QUESTS
The ?Welcome to Qeynos, Citizen!? quests will no longer fail to update if you?ve completed the Faydwer expert collection.
?Natasha?s Note? can now be completed. Tarakh has moved to Freeport Combined.
?Hand of War? will no longer fail to spawn the Left Eye of Thule if you?ve already done ?Hand of War ? Eye of Fear.?
?Strategic Point? will no longer fail to update if you?ve completed ?Cartography Fun.?
?Tinkering with Toggery? now offers a reward to Beastlords.
NOTE: Pushing some more data to Test around 8pm PST.
CRITICAL MITIGATION REMOVAL
Critical Mitigation (the stat) has been removed from the game.
Critical Mitigation no longer displays on the Character pane (for obvious reasons, since it?s no longer in the game).
NPCs no longer use Critical Bonus to add to critical damage.
Buffs and debuffs that have Critical Mitigation elements to them will have those elements replaced with other elements instead, so that those buffs/debuffs do not lose effectiveness.
Critical Mitigation values on adornments will be replaced with hit point values instead.
NOTE: This change has no effect on PvP game play. The ?PvP Critical Mitigation? stat is still useful for game balance in PvP play and is not being changed.
Please visit this link for more information and discussion:
http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/…topic_id=514354
GENERAL
You can now access your mail without a mailbox! You can either click the mail buff in your buff window, select mail from the EQ2 menu, or use the /start_mail command!
NOTE: You will only be able to send and pickup items and coin by actually clicking on a mailbox in the world.
ZONE PROGRESSION / POPULATION
Tallon?s Stronghold [Challenge]
Players have more time to defeat Decorin Deathbringer in the Tallon Zek fight before Tallon empowers him.
Vallon?s Tower [Challenge]
Players have more time to defeat Kulaxis in the Vallon Zek fight before Vallon empowers him.
Adds that spawn during the final Vallon zek fight spawn less frequently and have less health. Warlord?s Fury and Siphon cast during the final Vallon Zek Fight no longer clear players current target.
ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT
Mystic
Bolstering Spirits now adds maximum health to Bolster. The Critical Mitigation component has been removed.
Deterioration now adds melee damage reduction and potency reduction components to Deterioriate. The Crit Bonus reduction has been removed.
Predator
Noxious Enfeeblement now debuffs potency and melee damage instead of Crit Bonus.
Enhance: Noxious Enfeeblement now improves the Crit Chance, Potency, and melee damage reductions of Noxious Enfeeblement.
Rogue
Enhance: Thieving Essence now siphons Potency and melee damage instead of Crit Bonus.
Shadowknight
Essence Siphoning now adds Potency and melee damage effects to Siphon Strength. The Crit Bonus component has been removed.
Warden
Critical Debilitation is now Aura of Health. Aura of Health grants increased max health instead of critical mitigation.
Warrior
Critical Bulwark is now Robust Bulwark. It grants increased max health instead of critical mitigation.
ADORNMENTS
Adornments that used to give critical mitigation now give maximum health.
MERCENARIES
Shaman mercenaries should more reliably cast their single target ward spells during combat.
Keyrin Curetouch should no longer stack the ?Spirit of the Wolf? spell on players in their maintained buff window after zoning.
Mercenary healers should now heal wounded player pets.
TRADESKILLS
The recipe for Primeval Wristguard of the Animist now makes Beastlord armor instead of Assassin armor.
Tradeskill Apprentice reactants now display provisioner belts as items they can create.
LIVE EVENTS
Erollisi Day
Rex Tinforge now gives proper directions to Priestess Alena in Freeport.
ITEMS
Critical Aegis and Bulwark of Faith procs now give maximum health instead of critical mitigation.
This update will occur around 7pm PST.
ZONE PROGRESSION / POPULATION
Stonebrunt Highlands
Ghazi the Conqueror should no longer retreat from battle with mercenaries.
Tower of Tactics
Lady V?uul will no longer spawn archers once defeated.
Vallon?s Tower [Challenge]
During the Hand of Vallon/Golem fight the golems should no longer get out of color synch or double cast any spells.
During the final Vallon Zek fight ? Fighters no longer destroy domes if they enter with the wrong color. Only non-fighters destroy domes in this way. You have more time to react before the domes spawn to get out of the way, and after the domes spawn to get in the proper color dome. Tactical Toll no longer snares players.
LIVE EVENTS
Erollisi
Erollisi?s Charm can now be equipped by beastlords.
Update should occur around 7pm PST.
GENERAL
Fixed a bug where some characters wouldn't show on character select.
ZONE PROGRESSION / POPULATION
Elements of War [Challenge]
Terrinon Bloodclaw now has less strikethrough ability.
DUNGEON MAKER
All Dungeon Maker avatars should now be the same tier.
ITEMS
The elemental disc mounts from the 8th year veteran rewards should now be able to be used by 85th level tradeskillers.
Yellow adornments on the Ry?Gorr, Thurgadin, and Snowfang merchants should now offer options for beastlords.
Fertilizer treasure should once again be able to be sold on broker.
