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Patch - Patch Notes - October 16 2019 (1 Viewer)

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*** Items ***

- Increased the proc rate of the item spells Whispering Midnight Defending Fire, Whispering Midnight Defending Magic, Blazing Euphoria Defending Fire, Blazing Euphoria Defending Magic.
- Adjusted the spell stacking on Illusion Benefit Greater Jann to coexist with the Enchanter spell Night's Endless Terror.
- Corrected the spell descriptions for Mana Preservation focus on the high tier ring and shoulder chase items from The Burning Lands.
- Corrected Sebilisian ornaments to reflect the correct descriptions when you examine them.


*** Quests and Events ***

- Antraygus, the Sporali King - Antraygus will only spawn once in the instance.
- General Reparm (Raid) - Put in a speculative fix for the Bone Burners spawning more than 3 times.
- The Darkness Howls and Ironing Out the Legion - Aggressive NPCs will grant experience where they were not before.
- Guntrik's quests - Sven and Philicia Drinn have had their difficulty reduced dramatically. Tattered Parchment now drops from some NPCs in Rathe Mountains and Innothule Swamp.


*** Spells ***

- All melee classes - Hiatus can now be activated in combat. It still has the melee speed penalty and endurance cap.
- Corrected melee abilities that were listed under incorrect timers in the right-click menu. For example, Bestial Savagery was listed under Disciplines->Timer 3 when it is Timer 7.
- Ranger - Drifting Smoke is now flagged outdoor-only as intended.
- Rogue - All three ranks of Waylay can now be found under Combat Abilities->Stun.

