Patch Notes, March 9th 2010

[Rogean]

There is a new spells file resulting from this patch. Please retrieve it from the setup guide.

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Rogean: More Faction War Fixes. Hopefully fixed now, but let me know if not.
Rogean: <del>Attempting to enter the server while previously being disconnected during zoning will allow you to enter, and will kick off the zoning character, instead of receiving 1018.</del>Upcoming.
Rogean/Haynar: You will no longer be attacked by a previously charmed mob while feigned.
Haynar: Adjusted Necromancer Charm to not be charisma based.
Haynar: Gating to same zone, will now have pet wander to owner properly.
Haynar: /pet get lost command (or button) will no longer dismiss charmed pets.
Haynar: Fixed a targeting issue, that required retargeting of mob after charming.
Haynar: Spell Worn Off messages should now be properly filtered in chat windows.
Haynar: Fixed Alliance line of spells functionality.
Haynar: Bind Sight spells will no longer cause aggro.
Haynar: Removed the variable duration invisibility component from bard song based invisibility.
Haynar: Rewrote random invis breaks. Now it will update client properly so spell icon flashes when fading. It shouldn't affect fixed duration invis, or bard song invis. This is a more elegant fix to previous invis changes.
Haynar: Slam damage for non-bash classes should now be one, even if shield is equipped.
Haynar: Bard casting bars should now reset when interrupted.

Content

Nilbog: Removed Ogre and Troll from usable races for Hero Bracers.
Nilbog: Nightmare Hide is now instant cast
Nilbog: Spawn time for goblins in High Hold Keep reduced to 12.5 minutes.
Nilbog: Guard Gonin and Guard Kyte will now give +EbonMask faction.
Nilbog: Orc scalps removed from oracles and apprentices
Nilbog: random orcs had faction issues. orcs in commons/ecommons/misty thicket now all follow deathfist faction.
Nilbog: orcs in hhp/kithicor now all follow shralock orcs faction.
Nilbog: Box of Abu-Kar has ceased to drop. Enjoy the ones in existence.
Nilbog: Marfen Binkdurple has arrived in Solusek's Eye and will sell Bag of the Tinkerers.
Nilbog: Rubicite has ceased to drop. It has been replaced with Ravenscale.
Nilbog: Guise of the Deceiver has ceased to drop. It has been replaced with Mask of Deception.
Nilbog: Manastone has ceased to drop. The evil eye will drop the bag commonly. It no longer has a rare drop.
Nilbog: Scimitar of the Mistwalker has ceased to drop.
Nilbog: Plague Shark will have no faction and proc nullify magic.
Nilbog: Killer Sharks will be kos and proc nullify magic.
Nilbog: Loathling Lich can now drop wand of conflagaration
Nilbog: Haunted Chests will now dispell you.
Nilbog: Removed Fire Opals from vendor lists.
Aeolwind: Shifted Tarn Visilin back to Beta Neutral faction
Aeolwind: Fixed Safespot in Najena
Aeolwind: Fixed Tomer Instogle
Aeolwind: Tweaked Wolten Grafe
Aeolwind: Tweaked Bilge, she should spawn reliably once again
Aeolwind: Manastone will no longer work outside the 3 main continents. Its usage has been blocked in POHate, POFear, & POSky and will be blocked in all future expansion zones
Aeolwind: Hasten Bootstrutter has appeared in Rathe Mountains. He has a love of GOLD! He hates platinum, silver and copper so much he'll leave you wanting....
Aeolwind: Increased the number of SG's that can appear in South Ro
Aeolwind: Tweaked Genni, she now hates platinum too.
Aeolwind: An Ancient Cyclops has been spotted in various places around Norrath.
Wenai: Cryssia Stardreamer will now properly award the Lambent Helm.
Wenai: Spell: Summoning: Earth will now be trivial at 60 instead of 255.
DOACleric: Dry Bones Skeletons should be slightly less deadly (note: cast spells less often)
DOACleric: Tentacle Terrors now proc at a more reasonable rate
DOACleric: Wooly Spiderlings in Everfrost should now drop silks more often
DOACleric: Elementals in Solusek A now have a damage shield
DOACleric: Goblins and mobs in general will now be more fire resistant in Solusek A
DOACleric: Efreeti Lord Djarn is now a wizard as he should be
DOACleric: A Grubby Rogue will no longer spawn in Freeport
DOACleric: Andad Filla will not spawn until epics go live
DOACleric: The skiff in Halas should not longer be underwater. Barbarians rejoyce!
DOACleric: Assistant Jeyular will no longer spawn
DOACleric: Rowboats in OOT should no longer spawn underwater
DOACleric: Guardian of K`Arnon is now a Paladin
DOACleric: Guardian of K`Arnon face fixed
DOACleric: Oracle of K`Arnon face fixed
DOACleric: The heart spiders in Guk will now drop silks inline with other large spiders of Norrath

[Spinal232]

Eagerly awaiting patch notes :3

[L2Phantom]

Great changes, glad to see malo was tweaked.

