Vanguard Build 1828 Patch Notes 5/2/2007 (test server)

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Vanguard Build 1828 Patch Notes 5/2/2007

GAMEPLAY NOTES
- In an effort to reduce spam, you can now only send roughly two messages per second to a chat channel. This includes tells, ooc/regional channels, shout, and other channels such as the craft channel. This does not include groupsay or guildsay due to possible valid reasons for spamming in those channels and the players involved being able to "fix" abuse issues themselves with those channels.
- Fixed a bug where, if an item was at 0% durability and you dinged a new level, the mods for that item would actually be removed (resulting in death loops after parley sometimes because HP mods would be removed to 0 over time).
- Player Housing - Reduced the plot prices on Elandar Isle to be in line with comparable areas.

ADVENTURING NOTES
- Paladin, Shaman - The strength debuff components of Hammer of Krigus and Judgement of the Proud no longer stack.
- Bard - Many bard abilities will now display new particles!
- Dread Knight – Removed particle effect from Dreadful Countenance until we can get in a better solution for it. (this means the particle will no longer interrupt other animations, etc.)
- Necromancer – Soulmeld no longer applies a debuff to the person being raised
- Paladin – Fury of Valus now lasts for 16 seconds
- Ranger – Added upgrades to Nature’s remedy every 10 levels
- Ranger – Nature’s Remedy now takes 2 seconds to cast, is usable in combat and removes a set poison magnitude, rather than all poison/ disease.
- Ranger – Ferocity is now percentage based and increases endurance regeneration. It lasts for 50 seconds and has a 15 minute refresh timer.
- Ranger – Wind Talisman no longer increases melee haste. It now lowers refresh rate by 10% and endurance costs by 25%. It also makes Windsong better when activated (similarly to Whisper of the Wind).
- Ranger – Panther Talisman no longer increases evasion. It now increases your endurance by 20, increases HP regeneration and max HP.
- Ranger – Destructive Swarm is now instant cast and has an 8 second refresh timer.
- Ranger – Rancor now increases the damage of your group members every time it is used, rather than increasing the damage of every group member attacking your target.
- Ranger – Shocking Arrow now has a chance to stun.
- Ranger – Deadeye is now available as a secret chain.
- Ranger- Increased the damage on Foraged arrows.
- Ranger – Foraged Arrow Shafts can now be converted into Shortened Bolt Shafts and vice versa.
- Ranger – Added a chance to get more than 1 foraged arrow piece per forage.
- Ranger – Increased foraged arrow assembly to produce 15 arrows at a time.
- Ranger – Summer Cloak now grants a 50% proc on attack to give you strength. This is on top of your chance to proc when you get hit.
- Ranger – Thorn Cloak now has a chance to proc damage over time when you are hit.
- Ranger – The Maelstrom ability line has been added to your trainers. This is a 3rd step in your AE attack chain.
- Ranger – Splitting Arrow now only hits up to 6 targets.
- Shaman – Firestorm now only hits up to 6 targets
- Sorcerer – Lowered the energy cost of the Taqmir’s ability lines.
- Sorcerer – Removed the refresh timer on Flame Spear and lowered the cast time to 4 seconds, down from 6 seconds.
- Sorcerer – Lowered the energy cost on Incinerate
- Sorcerer – Lowered the energy cost of Mimic
- Warrior - Power Attack should no longer raise weapon skills.

