic Knights.
*** Headlines ***
- The influence of the gods of Fear and Valor can be felt permeating through Norrath!
- New mysteries await your discovery in Nektropos Castle: Tribulation!
- Embark on new guild raids to earn status, learn valuable tactics, and gear up!
- Through your noble efforts (or dirty deeds), unlock access to blackmarket fences on PvP servers!
- Your leaders have ordered new maps scribed for both cities’ adventure yards!
*** The Hand of the Gods ***
- The influence of the gods grows stronger on Norrath as the prophets of Valor and Fear call upon the faithful for assistance.
- Meet Sir Bayden Cauldthorn, Knight of Valor, in the Commonlands near the entrance to the Freeport Graveyard.
- Danak Dhorentath and the minions of Fear have excavated an ancient cave in the Feerrott, near the Temple of Cazic-Thule. Even the bravest adventurer may gasp when setting eyes upon the terrors within this long-lost cavern.
*** Nektropos Castle: Tribulation ***
- Whispers abound of strange occurrences near Nektropos Castle. Some claim to have heard the spirit of Lord Everling himself calling out.
- Rumor has it that recent earthquakes have uncovered burial chambers near this haunted ruin. Perhaps exploration of one such unearthed crypt near the castle could reveal more information.
- Venture through Nektulos Forest to Nektropos Castle and unravel the mysteries... if you dare!
- This new journey through one of our most popular landmarks is intended to provide a challenge for a full group of level 70 characters.
*** City Guild Raid Revamp ***
- Guild raids offered by the cities have been completely redesigned to teach some of the fundamentals of raiding, as well as providing a fun way to earn guild status.
- Each raid is intended for two groups and will scale according to your raid's level.
- Progressively conquer a series of raids that will help you learn new tactics, as each involves new challenges not encountered in the previous raid.
- The raids must initially be done in sequence. In order to advance to the second raid, you must complete the first; to get to the third, you must complete the second; and so on. After completing all five new raids, you will be able to go back and undertake them again in any order.
- Defeating the bosses in these raids awards guild status. In addition, item rewards for defeating the bosses vary based on your level range.
* Up to level 50, bosses drop rare tradeskill harvests, recipe books, and spell scrolls.
* Above level 50, bosses have a chance to drop armor molds or patterns.
- Armor molds and patterns indicate whether they can be made into cloth, leather, chain, or plate armor. Examining the mold/pattern gives a quest. Upon turning the item in to a Quartermaster, you can choose a piece of armor suitable to your class.
- There are two different levels of molds and patterns that drop: one from bosses around 50 to 60, and the other from bosses that are around 60 to 70.
- The resulting armor is of Legendary quality and is intended to be basic gear useful for those starting to raid more challenging targets. It provides good stats and resists rather than fancy item effects.
- To undertake these new adventures, combine two groups into a raid and speak with City Registrar Glamis in Freeport or Royal Accountant Fowler in Qeynos. They will direct your raid members to the portal mages standing near the doors that will take you to your destination.
- Note: A single raid can have some members enter from Qeynos and others from Freeport. As long as at least one raid member in each city has the same quest, raid members in both cities should enter the same instance.
*** PvP Fences ***
- You can now work for your side to employ fences (brokers carrying goods from the opposing city) in the Commonlands or Antonica, or get rid of a fence from the opposition's territory.
- To banish the enemy's fence, you must either kill its guards or complete your own fence quest.
- Ifrit Jankus of East Freeport and Banderspark of Qeynos Harbor are seeking assistance from players to reinstate the operations of G`Thal and Fuddlesprock.
- Note that you must be level 10 or above to interact with the fence.
- This is the first quest in EverQuest II that requires you to kill other players!
*** Maps ***
- By order of Queen Antonia Bayle, adventurers are hereby supplied with maps to the yards around the city of Qeynos. These include Oakmyst Forest, the Caves, the Peat Bog, and the Forest Ruins.
- Not to be outdone, the Overlord has commanded that maps be scribed for the Graveyard, the Sunken City, the Sprawl, and the Ruins.
*** Player-versus-Player ***
- Fallen Dynasty items with aggro modifying effects will now function properly in PvP combat.
- Additional respawn points have been added to the following 40+ zones: Everfrost, Lavastorm, the Feerrott, the Sinking Sands, Tenebrous Tangle, the Barren Sky, and Bonemire.
- The effects of the Unity Band will now trigger off other damage types besides cold based spells.
*** Quests ***
- The Narin Heirloom quest has been fixed. V'Tal's brother can once more be found in Fallen Gate but he is no longer triggered and not in the same spot he once was. The level of the quest has been increased, it is now heroic, and a reward has been added.
- "Tablets of the Blademaster" quest helper text should now be more descriptive.
- The Glowing Black Stone heritage quest should now accept either a palladium bangle or a pristine fashioned palladium torque.
- Residents of Beggar's Court who had completed the "Big Trouble..." quest and stopped talking to Durio Dexus should now be offered his next quest after speaking to him.
- There are some new quests available in the Commonlands for curious adventurers. Speak with Springview Healer Hanif or Tiff Squeelunkle for more information.
*** Items ***
- Mastercrafted (rare tradeskilled) Armor, Weapons, and some treasured items have had an increase in mitigation and damage values applied to them.
- You must now be level 60 in order to use Volatile Fluid from the Halls of Fate.
- Relic patterns will now drop in fabled chests.
- Chirurgeon's Scalpel is now piercing instead of slashing.
- Grotrot the Flayer is now piercing.
- Ardevaas the Render now has a weapon type.
- The deflection on the Tom of Dark Knowledge has been changed to disruption.
- The Signet of Replenishment now replenishes power when low on/out of power
- Tranquil Wind Bracers are now cloth rather than leather.
- The food and drink sold at the Drednever Expedition in the Bonemire should now be of the appropriate level.
- Clawed Basilisk Boots should now proc properly.
- Chiller Bombs should now hurt their targets instead of heal them.
- Hex dolls now use Magic resistance instead of Heat to determine success chances of landing on target.
- Hex dolls that decrease resistances or attributes were adjusted to scale appropriately for their level.
- The Sergeant's Scimitar should now work properly for those who can wield it.
- Dragonhide Tomes are now equippable at level 62.
- Harvesting Tools will no longer spam you when you zone or unequip them.
- Cobalt Reverent Boots now have the correct appearance.
- Harvesting Tool buffs no longer stack.
*** Zones and Population ****
- Zone reuse timers are being modified to have greater consistency. Reuse timers will now follow these guidelines:
* Small solo zone: No fail timer | 4 hour success timer
* Large solo zone: No fail timer | 8 hour success timer
* Group zone: No fail timer | 18 hour success timer
* Small raid zone: 8 hour fail timer | 3 day, 20 hour success timer
* Large raid zone: 12 hour fail timer | 5 day, 20 hour success timer
- Pets should now be able to once again attack Chieftain Merzog in Fallen Gate if he hasn't moved from the spot he initially appears.
- A number of mobs associated with dynamic camps (ring events) in Tenebrous Tangle have been made uncharmable to prevent certain situations that may break the events.
- Mobs associated with dynamic camps in Everfrost (such as Bloodhorn and Webclaw's events) have been made no-charm to reduce the possibility of the events breaking. This has also been applied to "the Prophet" dynamic camp in Sinking Sands.
- After building the store of eggs needed for training the griffon tamers and griffons have moved into their towers within the Thundering Steppes and Nektulos Forest.
- Velociraptors should no longer use stealth.
- Merchants in Maj'Dul are no longer random and will include all types of merchants. Their goods will also scale to your level similar to those in Qeynos or Freeport.
- Reviving in Blackburrow and Stormhold now place you at the front of those dungeons.
- Due to a rigorous training program enforced by the Queen, guards in Antonica are now a bit more heroic.
*** Combat ***
- Social creatures will no longer respond to calls for help from other NPCs if they are already busy fighting or while they are returning home after a battle.
Fighter changes:
- Shadowknight: Dark Caress: Removed summoning of tainted essences as a proc.
