Patch Message January 15

[Clericnon2boxed]

January 15, 2003 3:00 am
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*** Announcing The Legacy of Ykesha ***

The Legacy of Ykesha will be the first download-only extension for EverQuest. This product will not be available in stores. This extension will include some great new gameplay features, as well as new zones for characters ranging from level 35 up to level 60.

Legacy of Ykesha Features include:

A new playable race: Frogloks
Enhanced Looking For Group Tool
New Cartography System
New Magic Item slot: Charms
Armor Dyes
Dozens of new creatures
Expanded bank capacity
New zones
New spells

For more information, please visit www.legacyofykesha.com


*** Patch Information ***

** Gameplay/Features **

- With our last patch and the patch today, we've significantly reduced the amount of bandwidth that EverQuest needs to use, even in large raid or extremely-crowded-zone situations.
- Fixed a problem with tints not properly updating when armor is removed.
- Fixed a bug with character faces displaying incorrectly to other players when you zone in after them.
- Fixed resurrection timer that was counting down against the 3 hour limit when player was not logged in.
- Corrected a problem with health and movement updates being delayed.


** Spells **

- NPCs will now notice Druid and Shaman Percentage Heal spells in a manner similar to traditional healing spells.
- Removed the chance for slow spells to be reversed from the 17 NPCs that had this ability.
- Fixed a bug that was preventing Curses, Diseases, and Poisons from being removed.
- Raised all recast times below 2.25 seconds up to 2.25 seconds. This is a change in the spell data as the first part of a two-part change needed to correct the "Recast time not met" problem. More information is available at the Developer's Corner at www.everquest.com.


** Alternate Advancement/Special Abilities **

- The range on the Bard Ability "Boastful Bellow" has been increased slightly.
- Fixed a bug with Harm Touch that was not allowing it to increase the standard amount per level over level 60.


** User Interface **

- Fixed a bug with effects in the Songs window. They were not getting removed on the client when the bard was dispelled.
- Introduced new Story window. The purpose of this window is to provide story updates in a readily available location. ALT-N toggles the window. You can select to have the window pop up when new story elements are added if you wish.
- Item Links are once again creatable from Items and from other Item Links. Please do not attempt to "mine" the servers for undiscovered items. Links now have a built-in mechanism to prevent those who would go on fishing expeditions by sending up many bad links in an attempt to discover new items. These invalid links are logged, as are the accounts of those who create them.
- Added an optional confirmation box before spending AA points. To turn on this confirmation box, please check the Options window.


** Miscellaneous **

- Sage Quests in Plane of Knowledge have been fixed.
- The event to fight Bertoxxulous in the Crypt of Decay will reset 4 to 6 hours after the event is failed. It will respawn normally if the event is won.


** New/Changed Interface Files **

- EQUI_StoryWnd.xml (actually added with the Jan. 9th patch)
- EQUI_OptionsWnd.xml

[SalTheBard]

Wow. Download only, new race Frogloks, new slot. I wonder what the "new map" system will entail. Hmmm hmmm hmmm.

[Thand]

hmm so basicly its velious with froglocks.
we will see if what looks like a 18 hours download on dial up is worth a extra equip slot and more bank space. Though as a tradskill guy extra banks spots are ))
Thand

[Szlia]

"level 35 up to level 60"

Sooo we buy interface changes and a new race of twinks?

I agree though that the changes seem interesting for $20.

[SalTheBard]

I wonder when the say expanded bank space HOW much more space are we going to get? If it's one or 2 slots I'm not sure it's worth it. Now if they say....double the size that would rock.

[Obtenor]

If it's 20$ or 19.99 I'll buy it in a second, i like the download thing.

If it's 39.99$ , forget about it.

[Heylel Teomim]

From eqtext.txt :

Pre-order EverQuest®: The Legacy of Ykesha™\n\nPre-order The Legacy of Ykesha, a new digital EverQuest extension available by download and online credit card purchase ONLY, at the special price of $17.99 (plus tax, if applicable) for orders received between now and February 24, 2003 (the anticipated “live” date). On the live date and thereafter, the price will increase to $21.99 (price subject to change).\n\n\nCredit card users – one click below and you’re done!\n\nFeature List:\n\nNew Playable Race: Frogloks\nEnhanced Looking for Group tool\nGuild Management tool\nCartography system\nNew magic item slot: Charms\nArmor dye\nNew creatures\nExpanded bank capacity\nNew zones\nNew spells\n\nFor detailed information, go to www.legacyofykesha.com\n\nStuff our lawyers made us tell you:\n\n(1

So 18 bucks preorder, release end of Feb. Not bad.

Heylel

[Drutt]

Hidden messages.

- Removed the chance for slow spells to be reversed from the 17 NPCs that had this ability.

Fennin Ro is gimped (tm), remove him from any future updates on your websites. Bragging righs hereby canceled.


These invalid links are logged, as are the accounts of those who create them.

We know where you live. Try to find any tier 5 items and get banned bitch. SoE has such a politically correct way of saying these things.

[BirgittePovar]

Originally posted by Clericnon2boxed

new zones for characters ranging from level 35 up to level 60.

Typo? Or really no new zones for people 61+?

[Kodylan]

So removing something that isn't hard to figure out on your own is gimped?

[Destinae]

Removed the chance for slow spells to be reversed from the 17 NPCs that had this ability.

Fennin Ro is gimped (tm), remove him from any future updates on your websites. Bragging righs hereby canceled.

That doesn't gimp him at all, we already confirmed he was hasted by slows last patch and thus all the kills since then have been unslowed kills. It changes nothing unless they make him partially slowable.

If the 35 - 60 number isn't a typo, it might make sense for a february release...New features + mid level content/quests for $$ while the hardcore guilds are still working on potime.

[Drutt]

Eh, slow landed on fennin, but hasted him instead. Remove the reverse ability and you have a slowed Fennin now don´t you?

In either way, if you have missed the discussion about "real" and gimped versions of mobs the last years you haven´t been here a lot. Anything that is even sligthly adjusted, turn the encounter into a gimped version. Otherwise there wouldn´t be 3 guilds claiming to have the same serverwide first

[Lleauaric~EW]

dunno Drutt

I can read that as Fenn shouldnt have been slowed before, and is just plain old unslowable now...

Either way his DPS before this patch and after this patch would be the same on any successful attempt.

[Kodylan]

Go read what Scott Hartsman said, a lot of the mobs will be tagged slow immune, some of them will be partially slowable(mobs that were hasted by slow that is).

[Extreme]

What did they mean by the Sage quest being fixed?