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Release Notes for Build 19.20090716.0 7/20/09

Anaku

By Anaku,
Posted on: 2009-07-20 24:21 in The Global Training Room Test Server

 

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Minor bug: Flying/hovering and then doing /em WallLean or "AssumeThePosition makes it difficult to perform other emotes (such as say, touchscreen).

Other than that (and a few missing items as noted above), things seem to be working pretty good!

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Still nothing about an STF fix on the Tower repairmen on the final mission.

 

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Sure. For the what? Millionth time? It'll last for maybe a week, before some other unknown causes it to break again. I guess the up side is that, eventually, we should run out of unknowns to break it...

Seriously, I hope it's really been fixed for real this time, really, but I ain't getting my hopes up.



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Still nothing about an STF fix on the Tower repairmen on the final mission.

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That's because it's already fixed, isn't it?

People did an all-Scrapper STF this last weekend and reported no problems with that.

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Well, all the other sets that DS has access to have recharge components. Makes more sense to slot ToHitDebuff/Recharge than Damage/Recharge in a pet that deals minimal damage but major debuffing.

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Actually, I think the best slotting I ever did was only with Hami's because I could do ACC/MEZZ and HEAL/END. It was like 3/2 with one extra recharge so DS was up regularly. +100 ACC, +100% Mezz (Hold and Entangle), +66% Heal and -45% End.

Set IOs can't enhance Dark Servant like that. In fact, Dark Servant is such a Jack of All, Master of Nothing... that Set IOs are probably the last thing you want to put into Dark Servant.

Sadly, they would probably need to create a specific pet IO just for Dark Servant because of all it does.

Still here, even after all this time!

 

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While Dark Servant does not take damage, it is not permanent until killed. Which means it actually does need to be up faster than it recharges normally at times.

I really wonder if the developers just hate Dark Miasma on general principle.

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You didn't think it was an oversight that a pet whose attacks are flagged to be unenhanceable for damage was taking a set that would nearly ED cap damage boost to no effect?

Five slotting this set only offered around 75% recharge, including the 6.25% global bonus. Meanwhile, you were otherwise wasting those slots with respect to all the other things that you could be slotting a Dark Servant for, such as toHit debuff, heal or either of two mezzes (both if you could use Hamidon Enhancers).

Slotting this set into a Dark Servant would be a tremendous waste, and likely very confusing to users not familiar with the minutiae of how the pet works. It's much better this way.

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Shadowslip: 50 DDC
Final Rest: 50 MA/Rgn
Abyssal Frost: 50 Ice/Dark
Golden Ember: 50 SM/FA

 

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And, as seen above, /em flashlightup and /em flashlightdown are missing. (Just clarifying Goliath, since it looks like /em flashlight is actually a synonym for flashlightdown.)

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Actually, ;flashlight will alternate between ;flashlightup and ;flashlightdown.

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Ah. I thought I might've caught that, but flipping between a reply window, Mantid's guide, and the game window had me jumbled up a bit.

Post edited, just to be thorough.

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User Interface

* The issue involving random characters appearing in the chat line has been fixed. For example, players should now no longer see “asdawasdsawdsLevel 10 Scrapper LFT”
* Global Chat Channels will no longer change colors randomly upon zoning.

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Awesome.

Been waiting for this to get fixed forever, glad it has finally been taken care of.

 

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So, DS can't take either pet-based IO Set. It can't take Pet Damage because it's not a damage-based pet. And it can't take Recharge Intensive Pet Sets because... it's not a damage-based pet! I didn't realize that Recharge = Damage.

So, what pet-based IO Set should it take? Is a Buff-Intensive Pet Set in the works?



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The dark pet doesn't do damage. The recharge-intensive pet sets were for pets that do damage (hence why they have damage components). Why would you want to slot it for something it doesn't do?

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If DS's Chill of the Night and Tenebrous Tentacles hit just 5 foes in the thick of battle, then over the course of 8 seconds, the DS will do 207 points of damage. It would be nice to make that 400 points with slotting.

