New Features in Test

[lawrence]

Nevrax has just added a new set of features to the Now In Test Section over on the official website. For your convencience, here's the full list of changes. Feedback appreciated!

Additional note from Xavier:

Originally Posted by Xavier

Also, since some of you were wondering how an internal release note of
more than 35 pages can translate in a public release notes of only a few
pages, I've added a verbatim sample of an internal release note item
(the one about high level herbivores), to allow you to see it yourself!

You can find his internal notes at the end of this posting.

[ I N T E R F A C E ]

• The cosmetic option has been removed from the virtual desktop as it
  is currently an inactive feature.

[ F I G H T I N G ]

• Named creatures respawn delay : In patch 71, we partially revamped the
  named creatures of Atys to change their respawn delay from
  'immediately!' to 4-8 hours (random) and to let them wandering around
  instead of staying at the same location. However, high level groups now
  have a hard time finding good challengers, since named creatures cannot
  be used to gain experience efficiently anymore.
  
  While we do not want to revert to the old behavior, as named creatures
  are true individuals and chain-killing them wouldn't fit that purpose,
  we still want to help a bit here. We will lower the respawn delay
  to 2-5 hours (random). Also, to compensate the loss of high level
  challenge for groups, we will modify 4 of the races currently wandering
  on the high level areas, multiplying their HP and experience reward by
  5. They are all herbivores.

The affected creatures will be :

* Madakam :

o Matis : Grove of Confusion
o Zorai : Grove of Umbra, Knot of Dementia

* Shalah :

o Fyros : Scorched Corridor
o Tryker : Bounty Beaches, Enchanted Isle

* Bolobi :

o Tryker : Lagoons of Loria
o Matis : Upper Bog, Heretic's Hovel, Hidden Source

* Ploderos :

o Zorai : The Void
o Fyros : Savage Dunes, Dunes of Exile, Outlaw Canyon

[ M I S C E L L A N E O U S ]

• Changed destination name in teleporter window. Foreman have been
  renamed as Overseer to fit the NPC title.

• You can now see Kami and Karavan from a longer distance.

• One of the two Karavan ship, at the Dune of Exil, is undergoing
  a maintenance and has been removed in the meantime.

• The Hoi-cho guard chief is back in his house.

• Taskgivers name for Fraiders, Cuzans and Gibads have been changed
  in order to be in a better adequation with the language of those tribes.

[ E M O T E ]

• Some changes in some emotes, such as the 'suspicious' one, as it is
  illogical for an homin to be suspicious to himself.

[ D I S P L A Y ]

• Fix for NVidia users with their latest drivers.

[ R I T E S ]

• Some incomplete rites, should not have been visible on the live version of the game. We have deactivated those 28 rites. For players who already fulfilled some of the pre-requisites, the pages will disappear from the encyclopedia.

[ E Q U I P M E N T ]

• All piece of equipment (even light/caster armor and jewels), either
  crafted or looted, now have pre-requisites you will have to match to be
  able to equip them. All those equips have at most two pre-requisite
  skills. You can see the pre-requisite by right-clicking on piece of
  equipment then choosing 'info'. Please note that items bought, crafted
  or looted prior to the introduction of this change to the live version
  will keep their prerequisites (none for light/caster armor and jewels).

-------------------------

BONUS: Internal release notes sample
The internal release note item (high level herbivores boost)

• MATIS 16_20 / UPPER BOG
  4520, -6359 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  3661, -5261 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  
  4409, -6447 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT
  3573, -5363 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT

• MATIS 16_20 / HERETIC'S HOVEL
  5591, -6869 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  5876, -6505 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  
  5412, -6823 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT
  5709, -6586 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT

• MATIS 16_20 / HIDDEN SOURCE
  574, -674 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  990, -1346 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  
  538, -628 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT
  859, -1299 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT

• MATIS 21-25 / GROVE OF CONFUSION
  4761, -1444 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  3887, -1262 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  
  4826, -1673 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT
  3875, -1412 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT

• ZORAI 16_20 / GROVE OF UMBRA
  10212, -4855 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  11272, -4063 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  
  10508, -4917 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT
  11529, -4214 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT

• ZORAI 16_20 / KNOT OF DEMENTIA
  7157, -1730 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  8071, -2766 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  
  7411, -1835 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT
  8167, -2956 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT

• ZORAI 21_25 / THE VOID
  10284, -2413 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  10952, -2452 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  
  10473, -2439 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT
  11166, -2667 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT

• FYROS 16_20 / SAVAGE DUNES
  19241, -26339 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  18050, -26643 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  
  19462, -26527 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT
  18172, -26573 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT

• FYROS 16_20 / DUNES OF EXILE
  16569, -25711 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  16526, -24366 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  
  16521, -25872 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT
  16523, -24517 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT

