Gifnab Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 CLASSES WARRIOR Weight distribution of bonuses from shields now more accurately reflect the original design. Lighter shields are more "accurate" (better chance to land) while heavier shields are more "powerful" (will do more damage). Auxiliary affects (crush, silence, etc.) from both manual and auto shieldbash now have a "chance" to land within their case. Chance to land an affect correlates to chance to shield bash, i.e. lighter shields are more likely to cause the "bonus" affects. Werebeasts are now allowed to choose this class. PALADIN Mounted charge will now have a chance to bypass counter. CRUSADER The Psalm of Final Parting will no longer be activated by NPCs. BLADEMASTER Hitting someone's "spleen" with critical strike now tells both parties that the victim is drained. Humans can once again be blademasters. NINJAS/THIEVES Ninjas and thieves are no longer selectable as preparation for a class overhaul. NECROMANCER Mana leak now has a save chance comparable to Brittleness and Infernal Link. Mana leak will now drain 150% of an opponent's per-tick mana regen, down from 300%. All three necromancer signature spells will cast at an increased spell level when under the effects of soul tap and in combination with proficiency > 100% ADVENTURER Can use gain convert DRUID Stone giants and slith can join the ranks of the druids. MONK Ferals will be accepted as monks. CLERIC Sliths are now allowed to be clerics. This includes as HEALERS and SHAMANS. RANGER Slith and minotaurs are now allowed to be rangers. RACES FROST GIANTS Frost Giant clerics of the Discord religion will now summon "demonfrost" instead of "demonfire". FERALS Feral clerics of the Discord religion will now summon "demonfrost" instead of "demonfire". STONE GIANTS Stone giant skill "Boulder Throw" has been moved to level 5. +10% to damage done with mundane weapons. DROW Drow with the "Spider Summoning" spell will now lead their spiders in battle, granting them credit when a kill is made by the spiders. WOOD ELVES New race. Can be warriors, rangers and druids. CABALS [TRIBUNAL] Veterans in Tribunal may now join the COUNCIL Subcabal. Veteran-rank COUNCIL members gain access to the Watchtower skill. The Tribunal Maxim has been updated to reflect that COUNCIL members must be of at least Trusted rank to create a law and that law must be approved by the patron immortal of the cabal before taking effect. [WATCHER] Bards may no longer join the STALKER subcabal as a default option. We may, in the future, allow non-powerchord bards to join STALKER via application. [MERCHANT] Merchants may now send notes to "all". [WARMASTER] Weapons sharpened by the Gladiator Elder skill will now lose their "sharpened" bonus when touched by a non-Elder Gladiator. (Similar to psienhance items picked up by non Psionicists) The Warmaster Titan's vast combat training has been forgotten, and he has been relegated to the same abilities held by other cabal guards. Weapon damage calculations updated to better reflect standard damage calcs, including diminishing returns and damage caps. Warmaster equipment progs have been toned significantly to ensure that simply wearing the armor doesn't substantially worsen or negate the ability of certain classes to be competitive in cabal warfare. The Ephemeral Scabbard no longer grants pass door at random. The Inner Fire no longer casts refresh on use. The Eye of the Manticore (and the accompanying set) no longer does cure blind, cure disease, or cure serious. Barbarian Trophies will now grant access to the Warmaster equipment progs for the correlating slots (i.e. hair = Inner Fire, eyes = Eye of Manticore) for now. FULL DISCLOSURE: This may change when we adjust trophies during the cabal EQ rebalance. The Warforged Shortbow no longer has a 50% higher fire rate than it is supposed to. [CHURCH] Purchasable Church gear now has the "psienhance" flag to prevent -45AC chest pieces. The CHURCH cabal now offers a little bit more information on how to upgrade items. GENERAL Added a dexterity check to the dodge skill, improving dodge functionality for high dexterity combatants against lower dexterity combatants. Trees and mineral veins will now seed in the same manner as starstone and Crusader obelisks, allowing them to populate more abundantly. You may now "replay" newbie chat to go back and review useful information/things you might have missed. Entering "description <argument>" will no longer change your description to <argument>. 