*** AA ***

- All - AA abilities that allow characters to escape combat have been retuned to provide a more consistent experience. Now, rather than some classes' escape abilities relying on level limits and variable success chances, all AA escape abilities will have a 100% chance to succeed on opponents up to 5 levels above the caster, they will trigger their secondary invisibility or sanctuary buffs regardless of proximity to attackers, and they will reduce the amount of hatred any NPC the caster fails to escape from by 1 million points. These abilities will now have higher reuse times and resource costs for most classes, as this better reflects our vision for these abilities.
- - Pet Users - Summon Companion - Rank 2 now provides a 100% chance for your pet to escape combat from all NPCs (previously a level difference of +3 and a maximum success chance of 95% at rank 4). Removed ranks 2 and 3 of this ability and made rank 2 available in Underfoot. Ranks 1 and 2 now consume 1% of your mana to activate.
- - Bard - Fading Memories - Removed ranks 4-40. Ranks 1-3 now consume 12, 6, and 2% of your maximum mana to activate. This ability now applies Evader's Invisibility regardless of your proximity to attackers.
- - Beastlord - Falsified Death - This ability is now available at level 80 in Underfoot. This ability consumes 2% of your maximum mana to feign death, allows you to escape combat from NPCs up to 5 levels higher than you, allows your warder to escape combat from all NPCs, triggers Evader's Invisibility, and has a 2.5-minute reuse time.
- - Berserker - Self Preservation - Increased the success chance to 100% (up from 90%), increased the level difference to +5 (up from +3), and removed the self-stun component of this ability. Removed ranks 4-11 and adjusted the hastening so that this ability has a 10-minute reuse by rank 3 at level 85 (up from 6 minutes at level 100). This ability now applies Evader's Temporary Sanctuary regardless of your proximity to attackers. This ability now consumes 8% of your maximum endurance to activate.
- - Cleric - Divine Peace - Increased the success chance to 100% (up from 90%), increased the level difference to +5 (up from +3), set the reuse time of this ability to be 10 minutes (up from 3 minutes), removed the 0.25 second cast time, and made the ability available in Underfoot at level 85 (previously Veil of Alaris at level 91). This ability now applies Evader's Temporary Sanctuary regardless of your proximity to attackers. This ability now consumes 8% of your maximum mana to activate.
- - Druid - Veil of the Underbrush - Increased the success chance to 100% (up from 90%), increased the level difference to +5 (up from +3), set the reuse time of this ability to be 10 minutes (up from 3 minutes), and made the ability available in Underfoot at level 85 (previously Veil of Alaris at level 95). This ability now applies Evader's Invisibility regardless of your proximity to attackers. This ability now consumes 8% of your maximum mana to activate.
- - Enchanter - Friendly Stasis - Increased the level difference to +5 (up from +3). Fixed the mesmerize duration to be 18 seconds rather than 30 seconds. This ability now applies Evadee's Invisibility regardless of your target's proximity to attackers. This ability now consumes 8% of your maximum mana to activate.
- - Enchanter - Self Stasis - Increased the level difference to +5 (up from +3). Removed ranks 5-11 and adjusted the hastening so that this ability has a 5-minute reuse by rank 4 at level 85 (down from 6 minutes at level 105). Fixed the mesmerize duration to be 18 seconds rather than 30 seconds. This ability now applies Evader's Invisibility regardless of your proximity to attackers. This ability now consumes 8% of your maximum mana to activate.
- - Magician - Drape of Shadows - Increased the success chance to 100% (up from 90%), increased the level difference to +5 (up from +3). Removed ranks 2-14 and set the reuse time of this ability to be 10 minutes (up from 3 minutes at 105). This ability now applies Evader's Invisibility regardless of your proximity to attackers. This ability now consumes 8% of your maximum mana to activate.
- - Monk - Imitate Death - Reduced the reuse of ranks 1-8 by 30 seconds. Rank 9 is now available in Underfoot (previously House of Thule). This ability now applies Evader's Temporary Invisibility regardless of your proximity to attackers. This ability now consumes 2% of your maximum endurance to activate.
- - Necromancer - Death's Effigy - Increased the success chance to 100% (up from 90%), increased the level difference to +5 (up from +3). Ranks 1-4 are now available in Underfoot (previously House of Thule for rank 1 and Call of the Forsaken for ranks 2-4). This ability now applies Evader's Invisibility regardless of your proximity to attackers. This ability now consumes 2% of your maximum mana to activate.
- - Paladin - Balefire Burst - Increased the success chance to 100% (up from 90%), increased the level difference to +5 (up from +3), increased the reuse time to 10 minutes (up from 3 minutes), removed the 0.5 second cast time, and made the ability available at level 85 in Underfoot (previously House of Thule). The ability now consumes 8% of your maximum mana to activate.
- - Ranger - Cover Tracks - Increased the success chance to 100% (up from 90%). Removed ranks 4-15 and adjusted the hastening so that this ability has a 10-minute reuse by rank 3 at level 85 (up from 3 minutes at level 100). This ability now applies Evader's Invisibility regardless of your proximity to attackers. This ability now consumes 8% of your mana to activate.
- - Rogue - Escape - Reduced the reuse of ranks 3-11 and added rank 12 resulting in a 1.5-minute reuse timer at level 85. This ability now applies Evader's Invisibility / Evader's Shroud of Stealth regardless of your proximity to attackers. This ability now consumes 2% of your maximum endurance to activate.
- - Shadowknight - Death's Effigy - This ability now applies Evader's Invisibility regardless of your proximity to attackers. This ability now consumes 2% of your maximum mana to activate.