• FYROS 16_20 / OUTLAW CANYON
  19971, -24570 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  18624, -25460 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  
  19872, -24776 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT
  18665, -25641 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT

• FYROS 21_25 / SCORCHED CORRIDOR
  16554, -26276 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  18505, -26285 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  
  16560, -26534 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT
  18319, -26498 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT

• TRYKER 16_20 / BOUNTY BEACHES
  14590, -32850 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  14525, -31972 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  
  14528, -33055 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT
  14447, -32115 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT

• TRYKER 16_20 / ENCHANTED ISLE
  18339, -34180 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  17705, -33915 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  
  18432, -34347 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT
  17746, -34076 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT

• TRYKER 21_25 / LAGOONS OF LORIA
  18260, -29558 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  19915, -30385 SPRING SUMMER SPOT
  
  18232, -29753 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT
  19841, -30569 AUTUMN WINTER SPOT

The public release note item (high level herbivores boost)

Named creatures respawn delay : In patch 71, we partially revamped the
named creatures of Atys to change their respawn delay from
'immediately!' to 4-8 hours (random) and to let them wandering around
instead of staying at the same location. However, high level groups now
have a hard time finding good challengers, since named creatures cannot
be used to gain experience efficiently anymore.

While we do not want to revert to the old behavior, as named creatures
are true individuals and chain-killing them wouldn't fit that purpose,
we still want to help a bit here. We will lower the respawn delay
to 2-5 hours (random). Also, to compensate the loss of high level
challenge for groups, we will modify 4 of the races currently wandering
on the high level areas, multiplying their HP and experience reward by
5. They are all herbivores.

The affected creatures will be :

* Madakam :

o Matis : Grove of Confusion
o Zorai : Grove of Umbra, Knot of Dementia

* Shalah :

o Fyros : Scorched Corridor
o Tryker : Bounty Beaches, Enchanted Isle

* Bolobi :

o Tryker : Lagoons of Loria
o Matis : Upper Bog, Heretic's Hovel, Hidden Source

* Ploderos :

o Zorai : The Void
o Fyros : Savage Dunes, Dunes of Exile, Outlaw Canyon

[rushin]

very interesting.. I'm sure it is the case but i better mention it anyway, the pre-req's for light armor and jewels should be obtainable and relevant for diggers and not just fighters/mages. So for example a lv200 digger should be able to equip the same stuff as a lv200 mage -)

but sounds good, will stop the uber-noob syndrome

[sehracii]

Can we please get more information on exactly what the pre-reqs for jewels and light armor will be? It sounds like they're already determined.

I don't want to have to wait until the patch

It would have been nice to discuss the requirements before they were decided, but oh well. It was a change I was looking forward to, just very curious on specifics.

[dc77066]

Originally Posted by Xavier

[ R I T E S ]
Some incomplete rites, should not have been visible on the live version of the game. We have deactivated those 28 rites. For players who already fulfilled some of the pre-requisites, the pages will disappear from the encyclopedia.

He giveth, and He taketh away!

Does "disappear" mean hidden or deleted??
As in when these rites return will we have to do the tasks over again?
And why now? It was okay to release them, it was okay to reveal them, it was okay to mention which ones were active but now its not okay.

I understand that the original Rites process was find the "Rite Giver" and then have him tell you what tasks you need to accomplish and we've been doing it backwards for months now but I don't understand why entries we already have knowledge of need to be "disappeared".

You can't show me a box of chocolate, give me one piece, hide the box and then turn around and say "What chocolate??". That's just mean!

Please clarify.

[petej]

Yeah its a real shame finding the prereq missions is actualy alot more fun than doing the rites that are given out in the proper way lol (too easy - no chalenge -no fun )

[mmatto]

And so endeth the era of 'broken rites'.

[petej]

Not realy 28 (to be removed) +12 Fully working isnt all of them , maybe the remainder will be patched to full rites at the same time ?

(Ive got 46 themes active atm)

[mmatto]

That would rock and could be even possible explanation as any notes about content additions seem to make only into final patch notes. Also, it would not make any sense to leave some incomplete rites in game and 6 (or more) incomplete rites are just too many to forget by mistake.

Hope they would throw in some previously unknown rites too

[ajsuk]

nah.. nah.. nah.. no, no.. not good.. don't like it
You gunna annoy alotta ppl who like looking good in LA with that!!
I liked being able to ware decent lookin' stuff & only having money in the way..

Bah & a double Bah to yee!!

[forever]

Originally Posted by ajsuk

nah.. nah.. nah.. no, no.. not good.. don't like it
You gunna annoy alotta ppl who like looking good in LA with that!!
I liked being able to ware decent lookin' stuff & only having money in the way..

Bah & a double Bah to yee!!

If you like LA just to look good, there is no reason why you still can't use a lower quality set.

I think this was a fix long over due. I never liked that a level 20 player could use a set of 250 LA.