CRAFTING NOTES
- Artificer - Artificers can make refined ship and house items in larger quantities after they obtain the proper instructions for doing so.
- Artificer - Artificer Truncheon recipes should now display the proper tool requirements.
- Blacksmith - Blacksmith’s can now make larger quantities of fasteners
- Deconstruction - Decon resource tables have been tweaked slightly increasing the chances of ultra rare resources from rare decons
- Deconstruction - Cloaks of Revenge have been fixed and can no longer be deconstructed.
- Harvesting -The spawn and drop rate of harvested rare resources has been increased.
- Misc - Removed the maker’s mark from items used in the assembly of ship masts.
- Misc - Riley McLare has more utilities for sale.
- Misc - The travel journal entry for “Southern Qalian Trading Post” is now spelled correctly.
- Misc - Taskmaster wanders have been adjusted further.
- Misc - Qalian and Kojani crafting stations have had new graphics added.
- Misc - Mekalia taskmasters will no longer be stuck.
- Misc - The action “Steady Cutting” has been changed to “Steady Needlework.”
- Misc - Typo fixed in the descriptions for Blacque special utilities.
- Misc - Special recipes that were not giving mastery experience should now give a small boost for first completion.
- Misc - Blacque Cleaner and Oil should work properly now.
- Misc - Many cloaks and necklaces with accuracy rating modifiers on them have had their stats fixed.
- Misc - Focusing Shards of Blocking have been changed to cash loot and removed from loot tables
- Outfitter - Corrected many Outfitter work order recipes that were asking for the incorrect optional ingredient.
- Outfitter - Focusing Crystals of Power are no longer used in the Pristine Leather Lining Outfitter recipe.
- Outfitter - Focusing Crystals of Blocking can now be used in the Pristine Leather Lining Outfitter recipe.
- Outfitter - Outfitters can now make larger quantities of thatch
- Outfitter - Outfitter Steel Silk work orders have been fixed and now accept Steel Silk on turn in.
- Outfitter - Outfitter Vielthread Cloak recipes now accept basic Pristine Leather Lining.
- Quests - The Merchant’s Guild quest concerning the volt star should now be available to Merchant’s Guild members.
- Quests- The Cabal volt star quest now requires you turn in the experimental volt star.
- Quests - Ralaan will now properly offer to help recover the volt star during the Society of Invention’s volt star quest.
- Quests - A few small crafting quests have been added to Ahgram.
- Work Orders - Work order reward tables have been tweaked slightly. The chance to receive crafting gear has been upped

DIPLOMACY NOTES
- Held item rewards from bartender parleys have been updated to reflect proper coin values, presence values, and deconstruction.
- The quest “A New Wife for Omid” is available in Ahgram with Vizier Davood Khani in the Palace for diplomats of at least 401 skill.
- The quest line that began with “A Case of Children Lost” in Tawar Galan now continues with “Investigate the Disappearances” (101 skill required), “Extend a Warning” (201 skill required), “More Missing Children” (301 skill required), and finally, “Legends in the Islands.” (401 skill required). See Nepethe Riverborn in Tawar Galan to begin or continue this quest line.
- Players who lost their “Just Joking” card can now return to Dockhand Willem and exchange their extra card of “Breakthrough” for it.
- Pointer quests are now attached to civic diplomacy boards in order to direct players to major quest hubs and questlines.
- The quest “End the Squabbling,” followed by “Turn These Peacocks into Lovebirds,” is available in New Targonor with Myra Thornwood for diplomats of at least 401 skill.
- The quest “Blackmarket Mysteries” is available in Ahgram with Misha Mahdavi-Kia for diplomats of at least 301 skill.
- The quest “Bad, Bad Camarilla” is available in New Targonor with High Inquisitor Birswen for diplomats of at least 301 skill.

WORLD POPULATION NOTES
- Celestine Ward – Motes of ancient power are no longer governed by trivial loot code.
- Nusibe Necropolis – Mummy Food and More Mummy Food had their Brains and Lungs requirements lowered a bit.
- Nusibe Necropolis – Mummies Gotta Eat Too – The Canopic Jars should spawn more frequently now.
- Quests - Jungle vipers will now occasionally drop flecked snake eggs for players who take the quest, “A Riddle of Cats and Reptiles.” Players currently on this quest may abandon it and re-take it from Farmouka to have a chance at the added drops. Note that gemscale anacondas will still drop the most flecked snake eggs.
- Rahz Inkur – Some fixes were made to the afrit/nusibe weapons upgrade event. Players should no longer have the issue where they cannot advance the event after placing the essences if another group failed the event earlier.

Items
- The Skrill Bone Flute now correctly modifys Wind songs instead of Brass songs.
- The Swamproot Pipe now correctly modifys Wind songs instead of Brass songs.
- The Afrit quest weapons have had their proc rates and procs adjusted. The old procs were replaced with ones that will do normal cold damage against all foes but increased damage against Efreets; this should make them more useful.
- The Afrit quest Wand and Staff both now have right-click “wand” abilities like other staves and wands.
- Infineum Weapons and Armor are now Bind on Equip.
- More items have been added to the inhabitants of portions of Cragwing Ridge.
- New/more items have been added to the Xennumet area.


~The Vanguard Team