- - Shaman - Inconspicuous Totem - Increased the level difference to +5 (up from +3). Removed ranks 4-13 and adjusted the hastening so that this ability has a 10-minute reuse by rank 3 at level 85 (up from 4 minutes at level 105). This ability now applies Evader's Invisibility regardless of your proximity to attackers. This ability now consumes 8% of your maximum mana to activate.
- - Warrior - Howl of the Warlord - Increased the success chance to 100% (up from 90%), increased the level difference to +5 (up from +3), and removed the 0.5 second cast time. Removed ranks 2-5 and adjusted rank 1 so that this ability has a 10-minute reuse time (up from 3 minutes) at level 85 and is available in Underfoot (previously House of Thule). This ability now applies Evader's Temporary Sanctuary regardless of your proximity to attackers. This ability now consumes 8% of your maximum endurance to activate.
- - Wizard - A Hole in Space - Increased the success chance to 100% (up from 90%), increased the level difference to +5 (up from +3), set the reuse time of this ability to be 10 minutes (up from 2.5 minutes), and made the ability available in Underfoot at level 85 (previously Veil of Alaris at level 95). This ability now applies Evader's Invisibility regardless of your proximity to attackers. This ability now consumes 8% of your maximum mana to activate.
- All - AA abilities that allow characters to leap forward have been normalized with improved reuse times, distances, new abilities for some classes, and reduced level and expansions to obtain:
- - Bard - Increased the distance that Lyre Leap allows you to travel from 160 to 315 feet.
- - Beastlord - Reduced the level required to purchase Cheetah's Pounce and made the ability available in Underfoot.
- - Berserker - Changed all ranks of Furious Leap function like other leap abilities rather than relying on applying force to the caster. The reworked ability will now allow you to travel up to 234 feet forward. Reduced the initial reuse time of this ability from 60 seconds to 40 seconds and modified ranks 2-5 to reduce the reuse time by 5 seconds per rank rather than 10 seconds per rank, resulting in the final rank matching the existing reuse time of 20 seconds.
- - Cleric - Added the ability Holy Step available at level 85 in Underfoot which allows you to teleport forward by 160 feet every 20 seconds.
- - Druid - Reduced the initial reuse time of Mistwalk from 30 to 20 seconds and made rank 1 available at level 85 in Underfoot.
- - Enchanter - Added the ability Phantasmal Step available at level 85 in Underfoot which allows you to teleport forward by 160 feet every 20 seconds.
- - Monk - Reduced the initial reuse time of Neshika's Blink from 30 seconds to 25 seconds, made rank 4 available in House of Thule, made rank 5 available in Veil of Alaris, and removed ranks 6-10.
- - Necromancer - Increased the distance that ranks 1-6 of Whisper Step allows you to travel from 234 to 315 feet.
- - Paladin - Reduced the level required to purchase ranks 2-7 of Leap of Faith and made ranks 6-7 available in Rain of Fear.
- - Ranger - Reduced the level required to purchase ranks 2-6 of Gladestrider's Leap, made ranks 2-4 available in House of Thule, and made ranks 5-6 available in Rain of Fear.
- - Rogue - Added new ranks 1 and 2 to Whisper Step at level 85 in Underfoot and 87 in House of Thule making the current rank 1 into rank 3 thereby reducing the final reuse time of this ability from 30 seconds to 20 seconds, increased the distance that all ranks allow you to travel from 104 to 234 feet, and made the final rank of this ability available in Rain of Fear.
- - Shadowknight - Reduced the level required to purchase ranks 2-4 and 6-7 of Hate Step and made ranks 6-7 available in Veil of Alaris.
- - Shaman - Reduced the level required to purchase Spirit Leap and made the ability available in Underfoot.
- - Warrior - Changed all ranks of Furious Leap function like other leap abilities rather than relying on applying force to the caster. The reworked ability will now allow you to travel up to 234 feet forward. Reduced the initial reuse time of this ability from 60 seconds to 40 seconds and modified ranks 2-5 to reduce the reuse time by 5 seconds per rank rather than 10 seconds per rank, resulting in the final rank matching the existing reuse time of 20 seconds.
- - Wizard - Increased the distance that Netherstep allows you to travel from 160 to 315 feet and added 2 additional hastening ranks bringing the final reuse time down to 10 seconds at level 95.
- Multiple - AA abilities that reduce that chance that your root spells will break (ex: Druid - Enhanced Root, Enchanter - Clinging Root, etc.) will now only apply that improvement to root spells cast by that caster. Previously, when a caster with one of these abilities would cast a root spell, the improved break chance would apply to 'all' root spells on that target.
- Bard - Corrected an issue with rank 43 of Boastful Bellow that caused the maximum level target that can be stunned to go down to 106 rather than up to 109.
- Enchanter - Increased the effectiveness of rank 17 of Gather Mana from 37,000 instant mana and 750 mana regeneration for 1 minute to 40,000 instant mana and 1,000 mana regeneration for 1 minute.
- Magician - Refunded all ranks of Intrinsic Efficiency, which was intended to be done when ranks 13-15 and 19-21 of Conjurer's Efficiency were consolidated.
- Necromancer - Refunded all ranks of Intrinsic Efficiency, which was intended to be done when ranks 2-7 of Embalmer's Efficiency were consolidated.
- Shadowknight - Refunded all ranks of Intrinsic Efficiency, which was intended to be done when ranks 2-7 of Embalmer's Efficiency were consolidated.
- Paladin - Hand of Tunare - Increased the number of counters on this ability to 20 to account for the fact that a successful twinheal focused with the mana penalty will consume 2 charges per cast. Reduced the duration of the ability from 6 minutes to 5 minutes and reduced the reuse time of the ability from 18 minutes to 15 minutes. Updated the ability so that the healing component of your Denouncement and Valiant Deflection line of spells will continue to be twincast but the initial mana cost of these spells will be increased to compensate.
- Wizard - Ranks 1-5 of Mirror Mirror now increase the resist modifier of the reflected spell by 20 points per rank.


