Test Update 08/13/13

Discussion in 'Test Update Notes and Bug Roundup' started by JChan, Aug 13, 2013.

  1. JChan Developer

    This update has completed. Update notes:

    *** Highlights ***

    - Looking for a challenge? The Hardcore Heritage zones of Crushbone and The Permafrost Caverns are available until August 26th. Nagafen's Lair and The Castle of Mistmoore will be available from August 23rd to September 16th.
    - All Rain of Fear weapons, shields, and equipment with appearances can now be placed in housing.
    - Starting a Muramite Proving Ground group trial will no longer apply a two-hour lockout to all Muramite Proving Ground group trials.


    *** Items ***

    - All Rain of Fear weapons, shields, and equipment with appearances can now be placed in housing.
    - Ethereal Destroyer Ornament now can be slotted on all one-handed weapons.
    - Felwithe Decimator Ornament now can be slotted on two-handed weapons.
    - Progression charms in Heart of Fear now calculate their stats properly.
    - Uncursed Freedom helms have had their health, mana, endurance, and AC slightly increased.
    - Freedom of the Wild now has a kick modifier.


    *** Quests & Events ***

    - Looking for a challenge? The Hardcore Heritage zones of Crushbone and The Permafrost Caverns are available until August 26th. Nagafen's Lair and The Castle of Mistmoore will be available from August 23rd to September 16th.
    - Lord Nagafen has moved deeper within his lair. If you wish to face him, speak to the Stoic Imp which now resides within his chambers.
    - Starting a Muramite Proving Ground group trial will no longer apply a two-hour lockout to all Muramite Proving Ground group trials.
    - Facing Your Fear - The task now has a six-hour replay timer.


    *** Spells ***

    - Enchanter - Amplifying Aura Effect will now properly apply to all caster, priest, and hybrid classes. It previously did not affect Beastlords.
    - Reflective Skin is now a short duration buff.
    - Tomekeeper Kerkaz has discovered a way to turn higher-level spell motes into lower-level spell motes. Dreadmotes will remain Dreadmotes, and Terrormotes will remain Terrormotes.


    *** NPC ***

    - All instances of "Swinetaur" have been changed to the correct name, "Swinetor."
    - Lirit T`Prakk has located a steady supply for Scroll: Smoldering Darkness and will carry it regularly now.
    - The heads of old mummies will no longer look like zombie heads.
    - Zixial the Scaremonger in Heart of Fear: The Rebirth should no longer spawn behind a zone line.
    - Augmentation Sealer objects have been removed from zones.


    *** AA ***

    - Gift of Mana lines have been consolidated into a single line. The ability still functions the same way it did before.
    - All of the Stat Cap AA lines have been consolidated into a single line per stat under the Planar name: Planar Strength, Stamina, Agility, Dexterity, Wisdom, Intelligence, and Charisma.


    *** Progression Servers ***

    - Earring Molds are now available after Prophecy of Ro unlocks.


    *** Collections ***

    - Zone names have been added to the titles and advanced lore descriptions for all Collection items that did not already have them.


    *** Miscellaneous ***

    - Corrected the horse riding animation for Elven races so that shields no longer twist into their bodies.
    - Corrected the missing textures on Dark Elf males that caused their elbows to turn red while wearing plate armor.
    - Dialogue phrases in many older zones will be more forgiving and easier to follow.
    - Upgraded a number of internal systems for performance improvements.
    - You can now camp out while mounted.
    - Druids and Bards can now sort targets in the tracking window.
    - [Bracketed] text can now be clicked to say the highlighted words to an NPC. NPCs will still respond to typed out messages, if you wish to respond in this fashion. The color of the bracketed text can be changed in the Options window under the Colors tab.
    - When receiving a Krono through the parcel system, the Krono is automatically credited to your account. The parcel you actually receive is only a receipt for the Krono. A message will now appear when retrieving a Krono parcel in order to explain this fact.
    - Fixed an issue that was causing mercenaries to suspend themselves in certain locations in The Bloodfields.
    - Fixed an armor appearance issue related to illusions.
    - Fixed an issue related to animation blending. Animations now transition more smoothly.