- Shadowknight: Tainted Sacrament: Removed spell component cost.
- Shadowknight: Unholy Hunger: Deals disease instead of divine damage.
- Paladin: Penitent Sacrament: Removed spell component cost.
- Paladin: Blessing of the Penitent: Removed summoning of spell component as a proc.
Priest changes:
- Warden: Willow: Root component no longer affects Epic targets.
*** Tradeskills ***
- Any of the Crafting Trainers in Freeport, Haven, or Qeynos can certify characters for their crafting class and specialty. The message received at levels 9 and 19 have been modified to make this clearer. The old certification NPCs can still be used and they now have the Crafting Trainer purpose tag. Also note that you can no longer accrue additional experience into levels 10 and 20. You can no longer get to level 9 with 200% XP then have that carry over into 10, for example.
- The amount of fuel needed for Wild Apple Juice was reduced from 3 to 1.
- Pugilist's Fists Wraps will now list Raw Rawhide Leather as their primary component.
- Pontiff's armor will now have a description of Raw Rawhide Leather.
- Spirit Totem of the Carnivorous Plant can now be only be equipped by level 60+ characters.
- A number of recipes that would previously show the item stats for the crude product will now show you what a pristine product will look like instead.
- The Maj'Dul Coffee recipe now uses the correct amount of fuel.
- Recipes found in Tailoring Essentials Volume 64 should now all be level 64.
*** User Interface ***
- You can once again /raidinvite a group leader that is in a different zone.
- The amount of guild status you contribute when you gain personal status should now display correctly.
- The number of accounts currently in your guild will again update properly as players are added or removed from the guild.
*** Quests ***
- Players that betrayed to while on the "Bowels of Bonemire" quest can now complete it by speaking to the former city’s commanding officer in Tenebrous Tangle.
*** Zones and Population ***
- Vengeful Devils (part of the Tarinax encounter) will now despawn after being at peace for a brief period of time
*** Zones and Population ***
- It seems the recent rise in divine influence has given the Gigglegibber Goblins an epiphany. Visit Garby Gigglegibber in the Enchanted Lands to learn more.
*** Quests ***
- Characters who had completed either "On Her Majesty’s Secret Service" or "On the Overlord's Secret Service" and could not complete the first stage of "Burglars Afoot" by talking to Tayil or Murrar can now do so.
*** Player-versus-Player ***
- Petulant Satchel and Regal Satchel are now useable and will no longer spam players with insufficient skill messages.
*** Zones and Population ***
- The reuse timer for the Halls of Fate should now set correctly after killing one of the bosses.
- The Transmogrification Elixir found in the Halls of Fate can now only be used within the dungeon itself.
*** Tradeskills ***
- Imbued cloth vests/pantaloons/blouse/bloomers can now be placed in merchandise racks specific to cloth armor.
- Imbued pantaloons are now flagged as cloth armor.
- Crafted chainmail armor can now be placed in merchandise racks specific to chainmail armor.
- Crafted chainmail armor now has "chainmail" in the name instead of "chain." Mail carriers felt left out.
- Several culinary product names were changed to be singular so that they don't get an extra "es" at the end when being made plural.
*** User Interface ***
- Pasting multiple lines into the chat window should once again work correctly. Parsers rejoice!
*** Gameplay ***
- A speculative fix has been made that should reduce the incidences of lag spikes that have been occurring since Game Update #25.
*** Items ***
- Vruxx' Obsidian Shield will now add parry rather than deflection.
*** User Interface ***
- There is now a confirmation dialog for purchases that exceed the Broker Purchase Confirmation when buying vendor containers that are placed in a house.
*** Player-versus-Player ***
- Transcribing level 6 spells will no longer cause the zone to crash.
*** User Interface ***
- You can now search for food and drink using the Slot advanced filter (searching for food and drink using the Item Type filter still works as well).
- The reset button on the advanced search broker window will now clear the search name.
*** Headlines ***
- Sell more of your consigned products with new vendor containers!
- Tailors can weave clothing at the height of fashion with new tinted outfits!
- Find a Master I enemy scroll on a PvP server? Get it transcribed!
- Acquire new level 20-39 PvP rewards for your efforts!
*** The Height of Fashion ***
- Tailors can now create stylish clothing for Norrath's finest citizens. These trendy outfits are suitable for casual and formal occasions alike.
- These fashionable ensembles are available in a variety of colors and can be worn in the chest slot to change your entire wardrobe.
- New recipes are introduced beginning at level 20 and continuing to level 70 to craft the epitome of glamour and style.
*** Consignment ***
- New containers and vendors will allow you to list more items of a specific type for consignment.
- Carpenters will find that they have recipes for these containers distributed from level 20 in rare recipe books.
- Once placed in the broker window, vendor containers can be placed in your home.
- To place an item, put the vendor in your market board as you would any container, then right-click the vendor and select "place."
- The container types are as follows:
* Salesman's Crate: Used for all item types, and is larger than standard bags or boxes.
* Furniture Shelf: Used for furniture.
* Armor and Shield Rack: Used for armor and shields.
* Weapon Rack: Used for weapons.
* Pantry: Used for food and drink.
* Scroll Stand: Used for spell, combat art, recipe scrolls and books.
* Bag Stand: Used for containers.
* Potion Cabinet: Used for potions and poisons.
* Jewelry Box: Used for accessories.
- Exiles can now gain use of more consignment lots by purchasing Maj'Dul housing.
*** Player-versus-Player ***
- To assist their followers with the ongoing struggle, both Lucan and Antonia have hired Spell Transcribers to deal with Master I scrolls that cannot be used by their citizens. Seek out Octavius Syntral in North Freeport or Tabatha Cantra in Qeynos Harbor for more details about their services.
- New PvP rewards can be found from the merchants in North Freeport and Qeynos Harbor for levels 20-39.
- If a player initiates PvP with a red con player, the red con player will now receive infamy and faction for defeating the lower level player.
- The Call spells on PvP servers are now properly set to 25 seconds.
- Thorny Traps will now work properly on PvP enabled servers.
- Defile will now kill unconcious players in PvP.
- The illusionist trance line of mesmerize spells will no longer land while a player is immune.
*** Items ***
- You can now sell your Stein of Moggok to merchants to make some extra cash.
- Most non-tradeskilled earrings have had the Lore flag added to them. You'll know why this is the case soon.
- The triggered procs for the Bone Clasped Girdle, Orb of the Invoker, and Grizzfazzle's walking stick will now take effect before the spell that triggered the proc lands. This should keep the procs from breaking mez, roots, or other spells that cancel on damage taken.
- Zan Fi's Braided Segmenter now has a longer delay.
- Marr's Fist should no longer proc before the wielder has initiated combat.
- Captain's Ever-shifting Voulge will now proc correctly.
- The Wingcrest Leather Cuirass is now leather armor instead of chain.
- Scouts can now hand in the Escrima of the Heartwood Tree to the Shady Swashbuckler for a piercing weapon.
- Chuman's Greater Robe of Intelligence now has an appropriate appearance.
- The proc on the Reviler Guardian Shard Blade will now work properly.
- Opal Bracelets now equip in the wrist slot instead of waist slot.
- Pristine Imbued and Normal Cobalt Pikes had their stats improved.
- A number of Heritage quest items have received a small statistical boost.
- City Merchant status clothing can now be worn by artisans of the appropriate level.
- Ebon Chainmail now has the same appearance as it did before the revamp.
- Ebon Vanguard now has the same appearance as it did before the revamp.
- Cobalt Vanguard now has the same appearance as it did before the revamp.
- Cobalt Chainmail now has the same appearance as it did before the revamp.
- Stygian Chain Leggings should now display properly on player characters.
- The Hammer of Pain is now called the Cudgel of Pain.
- Indium and cobalt falchions are now dual wield weapons.
- The agility bonus on Crude Feyiron Katars has been removed.
- Shaped Fright Imbued Roughspun Hex dolls now have +7 strength instead of +6.
