Patch notes v.1.18.34.48 - Patch goes live Friday, July 16th.

Maerlyn · 15th July 2010, 20:42

Version 1.18.34.48 – Release
2010-07-15

Notice: We can't stress this enough. When the launcher is running the patch installer, let it run its course. It will take some time to apply the patch and it might seem like the installer is doing nothing, but it is working. If you reboot or kill the patcher process you run the risk of corrupting you installation, forcing you to do a full reinstall.

------ ADDITIONS & CHANGES ------

General:

- "Insta-log" fixed. If you're a carebear chicken and pull the plug during a fight your character will stay present in the world for 60 sec. Helpless.

- All server-messages are now coloured pink.

- Added the "get up" animation for when your soul raises from your corpse in the Etherworld.

- Added new features to the Etherworld:
When you die and enter the Etherworld, your Mana power-bar will display your current Kau (energy). The amount of Kau you have is dependent on your Psyche. (Please note that using the Mana bar for this is temporary, and please note that Mana and Kau are calculated differently.)

You now move faster and jump higher in the Etherworld, your movement ability is determined by your Psyche.

The living can't see you when you are in the Etherworld, you can't hear them, and you can no longer talk to them.

When pressing X while in Etherworld you will manifest in the world of the living. This gestalt is called your Akh. The ghost-like Akh will be visible to the living, and your sight will be slightly improved. While being manifested in Akh-form, your Kau will be drained. When you run out of Kau your Akh will disappear.

While manifested you can try to contact the living by talking (using the chat). However to be able to understand you the living must have the skill Spiritism (a new magic school which will be expanded more in the near future). A Spiritist will be able to interpret your voice, the higher the Spiritism, the more he will be able to understand.

A Spiritist can extend his knowledge of the Etherworld with the skill Akh Manifestation. This skill will let the Spiritist manifest his own Akh for longer, regain Kau faster, and also be able to interpret and listen to the voice of the living.

Messages sent from the Etherworld will show up in grey and have [ether] as their channel-name.

Combat:

- It's no longer possible to get a weak-spot hit unless you fully charge your stab AND wait the extra second.

AI & Mounts:

- Creatures now have proper defence values. Creatures have different defence against different types of damage. This has also affected the HP of creatures, which is now generally lower.

Skill:

- Lowered how much Mental Offence added to magic-damage.
- Aggressive stance no longer gives you a bonus while mounted.
- Aggressive stance no longer gives you a bonus when using ranged weapons.

------ BUG FIXES ------

General:

- Many stuck locations have been fixed.

- Fixed so that the lean-collision that was introduced last patch no longer makes you collide against animals and players.

- Fixed a bug that made it possible to use several bandages/potions if you spammed the action bar.

- Fixed a bug that made it possible to use several bandages/potions if you spammed the action bar.

- Fixed a bug that removed the stun-timer from certain actions.

Magic:

- You can no longer cast the current Ecumenical Spells on buildings.

Skills & Attributes:

- Fixed a bug that made Mental Offence count as if you had it at 80 when you didn't have the skill at all.

Combat:

- Fixed some issues connected to shields and equipping.

- Fixed several crashes connected to swapping weapons while mounted.

- You can now correctly chop off a players left-arm.

------ Patch size ------
33mb

------ KNOWN ISSUES ------

none

Ratzinger · 15th July 2010, 20:44

Interesting.

Godly · 15th July 2010, 20:46

Interesting.

Airbender · 15th July 2010, 20:47

fail patch, combat is still broken

Minnesota · 15th July 2010, 20:48

Interesting?

Deddarus · 15th July 2010, 20:48

wow .. notes before the patch .. whats the word? .. oh yeah... interesting...

MadJackMcMad · 15th July 2010, 20:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ratzinger

Interesting.

Interesting

ThaBadMan · 15th July 2010, 20:49

Interesting.

Ratzinger · 15th July 2010, 20:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Godly

Interesting.

