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Game Update 62: Age of Discovery

Game Update 61: The War of Zek

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GENERAL

  • Fixed some proc effects that were not working on spell hits.

ITEMS

  • The heirloom Stonebrunt prowler mounts no longer require attuning to your character, and remain tradeable.
  • The Reinforced Sandals of Balance now behave the same way as the Reinforced Slippers of Balance.
  • The Mark of Manaar version of the Cloak of Crystalline Depths can only be used by priests.
  • Herald’s Armwraps of Disdain now have their intended Empowered Minion effect.

QUESTS

  • The Nightmare is Over will no longer offer the same rewards as Severing the Head.

ROYAL PALACE OF ROEHN THEER

  • Heart of Aniquilacion is now correctly a trauma effect instead of elemental.
  • Inevitable Annihilation is once again an incurable curse instead of an elemental effect.
  • The ramp leading to Roehn Theer should no longer occasionally become stuck in the ‘off’ state.

PERAH’CELSIS’ ABOMINABLE LABORATORY

  • Perah’Celsis will not charm as many players as in the past.  Perah’Celsis will no longer cast any AOE spells while trying to free heroes from their platforms.

 

 

FEATURES

NEW HALAS

  • The city of New Halas, namesake of the original city of the Northmen destroyed by cataclysm and war, sits in the heart of the isle of Erollis, a treacherous land of biting temperatures and aggressive fauna within the freezing waters of the Frostfang Sea.  Originally a village of war hardened dwarves, it has since grown due to being blessed by Mithaniel Marr and reconnected with the Shattered Lands of Norrath.  Pilgrims to New Halas can find their way there via a griffin at the docks in the Butcherblock Mountains.  New characters created for New Halas will start at Pilgrim’s Landing, an encampment near the isle of Erollis, in the zone Frostfang Sea.

THE ICY KEEP: RETRIBUTION

  • A new level 90+ x4 raid dungeon with associated quests is aimed to give players an easy to moderate challenge! The pesky Frostfoots have found a new way into the Icy Keep and this time the Ice Maidens are ready for them! Join Snarf, Gerbi and many more in their quest to rid themselves of the newly hatched Ice Dragon, Vrewwx! Consider yourselves warned, however… Before entering you might want to bring 23 of your friends to help you get past his guardians.

UNDERFOOT DEPTHS

  • There is a battle raging as powerful elemental forces gather deep beneath the earth.  Only the most powerful raiding parties can hope to prevail in the Underfoot Depths.

STORYLINES

  • A new “Storyline” tab has been added to the bottom of the Quest journal. The Storyline window will help you keep track of the many adventures you encounter as you explore the world of Norrath. Additionally, the Storyline window will help lead you to new adventures as they become available for you to enjoy!
  • Storylines are color coded by status:
    • Gold indicates that you have not picked up any quests for this storyline.
    • White indicates you have made some progress in this storyline even if it is just picking up the first quest in it.
    • Grey indicates you have completed all quests in this storyline.

