Some Thoughts
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As of this update, all testers need to be running DirectX 9.0C on their systems.
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The only reason they would have us upgrade from dx9b to dx9c would be for Pixel/Vertex shader 3.0 support (it'll make the game go faster
). Right now, the only cards with support for DX9c are Nvidia 6800s. So, if your building a computer for eq2 (like me) that logo isnt just for looks, this game WILL run better on nvidia cards.
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Heritage Quests
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Heritage Quests, for those that dont know, are famous EQ1 items that show up in EQ2. Like jboots =)
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Magic System - Profession Changes
- All Healing spells received a significant increase (~40%) in their amount healed
- All Healing spells had an increase (~20%) in their Power cost
- Ward spells now scale similarly to other Healing spells in regard to version. (Apprentice II, etc.)
- Wards were not appropriately scaling with the recent version potency changes in Healing
- Net result: Wards protect for significantly more damage
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Beautiful. Before this patch, If you asked anyone what an ideal eq2 group would be, "2 priests" would be somewhere in that answer. Most people felt the heals were too weak, good to see SOE is listening.
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Pets
- Pets received a revamp in appearance, potency, and additional abilities
- Pet appearances should now change based on both version upgrade and level upgrade. (e.g. The Tier 1 Tellurian recruit does not look the same as the Tier 1 Tellurian Soldier)
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Sweet. Before this there were... lets say 1 and a half different looks for pets. Why 1 and a half? well, when i would cast my pet, he would always be
a bad ass looking spider but the second i zoned he turned into a weak looking beetle. i'm not sure if these were the only 2 models, but i've seen level 45s running around with the same beetle as me. Also pets previously hit for crap (think 5 dmg when i nuke for 30-40), so the "potency" part has me hopeful that kabantik no longer hits like a little girl.
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Traps and Encounters
- Greatly reduced the chances of a small chest being trapped.
- Slightly reduced the chances of a medium chest being trapped.
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Last week they put in trapped chests. And, for testing, every chest always had a trap, this sucked.
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*** Stability and Performance ***
- More optimizations to improve server performance.
- Further server stability fixes.
- Client memory usage reduced.
- Client rendering performance increased.
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Every week the video and network lag situation gets better. /applaud
loggin in right now, i'll post pet pics if i see anything new
Edit: i still got the weak beetle pet but i didnt post pick of that one yet, soooo...
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Dont forget the spider! Which i can no longer summon
Hunting for more...