Game Update - Thursday March 19th, 2009(0) : Vanguard News

Game Update - Thursday March 19th, 2009(0)
Content

-The new raid encounter on the Bridge of Destiny is enabled.
-Fixed the rock elemental weapon piece drop in BoD.  It was dropping the electric piece previously.
-Banisher Quests have been fixed.
-KDQ final event is now available.

General

-Pets should now be able to attack golden encounters properly.
-You will no longer get dismounted if you enter combat and have a pulsing beneficial ability on you.
-Fix for some procs not doing the intended damage. Jharuu Incineration is a good example of this, was doing 50 instead of 1500 damage.
-All URT quests can now be shared if the person you are trying to share with meets the quest preconditions.
-All Wyverns have had their racial attributes, stats, & abilities !@#$%^&*. NOTE: This does not affect Dresla.

Quests

-All URT quests can now be shared if the person you are trying to share with meets the quest preconditions.
-Replenishing Supplies: Additional small mushrooms have been added to the kaon phase stone areas.
-Replenishing Supplies: The small mushrooms now respawn faster.
-Well, That Didn't Work: The redcap brownies now respawn faster.
-We Must Rebuild: Additional large mushrooms have been added to the large kaon grove area.
-We Must Rebuild: The large mushrooms now respawn faster.
-We Must Rebuild: The required amount of mushrooms has been reduced to 20 from 25.
-Long Term Effects- The mutated flesh samples will drop much more often than before.
-Beetles of Mass Destruction- The burster beetles will now respawn faster.
-Beetles of Mass Destruction- The chances for an unstable burster beetle to spawn versus a normal burster beetle has been increased.
-Fulfilling Their Needs- The pristine stones will drop much more often than before.
-The Leak That Became a Puddle- The chances for a Rekk Hobgoblin Witness to spawn has been increased.
-Harvesting the Parts- All body parts will drop much more often than before.
-Harvesting the Parts- Some of the required amount of items has been adjusted.
-Soul and Brain Power- An additional quest objective to kill the Veshka followers has been added. NOTE: You will need to abandon and re-take this quest.
-Soul and Brain Power- The brain and torso will drop much more often than before.
-Item Retrieval- The URT Soul Render will drop faster now.
-Cleansing the Crazed- Threntin Albeross will now give you another URT Soul Render if you lost it.
-Cleansing the Crazed- The amount of farmers to be saved was changed to 15 from 10.
-Controlling the Situation- The amount of Zarian Netherbeast Dust has been reduced to 20 from 25.
-To The Mill- The Dazed Farmers will follow you a little faster than before.
-To The Mill- Threntin Albeross will now give you another Zarian Dust Pouch if you lost it.
-To The Mill - Fixed an issue with not being able to loot the meat.
-Investigating the Scene- Fixed an issue with not being able to click the Piles of Rubble.
-URT Hero Mission: The Undead Answer- Added a 2-handed slash, claw & and shield to the list of rewards.
-URT Hero Mission: The Undead Answer- Clicking one reward then clicking another will no longer cause a CTD.
-URT Hero Mission: Feeding Frenzy - Pets are now able to aid their masters in this fight.
-The Weak Attack is now functioning properly again.
-Soldier Rescue will now properly update on the second part of the quest.

Items

-A few items that were marked level 55 have had their levels adjusted to the proper level.
-Strife's Buster Sword
-Dark Sword of Energy
-Fiery Jharuu Sword of Rage
-Frozen Summoners Dagger       
-Runed Ancient Jharuu Staff
-Runed Ancient Jharuu Sword

-Many weapon types have had their damage ranges adjusted to be the same as longswords. This means their damage range is smaller resulting in a higher low end damage but a reduced high end damage. The weapon types affected are:
-GreatAxe
-GreatMaul
-Mace
-Club
-Hammer
-Maul
-Rod
-MartialStaff
-BladedStaff
-Staff
-Arbalest
-GreatSpear
-SpearAndJavelin
-Polearm
-Lance
-Axe


-Fixed an issue causing stone cleave to get double its intended weapon damage bonus.
-Mara's Kiss has had its stats boosted to better reflect the effort required to get it.
-Attonment of Vol Anari has had its stats boosted slightly
-Frozen Summoners Dagger & Dark Sword of Energy had their stats slightly adjusted.
-Crystals from the IoG Summoners now use their own sealers & solvents.  They can be purchased from Jenobi.  You can use the new solvent to remove the crystals without destroying them, allowing you to swap them in/out at will for a price.
-The melee crystals from the IoG summoners will no longer restrict the sword to primary hand only.
-Fixed the proc issue with Frozen Great Hammer. The proc will now work properly.
-Fixed the damage on the Core Imbued Hammer proc.
-Fixed the damage on the Fine Shaped Core Band proc.
-Fixed the damage on the Hopton's Mechanical Ingot proc.
-Full Tenby Cage: The Tenby will no longer despawn on it's own after 2 minutes. Hurray for the Glitteracticacookie!
-Fixed the proc on Infused Coronarian Gloves.
-Fixed the proc issue with Noxious Blade. The proc will now work properly.

Abilities

-Aum Liat should now properly give its run speed bonus
-Aum Liat run speed will now work in and out of combat
-Mutilate is no longer an ignore mitigation ability
-Mutilate now gives more DC counters
-Waning Palm now has a 60 second refresh

Known Issues

There is a bug with the APW item sets.  If you have more than 7 of the items in the set equipped, the effects will not take place when you log in.  To resolve this, un-equip 2-3 of the items, then re-equip them and your buffs will be applied. This will be resolved in a patch early next week.

 

 


Author: Ikik
Publish Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:29:54 GMT
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