Patch Message ( July 24th )

[EZ_Purifyre]

Patch process complete.
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July 24th, 3:00 am
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** Item Changes **

- Silver Chitin Hand Wraps' haste effect has been repaired.
- The Smite scroll no longer lists Enchanters as a class that can use it.
- The Augment Death scroll no longer lists Shadowknights as a class that can use it.
- Many pelts have been made stackable. Those that are not stackable now are quest items that will not be made stackable.


** Spell Changes **

- Focus of Spirit will now stack with Voice of the Berserker.
- Barrier of Force will now stack with Protection of the Glades.
- Manaskin and Protection of the Glades will now stack.


** Trade Skill Changes **

- Repaired some class/deity combinations on two of the deity specific pottery Idols.


** Changes to Sullon Zek **

- There are no faction hits for killing half-elves in any city.
- If an Erudite of Paineel is killed in Paineel the killer takes a faction hit (existing rule).
- If an Erudite of Erudin is killed in Erudin the killer takes a faction hit (new rule).
- Bards can't cast harmful spells on boats.
- If a character kills a higher level character, the higher level character will always lose experience. This is in addition to the fact that any player killed within the + or - 5 level range will lose experience.
- Goods and Neutrals will now be able to turn in Greater Insignias for a Magician only summon corpse potion usable only at levels over 45th.
- Characters under level 6 will no longer be immune to PvP in many adventure zones. Players will be notified when they enter such zones.


** Misc. Changes **

- /target playername will now work on invisible targets as long as the character doing the targeting has the ability to see invisible.


** NOTE **

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- The EverQuest Team

[EZ_Kordesh]

"- Characters under level 6 will no longer be immune to PvP in many adventure zones. Players will be notified when they enter such zones."

LOL Fansy is a dead man

[EZ_araxas xev]

Seems like a pretty dull patch. Whatever happened to that new zone they were working on in Odus? Edited by: araxas xev at: 7/24/01 5:10:22 am

[EZ_FluviusRex]

Damn, half-elves have it hard this patch. First Fansy's tactical advantage is nerfed and then no faction hits for the half-elf slayers. Ah well.

[ShadowCross]

- /target playername will now work on invisible targets as long as the character doing the targeting has the ability to see invisible.

Woot, no more:

ShadowCross tells Poor_Raid_Buffer:"Can I have Xxxx please?"
Poor_Raid_Buffer tells Shadowcross:"@#%$, move in front of me, I cannot target you with /target"


ShadowCross Bladesong
-Teir'dal Assassin, Ayonae Ro
- Agnostic Teir'dal Rogue, Solusek Ro
- Teir'dal Rogue of Bristlebane, Sullon Zek

Safehouse Moderator
The Most Holy One, ShadowCross, Lord Dominar, High Priest & the First Saviour of the Muffins

[EZ_Kordesh]

Great, it's patched, now we only have to wait a week to be able to log in.....

[EZ_patofnaud]

"Many pelts have been made stackable"

I wonder if this will include animal SKINS? Those zombies are getting pretty tired of being flayed so we can do pottery. Patofnaud
49th Season Redeemed Shadow Dweller
Warden of something or other.
(We work in shadows, we dress in black.)
Patofwaan Griffonbate
35th Season Friend Of Wolves
Patofwarr Barbarian Warrior
12th Season Soldier of Rallos Zek
Proud members of Karma Guild, In the Land of Morell-Thule

[EZ_Gyorg]

*second shadowcross*. It's going to be nice not having everyone in they're mom telling me "Gyorg, where the hell are you for buff/invite then running in circles for half an hour till I realize I didnt' drop sneak/hide. Gyorg Lavode
Eden's Rising,
Rogue Badass of the 55th Moon over Xegony
The original Phin-o-matic

[EZ_ColvinCozener]

It said, if they have see invis on, how often does that happen?
Colvin - 54 REDEEMED dark elf Rake - Knights of Eternity - Tarew Marr
Auslyn - 42 wood elf druid(retired) - Tarew Marr

[EZ_Qumelwen]

There are lots of items with see invis on out there, halo of the enlighted, bile etched obsidian choker, choker of mjadd, dain's crown(cant remember exact name), fingerbone hoop etc etc... Most people in the highend game will have one of these items. Qumelwen

[EZ_Kordesh]

Eight and a half ours of down time and counting. GLEEEEE

[EZ_Tabbran]

Haha, half elves get no love this patch.

