Mardy
05-09-2007, 03:28 PM
It seems Sigil is slowly working on PvP balance & fixes. I can understand why it takes longer to get to us, because they gotta fix the core issues (PvE issues) before they tinker with PvP. Either way, some nice fixes coming overall for both PvE & PvP servers in the test server patch notes.
Vanguard Build 1834 Patch Notes 5/9/2007 - TEST SERVER
GAMEPLAY NOTES
- Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause pets to despawn when crossing chunk lines.
- You'll now be able to see invisible and stealthed group mates on pvp servers.
- Invisibility spells are now only castable outside of combat.
- Chat channels have been modified to be one region type per main continent
- Hoods have been added to all Cloaks. You can find the “Hide my Hood” option under the Settings -> Video -> Characters window should you wish to toggle them off.
- A new Cloak skin has been added.
- Reduced the amount of times an ability must be observed in order to be learned
ADVENTURING NOTES
- Cleric – Maul of Divinity now lasts 2 minutes, up from 20 seconds.
- Cleric – Removed the refresh timer from Hand of Censure
- Cleric - Maul of the Gods now lasts 5 minutes, up from 2.
- Cleric – Removed the refresh time from Rout.
- Cleric – Removed the refresh timer from Maul of the Gods.
- Cleric – Added Hammer of Penance to trainers starting at level 6
- Cleric – Added Strike Down to trainers starting at level 2
- Cleric – Added Litany of Enjoining to trainers at level 34
- Cleric – Added Condemnation to trainers at level 36
- Druid – Removed the 1 second delay before Quelling Wind became effective.
- Psionicist – Corporeal Hammer now has a 4 second cast time and 8 second refresh.
- Psionicist – Fixed a bug that caused Psionicists to deal less damage than intended when exploiting a weakness. Further increased the damage that PSi’s deal when they exploit a weakness
- Psionicist – Lowered cast time of most Psionic Blasts and most Mental Blasts
- Psionicist – All versions of Psionic Blast and Mental Blast now lowers your targets intelligence by a set amount.
- Shaman - Hammer of Krigus will no longer stack with itself.
- Shaman – Bite of Nag-Suul has had its progression altered to make for a smoother damage curve. The new progression is 22, 30, 38, 46, 50
- Shaman – New versions of Bite of Nag-Suul have been added to trainers at level 46 and 50
- Shaman – Strike of Skamadiz now has a refresh timer of 8 seconds.
- Shaman – Removed the refresh timer from Spear of the Ancients and Bite of Nag-Suul
- Shaman – Removed the refresh timer from Vicious Bite
- Shaman – Spear of the Ancestors now costs 10 endurance
- Sorcerer – Blinding Fire has been added to trainers, starting at level 42, and upgrading every 8 levels.
- Sorcerer – Seradon’s Falling Star has been added to trainers, starting at level 38, and upgrading every 6 levels.
- Sorcerer – Mirror Ward and Nulling Ward are now group targeted.
- Sorcerer – Mirror Ward and Nulling Ward now have a cast time of 6 seconds.
- Sorcerer – Seradon’s Vision has been added to trainers, starting at level 34, and upgrading every 8 levels.
- Sorcerer – Asaya’s Insight has been added to trainers, starting at level 24, and upgrading every 10 levels.
- Sorcerer – Added new ability line Inidria’s Frigid Blast at level 50.
- Sorcerer – Added new ability line Inidria’s Inferno at level 34, upgrades every 8 levels.
CRAFTING NOTES
- Artificer - The artificer’s Gwartak Clan Weapons recipe description now shows the correct tools used in the process.
- Complications - instances of Flawless work should now display the correct duration in their tooltip
- Complications - Firegrass Kojani Pillow should now display the proper trade in the tooltip
- Deconstruction - Molded Xifengite Hammer should now deconstruct properly
- Deconstruction - Xifengite Blast Barrier should now deconstruct properly
- Deconstruction - Sandstar Parrying Dirk should decon properly now
- Deconstruction - Majordomo's Scale Greaves should decon properly now
- Deconstruction - Infused Xanthiosite Girdle should decon properly now
- Deconstruction - Average Faceplate of the Arcane should decon properly now
- Deconstruction - Reliable Earring of the Arcane should decon properly now
- Deconstruction - Reliable Pendant of the Lightfooted should decon properly now
- Deconstruction - Reliable Pendant of the Arcane should decon properly now
- Deconstruction - Saphor's Ring of Power should decon properly now
- Misc - Some of the text for the Society of Invention’s Volt Star quest has been updated to be clearer. Additional dialogue has also been added to some of the Cabal members.
- Misc - Gift of Might should now proc on hit when applied to heavy and medium armor as intended
- Misc - Gift of might should no longer proc on NPCs
- Misc - T1 chest items that had their levels set to low have been adjusted
- Misc - Fixed some more cases of higher tier versions of dusts dropping off of low level work orders
- Misc - Thrown weapon stack sizes have been increased to 200
- Misc - Corrected some Tier 5 crafting gear that wasn’t spending all of its points.
- Outfitter - A typo in the Kojani apprentice outfitter quest has been fixed.
