• Update Notes: Tuesday, January 24, 2012(0)
GENERAL
Fixed a placement issue with certain moveable objects (for instance, the portals will now place properly during the Zynos fight in Anchor of Bazzul).
ACHIEVEMENTS
Characters who have completed ?Your Eternal Reward? should now receive the ?Agent of Freeport? achievement.
MERCENARIES
Shaman mercenaries should no longer continue to think they are in combat when it comes to casting wards on their group. They will still cast their out of combat preward spells.
ZONE PROGRESSION / POPULATION
Sundered Frontier
Fixed name on lingering slitherspines.
Vallon's Tower [Challenge]
Ambassador Grindstone will no longer reapply his Unbridled Fury of the Elements buff as soon as he has dispelled player debuffs, he waits a few seconds.
Ambassador Grindstone no longer casts Crystalline Torrent Spell.
Vallonite Sentinels no longer memwipe when they cast Sentinel?s Touch.
Vallonite Sentinels no longer taunt lock players during the fight.
Tallon?s Stronghold [Challenge]
During the Tallon Zek fight Deathbringer?s Touch is now cureable as a curse.
Tallon Zek will warn players as he teleports and will not fire his arrow volley until 10 seconds after he changes his location.
Fighters will not take as harsh a punishment if they turn their back on Tallon Zek as he is firing arrows.
TRADESKILL APPRENTICE
Tradeskill Apprentice daily reward potions are now treasured and stack to 200.
The Potion of Hastened Learning will now give +25% experience gain.
ITEMS
The Dragonflame Scale Shield is now Beastlord usable.
Corpse items can no longer be added to the broker.
QUESTS
The quests ?A Rat?s a Rat?s a Rat,? ?A Cleansing This Temple Needs?,? and ?Entering the Veil? should again update properly.
The City of Freeport
The quest ?Grobb, Not Forgotten? should now reward the proper reward. Players who have already completed the quest may seek out Viducius in East Freeport to pick up their reward.
Thurgadin
Frizella Emberblossom is now more willing to give the Thudomatonian Monotony quest if you forgot to pick it up before.
• Update Notes: Thursday, January 19, 2012(0)
GENERAL
Fixed a bug with house item tooltips that would sometimes show incorrect housing restrictions.
Group Friend spells should once again work on warders and pets.
MERCENARIES
Blurt Grasplung should now cure detrimental spells on groupmates.
TRADESKILL APPRENTICES
The Tradeskill Apprentice Daily quest will now only take 1 of the required quest item instead of every item of that type in your inventory.
Tradeskill Apprentice Daily quest reward potions are now Heirloom instead of No Trade.
ITEMS
The Soulripper Shield and Wyrmscale Armwraps can now be equipped by Beastlords.
QUESTS
The City of Freeport
Players who have completed ?On a Boat? or ?Betrayal by Boat? can now purchase upgraded rewards from Viducius Festus in East Freeport.
Tamara Paust will now properly give an illusion totem to arasai players on the quest ?Nobody Expects It?.
It should no longer be possible to get stuck on ?The Enemy in Our Midst? if you drop the quest after accepting Met Sleeth?s bribe.
Berserker Epic
Dragon?s Temper should once again be a valid component in the ?Honing the Dragon?s Temper? recipe.
• Update Notes: Tuesday, January 17, 2012(0)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Extra Dungeon Mark Days are here from 17 January until 30 January! Dungeon Maker dungeon players and creators will receive 25% MORE tokens during this time period. To create and see listings of available dungeons, select Dungeon Maker from your EQ2 Menu button in game. Visit the Dungeon Maker category in the Marketplace to spend your tokens on items to equip your play character, as well as items to enjoy and build more dungeons. Prepare to get your dungeoneering on!
GENERAL
Fixed a UI bug on the mini-map window.
Fixed a bug where if you had a single target maintained spell on a group member and logged out that the spell would still be there when you logged back in.
Fixed an issue that prevented respec cards from working with beastlords.
POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION
Elements of War
Decorin Bonewing should now drop treasure each time he is killed in both the normal and the challenge versions.
