SOE today released another game update for EverQuest. Included in this update are modifications to the classic missions which unlock early access to the game's next expansion, as well as new hot zones and a number of general fixes. Check out the notes in full below for more details.
Game Update - October 8th, 2009
*** Highlights ***
- Many of Old Man McKenzie's items have
faded from memory. If you have one of these faded items, give them to
the Old Man in Plane of Knowledge and he will return your Brews. If
you had augments in these items, be sure to put them in bags before you
zone.
- Most items from Old Man McKenzie's group missions have
been upgraded in power. They have also had their required levels
reduced to 80. These items do not need to be turned in to see the
changes.
- You will now have to impress Old Man McKenzie with
your accomplishments before he will allow you to start a Nagafen or Vox
raid or see items that come from them. People who have completed more
than seven raids from Solteris, Meldrath's Mansion, Crystallos, or all
but the first tier of Seeds of Destruction raids will impress him. You
must request a Nagafen or Vox raid from him or attempt to join one in
progress for him to check your accomplishments and allow you to see the
raid items.
- New Hot Zones are now available. Speak to
Franklin Teek in the Plane of Knowledge to see what new tasks he has in
store for you.
*** Items ***
- Many of Old Man
McKenzie's items have faded from memory. If you have one of these
faded items, give them to the Old Man in Plane of Knowledge and he will
return your Brews and an additional reward. If you had augments in
these items, be sure to put them in bags before you zone.
- Most
items from Old Man McKenzie's group missions have been upgraded in
power. They have also had their required levels reduced to 80. These
items do not need to be turned in to see the changes.
- You will now
have to impress Old Man McKenzie with your accomplishments before he
will allow you to start a Nagafen or Vox raid or see items that come
from them. People who have completed more than seven raids from
Solteris, Meldrath's Mansion, Crystallos, or all but the first tier of
Seeds of Destruction raids will impress him. You must request a
Nagafen or Vox raid from him or attempt to join one in progress for him
to check your accomplishments and allow you to see the raid items.
- The new Orb of Tishan's click effect has been repaired.
- The Frost-Strung Bow now offers a bit more protection.
- Replaced the missing AC from the new Thick Banded Belt.
- Tobrin's Mystical Eyepatch can not be activated as often.
- The new Staff of Forbidden Rites has had its recast time raised and will only have one augment slot.
-
The Barbarian Hunting Spear, Staff of Forbidden Rites, Warhammer of
Divine Grace, and Staff of Ankexfen have had their ratios increased to
match other weapons in their tier.
- The familiar summoned by the
new Scimitar of the Mistwalker has become faster but weaker. The
scimitar itself has become slightly less powerful.
- The Improved
Dodge effect on the Idol of Many Hands, the Silvery Trinket, and the
Frost-Strung Bow has been reduced to level VI to match the focus on
other items in its tier.
*** Quests & Events ***
- Classic Missions have undergone a careful bug fixing pass resulting in the following changes:
- Harm Touch has been changed to remove an exploit allowing the use of
unintended higher level versions of the ability. In addition, the
ability will no longer refresh upon the death of the Shadow Knight.
This affects the Classic Mission ability as well as the normal version
of the ability.
- Paladins should now be able to create a Lay On Hands hotkey.
- Shaman have been granted the haste spell Alacrity.
- Lady Vox will now leash to her spawn point should she find herself
outside of her room. This has been changed to provide an encounter more
in the spirit of the event.
- Lowered the hand to hand damage
on each of the classic mission characters to be more in line with their
previous values. Monks of course still have much higher unarmed damage
then other classes.
- The classic raids will once again drop items instead of brews.
- Old Man McKenzie no longer remembers encountering the Corrupted Gnome Explorer in Guk.
-
Old Man McKenzie's group tasks now require a minimum of three
adventurers to obtain and all three must be present to open the
chests. The raid events will still require 12.
- Fixed an issue that caused the classic mission task to end when players were added or removed from the task.
- Fixed an issue that caused players to be able to use AAs in the monster mission that the shrouds were not intended to have.
-
Fixed an issue that caused players that were dead and in hover mode to
sometimes not receive rewards when the chest was opened at the end of
the classic mission.
- Sulgar now promises the correct reward for Tarton's Wheel.
- Fixed some spelling errors in Blackfeather Roost tasks.
- The Dark Tower: Fallen Guard task now specifies the correct zone in its description.
*** NPC ***
- Modified the placement of some Rallosian Shocktroopers in Korascian Warrens.
- Increased the chance for Library Director Eslisar to spawn in the Keasora Library.
- Fixed a placement problem with an Elder Air Wyvern in Crystallos.
- The Pixxt Deathbinder's spell Consuming Flames now takes significantly longer to cast.
*** AA ***
- Glyph of Angry Thoughts should now always give you the full hate bonus as described.
-
Harm Touch 1 – 10 will no longer refresh upon the death of the Shadow
Knight. This is to make the ability consistent throughout the entire
level range.
*** Zones ***
- The following zones are
now Hot Zones providing new challenges and increased experience. Speak
to Franklin Teek in the Plane of Knowledge to see what new tasks he has
in store for you.
- Level 20 – South Karana
- Level 25 – Lake of Ill Omen
- Level 30 – The Twilight Sea
- Level 35 – Kedge Keep
- Level 40 – City of Mist
- Level 45 – Howling Stones
- Level 50 – Veksar
- Level 55 – Grieg’s End
- Level 60 – Plane of Nightmares
- Level 65 – Kod’Taz, Broken Trial Grounds
- Level 70 – The Buried Sea
- Level 75 – Thalassius, the Coral Keep
- Level 75 – Ashengate, Reliquary of the Scale
- Apparently while performing some end-of-the-summer cleaning, the
doors within Howling Stones were left unlocked. It may be some time
before a maintenance crew can be sent there again to lock the doors up
tight. Use this knowledge as you will.
- In addition, the
spells protecting the entrance to Howling Stones have weakened, and
adventurers of lesser skill and strength may find its halls now
accessible.
*** UI ***
- Changed -
EQUI_Animations.xml - new dragitems
EQUI_CharacterListWnd.xml - minor alignment fixes
EQUI_CharacterSelect.xml - minor alignment fixes
*** Miscellaneous ***
- Fixed a bug that was causing chat messages sent to your guild to sometimes be lost.
- Fixed a problem with sound effects stacking that caused many sounds to play incorrectly.
- Fixed a problem that caused you to lose all the money on your shroud when removing the shroud and upgrading a mercenary.
*** Previously Updated ***
- Both the classic raid tasks and the zones they take place in have been set to their intended maximum of 42 players.
-
Removed the ability for mercenaries to accompany you on Ancient Heroes
missions. It seems that they don't much like being taken to a time
when adventurers didn't carry coin around.
- The chests in the "classic" missions offered by Old Man McKenzie will now hang around a while longer once opened.
- The EverQuest Team
