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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