Vanguard Build 1824 Patch Notes 4/30/2007 – TEST SERVER

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Vanguard Build 1824 Patch Notes 4/30/2007 – TEST SERVER

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GAMEPLAY NOTES
- Item Power Rescale - Items have undergone some power rescaling. This was to address problems related to item usefulness -- these adjustments will make all higher-level items (post level 20) in Vanguard more viable for use.

When comparing the “goodness” of items of different rarity the disparity between the rarity levels became much too large at higher levels. This problem had many far-reaching repercussions. As a resolution, we have increased the amount of points (“goodness”) on common, uncommon and rare items significantly. This power increase scales up from level 20 where there is no change to level 50 where there is the largest change. Commons will get the largest increase, followed by uncommons and then rares. Heroics will not receive an increase. Also, in order to support our new item scale high-level legendary items have had a very small reduction in power.

- Briara Rathin, the Teleporter for New Targonor, has been moved to a location near the mainland side of the city (the bridge).
- Teleporters which send you to New Targonor will now teleport you to the bridge area of New Targonor, rather than the docks.
- Daniel Wamtin, the Dockmaster at the Wamtin Docks, will now direct players to Briara Rathin’s new location on the other side of New Targonor.
- Bonuses on items that where previously represented as a percentage (2% crit chance) are no represented as a rating value.
- Items with a resist bonus now provide more resistance.
- Items with hitpoint and energy regeneration now provide significantly more regeneration.
- Items with accuracy bonus now provide significantly more bonus.
- Buffs with a static duration (Paladin auras, shaman spirit bonds, etc) will no longer drop from the caster when leaving a group.
- Charm break chance has been slightly reduced and how often the thrall will try to break free has been slightly reduced as well.
- The penalty for charming enemies higher level than the caster has also been slightly reduced.
- Counter attacks now time out more slowly. If no other actions take place a counter attack will now time out after 8 seconds instead of 4 seconds.
- Some buffs were not stacking properly. This has been fixed and should increase player damage.
- PVP - Fixed a PVP bug where certain pet types could attack people below the min level.

ADVENTURING NOTES
- Bard - Added equipment expertise to crafting tool and removed it from crafting toolbelts. Other slots have been adjusted.
- Blood Mage - Many blood mage abilities will now display new particles!
- Cleric – Weapon Consecrations (Holy Fire, Power of Reprisal, etc.) now state the damage that they deal or amount they heal in their tool tips.
- Cleric – Removed the refresh time from Hallow. Go ahead and hallow when and where you want – it is your prerogative.
- Cleric – Adjusted Healers Focus and Castigator’s Fury as part of the adjustments to the class.
- Disciple - Many disciple abilities will now display new particles!
- Druid - Many druid abilities will now display new particles!
- Monk – Secret of Celerity no longer incurs global recovery when used.
- Monk – Drunken Fist now shows the correct icon and applies the correct buffs
- Monk – Iron Hand now displays the correct damage bonuses
- Necromancer – Well of Corruption now decreases strength and hit points by the correct amount
- Necromancer – Dead Man’s Bargain is now called Soul Meld and requires a Soul Fragment to cast
- Necromancer – Added Soul Fragment to Necropsy drop tables
- Necromancer – Increased the amount of hitpoints that are restored when Soul Meld is used
- Necromancer – Decreased the cast time of Soul Meld
- Necromancer – Soul Meld is now usable both in and out of combat
- Paladin – Aura of Divine Power now properly attaches to group members
- Paladin – The DoT portions of the Valus finishing attacks will now always stack
- Paladin – Increased the chance that the Shield Of type abilities will fire, both on the paladin and his defensive target.
- Paladin – Slightly increased the healing portion of Shield of Solace.
- Shaman – Many of your healing spells have been assigned different icons
- Shaman – Boon of Bosrid now lasts for 1 hour.
- Shaman – Lethargy now lasts for 2 minutes.
- Shaman – Hammer of Krigus now lasts for 60 seconds
- Shaman – Added Ritual of Sacrifice IV to trainers at level 50
- Shaman – Ritual of Scarring now takes 3,000 hit points and returns 1500 energy
- Shaman – Ritual of Scarring is now 1 second cast
- Shaman – Kiss of Nag-Suul has had its cast time lowered to 2.5 seconds, its damage raised slightly and its refresh timer lowered to 10 seconds.
- Shaman – Flesh Rot and Bane of Krigus now last 32 seconds (which increases over all damage). Cost was slightly increased.
- Warrior – Roar of Rage IV now has the correct 30 second refresh timer.

