Patch Notes, February 27th, 2010

[Myrkskog]

Good notes and thanks for the work. Unfortunately, every time I try to zone my game just sits there, and server select screen is coming up blank most of the time when I log in.

[Vermatrax]

Im having the same issues

[LazyFuj]

Still down? I had trouble pulling up these forums..

[zukismooth]

Originally Posted by Myrkskog [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Good notes and thanks for the work. Unfortunately, every time I try to zone my game just sits there, and server select screen is coming up blank most of the time when I log in.

Same here. It's been happening since the patch.

[siinge]

Auto Attack and FD

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/spell.html?spell=366

I can't speak for Necro or SK FD, but I know for a fact attack does not have to be turned off in order for FD to work for, at the very least, monks. As a matter of fact, I've actualy FD'd, accidently swung at a mob right after from lag, and still had agro cleared. I was no longer laying on the ground, but agro was still gone.

works almost every time to stop attacking long enough to keep FD from failing as much. sure you can FD while attacking but i've always heard that increases the failure percentage and that you should stop attacking first and then execute the FD.

ammut believes that necro charm has a different saving throw than charisma.

This is what ive come up with still doing some research:

http://www.castersrealm.com/index.ph...reation_guide/

Charisma: This affects amount you will be paid for goods by NPC merchants, and how much they will pay you. It also affects the saving throw on certain Necromancer spells (charms specifically). There is much debate over the true importance of Charisma. It seems that the truly defining element which impacts on charm durations is actually the targets Magic Resistance. Some people claim that it makes a large difference. Studies run at Casters Realm have been inconclusive, so you may choose to say "better safe than sorry" and add some points at creation. Keep in mind though that all Necromancers start with low charisma, and even adding a few bonus points will not be making much difference.

More on Charm:

the only thing what counts is LUCK and MR debuff. giving the charmed mob neg mr items helped in younger days.

there have been endless discussion about the impact of CHA on charm duration or whatever. even a dev did answer this very precisely on sony boards. the answer is: yes, there is an impact but its absolutley negligible. at least for non chanters.

Charm duration has a cha check in it. It is the same for all classes that charm whether you are a bard, enchanter, or necromancer. The higher your cha the longer your charm will last weighted against the random number generator.

[Dabamf]

Originally Posted by siinge [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is wrong. Auto attack broke monk FD at least through Velious.

[Haynar]

Originally Posted by Dabamf [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is wrong. Auto attack broke monk FD at least through Velious.

It was at least through SoL and probably through PoP too. I cannot remember when it changed specifically.

One thing that I didn't add, was if you turned on attack while FD, it would break FD, while you lay there on the ground. I can add that too, if we really want to go totally classic. But there are more important things to fix right now. I have a big melee mitigation revamp that I am trying to finish up, that frankly is working pretty damn awesome so far. Also there are charm/lull issues with Necros, amoung other things.

Haynar

[Pheer]

Wenai: Added Xenyari_Lisariel to Rathe Mountains. Fixed Kazzel_D-Leryt's quest script, meaning that Life Leech should be fully operational now.

boner imminent

[Wenai]

Originally Posted by Pheer [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Wenai: Added Xenyari_Lisariel to Rathe Mountains. Fixed Kazzel_D-Leryt's quest script, meaning that Life Leech should be fully operational now.

boner imminent

I believe someone did the quest as soon as the server came up. I am pretty sure it worked (that quest almost killed me to fix it).

[Tsuken]

10 AM game time and Kithicor still has tons of undead walking around. I don't think it should be this way. Didn't they appear between 6PM and 6 AM or something?