I was faster than Godly, dammit. Pls kill me when you chop off my arm, I don't want to life as a cripple.

ruinof20 · 15th July 2010, 20:51

no combat fixes and no items turning into question mark fixes?

ratigan · 15th July 2010, 20:52

... *sigh*

Ruellis · 15th July 2010, 20:55

The efforts in ghost interaction should be directed to something else. Can not see any point to make the ghost high priority.

Chima · 15th July 2010, 20:56

"You can now correctly chop off a players left-arm."
my one arm been missing since day 1.. do that meen if i loose the left arm, i might loose both arms ?

Dortorea · 15th July 2010, 20:58

Interesting Indeed

Agripa · 15th July 2010, 20:59

The question mark bug should be top priority, when a player loses there gear/weapon/items/gold to this bug it really kills there will to play.

Froxer · 15th July 2010, 21:02

What about the hitboxes?

ThaBadMan · 15th July 2010, 21:05

So no combat fix then i guess. Ah well....

Nex Anima · 15th July 2010, 21:05

I don't see any fixes for the fiasco that was this weekend...

madsholme · 15th July 2010, 21:06

They still need to get combat back to how it was in beta, instead of this!

bodil · 15th July 2010, 21:15

I actually started laughing when I was reading about your Aku and Kai or whatever. You guys deserve a degree in theology.

VerbalTachi · 15th July 2010, 21:22

LOL @ etherworld feature...useless feature, anyone? anyone?

Alo · 15th July 2010, 21:24

Misread

DenonSix · 15th July 2010, 21:25

Still no fix for skills?

-6/1000?

Missing available skill points?

Unable to decrease certain skills?

How are these not fixed yet?

MrHoot · 15th July 2010, 21:35

Eeeh...this is really the first notes for which i'm really disappointed. Spiritism, really ? There are TONS of things more important than that :/ there are still critical bugs (like the negative skill points count, like said above), and features that would've deserve a much deserved boost instead of the etherworld.

Doenny · 15th July 2010, 21:44

Known issues NONE?? Joke? Third patch in row from these bugs have appeared and no fix? Really wondering
- skill gain bugs
- question marks

Pancake Effct · 15th July 2010, 21:44

Just hoping they add more bug fixes to the list before tomorrow.

I agree with most of you, most of us rather just see more bug fixes then features right now. But I'm sure not all the staff can work on coding fixes, so that's why some of them have were busy on some of these new features.

Shalgore · 15th July 2010, 21:44

So mage's got more nerfed, now we can't use horses and our magic will do shit dmg again, wasting hughe amounts of mana, having our mental focus broken...
Great!

But we can spend points in order to talk to ghosts hell yeah!

And now archer's got nerfed as well, aggressive stance and shit.
:/

So, mage's even less of an option now, archery is nerfed a little bit (not that bad), and no single important combat related bug or race balancing or skill bug is fixed.

But we can talk to ghosts, hell yeah!

One of the worst patches I've seen.

Nidhogg · 15th July 2010, 21:45

I agree with Busard, but I really, really like the idea of the Etherworld getting more body.

The new skill sounds awesome, I hope that they will add more then the ability to hear the ghost say 'GET CANCER YOU F*CKING SCRUB ZERGS'

most undead seem very angry, its the getting killed that does it I think

Cyberraptor · 15th July 2010, 21:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ruellis

The efforts in ghost interaction should be directed to something else. Can not see any point to make the ghost high priority.

with a little imagination, this would be the first step towards mages who can ressurrect ghosts.

but what the hek, small minds small pleasures.

Gravvis · 15th July 2010, 21:47

Hold on.....I mean really? No insta log fix or update on that progress? What about the not being able to swing and/or hit bug? What about the glitching everyone out when you dismount?

Not interesting....more like.....W.....T.....F....

coder1024 · 15th July 2010, 21:49

most use ventrilo/teamspeak and so always have communications available. the whole, being able to talk with someone who is dead thing, seems like complete fluff imo and something that really is unnecessary. if I die I'm still able to talk to everyone in vent. why do I care if I can chat with people locally?

