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		<title>Test Update Notes: Thursday, September 2, 2010(0)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>USER INTERFACE</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Sort by current zone for the quest journal now properly puts the current zone quests at the top of the list.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>SHADER 3.0</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed an issue causing parts of some structures in Halas to show</li></ul><p>&#8230; <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=486276" class="read_more">Read the rest</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>USER INTERFACE</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Sort by current zone for the quest journal now properly puts the current zone quests at the top of the list.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>SHADER 3.0</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed an issue causing parts of some structures in Halas to show as wireframe.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>COMBAT</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Ranged AE autoattacks and Ranged flurries now include ammo effects.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug where your AE autoattack combat messaging would reference the incorrect NPCs.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>ABILITIES</strong></p>
<p><em>Guardian</em></p>
<ul>
<li>Shoulder the Burdon is now 15% hate transfer.</li>
<li>Enhance: Armored is now 3% block chance per point.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>ITEMS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Runic Deflection on Band of Mreeptahp’s Fury now correctly wards your target.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>BATTLEGROUNDS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed a bug where slacker prevention in battlegrounds was not giving some players ample warning before kicking them for slacking.</li>
<li>You may now exchange your Gears, Ganak and Smuggler’s tokens for Battleground tokens by speaking to the Sisters of War.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>STONEBRUNT HIGHLANDS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The King Speleothem multi-stage event in Stonebrunt Highlands should now be fixed. Player should now be able to progress through the stages and fight the end boss.</li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Test Update Notes: Tuesday, June 22, 2010(0)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>DRUID RING EVENT</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> The progress-tracking sign will now show up properly in Sinking Sands and Jarsath Wastes.</li>
<li> The druid rings in Feerrott and Loping Plains are now safe destinations for newbies to zone in.</li>
<li> Kurista,</li></ul><p>&#8230; <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=481604" class="read_more">Read the rest</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p ><strong>DRUID RING EVENT</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> The progress-tracking sign will now show up properly in Sinking Sands and Jarsath Wastes.</li>
<li> The druid rings in Feerrott and Loping Plains are now safe destinations for newbies to zone in.</li>
<li> Kurista, Elwe, Dalarim and Tolla Clorto no longer change appearances every time they zone.</li>
<li> The Defender of Growth guards are now much more powerful, to better protect the druid rings.</li>
<li> A couple harvest nodes near the Stonebrunt Highlands druid ring were left floating when the terrain was adjusted. This has been fixed.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>QUESTS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> The quest book &#8220;Remembrances &#8211; Tel&#39;riia&#39;mil&#39;an&#39;ane&#39;ie&#8221; will now update in any zone, not just in the Obelisk of Lost Souls, which should make evil eyes easier to obtain.</li>
<li> The named nightbloods required for “The Mysterious Drafling” quest should now spawn automatically if you are on the quest, and will not appear at all if you are not.</li>
<li> New Halas writs have been added to the Moors of Ykesha.</li>
<li> Writ giver Ankinil Zo’Ro in Butcherblock now offers Gorowyn citizens city writs from level 20.</li>
<li> Players of any evil alignment can now speak with Zintra for the quest &#8220;Eight Legs Are Better Than Two.&#8221;</li>
<li> Regions of Interest have been added to Golden Path Quests in the following zones:
<ul>
<li> Darklight Wood</li>
<li> Timorous Deep</li>
<li> Greater Faydark</li>
<li> New Halas</li>
<li> Butcherblock</li>
<li> Steamfont</li>
<li> Tenebrous Tangle</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>ITEMS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> The book, &#8220;The Case of the Lost Lute&#8221; is now available for purchase from the Sage NPCs in South Qeynos, North Freeport and New Halas if player is a troubador, level 80+ and does not already have the book.</li>
<li> The &#8220;Halasian Weapon Rack&#8221; now mounts properly in houses.</li>
<li> The Vambraces of plated ice have had their stats adjusted to be consistent with similar healer shoulder items in Icy Keep.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>SPELLS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> All versions of Will of the Heavens can now be cast while the monk is feared.</li>
