Update Notes: Thursday, July 26, 2012

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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">This update should occur around 1pm PST.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Baubbleshire</span></span></em></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Changed spawn timers on the injured Baubbleshire citizens from six minutes to two minutes.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">ABILTIES</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Fixed a bug where reckless stance could increase taunt amounts.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">PVP UPDATES</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The effects of Blood Ritual and Blood Symphony have been reduced in effectiveness in PVP combat.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Mage Damage has been reduced in PVP combat.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The effectiveness of Lethality and Toughness has been increased.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Bruiser</span></span></em></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Vicious Combination no longer stuns in PVP combat.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">BATTLEGROUNDS</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">We tweaked some of the bolster multipliers on characters between level 70 and 89. Level 80 overgeared characters will do less damage/healing while level 70 to 79 characters will do more damage/healing.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Please keep giving feedback on your play experience!</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The minimum number of players required to start a match in Gears and Ganak has been slightly increased.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">ITEMS</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Plane of War: Armor drops have changed. There will no longer be 15 separate armor drops for any table that drops armor, due to focus effect changes, this is no longer necessary. There will now only be 7 armor drops. The armor drops will now only include Plate Fighter, Plate Priest, Leather Fighter, Leather Priest, Chain Priest, Scout and Mage. Tables have been weighted to be more in line with raid and class distribution.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Violance and Ruination should now stack when applied by multiple players to the same target.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Drape of the Honorbound Avazek has been upgraded to be the same quality as other drops from the same table.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Buckler of Recondite Mending now has block chance.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Shackle of the Honorbound Avazek is again usable by scouts.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Armband of the Fate Revisionist now has Spellweaver's Magnitude IV.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Armband of the Hendin Shadow Savant now has Focused Destruction IV.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Legacy Tokens are now Heirloom instead of No Trade.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Drunder Challenge Mode: New Drunder Challenge Mode shields have slightly more protection now.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Skyshrine: The City of Dracur: Command of Armament is no longer a curse.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Skyshrine: The City of Dracur: Charge of the Awakened is no longer a curse.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">QUESTS</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Qeynos</span></span></em></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Seeking Superior Salve - Harbor pinchers respawn much faster now.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">For the quest "Virtue of the Just" players who leave Nettleville without speaking to Rashlas should be able to find him again within the zone.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">On the Qeynos froglok racial quest “Royal Recognition” the Spirit of Krys’lo will no longer kill higher level players outright.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">On the Qeynos priest quest “Divine Intervention” each player will now zone into their own instance.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The Maiden of Masks: Angelia Clayton has found work at The Mermaid's Lure in Qeynos Province District.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">When entering Nettleville you should no longer get a message saying you did not have the required faction with Order of Rime. The Order of Rime are no longer interested in the goings on in Nettleville.</span></span></p>