GU39 [READ THIS IF YOU LIKE DOGDOG]

[Legion11]

<p>Hey guys, check this out!  I pasted it from a guildmate on our website, so I can't provide a direct link or 100% assurance that this is legit, but I'm pretty sure it's valid.  Skip down to the mystic and you may be presently surprised.</p><p>Game Update #39 October / 17 / 2007 HIGHLIGHTSThe Fear Gate in the Feerrott has opened! The Shard of Fear, a fraction of the Plane of Fear, is now accessible by Norrathian mortals. Only seasoned adventurers traveling in groups should dare look upon this realm of terror and dread. Further sighting of mysterious visitors from Kunark have occurred in the waters near Freeport and Qeynos. See Admiral Marc Grenich in Qeynos Harbor and Livia Montellus in Freeport East to join in the investigations of these visitors. Guild banks have been extended with several new options. See the Guild Banks section below for details. GAMEPLAY"The Tablets of the Blademaster" quest no longer requires that the player be in the Pillars of Flame zone to examine the spirit vessel. The Valley of the Magi instance off of the Commonlands should be functioning properly again. The Misty Mustang whistles should now summon pinto looking Misty Mustangs instead of Elddarian Chargers. The quest "A Portrait of Destiny " can no longer be shared. Vhalen's Tools can now be examined outside of the Acadechism for a quest update. Server Performance Improvements for dungeons and raid encounters. Usable Items that are not usable from inventory will always show darkened out while not equipped. PETSDeity pets can now be used along with collection pets. Pets with random names will now persist that name through zoning. TRADESKILLSProvisioners now have a recipe for prickly pear pie, and no longer have two different recipes for prickly pear cookies. Carpenters, inspired by the Night of the Dead, have begun researching new and sinister furniture items. A limited selection is now available with more development expected to yield further results in the future! Harvested items will now display the level of recipes they are used in. ACHIEVEMENTS<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">MysticWeapon Mastery should now improve the dps, max health, attributes and crushing skill of the shaman pet.</span></u></b></p><p>FuryPact of Nature will scribe the spell for the player even if their inventory is fullSPELLSClarified the Slaughter spell scrolls to be Assassin: Slaughter and Berserker: Slaughter to reduce confusion Instant cast non proc spells will now get a small bonus from +spell/heal/combat art mods Spells that summon multiple limited pets will display that information more concisely in the tooltip.InquisitorContempt now uses ordination like the other spells in the line do.HOUSINGThe obsolete option to "Relinquish" homes has been removed. It's no longer required since of the advent of automatic moving crates. To move your belongings, simply go to your new home and buy it. Your items will be moved into the new home automatically. GUILD BANKSGuild banks have been extended with several new options:Each guild bank tab can have its own name. There is a space on each guild bank tab for a comment. Each guild bank tab can now be set so withdrawing any quantity from a stack is considered as withdrawing one item for the purposes of the withdrawal limit.BROKER:Two-handed weapons will no longer be returned in broker searches for "Primary" slot weapons. UIWhen you run out of a charged item (* totem) the tooltip will no longer say "Charges: 5 / 5" it will instead say "Charges:0/5" to reduce confusion. There is a new UI window that will show only debuffs on your character: The UI window is called MainHUD.DetrimentalEffects The old effects window will now only show beneficial effects </p>

[CimTaurus]

<p>Yeah there is a post around here that shows the stats.</p><p>Roughly double the health, +40% dps for Dogdog.  Not much but at least it is working as intended now.</p>

[Owlbe]

Yeah, the dog has way more hps which is nice.  He hits a bit harder and more often as well so thats a bonus.  He doesn't have the mitigation to last to long as a tank though which I think is intentional.  On a green mob he takes off maybe a 1/3 to 1/2 of the mobs hps before he dies (have str line so depends on his ward procs etc.)I was dinking around in Cazels Mesa and the dog ate a riposte for 1k+ damage from a green +++ and it didn't die!  Before the patch that would have been one dead doggy for sure.

[wushupork]

No more Rejuvinating Rite CH's for dogdog. What am I gonna do now?!

[Birn]

<p>Great news! </p><p> Now I just have to wait until the patch the international servers...</p>

[Paradoxbound]

It is an improvement but we waited 2 months for this without an explaination or apology from when it was originally announced.Also the dev may have been talking about 100% hp increase in the forums but the info box says 20% increase in hp and dps.It is better than nothing but I am not excited.Personally I think it deserves a slow hand clap.

[CimTaurus]

<p>After playing around with the new dogdog I have found him to be much improved.</p><p>Now, if I pull a single mob while soloing with a debuff and let dogdog grab agro I have time to get off a ward or another debuff or any other 'set up' spell that I wnat before I take agro back and get into the fight.  I particularly like pulling with debuff, letting dogdog take agro then hitting Bolster on myself.  The extra couple fo seconds I get out of bolster that I would normally lose in pull time isnt much but it helps.</p><p>I still would like to see the AA line for dogdog adjusted so that he can tank a bit better, but this is a nice improvement and a step in the right direction.</p>

[antwar]

<p>well this is good news. now i can actually use that thing as a tank, since i ALWAYS pick my single target ward as master 2 choice when available. he now has enough hp that all i have to do is refresh the ward if it falls and he takes a hit or 3, and then i can hit him with about 1-2 heals and he is at max hp again. this is awesome news.</p>

[wushupork]

Theres no way dogdog would tank anything for you for more than 5 seconds, maybe with enough warding can keep something occupied, but at that point just tank the stuff yourself with your better mitigation, the wards last even longer. The dog doesn't do enough damage that he could keep agro off you if you're doing anything but healing, esp since you'd be combat spec'd (as you have to be to take advantage of this boost).

[rvbarton]

dogdog works much better now.  He is no tank, but he is an effective pulling machine now.  prior to GU39, I would try and use dogdog to pull the wandering genies in Poet's, but usually he'd be dead before returning, even with group ward & buffing.  Now, he actually can take a couple of hits and still survive!  I'm digging dogdog!Now I wish we had the swarm dogdog like in EQ1!  /dream off