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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 4:38 pm Post subject: Publish 73.0 is Live - Beware of Turkeys Reply with quote

Publish 73.0 is Live - Beware of Turkeys
Kai Schober
17 Nov 2011 15:01:23 EST

Publish 73.0 is now live on all shards. And the turkeys are back.

Look out.


Publish 73.0

Christmas Gifts – Will be active from December 1st thru January 25th


    Customizable Welcome Mats (2 styles)
    Vocal Santa Statue
    Customizable House type signs
    Scroll of Transcendence Book



Veteran Reward Items
This year for the 14th year we have added the following in celebration:


    1st year Group Bracelet of Binding – This item allows you to bind with 10 people at once. Handy for those times when part of your group is lost or has issues with running into trees and being left behind.
    4th year Seed Box – This box will identify all seeds put into the box, it will hold and organize up to 500 seeds.
    14th year Shard Shields – We have added this as the 14th year vet reward. These are new art that represence a specific shard. The shield will give you a character transfer token once a month to the shard it represence. The token is account bound, so they can not be traded or sold. If you have a shield in your house and the house decays the shield will disappear.
    7th year Sheep Statue – This statue is a resource giver, it will give you 10 pieces of a random hide or wool. This caps at 100 resources so make sure you collect your items.


Shame Upgrade

Dungeon Shame has been revised. The monsters have been revised to be a little bit more challenging and scaled in difficulty for new-to-veteran players. The shame loot system has been revised so you should notice less items with throw-away intensity values on properties, and an overall improvement in the loot generated.

First and second levels will provide a good training ground for journeyman to adept skill levels while level 3 should provide a little more of a challenge. On the first 3 levels there will be a renowned monster that can be spawned at a key point in the dungeon by summoning from an altar to give you a taste of the monster difficulty at the next level.

All the monsters within the dungeon have a chance to drop dungeon crystals which can be used to spawn the renowned of each level. In certain areas there will also be a chance when killing creatures for a renowned version of those creatures to be spawned. Similar to a paragon but not as friendly.

Level 5: The monsters on level 5 are a bit heavier and harder hitting than the other levels.

Overview of Shame’s purpose

    All new MOBs to thrill and kill!
    Each level more devestating than the last!
    MOB corpses possibly contain Shame Dungeon Crystals
    Shame Dungeon Crystals may be consumed to increase player's Shame Dungeon Points... or used for whatever.
    Shame Dungeon Points spent on altars in the first three levels of Shame.
    These altars spawn new, tenacious Elite MOBs.
    Collect all three, if you dare!
    Cave Troll Wall Guardians
    You've got to pay the Troll Toll if you want to get in the bowels of Shame.
    The price... death.
    Can you clear Shame in just an apron? Few have tried, none have succeeded.



Bard Mastery Adjustments

    PvM Damage is now a chance to interrupt based on damage amount
    Upkeep Cost Reduced for all abilities.
    Mana Cost reduced from 1 for every 2 targets to 1 for every 5 targets
    Base Upkeep Cost Reduced by 1
    INSPIRE 4
    INVIGORATE 5
    PRESERVANCE 5
    RESILIENCE 4
    TRIBULATION 10
    DESPAIR 12
    Inspire:
    Bonus Damage Modifier: 1 – 15% To ALL Damage
    Resilience:
    Regeneration Increased from 1- 11 to 1-22
    Preservance:
    Damage Reduction/Defense Chance Bonus Increased from 1-22 to 1-30
    Despair:
    Damage Type now selectable through context menu on spellbook.
    Spellbooks without the context menu can be fixed by casting the despair spell once



Alchemy/Enhancement Potions

    Alchemy will now provide a similar functionality to enhance potions as magic resist does to base resistances.
    Combined Enhanced Potions Effect will remain as Alchemy / 3.3 + Enhace Potions = (30 + 75)
    Minimum Enhance potions effect = Alchemy / 2.0 ( 0-50%)



EC Terrain Texture Updates

As I am sure most of you have noticed the difference in the terrain in the Enhanced Client. Just letting everyone know this is just the first of many more to come. Next publish we will be updating the Wall tile art, I think everyone will really appreciate the new look. Below are a few pictures of what is coming:





Shame Itemization Upgrade

Coupled with the revamp of Dungeon Shame, Publish 73 introduces a new random magic item generation system. This new system will only create items for monster kills in Shame, and for the lost-and-found items for the Honesty virtue. Loot drops elsewhere in the game world are unaffected, though the plan will be to eventually convert loot drops throughout Sosaria to use this new system.

