Difference between revisions of "Publish 74"

Revision as of 03:40, 19 January 2012

Announcement

Greetings,

Publish 74 comes to Test Center today, along with the Enhance Client Patch 4.0.22.0 and the Classic Client Patch 7.0.22.

Here are the notes for your reading pleasure.

See you in-game!

Deployment History

January 12, 2012 - Released to Test Center shard.
January 18, 2012 - Runic Re-Forging removed, released to Origin shard.

Publish Notes

Live Arc Started

You will be noticing we have added town loyalty, please pick the town you are the fondest of, you can only have loyalty to one town. Starting this month and continuing thru September the UO Team and the EM Team have worked together to create something we are very excited about. So keep your ears and eyes open for the next phase in this adventure as we prepare in the coming months for our 15th Anniversary!

Bulk Order Revamp

Bulk Order Caching

NPCs will now allow cache up to 3 bulk order deeds for players
All BODs are limited to one every six hours; this is no longer dependent on crafting skill level
The system will “cache” up to 18 hours worth of BOD give outs
Players may claim all 3 deeds in quick succession
Turning in a BOD adds a new deed to the cache (up to 3)
- Example: Log in after 18 hours and receive 3 deeds
- Example: Receive 3 deeds, then turn in 3 filled deeds, and immediately receive 3 new deeds

Bulk Order Bribery

Players may now grease the palms of NPCs that give out Bulk Order Deeds
The NPC will accept a bribe from the player in order to upgrade a BOD to a better one
- Upgrades: Quantity, Quality, Material
- Can only upgrade completely empty deeds
NPCs will become more greedy over time and ask for higher bribes
- Higher level deeds also require higher bribes
NPCs who are bribed frequently will come under Guild scrutiny, and stop accepting bribes for a short time
To start the process, select the Bribe context menu option on the NPC, and follow the instructions!

Wrong Dungeon Revamp

Loot items from this dungeon now use the New Loot Generator
Mobs in Wrong can drop Mondain’s Legacy items, but not Gargoyle items
New and tougher mobs
Prisoner Escort: gain Compassion more rapidly by escorting prisoners out of Dungeon Wrong
Bedrolls: Search prisoners’ bedrolls to see what they’ve been up to
The Prison of Nightmares
- You start in a cell in the center
- Can you find your way through a maze of vanishing walls?
- Watch out for the Jailor – he will put you back in your cell!
- Find the treasure room and steal some enchanted items
  - Watch out, these items have a security enchantment
  - You must escape with the item to lift the enchantment that binds it to the treasure room
  - New Item Property: Assassin Honed (found on items in the treasure room) – A successful hit with a weapon will provide additional bonus damage based on the attacker facing the same direction as the target. The percentage of the damage is based on the weapons original swing speed. Ranged weapons have a 50% chance to proc.
New Stealables

Clean Up Britannia – 4 New Dyes

Aura of Amber Pigment
Murky Seagreen Pigment
Shadowy Blue Pigment
Gleaming Fuschia Pigment

Looting rights distribution change

Healers, Tanks, and DPS will all be equally counted when receiving looting rights throughout the game.

Bard changes

Context menu updates:
- Will now display the mastery path you are currently on.
- Will allow you to switch masteries without having to re-do quests, once every 10 Minutes.
- Initiating any mastery ability will update your mastery book with the new context menu.

Bug Fixes

Fixed the issue with the Dream Serpent not spawning in Ter Mur
HP, Stamina and Mana of duelist in the arena will be completely restored after the duel
The Christmas mats are now dyable with the standard dye tub, the furniture dye tub, natural dyes, tokuno dyes, and the clean up Britannia pigments. Please remember the square mat can only be dyed when in deed form.
Fixed the issue of the Christmas greeting card changing their from and to values
Fixed the issue of welcome mats blocking players from entering their homes with a single door.
When trading a pet the pet will now become frozen, an animal lore gump will be displayed and the pet has to be within 10 tiles of the owner.
Special Titles were added to the arena system.
Fixed the issue with how the garland hangs in the EC client
Siege should now have arena stones
Balanced will no longer be given to throwing weapons with the new loot generator
Removed the Fireworks wand form the clean up items accepted
Immolating Weapon fir damage will now apply to each weapon hit instead of killing blow.
10th Anniversary sculpture can now be turned with the interior decorating tool.
Mannequins will no longer be ejected from a house when the house private/public settings are adjusted.
Green Thorns can no longer be used in champ spawn areas containing sand terrain.
Players are no longer able to enter a negative balance in Sacrifice
Fixed an issue with SA Goblins spawning in stuck locations
Fixed an issue with the Lava Proof Hook, it should now attach correctly to the pole.
Owners cannot eject co-owner placed Mannequins from a house.
Magic Reflect will no longer flag you for reflecting non damaging spells.
Spectators can no longer invite duel participants to a party.
Removed a rogue cobblestone tile from the middle of the ocean.
In chat players can now use the players ID number to submit a harassment appeal
The Blood Drinker property will now spawn on items that are spawned with the new loot generator.
You will no longer lose compassion if you fail to rez a pet.
Bolts of cloth will auto stack in your inventory upon creation.
Fixed the issue with Transferring/copying gargoyle characters losing racial flight ability.
Buff/debuff scripts will remove themselves properly when you stable/claim a chicken from their coop.
Players can no longer recall to their ships over loaded.
Spellbooks, runes, books etc will no longer be sent to the Cavern of Discarded when disposed of in a container.
You can now dye the following with Tokuno Dyes: Slither, Night Eyes, Venom, Cloak of life, Cloak of Death, Cloak of Power, and the Conjurer’s Garb.
The general hotbar will default to cursor target instead of current target
Changed out the barstools in the Fisherman’s Brew Inn/Tavern
Scrolls of Alacrity have localized text for the Japanese players.
Players can now cancel an appeal that has been submitted.
In the EC client the scissor sound effect was fixed
Players on Siege and Mugen will no longer have to wait for mobs to spawn after using the valor virtue.
Draconic Orbs and Rare Serpent Eggs will no longer become stuck on the appropriate alters
Gardeners can now open the plant gump when the plant is in secured containers.
Players can now dry dock their ships when the deck is cluttered with bones that do not decay.
The reward from the “The Honor of the De Boors” quest is now labeled correctly “The Goblet of Celebration”.
Faction Town Sigils should now provide silver to the correct thief when it is returned to the Faction Town Sigil Monlith.
Evil Omen will now work with melee damage
If your criminal warning gump is off it will no longer appear when using the CurrentTarget macro.
With the New Loot Generator, weaker mobs now have a chance of producing unusually powerful items, rarely
Luck now has more influence on the power of items created by the New Loot Generator
Slayer item properties will now spear with greater frequency on items created by the New Loot Generator
Unraveling items looted from medium-level creatures in Shame will more often produce relic fragments

Updates

Runic Re-Forging – This is being removed for this publish to Origin due to a few issues we encountered on TC; we will be re-publishing it to TC and Origin later before we go World Wide.