EQ2Interface - [Test] Test Update Notes: Thursday, March 15, 2012

The Destiny of Velious saga continues as adventurers breach the barriers of the Withered Lands seeking entrance to Skyshrine, the glorious ancient dragon city!

The great citadel of Skyshrine has long housed the Claws of Veeshan dragons behind its massive walls and arcane protections. Now, the unthinkable has happened -- it has become besieged by powerful forces. Battle and befriend dragons and their wurmkin in the forbidden city of Dracur. Explore the past to unravel mysterious events that transformed the formidable draconic city into a battlefield full of daunting challenges, fearful foes and unimaginable treasures!

Far below Skyshrine a different battle rages on. The Withered Lands, once known as the Wakening Land, was a majestic Plane of Growth-touched valley. Today it is oddly overgrown and overrun by a sickly magic. This strange corruption has touched and twisted many of the creatures that thrived here, including the legendary caretakers of the forest. Turned to a dark purpose, the caretakers cultivate the afflicted plants and animals. And deep in the creeping woods, chaotic storms drench the forest and singe the gnarled treetops where an angry dragon flies overhead!

Save the forest from corruption, aid the armies of Norrath in reaching Skyshrine, explore the intrigues of dragon kind and save their embattled city!

To reach the Withered Lands, please seek out the New Combine Griffon Tamer located at the Thurgadin Harbor in the Great Divide.

Destiny of Velious Content Updates Include: *

Level cap raised to 92
Withered Lands outdoor zone with over 100 quests and solo, small group, and raid content
Play YOUR way in Skyshrine instances with normal and Challenge group modes or choose to solo
Experience storyline events with Heroic Group and Raid endgame instances
Earn prestige class talents to build on the power of your character
All new tradeskill quests and items woven into the story arc
New Drake mount

Age of Discovery Additions: **

Poet?s Palace Dungeon Maker theme and items
New Dungeon Maker adventurers
Tradeskill apprentices with new recipes (one Elite!)
One all new elite mercenary
New warders to tame for Beastlords

*Requires Destiny of Velious expansion
**Requires Age of Discovery expansion

GENERAL
Fixed a bug where if you took a bag icon slot and positioned it over a pet spell icon in your hotbar and right clicked on the item in the bag it would flay out the possible pet spells instead of the radial menu for the item.
Fixed a bug where non-beastlords could load ui settings from beastlord characters and make the beastlord UI appear.
Fixed a bug where players could fall when zoning while riding server mounts.
Fixed a bug where previewing the Animated Defenders in the marketplace would make your paperdoll image look like an Animated Defender.
Using the scroll wheel while the assign raid loot window is open should no longer close the listbox of raid members.

ZONE PROGRESSION / POPULATION
All instances now have a lockout of 90 minutes instead of 18 hours.

Moors of Ykesha
Writ givers in Moors of Ykesha will now offer their level 80 writs to characters up to level 83.

Halls of Fate
The Large Draconic Key in Halls of Fate will now respawn a short time after it is picked up.

MERCENARIES
Fixed a bug where a player with a mercenary would join a group but the mercenary would not join.
Savagery now gets set to zero when a duel ends for beastlords.

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