[EQ1] Secrets of Faydwer release patch notes

[lendarios]

7.5k damage AE instant cast 20 sec refresh time.
Mana cost.... less than 800

broken ass spell, just ridiculous

[Xitix]

Originally Posted by AladainAF

Not likely, only because we had someone do that. He beam kited for ~2 hours and deleveled to 74 and back up to 75 like 4 times, logged on, Vet AAed, and hit like 78.5.

You can bank corpses still, but they are just now subject to the 3 hour resurrection limit. A patch does not kill the offline rez timer. I know this as a fact, because again, we had someone ding 78 last night right when he logged in. I just dont see how someone could essentially do 76-80 worth of XP in 3 hours previous to the expansion, though, when the player in question that did that for us is the best geared for his class on our server. But its a possibility I guess.

I remember a bug that let you freeze res timers on a corpse. Been a while but was something like loot corpse then with loot window still open wait until it closes the window on you or you might have had to /quit with the loot window open.

[redjunkopera]

Originally Posted by Trebla

Got nerfed with SoF launch to hit a max of 8 targets.

[sarcasm] They should have left it as unlimited targets but make it so it only effects targets that are standing still... [/sarcasm]

They should fix bard PBAE's back to how they used to be but make them only effect 8 targets.

[Brigandier]

So what's up with Kerafyrm nowadays?

[lendarios]

Originally Posted by redjunkopera

[sarcasm] They should have left it as unlimited targets but make it so it only effects targets that are standing still... [/sarcasm]

They should fix bard PBAE's back to how they used to be but make them only effect 8 targets.

So you kite only 8 at a time?? How is that a fix?

[redjunkopera]

Right now you can't kite with PBAE's because those spells only hit targets that are standing still... unless that got changed, I haven't played EQ since progression server.

[MrGraham]

Originally Posted by Xitix

I remember a bug that let you freeze res timers on a corpse. Been a while but was something like loot corpse then with loot window still open wait until it closes the window on you or you might have had to /quit with the loot window open.

That got fixed before I quit, around DoN DoDH.

But yeah, corpses you did that to OR corpses that had a timer when server went down went to like 30 day rez timer for like 6 years.

[Nyuk]

You can also have the main you're trying to instant lvl80 log between sets of kills. It worked beautifully when using an earthshaker to bank xp before omens unlock on combine.

[Venjenz]

Originally Posted by redjunkopera

[sarcasm] They should have left it as unlimited targets but make it so it only effects targets that are standing still... [/sarcasm]

They should fix bard PBAE's back to how they used to be but make them only effect 8 targets.

What's funny on the EQ boards is the shrieking about the Beam of Solteris nerf, when any person playing a wizard should have known was coming based on what happened to AE and swarm kiting for bards.

SOE said that AE ktiing and bards killing whole zones at once was a zone disruption and nay nay on that. Funny that so many wizard players think their little zonewide disruptions would just fly under the radar when bards ahd already been bapped twice for doing it.

[MrGraham]

How many of you guys experienced the joys of creating massive npc faction wars in the Tactics pit? Complete exploit, but some of the most fun I've ever had in a game trying to keep npcs coming forever.

Umbral Plains was another decent spot to do it but not near as chatoic.

[Trebla]

Originally Posted by Brigandier

So what's up with Kerafyrm nowadays?

Not sure if that was a serious question or not...

Basically they spun it so the four Ancients had built him a fortress in Faydwer before he was awakened, and when he was awakened he fled there to regain his power which is now almost to the point where he could destroy the world. Fragments of the Ancients are all that's left in Sleeper's Tomb... no real reason why.

The dragons can't directly attack it because of some voodoo the Ancients put on that prevents any dragons not allied to Kerafyrm from entering. I know, but put that disbelief in your pocket for now.

I haven't heard anything of the lore that's in the game so far, that was all pre-release hype. I imagine the access quest to Crystallos will fill in a bit more for us, but I haven't found it yet.

It's not bad lore, it's just kinda poorly written so far, if they can fill in the holes a bit it'll work.

[Reggie]

Wizards got more than a Beam nerf. Instants are now all linked, with magic having a shorter recast time so it can almost be chained. The problem is the efficiency was ganked.

On a positive side, most normal DD's are halved. Ancient: core fire got missed, same cast time, and thats my current bread and butter non-instant spell... figures. Say about 3 seconds to cast a big DD now, focused.

Somehow A:CF, a 4070 dd is critting for 16,600. I don't pay close attention these days though. It may be normal.

Still 4 digit dps in the xp group though. Let's see how it all pans out, since I don't raid anymore and therefore don't count.

They want wizards to start twisting? Welp, what did bards do before melody? I'm not getting carpal tunnel over this shit.

[Wilf McQuade]

Originally Posted by MrGraham

How many of you guys experienced the joys of creating massive npc faction wars in the Tactics pit? Complete exploit, but some of the most fun I've ever had in a game trying to keep npcs coming forever.

Umbral Plains was another decent spot to do it but not near as chatoic.

I remember doing that wih my necro and charming the black robe guys. I would FD so they would forget about me when charm broke to initiate the npc vs npc battle and then round em up.

I was always nervous about a GM finding me so I'd try and do it at off hours so noone could report it. Did it a few times just to say I could but not religiouslly. I enjoyed getting the little piglet solo more than the pit battles but both were fun.

[Citten]

Originally Posted by Reggie

Wizards got more than a Beam nerf. Instants are now all linked, with magic having a shorter recast time so it can almost be chained. The problem is the efficiency was ganked.

On a positive side, most normal DD's are halved. Ancient: core fire got missed, same cast time, and thats my current bread and butter non-instant spell... figures. Say about 3 seconds to cast a big DD now, focused.

Somehow A:CF, a 4070 dd is critting for 16,600. I don't pay close attention these days though. It may be normal.

Still 4 digit dps in the xp group though. Let's see how it all pans out, since I don't raid anymore and therefore don't count.

They want wizards to start twisting? Welp, what did bards do before melody? I'm not getting carpal tunnel over this shit.

The change realy pisses me off too, heh. Could have sworn they raised the mana cost associated with some of the spells too.

As for the twisting, you could theoretical just use like 10 tabs and label them different for types of spellcasting like fastnukes, coldset, fireset, huge tank, aggro worrying - etc.. /cast X /pause (downtime) /cast concussion /pause X (downtime) /cast X, repeat. I sometimes do this when I play my wizard.


PS - As for the expansion, it's really really quite good with the exception of the spells. The content is some of the most fun I've had in a long time and I find myself really wanting to log in again, heh.

[kcxiv]

I am a sucker, i ordered the damn thing and i havent played regularly since Jan. Going to level up some later today with some friends check out the new zones