Befallen: Halls of the Forsaken
Sir Loros Highgarden should no longer cast his flawless charge relentlessly.
Tower of Tactics [Challenge]
Ambassador Grindstone will not cast bullseye on anyone with Council Judgment, nor will he cast Council Judgment on any player who has Bullseye.
MERCENARIES
Fixed a bug where maintained spells on mercenaries would drop when zoning.
Fixed a display issue with mercenary salaries when mentored.
Raid leaders with a mercenary should now be able to properly add/remove players from their raid groups.
TRADESKILL APPRENTICES
Tradeskill Apprentice priest belts now have a proc.
The additional heal amount provided by Tradeskill Apprentice priest food now affects wards as well as heals.
ITEMS
Gnomish Safety Hat can now be equipped by beastlords.
QUESTS
The City of Freeport
Maldreya Darkheart?s conversation with Xolantan should no longer give players an examine box instead of a dialog node on rare occasions.
The quest description for ?Qeynos Bounty: Yewon Martrcle? should reflect Yewon?s new location in the Gorowyn Chancery.
It should no longer be possible to accidentally kill the conspiring citizens while working on the Freeport human racial quest, ?Purification.?
The corpses that show up before the sewer entrance for ?To Make or Unmake? quest in West Freeport should now disappear once the quest is completed.
The quest ?On a Boat? should now award items appropriate for the level of the character that completes the quest. If you have already completed this quest the rewards should be available on the armor and weapon upgrade merchant within Freeport.
Moors of Ykesha
The Quest ?Swabber the Deck ? Stock the Loft? will once again grant the Deckhand Labor Boots as a reward.
Great Divide
For the quest ?It?s a Trap!? you can now re-arm the traps for the eastern and western fronts in any order.
Antonica
For the Shining Metallic Robes heritage quest line, the time breach portal and cog in Antonica should no longer be visible after the portal has been destroyed.
Betrayal
The Old ?Switcheroo,? Party Crasher, Extracting the Defector, and The Captain?s Ring betrayal quests should again update properly.
• Update Notes: Tuesday, January 10, 2012(0)
GENERAL
Fixed a bug where you would have to recast buffs on group members every time you zone.
Fixed random lighting bugs on characters and environments.
Players will now receive achievement credit for earning hall of fame status if they are offline when awards are processed.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Sense of Urgency: Debone Bonewing should correctly update when defeating the zone boss in under 30 minutes from zone in.
DUNGEON MAKER
Dungeon Maker creatures will no longer temporarily reappear when defeated while under the effect of a tier-adjusting object.
Dungeon Maker adventurers should now show up in the Marketplace preview tab.
Fixed a UI bug with the Dungeon Maker create window.
BEASTLORDS
Fixed an issue that allowed ?a drakonine guardian? to be tameable.
MERCENARIES
Ten new mercenaries can be found within the major cities of Norrath. This includes Freeport, Qeynos, Neriak, Gorowyn, New Halas, and Kelethin!
Gaeri Tallspire and Firus Scorchtouch have returned to their normal hang out and can once again be hired! They have been rebalanced a bit to do less spike damage but in some cases might do more DPS on sustained battles! Gaeri is now more encounter based where as Firus is more single target based damage.
Stamper (Inquisitor Merc) should no longer be invisible to players who have not hired him.
Bdorn (Templar Merc) should no longer be invisible to players who have not hired him.
All mercenaries should now have the correct amount of magical mitigation.
PVP GENERAL
Beastlords should now be able to purchase gear from the scions of war.
TRADESKILL APPRENTICES
Tradeskill Apprentice food and drink no longer require reactants.
Provisoners can now have their Tradeskill Apprentice research belt recipes.
The recipes required for the daily Tradeskill Apprentice tasks no longer delete themselves from your recipe book.
Tradeskill Apprentice scout bows should now use arrows as ammo.
POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION
Tower of Tactics [Challenge]
Ambassador grindstones Geonid Warriors will not spawn as frequently, have less health, and have less members per wave.
