Changelog

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[Misc Updates:]

• Expose Armor is now restricted to melee weapons

• Updated World Boss loot drops to most recent versions for staff testing purposes

[Itemization Changes:]

• Burning Depths Class Trinkets are now capped at +5 hits bonus and 5% on their effect proc rate

• Shroud of Divinity hits bonus has been reduced to 10 from 20

• Burglars Bandana +10% Stealing bonus has been replaced with +10% Poisoning

• Shadowdancer Leggings +10% Stealing bonus has been replaced with +5% Poisoning, Musicianship, or Lockpicking(randomized)

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[New Weapon Type: Fist Weapons:]
Fist Weapons are a new weapon class that utilizes the Wrestling skill. Crafted through Tailoring, they have very limited weapon attributes. There are four types of craftable Fist Weapons:

• Tailoring > Miscellaneous:
  • Leather Bracers
  • Knuckle Spikes
  • Shrouded Bracers

• Tailoring > Master Crafts:
  • Claws

Masterwork quality Fist Weapons receive a Hits Bonus as their sole weapon attribute bonus, applied as follows: Spined: +3 Hits, Horned: +4 Hits, Barbed: +5 Hits. Additionally, player constructed Fist Weapons can be augmented.

[Misc Updates:]

• Locked Containers may now be picked at their Minimum Lock Level

• Bard Songs with max range skillchecks of 120 have been lowered to 110

• Musicianship has been added to the Magic Jewelry skill list

• Updated Orc Face and Orc Rank Stone to match current Orc Rank system

• World Boss loot updated to the most recent versions for testing purposes

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[Misc Updates/Fixes:]

• Fixed case where equipping a weapon while the Enchanted Quiver was open could crash the shard

• Removed flippable attribute from the Herb Pouch(this has no art for an alternative direction)

• Sea Serpents and Deep Sea Serpents will now drop meat, spined hides, and black scales

• Krakens will now drop meat and horned hides

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[Misc Updates:]

• Fixed bug where Durk would not drop carried items on death

• Increased Durk resistances and hit points

• Fixed coding error causing lockboxes to only drop in a treasure map chest when an artifact drops

• Shipwreck Items can now be dyed through the Dye Table

• Added random 4 property magic jewel to the World Boss loot pack

• Minor balance tweaks to World Bosses and their summon mobs

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[Updates to Shapeshifting:]

• Graphical overhaul of the Shapeshift gump

• New "Add Equip Bag" option in the Shapeshift gump; allows the Druid to automatically unequip/equip items from a set container when shapeshifting

• Added Ent and Treefellow to the Floral shape type

• Updated shifter form group skill bonuses

[Predator Changes:]

• Druids who select the Wild Shape feat will be refunded that feat point upon taking the Predator subclass; Predators who select the feat will get it for free

• Predators will now benefit from an "Ancestry" bonus which they can select through the Shapeshifting menu, boosting their form group stat bonus by 20% when shifting into that specific group type

• Predator will now receive a skill bonus of +1% Wrestling for every 2 levels, when shapeshifted(caps at +10%)

• Each form group will now receive a level-based Hit Chance Increase and Defense Chance Increase buff

• Majority of form groups will now receive a combat ability unique to that group

See Predator bonuses and abilities here


[Misc Updates:]

• Removed "Local" option from server connection list

• Further balancing changes to the three World Bosses

• Aim will now factor in Hit Chance Increase from all gear; was previously only gained from the weapon

• Fixed a bug in Aim hit calculation where Hit Chance Increase was being applied at 10 times its intended value

• Aim hit calculation will no longer count Dexterity or Hit Chance Increase bonuses until 30% or greater Aim skill

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[Misc Updates/Fixes:]

• Misc Predator ability fixes

• Adjusted Shapeshift group base stat bonuses

• Added sound/animation to Canis form armor ignore proc

• Added sound to Ursine form taunt proc

• Shapeshift group stat bonuses are now capped at level 20

• Shapeshifted Druids may now drink potions; healing potions will share a cooldown with heal herbs, cure potions will share a cooldown with cure herbs

• Reduced Druid healing herb bonus derived from max hits

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[New Regisfall Creature Skills:]

• Tracker - Has a level-based chance to reveal 1 hidden enemy within 6 tiles every x seconds

• Ki Barrier - Similar to the Kensai feat, max shield value is based on creature level

• Death and Decay - Similar to the Necromancer feat, damage/healing amount is level-based; heals the creature who casts it

• Pain Spike - Similar to the Necromancer feat, damage is level-based and gains a bonus from intelligence

• Poison Nova - A 5-tile range nova dealing 100% poison damage; chance to poison, poison type, and initial damage are level-based

[Misc Updates:]

• Fire Drakes, Ice Drakes, and Thunderglade Drakes now have a chance to award an Old Encrusted Object when killed

• Added a PvP check to Crippling Blow

• Fixed bug where learned languages would not toggle back on following a Reforge

• Starting a Reforge will now unequip all items and add them to the players backpack

• Added new Raid Logging Event function; each Raid Boss death will now be logged, detailing every player who dealt damage to the boss and their serial, along with every loot drop

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[New Death Logs:]
Added new death logging system to track player deaths with the following info:

• The player's name/serial, account, location, and date/time of death

• Full list of mobiles who dealt damage to the player

• Corpse serial and location

• Full list of corpse contents and individual item serials

[Misc Updates:]

• Lowered Bard difficulty derived from creature base stats

• Added Subclass identifier to player entries in Raid Logs

• Added damage tracker to Raid Logs, detailing total damage dealt per player and their overall damage percentage

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[New Commands:]

• Each Bard song now has a number associated with it, this can be viewed on mouse-over in the Object Property List

• Added new ]SetSong "1-12" command. This allows the Bard to change their instrument's song without using context menus; targets either the instrument being held or the first instrument found in the backpack

• The ]Shapeshift command will now accept arguments of "0-7". This will allow Druids to shapeshift through slots 1-7 by using command macros, with slot 0 reverting the Druid back to normal form

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[Misc Fixes/Updates:]

• Fixed bug where run speed from Shapeshift Runner form could be retained after leaving that form

• Fixed bug preventing Shapeshift cooldown from being checked

• Shapeshift timer duration has been set to 4 seconds

• Shapeshift cooldown has been set to 10 seconds

• Teleport on spell hit has been removed from the majority of creatures with that property