*** Quests ***
- A number of quests have been removed from the cities. If you are currently on a quest that gets removed, you will still be able to complete the quest. For more information see the following post:
* http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/ ... e.id=59106
- Players that have betrayed to an opposing city while on "On the Overlord's Secret Service" or "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" will no longer be prevented from restarting the Qeynos Claymore quest line in their new city.
- All betrayal instanced quests can now be done with a group.
- Some of the NPCs in the betrayal instance quests now have shorter aggro ranges.
- "Zarvonn's Legacy" is now flagged as heroic.
- "Commonlands Creature Cataloging" now points to young vulriches and monitor lizards.
- "Big Game Hunting" now points to normal rhinos instead of bull rhinos.
- "Seer Stone" is now a heroic quest.
- "Overlord's Omelet" now requires young vulriches.
- "An Engraved Stump" is now heroic.
- "A Captive's Information" is now heroic.
- "The Vandals" writ now points to young vulriches.
- "Aggressive Carrion Feeders" is now heroic.
- "Supplying the Scouts" writ now requires monitor lizards.
- "Feathers for Arrows" now requires young vulriches.
- "Thinning the Herd" now requires young vulriches.
- "A Hard Man to Please:" The orcs in the kerran village should no longer spawn once this quest has been completed.
- Because he has moved on from his life in Norrath, Cordun Brenland's quest will now auto-complete once you are asked to return to Cordun.
- "Marcus Cantarius's Monumental Hatred" will now properly update when killing "a Dervish thug."
*** Zones and Population ***
- Enlightened by recent events on the island of Mara, nine elect Norrathians have begun a spiritual quest prophesying the return of the very gods themselves!
- Drops from Anuk's Council are now given after the council has been defeated.
- Nosno the Naysayer is now simply Nosno. He finally found his way to the Commonlands where he has given up his dream of collecting a harem and now lodges with the kerra in the village southwest of the Crossroads.
- ZaZa Lenska and her husband have moved out of Temple Street and into the Commonlands with the ratonga.
- Crispin has taken his search for fresh recruits into the Sprawl, conveniently much closer to the trials he subjects potential recruits to.
- Manius has left Beggar's Court to be closer to the action. He can now be found in Sunken City.
- Tilzak has taken his pretend search for shark fins to the Sunken City.
- Zekvila has taken up residence in the Graveyard.
- Sir Alesso can now be found in Antonica.
- Daryann Stormrider can now be found in Windstalker Village in Antonica.
- The Overlord of Captivity's Stunning Blaze attack now gives feedback text in the chat window.
- The Uncaged Alzid should play nicer and not belch up mutagenic disgorgants at an accelerated rate if you fail to kill him the first time.
- Kregnok Legbreaker is back in the Commonlands.
- Terracotta warriors in the monk trial instances will now drop shards more frequently, will occasionally drop monk pebbles, and those that are required to be killed can no longer be charmed.
- The Cruor Alluvium event in Deathtoll will now progress properly.
- Huang in the Village of Shin will now appropriately confirm the purchase of "the Vigilant" title.
- Dhae Lao in the Tower of the Four Winds has arrived to take care of adventurers who have proven themselves to the Whistling Fist Clan.
- Lavastorm now has trapping nodes.
*** Combat ***
- Racial Hide Abilities: Increased stealth duration for up to 30 minutes. Reduced recast timer to 5 minutes.
- Player characters will no longer riposte unless they have initiated combat.
- Symbols can no longer be used with shield-required attacks for paladins and shadowknights.
Fighter changes:
- Monk: Arctic Talon: Casting time is now 0.5 seconds instead of instant cast.
- Paladin: Prayer of Consecration: Correctly set level to 58. All tradeskill recipes were adjusted accordingly.
Mage changes:
- Illusionist: Aspect of Thought: Group mental resistance will not apply to charmed enemies.
- Coercer: Power of Mind: Group mental resistance will not apply to charmed enemies.
Scout changes:
- Ranger: Trick Shot: No longer causes a hostile effect to appear on the recipient of the NPC's blame.
- Swashbuckler: False Blade: No longer causes a hostile effect to appear on the recipient of the NPC's blame.
- Troubador: Arcane Chorus: Group mental resistance will not apply to charmed enemies.
- Dirge: Lanet's Scream: Daze effect component no longer affects Epics.
- Dirge: Oration of Sacrifice: Automatically ends if target dies.
*** Achievements ***
- Summoner: Animated Dagger: Changed casting animation to appear as a throw attack.
*** Tradeskills ***
- Several recipes were changed in level so they match the level of the recipe book they come from.
- Fistwrap recipes now use leather as their primary component.
- All pike recipes will now use metal as their primary component.
- Horned Leather Tomes will now use Raw Horned Leather as their primary component.
- Dragonhide Leather Tomes will now use Raw Dragonhide Leather as their primary component.
- Fuel requirements for level 60-70 bags, quivers, bandoliers, sheaths, satchels, and pouches have been raised to be in-line with other recipes.
*** Audio ***
- Many characters on the Outpost of the Overlord and Queen's Colony have found their voice.
*** User Interface ***
- You will no longer receive emotes from people on your ignore list.
- The (Complete) indicator showing in the quest journal should now be more accurate. This will only show for a quest in which the only thing remaining is to talk to an NPC.
- Comparison tooltips will now appear for spell and combat art upgrades if you have the spell or combat art in your knowledge book.
- The physical detriment icons under the player's health bar will now show detriment counts.
- Detriment indicators for incurable effects will be darkened, and the tooltip will indicate that the effect can't be cured.
- Group members will now see a more detailed list of changes instead of "<Group> has changed the group options."
- The quest timer in the quest helper window has been moved to below the quest name, so as to not obstruct the quest name.
- Searching the broker for Treasured items will no longer also return Mastercrafted items.
- Broker searches for secondary slot items will now return appropriate items.
- You can now sort broker search results by seller name.
- The guild window now reports how much of your personal earned status will be contributed to your guild's status.
*** UI Files Modified ***
eq2ui_event_template.xml
eq2ui_inventory_inventory.xml
eq2ui_inventory_merchant.xml
*** Items ***
- Shaped Fright Imbued Roughspun Hex dolls now have +7 strength instead of +6.
*** Tradeskills ***
- Horned Leather Tomes will now use Raw Horned Leather as their primary component.
- Dragonhide Leather Tomes will now use Raw Dragonhide Leather as their primary component.
*** Quests ***
- Because he has moved on from his life in Norrath, Cordun Brenland's quest will now auto-complete once you are asked to return to Cordun.
- "Marcus Cantarius's Monumental Hatred" will now properly update when killing "a Dervish thug."
*** Items ***
- Stygian Chain Leggings should now display properly on player characters.
*** Tradeskills ***
- Exile merchants will now sell the proper recipe scrolls.
*** User Interface ***
- An issue that could cause guild names to become corrupted has been fixed.
*** The Fallen Dynasty ***
- Terracotta warriors in the monk trial instances will drop monk pebbles correctly.
*** Betrayal ***
- Players that have betrayed to an opposing city while on "On the Overlord's Secret Service" or "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" will no longer be prevented from restarting the Qeynos Claymore quest line in their new city.
*** Zones and Population ***
- The Uncaged Alzid should play nicer and not belch up mutagenic disgorgants at an accelerated rate if you fail to kill him the first time.
*** Items ***
- Qeynos city rewards no longer have a maximum guild level at which they can be purchased.
*** Player vs. Player ***
- Characters under level 10 will now have immunity in open PvP zones.
*** Tradeskills ***
- All crafted symbols should be flagged as symbols.
- All level 60 spells will provide Scintillating Dust and consume the correct level of fuel.
- Imbued Fir Fighting Batons should now do crushing damage and use the crushing skill.
- Advanced Woodworker Volume 29 recipes are now level 29 instead of 26.
- Ebon/Fulginate Tower/Kite Shields should now ask for Ashen Roots as one of their build components.
- Crafted satchels and pouches are now flagged correclty as thrown weapons.
- Beer Braised Pork should now display correctly.
- All imbued rings should now be spelled correctly.
- Sunken City now has different fishing nodes with the normal fishing harvest tables.
