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News - Test Server Patch Notes 1-13-2016 (1 Viewer)

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January 13, 2016
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*** Highlights ***

- Corpses in Shadowrest are being removed and items will be parceled to players with some restrictions. More information will be posted on the forums soon.


*** Items ***

- The ornament packs from the Legend of the Storm Break should now grant their original items and not just the empty pack.
- Wither and Decay Hero's Forge Ornaments will no longer display as the wrong armor type.
- TBM non-bow ranged items no longer have a type 21 ornament slot.
- TBM Deathseeker's helms now have Faerune.
- Updated all TBM level 100+ items' procs and focus effects to be higher level.
- The Broken Mirror Warrior, Cleric, Paladin, and Shadowknight armor now has bash skill damage bonuses.
- The Broken Mirror Rogue armor now has backstab skill damage bonuses.
- The Broken Mirror belts now grant a +1 potion belt slot.
- Deathseeker's Warmonger Gauntlets now have Battlerager's Strength.
- Removed the type 9 augmentation slot from the Shield of Dreams. The type 9 slot is intended to be used for scaling equipment and its inclusion on this item was an error.
- Removed the type 21 armor ornamentation slots from a number of non-visible armor pieces that errantly contained them.
- Updated the highest ranks of passive AA effects activated via items found in The Broken Mirror, such as Expanding Mind, Knowledge of the Past, etc, to function.
- Type 5 augmentations found in The Broken Mirror now fit into primary, secondary, range and charm slots.
- Added a type 5 augmentation slot to non-progressive two-handed weapons usable by melee classes found in The Broken Mirror, in addition to their existing type 4 or type 8 slot. Removed their type 3 augmentation slot.
- Changed non-progressive two-handed blunt weapons usable by casters and/or priests in The Broken Mirror to consistently have augmentation slot types 3, 5, 8, and 8 for raid weapons and types 3, 4, 5, 7 for group weapons.
- Increased by approximately 20% the armor class values of non-progressive shields found in The Broken Mirror.
- Added a type 5 augmentation slot to raid shields found in The Broken Mirror.
- Changed raid bard instruments found in The Broken Mirror to consistently have augmentation slot types 3, 5, and 8.
- Changed non-progressive bows found in The Broken Mirror to consistently have type 3, 4, 5, and 7 or 8 augmentation slots.
- Renamed Rotbow of the High Bokon to Totem of the High Bokon and changed its graphic and icon to reflect the fact that it is intended to be a ranged armor item and not a bow.
- Added intended modifiers for backstab damage and skill to Rogue usable daggers found in The Broken Mirror.
- Fixed helmets found in The Broken Mirror to function as light sources, and fixed helmets that previously lacked Faerune.
- Fulcrum and Vengeful type 9 augmentations found in The Broken Mirror now have 42% haste added for Elegant and Stalwart (level 75 and 85) tiers and 43% for Extravagant (level 90) and higher tiers.
- Renamed several painting housing items to be more consistent.
- Corrected berserker usable gloves found in the Broken Mirror that did not have throwing damage focus.
- Corrected items found in The Broken Mirror that were missing proper skill damage modifiers.
- Changed the sympathetic focus of The Staff of Undead Legions to Strike of Flames.
- Added missing focus effects to TBM caster and priest raid weapons.
- Fixed typos of several items that misspelled Vermilion or Desiccated.
- Added Faerune to all Crypt-Hunter's helms.
