[Test] Test Update Notes: Thursday, May 12, 2011(0)

[Offical Forums]

USER INTERFACE

• Fixed a bug with dragging currency to the currency list in the Character window.
• Fixed a bug with the Character window's location not saving correctly between session.

HOUSING

• Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause stubborn portals to come back after being picked up.
• Fixed a potential bug with buying a house in a zone that instances.
• House portals should no longer port you while they are being moved around.
• Prestige housing deeds will now issue a confirmation text when examined. This text contains information on where to find your newly claimed house.

POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION

Thurgadin

• Provocateur Bas Darkfrost, of the Thurgadin Defense Force, is paying well for capable agents who have proven themselves to the City of Thurgadin.

Emerald Halls

• Emerald Halls bosses no longer use AoE charms, making it more friendly to small groups.
• All random bosses will now spawn within Emerald Halls every time.

QUESTS

Public Quests

• A major bug that caused some active participants to get no loot has been fixed.

Heritage

• Tangled Roots of Growth
  • The message concerning the Druid's Divining Rod now occurs only on the appropriate step of the quest.
  • Firiona Vie in Darklight will now converse correctly and advance the quest.

Great Divide

• Players should no longer get gated on the quest “The Fate of the Glaciersmash” if they do not defeat the monstrous beasty. This fix should also stop players from receiving the on screen text each time they zone.
• The 2nd stage of the Egg-cellent quest should no longer spawn multiple waves of NPCs, for each player in the group on the quest.
• The waters near Lodizal will no longer cause you to “hear a ruckus” if you swim in them while on the Egg-cellent quest.

Hold of Rime: The Fortress Spire

• The 3rd stage of the Contraband Collector quest should no longer spawn multiple waves of NPCs, for each player in the group on the quest.

Hold of Rime: The Ascent

• The collection “Trinkets of the Ascent” can now be found within the Ascent.

Crystal Caverns

• The quest “Looking Deep Within the Crystals” should now properly update the green crystal.

ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT

• Spell multi attack now works on damage over time abilities. If a damage over time spell multi attacks then each tick of the damage over time will multi attack as well.

Illusionist

• Time Warp no longer adds additional ticks to damage over time abilities since those abilities can now Spell Multi-Attack.

PvP UPDATES

PvP General

• Fixed a bug where killing valid player targets would not give quest credit for player kill writs. NOTE: you will only get credit for kills that would award fame/infamy.
• Cleaned up the messaging when losing fame/infamy when you had none to lose and gaining fame/infamy when you were at the cap.
• Fixed a bug where the fame/infamy bar would show the wrong amount required for the next rank after the season changes.

PvP Abilities

• PVP Spell Multi Attack will be used when:
  • In a battleground on players and NPCs.
  • On a PVP server for any single target, or encounter AE spell cast on a player or player pet
  • On a heal cast while the healer or target is in PVP combat
  • On a "blue" AOE when the caster is in PVP combat.
• PVP Spell Multi Attack will only work on heals and damage spells.

PvP Flying mounts

• There is a 50% chance of being grounded if any player lands a hostile action while flying.
• You must land to dismount a flying mount.
• Your flying mount will automatically start flying on zone-in if you logged out or went linkdead while flying.

PvP Mentoring

• Players grouped with mentors cannot attack other players unless they are attacked first.
• Mentored players can cast beneficial spells while in PVP combat.
• You can now attack a target based on his actual level. This means if you mentor you will still be attackable by anyone who could attack you before mentoring.

PvP Rewards

• PvP Writs and Warfield rewards will grant the new Discord faction. Discord faction is needed to purchase the new level 90 PvP Rewards and can only be obtained through writs and Warfield participation.
• Players who are mentoring or grouped with players who are mentoring give no rewards when killed in PVP combat, nor do they earn any rewards when killing in PVP combat.

BATTLEGROUNDS

• When zoning into the battleground lobby players should no longer be stacked all on a single spot.
• The missing art in the Battleground Lobby has been fixed.
• The leaderboard window now properly shows the score from your previous match after exiting a match.
• You can now use guildchat in BGs.
• You can now see which of your guild members are in the battlegrounds using the guild window.
• /who now shows characters that are in a battleground.

ITEMS

• Adornment icons will now be sorted by color in tooltips and examine windows.
• The Ten Coldain Insignia Rings house item can now be placed on the floor instead of the walls.

MARKETPLACE

• You can now browse "New" and "Sale" items in the marketplace by clicking the appropriate category on the main page.

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