The new loot generator creates an exciting array of new possibilities:

    Some magic item properties will now appear on types of items they have not been seen on before.
    Many magic items will have negative properties, such as Cursed, Cannot be Repaired, Brittle, and Unlucky. These items will receive more power than standard items to compensate for their disadvantages.
    Some items will be generated with item properties designed to fit a theme and work together. These items will be named.
    Luck will play a significant role in loot generation with this system.


Here are the details:

    Any item generated by this new system will have a line near the bottom of its tooltip:
    Minor Magic Item
    Lesser Magic Item
    Greater Magic Item
    Major Magic Item
    Lesser Artifact (this is approximately equivalent to an item Imbued to the max)
    Greater Artifact
    Major Artifact
    Legendary Artifact

    The strength of an item generated depends partially on the strength and toughness of the creature killed.

    There is a very small chance that a loot drop will be a very powerful item.
    This can happen with weak creatures, but is extremely rare
    This is more likely to happen with stronger creatures
    Luck significantly increases the chance of this happening

    Item Strength has these effects on loot generation:
    Weak named items will tend to have fewer than 5 properties, leaving open slots for Imbuing
    Weak random items will generally have 5 item properties at low values
    Stronger items will tend to have 5 item properties
    Extremely powerful items will sometimes have more than 5 item properties
    Weak items tend to not be named, and to have random item properties
    Stronger items have a better chance of being generated as Named Items
    Weaker items have smaller chances of being generated with Disadvantages
    Stronger items have a much greater chance of being generated with Disadvantages

    Many item properties generated by this system have more coarse granularity of values:
    For example, Luck only appears in increments of 10
    For example, Skill bonuses only appear in increments of 5

    Disadvantages:
    These appear on items randomly.
    More powerful items tend to receive more disadvantages
    Each disadvantage grants the item significantly more power

    The disadvantages are:
    Unlucky
    Item shows “Luck -100” in tooltip
    Item cannot have Luck and Unlucky at the same time
    Provides a small boost to overall item power
    Brittle
    Item is 25 durability. Cannot use Powder of Fortification
    Item cannot have Brittle and Durability at the same time
    Provides a moderate boost to item power
    Cannot Be Repaired
    Item cannot be repaired by any means. Cannot use PoF
    Provides a high boost to item power
    Cursed
    Item cannot be insured or blessed
    Provides an extreme boost to item power

    Items that are free of disadvantages can be generated
    Powerful items are very rarely “clean”
    Weaker items are frequently “clean”
    Luck has no influence on the frequency of item Disadvantage generation

    Item Generation
    Creatures are assigned a difficulty rating
    When the creature is killed, its Difficulty Rating and the killers’ Luck factor into loot generation
    More difficult creatures generate more items
    Each item receives a Base Item Property Budget
    Each item receive s a Bonus Item Property Budget
    The Bonus property budget may be added multiple times
    The higher the killer’s Luck, the higher the chance of multiple Bonus Budget
    After the item budget is determined:
    The higher the Budget, the more Disadvantage Rolls are made for the item
    Each Disadvantage Roll has a chance of adding a new Disadvantage
    Each Disadvantage adds a fixed bonus to the item’s Budget
    Once the final Budget is known:
    The higher the Budget, the greater the chance of generating Named Items
    The higher the Budget, the more Item Properties will be added
    Finally, the Budget is spent to add Item Properties to the item
    Named Items
    There are 12 “packages” of Item Properties.
    Each Package contains a group of properties fitting a purpose or a theme
    Each package is associated with a Name Prefix
    Each package is associated with a Name Suffix
    Items can be generated as:
    Unnamed (random properties)
    Prefix Only (some properties from one package, some random)
    Suffix Only (some properties from one package, some random)
    Prefix and Suffix (some properties from one package, some from a different package)


