Feldon A few bits and bobs we wanted to bring attention to…
Throwing Weapons
Cyliena took the lead on some random changes with Game Update 62 affecting a variety of thrown weapons (sheaths, pouches, bandoliers, and satchels) which use throwing daggers, shuriken, and other such ammo. Some items were flagged Beastlord-only, some flagged anything-but-Beastlord, and yet others flagged Fighter, Priest, and no Scouts at all.
After some communications with Rothgar and Silius, this is going to be ironed out in the next update:
Just a heads up I that I have fixed the thrown items. Should be live with the next hotfix. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Beastlords and War Runes
Currently all War Runes that are Scout-flagged do not include Beastlords. From Silius:
Just looked at this and it looks like it did not make it live. Should be in in the next hotfix. Sorry for the wait all.
Beastlord Quests — Deliver us from Eeeeeeevilll
A series of quests exist for Beastlords at levels 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, and 80. Alas, these quests are all flagged Evil-only, and we will see a fix for these either tomorrow or possibly next Tuesday. Since most of the Beastlords on Beta were also evil (in order to test out the revamped Freeport) it’s not surprising this was missed. Cronyn has been very apologetic:
I’m very sorry to you all. I fixed the reported problem [the level 30 quest], and then went on to other projects, when I should have verified the whole line was working. I was just pleased that Shalih Mar and I had come to an agreement, but I should have ensured her friends were on the same page.
The fixes are in, and I’m double checking them all to make sure they are working. I’m sorry again, all. It’s my mistake, but I’ll go through and fix it. It’s up to me to verify these things work all the way through.
and:
I just ran through everything myself to try and break it, and it seems like it’s solid now. I’ll probably do it another time or two tonight just to try to catch anything that might have slipped. Again, I’m sorry to the good guys – hopefully you guys are all fixed up come the next patch.
One More Update
Apparently we can expect another bug stomping update in the next week or two according to SmokeJumper‘s twitter:
Planning one last update before the holiday break. Details soon!
A new drinking game, you have to take a shot for every time the word “sorry” is used. Not for the faint of heart I might add lol.
“Planning one last update before the holiday break. Details soon!”
Translation: We’re gonna break more stuff and you’re gonna have to wait till after the holidays for it to be fixed…
Jiam, that all depends. If you’re a light weight . . . heck, even a tea-totaller, you should probably only read Smokejumper’s posts. Frostfell snowballs have a better chance in Lavastorm than that guy apologizing for anything . . .
Thereare a lot more expalanations and apologies coming from SoE lately. Heck the Seahawks are even winning games … must be snowing in Lavastorm ! Who knows … SoE might even listen to us occasionally … we might even get a real Beta test for the next expansion … oops … just noticed … it stopped snowing in Lavastorm. Guess the Seahawks are going back to normal.
Does anyone know if there’s any plan to fix the 180 degree bug? It’s driving me crazy.
Not gonna fix leader only loot issues? Driving me insane on drop at a time!
I am pretty critical of a lot that they do, but I don’t know what more Cronyn could have said, he owned up and called himself out on not doing what he should have done to begin with. Takes character and guts, something that the one that blows smoke has neither.
FYI, it was Cronyn, not Prathun that issued the apologies.
Its really awesome they are fixing beastlords up… Any word on the Leader only loot window bug? I wish they knew how to prioritize stuff, But im sure there must be more level 90 beastlords then people who raid.
I agree with you Zerigo… I want to scream when assigning loot. Luckily my raid force is very understanding and now that the 48 hour trade thing is fixed I’ve been looting everything and trading it to the people. I’ll feel really bad if I discover an item that should have gone to someone else. Hopefully they will fix it soon.
Cronyn is a great guy, and he did apologise in another thread, somewhere.