<li> Coercive Healing now affects Chilling Invigoration.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong><br /> SPELL ADVANCEMENT</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> Scouts will no longer automatically receive “Evade” at level 6.</li>
<li> Assassins will no longer automatically receive “Murderous Design” at level 11.</li>
<li> Rangers will no longer automatically receive “Primal Reflexes” at level 11.</li>
<li> Assassins will now be granted Villainy at level 11.</li>
<li> Rangers will now be granted “Hunter’s Instinct” at level 11.Assassins and Rangers now gain the new spell “Hilt Strike” at level 6.</li>
<li> Fighters will no longer automatically receive “Intercept” at level 6.</li>
<li> Berserkers will no longer automatically receive Mock and Mock II.</li>
<li> Guardians will no longer automatically receive Provoke and Provoke II.</li>
<li> Berserkers will no longer automatically receive “Enrage” at level 8.</li>
<li> Guardians will no longer automatically receive “Shout” at level 8.</li>
<li> The Guardian ability “Shield Bash” is now “Bash” and no longer requires a shield.</li>
<li> The Berserker ability “Body Check” no longer requires a shield.</li>
<li> “Wall of Rage” for Berserkers and “Hunker Down” for Guardians no longer snare the caster.</li>
<li> Guardians now receive “Bash II” at level 8.</li>
<li> Guardians now receive “Overpower II” at level 6.</li>
<li> Guardians now receive “Never Surrender” at level 21.</li>
<li> Guardians now receive “Battle Tactics” at level 18.</li>
<li> Guardians now receive “Forward Charge II” at level 16.</li>
<li> Berserkers now receive “Body Check” at level 8.</li>
<li> Berserkers now receive “Rupture II” at level 6.</li>
<li> Berserkers now receive “Reckless Aide” at level 21.</li>
<li> Berserkers now receive “Destructive Rage” at level 18.</li>
<li> Berserkers now receive “Abandoned Fury II” at level 16.</li>
<li> Priests will no longer receive the spell “Summon Food and Water.”</li>
<li> Priests will now receive “Wrath” at level 6.</li>
<li> Clerics will now receive “Soothe” at level 30.</li>
<li> Mages will no longer gain “Bind Sight” automatically. It is now a fun spell and can be bought from the class trainers.</li>
<li> Warlocks will no longer automatically get “Nullify” at level 10.</li>
<li> Wizards will no longer automatically get “Cease” at level 10.</li>
<li> Dispel Magic is now Absorb Magic and now also drains a small amount of power. It no longer has a power cost.</li>
<li> Vital Transfer and Void Contract now cost less health to cast below level 40.</li>
<li> Wizards will now gain “Ice Spears” at level 4.</li>
<li> Warlocks will now get “Vacuum Field” at level 4.</li>
<li> Paladins will no longer automatically receive “Clarion” and “Clarion II.”</li>
<li> Crusaders will no longer automatically receive “Pledge of Armament” at level 17.</li>
<li> “Hateful Slam” and “Heroic Dash” no longer require a shield or symbol equipped.</li>
<li> Shadowknights will now receive “Devious Evasion” at level 21.</li>
<li> Paladins will now receive “Resolute Faith” at level 21.</li>
<li> Shadowknights will now receive “Unholy Strength” at level 18.</li>
<li> Paladins will now receive “Crusade” at level 18.</li>
<li> Shadowknights will now receive “Dark Blade II” at level 16.</li>
<li> Paladins will now receive “Wrath Stance II” at level 16.</li>
<li> Monks will no longer automatically receive “Silent Threat” and “Silent Threat II.”</li>
<li> Bruisers will no longer automatically receive “Slurred Insult” and “Slurred Insult II.”</li>
<li> Monks will no longer automatically receive “Challenge” at level 8.</li>
<li> Bruisers will no longer automatically receive “Abuse” at level 8.</li>
<li> Monks will now receive “Tranquil Vision” at level 21.</li>
<li> Bruisers will now receive “Shrug Off” at level 21.</li>
<li> Monks will now receive “Flow Like Wind II” at level 16.</li>
<li> Bruisers will now receive “Smoldering Fists II” at level 16.</li>
<li> Troubadors now receive “Vexing Verses” at level 6.</li>
<li> Dirges now receive “Tarven’s Crippling Crescendo” at level 6.</li>
<li> Brigands now receive “Mug” at level 6.</li>
<li> Swashbucklers now receive “Double-Cross” at level 6.</li>
<li> Coercers will no longer automatically receive “Mesmerize” at level 1.</li>
<li> Illusionists will no longer automatically receive “Entrance” at level 1.</li>
<li> “Shift Mana” and “Extract Mana” now have a lower health cost at low levels.</li>
<li> “Aqueous Stone” is now “Aqueous Soul” and no longer summons an item that grants water breathing. It now simply casts water breathing on the target.</li>
<li> Summoners will now receive their first version of Vampire Bats at level 10.</li>
</ul>
<p > <strong>ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENTS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> Lifeburn can no longer be dispelled.</li>
</ul>
<p > <strong>PVP SPELLS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> &#8220;Call of City&#8221; spells now properly apply their new reuse and casting speed on PVP Servers.</li>
</ul>
<p > <strong>AMENITIES</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> The &#8220;Guild Hall Kunark Writ Agent&#8221; now offers writs to Guild members that are citizens of New Halas.</li>
</ul>
<p > <strong>PVP WARFIELDS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> Antonica will once again broadcast the call to arms. </li>
</ul>
