Test Update Notes: Tuesday, November 27, 2012

This update should occur around 4pm PST.


GENERAL
Fixed a bug where adventure and tradeskill level 91 to 95 guild events were not showing in the guild event filters.
Added chat channels for level 90 to 95.


MERCENARIES
Looted mercenary tokens found in dungeons across Chains of Eternity should now have a more detailed descriptor on their looted items that tells class and where the mercenary can be hired from once the token is consumed.


ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT
Bruiser
Battering Onslaught now inflicts the right number of hits based on the amount of increments of Pulverize on the target.

Monk
Fluid Combination now inflicts the right number of hits based on the amount of increments of Waveform on the target.


POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION
General
The drop rates on the spirits needed to purchase from Drinal's Steward have been increased.

Harrow’s End [Raid]
Drinal will no longer activate his lift until he is brought to 50% health.
Drinal should no longer attempt to fight you while the lift is moving.
Drinal will now cast lesser version of his curse “Power Over Death” in 1 or 2 soulwell versions.
Oligar will now reattempt to fortify his defenses if either the white or blue golems are defeated.
Drinal will now drop his trophy in all versions of the encounter.

Harrow’s End [Heroic]
Drinal will no longer activate his lift until he is brought to 50% health.
Drinal should no longer attempt to fight you while the lift is moving.
Drinal should now correctly echo his joust text to chat.
Gehein adds spawned during the Drinal encounter will now despawn when Drinal is defeated.

Wurmbone’s End
Portal that spawns after the All-Tender has been defeated should correctly port you to the zone entrance.

Throne of Fear [Solo]
Portal that spawns after Baelon has been defeated should correctly port you to the zone entrance.

Throne of Fear
Portal that spawns after Baelon has been defeated should correctly port you to the zone entrance.

Altar of Abhorrence [Raid]
Pharinich should now echo his joust text to chat.
The Enraged Imp should now properly monitor DPS.
Sarinich's On the Edge curse should now properly damage players.


TRADESKILLS
Material returns from crafting will now go back into the Supply Depot if they came from one.
Quantity Crafting - Should no longer say you have invalid components because the recipe is trying to use the same stack twice.
Experimental effects and mod boosts should now show up correctly when viewed as a text link.
Using ctrl+left-click on the item icon in Examine windows should now work for items that have been experimented on.
New Trichromatic Adornment removers have been added! These will remove yellow, red, and green adornments. Visit Fizza Cogsworth in the Steamfont Mountains for these new recipes!
The adornment remover icons have been updated.


ITEMS
Shift+left-clicking on a green adornment should now properly create an item link in the chat window.
Improved error messaging when attempting to use an adornment dislodger on an equipped item.
The Prime Fortified Soul Trap now gives more max HP %.
The Refined and Prime Arcanic Soul Traps now give more ability mod.
The stats on the Refined Consecrated Soul Trap have been rebalanced.
Ancient Hood of the Shiverback King is now wearable by all mages.
Ancient Barbute of the Shiverback King is now wearable by all plate tanks.
Bow of Primal Velium Hues is now actually a bow and requires arrows.