The Name Prefixes and Suffixes

    Prefix: Mighty Suffix: of Vitality Theme: Strength and Hit Point-related
    Prefix: Mystic Suffix: of Sorcery Theme: Intelligence and mana-related
    Prefix: Animaged Suffix: of Haste Theme: Dex, Stamina, and Speed
    Prefix: Arcane Suffix: of Wizardry Theme: Spell casting modifiers
    Prefix: Exquisite Suffix: of Quality Theme: Item Quality / Durability
    Prefix: Vampiric Suffix: of the Vampire Theme: Leeches and Drains
    Prefix: Invigorating Suffix: of Restoration Theme: Regeneration (incl. damage eaters)
    Prefix: Fortified Suffix: of Defense Theme: Damage avoidance
    Prefix: Auspicious Suffix: of Fortune Theme: Luck
    Prefix: Charmed Suffix: of Alchemy Theme: Enhance Potions (incl. Balanced)
    Prefix: Vicious Suffix: of Slaughter Theme: Dealing Damage (incl. Slayers)
    Prefix: Towering Suffix: of Aegis Theme: Mitigating damage taken (incl. resists)



Example Items

The Ring is free of disadvantages. The Bracelet is Cursed, which boosts its Item Property strength up to “Greater Magic Item”.




Durabilities are now different for Brittle and Cannot Be Repaired:

    If an item is Brittle and does not have Cannot Be Repaired, its durability is 35.
    If an item has Cannot Be Repaired and does not have Brittle, its durability is 150.
    If an item has Cannot Be Repaired and also has Brittle, its durability is 75.
    Self-Repair and Durability Increase cannot appear on any item with Brittle or Cannot Be Repaired.


It is now possible for the following item properties to spawn:

    Faster Casting (Jewelry, Weapons, Shields)
    Battle Lust (Melee Weapons)
    Slayers (Weapons)
    Balanced (Bows)
    Mage Armor (Non-Medable Armor)
    Spell Channeling (Weapons, Shields)
    Night Sight (Jewelry)
    Reactive Paralyze (Two-Handed Melee, Bows, and Shields)
    Use Best Weapon Skill (Melee Weapons)
    Gargoyle Earrings will now drop



Clean up Britiannia

    Added 4 new pigments - Polished Bronze, Glossy Blue, Black and Green and Deep Violet – 1 charge 250,000 points. We will be changing this out each month so stock up while you can.



Arenas

Arenas Go Live

The arenas located throughout the lands will go live with this publish. The arenas are located in the Lost Lands (both facets), Haven, and Ocllo. The following additions and changes have been made after the public testing done on the arenas test shard:

    Match hosts may now choose to allow or disallow Field Spells
    Match hosts now choose to allow or disallow potions, or to allow only non-healing potions
    A bug that caused some summoned creatures to attack their owner in an arena match has been fixed


Moving forward, we will continue to accept feedback and use it to make further improvements to the arenas. In an future publish, look for the addition of a wagering system.


Bug Fixes

    Then a pitcher is filled from a barrel it will no longer have 5 counts of water it will now have 40.
    Fixed the issue with TC1 not linking to Ter Mur when wiped
    Bird and Bovine slayers should now be factored in imbuing and insurance
    You can no longer dye toggled quest items
    Thunderstorm spell should now show the correct effect
    Bladeweave will no longer function on non bleedable creatures
    Removed Double strike from the list of bladeweave attack options
    Added extra weight to liquor barrels which contains liquor.
    Even if players are on 2 or more NPE skill gain quests and complete one of them, the buff icon no longer disappear.
    Hired NPCs no longer vanish randomly.
    Fix a bug that players couldn’t re-fill a pot of eggnog.
    Loot fix in Shame that was causing player items to be reformatted.
    You can now drag and drop items into the SOT Book and Seed boxes
    Corrected an issue with obtaining the Seed box in the Veteran Reward System
    Summoned pets will no longer attack each other
    Fixed an issue with the respawn timer on the Cave Troll in Shame



Classic Client 7.0.20


    Cliloc Changes
    Players have the ability to ignore other players in Global Chat, this ignore affects Global chat only.
    Trial accounts can only join the Help Channel
    Container Crash fix



Enhanced Client 4.0.20

    Cliloc Changes
    Players have the ability to ignore other players in Global Chat, this ignore affects Global chat only.
    Trial accounts can only join the Help Channel
    Shopkeeper Gump Crash Fixed



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 4:41 pm Post subject: Reply with quote

*plots to get the Turkey*
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:03 pm Post subject: Reply with quote

The Turkey is not nice...
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