I remember when I used to slot the DS with Damage! Tenebrous Tentacles, which the DS has, is listed as Moderate Damage, not Minor.

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[u]EMOTES[u]

The functionality of the semicolon is restored, excellent.

Having a comprehensive list of emotes in the popup menu is also excellent. I'm sure there are a lot of emotes that most players aren't aware of and they'll be tickled pink to play with them as if they were brand new.

However, the emote popup can only be navigated by way of the mouse. While the apostrophe key pops it up still, none of the emotes or submenus are hotkeyed anymore. Nor can you use the arrow keys and Enter to chose the emote you want... it's mouse only.

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While Dark Servant does not take damage, it is not permanent until killed. Which means it actually does need to be up faster than it recharges normally at times.

I really wonder if the developers just hate Dark Miasma on general principle.

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You didn't think it was an oversight that a pet whose attacks are flagged to be unenhanceable for damage was taking a set that would nearly ED cap damage boost to no effect?


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City of Data does not list the damage of DS's Chill of the Night or Tenebrous Tentacles as unenhanceable. They definitely were enhanceable at one time for I used to put Damage enhancers in the DS.

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Global Chat Channels will no longer change colors randomly upon zoning.

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Castle, thank you for forwarding this issue to the proper person. It was a small issue, but it was really annoying to not have access to this feature.

 

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Still nothing about an STF fix on the Tower repairmen on the final mission.

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That's because it's already fixed, isn't it?

People did an all-Scrapper STF this last weekend and reported no problems with that.

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Well, we weren't truly sure. We had a crap ton of damage on that team and did everything we possibly could to minimize the power of the repairmen, since we figured it was still bugged. Whether the bug was fixed or we were proactive enough to counter the issue is unknown.

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Still nothing about an STF fix on the Tower repairmen on the final mission.

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That's because it's already fixed, isn't it?

People did an all-Scrapper STF this last weekend and reported no problems with that.

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Well, we weren't truly sure. We had a crap ton of damage on that team and did everything we possibly could to minimize the power of the repairmen, since we figured it was still bugged. Whether the bug was fixed or we were proactive enough to counter the issue is unknown.

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I'm curious about this as well. Maybe I'll run one tomorrow night to check.

 

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While Dark Servant does not take damage, it is not permanent until killed. Which means it actually does need to be up faster than it recharges normally at times.

I really wonder if the developers just hate Dark Miasma on general principle.

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You didn't think it was an oversight that a pet whose attacks are flagged to be unenhanceable for damage was taking a set that would nearly ED cap damage boost to no effect?


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City of Data does not list the damage of DS's Chill of the Night or Tenebrous Tentacles as unenhanceable. They definitely were enhanceable at one time for I used to put Damage enhancers in the DS.

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And I stand slightly corrected by testing: I tracked a DS's damage with and without a HO: Damage/Mez. The Damage HO had no effect on the amount of damage done by Chill of the Night. But it did affect Tenebrous Tentacles.

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Is there a fix for not being able to target Trick Arrow/Oil Slick in AE missions in the queue? Setting the slick on fire is a staple for Trick Arrow, and it doesn't work in AE missions.

 

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PVP Changes
[*]you defeat someone who has recently defeated you, this will no longer restrict you from receiving rewards from the PvP defeat. The PvP reputation timer is now no longer reset from a defeat that doesn't earn reputation.



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Wow, you eliminated the farming of PvP IO, and then you give us a way to farm them again.

Thanks!

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<ul type="square">[*] The issue involving random characters appearing in the chat line has been fixed. For example, players should now no longer see “asdawasdsawdsLevel 10 Scrapper LFT”[/list]
So very happy to see this.

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Some very nice fixes in here!

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Other issues:

"Plot" should probably be renamed to "Scheme," as it performs /em scheme. There's technically nothing wrong with this, as /em plot is a synonym, however, as seen in the URL above, /em hmmm is a synonym for /em plotting. Seems like it would be a good idea to just side-step the potential (and existing ) confusion, and also name /em plotting "Hmmm..." on the menu.


