January 15, 2003

January 15, 2003
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*** Announcing The Legacy of Ykesha *** 

The Legacy of Ykesha will be the first download-only extension for 
EverQuest. This product will not be available in stores. This extension 
will include some great new gameplay features, as well as new zones for 
characters ranging from level 35 up to level 60. 

Legacy of Ykesha Features include: 

A new playable race: Frogloks 
Enhanced Looking For Group Tool 
New Cartography System 
New Magic Item slot: Charms 
Armor Dyes 
Dozens of new creatures 
Expanded bank capacity 
New zones 
New spells 

For more information, please visit www.legacyofykesha.com 

** Gameplay/Features ** 

- With our last patch and the patch today, we've significantly reduced 
the amount of bandwidth that EverQuest needs to use, even in large raid 
or extremely-crowded-zone situations. 
- Fixed a problem with tints not properly updating when armor is 
removed. 
- Fixed a bug with character faces displaying incorrectly to other 
players when you zone in after them. 
- Fixed resurrection timer that was counting down against the 3 hour 
limit when player was not logged in. 
- Corrected a problem with health and movement updates being delayed. 

** Spells ** 

- NPCs will now notice Druid and Shaman Percentage Heal spells in a 
manner similar to traditional healing spells. 
- Removed the chance for slow spells to be reversed from the 17 NPCs 
that had this ability. 
- Fixed a bug that was preventing Curses, Diseases, and Poisons from 
being removed. 
- Raised all recast times below 2.25 seconds up to 2.25 seconds. This 
is a change in the spell data as the first part of a two-part change 
needed to correct the "Recast time not met" problem. More information 
is available at the Developer's Corner at www.everquest.com. 

** Alternate Advancement/Special Abilities ** 

- The range on the Bard Ability "Boastful Bellow" has been increased 
slightly. 
- Fixed a bug with Harm Touch that was not allowing it to increase the 
standard amount per level over level 60. 

** User Interface ** 

- Fixed a bug with effects in the Songs window. They were not getting 
removed on the client when the bard was dispelled. 
- Introduced new Story window. The purpose of this window is to provide 
story updates in a readily available location. ALT-N toggles the 
window. You can select to have the window pop up when new story 
elements are added if you wish. 
- Item Links are once again creatable from Items and from other Item 
Links. Please do not attempt to "mine" the servers for undiscovered 
items. Links now have a built-in mechanism to prevent those who would 
go on fishing expeditions by sending up many bad links in an attempt to 
discover new items. These invalid links are logged, as are the accounts 
of those who create them. 
- Added an optional confirmation box before spending AA points. To turn 
on this confirmation box, please check the Options window. 

** Miscellaneous ** 

- Sage Quests in Plane of Knowledge have been fixed. 
- The event to fight Bertoxxulous in the Crypt of Decay will reset 4 to 
6 hours after the event is failed. It will respawn normally if the 
event is won. 

** New/Changed Interface Files ** 

- EQUI_StoryWnd.xml (actually added with the Jan. 9th patch) 
- EQUI_OptionsWnd.xml 

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Source: Combined EverQuest live server patch archive, 1999–2010