Test Server Downtime - 04/28/05

[Blackguard]

The Test server will be brought down shortly for both maintenance and an update. The server maintenance is expected to take between 1 and 3 hours, so we apologize ahead of time for the downtime. We will be posting the notes related to this update shortly. <div></div>

[SageMarrow]

<P>is it safe to assume these notes will be more of the *combat changes*.</P> <P>and other portions of LU8?</P>

[Blackguard]

<div></div><a href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=tup&message.id=50#M50" target="_blank">It is safe</a>. <div></div>

[otlg]

<DIV>1 thing to say:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"Procs no longer clear casting bar"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>THANK GOD!!!! (or in this case the relevant dev)</DIV><p>Message Edited by otlg on <span class=date_text>04-28-2005</span> <span class=time_text>06:54 PM</span>

[Trei]

<div></div><p><strong>["... <i>- You will no longer receive the "You gain experience" announcement at the top of the screen each time you receive experience.</i></strong></p><p><strong><i>- There is now an option called "Free Look Controls" that determine how your character turns when holding down the left mouse button. "View Relative" is the new default, while selecting "Avatar Relative" will return the controls to their previous setting</i>. ..."]</strong></p>You do know that at least these 2 features are already live for a few days now... right?<div></div>

[Edr]

What about frogloks?

[Aethn]

<DIV>They already stated Frogloks wont be till late May if not June.  Too much to do between now and E3.</DIV>

[otlg]

<DIV>Didn't you hear?  Some people like beating a dead horse.. makes them feel better :/ </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Honestly, while I don't often agree with SOE, I wouldn't want to be in the shoes of some of the folks that have to take this kind of routine abuse...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Osiri</DIV>

[Edr]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Aethn wrote:<BR> <DIV>They already stated Frogloks wont be till late May if not June.  Too much to do between now and E3.</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>They said the Frogloks and the live event associated with them will be in Live Update 8. Scheduled to go to the live servers the week of May 2nd. This update is supposed to be the test for live update 8. Yes, I know they stated they will not be there until May, I was asking if they were being pushed to the test server with the rest of live update 8.

[Heattanu]

There was a long downtime and 30-minute patch tonight on Test and one of the files being downloaded is Char_Froglok.vpk.

[Edr]

<DIV><FONT size=2>They now walk and sit differently and have a few other emotes (I saw yawning, a frog casting a spell and a few others.) Frogloks are still all wearing rags, there are still no female models. The one thing that did change was the color of all of their shirts, its seems frogloks are fans of purple.<BR><BR>Looks like SOE is either trying to keep most of their revamp a surprise or still are not done.</FONT></DIV>

[AndorDehay]

I'll keep this short and simple.  Honestly, I really don't care about the froglocks. Priest balancing has been shifted yet again to another live update.  Mystics are far, far inferior to the other priests in terms or healing power and effectiveness from lvls 25-50.  With the recent haze nerf we are even further behind, although the use of our haze spell was just to make up for our primary healing problems.  Wards need to account for the targets AC (mitagation), period.  Hopefully live update #9 will combine the new combat changes with priest balancing. It just gets harder and harder with each live update to keep faith in SOE.  Moorgard and Blackguard, please let the whole EQ2 community know when (or if) we are going to see changes to the current priest situation. Thanks again for your support.