- Broken Mirror group belts now have 43% haste instead of 37% haste.
- The Broken Mirror items with visuals can now be placed in real estates.
- Many Broken Mirror weapons and held items have had their visuals changed to a more modern, appropriate look.
- Changed the spell effects of the following weapons found in The Broken Mirror:
- - Removed proc and focus effect spells from all progressive weapons (items that contain type 6 and type 9 augmentation slots), excluding Improved Dodge on bows. Added proc spells, and in some cases focus effects, to type 6 augmentations, in order to provide better scaling.
- - Created new variants of some type 6 weapon augmentations specifically for priests and casters. Weapon augmentations with archetype specific variants can be cycled through the various archetypes via the item conversion feature.
- - Stalker's Guillotine proc changed from Force of Magic IX to Vampiric Strike IX.
- - Scepter of Dark Dedication proc changed from Hand of Holy Vengeance IX to Alleviating Burst IX, focus effect changed from Sympathetic Force of Magic XIII to Sympathetic Force of Magic XI.
- - High Priestess' Purifier proc changed from Force of Magic XII to Force of Magic XI, focus effect changed from Sympathetic Strike of Flames XIII to Sympathetic Alleviating Burst IX.
- - Beater of the Teeth proc changed from Calming Strike XII to Force of Magic XIII, focus effect changed from Sympathetic Calming Strike X to Sympathetic Force of Magic XIII.
- - Removed the focus effect Sympathetic Strike of Venom XIV from Bureaucracy Cleaver and fixed the proc Strike of Venom XII.
- - Removed the focus effect Sympathetic Force of Magic XIV from Adan's Reach and fixed the proc Force of Magic XII.
- - Added Improved Dodge V to Bow of Hope, Armsman's Bow, Pestilent Shortbow, and Festering Fusillader.
- - Six Note Blade proc changed from Healing Burst IX to Vampiric Strike X.
- - Blood Fire proc changed from Strike of Flames IX to Strike of Flames X.
- - Spined Dragon Claws proc changed from Force of Corruption IX to Force of Corruption X.
- - Tarantella proc changed from Strike of Venom IX to Strike of Venom X.
- - Bone Razor proc changed from Force of Magic IX to Vampiric Strike X.
- - Interrogator's Pestle proc changed from Force of Anger VIII to Blessed Rune XI.
- - Likato Fistwraps proc changed from Blessed Rune VII to Vampiric Strike X.
- - Dark Feral Ravagers proc changed from Strike of Flames IX to Strike of Flames X.
- - Removed the focus effect Sympathetic Vampiric Strike XII from Soul Leech, Dark Sword of Blood and changed the proc from Vampiric Strike X to Vampiric Strike XIII.
- - Removed the focus effect Sympathetic Strike of Flames XII from Monsoon, Sword of the Swiftwind and changed the proc from Strike of Flames X to Strike of Flames XIII.
- - Removed the focus effect Sympathetic Burst of Ice XII from Frigid Pike of Isolation and changed the proc from Burst of Ice X to Burst of Ice XIII.
- - Removed the focus effect Sympathetic Force of Magic XII from Curtaincaller and changed the proc from Force of Magic X to Force of Magic XIII.
- - Barbarian Spiritist`s Hammer proc changed from Force of Corruption XII to Force of Corruption XIV, focus effect changed from Sympathetic Force of Corruption XII to Sympathetic Force of Corruption XIV.
- - Staff of the Earthcrafter proc changed from Burst of Ice XII to Burst of Ice XIV, focus effect changed from Sympathetic Burst of Ice XII to Sympathetic Burst of Ice XIV.
- - Withered Totem of Widdershins proc changed from Healing Burst XII to Remote Healing Surge XIV, focus effect changed from Sympathetic Hand of Soothing IX to Sympathetic Remote Healing Surge XIV.