Maerlyn · 15th July 2010, 21:52

Addendum:

- "Insta-log" fixed. If you're a carebear chicken and pull the plug during a fight your character will stay present in the world for 60 sec. Helpless.

**Sebastian Persson** · 15th July 2010, 21:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravvis

Hold on.....I mean really? No insta log fix or update on that progress? What about the not being able to swing and/or hit bug? What about the glitching everyone out when you dismount?

Not interesting....more like.....W.....T.....F....

All of the above is fixed.

Nex Anima · 15th July 2010, 21:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maerlyn

Addendum:

- "Insta-log" fixed. If you're a carebear chicken and pull the plug during a fight your character will stay present in the world for 60 sec. Helpless.

I'm to assume that there's no way to legitimately tell the difference from some one who crashes (client crash) to some one who tries to insta-log, if not (as of right now) is it being looked into?

Also has the vendor issue been fixed?

Cyde · 15th July 2010, 22:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nidhogg

The new skill sounds awesome, I hope that they will add more then the ability to hear the ghost say 'GET CANCER YOU F*CKING SCRUB ZERGS'

most undead seem very angry, its the getting killed that does it I think

I laughed a lot at that.

Also, good news Maerlyn

Gravvis · 15th July 2010, 22:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maerlyn

Addendum:

- "Insta-log" fixed. If you're a carebear chicken and pull the plug during a fight your character will stay present in the world for 60 sec. Helpless.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sebastian Persson

All of the above is fixed.

I stand in awe.

now i am happy. Epic patch.

Ralpf · 15th July 2010, 22:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyberraptor

with a little imagination, this would be the first step towards mages who can ressurrect ghosts.

but what the hek, small minds small pleasures.

Yeah, that's what I see, too, amongst other things. It may be fairly pointless now, but I would bet it's not going to stay that way.

Turkis · 15th July 2010, 22:09

When you say helpless, does this mean that they will sit still after pulling the plug?

Zolten · 15th July 2010, 22:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sebastian Persson

All of the above is fixed.

We shall see.

Frog · 15th July 2010, 22:11

Well... at least its more features reminiscent of UO rather then rushed guild wars.

I really think combat needs to be the next focus though, especially before guild wars. Quite a lot of the people who were big fans in closed-beta are now very disappointed with the current combat.

btw I hope you are also fixing naked brawler zergs knocking down houses in a matter of hours.