[EZ_nikatjef]

Greetings,

I notice that they didn't list the changes they made to fear. Interesting.

Aaeorn, Thirty-First Circle Redeemed Thief Catcher Of Xev.

PS. For those who wanna check out the Stonebrunt Mts, check the test server.

[EZ_Skarwolf]

Fansy quit after he got warning. He made this webpage with pictures and logs. The GM gave him a warning for breaking rule 13 or something. Whereby players resolve all issues through conflict. Since Fansy was below the PVP level limit of 6 people couldn't kill him as he trained SG's. The Lead-GM stated this was a "zone disruption." Skarwolf Potentloins

[EZ_bastiat]

since there were so few changes...maybe the server won't crash like eight times after it comes back up.

[EZ_Kordesh]

ohhhh there are pictures of fansy's undoing? let me see!!!

[EZ_Wuhh]

they nerfed /target

bastages -----------------------------------------
Wuhh
60th Barbarian Assassin
Ascent - Rodcet Nife

[EZ_Vermintide]

Anyone know what the Haste % is now on the Crystal Chitin Handwraps?

[EZ_Arafain]

Quote: I notice that they didn't list the changes they made to fear. Interesting.
Care to elaborate? -- Arafain Entreri, 59 Blackguard
-- Arafein Soulstriker, 53 Champion...err, 52, die Vox!
-- Requiem of Souls
-- Formerly of The Rathe Server, now of Zebuxoruk
"One of the cooler things about Ara... he uses a sledge hammer to drive thumbtacks into PlayDough. Not only does it get the job done, but it's fun to watch!" -- Steele Stouthammer[i]

[EZ_Unfetered]

One of the files being downloaded was called fear6 or something The Unfetered One
Unholmed of The Twelve of Never
56th Circle of the Unseen Hand

[EZ_Kehvrynne]

Whatever happened to that new zone they were working on in Odus?

Stonebrunt Mountains is presently available on Test. Lots and lots and lots of furry critters running about. Looks like the stackable critter pelts is coming just in time. Who knows, maybe we'll see some new Tailoring recipes that use those odd Oils nobody seems to know what to do with... Kehvrynne Quickblade
Professional Damsel of Distress
Saryrn Server

[EZ_Dryanna]

that's just feature art being downloaded. no clue what it is, but it gets downloaded on most patches. Dryanna - Wood Elven Wanderer of her 56th SummerAurianna Silvervixen - Human Paladin of the 31st Circle of KhefMaeryn - Barbarian Rogue of her 12th KnifeCaitryn - Wood Elven Ranger of the 10th BranchLuvli - Ogre Shamaness of the 9th WulfinpantsThebyma - Human Monk of the 18th SeasonAshandra - Dark Elven Wizardess of the 8th FireShazz - Iksar Necromancer of the 4th BoneArabesque - Half Elven Bard of the 17th StanzaAtlana - Erudian Enchantress of the 4th ShimmerIfnid - Erudite Shadowknight of the 5th RankMinyana - Gnome Cleric of the 5th SchoolMishandra - High Elven Magician of the 3rd FlameHyan - Halfling Warrior of the 5th ScarThe concrete will crack
I will be there when it does
To worship the grass
-JK BerndtTribunal to the Blades of Law --Povar

[EZ_Onodrim]

The "fear6" style downloads are usually new item icons. It stands for Front End ARt

[EZ_Arafain]

The files in question are 'Eqfeart7' are they not?

That stands for EQ FEatured ART 7, I think.

It may be Front End Art, as someone stated earlier, but I seem to recall Absor or Abashi calling it 'Featured Art' at some point earlier. However, I may be misremembering. -- Arafain Entreri, 59 Blackguard
-- Arafein Soulstriker, 53 Champion...err, 52, die Vox!
-- Requiem of Souls
-- Formerly of The Rathe Server, now of Zebuxoruk
"One of the cooler things about Ara... he uses a sledge hammer to drive thumbtacks into PlayDough. Not only does it get the job done, but it's fun to watch!" -- Steele Stouthammer[i]

[EZ_Rohaise]

It's the art related to log-in screens.