- Kaladim Wall Chain is now properly flag as handcrafted.
- Plain Gukta Vase is now properly flag as handcrafted.
- Cobalt Chain Boots are now flagged as chain armor.
*** Zones and Population ***
- Kregnok Legbreaker is back in the Commonlands.
- Terracotta warriors in the monk trial instances will now drop shards more frequently.
- Terracotta warriors in the monk trial instances will occasionally drop monk pebbles.
- Terracotta warriors in the monk trial instances that require players to kill a certain number can no longer be charmed.
- Level 70+ terracotta warriors in the monk trial instances will now drop shards correctly.
- The Cruor Alluvium event in Deathtoll will now progress properly.
*** Items ***
- The triggered procs for the Bone Clasped Girdle, Orb of the Invoker, and Grizzfazzle's walking stick will now take effect before the spell that triggered the proc lands. This should keep the procs from breaking mez, roots, or other spells that cancel on damage taken.
- Zan Fi's Braided Segmenter now has a longer delay.
*** Quests ***
- "Zarvonn's Legacy" is now Heroic
- "Commonlands Creature Cataloging" now points to young vulriches and monitor lizards
- "Big Game Hunting" now points to normal rhinos instead of bull rhinos.
- "Seer Stone" is now a heroic quest.
- "Overlord's Omelet" now requires young vulriches.
- "An Engraved Stump" is now heroic.
- "A Captive's Information" is now heroic.
- "The Vandals" writ now points to young vulriches.
- "Aggressive Carrion Feeders" is now heroic.
- "Supplying the Scouts" writ now requires monitor lizards.
- "Feathers for Arrows" now requires young vulriches.
- "Thinning the Herd" now requires young vulriches.
- All betrayal instanced quests can now be done as a group.
- Some of the aggro ranges of the NPCs in the betrayal instance quests were reduced.
*** Quests ***
- The Master of the Fluttering Wing quest cannot be started until you complete Brother Lycabe's Trial: Knowledge of a Lost City and Brother Pang's Trial: Combating Corruption.
*** Zones and Population ***
- The statue in the Sanctum of the Scaleborn pit event should work properly again with a Sanctum Trial Stone.
- The creatures at the entrance of Chel'Drak the Ancient Lord's zone will no longer set your success timer when you defeat them. Additionally, Chel'Drak will now award status points for his defeat.
*** Tradeskills ***
- Many minor issues that were a result of the tradeskill revamp have been corrected.
*** Gameplay ***
- Those on PvE servers who are daring enough to own a home in the opposing city can once again enter it.
*** Player-versus-Player ***
- The friends list on PvP servers will now clear properly when you change alignments.
- Exile level channels will now work properly.
*** Items ***
- Harvesting tools will now work with appropriate level artisan classes as well as adventure level.
- The Pristine Conditioned Magician's Staff is now a staff instead of a great spear.
- The Flowing Ring of Water can now be equipped.
- The Gleaming Edge of Tanaan can now be used.
- Ironwood Spellbinders Staves now have an appropriate appearance.
*** Zones and Population ***
- Gnorbl the Playful should be much more playful now that he no longer resets to full health when playfully summoning his playful minions.
- Treasure drop rates and the mobs associated with some items have been modified within Nizari.
*** Combat ***
- Auto-attack is back to normal.
*** User Interface ***
- You can once again search for food and drink on the broker.
- The mouse cursor will change to a pile of coins when hovering over the market board.
*** Gameplay ***
- Lava's dangerous properties took a temporary vacation. Lava is now 100% more deadly, in that it was completely the opposite of deadly at all for a few days.
*** Player-versus-Player ***
- Exiles will now receive PvP immunity, when applicable, in city zones.
*** Items ***
- The Matron's Heart spell effect will now work properly.
- The winds of change have died down, lessening the proliferation of loose pages across the world and in the home of the societies' initiates.
- The new crafted spears and axes can now be wielded by paladins and shadowknights.
*** Quests ***
- The Shroud of the Manastone now requires boiled leather pelts instead of sullied medium quality badger pelts, which are no longer available.
- Journal text for Spark's Aflame now correctly mentions the coal you need to obtain.
- Adventurers on the "Court of Truth: Brush With Celebrity" quest can now speak to Toro again once they've collected the items he needs to make the poultice.
*** Combat ***
- When consumed, food and drink will no longer count as a beneficial effect for spells that trigger when a beneficial effect is cast. Since that was entirely confusing, here is an example: Some spells have a chance to proc a heal if you cast a beneficial spell on yourself. Food and drink were counting as a beneficial spell, and you could repeatedly consume them for a chance to proc an effect. This will no longer occur.
- Defiler: Maelstrom: Changed self-stun to self-stifle/root, and set the duration back to 36 seconds.
*** Player-versus-Player ***
- The level range for the adventure yards is again 4 levels.
*** Items ***
- The Tanaanite Guardian Breastplate, Tanaanite Humble Sandals, Tanaanite Robes, and Tanaanite Letter Opener no longer have a ghost-like appearance.
*** Quests ***
- Captain Bobick of the Far Pelican will no longer zone the entire group when one person speaks to him. Everyone needs to speak to him individually to update the quest.
*** Zones and Population ***
- Adventure groups will now go to their own instance of the Far Pelican ship when working on the Fallen Dynasty intro quest.
*** Combat ***
- Illusionist: Phantasmal Splendor: The level 37, 51, and 65 upgrades to this spell will now affect Epic targets.
*** Tradeskills ***
- Klorn books can now be scribed by players under level 200. Noobs.
*** User Interface **
- Poisons will now appear in the advanced broker search window.
- If a search filter is still selected after reopening the broker window, hitting search will now search with the filter.
*** UI Files Modified ***
eq2ui_inventory_market.xml
*** Headlines ***
- The Fallen Dynasty adventure pack is here!
- Sub-combines are gone from crafting, making it easier to get straight to the fun!
- Betray your home city at any level and travel to the outcast city of Haven!
- PvP combatants can now become Exiles, taking on Qeynosians, Freeportians, and other Exiles!
- The all-new consignment system has arrived to make selling your wares easier!
- There is a rise in activity of the Bloodskull orcs and Blackshield smugglers in the Commonlands!
- Nektulos Forest seems to be coming alive, enchanted by a malevolent force.
- Berserkers, guardians, templars, and dirges can show off their own unique profession hats!
- Instanced adventures await with the removal of more access quests and restrictions!
- Newfound powers allow Enchanters to use their control spells in Epic encounters!
*** The Fallen Dynasty ***
- The EverQuest II team is pleased to announce the launch of our third Adventure Pack: The Fallen Dynasty!
- Those who purchase this Adventure Pack can access the new area of the world and /claim their bonsai tree.
- Journey to the docks in the Thundering Steppes or Nektulos Forest to cross the Buried Sea and begin your adventures in this once-peaceful land.
- The Fallen Dynasty is intended for characters between levels 55 and 70.
- Many new items, including all-new weapon appearances designed with an Asian-influenced theme, are available in the new zones. Players who don't purchase The Fallen Dynasty can buy these and other goods from adventurers who discover these powerful items themselves.
- Take on dangerous foes, mingle with the locals in the Village of Shin, meet the legendary Whistling Fist monks, battle the fearsome Pirates of Gunthak, and uncover long-lost secrets in The Fallen Dynasty.
- To learn more about The Fallen Dynasty and purchase it, head on over to TheFallenDynasty.com!
- To download the files necessary for the Adventure Pack, run EverQuest II and click "Download Options" on the launchpad. Under "Optional Downloads," check the box next to "Adventure Pack #3: The Fallen Dynasty." If you wish to receive the files right away, check the box next to "Download Immediately." If you would prefer to let the files download in the background while you use your computer for other tasks, leave the box unchecked.
*** Tradeskill Revamp ***
- All of the tradeskill recipes in the game are moving to a "no sub-combine" system. In order to improve the availability and reduce the tedium of the tradeskill system, we are removing refine and interim recipes from the game. Instead you will be able to craft final combines with just raw components. It will now take less time to craft a cup of coffee in game than in your kitchen!