<p > <strong>PVP ITEMS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> Charm rewards from BG and PvP merchants should now activate if in PvP Combat and with the correct item equipped.</li>
<li> The Priest of Discord has ceased to offer exchanges for both Discord’s Prescient and Enduring Disks.</li>
<li> Fallen Foe Charms can now be used by Wardens.</li>
</ul>
<p > <strong>PVP POPULATION</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> The Priest of Discord in New Halas now resides closer to the PvP merchants.</li>
</ul>
<p > <strong>TRADESKILLS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> Scholars can now make level 10-19 bracelets.</li>
</ul>
<p > <strong>GOROWYN</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> The city of Gorowyn has been remodeled for easier navigation.</li>
</ul>
<p > <strong>NEW HALAS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> New Halas City Faction merchant, Mirva Kilgour, is now selling titles!</li>
</ul>
<p > <strong>NEKTROPOS CASTLE</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> &#8220;The Idol of Mor&#39;Tael&#8221; book can now be obtained within Nektropos Castle.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong><br /> UNDERFOOT DEPTHS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> Vaclaz Encounter : Crippling Nausea no longer stuns players.&nbsp; Instead it causes their actions to have a chance to impede those around them.&nbsp; Players hit with keen insight no longer can be hit with crippling nausea.&nbsp; Players with crippling nausea will never be picked to handle the keen insight adds.&nbsp; Roekillik beastmasters now have more health.</li>
<li> The Taehric Construct and Vaclaz no longer debuff players physical and Noxious mitigation levels.</li>
<li> Rathgar will now hit players with Deathblow once per 55 secs rather than once per 45 secs.</li>
</ul>
<p > <strong>ICY KEEP: RETRIBUTION</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> Looting the Rook key from the Frozen Corrival should no longer respawn the encounter.</li>
<li> The Cloak of Melting Ice should now be able to be looted by all classes.</li>
<li> The Frozen Corrival should no longer break encounter when pulled the rear wall of his room.</li>
<li> Time between summoning adds for the Ice Maiden D’Ina encounter have been increased slightly.</li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Update Notes: Tuesday, June 22, 2010(0)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>DRUID RING EVENT</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> The druid rings in Feerrott and Loping Plains are now safe destinations for newbies to zone in.</li>
<li> Kurista, Elwe, Dalarim and Tolla Clorto no longer change appearances every time they zone.</li>
<li> The</li></ul><p>&#8230; <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=481531" class="read_more">Read the rest</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p ><strong>DRUID RING EVENT</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> The druid rings in Feerrott and Loping Plains are now safe destinations for newbies to zone in.</li>
<li> Kurista, Elwe, Dalarim and Tolla Clorto no longer change appearances every time they zone.</li>
<li> The Defender of Growth guards are now much more powerful, to better protect the druid rings.</li>
<li> A couple harvest nodes near the Stonebrunt Highlands druid ring were left floating when the terrain was adjusted. This has been fixed.</li>
</ul>
<p > <strong>PVP WARFIELDS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> Antonica will once again broadcast the call to arms.</li>
</ul>
<p > <strong>PVP ITEMS<br /></strong></p>
<ul>
<li> Fallen Foe Charms can now be used by Wardens.</li>
</ul>
<p > <strong>PVP POPULATION</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> The Priest of Discord in New Halas now resides closer to the PvP merchants. </li>
</ul>
<p > <strong>UNDERFOOT DEPTHS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> Vaclaz Encounter: Crippling Nausea no longer stuns players.&nbsp; Instead it causes their actions to have a chance to impede those around them.&nbsp; Players hit with keen insight no longer can be hit with crippling nausea.&nbsp; Players with crippling nausea will never be picked to handle the keen insight adds.&nbsp; Roekillik beastmasters now have more health.</li>
<li> The Taehric Construct and Vaclaz no longer debuff player’s physical and Noxious mitigation levels.</li>
<li> Rathgar will now hit players with Deathblow once per 55 secs rather than once per 45 secs.</li>
<li> Master Syfak’s Roekillik Deathbringers will not cast festing plague as quickly as they did before.</li>
</ul>
<p > <strong>The Vigilant: Rescue</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> Amahn Prime Nirel now summons flames and fire more quickly during the fight.</li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Update Notes: Tuesday, June 15, 2010(0)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiara</dc:creator>
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<ul>
<li>Buffs cast on summoner pets like “Howl of the Damned” will persist through pet reloads.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>DRUID RING EVENT</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The progress-tracking sign will now show up properly in Sinking Sands and Jarsath Wastes.</li>