- Recipes - Higher level banding recipes have been added to Kojani recipe trainers.
- Work Orders - Some of the special crafting organization work orders in Ahgram and New Targonor have been updated with more appropriate rewards.
WORLD POPULATION NOTES
- Afrit – Quartermaster Xalon now offers a rare cloak in exchange for searing stones once all of the other armor pieces he offers have been purchased.
- Graystone - The summoned named encounters in Graystone have changed slightly.
- Gorgalog Swamp – The unique vendor of the Ichtakhta, Flordiel, and Gorgalok has had scrolls added which teach players unique crafting recipes. These recipes play a major role in creating the improved armor pieces of the base quest rewards.
- Khal – Raia has undergone a significant population and quest pass.
- Old Targonor - Garzonag the Guardian should spawn much more often
- Quests - Rebuilding The Weapon: Lord Neferset will now teleport your group in range, rather than you alone.
- Quests - Starspark-related loot will now drop significantly more frequently.
- Rahz Inkur – Searing stone drops within Rahz Inkur have been replaced with cards of fate. It should now be more rewarding to hunt within Rahz Inkur itself.
- Sands of Sorrow - Magmites now drop more searing stones.
- Thestra - Many NPCs in west of Thestra that were not correctly marked are now undead. Have at em, guys!
- Xennumet - Drillzarax’s immunities have been updated to that of a Boss, which he is or claims to be.
Items
- All quested Xennumet items are now Soulbound.
- The Zossyr War Bow is now Heroic.
- Many higher level and higher rarity Adventuring Ranged Items have had offensive ranged modifiers added to them.
- Resadal, Bulwark of the Heavens has had a more elvish shield model assigned, as well as different particles.
- Particles have been re-attached to Damelun, Harbinger of Night and Yasoril, Celestial Avenger.
- The appearances of the Legendary rewards from Cragwind Ridge have been updated.
- The ability level of the “clickies”/activated abilities on Yanvil and the Staff of the Old World have been adjusted to correlate with the item’s level; they were previously higher than the item’s level, resulting in more damage than intended. They will still do significantly more than items of a similar level.
- Rylsca, Anari's Wrath and Tessoral, Tuniel's Mercy have had higher level and more elvish models attached, as well as different particles.
- Instrument models have been added to Instruments and will now appear when a song is played; animations specific to the equipped instrument will play as well. Some further tweaks to the instrument sizes may be necessary to account for racial size differerences skewing the animations.
- The items obtained in the final Xennumet dungeon have had their levels increased to level 45 to match the level increase of the NPCs that they drop from.
- Arazmus Daggers should now be recognized properly by abilities that require piercing weapons
- Some nifty particles have been added to the higher level Heroic weapons and shields in the game. More to come soon™
~The Vanguard Team
Vanguard Build 1834 Patch Notes 5/9/2007 - TEST SERVER
GAMEPLAY NOTES
- Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause pets to despawn when crossing chunk lines.
- You'll now be able to see invisible and stealthed group mates on pvp servers.
- Invisibility spells are now only castable outside of combat.
- Chat channels have been modified to be one region type per main continent
- Hoods have been added to all Cloaks. You can find the “Hide my Hood” option under the Settings -> Video -> Characters window should you wish to toggle them off.
- A new Cloak skin has been added.
- Reduced the amount of times an ability must be observed in order to be learned
ADVENTURING NOTES
- Cleric – Maul of Divinity now lasts 2 minutes, up from 20 seconds.
- Cleric – Removed the refresh timer from Hand of Censure
- Cleric - Maul of the Gods now lasts 5 minutes, up from 2.
- Cleric – Removed the refresh time from Rout.
- Cleric – Removed the refresh timer from Maul of the Gods.
- Cleric – Added Hammer of Penance to trainers starting at level 6
- Cleric – Added Strike Down to trainers starting at level 2
- Cleric – Added Litany of Enjoining to trainers at level 34
- Cleric – Added Condemnation to trainers at level 36
- Druid – Removed the 1 second delay before Quelling Wind became effective.
- Psionicist – Corporeal Hammer now has a 4 second cast time and 8 second refresh.
- Psionicist – Fixed a bug that caused Psionicists to deal less damage than intended when exploiting a weakness. Further increased the damage that PSi’s deal when they exploit a weakness
- Psionicist – Lowered cast time of most Psionic Blasts and most Mental Blasts
- Psionicist – All versions of Psionic Blast and Mental Blast now lowers your targets intelligence by a set amount.
- Shaman - Hammer of Krigus will no longer stack with itself.
- Shaman – Bite of Nag-Suul has had its progression altered to make for a smoother damage curve. The new progression is 22, 30, 38, 46, 50
- Shaman – New versions of Bite of Nag-Suul have been added to trainers at level 46 and 50
- Shaman – Strike of Skamadiz now has a refresh timer of 8 seconds.
- Shaman – Removed the refresh timer from Spear of the Ancients and Bite of Nag-Suul
- Shaman – Removed the refresh timer from Vicious Bite
- Shaman – Spear of the Ancestors now costs 10 endurance
- Sorcerer – Blinding Fire has been added to trainers, starting at level 42, and upgrading every 8 levels.
