Test Update 12/06/2013

Beaming hate, swarming involves tanking the mobs and has a high risk of failure. Amassing 95 mobs in POS and beaming them down in 30 seconds while they're lagged out has an incredibly low risk of failure.

Having NPCs summon is not the best solution but it is a remedy to a wound that's been festering a bit too long.

Mages were very adamant that they did not want their beam nerfed as a consequence of heavy-abuse...well, here you have it --- their beam was not nerfed, kiting was instead.

Also greatly affects Enchanter (reverse) charm soloing, and not in a good way. Again, a blanket change that was (likely) targeted to inhibit the abilities of one particular class but affects way more. At least this way no one class can say they were nerfed!

ps. Still WTB Geomantra vs. Enchanter spell shield stacking fix (Aegis/Legion of DD spell dmg).

The anti-beam-kite change is an overkill that ruins all kiting, not just beam. To counter the beam kiting, it was enough to make only 1 type summon per zone. Ruining CoB looks especially bad, since Braxi and Selyrah are the two most common species there.

What a terrible way to 'solve' an issue.

Many of these quests were problematic for years. Better late than never, I guess.

Another long overdue thing. I have never never never understood how anyone at SOE could think making items NO STORE makes any sense at all. Someone there was hungover after drinking all weekend and everyone else afraid to overrule them?

I'm going to guess that it goes in the first open slot in your spellbook?

Good. I always get annoyed when the tank would overwrite my Myrmidon's buff and then I have to recast it constantly.

Sigh. It was high on my list to get as a nice buff. Now it is still useful but it becomes another thing that either I have to have yet another button on my screen so I know when it is available or I guess I can go get a 10 minute sand hourglass timer on my desk?

Kind of late on many of them, but thanks. It's good to fix any "bad" quest, no matter how old. Kudos to you for not listening to the "It's so old, why bother?" crowd.

/approve

Not sure of the logic on this one. So kiters were overpowered vs other things (or are you going to nerf those next?)???. I'm not going to mention the other overpowered ways other classes get xp since going there is non productive. I'm just wondering if this was really necessary. I don't kite so it doesn't affect me personally. Still, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

When I first found out the effectiveness of Preincarnation 2 when it was first created, I was sure it was a mistake, as you actually gave druids something really nice (shaman had to get it also, since they are the fair-haired children at SOE). After all this time, I thought maybe someone at SOE had decided we deserved something nice. Now I see that I should have known better. Sigh.

Not sure of the reason for this one other than to kill us more. Wasn't lowering the effectiveness from 60 percent to 40 percent enough to get us killed?

I suppose I should be happy it wasn't reduced to 10%.

Thanks. This one is nice.

Pretty sure you did this last month...

Thank you. Can you do this for raid invites and rezzes as well?

I've always been able to apply poison from inside a bag, ever since they let you click things from inside bags (what's that been, a year now?).

Very nice "minor" thing that was needed.


So, mostly a nice patch with a few issues. Glad you guys are working on fixing stuff .

Ouch, sorry Wiz+Dru and whoever else that kites without ruining play for others.

Still awaiting summon resist AAs.

50% chance for each time you're summon for the mob to fail. 100% chance if the mob is 20 levels below you.

Yes, please!

This is fine... IF you bump up the heal percentage quite a bit. Otherwise makes this item pretty damn 'meh'

Mage beam let it be something a few do. Sk swarming is ok ?
Ppl need to cry about something, next will be ? How many ppl are doing someting in Evantil anways, really.
This is old SOE thinking, better nerf then contribute something else.

All these summoning changes are just kill off all forms of kiting, not just the mages' beam kite. I guess only SK's swamping kiting is the only one left?

zerk decap would still work also. even better now that rangers cant efficiently HS ferrott. when is the patch thats putting this live?

Only good thing about this is I'll be able to full speed kite gorals and kangon in SL with no lag to get me killed!

Thats it I'm voting for DE rangers all the way now!

/sigh
Druids finally got a bone thrown to them, and now its being taken away. What's next, nerfing our movement buffs back to where they can only be cast in the outdoors (besides shrew)? There are plenty of other "improvements" that could have been done.

Lovely changes for kiting classes. Merry christmas everyone. Guess its time to level up that sk now.