15th July 2010, 20:42	#1 (permalink)
Maerlyn Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,943 Rep Power: 0	Patch notes v.1.18.34.48 - Patch goes live Friday, July 16th. Version 1.18.34.48 – Release 2010-07-15 Notice: We can't stress this enough. When the launcher is running the patch installer, let it run its course. It will take some time to apply the patch and it might seem like the installer is doing nothing, but it is working. If you reboot or kill the patcher process you run the risk of corrupting you installation, forcing you to do a full reinstall. ------ ADDITIONS & CHANGES ------ General: - "Insta-log" fixed. If you're a carebear chicken and pull the plug during a fight your character will stay present in the world for 60 sec. Helpless. - All server-messages are now coloured pink. - Added the "get up" animation for when your soul raises from your corpse in the Etherworld. - Added new features to the Etherworld: When you die and enter the Etherworld, your Mana power-bar will display your current Kau (energy). The amount of Kau you have is dependent on your Psyche. (Please note that using the Mana bar for this is temporary, and please note that Mana and Kau are calculated differently.) You now move faster and jump higher in the Etherworld, your movement ability is determined by your Psyche. The living can't see you when you are in the Etherworld, you can't hear them, and you can no longer talk to them. When pressing X while in Etherworld you will manifest in the world of the living. This gestalt is called your Akh. The ghost-like Akh will be visible to the living, and your sight will be slightly improved. While being manifested in Akh-form, your Kau will be drained. When you run out of Kau your Akh will disappear. While manifested you can try to contact the living by talking (using the chat). However to be able to understand you the living must have the skill Spiritism (a new magic school which will be expanded more in the near future). A Spiritist will be able to interpret your voice, the higher the Spiritism, the more he will be able to understand. A Spiritist can extend his knowledge of the Etherworld with the skill Akh Manifestation. This skill will let the Spiritist manifest his own Akh for longer, regain Kau faster, and also be able to interpret and listen to the voice of the living. Messages sent from the Etherworld will show up in grey and have [ether] as their channel-name. Combat: - It's no longer possible to get a weak-spot hit unless you fully charge your stab AND wait the extra second. AI & Mounts: - Creatures now have proper defence values. Creatures have different defence against different types of damage. This has also affected the HP of creatures, which is now generally lower. Skill: - Lowered how much Mental Offence added to magic-damage. - Aggressive stance no longer gives you a bonus while mounted. - Aggressive stance no longer gives you a bonus when using ranged weapons. ------ BUG FIXES ------ General: - Many stuck locations have been fixed. - Fixed so that the lean-collision that was introduced last patch no longer makes you collide against animals and players. - Fixed a bug that made it possible to use several bandages/potions if you spammed the action bar. - Fixed a bug that made it possible to use several bandages/potions if you spammed the action bar. - Fixed a bug that removed the stun-timer from certain actions. Magic: - You can no longer cast the current Ecumenical Spells on buildings. Skills & Attributes: - Fixed a bug that made Mental Offence count as if you had it at 80 when you didn't have the skill at all. Combat: - Fixed some issues connected to shields and equipping. - Fixed several crashes connected to swapping weapons while mounted. - You can now correctly chop off a players left-arm. ------ Patch size ------ 33mb ------ KNOWN ISSUES ------ none __________________ ~ In omnibus requiem quasivi et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro ~ Last edited by Maerlyn : 15th July 2010 at 21:51. Reason: added insta-log update

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ThaBadMan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Norway Age: 21 Posts: 2,321 Rep Power: 3	Interesting. __________________ A wise man does not fear, a man afraid does not think. Two little goblins out in the sun, down came a griffin, then there was one. The man who begs for mercy is a coward. Leave mercy for the man who begs the sword.

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ruinof20 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 3	no combat fixes and no items turning into question mark fixes? __________________

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Airbender Banned Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 89 Rep Power: 0	fail patch, combat is still broken

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Deddarus Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 742 Rep Power: 2	wow .. notes before the patch .. whats the word? .. oh yeah... interesting...

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Ruellis Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 529 Rep Power: 3	The efforts in ghost interaction should be directed to something else. Can not see any point to make the ghost high priority.

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Chima Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 401 Rep Power: 0	"You can now correctly chop off a players left-arm." my one arm been missing since day 1.. do that meen if i loose the left arm, i might loose both arms ? __________________

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Dortorea Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sweden Posts: 188 Rep Power: 2	Interesting Indeed __________________ "Every coin has three sides"

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Agripa Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 63 Rep Power: 0	The question mark bug should be top priority, when a player loses there gear/weapon/items/gold to this bug it really kills there will to play.

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Froxer Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 513 Rep Power: 3	What about the hitboxes?

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ThaBadMan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Norway Age: 21 Posts: 2,321 Rep Power: 3	So no combat fix then i guess. Ah well.... __________________ A wise man does not fear, a man afraid does not think. Two little goblins out in the sun, down came a griffin, then there was one. The man who begs for mercy is a coward. Leave mercy for the man who begs the sword.

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Nex Anima Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Age: 28 Posts: 857 Rep Power: 0	I don't see any fixes for the fiasco that was this weekend... __________________ "At this rate we might as well get a "YOU WIN!!!11one" gump as soon as we log in... Save Gaming, remember the rewards you use to get for risking it all..." Incendia: thief - Retired NexAnima: thief - Active

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madsholme Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Denmark Posts: 999 Rep Power: 3	They still need to get combat back to how it was in beta, instead of this!