*** Miscellaneous ***

- When sending and receiving tells using tell windows, the messages logged to the log file now match the messages when not using tell windows.
- /pick will now send players and group members to the evac point of a zone.


*** UI ***

- Fixed a crash that can occur when there are multiple entries for the same ChatWindowX_ContainterIndex saved in the UI configuration file. This should help in some of the cases where you had to delete your ini files in order to login.
- Corrected a crash bug from moving a tab left of Main Chat.
- Removed some no longer used UI elements from the Marketplace window.
- When using Search in the Barter Window, the results will only display the most expensive buy line from each buyer per unique item matched from the search.
- When searching for items in both the Bazaar Search Window and Barter Window, results over the transaction cap (2000000 platinum), will not be displayed.
- Fixed a bug where you could not disable tribute benefits when running out of favor.


- Changed -
EQUI_MarketplaceWnd.xml
 
The <br> peppered throughout was a little distracting lol

Also, fuck /pick nerfs
 
When should I expect the update for VV to be available after patches and what kind of impacts should I anticipate until the update is available.

This is a generalized question for patch day rather than a question specific to this patch.
 
The pick nerf is to inconvience someone camping named mobs in multiple picks. While it doesn't stop you, it just makes it a little harder. Having a mage coh your group solves that problem nicely.
 
When should I expect the update for VV to be available after patches and what kind of impacts should I anticipate until the update is available.

This is a generalized question for patch day rather than a question specific to this patch.


Generally it’s updated by the next day at the latest. Impacts you can expect MQ2 not to work until it’s been patched.

**and by not work I mean it won’t even load, so you’re playing old school... like a goddam villager... playing Everquest like the poor plebeians who haven’t seen the light...
 
The pick nerf is to inconvience someone camping named mobs in multiple picks. While it doesn't stop you, it just makes it a little harder. Having a mage coh your group solves that problem nicely.

It might even make it EASIER to monopolize named camps... since less resourceful groups won't do it anymore. Time to load up some mages!
 
I think the pick fix was needed. Had more than a few times when I was holding a camp and all of a sudden a group appeared and ganked the named I'd been killing PHs for. I used pick farming as well, but i always checked showeq to see if a group was nearby when I found a named.
 
I think the pick fix was needed. Had more than a few times when I was holding a camp and all of a sudden a group appeared and ganked the named I'd been killing PHs for. I used pick farming as well, but i always checked showeq to see if a group was nearby when I found a named.

So, you follow them to their next /pick and accidentally train them. Problem solved.
 
I believe at least to the degree I use it, it should be. I believe that they should hire the main coders here and add it to the base game.

The difference is, that they can track you training, people can also record video of you training, they, at this point, can't tell you're MQing unless you are obvious about it.
 
tldr, my class was not nerfed- woo!

It seems like every class I play had AAs changed. The only time I really used the escape abilities was for things like the mission Delivery, so it isn't a huge deal to me since I wasn't using it more often than once in 10 minutes anyway. In some ways it's almost better for me to have something guaranteed to save my butt (100% chance) and get the mobs off me rather than just a 90% chance (that involves somehow surviving 3 minutes to try again if it were to fail).
 
Bazaar:
"- When using Search in the Barter Window, the results will only display the most expensive buy line from each buyer per unique item matched from the search."
 
/pick thing
Never heard of it, but guess it explains why some chars ends up in a empty zone when leaving GMM missions sometimes....
Wonder how many more things are hidden that got introduced while I was on my EQ break
Never knew about that auto get lost familiar in keyrings either.. heh
 
Bazaar:
"- When using Search in the Barter Window, the results will only display the most expensive buy line from each buyer per unique item matched from the search."

Love this change. There are a couple of douchebags with 400 buy lines for 1 krono on my server. Fuck those guys.
 
/pick thing
Never heard of it, but guess it explains why some chars ends up in a empty zone when leaving GMM missions sometimes....
Wonder how many more things are hidden that got introduced while I was on my EQ break
Never knew about that auto get lost familiar in keyrings either.. heh
Yea all news to me lol
 
Yea all news to me lol
Most likely because this mainly is a thing on the TLP servers where you easily get the zone-limit so the server spins up a new pick.
The biggest backdraw I always had with this is that once the zone's population drops below a threshold the pick-zones will be shut down (granted they give you a warning) and you will be moved to the main zone. So you can happen to end up in a camp that is already taken.

(Although I don't know if they will move you to the succor now which would be a really bad thing.)
 
The patch notes state that’s exactly how picks will work now.
you are right - but they don't tell what happens if the server forces a pick on you once it closes a pick. Because that is what I am wondering about. (not a regular /pick that is player-activated)
Will you end up on succor in that case, too, or will it place you where you've been in the former pick?
 
you are right - but they don't tell what happens if the server forces a pick on you once it closes a pick. Because that is what I am wondering about. (not a regular /pick that is player-activated)
Will you end up on succor in that case, too, or will it place you where you've been in the former pick?

There's a post on the eq forums that state if you're in a /pick and it closes you get punted to the zone in (well, succor location).

With that said, I've also seen a smattering of reports of instances where upon mission termination some of the group zoned out to the mission NPC, while others were punted to succor location when they popped out of the instance. And if that wasn't enough, some groups are saying people are popping out into DIFFERENT picks..

So, it sounds like its all f'd up.
 
So not much of a change :)
While /pick was a good idea I never got the feeling it was implemented in a clever way.

I think it was awesome... before it was neutered 8 months ago and now neutered again this week.
 
It's still pretty awesome... /picks open up in GMM with like 15 people in the base zone. It's so stupid. lol
 
Patch - Patch Notes - October 16 2019

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