- Tradeskill-related harvestables now have a chance to give multiple items in a single harvest. As your skill increases over the maximum skill for that 10 level range, you increase your chances at getting rares and multiple item harvests.
- New harvesting tools are available that reduce the time it takes to harvest. Speak with your local woodworker to acquire these items.
- Crafted items will now be referred to either as Handcrafted or Mastercrafted, the latter of which denotes rarer items.
- Newly crafted items will often have different stats or effects. Note that existing crafted items will not change, just items crafted using the new recipes.
- Crafted potions and poisons will be now will follow a uniform pattern in naming and effects, which should make their functionality easier to identify quickly.
- Level 50-60 rare carpentry recipes have been added to the game. You might be seeing some of your favorite requested furniture pieces that are no longer sold on merchants.
- Due to rising economic pressure from the larger crafting guilds such as the Ironforge Exchange and the Coalition of Tradesfolke, the smaller societies within the districts and villages have consolidated their operations in order to continue to compete.
* Players can now enter any of the tradeskill instances at any time.
* All your tradeskill society status you have ever earned (not just in your current society) has been converted into personal status points (this will not add status to your guild).
- With the new changes to recipes no longer requiring subcombines, the cities of Freeport and Qeynos have been forced to do inventory and sell or reforge many of their overstocked supplies. Until this is finished, they will not be giving out any new work orders for crafted items. Both Lucan and Antonia apologize for the inconvenience this may cause some business owners and thank you for your patience until this matter is resolved.
- The tradeskill trainers have been moved outside each of the tradeskill instances. These trainers will give new crafters their initial training and first set of recipes if they did not learn their skills on the Outpost of the Overlord or the Queen's Colony before sailing to the city.
- Harvested items that are no longer used in recipes can be used in place of raw components.
- All interim and refined components can now be used in place of raw items.
- Merchants outside each tradeskill instance will sell recipe books for all artisan classes. The recipes that appear will depend on your selected tradeskill and level.
- You will no longer fail to find something when you harvest in an area that is trivial to you.
*** Betrayal and Exiles ***
- Players can now betray their city at any time after level 10.
- You will now slowly work your faction up with the city you are betraying to (or back to the one you originally betrayed) in order to be accepted within the city walls.
- Until such a time as you are accepted as a citizen of Qeynos or Freeport, you will be an Exile and must only operate out of a new underground location known as Haven.
- Haven does not provide the plush lifestyle of Qeynos or Freeport--You'll miss out on some of aspects of the city life such as writs, full use of brokers, player housing (apart from Maj'Dul), or city-based rewards.
- Note that all characters, whether they change their class or not, will have their spells set back to the Apprentice I level after betraying.
- Qeynos betrayers should begin their journey with Spockfuddle near the fence in Qeynos Harbor.
- Freeport betrayers should begin their journey with Izzay Meestere in West Freeport.
Player-versus-Player Server Exiles:
- If a player on a PvP server does not belong to either Freeport or Qeynos (i.e. they are in the act of betrayal), they will become an Exile.
- Exiles have their own language: Argot. Communication rules are the same as the other alignments.
- Upon betraying, Exiles receive an unchangeable suffix title of "the Exile."
- Exiles forgo all PvP city rewards once they betray.
- Lucanic Knights/Royal Antonican Guard faction, as well as infamy/fame and titles are wiped as soon as you betray your city.
- Exiles are open to attack by players regardless of the zone they are in or their level. You will only find protection within the caves of Haven.
- An Exile can attack citizens of Freeport, Qeynos, and even other Exiles.
- While you are encouraged to hone your skills on the battlefield against those of your ranks, you will only receive rewards for killing members of the opposing alignments. These rewards are limited to title modifications when appropriate, experience, and coin/item drops.
- While Haven may seem like a convenient place, there is a price to pay for seclusion. Prices from the merchants are significantly higher, and Exiles do not have access to shared bank slots.
- Exiles wishing to travel to the Sinking Sands will need to sneak into the docks of either Freeport or Qeynos and catch a ride on one of the carpets.
*** New Consignment System ***
- The new consignment system has arrived!
- You may now list items for sale even if you do not have a home. To do so, speak with your local broker and go to the Sell tab.
- The market window is now broken up into 3 tabs: Buy, Sell, and Sales Log.
- The Buy tab allows you to search for and purchase items.
* You can perform a simple search by typing in a name in the Search input box.
* You can perform a more specific search by clicking the Advanced button and selecting various options.
* Once in the Advanced tab, you can click the Save button to save a custom search, which is accessible via a drop-down box on the main Buy page.
* To purchase a single item, click the Buy button. You can also buy a specific number of items with the Buy Quantity button or a full stack of an item with the Buy (x) button.
* Items can be examined via the Examine button or in the right-click context menu.
- The Sell tab allows you to list items for sale.
* To sell items from this tab, drag a bag or box into a free slot, then drop items within the bag to sell them.
* If you drag a container that holds items to the market window, all items within will be added to the Sell area.
* Items will automatically be set with a price, though they will not be up for sale until you list it for sale. This price is the maximum you could possibly get from an NPC merchant, and can be used for quick price reference.
* You can change the price of an item by clicking Set Price, list it for sale by clicking List Item for Sale, or remove it by clicking Remove Item.
* You can right click an item and choose Search to find the item if listed by other players.
* To receive coin from items sold out of a specific bag, click the Take Coin button. Coin will always need to be retrieved through this process.
- The Sales Log will show items you have sold as well as coin gain per session and coin gain from all time.
- More slots will open up in which you can place containers depending on the type of home you own. A better house means more slots that you can sell from.
- Item stacks will count as a single item in terms of the space it takes in your consignment container. For example, if the maximum number of items in a stack is 20, 20 of those items will take up one slot in the container.
- The house vault is now independent of the consignment system, and is used for item storage.
*** Norrathian Exploration ***
Nektulos Forest
- Mysterious changes have occurred in Nektulos Forest--it seems like an evil intent is awakening.
- Strange new creatures have been found stalking the woods and the Freeport Militia has established new outposts to pacify the region.
- Outsiders beware! Though the Militia is doing its best to keep trade routes clear, the malicious nature of the forest is unforgiving to the heedless.
- Nektulos Forest has improved population and less barriers to travel.
The Commonlands
- The Bloodskull orcs have regrouped their forces, pulling back to consolidate and build fortifications.
- The Blackshield smugglers have recently stepped up their operations in the Commonlands.
- An unexplained change has overcome the plains near the druid ring. Life is springing up where there was little to speak of before.
- The Commonlands has been revitalized with new sights, new adversaries, and new quests.
- A new solo quest line for subjects of the Overlord can now be found in the Commonlands. Speak with Gerun Pontian near the gates to West Freeport to get started.
*** New Profession Hats ***
- Berserkers, guardians, dirges, and templars can speak with the original Relic and Hooloh hat quest givers to trade for profession hats with a new appearance.
- Once the trade has been made, you cannot trade back to the old appearance.
*** Zone Access Changes ***
- The following zones no longer require an access quest. For many of the quests, there are new rewards attached in place of the old reward (gaining access to a zone):
* The Firemyst Gully
* The Sanctum of Fear
* Bloodskull Valley: The Excavation Site
* The Eternal Gorge
* Miragul's Menagerie
* Icespire Summit
* The Forbidden Sepulcher
* The Trembling Lagoon
* The Obelisk of Lost Souls
* The Darkblade Den of Assassins
* The Serpent's Lair
* The Murkwater Nook
* Maiden's Gulch
* The Vault of Flames
* Nektropos Castle
* The Lair of the Necromancer
* The Vestibule
* Heroic: The Sullon Mines
* Heroic: The Tallon Hording Halls
* Heroic: The Darkened Den
* Icebound
* The Bastion of Flames
* The Cove of Decay: A Treaty for Treasure
* The Ruins of Varsoon
- The following raid zones now have an NPC you must speak with outside of the zone in order to enter:
* Shattered Stillness: Epic - Speak with Relana Everglade in Antonica
* Bloodskull Valley: Maulic's Stronghold - Speak with Amulius Ramio in the Commonlands
* Echoes of Time: Epic - Speak with Overseer Melicinn in the Commonlands
* A Meeting of the Minds - Speak with Taryn D'Vat in the Feerrott
* Commune of K`Dal - Speak with Klogg Bindgear in Lavastorm
* Deathfist Citadel - Speak with Andala Oakenpath in Zek, the Orcish Wastes
* The Deserted Mine - Speak with Gragak Stinkyfeet in Zek, the Orcish Wastes
* The Court of Al'Afaz - Speak with Walheed Raffini in the Pillars of Flame
* The Gates of Ahket Aken - Speak with Muleek Mahaja in the Sinking Sands
* The Cove of Decay: Epic Angler - Speak with Googegguta in the Thundering Steppes
*** Gameplay ***
- You are no longer limited to engaging 5 encounters.
