Friday with Means - April 23rd, 2010 - Incoming
I thought this week we would focus on what is done rather than what is not. This update has been a very significant undertaking and we hope to see this update hit the live servers inside the next two weeks. A new version will arrive on Test hopefully late this evening.
18.3.2 Preliminary Update Notes
New Content:
The Collector Instance:
A new, and very challenging, single-team instance has been added to the entrance of Pandemonium. Who will be first to tackle these three very difficult encounters? Who will be the first to steal from the ultimate collection of hidden treasures?
Bring your very best and try to survive the most difficult small-group experience we have ever released.
The Daily Mission System:
The new Daily Mission System is now available. The first Daily Missions in this first release are available for Rubi-Ka only and will offer players of all levels an alternative and effective way to progress with significant rewards including XP, Victory Points, and Tokens. Daily Missions are available from sided agencies in Old Athens, Rome Blue and daily PvP Mission in a hidden location in Borealis.
NPC Changes:
NPCs falling off the land in Shadowlands will now properly return to their spawn points.
Alien Pathing and landing sites for many, many cities have been modified and improved.
SAM Batteries are now subject to normal player damage and have reduced health values.
Unicorns near Borealis will no longer abandon their posts to harass low level players inside Borealis.
Euminedes has retreated deeper into the Abandoned Subway.
Subway bosses should now have faster respawn.
Item/Nano Changes:
Kyr'Ozch Bio-Material should no longer be NoDrop.
Stiletto Yalm orientation has been corrected for easier flying.
Grand Theft Humidity and Borrow Reflect have been significantly altered as a first step in the balancing process for the Trader Profession.
Clan players should now also receive two shoulderpads as a reward for start-up island quests.
The Rihwen MP pet no longer requires the Alien Invasion expansion to cast.
Durable Bandages LE Adventurer proc is now correctly instant.
Carlo Pinnetti's suit has been re-tailored.
Bring the Pain perk should no longer cause an extended death period if the user dies while this perk is in cooldown. (Also known as the "Forever death bug on the BS".)
NCU Hacker interface should now level to 220 (previously stopped at 200).
Other Changes:
All equipment tabs can be locked by selecting "Lock equipment tabs" in the GUI > Misc section of the F10 Menu.
Free players should now have access to all organization buildings to participate in organization activities. Items inside will remain usable by expansion players only (ie: orbital strike terminals).
Those summoned by a boss monster will be subjected to an associated 10 second root.
Coast of Peace and Coast of Tranquility playfields have now been hooked into the Grid.
Client to server sync has been tightened to more accurately display the correct location of player characters.
Hitting the "end" button in a blank chat window line should no longer "end" your client session.
Players should now correctly get the head they choose in character creation.
Concealment/Perception Mechanic changes:
- The shadow of concealed players should no longer display to others.
- All Concealment type messages (eg: "PlayerX tried to hide but failed") will no longer display in chat.
- Concealment/perception checks will now be properly checked on the server rather than client-side.