The AOE radius on Tradeskill Apprentice priest 2hander procs has been reduced from 25m to 5m.
Added beastlord items to loot tables for EOW.
Increased crit chance on EOW 2 handers.
LIVE EVENTS
Erollisi
Hearts a'Flutter – Player is now returned to the contest start point when the race is concluded.
QUESTS
Beastlord Epic
There are no longer two axiom within the Great Divide that share the same name.
Update should occur around 6pm PST.
ZONE PROGRESSION / POPULATION
Tower of Frozen Shadow (Raid)
Tserrina?s spell ?Wing Buffet? should no longer cause priests to become knocked back
Adds spawned from shadow doors should no longer spawn quite as quickly
The number of adds that spawn from shadow doors has been slightly reduced
Tower of Frozen Shadow: Umbral Halls
Demanti Sheda should no longer have issues resetting his encounter
Demanti Sheda?s spell ?Paralyzing Fear? should now stun instead of fearing and has been reduced in duration
Vallon's Tower [Challenge]
Ambassador Grindstone?s Council Judgment proc now only lasts half as long and is no longer a curse.
Kael Drakkel contested
Boss mobs will now cast curses less frequently.
Tallon?s Stronghold [Challenge]
Tyrax Terrolus will no longer curse the main tank with Tyrax?s Edict.
LIVE EVENTS
Erollisi
The Dungeon Maker “Erollisian Custodian Druid” can now be placed and seen within dungeons.
Unforgettable – There is now a visual when Cerydes casts his chrono spell upon the player.
Tainted Love – The Shard of Love vases now disappear from player?s view 15 sec after their last seed is placed.
Tainted Love – Added directions to the Shard of Love?s entrance.
Heal the Pain – Added directions to the Shard of Love?s entrance.
Hearts a'Flutter – The Essences of Erollisi are now bigger.
Hearts a'Flutter – The spell icon for the steed is now appropriate.
Hearts a'Flutter – The holiday rose petal collection EIG's can no longer be seen in Antonica or Commonlands when you are searching for Essences of Erollisi for this quest.
Hearts a'Flutter: Commonlands – The number of Essences of Erollisi have been increased near the quest start area.
This update should occur around 6pm PST.
GENERAL
Fixed a placement issue with certain moveable objects (for instance, the portals will now place properly during the Zynos fight in Anchor of Bazzul).
ACHIEVEMENTS
Characters who have completed ?Your Eternal Reward? should now receive the ?Agent of Freeport? achievement.
POPULATION
Sundered Frontier
Fixed name on lingering slitherspines.
MERCENARIES
Shaman mercenaries should no longer continue to think they are in combat when it comes to casting wards on their group. They will still cast their out of combat preward spells.
TRADESKILL APPRENTICE
Tradeskill Apprentice daily reward potions are now treasured and stack to 200.
The Potion of Hastened Learning will now give +25% experience gain.
LIVE EVENTS
Erollisi
The Disciples of Love, David Torchsong and Diana Heartstrings, have had all of their dialogue updated to reflect Erollisi Marr?s return.
QUESTS
The quests ?A Rat?s a Rat?s a Rat,? ?A Cleansing This Temple Needs?,? and ?Entering the Veil? should again update properly.
The City of Freeport
The quest ?Grobb, Not Forgotten? should now reward the proper reward. Players who have already completed the quest may seek out Viducius in East Freeport to pick up their reward.
Thurgadin
Frizella Emberblossom is now more willing to give the Thudomatonian Monotony quest if you forgot to pick it up before.
GENERAL
Fixed a bug with house item tooltips that would sometimes show incorrect housing restrictions.
Group Friend spells should once again work on warders and pets.
ZONE PROGRESSION / POPULATION
Vallon's Tower [Challenge]
Ambassador Grindstone will no longer reapply his Unbridled Fury of the Elements buff as soon as he has dispelled player debuffs, he waits a few seconds.
Ambassador Grindstone no longer casts Crystalline Torrent Spell.
Vallonite Sentinels no longer memwipe when they cast Sentinel?s Touch.
Vallonite Sentinels no longer taunt lock players during the fight.
Tallon?s Stronghold [Challenge]
During the Tallon Zek fight Deathbringer?s Touch is now cureable as a curse.
Tallon Zek will warn players as he teleports and will not fire his arrow volley until 10 seconds after he changes his location.
Fighters will not take as harsh a punishment if they turn their back on Tallon Zek as he is firing arrows.
MERCENARIES
Blurt Grasplung should now cure detrimental spells on groupmates.
TRADESKILL APPRENTICES
The Tradeskill Apprentice Daily quest will now only take 1 of the required quest item instead of every item of that type in your inventory.
Tradeskill Apprentice Daily quest reward potions are now Heirloom instead of No Trade.
LIVE EVENTS
Erollisi Day
Romance in a Jar is now usable by Beastlords.
The Dirt mounds in Commonlands and the wild hemlock in Darklight Wood no longer spawn. The quest they were for is no longer available.
Erollisi Day themed Dungeon Maker items can now be purchased from Douglas, the event merchant.
Dungeon Maker spawner item names now list their classes in parenthesis to be more consistent with other Dungeon Maker spawners.