</ul>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>GENERAL</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Buffs cast on summoner pets like “Howl of the Damned” will persist through pet reloads.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>DRUID RING EVENT</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The progress-tracking sign will now show up properly in Sinking Sands and Jarsath Wastes.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>TRADESKILLS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The adorning daily quest giver should now reliably have a quest feather displayed.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>PVP ITEMS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Charm rewards from BG and PvP merchants should now activate if in PvP Combat and with the correct item equipped.</li>
<li>The Priest of Discord has ceased to offer exchanges for both Discord’s Prescient and Enduring Disks.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>PALACE OF ROEHN THEER</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The two versions of 4-rune Theer should now have slightly different names.</li>
<li>As long as enough people are alive, the Charged Soul spells and Inevitable Annihilation should no longer cast on the same person.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>ICY KEEP: RETRIBUTION</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Looting the Rook key from the Frozen Corrival should no longer respawn the encounter.</li>
<li>The Frozen Corrival should no longer break encounter when pulled the rear wall of his room.</li>
<li>Vrewwx’s Deathchill Flames are no longer dispellable and also grant players the ability to move while casting.</li>
<li>Vrewwx should no longer despawn when leaving his platform. Instead he becomes immune to damage until he is returned to it.</li>
<li>The Cloak of Melting Ice should now be able to be looted by all classes.</li>
<li>Time between summoning adds for the Ice Maiden D’Ina encounter have been increased slightly.</li>
</ul>
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		<title>Update Notes: Thursday, June 10, 2010(0)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>DRUID RING EVENT</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Repeatable quests in the Feerrott can now be turned in to the Defender of Growth.</li>
<li>While a druid ring is being constructed, a small shrub will appear in its center. Clicking it will show how much</li></ul><p>&#8230; <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=480669" class="read_more">Read the rest</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>DRUID RING EVENT</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Repeatable quests in the Feerrott can now be turned in to the Defender of Growth.</li>
<li>While a druid ring is being constructed, a small shrub will appear in its center. Clicking it will show how much progress has been made towards activating the ring.</li>
<li>Quest journals and dialogs for the &#8220;Motes of Growth&#8221; and &#8220;Chosen Foes&#8221; have been edited to be more clear and consistent.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>USER INTERFACE</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Deleting a repeatable quest from your quest journal that you have already completed one or more times will now properly remove it from the active quest window as well.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>ITEMS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Adornments should now work correctly on lower level tradeskilled cloaks, and on orbs (tradeskilled or otherwise).</li>
<li>The 7-piece bonus from the summoner Fiery Destruction set now properly applies to the wearer’s pet.</li>
<li>The self contained cloud can now be turned into a house item and vice versa.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>AMENITIES</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The standard bearer should now have the correct description.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>QUESTS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Players that see Henry Overwater, the Qeynos Representative, and Everian Mossway, the Kelethin Representative, in Paineel, should now also see Lady Vienna Sanditerra, the New Halas Representative.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>BLESSINGS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Grin of the Trickster now requires the caster to have someone else targeted and properly applies the increased avoidance.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>PVP WARFIELDS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Chaos Flag is now a beneficial buff and lasts for 1 hour. </li>
<li>The call to arms for Warfields now correctly states the zone it is in.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>All eligible players will be rewarded equally for participation in the Warfields.</li>
<li>A few changes to Most Wanted Posters have been made to remove the focus on the Warfield&#39;s reward and back to PvP fights.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>PVP MERCHANTS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Discord’s Prescient and Enduring Disks can be exchanged for tokens through the Priest of Discord for a limited time.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>PVP ITEMS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Discord’s Prescient Disk now grants increased power and toughness instead of in combat speed. </li>