Next week it is Dwarf SK voting time!

What's the new quest arc for T5 Mercs now ? And does it affect players who already have it?

Its the same as it was before.........they have just nerfed the quests......just like everything else in this quest.

Explain?

J5 merc quests are at the bottom in red

- Many changes were made to the Seeds of Destruction tasks that unlock journeyman mercenaries:
-- Man the Defenses - Lowered the respawn time on Magus Wentior to 5 minutes.
-- Stop the Contamination - Lowered the required number of players to 1.
-- Stop the Contamination - All guards and villagers are now player-friendly. They can be healed but not injured by players.
-- Stop the Contamination - A new wave of enemies will spawn shortly after the current wave has been defeated, or after some time has passed.
-- Stop the Contamination - A warning is now displayed when supplies are being poisoned.
-- A Dread Challenger - Lowered the required number of players to 1.
-- A Dread Challenger - All guards and villagers are now player-friendly. They can be healed but not injured by players.
-- A Dread Challenger - Guards and villagers now shout for help when they are being attacked.
-- Freedom! - Lowered the aggro and assist ranges on slavers.
-- Freedom! - Grohlok no longer regenerates while idle. He will regain full HP if the event resets, though.
-- Beat the Blackburrow Boss - A single Blackburrow Runestone can now lower the barrier.
-- Beat the Blackburrow Boss - Raxtor Darkpaw only requires one Blackburrow Runestone at the end of the quest.
-- Beat the Blackburrow Boss - Clan Chief Vel`tix will HP lock at 10 percent to prevent accidental death.
-- Invading the Invaders - Lowered the number of enraged gnolls required to 12.
-- Invading the Invaders - Lowered the number of insignias required to 2.
-- Summary Execution - Lowered the number of Wrext Mal elites required to 3.
-- Summary Execution - Lowered the number of Blackburrow gnolls required to 10.
-- Send the Message - Lowered the number of Blackburrow gnolls required to 10.
-- Rain of Ruin - It is now easier to get the update for exploring the Dragonheart Regiment camp.
-- Rain of Ruin - Reduced the number of axes required to 4.
-- Rain of Ruin - Weapon racks now contain 2 axes.
-- Rain of Ruin - Lowered the respawn time on weapon racks to 2 minutes.
-- Rain of Ruin - All weapon racks are now located in the Dragonheart Regiment camp or the nearby camp to the northwest.
-- Rain of Ruin - For step 11, Pyrrdan now gives your entire group the quest update when hailing him.
-- Rain of Ruin - You can no longer spawn multiple groups of ambushers when hailing Pyrrdan.
-- Rain of Ruin - Pyrrdan is now player-friendly. He can be healed but not injured by players.
-- Rain of Ruin - If Pyrrdan is killed by ambushers, and you speak to him to spawn more ambushers, they now will only spawn once instead of repeatedly.
-- Rain of Ruin - The ambushers' HP and damage have been lowered slightly.
-- Rain of Ruin - Reduced the number of supply chests required to 5.
-- Destroy the Impostor - Fixed the quest summary so the correct descriptions are given for the current step.
-- Safe Passage - Lowered the required number of players to 1.
-- Safe Passage - Refugees and guards are now player-friendly. They can be healed but not injured by players.
-- Safe Passage - Animals empowered by the Obliteration summoners are no longer aggressive toward players.
-- Safe Passage - The quest will update correctly when Colonel Thalan reaches the passage to Bloody Kithicor.
-- Safe Passage - Refugees and guards move 50 percent faster.
-- Safe Passage - The Obliteration ambushers' HP and damage have been lowered slightly.
-- Safe Passage - Refugees and guards now shout for help when they are being attacked.
-- Safe Passage - Removed the camp of Obliteration summoners through which the refugees were travelling.
-- Safe Passage - Refugees now walk single file to hide their numbers.
-- Safe Passage - The mission now ends at the passage to Bloody Kithicor. A relief column from the Army of Light will escort the refugees the rest of the way.
-- Safe Passage - Colonel Thalan will send you back to Firiona Vie if you tell him you want to [return].
-- Bitter Victuals - Lowered the required number of players to 1.
