[Live] Update Notes: Tuesday August 23, 2016

[Offical Forums]

PUBLIC QUESTS

• You’ll find new limited time Public Quests throughout Norrath. Just check your map for these unique battle regions!
• Damage inflicted against public quest encounters scales to allow public quest fights to be relevant for players of all gear levels.

FABLED ZONES
New Fabled content to explore from The Fallen Dynasty!

The Fabled Nizara, City of the Nayad [Heroic]
The Fabled Nizara, City of the Nayad [Advanced Solo]
The Fabled Cavern of the Crustaceans [Raid] x2
The Fabled Xux'laio's Roost [Raid] x4
The Fabled Antechamber of Fate [Raid] x4

These new Fabled dungeons can be accessed through a portal just off the docks in The Village of Shin. Good luck!


GENERAL

• Newly created Heroic Characters now begin their adventuring career in the Tranquil Seas, as level 95 adventurers!
• Advancement Counsel and Achievement Counselor NPCs have been disabled. Players may now reset their character development traits via a button in the character development window. Guild Hall Achievement Counselors will remove themselves and fully refund any pre-paid rent.

HOUSING
You can now remove your own access from another character’s house.


ZONES / POPULATION
Agnostic Zones
Agnostic versions of The Crypt of Agony, Crypt of Valdoon, Befallen: Cavern of the Afflicted, Guk: Halls of the Fallen and Kael Drakkel: Iceshard Keep have been added to the dungeon finder and Agnostic Portal, and these dungeons scale from level 10 to level 100.

Chardok
Gatekeepers in Chardok will drop their crystals again.

The Execution Throne Room
Corrected an issue on progression servers that prevented Pawbuster from correctly flagging the entire raid force.


ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT

• Some encounters now have the ability to have a percentage of the damage they inflict bypass Wards. The amount of damage that bleeds through Wards if reflected in combat logs similar to “YOUR Ancient Shroud absorbs 2529 points of damage from being done to YOURSELF with 281 points of damage bleeding through.” The amount of damage that bleeds through is based on the individual encounter.
• Fervor now applies to Wards.
• Most new encounters utilize mitigation, the amount of mitigation a specific encounter has can be seen via the detect weakness ability.

ITEMS

• Cinnamon Infused Rum - Is now spelled correctly.
• Northweave Ashen Vest is now named appropriately.
• Gnomish Collection Goggles - "Odyssey" is now spelled correctly in the item description.
• Farseas Express Mailbox guild hall amenity can now be changed to use the Cardin Ward, Maldura, or New Halas style appearances.
• Many Race to Trakanon reward claims will now offer a choice between TLE or Live rewards.
• Several Kunark era quest rewards have had their equip level lowered.
• Llyleia the Ethereal Merchant now has some consumable items for low Ethereal Token amounts.
• Superior Thalumbral Rune (Heroic): Casting Speed can now go into all of its listed slots.

MERCENARIES
The mercenary, Calyptor Atha, Sentinel of Dawn, no longer appears as a dark elf in the group window.

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