<li>Discord’s Enduring Disk now grants increased health and toughness instead of in combat speed.&nbsp; </li>
<li>Discord’s Prescient and Enduring Disks are now available through the Battleground vendors. </li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>PVP WRITS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Most Wanted Posters now have 20 Charges.</li>
<li>The reuse timer for the Most Wanted Posters is now 5 Minutes.</li>
<li>You may still obtain a new writ while in combat.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>KALADIM</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Loot of the inappropriate level has been removed from the drop tables for the Kragback Champion and The Master Miner named encounters.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>FROSTFANG SEA</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Good aligned players who auto-mentor should now be able to receive all of the level 10-70 New Halas city writs.</li>
<li>Cordt Metalpatcher, the mender at White Lodge, is now available to everyone, despite their citizenship.</li>
<li>Agrim MacTosh, the new broker at White Lodge, is available to everyone, despite their citizenship.</li>
<li>Helfreck Lundgren, the new Housing Goods merchant at Erollis Dock, is available to everyone, despite their citizenship.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>ICY KEEP: RETRIBUTION</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed a crash issue related to using projectiles during the Frozen Corrival encounter.</li>
<li>Some tweaks have been done to the Frozen Corrival encounter to hopefully prevent players from crashing when he splits into adds. </li>
<li>The Frozen Corrival should no longer have a chance of leaving his chest floating in midair after being defeated.</li>
<li>Kastus and Odaufe should once again combine at 10%. Some tweaks have also been made to keep the encounter for excessively shuffling hate around between random players.</li>
<li>Ice Maidens within the zone should no longer show as broken encounters.</li>
<li>All trash encounters in the zone have had their health slightly decreased.</li>
<li>Coin has been added as a reward to some more difficult named encounters within the Keep.</li>
</ul>
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		<title>Test Update Notes: Tuesday, June 8, 2010(0)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>GENERAL</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Pet level and enhancement AAs now properly reapply to pets when reviving.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>DRUID RING EVENT</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Repeatable quests in the Feerrott can now be turned in to the Defender of Growth.</li>
<li>While a druid ring is</li></ul><p>&#8230; <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=480585" class="read_more">Read the rest</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>GENERAL</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Pet level and enhancement AAs now properly reapply to pets when reviving.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>DRUID RING EVENT</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Repeatable quests in the Feerrott can now be turned in to the Defender of Growth.</li>
<li>While a druid ring is being constructed, a small shrub will appear in its center. Clicking it will show how much progress has been made towards activating the ring.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>USER INTERFACE</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Deleting a repeatable quest from your quest journal that you have already completed one or more times will now properly remove it from the active quest window as well.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>QUESTS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Sundered Frontier &#8211; Players that see Henry Overwater, the Qeynos Representative, and Everian Mossway, the Kelethin Representative, in Paineel, should now also see Lady Vienna Sanditerra, the New Halas Representative.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>ITEMS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The self contained cloud can now be turned into a house item and vice versa.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>AMENITIES</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The standard bearer should now have the correct description.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>PVP WARFIELDS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Chaos Flag is now a beneficial buff and lasts for 1 hour. </li>
<li>The call to arms for Warfields now correctly states the zone it is in.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>All eligible players will be rewarded equally for participation in the Warfields.</li>
<li>A few changes to Most Wanted Posters have been made to remove the focus on the Warfield&#39;s reward and back to PvP fights.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>PVP MERCHANTS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Discord’s Prescient and Enduring Disks can be exchanged for tokens through the Priest of Discord for a limited time.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>PVP ITEMS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Discord’s Prescient Disk now grants increased power and toughness instead of in combat speed. </li>
<li>Discord’s Enduring Disk now grants increased health and toughness instead of in combat speed.&nbsp; </li>