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Very nice work and thank you for testing this extensively!
I'm not positive that you don't already know this, but "/em plot" is also a proper command for the same animation as "/em scheme".
Where-as "/em plotting" (As you said) is also a proper command for "/em hmmm".

If you were just suggesting that "plot" and "plotting" should not be used for the quick chat, then my apologies (Not a terrible suggestion).

Seeing as I use "/em plot" a lot for one of my characters, I just felt obligated to say that it is a proper command and such (So, there's no issue with them labeling that animation as "plot").

Anyway!!

Thanks again!

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PVP Changes
[*]you defeat someone who has recently defeated you, this will no longer restrict you from receiving rewards from the PvP defeat. The PvP reputation timer is now no longer reset from a defeat that doesn't earn reputation.



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Wow, you eliminated the farming of PvP IO, and then you give us a way to farm them again.

Thanks!

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well besides the fact that if you kill me you have to wait 10 mins to get a chance to get a pvp io, where i can kill you and get one. its a good fixed getting gang banged by a team of 8 and then me not being able to get an IO from any of them was bull [censored]

 

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Release Notes for Build 19.20090716.0

Monday, July 20th, 2009


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[Power[*]Dark Miasma/Dark Servant (all versions): Fixed a bug that caused this power to state that it would except Recharge Intensive Pet enhancement sets. Since this pet cannot be slotted for damage, it should never have been able to accept these types of enhancements.


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So does this mean this pet is supposed to be a permanent pet?

If so its broken!!! Either that of the text description for those Enhancements are wrong.....which means thats a nother bug....oh well

I think everyone should send in bug reports about this...

And while everyone is at it...point out the warshade pet and the necromancy master mind spirit pet also cannot use these enhancements....when they technicaly should be able to since they fall within the text desciption for those types of enhancements.

by the way i see some other posts about this issue.....i am glad other people have noticed this.

 

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Well, all the other sets that DS has access to have recharge components. Makes more sense to slot ToHitDebuff/Recharge than Damage/Recharge in a pet that deals minimal damage but major debuffing.

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Set IOs can't enhance Dark Servant like that. In fact, Dark Servant is such a Jack of All, Master of Nothing... that Set IOs are probably the last thing you want to put into Dark Servant.

Sadly, they would probably need to create a specific pet IO just for Dark Servant because of all it does.

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My most recent Dark Miasma user actually slotted a tohit debuff set into Dark Servant. It makes sense to me because every power that Dark Servant used besides Petrifying Gaze debuffs tohit. Especially Chill of the Night and Darkest Night. Also the 6.25% recharge bonus is nice. The last slot i was thinking of dropping an acc/heal IO or damage proc into it.

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It's nice to see Trick Arrows existence be acknowledged!

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There are more fixes coming. Or, there should be more fixes coming. No time frame, but these were some of the bugs I reminded Castle about a month ago, so this should be just the first wave.

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Just wish it was buffs. :P

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Patience.

 

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Release Notes for Build 19.20090716.0

Monday, July 20th, 2009


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[Power[*]Dark Miasma/Dark Servant (all versions): Fixed a bug that caused this power to state that it would except Recharge Intensive Pet enhancement sets. Since this pet cannot be slotted for damage, it should never have been able to accept these types of enhancements.


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So does this mean this pet is supposed to be a permanent pet?

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No, it means Dark Servant can't be slotted with any pet sets at all, recharge-intensive or not, because all pet sets focus on damage, and Dark Servant is designed to focus on support through control, debuffs and healing. However, it does take tohit debuff, healing, immobilize and hold sets, all of which can enhance the recharge. Again: Dark Servant's intended focus is primarily support, and pet sets focus on damage, so instead of damage/pet sets it takes debuff/control/healing sets. You can't even slot standard damage enhancers, unlike every other pet.
Get it?

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