by Karen Hertzberg on Apr 03, 2006
Peak at Dragon's Vault Release Notes
If you've ever wanted to peer over a dev's shoulder and get a look at the release notes for an upcoming major patch, here's your chance. Samera, DDO Turbine's community manager, has posted a preview of the notes from the upcoming Dragon's Vault module. Here's a sampling:
Monsters
Many monsters will now heal and buff themselves and their friends more effectively. Monsters should now react more intelligently to inanimate obstacles that are preventing them from moving where they desire, with a greatly increased chance of being able to navigate around objects that may have been impassable barriers to them before. We have also improved monster targeting behavior in doorways and other bottlenecks, as well as their behavior landscape and dungeon areas. Charmed monsters should attack enemy creatures more reliably. Monsters should no longer clump up into a mob when encountered in large numbers.