<li>Discord’s Prescient and Enduring Disks are now available through the Battleground vendors. </li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>PVP WRITS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Most Wanted Posters now have 20 Charges.</li>
<li>The reuse timer for the Most Wanted Posters is now 5 Minutes.</li>
<li>You may still obtain a new writ while in combat.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>FROSTFANG SEA</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Good aligned players who auto-mentor should now be able to receive all of the level 10-70 New Halas city writs.</li>
<li>Cordt Metalpatcher, the mender at White Lodge, is now available to everyone, despite their citizenship.</li>
<li>Agrim MacTosh, the new broker at White Lodge, is available to everyone, despite their citizenship.</li>
<li>Helfreck Lundgren, the new Housing Goods merchant at Erollis Dock, is available to everyone, despite their citizenship.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>KALADIM</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Loot of the inappropriate level has been removed from the drop tables for the Kragback Champion and The Master Miner named encounters.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>ICY KEEP: RETRIBUTION</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed a crash issue related to using projectiles during the Frozen Corrival encounter.</li>
<li>Some tweaks have been done to the Frozen Corrival encounter to hopefully prevent players from crashing when he splits into adds. </li>
<li>Kastus and Odaufe should once again combine at 10%. Some tweaks have also been made to keep the encounter for excessively shuffling hate around between random players.</li>
</ul>
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		<title>Update Notes: Thursday, June 3, 2010(0)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiara</dc:creator>
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<ul>
<li>Effects can once again proc on an AE autoattack.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>DRUID RING EVENT</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Tunarian supply officers will now buy items for coin, like many other merchants.</li>
<li>The druid portal to Nektulos Forest now lands adventurers</li></ul><p>&#8230; <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=480135" class="read_more">Read the rest</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p ><strong>GENERAL</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Effects can once again proc on an AE autoattack.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>DRUID RING EVENT</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Tunarian supply officers will now buy items for coin, like many other merchants.</li>
<li>The druid portal to Nektulos Forest now lands adventurers closer to the druid ring.</li>
<li>An issue preventing players from harvesting magiliths after they died has been fixed.</li>
<li>The bug that prevented looting A Floret of Growth with certain group loot settings has been fixed.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>SPELLS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Ancestral Sentry can once again be cast on raid and group friends. &nbsp;It can no longer be cast on pets or NPCs.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>ROYAL PALACE OF ROEHN THEER</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Plane Cracker should no longer occasionally cast if Approaching Equilibrium is slain before reaching Roehn Theer.</li>
<li>Approaching Equilibrium should now despawn almost immediately upon being slain.</li>
<li>Void-charged Soul and Star-charged Soul should now correctly be dispelled from both players when they successfully reach each other.</li>
<li>Void-charged Soul and Star-charged Soul now have a 3s delay after being applied before they begin reacting to other nearby charged souls.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>BATTLEGROUNDS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Hook arrow will no longer cause the victim to drop the flag.</li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Test Update Notes: Tuesday, June 1, 2010(0)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiara</dc:creator>
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<ul>
<li>Effects can once again proc on an AE auto-attack.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>SPELLS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Ancestral Sentry can once again be cast on raid and group friends. &#160;It can no longer be cast on pets or NPCs.</li>
</ul>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>GENERAL</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Effects can once again proc on an AE auto-attack.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>SPELLS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Ancestral Sentry can once again be cast on raid and group friends. &nbsp;It can no longer be cast on pets or NPCs.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>BATTLEGROUNDS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Hook arrow will no longer cause the victim to drop the flag.</li>
</ul>
<p ><strong>ROYAL PALACE OF ROEHN THEER</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Plane Cracker should no longer occasionally cast if Approaching Equilibrium is slain before reaching Roehn Theer.</li>