CRAFTING NOTES
- Blacksmith - Corrected the display description on the Blacksmith complication Flawless Work.
- Blacksmith - Fixed Blacksmith complication Bent Product.
- Blacksmith - Fixed Blacksmith complication Brilliant Work.
- Complications - Some new complication code has been added that uses the recipe level as a reference point instead of a raw skill value. This means complications and anything used to modify their frequency should work much like other aspects of the system in regards to the recipe contest. Please report any issues with complication frequency and be sure to include skill values recipe level and number of complications
- Complications - All complications that previously would get worse if left to sit too long now have a chance of getting worse instead of it being an absolute
- Deconstruction - Forest Reaver should now deconstruct properly.
- Deconstruction - Reinforcement of Jerlixx should now deconstruct properly.
- Misc - Added equipment expertise to crafting tool and removed it from crafting toolbelts. Other slots have been adjusted.
- Misc - Horsehoe recipes will now produce horsehoes like before.
- Misc - Horseshoes are now flagged as BOE
- Misc - Fixed a bug that was preventing certain crafting NPCs from spawning.
- Misc - Experience per grade has been increased slightly
- Misc - Updated interdependence quantity requirements for Journeyman upgrade recipes.
- Misc - Blackened Drape is now deconnable by tailors instead of blacksmiths
- Misc - Utility bags now use EE instead of level limits
- Misc - Toolbelts now use level limits instead of EE
- Misc - Tools now use EE
- Misc - EE values for all crafting slots have been adjusted
- Misc - Rhaz Incur ultra rare items should no longer be deconnable
- Misc - Charred Zull Pauldrons should now decon correctly
- Outfitter - Fixed Outfitter complication Potential Disaster.
- Work Orders - You'll no longer be able to accept and abandon work orders to get a recently completed work order to be offered again.

DIPLOMACY NOTES
- “Out of Towners” and “More Out of Towners” now properly offer Hilthorn faction as a reward.
- All diplomacy expendables (House Blazon, Kini Verse, etc.) now can fit in Diplomacy containers.
- All diplomacy expendables have updated level and coin value.
- Parleys are available with bartenders on all continents now. You will have a separate option to parley with them for riftshards only. Every bartender will also now have a full compliment of tiered parleys (tier 1 – 5) that give appropriate loot. You will be able to parley at every tier you meet or surpass. Loot tables have also been expanded to include diplomacy consumables as well as a few new special rewards.
- Virtually all orc NPCs now have upgraded diplomacy decks.
- Diplomacy expendable items (such as Kini Verse, Paste Gem, etc.) now are stackable.
- Diplomacy items that previously granted a point of Dialogue Status at the beginning of specific Conversation Types now do so again:
Orange Entertainers' Gown
Orange Gown
Orange Socialite's Gown
White Instigator's Vest
White Vest
White Troublemaker's Vest
Orange Communicator's Breeches
Orange Speaker's Breeches
Orange Speaker's Breeches
Orange Breeches
Orange Gossiper's Skirt
Orange Speaker's Skirt
Orange Skirt
- All tier 4 Diplomacy items now require Diplomacy skill 250 to wear/wield.
- All tier 5 Diplomacy items now require Diplomacy skill 350 to wear/wield.
- Returning Couriers, Courier Sergeants, and Ambassadors (Writ Placeholder NPCs) in New Targonor should no longer wander around the room indefinitely after a successful parley. They have found a new way out of the room!
- Diplomats with all three continental titles (Speaker of the Kojani Races, Advocate of the Qalian Ancestors, and Emissary of the Thestran People) can now approach the altar at the Ridge of Memories to earn the title Exemplar.
- Diplomacy Exemplars of at least 350 Diplomacy skill may want to attempt to figure out how to search the well-gnawed bones near the Prestigious Altar at the Ridge of Memories.
- Virtually all Thestran human NPCs now have upgraded diplomacy decks.
- Virtually all Kojani human NPCs now have upgraded diplomacy decks
- Card of “Flat Dismissal” will now properly scribe.