I.E. The front-end of the game.

EQ Front End Art.

[EZ_Verani Areyse]

I tested the silver chitin hand wraps haste, it ran equal to fbss haste (not even slightly higher or lower).

verani Areyse
54 Paladin of Tunare, Fennin Ro

[EZ_patofnaud]

Stealth nerf, Crystal Spider Thread is now NO DROP. This stinks, now all the Casters working on the Shawl Quest that need 75+ of these will be coming to Velks to get them. Prior I was exporting them to friends, but as of last night Velks was up to 48 people at 6:30pm Est.. Grrrrrr

Also in Velks, Human models were messed up really bad. When sitting thier knees bent backwards and they looked like goblins sitting. When fighting their bodies would twist in wierd contortions. Outside Velks they appeard to look ok.

My transparent inventory, not has fizzy pink lettering on all the slots, where it used to be sharp white.

That is all. Patofnaud
49th Season Redeemed Shadow Dweller
Warden of something or other.
(We work in shadows, we dress in black.)
Patofwaan Griffonbate
35th Season Friend Of Wolves
Patofwarr Barbarian Warrior
12th Season Soldier of Rallos Zek
Proud members of Karma Guild, In the Land of Morell-Thule

[EZ_Karlek]

yeee! another way to motivate me to play my FEF HEF bard on SZ :P

[berael]

Quote: My transparent inventory, no[w] has fizzy pink lettering on all the slots, where it used to be sharp white.Hey, me too, except I've got it in windowed view (I can't play full-screen, it gives me a screaming headache). Stack quantity of 9 looks like an 8 now, which really freaked me out when it looked like one of my Blue Diamonds suddenly vanished ;p Nearly had a fit until I picked the stack up and saw it was still 9.

No one else in my guild got that at all, and that accounts for around a dozen people at the time, on systems I know range from a P2/400 w/16M TNT to Duron/8XX w/Voodoo3 to Athlon/1.2 w/GeForce2. *boggle*

Gonna try reinstalling video drivers tonight, if I decide I have the motivation. B e r a e l***M y r k a ' t h e l A m a d a n - n a - B r i o n a Acolyte of Brell Thorn of the White Rose C**h**i**l**d****o**f****t**h**e****P**h**o**e**n* *i**x

[EZ_Arafain]

You may also no longer create evil wood elves or halflings on Sullon. If you've got one now, rejoice =p -- Arafain Entreri, 59 Blackguard
-- Arafein Soulstriker, 53 Champion...err, 52, die Vox!
-- Requiem of Souls
-- Formerly of The Rathe Server, now of Zebuxoruk
"One of the cooler things about Ara... he uses a sledge hammer to drive thumbtacks into PlayDough. Not only does it get the job done, but it's fun to watch!" -- Steele Stouthammer[i]

[EZ_Morchaint]

Human male models in Velks were messed up big time on my server. Looked like Picasso meets EQ. Imagine the gargoyle frame with the human skin.

Laughed so hard, I couldn't see the screen through the tears.

Morchaint Poisonblade
<Looking Glass>
Ayonae Ro

[ShadowCross]

Morchaint, did you make any SShots?

[EZ_Vermintide]

Its probably got something to do with them trying to fix Rijoley and Tijoley models.

They had human models, but sounded like gargoyles and had gargoyle placeholders, so they are probably supposed to be gargoyals themselves.

The screwed up humans was probably some botched attempt to fix them.

But then Velks came down on all servers today. So maybe it's fixed.

Also, I too am afflicted by the fuzzy pink numbers. It also affects the location names on my transparent inventory.

[EZ_patofnaud]

"Imagine the gargoyle frame with the human skin. "

THATS IT! That is exactly what they looked like.

Every time they took a swing, they would float up in the air, twist 180 at the midsection and come down with the sword. When the sat they sat like a garg.

I was laughing at first but then I found myself facing down toward the floor as I fought because it was making me cramp IRL...