15th July 2010, 21:15	#20 (permalink)
bodil Newbie Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 36 Rep Power: 3	I actually started laughing when I was reading about your Aku and Kai or whatever. You guys deserve a degree in theology.

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VerbalTachi Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Burbank, CA Posts: 1,913 Rep Power: 0	LOL @ etherworld feature...useless feature, anyone? anyone?

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Alo Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 333 Rep Power: 0	Misread __________________ DEY TUK ER JEEERRRB!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2SvL...eature=related

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DenonSix Newbie Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 21 Rep Power: 0	Still no fix for skills? -6/1000? Missing available skill points? Unable to decrease certain skills? How are these not fixed yet?

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MrHoot Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Switzerland Posts: 935 Rep Power: 4	Eeeh...this is really the first notes for which i'm really disappointed. Spiritism, really ? There are TONS of things more important than that :/ there are still critical bugs (like the negative skill points count, like said above), and features that would've deserve a much deserved boost instead of the etherworld. __________________

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Doenny Newbie Join Date: May 2009 Location: Prague Posts: 48 Rep Power: 0	Known issues NONE?? Joke? Third patch in row from these bugs have appeared and no fix? Really wondering - skill gain bugs - question marks

15th July 2010, 21:44	#27 (permalink)
Shalgore Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 251 Rep Power: 2	So mage's got more nerfed, now we can't use horses and our magic will do shit dmg again, wasting hughe amounts of mana, having our mental focus broken... Great! But we can spend points in order to talk to ghosts hell yeah! And now archer's got nerfed as well, aggressive stance and shit. :/ So, mage's even less of an option now, archery is nerfed a little bit (not that bad), and no single important combat related bug or race balancing or skill bug is fixed. But we can talk to ghosts, hell yeah! One of the worst patches I've seen.

15th July 2010, 21:45	#28 (permalink)
Nidhogg Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Holland Posts: 869 Rep Power: 3	I agree with Busard, but I really, really like the idea of the Etherworld getting more body. The new skill sounds awesome, I hope that they will add more then the ability to hear the ghost say 'GET CANCER YOU F*CKING SCRUB ZERGS' most undead seem very angry, its the getting killed that does it I think __________________

15th July 2010, 21:47	#30 (permalink)
Gravvis Banned Join Date: Aug 2009 Age: 30 Posts: 522 Rep Power: 0	Hold on.....I mean really? No insta log fix or update on that progress? What about the not being able to swing and/or hit bug? What about the glitching everyone out when you dismount? Not interesting....more like.....W.....T.....F....

Partners

15th July 2010, 21:49	#31 (permalink)
coder1024 Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 338 Rep Power: 0	most use ventrilo/teamspeak and so always have communications available. the whole, being able to talk with someone who is dead thing, seems like complete fluff imo and something that really is unnecessary. if I die I'm still able to talk to everyone in vent. why do I care if I can chat with people locally?

15th July 2010, 21:52	#32 (permalink)
Maerlyn Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,943 Rep Power: 0	Addendum: - "Insta-log" fixed. If you're a carebear chicken and pull the plug during a fight your character will stay present in the world for 60 sec. Helpless. __________________ ~ In omnibus requiem quasivi et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro ~

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Turkis Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,188 Rep Power: 3	When you say helpless, does this mean that they will sit still after pulling the plug?

15th July 2010, 22:11	#40 (permalink)
Frog Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 624 Rep Power: 3	Well... at least its more features reminiscent of UO rather then rushed guild wars. I really think combat needs to be the next focus though, especially before guild wars. Quite a lot of the people who were big fans in closed-beta are now very disappointed with the current combat. btw I hope you are also fixing naked brawler zergs knocking down houses in a matter of hours. __________________ Liah [Tank Mage] PVP