WORLD POPULATION NOTES
- Ahgram - Ahgram guards should make a little more sense when you ask them for directions (a number of humorous typos and wrong directions fixed).
- Graystone - Players should no longer become trapped on top of the Graystone tower after defeating High Regent Yusel Targonor.
- Jalen’s Crossing – The Air island of the Arks of Refuge has been retuned for small groups
- Jalen’s Crossing – The Gateway of Lao’Jin will now teleport players to the outpost of Kiyo
- Kaon’s Rush - There is now a missives board located in Arlinora’s Retreat.
- Khal – Bayside Outpost – A new quest has been added to guide players to Raia from the Bayside Outpost.
- Khal – A number of new quests have been added to Raia.
- Lost Canyon – A quest-line designed for small groups has been added to the Lost Canyon. Players will want to seek out Khallem Mirrath in Winterclaw’s Resolution.
- Lost Canyon – Bards and Rogues may want to keep an eye out for a strange note the Sithar and Reshnok may have. Rumor has it that there may be a special item in the end.
- Nusibe Necroplis - NPC’s in Nusibe Necropolis can now grant abilities via observation.
- Quests – Talons of Telon (Upside Defense Garrison) – Additional Skawlra Scavengers have been added to the rocks around Scavenger’s Shallows.
- Rahz Inkur - NPC’s in Rahz Inkur can now grant abilities via observation.
- Rahz Inkur - The quest ‘Friends are Found’ now gives an additional reward. Those who completed the quest in the past may take the quest again from Alloia Skotwuf and turn it in for the new rewards.
- Rahz Inkur – The quest ‘Willful Enemies of the Var’ should now automatically offer itself again once completed.
- Tahean’s Vengeance - A number of named NPC’s have been added to the overland areas around Tahean’s Vengeance
- Tahean’s Vengeance - The citizens of Tahean’s Vengeance have constructed a Missive Board and are now seeking help from all able bodied (and appropriately leveled) adventurers!
- Xennumet - There is now a repeatable quest to regain access to and destroy All-Father Xennu.
- Xennumet - You should now be able to accept the dampening pulse weaponry quest.
- Xennumet - The item used to spawn the all father event will not be consumed if the all father is already up for another group.
- Xennumet - The all father event can now be accessed once every 40 minutes, available earlier depending on if he has been defeated or not.
- Xennumet - You can no longer destroy xennumet if the all father is alive.
- Xennumet - The all father event will now reset itself once destruction is complete. It will now be immediately accessible again after successful completion
- Xennumet - All the NPC’s in the final Xennumet dungeon have had their minimum levels increased to 45.
- Xennumet - All 3 of the sub bosses needed for the item to spawn all father will now have a “Shade” spawn in place of their loot dropping version. Shades will drop the key pieces 100% of the time and are on a much shorter respawn time.

Items
- Eye of Zukayr level requirement has been dropped down to 45 from 50.
- New sub-50 dropped spells have been added to the depths of various level 30-40 dungeons.
- The Folded Xigenfite Greatsword has had it’s stats adjusted; it was, quite obviously, too fast.
- The Arazmus shortsword will now update to heroic when you use it on the Oracle of Fire ghost.

ART NOTES
- You can now see your chat display in bubbles above the speaker's head! To enable chat bubbles, look to the bottom of the interface page in your settings.

~The Vanguard Team