- - Terror Condenser of the Faceless proc changed from Strike of Flames XII to Strike of Flames XIV, focus effect changed from Sympathetic Strike of Flames XII to Sympathetic Strike of Flames XIV.
- - Trepidus Evocator proc changed from Strike of Venom XII to Strike of Venom XIV, focus effect changed from Sympathetic Strike of Venom XII to Sympathetic Strike of Venom XIV.
- - Added Improved Dodge VII to Gilded Prodigal Harrier, ***** of Fear, Poignant Pestulator and Imperial Messenger.
- - Truesight Hammer proc changed from Banish Summoned to Banish Soulless XII, focus effect changed from Sympathetic Burst of Ice XIV to Sympathetic Alleviating Burst X.
- - DawnFire, Morning Star of Light proc changed from Banish Undead to Banish Soulless XII, focus effect changed from Sympathetic Strike of Flames XIV to Sympathetic Invigorating Burst X.
- - Staff of Undead Legions proc changed from Banish Undead to Banish Soulless XIV, focus effect changed from Sympathetic Invigorating Burst VII to Sympathetic Strike of Flames XIV.
- - Evensong proc changed from Calming Strike IX to Burst of Ice X.
- - Increased the proc rank of the following items from X to XI: Feather of the Lady, Sharpened Scale of Emollious, Spike of Lasting Vapor, Feverpitch Martel, Celestial Rotwarder, Shimmering Quill of the Lady, Pallid Billowing Defiler, Sliver of Emollious, and Steaming Mitts of Grannus.
- - Crusty Club of Emollious proc changed from Burst of Ice X to Vampiric Strike XI.
- - Peacock Feather of the Lady proc changed from Strike of Flames X to Vampiric Strike XI.
- - Skinflayer of Boromas proc changed from Blessed Rune XI to Blessed Rune XII.
- - The Incorruptible proc changed from Calming Strike X to Burst of Ice XI.
- - Removed the focus effect Sympathetic Force of Magic XIII from Grannus' Grumblecruncher and changed the proc from Force of Magic XI to Force of Magic XIV.
- - Removed the focus effect Sympathetic Strike of Venom XIII from Echo of the First Schism and changed the proc from Strike of Venom XI to Strike of Venom XIV.
- - Removed the focus effect Sympathetic Force of Corruption XIII from Malintent and changed the proc from Force of Corruption XI to Force of Corruption XIV.
- - Removed the focus effect Sympathetic Strike of Disease XIII from Blightforger and changed the proc from Strike of Disease XI to Strike of Disease XIV.
- - Removed the focus effect Sympathetic Vampiric Strike XIV from Zealator's Ambition and changed the proc from Vampiric Strike XII to Vampiric Strike XV.
- - High Bokon Mangling Staff proc changed from Force of Magic XIII to Force of Magic XV, focus effect changed from Sympathetic Remote Healing Surge XII to Sympathetic Force of Magic XV.
- - Grannus' Steamcleaner proc changed from Hand of Holy Vengeance X to Remote Healing Surge XIII, focus effect changed from Sympathetic Invigorating Burst XIV to Sympathetic Invigorating Burst XI.
- - Removed the focus effect Sympathetic Vampiric Strike XIII from The Shattering Maw and changed the proc from Force of Corruption XI to Force of Corruption XIV.
- - Fleshburner of Boromas proc changed from Strike of Flames XII to Strike of Flames XIII, focus effect changed from Sympathetic Alleviating Burst XIV to Sympathetic Strike of Flames XIII.
- - Excommunicator proc changed from Force of Magic XII to Alleviating Burst XI, focus effect changed from Sympathetic Surge of Corruption XIV to Sympathetic Alleviating Burst XI.
- - Demagogue's Crutch proc changed from Hand of Holy Vengeance X to Remote Healing Surge XV, focus effect changed from Sympathetic Invigorating Burst X to Sympathetic Remote Healing Surge XV.
- Modified the spell effects of the following items found in The Broken Mirror:
- - Added Sharpshooting VII and Tiny Companion to Blackmarrow Hooks, Oozing Bone Spike and Shade's Phase (replaces Knowledge of the Past XVIII).
- - Replaced Knowledge of the Past XVIII on Exalted Earring with Geomantra XVII.
- - Replaced Knowledge of the Past XXII on Trophy of the Scapegoat with Geomantra XXI.
- - Added Sharpshooting IX to Soulcatcher Earhoop and replaced Knowledge of the Past XXIII with Tiny Companion.
- - Replaced Knowledge of the Past XXIII on Sensitizing Thought Orb with Soothing Breath XX.
- - Added Brass Resonance 26 to Preserving Protector's Helm.
- - Increased the ranks of Form of Endurance on raid masks from XX-XXII to XXII-XXIII.
- - Increased the rank of Form of Endurance on Mask of Immortal End from XXII to XXV and Echo of Anger V on Hardened Mask of Immortal End to VI.
- - Removed right click effects from neck armor. Added Taelosian Guard to Strifetorn Necklace. Added Ancestral Memories III to Tallow-smeared Locket and Deadeye Matrix.
- - Replaced all right click effects on shoulder armor with appropriate ranks of Myrmidon's Skill.
- - Added String Resonance 26 to Preserving Protector's Vambraces.
- - Added Cleave VII - 26 (Scaling) to Imbrued Platemail Vambraces and Crypt-Hunter's Loremaster Vambraces.
- - Removed Cleave from necromancer, wizard, magician and enchanter arm armor.
- - Increased the ranks of Illusionary Spikes on raid cloaks from XVIII-XIX to XIX-XX.
- - Replaced all right click effects on range armor and weapons with appropriate ranks of Prismatic Ward.
- - Added Percussion Resonance 26 to Preserving Protector's Gauntlets.
- - Added Finesse II and Instrumental Combat focuses to Kelins Seven Stringed Lute, Marrow's Song and Lyssas Darkwood Piccolo.
- - Added the following activated effects to the corresponding instruments. All three instruments share recast timer 3 on a 90 second timer:
- - - Kelin`s Seven Stringed Lute - Ervaj's Defensive Refrain Rk. III
- - - Marrow's Song - Aria of Absolution Rk. III
- - - Lyssa`s Darkwood Piccolo - Fermata of Preservation Rk. III
- - Replaced all right click effects on rings with appropriate ranks of Form of Defense or Knowledge of the Past.
- - Added Fortitude Discipline Duration to Indicolite Breastplate.
- - Added Deflection Discipline Duration to Valorium Chestplate.
- - Reduced the focus Deflection Discipline Duration from raid tier to group tier for Crypt-Hunter's Soulrender Breastplate.
- - Added Wolf Spirit Duration to Vermiculated Tunic.
- - Added Impenetrable Discipline Quickening and Earthforce Discipline Quickening to Shiverback-hide Jerkin.
- - Added Thousand Blades Quickening to Imbrued Platemail Breastplate.
- - Added Executioner Discipline Quickening to Woven Shadow Chestplate.
- - Added Brutal Discipline Quickening to Shadow Rage Tunic.
- - Added Ferocity XI (Scaling) to Imbrued Platemail Greaves and Crypt-Hunter's Loremaster Greaves.
- - Removed Ferocity from necromancer, wizard, magician and enchanter leg armor.
- - Increased the rank of Ferocity on raid leg armor from XII to XIII.
- - Added Secretion of the Mamba to Woven Shadow Greaves, Crypt-Hunter's Shadowscale Leggings and Deathseeker's Shadowscale Leggings.
- - Added Singing Resonance 26 to Preserving Protector's Boots.
- - Replaced all right click effects on belts with appropriate ranks of Expanding Mind.
- - Special worn effects have been added to tier 2 raid belts:
- - - Runed Belt of Boromas - Sympathetic Force of Corruption X
- - - Emblazoned Belt of Boromas - Boon of the Seeress
- - - Bolstered Belt of Boromas - Tendon Slice
- - - Cured Flesh Sash of Boromas - Overdrive Punch
- - Added Healing Burst X to Runed Flesh Shield of Boromas.


