January 26, 2005

January 26, 2005
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Mistmoore and SplitPaw revamps live for all servers
New and improved Lavastorm!

Item Changes
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- Many Epic 2.0 effects have been modified. Please see the EQforums at 
Eqforums.station.sony.com for details.
- These items are now primary and secondary slot usable:
Totem of Shattered Hope 
Wand of Twisted Fate 
Infernal Staff of Fiery Fate 
Bazu Claw Hammer

- Increased the drop rates on some items from Planes of Power zones 
that were too rare.
- The ending effect (casts when the rune wears off) of the Enchanter 
1.5 and 2.0 epics has been changed so that it won't cause initial aggro 
on surrounding NPCs. It will only lower the enchanter's hate on NPCs in 
the area of effect that are already aggro on him/her.
- Mace of Grim Tidings is now No-Drop 
- Added a Globe of Discordant Energy drop to Anguish.
- Fixed the combine for the cleric epic 1.5, AA points should now be 
rewarded. People who missed their AAs can hail Tavon to receive their 
AAs, if they have spoken to Natvil already.
- Revised the various Anguish armor sets. Some pieces now have effects 
added. 
- Earring of Eternal Flame - This item now has the focus effect of 
Flame of the Lightbringer 
- Anuek Dagger of Eye Gouging - This item now has a +12% mod to 
backstab. 
- Upgraded the +damage augments from Tacvi

Spell, Discipline & AA Changes
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- The skills windows will now show the modified skill of the player, 
including buffs/item mods, etc.
- Added a negative resist modifier to Crippling Strike, Stunning Kick, 
and Eye Gouge.
- Modified Hastened Purification of the Body to reduce the base time.
- The spell, Elemental Simulacrum Recourse, should no longer be removed 
when the recipient is hit in melee.
- Hide will work while levitated again.
- Tiny companion will again switch target to the pet correctly.
- An exploit with Lifeburn has been corrected.
- /stopsong, /cast, and anything starting a song other than /melody now 
clears the /melody buffer as intended.
- Bard Chants should once again generate the correct amount of hate.
- Fixed problem with the Ranger AA Guardian of the Forest where if you 
had maxed buffs this AA would not reset if it did not take.
- High level shaman pet should now automatically dual wield.
- Modified the effect slots for Hobble of Spirits so that it will stack 
with other contact innates.

Code Changes
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- Players will now receive a message when they are too close for ranged 
weapons to be used when /autofire is being used.
- Ranged weapons are no longer subject to additional z-distance limit 
checks.
- Server side collision fixes have corrected various problems in 
certain areas in new zones such as the ramp entering Abysmal that was 
causing warping problems for NPCs.

Event Changes
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- Players can now select a type of LDoN Adventure (Rescue, etc.) when 
requesting one from the Recruiter.
- Lowered combat regeneration of the Dragorn and Bazu forms in the 
Trial of Adaptation.
- Modified the spawn timer on the Tyrant of Nightmare in the Plane of 
Nightmare and the Decaying Lightcrawler in the Plane of Disease. Both 
should make more frequent appearances.
- Lowered spell resists significantly in all MPG Raid and Single Group 
trials.
- Fixed some oddness that happened sometimes when Memblurring Hanvar.
- The non-loot dropping version of Arch Magus Vangl will be easier than 
the loot dropping version.

Miscellaneous
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- Changed the level 70 bard /who title from Performer to Harold, er, 
Herald.

-- The EverQuest Team

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