Tallon?s Stronghold [Challenge]
During the Tallon Zek fight the sparkfiend will not cast sparked as often. Combustible Combination Curse (caused by spark interaction with greater avazek Concussive Winds) now lasts 7 secs instead of 24 secs.
QUESTS
The City of Freeport
Atraxus Bhotlis, the titular target of the quest ?Qeynos Bounty: Atraxas Bhotlis,? has moved to the Seafarer?s Roost.
Adrianna has now agreed to complete the ?Descent into Madness? quest for those who have already finished ?Searching the Sewers for the Strix.?
For the quest ?Killing All the Birds,? it should now be more obvious if you?re on the Strix cultists? hit list. (Check your buff window!)
An appearance-only Cultist's White Cowl is now a reward for completing"Killing All the Birds." If you've already completed the quest, you can purchase the cowl from Viducius Festus in the Harbor Exchange.
For the quest ?To Make or Unmake,? it?s no longer necessary to target Lerenth to use the clickable items on him.
ITEMS
The Ancient Diakan Grindstone and Grim Ring of the Ruthless should once again be able to be used by both fighters and scouts.
Beastlords can now wear Roger Goldie?s Straw Hat and the Unseen Hand rewards from the Dark Mail Gauntlets quest line.
Priestly Wand of Focused Power should now have a red adornment slot.
Wand of Crystallized Shadows should now have a red adornment slot.
• Update Notes: Thursday, January 5, 2012(0)
GENERAL
Fixed an issue where the client could get stuck trying to load a character into Mok Rent.
PLAYER HOUSING
The City of Freeport: The Magical Academy housing portal should no longer vanish after being placed in a house.
Fixed a bug where loading a layout of an invalid file could cause the house zone to crash.
DUNGEON MAKER
Mystic Guardian avatar for Dungeon Maker has had the zombie scare attack changed.
Fixed an issue with Dungeons being put into the Housing hall of fame.
POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION
The City of Freeport
There is now only a single patrolling wraithguard within the passage way of the Overlord?s Plaza. The static wraithguards that were blocking the entry way from North, East, West Freeport have been removed.
Throne of Storms: Hall of Legends [Both Challenge and Normal]
Legatus Prime Mikill should wait longer before unleashing his Killing Blow if he is stationary.
Elements of War [Challenge]
Terrinon Bloodclaw has had his flurry chance removed. Health and damage has been slightly adjusted and adds should come a little less frequently.
Thundering Steppes
Griffin flight between docks and the rest of the griffin tower stations should be working properly now.
LIVE EVENTS
Goddess Risen
Love's Golden Defense and the Bow of the Loving Huntress are now heirloom.
QUESTS
The City of Freeport
It should no longer be possible to get the quest ?Arcane Science Versus Dark Faith? if you are below level 40.
The Shadow Odyssey quest ?Chapter 4: History Repeating? will once again update properly when breaking into Nasin Manor.
On a Boat: The zone ?The Salty Lass II? should properly instance now.
Steamfont
Caustic Action now requires fewer updates, and Mazkeen witch doctors are easier to find.
Qeynos
Good-aligned Beastlords can now speak to Ian Cathlan in Qeynos Harbor to begin their level 20 class armor quest line.
As Ian Cathlan in Qeynos Harbor is now offering level 20 armor quests to beastlords, Selwyn Oakheart in South Qeynos will not. Oh Selwyn, beastlords are a scout class!
Beastlord Epic
The Path to Understanding: Dagoranon, Deep Protector?s frontal, Breath of Frost should now be much less punishing and allow 6 seconds to be cured. Mercenaries are no longer immune to Breath of Frost.
ITEMS
Pouch of Flaying Stars should now offer agility along with its other stats.
Toxic Bow of Execution should now consume arrows instead of throwing ammo.
Drammind?s Bat Whistle, Mystic Armwraps, Tiara of Thorn, Vigorus Darkpaw Tailisman, Chained Pants of the Fearless, Intrepid Chestguard, and Fearless Boots should now be able to be used by beastlords.
Shoulder slot items from dungeon maker should now be correctly restricted to the appropriate classes that can use the armor type of the item.
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