😂 Changes made to the way UMIN, UMAX, and URANGE evaluate certain variables, ensuring accurate calculations for those uses. The outfit command will work for all characters through level 15. The stat roller has been removed from character creation. All characters begin with max stats for their race/class combo. All characters begin with one train, down from three. Qclasses that return the character to Level 1 will no longer lose stats on remort. A number of quests have had their rewards adjusted to whittle down the surplus of trains, practices, and permanent stats granted. Moderate Tier no longer lose the newbie channel when they level past 15. Moderate Tier no longer has rare limits. OLC The Kringlewitz Toy Factory has been closed for the season. But you better watch out -- Kristoph Kringlewitz will be watching to make sure no one is naughty this year. The Arctron has had its level reduced -- it will still be treated as a level 60 item balance-wise, but it will no longer land paralyze quite so often/easily. The Miruvhor stablemaster will now offer mounts at the same duration as his counterparts in Val Miran and Maelbrim (I thought I had fixed this a while ago, per a bug report, but apparently did not). The Mask of Ultimate Evil now more closely reflects its align-restricted counterparts in terms of availability. Killing Order will now offer an appropriate reward, given the time/difficulty required to complete the task. The ivory staff is no longer held by a good-aligned mob and is therefore no longer requestable. The direction scrolls for the newbie quest line have been brought into the modern age where neither "Rhedin" nor Rheydin exist. The hunt for the Crown of Chaos may now be relived through the eyes of the KNIGHTS that led the charge, as players enter the Broken Well of Oblivion and face down some of Aabahran's darkest history. The belt of reserves (necromancer) and boots of conduction (invoker) have been updated. The blazing bardiche is now made of fire. Light's Reach has made landfall in the Dragon's Teeth Mountains and the military staging site known as The Front has been established. The invasion of the Great Wall of Aabahran continues -- heroes may proceed with more quests and opportunities to take up arms in defense of the Wall... and the world. Updates to the Q2 questline including... Plucking an unbent, unbroken feather will no longer be quite so infuriating Tomes may now be read in places where questions that reference them are asked Torments and Wraiths will no longer be quite so overwhelming in numbers and were slightly toned down in power The unempowered necklace will now correctly be removed from the owner's inventory and replaced with the empowered version Thrasios will no longer be quite so chatty if you leave and re-enter the room while [redacted] is still there Smoke rises southwest of Val Miran, and the scent of burnt flesh is thick in the air. The Troll Village has erupted in fire and blood (and had its equipment rebalanced), but what could be responsible for this wanton destruction? BUG FIXES Auto Shieldbash will no longer accidentally kill mercied victims (including both challenges and contracts). The rage affect will now be stripped from Tribunal Berserkers when they capture their target. Blanket of Darkness chance operator has been corrected, giving a better chance to successfully cast the spell. Using insect swarm on a mirror image will no longer crash the game. "Guild" bug fixed for werebeast adventurers, resulting in strange stats. Bards will now properly retain the "third attack" skill on remort from adventurer. Usable items will no longer trigger twice when "held". Kinesis spells will no longer accidentally kill mercied victims (including both challenges and contracts). Werebadgers will now correctly only have +1 strength when transformed. Thunderstorm and Call Lightning will no longer illuminate an invisible Immortal's armor. Redundancy check added to ensure that shield lore warriors will correctly lose fourth attack when using a shield in rounds where an auto shieldbash fires. Fixed some issues with tackle lag checks. The mount quest in the three major cities should always work now. Adventurers will now correctly keep boulder throw and spider summoning. Powerword fear will now correctly apply its duration, with a racial bonus for drow as intended. The following spells will no longer have their damage reduced when the prior character/mob in the room successfully saves against the damage; each character/mob will be checked individually for the appropriate amount of damage: chorus of anguish thunder storm ice storm four seasons call lightning meteor swarm tsunami iceball call void The initial target of a flamestrike will now correctly have an opportunity to save against the spell. Flamestrike will no longer save twice. Spell list will now correctly show proficiency for selectable spells. Mana leak will no longer provide a net positive with Temporal Storm. Cabal vendors with "service teach" will now correctly allow you to increase proficiency in selectable skills/spells. Rare items can no longer be dumped from containers (such as lockboxes) into other containers (such as bags). Gifnab can no longer crash the MUD by typing "clan allow Gifnab" when he hasn't had his coffee. The Orb of Nercuros can no longer be used when sitting on the ground. Mobs in the Milieu will no longer persist after using the keystone to escape. The Gor'gorak will now target things correctly. You would think with so many eyeballs, it would see the right stuff. Brittleness can no longer have negative durations for pre-pinnacle necromancers that don't have the skill mastered. Torilar's quest should no longer offer credit to people halfway through the quest. It also should work every time without having to leave and allow the area to repop. Stablemaster in the Elven Kingdom will now give out mounts appropriately. Consider will now show the correct anatomy for the target when used by blademasters and monks. Rangers are no longer sad and lonely with unmaxed stats at creation. 2 Link to comment