- Sorcerer – Seradon’s Falling Star has been added to trainers, starting at level 38, and upgrading every 6 levels.
- Sorcerer – Mirror Ward and Nulling Ward are now group targeted.
- Sorcerer – Mirror Ward and Nulling Ward now have a cast time of 6 seconds.
- Sorcerer – Seradon’s Vision has been added to trainers, starting at level 34, and upgrading every 8 levels.
- Sorcerer – Asaya’s Insight has been added to trainers, starting at level 24, and upgrading every 10 levels.
- Sorcerer – Added new ability line Inidria’s Frigid Blast at level 50.
- Sorcerer – Added new ability line Inidria’s Inferno at level 34, upgrades every 8 levels.
CRAFTING NOTES
- Artificer - The artificer’s Gwartak Clan Weapons recipe description now shows the correct tools used in the process.
- Complications - instances of Flawless work should now display the correct duration in their tooltip
- Complications - Firegrass Kojani Pillow should now display the proper trade in the tooltip
- Deconstruction - Molded Xifengite Hammer should now deconstruct properly
- Deconstruction - Xifengite Blast Barrier should now deconstruct properly
- Deconstruction - Sandstar Parrying Dirk should decon properly now
- Deconstruction - Majordomo's Scale Greaves should decon properly now
- Deconstruction - Infused Xanthiosite Girdle should decon properly now
- Deconstruction - Average Faceplate of the Arcane should decon properly now
- Deconstruction - Reliable Earring of the Arcane should decon properly now
- Deconstruction - Reliable Pendant of the Lightfooted should decon properly now
- Deconstruction - Reliable Pendant of the Arcane should decon properly now
- Deconstruction - Saphor's Ring of Power should decon properly now
- Misc - Some of the text for the Society of Invention’s Volt Star quest has been updated to be clearer. Additional dialogue has also been added to some of the Cabal members.
- Misc - Gift of Might should now proc on hit when applied to heavy and medium armor as intended
- Misc - Gift of might should no longer proc on NPCs
- Misc - T1 chest items that had their levels set to low have been adjusted
- Misc - Fixed some more cases of higher tier versions of dusts dropping off of low level work orders
- Misc - Thrown weapon stack sizes have been increased to 200
- Misc - Corrected some Tier 5 crafting gear that wasn’t spending all of its points.
- Outfitter - A typo in the Kojani apprentice outfitter quest has been fixed.
- Recipes - Higher level banding recipes have been added to Kojani recipe trainers.
- Work Orders - Some of the special crafting organization work orders in Ahgram and New Targonor have been updated with more appropriate rewards.
WORLD POPULATION NOTES
- Afrit – Quartermaster Xalon now offers a rare cloak in exchange for searing stones once all of the other armor pieces he offers have been purchased.
- Graystone - The summoned named encounters in Graystone have changed slightly.
- Gorgalog Swamp – The unique vendor of the Ichtakhta, Flordiel, and Gorgalok has had scrolls added which teach players unique crafting recipes. These recipes play a major role in creating the improved armor pieces of the base quest rewards.
- Khal – Raia has undergone a significant population and quest pass.
- Old Targonor - Garzonag the Guardian should spawn much more often
- Quests - Rebuilding The Weapon: Lord Neferset will now teleport your group in range, rather than you alone.
- Quests - Starspark-related loot will now drop significantly more frequently.
- Rahz Inkur – Searing stone drops within Rahz Inkur have been replaced with cards of fate. It should now be more rewarding to hunt within Rahz Inkur itself.
- Sands of Sorrow - Magmites now drop more searing stones.
- Thestra - Many NPCs in west of Thestra that were not correctly marked are now undead. Have at em, guys!
- Xennumet - Drillzarax’s immunities have been updated to that of a Boss, which he is or claims to be.
Items
- All quested Xennumet items are now Soulbound.
- The Zossyr War Bow is now Heroic.
- Many higher level and higher rarity Adventuring Ranged Items have had offensive ranged modifiers added to them.
- Resadal, Bulwark of the Heavens has had a more elvish shield model assigned, as well as different particles.
- Particles have been re-attached to Damelun, Harbinger of Night and Yasoril, Celestial Avenger.
- The appearances of the Legendary rewards from Cragwind Ridge have been updated.
- The ability level of the “clickies”/activated abilities on Yanvil and the Staff of the Old World have been adjusted to correlate with the item’s level; they were previously higher than the item’s level, resulting in more damage than intended. They will still do significantly more than items of a similar level.
- Rylsca, Anari's Wrath and Tessoral, Tuniel's Mercy have had higher level and more elvish models attached, as well as different particles.
- Instrument models have been added to Instruments and will now appear when a song is played; animations specific to the equipped instrument will play as well. Some further tweaks to the instrument sizes may be necessary to account for racial size differerences skewing the animations.
- The items obtained in the final Xennumet dungeon have had their levels increased to level 45 to match the level increase of the NPCs that they drop from.
- Arazmus Daggers should now be recognized properly by abilities that require piercing weapons
- Some nifty particles have been added to the higher level Heroic weapons and shields in the game. More to come soon™
~The Vanguard Team