- Charmed players will now cast spells from their knowledge books.
- Corpses of epic mobs now last much longer (unless looted) so the victors can take screenshots.
- Zone reuse timers will not restart themselves after they have initially been set. That is, the first point within an instance that you acquire a reuse timer will determine when it expires.
- Poisons will no longer drop on death during or after mentoring.
- Characters will now more precisely follow others when using /follow (which means you'll plummet to your death less often if the character you're following turns near a cliff).
- Lifts in the Shimmering Citadel are no longer a dangerous place to change your Alternate Model settings.
- There will now be automated in-game downtime messages for prescheduled downtimes beginning 2 hours before servers come down.
*** Player-versus-Player ***
- You can no longer evacuate (Escape, Depart, etc.) while no zoning is allowed.
- Protecting Grove, Ring of Fire, Forge of Ro and other similar spells will no longer cause a player to become carnage flagged upon casting.
- PvP-based experience and status is now split based on the number of nearby group members rather than the total number of group members.
- Many dungeons have had their PvP ranges increased to correspond with the connecting outdoor zone.
- Feigned Bravado Line for Swashbucklers and Amazing Reflexes for Brigands will no longer proc Annoy on PvE encounters. Items that proc Azure Winds in PvP will now force targets to lose their target.
- Mail Kiosks have been removed from Sinking Sands.
- The Temple of Scale no longer has an 8 level range for valid targets.
- Level 1-9 players are now attackable in unrestricted zones (such as DoF and KoS) but give no rewards.
- Additional respawn points have been added to the Enchanted Lands for all alignments. A word of warning, though: not all the areas are as safe as Bobick's Landing.
- The will of The Overlord and Antonia now further protects their citizens in the adventure yards. The Sunken City, the Graveyard, the Sprawl, the Ruins, Oakmyst Forest, the Forest Ruins, the Caves, and the Peat Bog had their valid range of PvP targets lowered to 4.
- Hostile actions should no longer cancel the no-zoning effect.
- Spells that had the abililty to force a taget to switch targets in PvP combat will no longer force NPCs to change target.
- Players under the effect of no zoning will no longer have the option to use the carpet in Sinking Sands to travel to Maj'Dul, Freeport, Qeynos or Thundering Steppes.
*** Quests ***
- Group members on the same step of the quests "Ishara's Search" and "Brush with Celebrity" can now enter into the same arena instance.
- Vindain Greenfaith will now give high elves the flask he mentions when offering the quest "Components of Growth."
- Quests that previously required fungi now require a different component, as fungus has been removed from the game.
- Cvaka and Vashazdar will now properly complete their quests. If you currently have this quest at the "ready to complete" stage, you will need to find 2 bonded loam before the quest will update and complete.
- You can now respawn The Remains of Gord for the "Crazy Talking Skull" quest in The Serpent Sewer if you fail to kill him the first time.
- Pages for "The Story of Ankexfen" will now update the collection they are part of.
- Growing tired of being fed Basil Grilled Deer everyday, Yoru the Old is now asking would-be wearers of the Flowing Black Silk Sash to make him Sunfish Casserole!
- The final stage of the Sanctum of the Scaleborn quest, "Swords in Formation," now has a timer.
- A new book collection quest, "The Behemoth," has been added. Hints as to how this quest is started can be found on the forums.
- Pages from a variety of books are scattered across the ground in Pillars of Flame, Sinking Sands and Maj'Dul.
- Harvesting the correct items out of Antonica or Commonlands will now update "The Secret Valley."
*** Items ***
- The Wastestalker Cowl now has a chain helm appearance.
- The Empowered Sleeper Totem and Sealed Book of Knowledge now heal a fixed amount of health and power, respectively. Their out of combat casting time has been slightly increased.
- The focus benefit on the Mithrian Greaves of the Veteran has been reduced to 8 seconds.
- The focus benefit on the Greaves of Annihilation has been reduced to 8 seconds.
- The area of effect damage proc on the Qeynos Claymore should now work correctly.
- The proc on Marr's Fist will now work correctly.
- The healing boost on the Arm of Erollisi will now properly cancel after the next spell is cast.
- The Orb of Obscuration now has a 5 minute duration and 25 minute reuse time.
- Scouts who wield the 2h version of the Wurmslayer will no longer be able to hit opponents with it. Switch to the dual-wield version!
- The following bucklers had their block chance reduced for balance reasons: Shield of the Flapping Wing, Azjerorz Guard, Nocturnal Supremacy
- The Blazing Shield of Heat Reflection can no longer be equipped by priests.
- The Ancient Velium Rapier was changed from +slashing to +piercing.
- Status items that charm creatures will no longer be unusable if the charm is resisted.
- The kitchen sink is now included with this live update. Kthx.
*** Zones and Population ***
- Lucan and Antonia have both told their city guards to be more mindful of their AoE attacks and to not hit those they normally think of as friends.
- The evac point for Permafrost is now within the zone rather than in Everfrost. There is also an additional revive point within Permafrost.
- The Shade of Bylze and the Fallen Orate in the Sanctum of the Scaleborn now have garbled text if you do not know their languages.
- You will now be locked out of Halls of Seeing upon entry for 15 minutes instead of 5 days until you kill something within.
- The princes in the Barren Sky will no longer travel as far away from their initial points before breaking away from combat.
- Gizrin Mimbles in East Freeport and Tocks Mimbles in Qeynos Harbor have left and given up on their discount travel business due to lack of interest.
- Players that die within the Shimmering Citadel will now respawn in the same zone next to the mirror to the Pillars of Flame.
- Haraghur the Deathless had his respawn time significantly reduced and no longer drops loot since he is primarily a quest target.
- The combat abilities of some residents of the Halls of Fate have been reduced.
- There is no longer a minimum group size or minimum level to gain entry to Icy Digs.
- There is now an upper limit to the amount of active mutagenic disgorgants in the Uncaged Alzid fight.
- "A piece of ancient parchment" should drop a little more frequently from individuals in the Pillars of Flame. Rumors exist that the leaders of these people have also begun to carry the parchment more often. The parchment is now able to be traded or sold.
- Curt Schilling no longer appears on the Queen's Colony or Outpost of the Overlord.
*** Combat ***
General changes:
- Immunities to certain spell types have been removed from many raid encounters. Instead, these encounters will be highly resistant to the spell types, and these resistances can be debuffed.
- Moved Summon Gazer Pet and Hatch Gorg Egg from the spells to the ability list.
- Many named and boss encounters will no longer use their abilities while they are stunned or stifled.
- Most creature-specific abilities (such as attacks unique to a certain type of animal) can now be subdued via stifle effects.
- If a pet owner does not have hate when their pet dies, the encounter will no longer break.
- Abilities that include targeted and self buffs (Martial Order, Ancient Pledge, Stand Firm, etc) will now cancel when the target is no longer in game.
- All hostile spells and arts that stun, mesmerize, root, fear, daze or stifle their targets will become increasingly more resistible when you are 20 levels above the spell level.
- Epic NPCs affected by control spells will only be affected for 1/3 the normal duration. They then receive immunity to that control state for 3x the original duration of the spell.
- Possessed pets will still be part of their owner's group and the owner will no longer disappear.