</ul>
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		<title>Update Notes: Tuesday, June 1, 2010(0)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>DRUID RING EVENT</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The Defender of Growth now ports players from an already rebuilt druid ring to the one that is currently being constructed.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>QUESTS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Recycle Your Minions: Part Three &#8211; Players who have completed the quest,</li></ul><p>&#8230; <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=479993" class="read_more">Read the rest</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>DRUID RING EVENT</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The Defender of Growth now ports players from an already rebuilt druid ring to the one that is currently being constructed.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>QUESTS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Recycle Your Minions: Part Three &#8211; Players who have completed the quest, Recycle Your Minions: Part Three, but did not accept Damodar’s next quest, Assisting Jaswinda, can now hail Damodar again and gain the quest.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>ITEMS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Shoulderpads of the Black Death now grant the effect Empowered Minion.</li>
<li>Pendant of the Ice Drake Eye and Mounted Ice Drake Scale Amulet have had potency added to them.</li>
<li>Icy Keep shoulder items have had potency added to them.</li>
<li>The Seeker’s of the Dark Truth faction mount should now be 65% run speed.</li>
<li>Mounts for level 90 guilds should no longer require level 80 to summon the disk.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>PVP WARFIELDS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>A new spell effect will now let you know if you will be rewarded for participation in the Warfields.
<ul>
<li>You gain the effect by reporting to one of the towers during the event.</li>
<li>The effect will cease being distributed 2 minutes prior to when the event timer ends.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Additional detriments have been added to the Tower Guardian defense shields that affect those under level 9.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>PVP ITEMS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The Vintage Wares, Scion of War items have been updated to be used by both Good and Evil aligned clients.&nbsp;</li>
<li>The items shared by Battleground merchants and Open PvP merchants do not require a city alignment for use.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>PVP QUESTS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Players should now be able to complete the Learning the Path, PvP Tutorial Quest by speaking the Scion of War, Vintage Wares merchant.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>PVP POPULATION</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>You may now obtain PvP writs in Halas by speaking to the Writ Giver near the monk trainer in Halas.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>PERAH’CELSIS’ ABOMINABLE LABORATORY</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Waansu and Arkatanthis have had the damage of their aoe spells reduced.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>NEW HALAS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>New Halasian templars can now use their Odyssey spell to return to their home city of New Halas.</li>
<li>The &#8220;Locket of Escape&#8221; can now gate New Halasian citizens back to their home city of New Halas.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>ICY KEEP: RETRIBUTION</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Hoarfrost Pyreflyte should no longer summon as often after he gets under 10% health.</li>
<li>When entering Captain H’bri’s room a dialog should be triggered that hints at how to successfully split the encounter.</li>
<li>The Frozen Corrival should no longer leash when the tank gets knocked up into the air.</li>
<li>Odaufe and Kastus should no longer wipe hate until much later into their fight.</li>
<li>The quest “Knocked Out Cold” should now update on killing normal or challenge mode encounter of Vrewwx.</li>
<li>It should no longer be possible to ignore the abominable ice-smashers when battling challenge-mode Vrewwx.</li>
<li>Vrewwx’s spell Frozen Solid should now correctly cause the victim to lose hate positions.</li>
<li>When killed Challenge-mode Vrewwx should no longer allow you to retrigger the encounter.</li>
<li>Some tweaks have been done to the Frozen Corrival encounter to hopefully prevent players from crashing when he splits into adds.</li>
<li>The Statue of the Snowbeast should no longer continue to fight once he has been killed. Someone gave him the memo he is supposed to be dead…</li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 09:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiara</dc:creator>
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<li>Fixed some proc effects that were not working on spell hits.</li>
<li>Fixed a crash issue related to chest looting.</li>
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<li>Fixed some proc effects that were not working on spell hits.</li>
<li>Fixed a crash issue related to chest looting.</li>
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