    *** UI ***

    - Converted the buttons on the character select screen to use art images instead of plain text.
    - Fixed some issues that would cause the Bank and Mercenary windows to get in a strange state if you reloaded the UI skin while these windows were open.
    - Increased the maximum number of open item display windows to 6.

    - Changed -
    EQUI_CharacterListWnd.xml
    EQUI_ItemDisplay.xml
    EQUI_RespawnWnd.xml


    *** Previously Updated ***

    - Collection spawn points located behind zone lines in Heart of Fear: The Rebirth have been removed.
    - An End to Fear - Mission - saying 'kill' to Harbinger Glask will now grant credit for the first step in the task, preventing the possibility of being unable to open the chest after Xaric is killed.
    - Channeling Cazic - The first element of the quest should now update for all nearby group members.
    - Newly formed fear creatures in Heart of Fear zones should no longer linger indefinitely at the gestation crystals that spawned them.



    - The EverQuest Team
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  2. Tobynn Augur

    /baitbreath on
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  3. Gyurika Godofwar Augur

    Well I'm looking forward to it (no sarcasm here :p )
  4. stabbsu New Member

    What time tonight?
  5. JChan Developer

    I suspect it'll be at least an hour from now before the server starts to come down.
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  6. Gyurika Godofwar Augur

    2 hours & counting...trying to stay up to check it out :p
  7. JChan Developer

    Thanks for hanging in there. We're doing some additional prep work before this update that we don't normally do.
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  8. Gyurika Godofwar Augur

    I'll try to stay up but if it's at least 90 mins & possibly more I'm not sure I'll make it but we'll see
  9. Gherig Addicted since Aug 1st, 1998

    Awesome about MPG's. long overdue, the second one, it has been on those "Other" servers for years, and I always thought it was odd that it showed up there before it was done here, kuddos for making this finally happen.
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  10. Smallpox Augur

    SparxxUI is updated (now version 14.5) over at EQInterface.com for those that use it. Enjoy!
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  11. Elricvonclief Augur

    Sounds like a lot of nice updates, thank you.
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  12. Kahlev Al-Calen Augur

    No mention to exalted augment crafting on progresion servers? We are just missing 1 merchant to sell the books for crafting them :(

    Comparatively, exalted aguments + serpent seals are to TSS raid gear what eminent + last blood was to DoDH raid gear, so even if they were put later, they still belong to the server progresion-wise (i mean, we got defiant too)
  13. Beimeith Lord of the Game

    It looks like when you first login the game refunds the old Pre-consolidated AAs but it doesn't reset the "Assigned" count. When it then purchases the new consolidated AA lines it adds to the count, giving you a much higher Assigned count.

    Zoning fixed it however, but I still thought I should mention it.
  14. Marton Augur

    Good news. Thank you.

    Any chance to changing requirements for old raids? Pretty please ... ;)
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  15. Gherig Addicted since Aug 1st, 1998

    So I started to think ... now that there are Hyperlinks, what about all those hundreds of old quests that no one has found ever, do those now have Hyperlinks? So I started to run all over Antonica, so far I have come up with one quest and one dialouge that gives activity updates of players on the server that neither have references to in ZAM or on google. Off to keep looking.
  16. Deillusional Augur

    Rethink this what happens if some one bought one from bazaar via the parcel system for use for a friend or another account?
  17. Rainbowdash Augur

    Best. Patch. In the history. Of EQ patches..... <3
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  18. Neodraykl Elder

    It works exactly the same as before. The mechanic isn't changing. When you get a Krono via parcel, it gets credited to your account. This is not the same as being consumed. You receive a "phantom Krono" or "receipt" in your mailbox, but the actual krono has already been linked to your account. This happens as soon as it's sent. The "fix" is just the addition of text explaining that.
  19. Yinla Ye Ol' Dragon

    This the bird baths ?

    If so can we keep the ones we purchased for the Guild Halls?
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  20. Coruth Augur

    Are these two related? Otherwise random curiosity I cant see why the 2nd one.