[News] Origin to be Published - 11 Feb 2008 4P Eastern

Guest · Feb 11, 2008

Origin to be Published </DIV> <DIV class=storyInfo> <DIV class=author>
Jeremy Dalberg</DIV> <DIV class=date>11 Feb 2008 15:00:22 EST</DIV> <DIV style="CLEAR: both"></DIV> <DIV class=teaser>
At 4PM EST (9PM GMT) Origin will be published with the following: </DIV> <DIV class=article> <UL> <LI>Changed all Blacksmithing and Tailoring runic intensities. Runics will now better match up to higher end loot. Maximum intensities are now 100% for all tailoring and blacksmithy runics, minimums are as follows: <LI>Blacksmithing: <UL> <LI>Dull Copper: was 10, now 40 <LI>Shadow: was 20, now 45 <LI> Copper: was 25, now 50 <LI>Bronze: was 30, now 55 <LI>Gold: was 35, now 60 <LI>Agapite: was 40, now 65 <LI>Verite: was 45, now 70 <LI>Valorite: was 50, now 85
</LI>[/list] <LI>Tailoring: <UL> <LI>Spined: was 20, now 40 <LI>Horned: was 30, now 45 <LI>Barbed: was 40, now 50
</LI>[/list] <LI>Increased chance for GM smiths to get a hued BOD: +20% at 110 skill, +40% at 120 skill <LI>Increased chance of receiving a Valorite BOD <LI>Large footwear BODs should now be available in hues <LI>BODs now have a 10 second wait time between turnins <LI>NPCs now vocally acknowledge a BOD turn in <LI>Creatures now give double meat resources in Felucca (except Siege and Mugen) <LI>Frenzied Whirlwind now does more damage: 20 - 50 per strike <LI>Certain Dragons have beenbuffed; theyare now more powerful than Cu-Sidhe, Reptalons, or Hiryus but take 5 control slots <LI>Ancient Wyrms now even more dangerous and powerful <LI>Harrower resists and weapon skills slightly lowered <LI>Bag of Sending fixed to handle items' weight ranges properly:
 <UL> <LI> 1 - 10 stones cost one charge <LI>11 - 20 costs two, etc. </LI>[/list] <LI>Broken quest chains can now be resigned from properly <LI>Fixed bug where NPCs at the New Haven dock could block escort quests <LI>Fixed bug where player can become stuck when trying to leave the Dark Knight challenge <LI>Salvage bag: No longer creates overweight situations <LI>Salvage bag: Recycles cloth without problems when multiple items exist in the bag <LI>Salvage bag: Recovered resources will now stack appropriately <LI>Removed monster firecrackers and particle effects on death <LI>Blackrock elementals will not be a factor in your Valentine's Day mining activities <LI>Disabled Halloween trick or treating <LI>Disabled pumpkins from spawning <LI>Magincia: Travel spells reenabled <LI>Magincia: Permanent teleporters set up between Trinsic and Magincia (near the docks on each), both on solid ground <LI>The New Haven moongate (southwest of the city) received world building updates, and a guard zone <LI>Fixed an exploit where Champ Spawns can be guard whacked <LI>Fixed an issue where the Damage Increase property on runic-crafted weapons was occasionally being dropped </LI>[/list]



Valentine's Day Content: <UL> <LI>Gift box spawns on characters older than 30 days <LI>Added three new books of poetry <LI>Added new NPC to sell books of poetry, called "Francis the Chapman" inside the Britain Conservatory <LI>Rare pink bunnies will now spawn in a few hues throughout the land. Extremely rare purple bunny may make an appearance <LI>Added four new "Stuffy Animals" that can be snuggled with at home <LI>Added new Valentine's Day cards, in softer pastel pinks and whites. Several new messages <LI>Added dark, milk, and white chocolates <LI>New park area built around the Yew Waterfalls <LI>Added a new Chocolatiering branch to the Cooking skill (Known Issue: the new chocolates only appear on the Cooking menu in 2D) <LI>Added new chocolate ingredients that spawn on paragon monsters <LI>Live event content </LI>[/list]</DIV></DIV>