JUNE 28, 2006

Highlights:

• The guild window is now available to everyone, regardless of expansion!

Items:

• Introduced several new weapon augmentations that are available from Gemcrafters in starting cities.
• Mask of the Mad Musician now has the focus effect of Blessing of the Elddar.
• Drape of the Unseen now has the focus effect of Curse of Takish.
• Three Octave Shawl now has the focus effect Okahn's Blood.
• Mayong's Buckled Girdle now has the focus effect Zomm's Right Eye.
• Mayong's Masquerade Mask now has +25 backstab damage.
• Conductor's Suede Gloves now has +20 frenzy damage.
• Cracked Belfry Wristcuff now has +20 flying kick damage.
• The Dread Deeds spell scroll is now tradable.
• Changed the looks of the Brewmaster's Mug.
• Altered the Seals of Block to make them work correctly and to make the effects more in line with other Seals.
• Living Coal has been marked as a tradeskill item.

NPCs:

• Many NPCs in zones released prior to Planes of Power have been modified. The most notable difference will be an increase in health and a decrease in the AC of the creatures.
• The All-Seeing Eye should be awake once more.
• The froglok guards in rathe mountains will no longer kill their spiderling pets.
• There is now a banker in Surefall Glade.
• Two Bankers have been added to the bank in West Freeport.

Tradeskills:

• Radiant Tourmaline of Minor Quickening will no longer magically turn into Radiant Tourmaline of Aggression if you fail to make the combine.
• Disabled the recipe for Coadjutor Mechanoinstructions so people do not "waste" their components on this recipe. (Since the Coadjutor Mechanoinstructions have no use)

Spells:

• The Dreadstone spell now summons a stack of 100 Dreadstones.
• The Blessed Aura and the Holy Aura spells should not fade when the Flames of the Valiant and Flames of Redemption buffs fade.

Tasks:

• Corrected a problem that was causing some tasks and quests in the following zones to not update properly: Splitpaw, The Hole, Nurga, Droga, Plane of Fear, and Plane of Hate.

Missions:

• The Spies Like Them mission should now more accurately recognize when all NPCs in the zone have been slain.

Events:

• Many raids in instanced zones that required multiple groups to start can now be started with a single group.

UI Changes:

• Fixed a problem with the barter search window not always returning the proper results when searching by player name.
• The guild window is now available to everyone, regardless of expansion!