April 19, 2006 Update Notes



General

• Quest items should no longer get deleted when players go linkdead.
• Players
  will no longer be able to enter a completed quest for additional
  experience reward without retaking the quest. Note: Two quests only
  were broken in this manner. This change only fixes those two broken
  quests, not our game mechanic as a whole.
• Fixed several stuck points throughout the world.
• Fixed the problem where sometimes scrolling your mousewheel would
  not zoom your camera in and out.

Items

• The drop rate of all lower level mini-bosses’ named items has
  been reduced.
• The +1 Returning Byeshk Shuriken now stacks correctly.
• Plate Armor of the Deep has had its extraneous charges removed.
• The
  Serpentbranch Longbow, Snowstar Shuriken, Ratcatcher Crossbow, Guidance
  Crossbow, and Swift Demise Crossbow are all now working correctly.
• All
  items that cast summon monster now share the same cooldown timers as
  the summon monster spells themselves. Characters are limited to having
  one summoned creature at a time.
• The max charges of future
  rewards of Misery Web trinket reward item have only 1 charge. The
  durability and hardness of the item have been reduced.

Quests

• Lair of Summoning has been altered to have more variety, both in
  monster type and trap type.
• Prison of the Mind:
  • It should be much harder for Monsters to fall over the edge.
  • In
    the "cut scene" with Mistress Orphne and the giant, Mistress Orphne's
    shadow should now path correctly and not collide with players.
  • The
    shadowy figure of Marek Malcanus that appears behind Mistress Orphne
    with the rest of the Laughing Knives should no longer have a quest
    chalice above his head if you are on the Vault of Night quest series.
  • A bug that prevented Orphne’s Shadow from being completed has
    been fixed.
  • Recalling from the Prison of the Mind will now take you to
    the correct recall point.
• Southern Threnal Ruins
  • Fixed some broken monster pathing in the Ruins of Threnal.
• Graverobber
  Quest: the rewards have been adjusted to meet the difficulty level of
  this quest. We have also lowered the required number of zombie kills
  slightly.
• Made some landscape changes to Stormcleave Outpost to help
  alleviate a problem with the final boss fight.
• Redfang’s Nesting Grounds
  • Fixed some broken monster pathing.
  • Fixed the stinger that was spawning inside a wall.
• Tharashk Arena
  • The entrance to Tharashk Arena has been redecorated to match
    its surroundings better.
  • Fixed some pathing issues.
• Vault of the Restless: the infinitely respawning skeleton has
  been fixed.
• Fixed a bug where players received the wrong alert text when
  approaching the dungeon boss in the Temple of Vol.
• Fixed a broken trap in the Jungles of Khyber
• Fixed a broken trap and a broken door in Gwylan’s Stand
• Fixed a broken door in Arzag-Khor Sewers as well as some broken
  monster pathing.
• Fixed some broken monster pathing in Xorian Cipher.

Monsters

• Incorporeal monsters, giants, dragons, fire elementals are immune
  to web spell.
• Certain boss monsters (dragon, vampire) will now be immune to
  ability draining.
• Shades in the Chamber of Insanity deal more damage and have more
  hit points, and have a higher CR noted.
• Incorporeal creatures (such as Wraiths) are no longer solid.
• Vampires, Spectres, and Wraiths should no longer have a chance of
  disappearing forever in the middle of combat.
• Muck
  has taken such a beating lately that he has become more reclusive. He
  will no longer spawn every time you visit the Den of the Kobold
  Brothers.
• Spite is now tougher and does more damage.

NPCs

• Many
  dungeon-based NPCs will now only converse with one player at a time.
  This will alleviate a number of quest NPCs who might toggle a door or
  item twice in succession due to multiple conversations taking place
  simultaneously (for example, Gate Warden Ironclaw in Stormcleave
  Outpost.)
• Karnat Thaar (Arzag-Khor Sewer) now properly displays his quest
  chalice.
• Gatekeeper Chulkash (Xorian Cipher) now properly displays his
  quest chalice.
• Shen Kulle (Prison of the Mind) now saves his final dialogue for
  when you have actually completed the quest.
• Grogan (Tharashk Arena) will no longer talk to you after he is
  dead.