- Replenishing wards should no longer update unless damage is taken.
- All short knockdowns and many short stuns that were 2s in duration have been changed to a 1.5s duration.
- All knockdowns and many short stuns that were 3-4s in duration have been changed to a 2.5s duration.
- Knockdown effects will no longer work on epics.
- Adjusted all Root, Stifle, Stun, Mesmerize, and Fear durations to have consistent linear progression in durations with level increase.
- All examine information references to Pacify have been changed to Daze.
- Examine information describing control effects should be clearer than before.
- All Mesmerize abilities have their own immunity separate of Stun immunity.
- Spells that summon stationary objects will cause hate towards the caster instead of the object.
- Swarm and Dumbfire pets had their inherent stat bonuses removed from contributing to their damage. This amounts to a 17.5% reduction in their overall damage.
- Target encounter spells cast on an enemy that dies will continue to be cast on the encounter.
- Armor procs and damage shields will no longer trigger until you fight back.
Poison changes:
- Increased effectiveness of poisons that decrease an attribute.
- Those who are suffering from the effects of poison can now be cured.
- Damage over time poison deals damage up front. Damage per tick was reduced.
- Added flavor text to the chat window to indicate when poisons land.
Fighter changes:
- Guardian: Crumble: Reduced damage on melee hit portion.
- Guardian: Concussion: Increased damage, now reduces casting skills of target instead of power damage.
- Guardian: Guardian Sphere: Intercept no longer assists pets in the group.
- Guardian: Sentinel: Reduced some of the higher level chances at intercepting damage. Can only be used on Priests or Mages.
- Guardian: Entrench: Root component no longer affects Epic targets.
- Guardian: Sentry Watch: Death prevention correctly does not process on the caster, only allies in the group.
- Berserker: Stunning Cry: Power cost reduced.
- Berserker: Vanquish: Is now a 6s Stifle instead of a 6-7s Stun.
- Paladin: Glorious Strike effect from Glorious Weapon: Reduced stun duration to 2.5 seconds.
- Paladin: Stuns from weapon procs have been reduced to 2 seconds.
- Monk: Instill Doubt: Changed from a Bruiser to a Brawler ability.
- Monk: Winter's Talon: Stun changed to Daze. Increased duration to 3 seconds.
- Bruiser: Sucker Punch: Knockdown changed to Daze effect.
- Bruiser: Instill Doubt: Reduced fear duration, reduced power cost, increased resistibility, and lowered overall break chances.
- Bruiser: Intimidate: Increased Reuse timer to 60 seconds, increased resistibility, and reduced Mesmerize duration and power cost.
Scout changes:
- Scout: Cheap Shot: Reduced power cost. Duration is 4s instead of 6s on standard or weaker opponents.
- Dirge: Lanet's Excruciating Scream: Changed into a 7 second duration Daze effect that causes disease damage when it expires. The amount of damage was reduced. Reuse time increased to 30s.
- Dirge: Garsin's Funeral March: Recast time increased to 45s from 30s. Overall break chance is 30%.
- Dirge: Sapping Shot: Recast time increased to 25s. Power drain changed to Root. Increased Damage.
- Dirge: Death's Door: Grants a chance at causing reactive Disease damage.
- Troubador: Singing Shot: Increased Damage.
- Troubador: Eli's Thunderous Hymn: Lowered reuse time to 5 seconds and increased damage.
- Troubador: Performer's Talent: Grants a chance at causing reactive Mental damage.
- Troubador: Shrill: Reduced power cost.
- Troubador: Brilliant Blade: Removed power damage. Now reduces all spell resists on target.
- Troubador: Deafening Strike: Increased power damage.
- Troubador: Aria of Excitement: Procs cannot be outright resisted.
- Troubador: Lore's Shuddering: Burns health in addition to power for any ability used by the target.
- Troubador: Requiem of Reflection: Trigger percentages match Dirge Percussion of Stone. Now non-profession spell damage is completely absorbed on a successful proc.
- Troubador: Lullaby: Decreased duration, increased reuse timer to 15s, and reduced power cost.
- Troubador: Bria's Entrancing Sonnet: Now works as a very short term charm. Reduced casting time to 2.5s. Has use of pet commands except to directly call an attack. Duration greatly reduced. Removed concentration costs. Increased reuse time to 45s. Removed damage break chances.Increased resistibility. Reduced power cost.
- Troubador: Singing Shot: Stifle duration set to 6 seconds.
- Troubador: Swindle Essence: Damage increased.
- Ranger: Thorny Trap: Duration of Root effect has been reduced.
- Ranger: Storm of Arrows: Can no longer be cast on the run.
- Predator: Surveil: Range lowered to 35 meters from 50 meters.
- Brigand: Blackjack: Changed from a 5s Stun to a 6s Hold Direction and Root ability. Reduced damage and power cost.
- Brigand: Strangling Throw: Reduced damage.
- Brigand: Double Up: Double Up list auto-adjusts to use abilities appropriate to the Brigand's level.
- Brigand: Fixed issue causing combat art visuals to sometimes be played on the brigand.
- Swashbuckler: Disarming Grin: Increased recast timer to 60s from 30s. Reduced Power cost.
- Swashbuckler: Cold Throw: Reduced damage.
Priest changes:
- Priest: Group Cures: Will no longer dispel charm from charmed pets.
- Templar: Prostrate: Reduced casting time to 2.5 seconds, increased reuse time to 45s, and reduced power cost.
- Templar: Divine Arbitration: No longer distributes health from dead players in the group.
- Templar: Sign of Pacification: Increased reuse time to 30s. Casting time increased to 1.5 seconds. Daze effect does not break early.
- Templar: Smite: Removed Daze effect. Reuse timer lowered to 2.5 seconds. Power cost reduced.
- Inquisitor: Fearful Conversion: Lowered break chance overall to 30% on damage only. Expiration effect is a periodic resist update mesmerize instead of root.
- Inquisitor: Imprison: Increased Reuse time to 30s. Break chance occurs on damage only.
- Inquisitor: Invocation: Removed Stifle Effect. Power cost reduced. 50% to interrupt target.
- Warden: Verdurous Journey: Removed upgrade information and spell scrolls.
- Warden: Protecting Grove: Increased Reuse time to 90 seconds and no longer toggles recast timer. Increased hit points of the tree by 250%.
- Warden: Tranquility: Reduced power cost.
- Fury: Ring of Fire: Reuse timer increased to 1 minute.
- Fury: Irritating Swarm: Targets an encounter. Increased casting skill debuff amount. Removed power drain component. 1s casting time.
- Fury: Pact of the Cheetah: Also dispels hostile root effects.
- Fury: Call of Storms: Each Stormbolt cannot be interrupted. Increased chance of stormbolts striking. Lowered resist chances of each stormbolt. Can affect 50% more targets in the radius than before.
- Mystic: Phantasmal Spirits: Reduced duration of Mesmerize to 5s.
- Defiler:Spiritual Circle: Increased reuse time to 2 minutes and no longer toggles recast timer.
- Defiler: Primordial Terror: Recast time increased to 45s from 30s. Overall break chance reduced to 30%.
Mage changes:
- Wizard, Warlock, Conjurer, Necromancer: Root Spells:
* Have 15% overall break chance instead of 20%
* Only process break chances when damage is received, not on any hostile act toward the target.
* Duration reduced.
- Wizard: Tongue Twist: Lowers Hate instead of dealing damage.
- Wizard: Boreal: Mesmerize effect on caster automatically breaks if target's mesmerize breaks early. Reduced mesmerization duration and power cost.
- Wizard: Ring of Cold: Has 20% chance of breaking when receiving damage.
- Wizard: Forge of Ro: Has a minute recast and no longer toggles recast timer.
- Wizard: Numbing Cold: Root proc cannot affect Epic Targets. Increased targ
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I think I am more worried about the fact you bothered to copy and paste all of that bullshit more than the fact that you wasted everyone's time by posting it in this thread/forum.miir wrote:Here's a breakdown on the updates/patches EQ2 has gotten since the last WoW patch:kyoukan wrote:That is because SOE patches more often than twice a year.Sargeras wrote:They still didn't fix Seal of Command.