TRAVEL REVAMP

  • We have made several changes to the game in an effort to streamline travel.
    • Traveling to different locations uses a new interface.
    • Now when selecting a travel location via teleportation, bell, or sokokar/horse/griffon etc. you will do so through a travel map.
    • Simply double click your choice, or select it and then press OK to be whisked away.
    • Mousing over a location when using world teleportation displays a level range and some background information on the area.
    • Bell/carpet zone travel has been consolidated. Bells on the different continents have all been linked together. This means the bells that were in Nektulos are no longer limited to 6 locations. These bells have been reduced to one bell that is linked to other bells across Norrath. Bells used to travel within Qeynos and Freeport have not been changed except that they now use the travel map allowing for more direct connections to where you wish to go.
  • Druid portals no longer require the player to have harvested a Blessed Shrubbery.
  • Blessed Shrubberies have been imbued by Tunare with the power to transport players to any of the other druid rings!
  • Translocate no longer requires a planar symbol.
  • Translocate portals were transporting players to incorrect spots in the Bonemire and The Barren Sky. This has been corrected.
  • Planar symbols have been removed from vendor lists.
  • Sokokar posts no longer require the Sokokar item. They now check that you have completed either the tradeskill or adventuring version of the quest. This affects the following zones:
    • Chardok
    • Jarsath Wastes
    • Kylong Plains
    • Kunzar Jungle
    • Fens of Nathsar
  • You are no longer required to visit a Sokokar post before being able to travel there. This affects the following zones:
    • Jarsath Wastes
    • Kylong Plains
    • Kunzar Jungle
    • Fens of Nathsar
  • The following zones no longer require you to do a quest or go to a location before accessing the inner zone travel option. The quests that were there previously have been reworked so that players can still do them optionally.
    • Nektulos Forest
    • Thundering Steppes
    • Sinking Sands
    • Pillar of Flames
  • The flight paths leading to and leaving from Butcherblock, and connecting to Timorous or Darklight, have been modified some to be more geographically appropriate.
  • The following quests have been modified and had money rewards attached to them:
    • Griffon Egg for the Nektulos Tower Stations
    • Griffon Egg for the Steppes Tower Stations
  • The following zones now have inner zone travel options or have had new locations added to them:
    • Steamfont
    • Zek
    • Feerrott
    • Enchanted Lands
    • Everfrost
    • Greater Faydark
    • Nektulos
  • All spires that can be reached through wizard teleportation should now have a static teleporter and they should all now link to the entire network. This affects the following zones:
    • Greater Faydark
    • Moors of Ykesha
    • Kylong Plains
    • Tenebrous Tangle
    • Bonemire
    • Barren Sky
  • All call spells have had their cast times reduced to 10 seconds. This affects the following spells:
    • Call of The Overlord
    • Call of Kelethin
    • Call of Qeynos
    • Call of Gorowyn
    • Call of Neriak
    • Call of Haven
    • Call to Guild Hall
    • Call of Ro
  • Guild hall bell amenities have been changed:
    • Since all bells are the same now we have given each one a different look.
    • The Sinking Sands carpet now acts like a bell but will retain the carpet look for those who like it.
 

FROSTFANG SEA

  • Map icons have been added.
 

GENERAL

  • Bartenders in Norrath’s major cities will once more sell alcoholic beverages to level 90 adventurers, having been persuaded that all rumors of unfortunate high-level drunken raiding incidents are in fact vile slander and in no way explain why Roehn Theer remains undefeated.  The bartenders of Norrath encourage the responsible use of alcohol in moderation.  This message was not sponsored by Roehn Theer.

SHADER 3.0

  • Fixed an issue causing wireframe outlines to appear over zone art when entering certain zones.

STORYLINES

  • Quest titles listed in the storyline summary now are color coded by the “con” of the quest.

ITEMS

  • The Timorous Deep horse merchant now sells the new guild mounts.
  • Combat Expertise on the Grand Admiral’s Chain now includes “Greater” in name to distinguish it from the Admiral’s Chain proc.
  • The item effect “Rancorous Ire” can no longer be resisted.

SPELLS

  • Paladins can no longer cancel Divine Favor after it has triggered.

QUESTS

  • Players doing the Collect Elemental Cores quest will now be able too properly loot the items with group looting options set to need before greed on legendary+ items.
  • The plant gathered for the quest “Frozen Pincer Chowder” is now called reed instead of parsley, due to the art of the object.
  • The quests “Ham and Beans”, “Spider Puffs”, “Frozen Pincer Chowder” and “Kestrel Pot Pie” are now listed under the Category of “New Halas” instead of “City Task” since they are not writs.
  • Moved the weapon rewards from “A Fine Halasian Welcome” to “Crustose Removal.”
  • The quest “Nothing To Waste” now awards a “simple Halasian chest.”
  • Hillfred Kinloch is now willing to advance the quest “Geode Caching” when you are repeating it.
  • Melting the Green Ice for the quest “Green Mystery” no longer causes Ordin Sleetfoot or Thirin Veliumdelver to be killed.
  • “Nothing to Waste” will now more specifically point the player’s toward the Ry’Gorr Invaders for their equipment.

SUNDERED FRONTIER

  • Henry Overwater should now offer Qeynos adventure writs to players who have betrayed from evil to good.

