The latest update notes for the next big update for Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures is now available on the Testlive server forums. The latest notes include a huge list of new items that are in part related to the upcoming notoriety system. Along with this system a slew of new content has been added to aid in this mechanics function such as shady camps for those that have been cast out as murderers. You will also find new content added to the Eiglophian Mountains, lots of quest and class fixes, raid and massive PvP changes, and a lot more. Head over to the Test Server and help Funcom test all the new changes so that we can see hem live soon.
PvP Progression
* The Notoriety system has been re-enabled for this update. You will once again see yourself flagged as a Criminal or Murderer.
* Criminals and Murderers can now trade with their guild npcs, and with shady merchants and bankers.
* Murderer Resurrection Points have been added, and are marked on the minimap. Murderers can only rez at these locations. Other players cannot see murderer rez points unless they are also murderers.
* PvP XP is now split between all attacking groups and individuals, based on their relative damage.
* Shady camps have been added in several locations, for use by Murderers: Look for them in Acheronian Ruins, Khemi, Old Tarantia, Conall's Valley.. camps have also been added to Field of the Dead, Eiglophian Mountains, Atzel's Approach, Tarantia Noble District, Thunder River, and Kheshatta.
* Shady Camp vendor, Cora, sells green and blue potions.
* Shield of the Risen will now remove the Criminal debuff on you.
* Con ratings for PvP have been updated, effecting murder point calculations.
* A player attacking another, who is innocent, will now be flagged as a criminal for a few minutes.
* Guards should now aggro the attacker even if the victim has a damage shield active.
* The cost for using shady teleporters correlates to the player's murderpoints.
* You will now see flying text overhead for murderpoints gained and lost.
* When you are in a playfield that is too high level for you, you will receive a debuff called Free Prey. While this debuff is on you, attackers are free to kill you without being penalized with criminal status or murder points.
PvP Minigames
* Fixed a situation where you sometimes wouldn't get ported out of a minigame after you left the match.
* Fixed a bug where minigames would end as a result of spawning too many minions before the game began.
Massive PVP
* Fixed hole in floor in the tier 2 tradepost.
* It's now possible to use the gate lever while mounted.
* Players can now only control one siege weapon at a time.
* Fixed the tooltip layout that alerts you to the upgrade timer. Added 'Upgrade available in:' to the timer, to clarify things. Changed timer format so it's not 'jumping' anymore when counting down.
* You will no longer lose items when building construction fails.
* The owners of a battlekeep should now learn the resurrection point of their keep after repairing the keep.
* Non-guilded player's pets will no longer attack their owners in Siege PvP.
* When a siege battle starts, the defending guild will now properly discover their battlekeep resurrection point.
* Added the "Local Time" Timer to the window.
* You can now close the city gates by using the city gate lever again. This allows you to close the gate faster to prevent someone else from entering the city.
* Attacking siege buildings with melee/ranged or unarmed will show correct damage on the client.
* Sorting the score window should now sort correctly.
* Building points gained by mercenaries will be rewarded to attacking guild as intended.
* Defending guild mercenaries can no longer gain points by killing attacking players.
* The new Channel "Siege Scores" will display point gain in siege combat.
* Siege weapons are now immune to fatalities.
* All Battle Keeps now have a minimum of 2 siege camps around the outer walls.
* Trebuchets should now properly display their nameplate and targeting arrow (if enabled).
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