Patch Notes: Sunday, April 22nd, 2012

[Rogean]

This patch contains new files. Please obtain the latest EQChanges V22 from the setup guide, or obtain the latest files via the EQEmu Launcher.

PvP Server

• The legacy era rule has been turned off.
• The Plane of Hate is now available.
• The Temple of Solusek Ro is now available.
• Global OOC has been enabled. You must be level 10 to send messages.
• Binding has been disabled in FFA Zones.

Code

• Rogean: Clients now respawn with full mana on a pve death, 0 mana on a pvp death.
• Rogean: Clients will no longer gain full mana on a level change.
• Rogean: PvP: You can no longer bind in FFA PvP Zones
• Kanras: Improved how the success rate of memory blur effects is calculated.
• Kanras: DOT tics will no longer add a player to an NPC's hate list if the player was not on that hate list already.
• Kanras: NPCs will no longer consider whether an Eye of Zomm's owner is FD when determining if it should aggro.
• Kanras: Added the "extra" buff tic back for spells that don't have DOT/HOT effects.
• Kanras: More accurate calculation of how often a bash generates a two second stun.
• Kanras: The level of newly learned skills are set to the level of the player, not the level the skill is obtainable.
• Kanras: Spells' visual effects increase in complexity at correct levels.
• Kanras: Water-based pathing mobs will no longer occasionally bounce above the water.
• Kanras: Reduced special attack aggro.
• Kanras: Improved hit/miss check calculations.
• Kanras: Fixed order of evasion skills and hit/miss check.
• Kanras: Evasion skills are still checked while player is sitting.
• Kanras: Faster NPC flee speed.
• Kanras: NPC aggro/assist ranges are modified by level difference.

Content

• Nilbog: PvP- Manastone works in fearplane and hateplane. It will cease to function when airplane goes live.
• Nilbog: Edge of the Nightwalker now has a katana graphic.
• Nilbog: Wolf form illusion modifies faction with Unrest npcs.
• Nilbog: The Cargo Clockwork quest no longer spawns highway bandits.
• Nilbog: Jras Solsier's quests and the poachers involved all fixed. (amiable required)
• Nilbog: Corrected an issue where certain looted items didn't have the total number of charges they should. Items affected: Oil of Fennin Ro, Mountain Death Belt, Eye of Melnor, Nightmare Hide (from lesser nightmare), Circlet of Fire, Kunzar Hex Amulet, Crystal of Seeing.
• Nilbog: Diggins quests now work properly and give better faction and coin rewards. (multiquestable, indifferent or better)
• Nilbog: Mater's quests now work properly and give correct faction. (multiquestable, amiable or better)
• Nilbog: Palana Willin and Branis Noolright are now bards.
• Nilbog: The patrons of Seafarer's Roost now have dialogue. Depending on which ones are spawned, and what is said, they fight as well.
• Nilbog: The Jyle Windshots in East and West Freeport offer different quests. (amiable or better required for the West Freeport version)
• Nilbog: Cindl's Halas quests reward significantly higher experience.
• Nilbog: Iksar Dakoit may now be rarely seen in Field of Bone. Rarely
• Nilbog: Undead frogs of Lower Guk now flee when low on health.
• Nilbog: fallen iksar of Timorous Deep no longer flee when low on health.
• Kanras: Ornate Chain recipes.
• Kanras: Corrected when Fine Plate recipes are available.
• Kanras: Corrected when most Wu's armor recipes are available.
• Kanras: Fixed a bunch of cases of people seeing skills available to them on the trainer before they should.
• Kanras: Research skill progression is now correctly level-capped.
• Kanras: More NPCs will aggro when they /con green.
• Kanras: High quality ore is no longer available at vendors.
• Sundawg: Rivervale Marshals are now Guardians of the Vale
• Sundawg: West Cabilis "Keeper" NPCs and Jondin,Jaxxtz,Mohin,Lybar,Kamzar are now BroodofKotiz faction.
• Sundawg: Note for Rebby/Note for Janam faction increased for CoalitionofTradefolk/CoalitionofTradefolkIll.
• Sundawg: Rathmana placed on TempleofSolusekRo faction.
• Sundawg: Forpar Fizfla now Gemchoppers faction; class changed to Shadowknight.
• West: All 'Temple of Solusek Ro Armor' including crafted, totemic, and ivy etched (npc's reside outside of the temple) are multiquestable.
• West: Carrion Queen spawn added to Field of Bone.

[Awwalike]

O SNAP

edit: thank god I did this already!
Nilbog: The Cargo Clockwork quest no longer spawns highway bandits.

[Advisor]

What is Legacy Era?

[fischsemmel]

Originally Posted by Rogean

Rogean: Clients will no longer gain full mana on a level change.

Kanras: DOT tics will no longer add a player to an NPC's hate list if the player was not on that hate list already.

Kanras: Added the "extra" buff tic back for spells that don't have DOT/HOT effects.

Kanras: More accurate calculation of how often a bash generates a two second stun.

Kanras: Faster NPC flee speed.

Kanras: NPC aggro/assist ranges are modified by level difference.

Aww.

!!!

Thank God.

Thank God.

Fun!

Innnteresting.

[fischsemmel]

Good stuff, p99 staff

[mendan]

Originally Posted by Advisor

What is Legacy Era?

Manastone, guise, LR, rubicite etc. stop dropping or are nerfed. Etc.

[Mockba1980]

Good JOB P99 Staff ! As usual

[inimical]

Does this include the dwarven smithy hammer?

[shooteneq1]

did i screw the patch up or are the servers still down?

[fischsemmel]

Originally Posted by shooteneq1

did i screw the patch up or are the servers still down?

They're still down. Go to the p1999 homepage and you can see when they are down, starting up, up, etc.