-- Bitter Victuals - The great black spiders now spawn near the Commonlands tunnel instead of on the other side of the zone.
-- Bitter Victuals - Removed the Obliteration Army NPCs from the Murkwater camp.
-- Bitter Victuals - Selkith Wyndvale will send you back to Firiona Vie if you tell him you want to [return].
-- Vengeance and Deliverance - The Obliteration agents' HP and damage have been lowered slightly.
-- A Sebilisian messenger - This NPC now drops both of the sealed messages which start a quest. These are now the only items this NPC drops.
-- Lost and Found - Each dragonslayer will drop 2 Darkblade Longswords.
-- Lost and Found - Dragonslayers no longer camp your corpse if they kill you.
-- Lost and Found - Dragonslayers will despawn after 15 minutes.
-- Parley with Ganak - Increased the drop rate of blood and bones to 100 percent.
-- Parley with Ganak - Removed and repositioned NPCs in the throne room and chapel to make pulling easier.
-- Parley with Ganak - The Royal guards' HP and damage have been lowered slightly.
-- Food Supplies - Increased carcass drop rates to 100 percent.
-- Food Supplies - Increased the weight of the Chokidai Carcass to 8.
-- Food Supplies - Reduced the total weight of meat required to 40.
-- Sarnak Recovery - All - Lowered the respawn time of Sebilisian trackers to 5 minutes.
-- Sarnak Recovery - All - Lowered the respawn time of escaped sarnaks to 5 minutes.
-- Sarnak Recovery - All - The escaped sarnaks' HP locks at 10 percent to prevent accidental death. They can be killed if they refuse to surrender or no one is on the quest.
-- Sarnak Recovery - All - Increased the chance for escaped sarnaks to confess to 50 percent.
-- Sarnak Recovery - All - Escaped sarnaks will now give quest updates even if the tank fighting them is a pet or mercenary.
-- Sarnak Recovery - Kurn's Tower - Patrol leaders will now give quest updates even if the tank fighting them is a pet or mercenary.
-- Raising Cabilis - The bonetroopers guarding the crypt have been spread out so they are easier to pull.
-- Audience with the Warmaster - Thinned out the population on the top two floors.
-- The Brood of an Emperor - Thinned out the population in the egg chambers.
-- The Brood of an Emperor - The rear guard juggernauts' HP and damage have been lowered slightly.
-- The Brood of an Emperor - Guard Captain Teszk's HP has been lowered.
-- The Price of Knowledge - The corrupt scholars are now HP locked at 10 percent to prevent accidental death. They will unlock their HP after emoting that they are weak.
-- The Price of Knowledge - A successful mind reading will take no more than 4 attempts.
-- The Price of Knowledge - Coercer Gordak will now spawn even if the last beguiler is killed too fast.
-- The Price of Knowledge - Prismatic Radiance now has a 1 tick duration.
-- An Impenetrable Shield - Joralus the Relentless's HP and damage have been lowered slightly.
-- An Impenetrable Shield - Nalasztya Voxenak, Zoffler the Drakeslayer, Sheleszka Voxenak, and Joralus the Relentless no longer aggro players in strange ways. They now see through invis, and they aggro normally.
-- Korascian Warrens - Zone - Removed a significant amount of the zone population, as it was overly dense. Aggro and assist ranges are lower as well.
-- Find Your Allies - Lowered the respawn time on the ground spawn items.
-- Disrupt the Siege - The quest now refers to "catapult operators" instead of "catapult tenders."
-- Disrupt the Siege - Lowered the number of shocktroopers required to 2
-- Disrupt the Siege - Lowered the number of marauders required to 3.
-- Disrupt the Siege - Lowered the number of scouts required to 3.
-- Champions No More - Lowered the number of Rallosians required to 10.
-- Whom Frogs Destroy - Lowered the respawn time on thralls.
-- Whom Frogs Destroy - Hailing thralls will no longer aggro any nearby creatures.
-- Whom Frogs Destroy - Killing aggro thralls will now also grant an update.
-- Murdunk's Last Stand - Lowered the number of reinforcements required to 25.
-- Murdunk's Last Stand - Once you complete the mission, reinforcements stop spawning.

The only changes I see are making so it is easier to do them with less people and less headache. The quests otherwise don't appear changed.