*** Quests & Events ***

- A Rotten Heart - Tweaked a script in attempt to prevent some player clients from freezing when Adana takes cover at the beginning of Phase 3 of her combat.
- The first and third achievement components in Vanquisher of Anashti Sul, Damsel of Decay are no longer reversed.
- Bindral Argaff is now interested in many illusion items that he was not previously.
- Made several changes and improvements to the Star-crossed lovers quest lines in Hills of Shade.
- - Lumberjacks and Paul are now PC-friendly while the lumberjack ring event is in progress during the quest "Lumber Run"
- - Fixed bug in Paul's dialogue where he'd say the wrong thing while the lumberjack ring event is in progress during the quest "Lumber Run"
- - Paul will no longer despawn if the lumberjack ring event is successful.
- - Texts are more clear to indicate where Fendel is waiting for the player in the quest "Save the Child"
- - The texts for the quest "Testing the Invaders" now have more information explaining where each scouting location is located in the town.
- - A mysterious stranger will now correctly tell you which half of the star-crossed Hills of Shade storyline you're missing if you have completed one half but not the other.
- - The Firebrand item will no longer have a cooldown if used in the wrong location.
- Tuned the tasks We Make Our Own Rewards, Fate Rewards the Bold, To the Brave, Go the Spoils!, Lxanvom Labors, and In Defense of Health. Most are changes to reduce the time needed to complete them.
- In the Hills of Shade quest "Defense of the Village" you can now hand in trap components to the same Kirathas hunter multiple times.
- In the Anashti Sul, Enslaver of Souls raid, the Enraged Guardian of Sul will no longer spawn along with the three aspects.
- In the Crypt of Sul raids and the Crypt of Sul group mission, the boss corpses will no longer poof when the raid is successfully completed.
- In the Crypt of Sul raids and the Crypt of Sul group mission, the cleanup on a success or failure should more reliably remove any existing NPCs associated with the event.
- In the Anashti Sul, Enslaver of Souls raid and group mission in Crypt of Sul, player corpses will no longer be moved outside and above the world after a successful attempt.
- On Phinigel, characters with loot lockouts longer than 6.5 days should have those reduced to 6.5 days upon logging in. Please log in any affected characters as soon as possible. This fix will need to be removed in a month or two.
- In the Plane of Fear: Revisited, the adds from the bosses will now despawn when the events reset.
- Fixed an edge case that could cause characters to get multiple loot lockouts for the same instanced raid on Phinny. This seems to only happen in an instance that spawned with no basepop lockout if your first basepop kill included multiple basepop NPC at once.
- The Agent of Change will no longer send you under the world when you leave the battle with Lord Nagafen.
- The Broken Mirror instance rares should now announce their presence.
- Fixed the error that was causing the First Impressions Only Happen Once achievement to always be given when defeating Grummus in the group version of the fight.
- The chest in one of the "In Defense of Health" tasks was spawning far away from the task's conclusion location. It has been moved closer.
- In the adventure called "Deadline" the enemies will no longer be aggressive to people way, way out of their line of sight.
- Fixed a locked door in one of the "To The Brave, Go The Spoils!" adventures that prevented completion of the task.
- The High Bokon Boromas raid is now more challenging.

*** Spells ***

- Ranger - Fixed a bug that caused Copsestalker's Enrichment to fail to affect Berserker abilities.
- Warrior - Adjusted Last Stand Discipline so that it will not be overwritten by Night's Endless Terror.
- Corrected an issue that prevented damage over time spells that increase in severity over their duration from landing if their target had regeneration effects in the same slot.
- Corrected an issue that would sometimes cause group recourse spells to fail to hit members of your group at certain ranges.
- Rabies, everyone's favorite long-duration low level DoT, will no longer interfere with OOC regen.

*** NPC ***

- The vendors in Sul Vius: Demiplane of Decay are now combatable while at home and non-combatable while at work.
- Corrected a spell data problem that made some NPC Shadowknights deal extra damage with Harm Touch.
- Akkapan Adan will no longer summon.
- Bosses with the Mitigation of the Mighty buff can no longer be charmed.
- Merchant NPCs in Sul Vius: Demiplane of Decay heroic adventures are now combatable.
- The bosses in the Plane of Sky instance on the Phinigel Autropos progression server will now be the same difficulty as the bosses in the static zone on progression servers.
- Corrected a problem that prevented Master Yael from spawning in his instance on the Phinigel Autropos server.
- Corrected a problem that could cause some zones (Hate, Permafrost, or the Hole) to enter repop loops on the Phinigel Autropos server.


