Update Bugs 11/19/14

Degmar is a TINY zone.
In EQ there are PLENTY of zones with larger agro radii. Plenty.
I will keep watching.

The agro is dredge is a little crazy in places. Depending on where you are its fine. The mobs tend to like to assist through things that shouldnt be, like below you or through walls.... The agro radius was to small before, but i think it went a little to high with where some mob placement is.


And a side note....
I dont know if an emphasis on the word Tiny is the way to go on a Full expansion.... I wonder what you consider Brother's island to be lol!

At least the z-axis stuff she mentioned should be fixed. Nothing like a pather a floor below you running up to greet you.

We shoudn't have to set up a watcher outside the building to let us know when the mob is pathing below us.

Ngreth, I (and I am confident I can speak for the majority of people in EQ, even those that do not utilize the forums) love the fact that you're proactively involved in tuning aspects of EQ in which you are responsible.
It's nice to see someone not only be able to devote time to forums, have open discussions about issues as well. Not only is it obvious you enjoy your job, it shows that you love EverQuest too!

On another note, there is an issue with the end result of a Focus Effect with the new Cultural gear. It's currently capped at level 100, which unfortunately defeats the purpose of choosing such a focus effect.

The specifically referenced item is Raid Elder Leather Chest Seal of the Oracle ( here ) , yet the bug applies to all "Raid Elder {ArmorType} {Slot} Seal of the Oracle."

The focus effect on the above referenced item is:

Code:

[33715] Spell Range 25 lvl100 (Oracle's Reach on TDS Raid Cultural, Fearlinked Oracle's Reach on RoF Raid Cultural)
Target: Self
Resist: Beneficial, Blockable: Yes
Casting: 0s
Duration: 03:15:00 (1950 ticks), Extendable: Yes, Dispelable: Yes
1: Increase Spell Range by 29%
2: Limit Max Level: 100 (lose 5% per level)
3: Limit Combat Skills: Exclude 

Ngreth, thank you for your time, and I would sincerely appreciate if you could pass this along to whomever can rectify the issue.

Creating a "hidden formula" aka a workaround formula to use a base value in a specific way to get around code in certain situations is a pretty ridiculous argument for telling people we shouldn't trust parsers, when parsers are 99.9% correct if the parser is good, like the eqresource one is.

And people aren't guessing about most of this stuff:


SPA List

AFFECTNUMBER AFFECTNAME
0 HP
1 AC
2 Attack Power
3 Movement Rate
4 STR
5 DEX
6 AGI
7 STA
8 INT
9 WIS
10 CHA
11 Melee Speed
12 Invis
13 See Invis
14 Enduring Breath
15 Mana
16 NPC-Frenzy
17 NPC-Awareness
18 NPC Aggro
19 NPC Faction
20 Blindness
21 Stun
22 Charm
23 Fear
24 Fatigue
25 Bind Affinity
26 Gate
27 Dispel Magic
28 Invis Vs Undead
29 Invis Vs Animals
30 NPC-ReactRange
31 Enthrall (Mez)
32 Create Item
33 Spawn NPC
34 Confuse
35 Disease
36 Poison
37 DetectHostile
38 DetectMagic
39 DetectPoison
40 Invulnerability
41 Banish
42 Shadow Step
43 Berserk
44 Lycanthropy
45 Vampirism
46 Resist Fire
47 Resist Cold
48 Resist Poison
49 Resist Disease
50 Resist Magic
51 Detect Traps
52 Detect Undead
53 Detect Summoned
54 Detect Animals
55 Stoneskin
56 True North
57 Levitation
58 Change Form
59 Reflect Damage
60 TransferItem
61 Identify
62 Item ID
63 NPC-WipeHatelist
64 Spin Stun
65 Infravision
66 Ultravision
67 NPC-POV
68 Reclaim Energy
69 Max HP
70 CorpseBomb
71 Create Undead
72 PreserveCorpse
73 TargetsView
74 FeignDeath
75 Ventriloquism
76 Sentinel
77 LocateCorpse
78 SpellShield
79 InstantHP
80 Enchant:Light
81 Resurrect
82 SummonPlayer
83 Portal
84 Hp-NPC-ONLY
85 ContactAbility
86 NPC-Help-Radius
87 Telescope
88 CombatPortal
89 Height
90 IgnorePet
91 SummonCorpse
92 Instant Hate
93 WeatherControl
94 Fragile
95 Sacrifice
96 Silence
97 Max Mana
98 Bard Haste
99 Root
100 DOT Heals
101 Complete Heal
102 Pet No Fear
103 Summon Pet
104 Translocate
105 Anti-Gate
106 BeastLordPet
107 AlterNPCLevel
108 Familiar
109 CreateItemInBag
110 IncreaseArchery
111 Resistances
112 SetCastingLevel
113 SummonMount
114 Modify Hate
115 Cornucopia
116 Curse
117 HitMagic
118 Amplification
119 BardHaste2
120 HealMod
121 IronMaiden
122 ReduceSkill
123 Immunity
124 Fc_Damage_%
125 Fc_HealMod
126 Fc_ResistMod
127 Fc_CastTimeMod
128 Fc_DurationMod
129 Fc_RangeMod
130 Fc_HateMod
131 Fc_ReagentMod
132 Fc_ManaMod
133 Fc_StunTimeMod
134 Ff_LevelMax
135 Ff_ResistType
136 Ff_TargetType
137 Ff_WhichSPA
138 Ff_Beneficial
139 Ff_WhichSpellID
140 Ff_DurationMin
141 Ff_InstantOnly
142 Ff_LevelMin
143 Ff_CastTimeMin
144 Ff_CastTimeMax
145 NPC Warder Banish
146 ResistElectricity
147 Percent Heal
148 StackingBlocker
149 StripVirtualSlot
150 DeathPact
151 PocketPet
152 PetSwarm
153 DamageBalance
154 Cancel Negative
155 PoP Resurrect
156 Mirror
157 Feedback
158 Reflect
159 Mod all Stats
160 Sobriety
161 Spell Guard
162 Melee Guard
163 Absorb Hit
164 Object - Sense Trap
165 Object - Disarm Trap
166 Object - Picklock
167 Fc_Pet
168 Defensive
169 Critical Melee
170 Critical spell
171 Crippling Blow
172 Evasion
173 Riposte
174 Dodge
175 Parry
176 Dual Wield
177 Double Attack
178 Melee Lifetap
179 Puretone
180 Sanctification
181 Fearless
182 Hundred Hands
183 Skill Increase Chance
184 Accuracy %
185 Skill Damage Mod
186 Min Damage Done Mod
187 Mana Balance
188 Block
189 Endurance
190 Max Endurance
191 Amnesia
192 Hate
193 Skill Attack
194 Fade
195 Stun Resist
196 Strikethrough
197 Skill Damage Taken
198 Instant Endurance
199 Taunt
200 Proc Chance
201 Ranged Proc
202 IllusionOther
203 MassBuff
204 Group Fear Immunity
205 Rampage
206 AETaunt
207 Flesh to Bone
208 Purge Poison
209 Cancel Beneficial
210 PetShield
211 AEMelee
212 Frenzied Devastation
213 Pet % HP
214 HP Max Percent
215 Pet Avoidance
216 AccuracyAmt
217 Headshot
218 Pet Crit Melee
219 SlayUndead
220 Skill Damage Amt
221 ReduceWeight
222 BlockBehind
223 Double Riposte
224 AddRiposte
225 GiveDblAtk
226 2hbash
227 ReduceSkillTimer
228 ReduceFallDmg
229 CastThroughStun
230 IncreaseShieldDist
231 StunBashChance
232 DivineSave
233 Metabolism
234 Poison Mastery
235 FocusChannelling
236 Free Pet
237 PetAffinity
238 PermanentIllusion
239 Stonewall
240 String Unbreakable
241 ImproveReclaimEnergy
242 IncreaseChanceMemwipe
243 NoBreakCharmChance
244 RootBreakChance
245 TrapCircumvention
246 Lung Capacity
247 IncreaseSkillCap
248 ExtraSpecialization
249 OffhandMin
250 SpellProcChance
251 EndlessQuiver
252 BackstabFront
253 ChaoticStab
254 NoSpell
255 Shielding Duration Mod
256 ShroudOfStealth
257 GivePetHold
258 TripleBackstab
259 ACLimitMod
260 AddInstrumentMod
