July 14th Hotfix

Before I start the notes, July 14th marks the availability of the Automated Character Transfer Service. For $25, you can transfer your character from one server to another. Check out the “Station Marketplace” within EQ2. I don’t have a current link for you as far as this announcement, but I can confirm that the items appeared on the Station Marketplace for me this morning.

July 14th Update Notes

GENERAL

• The Firiona Vie statue distributed to Fan Faire attendees is no longer a LORE item.

EMPEROR’S ATHENAEUM

• 4 Warriors are no longer control immune. Enchanters, show us what you got!

KURN’S TOWER

• The ominous shadow reavers in the Kurns x2 will no longer use Theer Strike.
• Haggle Baron no longer respawns adds until his final phase at 10%
• Haggle Baron should no longer ever spawn red and blue bubbles on top of each other.

MUNZOK’S MATERIAL BASTION

• Umzok now casts his AOE spells at level 88 so players can use potions to dispel them.  The activated automatons he uses during the fight now have less health, and will take longer to automatically buff Umzok during the fight.
• The giant Cyclops summoned via the Channeling Crystal of the Sullonites will no longer be susceptible to damage prior to possession, so the rare times it would attack the raid rather than assist them, should be gone.
• During the final Munzok fight, the abyssal channeling proc that charmed tanks use is no longer focus damage, it should be mitigateable as mental damage now.  Energized Void Ripper adds no longer cast frenzied slice, so players will no longer briefly become immune to beneficial spells due to this innate.  The unstable void protrusions they leave on their death now has a larger protective radius and the abyssal rager adds (these are NORMAL adds, not punishment adds) have less health and spawn with slightly less frequency than before.

PVP

• Charm I and II now have the appropriate duration in pvp.

QUESTS

• The Order of Rime now offers a mystic icemare suited more for priests and mages who have proven their worth to the Order.
• Players should now be able to choose between one Ethernaut item, and one cloak from the city leaders when completing the Shadow Odyssey signature quest line.  Professor Fondfate’s dialog should now reflect the change of how the reward it given out.
• The ghost dwarf for the quest, “Enduring Friendship” should no longer attempt to complete the quest for players who are not on it.

SPELLS
Necromancer

• Miragul’s Dark Heart Summoning will now properly overwrite older Dark Hearts.

Shadowknight

• Mortal Embrace will now scale properly across all versions.

VENRIL SATHIR’S LAIR

• Venril Sathir no longer punishes players via Qxzytl’s Conversion if they have too much mana.
• The ornamental statues in his encounter now have reduced health and do less damage.

YKESHA’S INNER STRONGHOLD

• The froglok cavalier, footsoldiers and bodyguards that accompany Ykesha will no longer memwipe to players banished to the back of the zone.