Looks like a big patch going on the test server.. Some things to take note on if this goes live.
Vanguard Build 1834 Patch Notes 5/9/2007 - TEST SERVER
GAMEPLAY NOTES
- Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause pets to despawn when crossing chunk lines.
- You'll now be able to see invisible and stealthed group mates on pvp servers.
- Invisibility spells are now only castable outside of combat.
- Chat channels have been modified to be one region type per main continent
- Hoods have been added to all Cloaks. You can find the “Hide my Hood” option under the Settings -> Video -> Characters window should you wish to toggle them off.
- A new Cloak skin has been added.
- Reduced the amount of times an ability must be observed in order to be learned
ADVENTURING NOTES
- Cleric – Maul of Divinity now lasts 2 minutes, up from 20 seconds.
- Cleric – Removed the refresh timer from Hand of Censure
- Cleric - Maul of the Gods now lasts 5 minutes, up from 2.
- Cleric – Removed the refresh time from Rout.
- Cleric – Removed the refresh timer from Maul of the Gods.
- Cleric – Added Hammer of Penance to trainers starting at level 6
- Cleric – Added Strike Down to trainers starting at level 2
- Cleric – Added Litany of Enjoining to trainers at level 34
- Cleric – Added Condemnation to trainers at level 36
- Druid – Removed the 1 second delay before Quelling Wind became effective.
- Psionicist – Corporeal Hammer now has a 4 second cast time and 8 second refresh.
- Psionicist – Fixed a bug that caused Psionicists to deal less damage than intended when exploiting a weakness. Further increased the damage that PSi’s deal when they exploit a weakness
- Psionicist – Lowered cast time of most Psionic Blasts and most Mental Blasts
- Psionicist – All versions of Psionic Blast and Mental Blast now lowers your targets intelligence by a set amount.
- Shaman - Hammer of Krigus will no longer stack with itself.
- Shaman – Bite of Nag-Suul has had its progression altered to make for a smoother damage curve. The new progression is 22, 30, 38, 46, 50
- Shaman – New versions of Bite of Nag-Suul have been added to trainers at level 46 and 50
- Shaman – Strike of Skamadiz now has a refresh timer of 8 seconds.
- Shaman – Removed the refresh timer from Spear of the Ancients and Bite of Nag-Suul
- Shaman – Removed the refresh timer from Vicious Bite
- Shaman – Spear of the Ancestors now costs 10 endurance
- Sorcerer – Blinding Fire has been added to trainers, starting at level 42, and upgrading every 8 levels.
- Sorcerer – Seradon’s Falling Star has been added to trainers, starting at level 38, and upgrading every 6 levels.
- Sorcerer – Mirror Ward and Nulling Ward are now group targeted.
- Sorcerer – Mirror Ward and Nulling Ward now have a cast time of 6 seconds.
- Sorcerer – Seradon’s Vision has been added to trainers, starting at level 34, and upgrading every 8 levels.
- Sorcerer – Asaya’s Insight has been added to trainers, starting at level 24, and upgrading every 10 levels.
- Sorcerer – Added new ability line Inidria’s Frigid Blast at level 50.
- Sorcerer – Added new ability line Inidria’s Inferno at level 34, upgrades every 8 levels.
CRAFTING NOTES
- Artificer - The artificer’s Gwartak Clan Weapons recipe description now shows the correct tools used in the process.
- Complications - instances of Flawless work should now display the correct duration in their tooltip
- Complications - Firegrass Kojani Pillow should now display the proper trade in the tooltip
- Deconstruction - Molded Xifengite Hammer should now deconstruct properly
- Deconstruction - Xifengite Blast Barrier should now deconstruct properly
- Deconstruction - Sandstar Parrying Dirk should decon properly now
- Deconstruction - Majordomo's Scale Greaves should decon properly now
- Deconstruction - Infused Xanthiosite Girdle should decon properly now
- Deconstruction - Average Faceplate of the Arcane should decon properly now
- Deconstruction - Reliable Earring of the Arcane should decon properly now
- Deconstruction - Reliable Pendant of the Lightfooted should decon properly now
- Deconstruction - Reliable Pendant of the Arcane should decon properly now
- Deconstruction - Saphor's Ring of Power should decon properly now
- Misc - Some of the text for the Society of Invention’s Volt Star quest has been updated to be clearer. Additional dialogue has also been added to some of the Cabal members.
- Misc - Gift of Might should now proc on hit when applied to heavy and medium armor as intended
- Misc - Gift of might should no longer proc on NPCs
- Misc - T1 chest items that had their levels set to low have been adjusted
- Misc - Fixed some more cases of higher tier versions of dusts dropping off of low level work orders
- Misc - Thrown weapon stack sizes have been increased to 200
- Misc - Corrected some Tier 5 crafting gear that wasn’t spending all of its points.
- Outfitter - A typo in the Kojani apprentice outfitter quest has been fixed.
- Recipes - Higher level banding recipes have been added to Kojani recipe trainers.
- Work Orders - Some of the special crafting organization work orders in Ahgram and New Targonor have been updated with more appropriate rewards.
WORLD POPULATION NOTES
- Afrit – Quartermaster Xalon now offers a rare cloak in exchange for searing stones once all of the other armor pieces he offers have been purchased.
- Graystone - The summoned named encounters in Graystone have changed slightly.
- Gorgalog Swamp – The unique vendor of the Ichtakhta, Flordiel, and Gorgalok has had scrolls added which teach players unique crafting recipes. These recipes play a major role in creating the improved armor pieces of the base quest rewards.
- Khal – Raia has undergone a significant population and quest pass.
- Old Targonor - Garzonag the Guardian should spawn much more often
- Quests - Rebuilding The Weapon: Lord Neferset will now teleport your group in range, rather than you alone.
- Quests - Starspark-related loot will now drop significantly more frequently.
- Rahz Inkur – Searing stone drops within Rahz Inkur have been replaced with cards of fate. It should now be more rewarding to hunt within Rahz Inkur itself.
- Sands of Sorrow - Magmites now drop more searing stones.
- Thestra - Many NPCs in west of Thestra that were not correctly marked are now undead. Have at em, guys!
- Xennumet - Drillzarax’s immunities have been updated to that of a Boss, which he is or claims to be.
Items
- All quested Xennumet items are now Soulbound.
- The Zossyr War Bow is now Heroic.
- Many higher level and higher rarity Adventuring Ranged Items have had offensive ranged modifiers added to them.
- Resadal, Bulwark of the Heavens has had a more elvish shield model assigned, as well as different particles.
- Particles have been re-attached to Damelun, Harbinger of Night and Yasoril, Celestial Avenger.
- The appearances of the Legendary rewards from Cragwind Ridge have been updated.
- The ability level of the “clickies”/activated abilities on Yanvil and the Staff of the Old World have been adjusted to correlate with the item’s level; they were previously higher than the item’s level, resulting in more damage than intended. They will still do significantly more than items of a similar level.
- Rylsca, Anari's Wrath and Tessoral, Tuniel's Mercy have had higher level and more elvish models attached, as well as different particles.
- Instrument models have been added to Instruments and will now appear when a song is played; animations specific to the equipped instrument will play as well. Some further tweaks to the instrument sizes may be necessary to account for racial size differerences skewing the animations.
- The items obtained in the final Xennumet dungeon have had their levels increased to level 45 to match the level increase of the NPCs that they drop from.
- Arazmus Daggers should now be recognized properly by abilities that require piercing weapons
- Some nifty particles have been added to the higher level Heroic weapons and shields in the game. More to come soon™
~The Vanguard Team