[Salty]

Rogean: More Faction War Fixes. Hopefully fixed now, but let me know if not.


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Aeolwind: Manastone will no longer work outside the 3 main continents. Its usage has been blocked in POHate, POFear, & POSky and will be blocked in all future expansion zones


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[quenyar]

Haynar: Fixed Alliance line of spells functionality.
Haynar: Bind Sight spells will no longer cause aggro.

Holy wet eyes and goosebumps, Batman :D

Quenyar Eldarian -- Enchanter of the 33rd season <"Europa">

[Rogean]

Manastone will no longer work outside the 3 main continents. Its usage has been blocked in POHate, POFear, & POSky and will be blocked in all future expansion zones

lol Salty. This might not be in yet though, he didn't make the change correctly >=|

[Tsuken]

Haynar: Spell Worn Off messages should now be properly filtered in chat windows.
Thanks Haynar, It seems to work properly now :) Both color and filter>spell>worn off*
This will make it much more enjoyable for a lot of people.

[wurmus]

Rogean/Haynar: You will no longer be attacked by a previously charmed mob while feigned.


<3


Haynar: Adjusted Necromancer Charm to not be charisma based.

So... what is it based on now?

[Brut]

Nilbog: Removed Ogre and Troll from usable races for Hero Bracers
/cry
Now those necros and mages better get off their lazy asses and camp the crap out of Granite Bracer so the price can drop to something reasonable.

[Tsuken]

Haynar: Bard casting bars should now reset when interrupted.
Is it possible to have that happen to all classes or wasn't it like that in classic? I remember interrupt resetting my cast bar, but i used to play a bard :)

[guineapig]

This is a great patch!

[guineapig]

Somebody just got killed casting alliance on an NPC in Freeport. =(

Not fixed.

[Jify]

Haynar: Bard casting bars should now reset when interrupted.

I LOVE YOU

[Haynar]

Somebody just got killed casting alliance on an NPC in Freeport. =(

Not fixed.
Moves it to "almost" fixed.

I will fix the resist issues soon as I can.

Haynar

[Simon Belmont]

lol Salty. This might not be in yet though, he didn't make the change correctly >=|

it is in. I was in hate a second ago... manastone didnt work.

[Xzerion]

Alliance and Benevolence dont get me aggro at all. Did not verify a faction change.

[Wenai]

Alliance and Benevolence dont get me aggro at all. Did not verify a faction change.
Reports are that it is on resists only. Haynar knows of the issue now (he didn't get any resists during his testing) and so hopefully he will have the final fix for it next patch. :p

[The Situation]

Probably an oversight, but no mention of jboots. Obvious reasoning is that they're removed from Najena, especially with mention of the AC - but there is no mention in the patch notes. just FYI.

[quenyar]

Probably an oversight, but no mention of jboots. Obvious reasoning is that they're removed from Najena, especially with mention of the AC - but there is no mention in the patch notes. just FYI.

Yeah, I was thinking the same...

[guineapig]

Well the price of Hero Bracers just dropped substantially!

[nilbog]

Quote:
Haynar: Bard casting bars should now reset when interrupted.
Is it possible to have that happen to all classes or wasn't it like that in classic? I remember interrupt resetting my cast bar, but i used to play a bard :)

Actually... originally on live, ducking interrupted your spell, but you also had to wait on your casting time, then the cooldown of the spell itself. You would still see the bar casting down, but when it reached the end, "your spell has been interrupted"

Example: I start casting ice comet on a desert madman.. then i duck or start to run, the casting bar would continue on. Attempting to cast while ducked or while running though would result in interrupts, the "must be standing", or "must be standing still" messages. Don't remember which.

So to answer your question, no. I think we just unnerfed bards to be as unnerfed as everyone else.

Probably an oversight, but no mention of jboots. Obvious reasoning is that they're removed from Najena, especially with mention of the AC - but there is no mention in the patch notes. just FYI.

Not an oversight. Need to make sure the quest for jboots is functioning properly and there are no unforeseen problems with it, then it will be removed as a drop.

[The Situation]

Ah I see. Good patch. :)

[Malrubius]

Incredible patch guys! A big thank you and thumbs-up as always!

Reports are that it is on resists only. Haynar knows of the issue now (he didn't get any resists during his testing) and so hopefully he will have the final fix for it next patch. :p

Not sure if I completely read this right (I've read it several times :D ) - but just to be sure - Alliance/Benevolence should be completely unresistable. There should never be a resist. So what happens when there is a resist should be irrelevant.

[Aprisle]

What setup guide?

[FatMagic]

What setup guide?

Right here --> http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=2651

And the file you need to change is in this zip --> http://www.project1999.org/files/eqchanges.zip

Cheers!

[Aprisle]

Oh thanks a lot :)

[Aeolwind]

lol Salty. This might not be in yet though, he didn't make the change correctly >=|

Err no, it's blocked. Resume rage.