FROSTFANG SEA

  • Mistress Thora <Purveyor of Artifacts>, aside from buying all status items, now also sells rawhide leather rucksack, tanned leather rucksack and boiled leather rucksack.
  • Hilal Bluefoot and Millgard Sunknife now sell the boiled leather rucksack and tanned leather rucksack.
  • Torvil Beastamer <Pet Merchant> is now located in Ravens' Roost near the housing merchant and he has a cat named Snowfist and a dog named Hagley.
  • Totem of the Iceclad Manta is now no Value, not transmutable and no longer labeled Treasured.
  • Population now has a chance of dropping treasure in chests.

ICY KEEP: RETRIBUTION

  • Hoarfrost Pyreflyte has had his Pyreskin damage reduced significantly.
  • Hoarfrost Pyreflyte’s eggs should respawn less frequently.
  • Doors leading to the Captain encounter should no longer close permanently once the encounter is defeated.

PERAH’CELSIS’ ABOMINABLE LABORATORY

  • Arkatanthis’ will cast curse of destruction no more than 6 times per min during his fight, regardless of conditions.

BATTLEGROUNDS

  • Slightly lowered the price of existing battlegrounds armor pieces. The new 1st Campaign armor prices remain unchanged
  • Quests that require specific world events will no longer be removed when going into a battlegrounds match if those events are not active.
 

EVERFROST

  • A new tunnel in Everfrost connecting the Jagged Plains with the Kromise Caves has been added to expedite travel within the zone.

 

 

STORYLINES

  • The scroll bar on the storyline details will reset when switching between chapters.

ITEMS

  • The Brilliant Bladestopper should be more in line with the challenge getting it.
  • Cuffs of Definitive Power now have Molten Carnage IV.

QUESTS

  • Added purpose tags to the NPCs that give out The Hole quests in Paineel.
  • Players can no longer turn in the daily mark quests to Jael in The Hole: Contested.
  • Players that exit the The Vigilant: Rescue while on Stage 3 (the escort) of The Captain's Crystal can now speak to Jithir and re-start the escort.

FROSTFANG SEA

  • Frostfang Sea service NPCs (bankers, merchants & menders) are no longer dependant upon New Halas city faction.  But the service NPCs found within the city of New Halas still are.
 

GENERAL

  • Corpses and treasure chests will no longer sink to the bottom if underwater.

STORYLINES

  • Fixed a bug where text can get cutoff when resizing the storyline window.

QUESTS

  • The angered glacial scoundrels should no longer get confused about whom to attack for players on the quest “Clan of the Cave Imps.”
  • “A Good Distraction” is now more group, and non-group, friendly.  Nothing should break while attempting the quest, no matter your grouped status.  The velinoid seekers that attack you while attempting to rescue Ordin Sleetfood should now agro on you as soon as they spawn, even if they con grey.
  • “All That Remains” will now update for the entire group when one player attempts to recover Herga's helm.
  • “Severing the Head” will now update for the entire group when one player attempts to smash the dark crystal.
  • The writ named, “New Halas: Breaking Ice” now targets frozen pincers or downy kestrels and has been renamed “New Halas: Frozen Meal.”
  • The quest “Revitalizing the Rusties” should now correctly display all rewards.
  • The quest “Confronting the Godslayer” should now update from Perah’Celsis (Normal Mode) or Waansu (Challenge Mode).
  • Neriak quests – Divimar G’Zule now offers her quest “The Dreadguard's Extracurricular Activities” to those level 50+ and have completed one of her city writs, even if they have completed the quest “Acts of Heresy.”

FROSTFANG SEA

  • The frozen pincers on Pilgrims' Landing have been renamed as frozen grapplers.
  • The fishing nodes around Erollisi can now be harvested from land.

ICY KEEP: RETRIBUTION

  • All bosses should now correctly leash.

SPIRIT’S RESONANCE

  • Killing “Researcher Jal’Dea’s Restless Spirit” will now automatically spawn “Magicmelter the Summoned” in the graveyard knows as “The Saturnine of Hollows”.
 

ITEMS

  • Summoning Brace of the Wyrmkind now properly adds Molten Carnage IV to the caster’s pet.

THE HOLE

  • The following mobs will no longer attack you if you have faction points equal to or above -39999 points with them. The faction point requirement should now be consistent with other standard mobs under the same faction.
    • “an animated watcher”
    • “a disheveled refugee”
    • The “Caetaxian dominator” located on the fallen pillar bridge in the Old Paineel section of the zone.
  • Killing “disheveled refugee” should now have an effect on your faction status with “Caertaxian Legion” as well as factions that are against them.

