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Dark Age of Camelot

Live Version 1.66j Release Notes

November 20, 2003

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NEW THINGS AND BUG FIXES

- Item-based spell duration bonuses no longer work for damage over time spells.

- Artifacts no longer display "Required Level:" in delves.

- In certain cases it was possible to have a pet in defensive mode attack a target it was not intended to be able to strike. This should solve the problem of pets interfering with Chath's Test of Strategy.

- Artifacts now report to the user when they gain experience.

- Changed the print from Pickpocket. It should now print to the pickpocketer "You pickpocket !", and to all other groupmates " pickpockets for the group!"

- Fixed a crash that could occur on zoning.

- Fixed a crash that could occur when delving some Master Level abilities.

MASTER LEVEL EXPERIENCE CHANGES

Experienced Trials players who help less-experienced friends complete trials are now given Master Level Experience for providing this help. The system works as follows:

- Experienced players who have attained at least Master Level 1 are given Master Level experience if they are in a group with any other player who is granted credit for completing a Trial Step.

- In order to get ML experience for the kill, the experienced player must be grouped with at least one player receiving credit for completing the Trial step.

- The experienced player helping out will recieve Master Level experience for each less-experienced player that he helps per Trial step. If one less-experienced player gets credit for completing the encounter, Master Level experience is granted to the helper. If two get credit, then twice the ML experience is granted to the helper, and so forth.

- Master Level experience is given only on steps for which the experienced player has already completed.

- Please note that Trials designed to be completed by solo players will not grant ML experience for anyone helping out.

CAMELOT CLASSIC WORLD NOTES

Dungeons

Marfach Caverns

- Withered oaks are now considered a plant type and should now meet the requirement for artifacts which require this type of monster for advancement.

SHROUDED ISLES WORLD NOTES

Midgard Quests

- Ota's Quest has a step which requires players to gain enough faction to speak with a bergklan pelterer, but it is requiring longer than we intended for players to adjust their faction. We have added an NPC named Pelterer Blegkrak to the entrance area of the big camp of bergklans, and though you'll still need to gain faction to talk to him, he is more willing to listen to outsiders than pelterers in the past have been.

TRIALS OF ATLANTIS WORLD NOTES

ARTIFACT SCROLL FIXES

We have fixed a number of bugs with the Artifact scrolls. Some bugs related to scrolls being given the wrong name while others related to the way scrolls were being combined.

Scroll Name Changes

- There were two separate sets of individual scrolls called 'Champion's Notes' in the game. One set could be combined to form Remus' Story while the second set formed the Complete Thoughts of Hermes. This second set has been renamed 'Inscribed Stones'.

- The Inscribed Stone scrolls that were already being dropped by monsters were incorrectly named. They are now called 'Atlantis Tablet' scrolls.

Combining Scrolls

- Players can combine a set of Oceanus Artifact Scrolls in various ways now besides just combining scrolls in numerical order. This should help save on inventory space. For example, scrolls 1 and 2 can be combined into one scroll, and then later a player could use scroll 3 to combine both into the final book. This can be done with any combination of scrolls 1, 2, and 3. Also, if players have already combined scrolls 1 and 2, and scrolls 2 and 3 (to form two scrolls), they can now combine those two scrolls to form the final book. This will work with any of the combined, but incomplete, scrolls.

Volcanus Quests

- The quest Magical Ingredients has been altered slightly. Players who have completed the quest are urged to return to Alchemist Yilanna in the Volcanus Haven for an extra reward for their hard work. Those of you still doing the quest will be rewarded properly upon completion.

Oceanus Encounters

- The named Priests and Priestesses in Mesothelassa have had their Master Level Experience rewards slightly reduced.

- It is no longer possible for Linos to despawn during combat.

- Staff of the God - Jagger sharks now have a very small chance to attack someone who is healing the person carrying the staff.

Stygia Encounters

- There have been new sightings of prism-winged scarabs in remote areas of Stygia.

Fortress of Storms

- The amount of laborers that leave the fortress to repair the forts has been cut in half. The amount of laborers that leave the forts to repair the camps has not changed.

- The length of time between the spawning of labor crews has been increased slightly.

- Warning: Aggressive player pets may attempt to put out the fires in the camps/forts/fortresses. Doing so may aid in the recovery of those areas, against the player's best interests. The fire fighter behavior is not new with this patch.

Volcanus Encounters

Chimera

- It will now be a bit more difficult to pull the elite taur defenders away from Chimera's lair.

- The elite taur defender's chance to mesmerize players has been lowered.

Item Notes

- Lion's Fur Cloak can now be dyed.

- Lion's Share Sleeves previously had a Bonus to Healing Effectiveness value of 28% which rendered the item unusable due to the imbue value being too high. The bonus has been reduced to the correct value of 4%.

- Players will now receive the Archery Skill bonus when equipping the Cape of the Gale.

- Skyros's Sword in Midgard has received a reduction in weapon speed. The speed was incorrectly set to that of a two-handed sword.

- Multiple items in Aerus were using a non-functional requirement. These items will now receive the corresponding bonuses and list the correct mobs.

- The delve information on raw artifacts has been updated to include the level of the final artifact.

- Skyros's Hammer and Skyros's Axe in Midgard have received a reduction in weapon speed. The speeds were incorrectly set to that of a two-handed weapon.

- The Battler will now drop Albion medium and large shields with bonuses appropriate to the classes that can use those shields.

- The Belt of Lightning (All Realms) has had the bonus requirement moved from the duel wield skill to the melee damage skill.

- Animists using the Ancient Chest will now receive Animist items instead of Valewalker items.

- The studded Neriad Sharktooth Vest (Midgard) will now grant a Composite Bow instead of Long Bow bonus.

- Mane of the Lion Circlet now uses the correct leather helm icon.

- The Charisma bonus on the Wind Torn Cloak received by Armsmen and Paladins has been changed to a Constitution bonus.

- The Crocodile Tear Ring and the Shield of Khaos have received new requirements for earning experience. Any experience earned while in enemy frontier regions will go towards the artifact's experience; previously it was earned during periods of snow or rain.

- The Belt of the Sun will now summon both the slashing and the thrusting versions of its weapons. Also, the summoned Sun Axe is now set as a level 51 weapon.