261 SongModCap
262 StatsCap
263 TradeskillMasteries
264 ReduceAATimer
265 NoFizzle
266 AddExtraAttackChance (2h)
267 AddPetCommands
268 AlcFailRate
269 BandagePercLimit
270 BardSongRange
271 BaseRunMod
272 CastingLevel
273 Critical DoT
274 CriticalHeal
275 CriticalMend
276 DualWieldAmt
277 ExtraDIChance
278 FinishingBlow
279 FlurryChance
280 PetFlurryChance
281 GivePetFeign
282 IncreaseBandageAmt
283 SpecialAttackChain
284 LoHSetHeal
285 NoMoveCheckSneak
286 Fc_Damage_Amt
287 Fc_DurationMod (static)
288 AddProcHit
289 Doom Effect
290 IncreaseMovementCap
291 Purify
292 Strikethrough2
293 StunResist2
294 SpellCritChance
295 ReduceTimerSpecial
296 Fc_Damage_%_Incoming
297 Fc_Damage_Amt_Incoming
298 Height (Small)
299 Wake the Dead
300 Doppelganger
301 Increase Range Damage
302 Fc_Damage_%_Crit
303 Fc_Damage_Amt_Crit
304 Secondary Riposte Mod
305 Mitigate Damage Shield
306 Wake The Dead 2
307 Appraisal
308 Zone Suspend Minion
309 Gate Caster's Bindpoint
310 Fc_ReuseTimer
311 Ff_CombatSkill
312 Observer
313 Forage Master
314 Improved Invis
315 Improved Invis Undead
316 Improved Invis Animals
317 Worn Regen Cap
318 Worn Mana Cap
319 Critical HP Regen
320 Shield Block Chance
321 Reduce Target Hate
322 Gate Starting City
323 Defensive Proc
324 HP for Mana
325 No Break AE Sneak
326 Spell Slots
327 Buff Slots
328 Negative HP Limit
329 Mana Absorb % Damage
330 Critical Melee Damage Mod
331 Alchemy Item Recovery
332 Summon to Corpse
333 Doom Rune Effect
334 HP No Move
335 Fc_Immunity_Focus
336 Illusionary Target
337 Increase Exp %
338 Expedient Recovery
339 Fc_CastProc
340 Chance Spell
341 Worn Attack Cap
342 No Panic
343 Spell Interrupt
344 Item Channeling
345 Assassinate Max
346 Headshot Max
347 Double Ranged Attack
348 Ff_Mana_Min
349 Increase Damage With Shield
350 Manaburn
351 Spawn Interactive Object
352 Increase Trap Count
353 Increase SOI Count
354 Deactivate All Traps
355 Learn Trap
356 Change Trigger Type
357 Fc_Mute
358 Instant Mana
359 Passive Sense Trap
360 Proc On Kill Shot
361 Proc On Death
362 Potion Belt
363 Bandolier
364 AddTripleAttackChance
365 Proc On Spell Kill Shot
366 Group Shielding
367 Modify Body Type
368 Modify Faction
369 Corruption
370 ResistCorruption
371 Slow
372 Grant Foraging
373 Doom Always
374 Trigger Spell
375 Critical DoT Damage Mod
376 Fling
377 Doom Entity
378 Resist Other SPA
379 Directional Shadowstep
380 Knockback Explosive
381 Fling to Self
382 Suppression
383 Fc_CastProcNormalized
384 Fling to Target
385 Ff_WhichSpellGroup
386 Doom Dispeller
387 Doom Dispellee
388 Summon All Corpses
389 Fc_Timer_Refresh
390 Fc_Timer_Lockout
391 Ff_Mana_Max
392 Fc_Heal_Amt
393 Fc_Heal_%_Incoming
394 Fc_Heal_Amt_Incoming
395 Fc_Heal_%_Crit
396 Fc_Heal_Amt_Crit
397 Pet_Amt_Mitigation
398 Fc_Swarm_Pet_Duration
399 Fc_Twincast
400 Healburn
401 Mana Ignite
402 Endurance Ignite
403 Ff_SpellClass
404 Ff_SpellSubclass
405 Staff Block Chance
406 Doom Limit Use
407 Doom Focus Used
408 Limit HP
409 Limit Mana
410 Limit Endurance
411 Ff_ClassPlayer
412 Ff_Race
413 Fc_BaseEffects
414 Ff_CastingSkill
415 Ff_ItemClass
416 AC_2
417 Mana_2
418 Increased_Skill_Damage_2
419 Contact_Ability_2
420 Fc_Limit_Use
421 Fc_Limit_Use_Amt
422 Ff_Limit_Use_Min
423 Ff_Limit_Use_Type
424 Gravitate
425 Fly
426 AddExtTargetSlots
427 Skill_Proc
428 Skill_Proc_Modifier
429 Skill_Proc_Success
430 PostEffect
431 PostEffectData
432 ExpandMaxActiveTrophyBenefits
433 CriticalDotDecay
434 CriticalHealDecay
435 CriticalRegenDecay
436 Beneficial Countdown Hold
437 Teleport to Anchor
438 Translocate to Anchor
439 Assassinate
440 FinishingBlowMax
441 Distance Removal
442 Doom Req Target
443 Doom Req Caster
444 Improved Taunt
445 Add Merc Slot
446 A_Stacker
447 B_Stacker
448 C_Stacker
449 D_Stacker
450 DoT Guard
451 Melee Threshold Guard
452 Spell Threshold Guard
453 Doom Melee Threshold
454 Doom Spell Threshold
455 Add Hate %
456 Add Hate Over Time %
457 Resource Tap
458 Faction Mod %
459 - "Skill Damage Mod 2" - Copy of 185 to deal with stacking conflicts.
460 - Ff_Override_NotFocusable - Allow this focus effect to apply to spells that are otherwise exempt from spell focuses.