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Gifnab Posted February 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2021 Updated as of 2/27. - Warmaster weapon damage calculations updated to better reflect standard damage calcs, including diminishing returns and damage caps. - Hitting someone's "spleen" with critical strike now tells both parties that the victim is drained. - Brittleness can no longer have negative durations for pre-pinnacle necromancers that don't have the skill mastered. - Changes made to the way UMIN, UMAX, and URANGE evaluate certain variables, ensuring accurate calculations for those uses. - Ninjas and thieves are no longer selectable as preparation for a class overhaul. - The outfit command will work for all characters through level 15. - Mana leak now has a save chance comparable to Brittleness and Infernal Link. - Mana leak will now drain 150% of an opponent's per-tick mana regen, down from 300%. - All three necromancer signature spells will cast at an increased spell level when under the effects of soul tap and in combination with proficiency > 100% - The stat roller has been removed from character creation. - All characters begin with max stats for their race/class combo. - All characters begin with one train, down from three. - Qclasses that return the character to Level 1 will no longer lose stats on remort. - The CHURCH cabal now offers a little bit more information on how to upgrade items. - Torilar's quest should no longer offer credit to people halfway through the quest. It also should work every time without having to leave and allow the area to repop. - The belt of reserves (necromancer) and boots of conduction (invoker) have been updated. - The blazing bardiche is now made of fire. - Stablemaster in the Elven Kingdom will now give out mounts appropriately. - A number of quests have had their rewards adjusted to whittle down the surplus of trains, practices, and permanent stats granted. - Light's Reach has made landfall in the Dragon's Teeth Mountains and the military staging site known as The Front has been established. The invasion of the Great Wall of Aabahran continues -- heroes may proceed with more quests and opportunities to take up arms in defense of the Wall... and the world. Link to comment
Gifnab Posted March 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2021 Updated 3/1/21. - Smoke rises southwest of Val Miran, and the scent of burnt flesh is thick in the air. The Troll Village has erupted in fire and blood (and had its equipment rebalanced), but what could be responsible for this wanton destruction? - Warmaster equipment progs have been toned significantly to ensure that simply wearing the armor doesn't substantially worsen or negate the ability of certain classes to be competitive in cabal warfare. - The Ephemeral Scabbard no longer grants pass door at random. - The Inner Fire no longer casts refresh on use. - The Eye of the Manticore (and the accompanying set) no longer does cure blind, cure disease, or cure serious. - Barbarian Trophies will now grant access to the Warmaster equipment progs for the correlating slots (i.e. hair = Inner Fire, eyes = Eye of Manticore) for now. FULL DISCLOSURE: This may change when we adjust trophies during the cabal EQ rebalance. - The Warforged Shortbow no longer has a 50% higher fire rate than it is supposed to. - Updates to the Q2 questline including... - Plucking an unbent, unbroken feather will no longer be quite so infuriating - Tomes may now be read in places where questions that reference them are asked - Torments and Wraiths will no longer be quite so overwhelming in numbers and were slightly toned down in power - The unempowered necklace will now correctly be removed from the owner's inventory and replaced with the empowered version - Thrasios will no longer be quite so chatty if you leave and re-enter the room while [redacted] is still there - Consider will now show the correct anatomy for the target when used by blademasters and monks. - Rangers are no longer sad and lonely with their unmaxed stats at creation. Link to comment
Implementor Kassieti Posted August 31, 2021 Implementor Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 changes 08/20/2021 - stone giants now get 10% damage bonus when using mundane weapons (with mundane nouns). - adventurers can use gain convert. - moderates no longer have a rare limit. changes 08/22/2021 - opened up the following races to druid: - stone giant - elf - slith - opened up the following races to monk: - elf - feral - werebeast - opened up the following races to warrior: - werebeast - opened up the following races to cleric: - slith - opened up the following races to ranger: - slith - minotaur - opened up the following races to blademaster: - human - moderates no longer lose their newbie chat when leveling up. Changes 08/23/2021 Elves and werebeasts removed from monk selection and elves from druid selection due to alignment issues. New race introduced: wood elves. Class selection includes warriors, rangers and druids. Link to comment
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