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October 2004 Developer's Notes

NEW FUNCTIONALITY AND CONTENT
" A new free skill has been introduced: Salvaging.
" Salvaging items via an Ust is now easier and more convenient.
" Additional Crafting Quests for mid-level crafting characters have been introduced.

MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS
" The experience reward for the Gromnie Tooth Crafting Quests has been capped at 10 million experience points each.
" We've made a change to the way that items housekeep.
" The moons and the sky now appear correctly.
" A bug that could cause locked fellowships to become unlocked has been fixed.
" It is no longer possible to accidentally unequip and drop an item by dragging it out of your character's hand in the 3D view.
" Some players would receive an error message on startup if they did not have a CD in their CD-ROM drive. This has been fixed.
" The chance of Aun Ralirea or the three Hea Raider Champions spawning on the Marae Lassel plateau has been increased.
" The Crystal Spur, Rufous Grievver, and Sparkling Crystal Fragment now spawn in more landscape areas.
" Several creatures have been tweaked for balance.
" As Canescent Mattekar robes are no longer attuned, they are now also no longer ivoryable.
" Crystal arrowheads can no longer be sold.
" There were buttons in the boss room in the Hizk Ri Temple that did not properly open doors. They have been fixed.
" The Carved Mosswart Statue now also teaches Lure Blade and Dispel spells.
" The Yanshi collector now provides the same rewards as other collectors.
" The portal summoned by the Xarabydun Portal Summoning Gem is no longer tieable.
" Some points of interest in the Direlands have been adjusted to be appropriate for the surrounding content.
" Some points of interest near Al-Jalima have been tweaked.
" A treasure chest in the Water Temple has been adjusted to provide level-appropriate treasure.
" All low-level Scriveners of Life Magic now properly accept trade notes.
" Lesser Inferno Ward is now correctly a level 4 spell.

MINOR DETAILS
" The icons of the new Three Crystals orbs now have blue halos.
" The Tinkering Guide can now be found in a chest in the Training Academy.
" The particle effect of the Superior Vitaeic Chant has been corrected.
" Descriptive text regarding the skill check to craft the item has been corrected on the Crop, Exquisite Elari Bow and Virindi Scalpel.
" Typos in the text of Gersan the Sureshot, Captain K'rank and MacNiall have been fixed.
" The Cooking Gem of Forgetfulness now correctly states that it untrains Cooking.
" The directions on the Ore given by Captain K'rank are now correct.