*** AA ***

- Bard - Corrected an issue that prevented Shauri's Levitation from hitting members of the bard's group when using rank 2 of Shauri's Sonorous Clouding.
- Enchanter - Removed the maximum level that the pet summoned by your Illusory Ally can attempt to taunt.
- Magician - Removed the maximum level that the pet summoned by your Companion of Necessity can attempt to taunt.
- Shaman - Removed the maximum level that the pet summoned by your Spirit of Urgency can attempt to taunt.
- Wizard - Corrected an issue where rank 2 of Beam of Displacement would always be resisted.
- Wizard - In order to provide a better balance between group and raid content, the initial damage of ranks 13-16 of Mana Burn have been adjusted to deal a maximum of 25% of the target's health, up to the existing damage values.


*** Progression Servers ***

- Crusader's Test of the Lord - Goblin Penmaster and Enslaved Iksar are now spawning again in the Frontier Mountains.
- Bosses with the Mitigation of the Mighty buff can no longer be charmed.
- The bosses in the Plane of Sky instance on the Phinigel Autropos progression server will now be the same difficulty as the bosses in the static zone on progression servers.
- Corrected a problem that prevented Master Yael from spawning in his instance on the Phinigel Autropos server.
- Corrected a problem that could cause some zones (Hate, Permafrost, or the Hole) to enter repop loops on the Phinigel Autropos server.


*** Collections ***

- Items for the An Ounce of Fetid Flesh collection in the Crypt of Sul should be much more common. Items for the Putrid Poisons collection in the Crypt of Decay should spawn properly.
- Broken Mirror collection items in errands will no longer respawn.


*** Miscellaneous ***

- If you have old stored corpses, go to shadowrest and recover them now.
- - All remaining items will be parceled to you after this time runs out, but duplicate lore items will vanish. Also, there is a cap of 50 total items in your parcels. Anything above the cap will be erased after you log out.
- You will now again be able to see your current funds at character select.
- Reduced the amount of aggro that summoned player pets generate via melee swings. A new AA ability named Companion's Provocative Demeanor has been added to allow summoned companions to generate more than their baseline aggro to coincide with this change.


*** UI ***

- Changed the claim system so it no longer requires an open top level inventory slot.
- Fixed an issue where marketplace purchases would not properly go into your bank slots when your inventory was full and there was an open bank slot.
- Increased the limit from 30 to 40 for player and pet blocked spells.

- Changed -
EQUI_BlockedBuffWnd.xml
EQUI_BlockedPetBuffWnd.xml
 
Moar Pet Tuning, yay. Stupid 60 Mage pets out aggroing a 60 warrior sucks

- Reduced the amount of aggro that summoned player pets generate via melee swings.
 
Moar Pet Tuning, yay. Stupid 60 Mage pets out aggroing a 60 warrior sucks

- Reduced the amount of aggro that summoned player pets generate via melee swings.

they are causing issues on the normal servers too. I disabled pet taunt on by default unless the pet is tanking. It was crazy.
 
This change went live server side already, or are they screwing with too much shit some is bleeding into Live calculations?
 
Moar Pet Tuning, yay. Stupid 60 Mage pets out aggroing a 60 warrior sucks

- Reduced the amount of aggro that summoned player pets generate via melee swings.

Try having a BST with hate proc's on both weapons unable to keep up with their current pet agro. You either have to use lower level pets or fight for agro even with taunt off. Current fix with pet classes I found was to put the pet away from the fight area so it has to travel a few seconds while your tank gets a chance to establish agro. Then also in the tank DPS line up, put in your hate skill/spells early otherwise that joker will catch up to you and take it mid fight. They need to make the pet agro solid but not more than the characters unless the taunt is on. Pet classes can then use their agro AVOIDING abilities to pass agro to the pet, not fight it for control!
 
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