We don't have pure transparency on what these values do, but we're pretty good at figuring them out for the most part.

The achievement "Friends Don't Let Friends Die" in the Arx Mentis raid #3 "Principal Vicarum Nomia" does not work. The condition for it is to keep Galeth alive through the event. We've done that twice now and still didn't get that achievement.

And please take another look at the reset script which is probably shared by all Arx Mentis raids. The reports of various guilds getting awarded the win/chest/key/currency after they wipe keep coming in. So far it has happened to different guilds in events 1, 2 and 3 (and it will probably happen in event 4 too when more guilds get there).

In case anyone forgot here is the usual friendly reminder that Geomantra is still overwriting Enchanter spellshield at every level (including the new Lv. 104 spell Legion of Lucem). Geomantra of any level (/wave GoD expansion) will drop, or flat out block, DD spell shield. Going on 10 years strong now

Thanks!

Castle Relic HA in Degmar.
I completed this HA as I was helping a friend and flagging my alt. They didn't have faction done to be able to zone in.
On completion they both got the green text popup success box as well as a lock out timer.

The "achievement" was not ticked and they could not request the next progression task.

I tried holding open the HA with an alt still in the instance, and then proceeded to do the 2x faction tasks. The instant closed out after about 15mins.
We did the faction tasks but obviously still had about 2hours left of the lockout.

Solution :
Make it more obvious that the 2x faction tasks are *required* to be done (the only other way is via killing npcs and you'd have to kill about 250 for 1 faction task - which probably is not realistic).
Alternatively if the 2 faction tasks are *optional* then maybe tie them to zoning into the mission instead of the HA. The mission step will update even if you are not in the zone.

Did they confirm that the achievement not being ticked wasn't a case of the display bugging? Many times you have to link the achievement in text and click it to make sure something updated as it should.

It's been bugged in game but I'm pretty sure collection items for "Our Fading History" in Thuliasaur Island are spawning under the world or some are just not respawning at all.

HAs in TDS do not give credit or currency to players that don't zone in. No currency I can understand easily, but the Degmar HA is required for progression and with that little faction wall, it just sucks.

It's also like the only HA I can possibly think of that can't be done solo/molo (maybe a couple Neriak ones too), because those quest named require heavy tanking/dps/healing to get by. Even more frustrating is the collectibles... I can't just do it myself, I have to take a group and any one of those people will find and instantly click their shiny like greedy little grinches. It's like this HA should be really rebranded as a mission.

The collectibles that spawn as ground items in TDS heroic adventures can also drop from the mobs within the HA (including before the step that spawns the ground items).

Seems that after each patch, the bug with /target playerX is coming back each time.

Can be anyplace in zone and then use /target X

On a PvP server, thats BAD!

The shaman AA's "Wind of Pathosis" and "Paralytic Spore 3" (probably other ranks as well) are currently sharing a timer but they should be separate.

Also "Wind of Pathosis" is currently a PBAE spell. If it is supposed to function like Wind of Malosinete then it should be a targeted AE instead. Having it targeted would be more useful than a PBAE I think.

I have forwarded this to The Tradeskill dev and the Items dev.
UPDATE: I see a release note that this has been addressed and will be in the next patch.

Not even the formula I am speaking about. But it is up to you on if you trust them or not. They are still bound to give incorrect information in some cases. I am not telling you not to use them, all I am telling you is that they give you incomplete information, and just because something looks bad in a parser does NOT mean it is actually bad. Certainly the information quoted from parsers on the Physical Resist issue was absolutely NOT the issue.

I am not saying that the parsers are engineered badly. I am not trying to disparage the creators of the parsers or the work they have done. I am saying that some of it is based on supposition or data given by developers from time to time, and is not 100% reliable.

I am not even saying that the stuff "figured out" is necessarily wrong. But, unless confirmed by a developer, it is still just a data driven guess, with reasonable confirmation due to in game experience and parsing. In many cases it is correct supposition. In all cases it is not.

I will forward the information about that achievement. There has been another look into the reset script which was hotfixed in 11/20. Were the reports AFTER that date (and reasonably confirmed)

This has been confirmed, and should be fixed in the next full patch.

As a druid with the Nature's Bounty AA, I can forage up to 4 items at a time on Thuliasaur Island, even if the AA should restrict foraging to 2 at a time.