Update Notes: Thursday August 17, 2017

Written by Feldon on . Posted in EQ2, Game Updates & Maintenance, Grouping, Itemization, Raiding, TLE/Prestige Servers

From the EQ2 Forums:

POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION
Vaedenmoor Raids

  • Code has been put in place to prevent players from entering any version of the zone while still locked to a previous zone and/or not passed the minimum lockout time. Players will be banished from the zone if they fail this check regardless of any lockouts displayed on their lockout window.
  • This applies to Vaedenmoor: Heart of Nightmares [Raid] and Vaedenmoor: Realm of Despair [Raid].
  • Any previously saved zone instances have been reset.

Chamber of Rejuvenation [Raid]

  • Noxious Attuned can no longer be resisted.
  • Trakanon should now call out his target when he snaps his jaws.

Lost City of Torsis: The Shrouded Temple [Expert & Event Heroic]

  • The Meld of Haze is now immune to the ROOT effect from Terrestrial Coffin.

Nektulos

  • Jawharah Izzah, Shady Erudite at the Nektulos Docks, is now willing to sell Spiritbreaker to those channelers who have completed their epic quests.
  • Jawharah Izzah, Shady Erudite at the Nektulos Docks, is now willing to sell The Wards of Kelkarn to those troubadors who have completed their epic quests.

Sundered Splitpaw: Gladiator’s Triumph

  • The Pit Champion will now correctly spawn at the end of the arena event.

ITEMS

  • Woven Vulcanized armor pieces from Lord Nagalik now possess additional defensive stats.
  • Stats on the Ring of Removal from King Drayek have been increased to match his other drops.
  • The Prismatic Greatsword of the Scale now has additional weapon skill bonuses.

QUESTS

  • The Truespirits’ Lament – The shadowy creatures that start this quest have been disciplined. They will no longer attack or be visible until Destiny of Velious is available on TLE.

 

Later addition:

TIME-LOCKED SERVER POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION

The Isle of Refuge: Darathar’s Flight

  • Reduced the amount of bonus hit points Darathar gains on Time-Locked servers.
  • Reduced the amount of combat mitigation Darathar gains on Time-Locked servers.
  • Corrected a bug that allowed Darathar to be killed without locking players to the zone.

The Crypt of Vox

  • Reduced the amount of bonus hit points The Element of Vox gains on Time-Locked servers.
  • Reduced the amount of combat mitigation The Element of Vox gains on Time-Locked servers.
  • Reduced the amount of bonus hit points The Spirits of Vox gains on Time-Locked servers.
  • Reduced the amount of combat mitigation The Spirits of Vox gains on Time-Locked servers.
  • Reduced the amount of bonus hit points The Fragments of Vox gains on Time-Locked servers.
  • Reduced the amount of combat mitigation The Fragments of Vox gains on Time-Locked servers.

Spirits of the Lost

  • Reduced the amount of bonus hit points Venekor gains on Time-Locked servers.
  • Reduced the amount of combat mitigation Venekor gains on Time-Locked servers.

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Comments (7)

  • Salbain

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    As you indicated, the ability to access a raid zone using more than one player’s lockout has existed for years. Most guilds have used it so that their raid force on “off” nights can go through and clear trash and easier mobs so that on the “hard” nights, their progression force can clear the hard stuff. I don’t know a guild that hasn’t used this lockout trick, including guilds that devs have been a member of.

    Fixes which have been attempted over the years:

    https://eq2wire.com/2012/10/16/raid-lockout-timer-lockdown-rushed-fix-for-5-year-old-bug/
    https://eq2wire.com/2012/10/16/breaking-lockout-timers-solution-forthcoming/

    I wish you guys luck in finding an amicable solution.

    Feldon I can back you up 100 percent on this. I raided with Gninja for a long time and he would use this trick to set zones for the guild. Furthermore he was a heavy user of the botting program which name escapes me at the moment. More people should be aware of these things but I imagine I would be an immediate ban on the official forums.

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    • Mizgamer62

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      I thought that the lack of respect and appreciation that Gninja showed towards Feldon was shameful. I think these devs are overly sensitive and hostile because they know they have been a part of screwing EQ2 up royally.

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      • Feldon

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        My favorite was the “Please don’t give the impression that you know more than other players.” Ok so I’m supposed to forget the last 9 years covering the game and 7 fan faires?

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        • Mizgamer62

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          It was unbelievable to me and if they are that comfortable with openly attacking you, then that proves how far they have fallen and how little they appreciate the remaining players. We are closer to the end than most people think and at this point it would be a mercy in my opinion.

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          • Carnifex

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            They are afraid of truth. I’m sure the eclipse today scared the heck out of them. And yes, should you dare to contradict them on their forums, prepare to be banned. I was banned for a few months but some time in the past week or so it mysteriously reverted.

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    • SomePerson

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      when did the Us vs Them begin?

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      • Feldon

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        When people are banned for telling the truth.

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