All of the “Romantic Gifts to Craft V? are now correctly labeled as Handcrafted.
The Disciples of Love, David Torchsong and Diana Heartstrings, have been updated to reflect the Erollisi Marr?s return and Annalisa Swornlove?s death.
My Romantic Reputation – now scales to 100.
Hearts a'Flutter – The number of Essences of Erollisi have been increased near the quest start area.
Hearts a'Flutter – tutorial message in Commonlands now correctly identifies the zone.
Find 'em a Find, Catch 'em a Catch! – Marjorie Falconius has been moved to a place more appropriate for her, within the city of Freeport.
Unforgettable – Now requires a conversation with Priestess Annalisa Swornlove, not just hailing her. Players that have completed “What's Love Got to Do With It?” will be given dialog specific to them. Players that have not completed “What's Love Got to Do With It?” will be given the opportunity to do so.
Unforgettable – Now has RoIs for each of the conversation steps.
The Lady of Insurrection has moved to more familiar territory within New Halas.
Erollisi roses have been seen growing in New Halas now, too!
Shard of Love: Seeding Corruption:
Shard of Love: Weeding Corruption:
The wandering vengeful sprits in Nektropos Castle should wander the halls more consistently.
What's Love Got to Do With It? ? Wiping the dust off of The Lady of Insurrection plaque lasts longer now, and should make calling the High Priestess of Ullkorruuk easier.
ITEMS
Corpse items can no longer be added to the broker.
The Soulripper Shield and Wyrmscale Armwraps can now be equipped by Beastlords.
QUESTS
The City of Freeport
Players who have completed ?On a Boat? or ?Betrayal by Boat? can now purchase upgraded rewards from Viducius Festus in East Freeport.
Tamara Paust will now properly give an illusion totem to arasai players on the quest Nobody Expects It.
It should no longer be possible to get stuck on ?The Enemy in Our Midst? if you drop the quest after accepting Met Sleeth?s bribe.
Berserker Epic
Dragon?s Temper should once again be a valid component in the ?Honing the Dragon?s Temper? recipe.
GENERAL
Fixed an issue that prevented respec cards from working with beastlords.
Fixed a bug where beastlord weakness would go away instantly after being applied.
MERCENARIES
Fixed a display issue with mercenary salaries while mentored.
Raid leaders with a mercenary should now be able to properly add/remove players from their raid groups.
QUESTS
The City of Freeport
The corpses that show up before the sewer entrance for ?To Make or Unmake? quest in West Freeport should now disappear once the quest is completed.
GENERAL
Fixed a UI bug on the mini-map window.
Fixed a bug where if you had a single target maintained spell on a group member and logged out the spell would still be there when you logged back in.
POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION
Elements of War
Decorin Bonewing should now drop treasure each time he is killed in both the normal and the challenge versions.
Befallen: Halls of the Forsaken
Sir Loros Highgarden should no longer cast his flawless charge relentlessly.
Tower of Tactics [Challenge]
Ambassador Grindstone will not cast bullseye on anyone with Council Judgment, nor will he cast council judgment on any player who has Bullseye.
MERCENARIES
Fixed a bug where maintained spells on mercenaries would drop when zoning.
TRADESKILL APPRENTICES
Tradeskill Apprentice priest belts now have a proc.
The additional heal amount provided by Tradeskill Apprentice priest food now affects wards as well as heals.
ITEMS
Gnomish Safety Hat can now be equipped by beastlords.
QUESTS
The City of Freeport
The quest ?On a Boat? should now award items appropriate for the level of the character that completes the quest. If you have already completed this quest the rewards should be available on the armor and weapon upgrade merchant within Freeport.
Maldreya Darkheart?s conversation with Xolantan should no longer give players an examine box instead of a dialog node on rare occasions.
The quest description for ?Qeynos Bounty: Yewon Martrcle? should reflect Yewon?s new location in the Gorowyn Chancery.
It should no longer be possible to accidentally kill the conspiring citizens while working on the Freeport human racial quest, ?Purification.?
Moors of Ykesha
The Quest ?Swabber the Deck ? Stock the Loft? will once again grant the Deckhand Labor Boots as a reward.
Betrayal
The Old ?Switcheroo,? Party Crasher, Extracting the Defector, and The Captain?s Ring betrayal quests should again update properly.
GENERAL
Fixed random lighting bugs on characters and environments.
Players will now receive achievement credit for earning hall of fame status if they are offline when awards are processed.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Sense of Urgency: Debone Bonewing should correctly update when defeating the zone boss in under 30 minutes from zone in.
BEASTLORDS
Fixed an issue that allowed ?a drakonine guardian? to be tameable.
DUNGEON MAKER
Fixed a UI bug with the Dungeon Maker create window.
MERCENARIES
All mercenaries should now have the correct amount of magical mitigation.
TRADESKILL APPRENTICES
Tradeskill Apprentice scout bows should now use arrows as ammo.
ITEMS
Priestly Wand of Focused Power should now have a red adornment slot.
Wand of Crystallized Shadows should now have a red adornment slot.
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