Fuckers.
To SoE, this patch would be known as "an expansion".
WOW should be getting patches this large weekly based on their subscription base.
Some prick decided he was cool for posting long-ass patch notes in a thread...no, in a forum it didn't go in.
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Took me less than 2 minutes to find it, copy it and paste it.Boogahz wrote:I think I am more worried about the fact you bothered to copy and paste all of that bullshit more than the fact that you wasted everyone's time by posting it in this thread/forum.miir wrote:Here's a breakdown on the updates/patches EQ2 has gotten since the last WoW patch:kyoukan wrote:That is because SOE patches more often than twice a year.Sargeras wrote:They still didn't fix Seal of Command.
Fuckers.
To SoE, this patch would be known as "an expansion".
WOW should be getting patches this large weekly based on their subscription base.
Some prick decided he was cool for posting long-ass patch notes in a thread...no, in a forum it didn't go in.
Looking at all the updates EQ2 has gotten compared to WoW was actually pretty surprising. Blizzard has been getting a lot better at pushing out updates but man, I didn't think they'd still be so far behind EQ2s team.
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Yeah but WoW hasn't needed the same number of updates as EQ2. It hasn't had to rebalance the classes twice, or revamp combat and spellcasting umpteen times, or the exp system, or the mob conning system.miir wrote: Looking at all the updates EQ2 has gotten compared to WoW was actually pretty surprising. Blizzard has been getting a lot better at pushing out updates but man, I didn't think they'd still be so far behind EQ2s team.
It also hasn't had to implement loads of features copied from a superior product in order to remain competitive (if having 5% of the playerbase of WoW can be called that) - in-game mails, PvP, nonmasochistic tradeskills etc.
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I give it a 5, you made many thinly veiled insults, but there's far too much fact in your post. Perhaps you can search the CE forum for posts by Midnyte, Metanis, et al for some tips on stating opinion as fact, fact as opinion, and logic as heresy.vn_Tanc wrote:Yeah but WoW hasn't needed the same number of updates as EQ2. It hasn't had to rebalance the classes twice, or revamp combat and spellcasting umpteen times, or the exp system, or the mob conning system.miir wrote: Looking at all the updates EQ2 has gotten compared to WoW was actually pretty surprising. Blizzard has been getting a lot better at pushing out updates but man, I didn't think they'd still be so far behind EQ2s team.
It also hasn't had to implement loads of features copied from a superior product in order to remain competitive (if having 5% of the playerbase of WoW can be called that) - in-game mails, PvP, nonmasochistic tradeskills etc.
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Update 13 (almost a year ago) was the big combat revamp. That was the only big update to combat and spellcasting. There has been a few class updates and tweaks since then.... no more or less than WoW really. Virtually every class in WoW has undergone a massive overhaul/update/rethink since release.It hasn't had to rebalance the classes twice, or revamp combat and spellcasting umpteen times,
The XP system hasn't changed. It's been adjusted to make soloing a bit faster but that's about it. And the conning system hasn't been touched in over a year and a half.or the exp system, or the mob conning system.
How is that a bad thing when devs take good features from another game an implement them in their own? At least the EQ2 devs aren't stubbon, arrogant and pig-headed like the WoW devs.... How long have they been sticking to those retarded meeting stones. Or what about implied targeting... how fucking difficult would it be to add that to WoW?It also hasn't had to implement loads of features copied from a superior product in order to remain competitive
You talk about copying a superior product... WoW wouldn't be what is is today without copying EQ.
You know with the possible upcoming change in raid size, maybe Blizzard devs are actually getting a fucking clue and looking at good features from other games.
If popularity was an accurate indication of quality.... can I ask how many N'Synch and Mariah Carey records you own? Because they are obvoisly making the best music on the planet. Any why did you waste so much time playing EQ when Lineage was clearly the superior product at the time.superior product
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I don't follow.Sargeras wrote:I had a moment of weakness and dropped down the tab to read this.miir wrote:You talk about copying a superior product... WoW wouldn't be what is is today without copying EQ.
What came first: Warcraft or EQ?
Riiiiight.
Warcraft was a RTS.
EQ is a MMOG.
WoW is a MMOG.
How exactly did EQ copy Warcraft?
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Who cares about the EQ RTS. It was garbage.Fairweather Pure wrote:How quickly you forget the EQ RTS which was a carbon copy of WC3...
Sony lost the MMORPG war. Sorry you're so pissed off about it, but I really don't need to have your vagina bleeding all over the WoW forum everytime we have an active post. Go cry in the EQ2 forum, it could use the post count.
When and by whom was the MMOG war declared?
There is room for more than 1 MMOG in the market. There are a large number of MMOGs with a subscriber base in the hundreds of thousands and there a even a few in the millions. Competition is good.
I like EQ2 because despite the fact that (according to you guys) it's a miserable failure, they still manage to employ an awesome dev team that patches and improves the game in a timely manner... adding content and requested features. Pushing out new content in adventure packs and expansions... for a game with a monthly income 4% of that of World of Warcraft's.
What the fuck is Blizzard and Vivendi doing with all that fucking cash that you are paying them every month? Patches and content are coming out at a snails pace... almost 2 years and no expansions... a dev team that rarely (if ever) posts on the forums regarding specific game related issues. On the EQ2 forums we get posts from coders, designers and any number of folks on the dev team. I've even seen artists respond and make changes as a result of player questions about the appearance specific items.
Don't you guys think you deserve more from Blizzard than the shit they have been forcing down your thoats for the past 18 months?
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Summary: You like EQ2 better than WoW and always want to enlighten those that have fallen under the Blizzard's evil spell.miir wrote:Who cares about the EQ RTS. It was garbage.Fairweather Pure wrote:How quickly you forget the EQ RTS which was a carbon copy of WC3...
Sony lost the MMORPG war. Sorry you're so pissed off about it, but I really don't need to have your vagina bleeding all over the WoW forum everytime we have an active post. Go cry in the EQ2 forum, it could use the post count.
When and by whom was the MMOG war declared?
There is room for more than 1 MMOG in the market. There are a large number of MMOGs with a subscriber base in the hundreds of thousands and there a even a few in the millions. Competition is good.
I like EQ2 because despite the fact that (according to you guys) it's a miserable failure, they still manage to employ an awesome dev team that patches and improves the game in a timely manner... adding content and requested features. Pushing out new content in adventure packs and expansions... for a game with a monthly income 4% of that of World of Warcraft's.
What the fuck is Blizzard and Vivendi doing with all that fucking cash that you are paying them every month? Patches and content are coming out at a snails pace... almost 2 years and no expansions... a dev team that rarely (if ever) posts on the forums regarding specific game related issues. On the EQ2 forums we get posts from coders, designers and any number of folks on the dev team. I've even seen artists respond and make changes as a result of player questions about the appearance specific items.
Don't you guys think you deserve more from Blizzard than the shit they have been forcing down your thoats for the past 18 months?
THANKS I WAS UNSURE OF YOUR OPINION BECAUSE I'VE ONLY READ IT ON THE WOW FORUM ABOUT A BILLION TIMES.
Go away from here.
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There have been at least two or three that I can think of that had been in development in the past. One was by Atari and another by EA (I think). Neither made it very far into the beta stage (if they even made it out of alpha). I think the EA one showed the most promise even though the graphics were still very dated at the stage I was participating in.Bubba Grizz wrote:If they made a MMO in the Battletech Universe I'd drop all the other games in a heartbeat.
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If I won the lottery in a big way I'd pay to have this game created. I'd have to be in a big way though. As it is I can't even win the $2.00 I put into it each week.Boogahz wrote:There have been at least two or three that I can think of that had been in development in the past. One was by Atari and another by EA (I think). Neither made it very far into the beta stage (if they even made it out of alpha). I think the EA one showed the most promise even though the graphics were still very dated at the stage I was participating in.Bubba Grizz wrote:If they made a MMO in the Battletech Universe I'd drop all the other games in a heartbeat.