[Crone]

Missed the removed items first time around, and missed them this time. Maybe in 10 years I can try to catch them then. Doh.

[guineapig]

Missed the removed items first time around, and missed them this time. Maybe in 10 years I can try to catch them then. Doh.

Same here man, just think of it as reliving your original experience. I'm just glad I got some Boxes of Abu-Kar for my alts.

[Ferok]

Missed the removed items first time around, and missed them this time. Maybe in 10 years I can try to catch them then. Doh.

Yeah, just gonna have to wait for Project 1999 2.

I always wanted a Guise of the Deceiver on live. Missed it this go around too. Bah!

[Myrkskog]

Thank god those stupid mana stones are finally out.

[redghosthunter]

WOW, one more week and i'da started camping some of the removed items /sigh

Good to see all the work

[Scrooge]

NM, found em, thanks Fatmagic! Can anyone clarify what exactly the undead charm depends on if not CHA anymore?

[Haynar]

Something missed from patch notes.

Haynar - Fixed Steal Strength proc for Dark Reaver - This requires updating spells_us.txt file on client.

Enjoy

Haynar

[LazyFuj]

I think kith was patched too?

also only saw one spawn point for an SG in SRO.

[PearlJammzz]

Is full ravenscale in game now?

[Aeolwind]

I think kith was patched too?

also only saw one spawn point for an SG in SRO.

Nothing was wrong with Kith on Test, but most likely yes, it did get reupdated.

Should be a couple. More will go in soon. I'm going through and adding some of the missing mobs to some zones. Giants, Griff's, Cyclops, undead day/night cycles, etc. Will be a slow process over serveral patches though.

Is full ravenscale in game now?

Yes.

[Origin]

Yeah, just gonna have to wait for Project 1999 2.

I always wanted a Guise of the Deceiver on live. Missed it this go around too. Bah!

There is hope yet!! SH casino!!

[Aeolwind]

There is hope yet!! SH casino!!

Shadowhaven = Luclin = Never.

[Origin]

Shadowhaven = Luclin = Never.

Sarcasm pal. <3

[Aeolwind]

Sarcasm pal. <3

Too early for sarcasm :mad: No sarcasm before noon

[Ferok]

There is hope yet!! SH casino!!

You do not seriously know how many horses I could have bought with the amount of money I sank into that god forsaken casino.

[Zordana]

You do not seriously know how many horses I could have bought with the amount of money I sank into that god forsaken casino.

so true

[guineapig]

Something missed from patch notes.

Quote:
Haynar - Fixed Steal Strength proc for Dark Reaver - This requires updating spells_us.txt file on client.
Enjoy

Haynar

Enjoy

Haynar


Where exactly is the latest version? The getting started thread was last updated on 2/4/10. Is that link the correct one still?

[Aeolwind]

Where exactly is the latest version? The getting started thread was last updated on 2/4/10. Is that link the correct one still?

The thread won't most likely update, we'll just update the file in the back ground. Link will stay the same but the file can change.

[Zithax]

Can i get confirmation that jboots are still dropping off drelzna?

edit: scratch that, just got them off her!

[Aeolwind]

Can i get confirmation that jboots are still dropping off drelzna?

edit: scratch that, just got them off her!

Left them in to ensure that Hasten was working correctly. We try to learn from mistakes occasionally lol.

[guineapig]

Can i get confirmation that jboots are still dropping off drelzna?

edit: scratch that, just got them off her!

Ah hell, how long was thatcamp open for after the last patch?
Poop

[Haynar]

Where exactly is the latest version? The getting started thread was last updated on 2/4/10. Is that link the correct one still?
The zip file was updated with the new file, I verified it before I posted that info, so it should be the correct file.

Haynar

[rtyui]

One most stupie nerf at Classic EQ was nerf Guise of the Deceiver(what balance break?
small a Ogre?and why make it live than nerf?so someone can use it for show off?)
and you guys just did same thing like SOE.
donate?<3

[Origin]

One most stupie nerf at Classic EQ was nerf Guise of the Deceiver(what balance break?
small a Ogre?and why make it live than nerf?so someone can use it for show off?)
and you guys just did same thing like SOE.
donate?<3

Roll a fucking dark elf if you want to be one so badly. Guise abusers were old back in 1999. Nothing has changed 10 years later.

BUT MAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

[atvaata]

I SENSE QQING

<- drunk fingers engaged

[Ferok]

One most stupie nerf at Classic EQ was nerf Guise of the Deceiver(what balance break?
small a Ogre?and why make it live than nerf?so someone can use it for show off?)
and you guys just did same thing like SOE.
donate?<3
If they hadn't nerfed it, there wouldn't be anything special about having one.

[Kadie]

Ah hell, how long was thatcamp open for after the last patch?
Poop

Definitely still dropping off Drelzna, for now, got some this afternoon :) Found the camp open twice too :o