 

 

ITEMS

  • Summoning Brace of the Wyrmkind now properly adds Molten Carnage IV to the caster’s pet.

THE HOLE

  • The following mobs will no longer attack you if you have faction points equal to or above -39999 points with them. The faction point requirement should now be consistent with other standard mobs under the same faction.
    • “an animated watcher”
    • “a disheveled refugee”
    • The “Caetaxian dominator” located on the fallen pillar bridge in the Old Paineel section of the zone.
  • Killing “disheveled refugee” should now have an effect on your faction status with “Caertaxian Legion” as well as factions that are against them.

 

 

GENERAL

  • Good aligned brokers should now include items posted within New Halas!

SHADER 3.0

  • Many weapons have been fixed and will now render correctly with shader 3.0.

ITEMS

  • Grobb furniture items should now render correctly when using both shader 1.0 and shader 3.0.

QUESTS

  • All Halas quests should now appear under the same category in your quest journal.
  • Stonebrunt Frontier: Sundered Simulacrum and Visual Obfuscation should now function correctly.
  • The Willow Wood: Ayr'Dals who don the illusionary form of other races can no longer fool Daelyn Twinstar! He’s on to you!
  • It is now possible to do both the tradeskill and the adventuring versions of the sokokar quest lines (from Borbin Happens and Assistant Jones at the dock in Kylong Plains).
  • Logging out will no longer cause conflict with players that had completed the quest “Ry'Gorr Mining Operations.”  The Velium wall securing the Velinoid Catacombs should not reappear for you
  • It should now be possible for multiple players to trigger the ambushing Ry'Gorr orcs while on the quest “Flame On!”
  • Arrin Clelland's quest “Manta Slay” is no longer repeatable.
  • Before players are offered the quest “Roaming Charges” Yasha Redblade now points players to Trainer Ragnhild Stonefist through a dialog choice.

FROSTFANG SEA

  • Warden Bjerne, the Halas housing merchant, is now stocking more Halas furnishings and fewer Qeynos ones.
  • Velinoids in the caves near New Halas should no longer be more difficult than other mobs in the zone.
  • Sloppy fish gut bucket is now no-value.
  • New Halas now has flavor NPCs wandering, fighting, conversing, and spell casting throughout the city, Ravens' Roost and the Erollis dock.
  • New Halas now has harvestable shrubs and wood.
  • The Warlock, Illusionist, Conjuror, Wizard Trainers have been moved to the new “Mages' Study.”
  • Gruu Fairbairn, the Cronomage NPCs, and Research Assistant have been moved to the new “The Arcanitorium.”
  • The newly added buildings of New Halas (“Spears' Rest”, “Hammers' Rest” & “Erronson's Furs and Leathers”) now have signs.
  • Nohr Flamel, an Alchemy Merchant, is now located within Ravens' Roost area of New Halas.

THE HOLE

  • The following mobs will no longer attack you if you have faction point equal to or above -39999 points with them. The faction point requirement should now be consistent with other standard mobs under the same faction.
    • “an animated watcher”
    • “a disheveled refugee”
    • The “Caetaxian dominator” located on the fallen pillar bridge in the Old Paineel section of the zone.
  • Killing “disheveled refugees” should now have an effect on your faction status with “Caertaxian Legion” as well as factions that are against them.

THE PALACE OF ROEHN THEER

  • The fires that spawn on the corner platforms during Roehn Theer’s encounter are no longer targetable to help prevent occasional issues with tab-targeting during the battle.
  • Sage Encounter – The AOE spells for the sages have had their radius reduced.  You now have 10 seconds rather than 5 to complete the HO to remove their prismatic spheres.  Sages will now wait 80 secs from the time their prismatic spheres are removed before recasting the next one.  In challenge-mode the 3 sages now have lower maximum health.

THE TEMPLE OF CAZIC-THULE

  • The Acidic Slime should once again drop loot appropriate for its level.

ICY KEEP: RETRIBUTION AND THE UNDERFOOT DEPTHS

  • Lockout timers: The Icy Keep now has a 3 day 20 hour minimum and a 9 day maximum and the Underfoot Depths now has a 4 day 20 hour minimum and a 9 day maximum.

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