Hot Fixes - 8/10/2009

[News Herald]

Greetings!

After an exciting weekend of testing on the Public Test Server, here's some Hot Fixes for your Monday morning!

Combat and Careers

Archetype Morale Abilities

• Broad Swings: Fixed a bug which prevented this ability from triggering correctly.

Disciple

• Uncaring Dismissal: This ability will now knock enemies back for the correct distance.
• Life’s End: Fixed a bug which prevented this ability from triggering correctly.

Zealot

• Breath of Tzeentch: This ability will no longer give the caster knockback/root immunity.

Content

General

• The monsters “Screamer” and “Horror” will no longer drop Expedition Resources.

Dungeons

Bilerot Burrow

• Corrected an issue causing Bilerot Plaguebeast’s exploding tumors to do much more damage than intended.
• Fixed Ssyridian Morbidae’s Rotting Zymosis ability. This point-blank area-of-effect atrophy debuff will now reduce everyone’s damage and healing effectiveness by 90%, including his own.
• Barthalameous the Sickly
  
  • Death’s Head splash damage and Nurgling spawn radius has been reduced to match the visual effect for this ability.
  • Nurglings spawned from Death’s Head will once again die after one hit.
  • Barthalamus’ damage output will increase as intended with his enrage triggered when a Nurgling is killed near him.
• The Bile Lord
  
  • Will no longer periodically auto-attack players before eating them.
  • Will no longer cast Defile Ground or Spew upon regurgitating players.
  • The ‘Being Eaten’ disable debuff is now immediately removed upon entering the Bile Lord’s innards.
  • Will now properly reset after a wipe.

Items

• Bloodlord Armor: An issue was fixed that causes certain pieces of Bloodlord armor to be rarer than others.
• Potions: Fixed an issue in which the “Thorn” damage shield potions would dispel potion buffs from enemy targets.
• Scorpion’s Shroud: This special promotional item will now work properly.
• Serpent’s Shroud: This special promotional item will now work properly.
• Renown merchants who sell the Vengeance renown gear will now properly sell all of the appropriate items.
• All Renown items are once again dyeable.

Land of the Dead

Tomb of the Vulture Lord

Public Quests

• Regiment of Khsar: An issue related to knockdown immunity on the Hand of Ualatp boss has been fixed.

Realm vs. Realm

Open RvR

• RvR Influence will be awarded normally in the Tier 1 GvD and HvD RvR areas.

Full Herald Post

[Vasan]

"Bilerot Burrow

• Corrected an issue causing Bilerot Plaguebeast’s exploding tumors to do much more damage than intended."

Inept Morons! That was a bug? Damn.
A game out for a year had a nasty, nasty feature in a dungeon that, eventually, they found out was a bug.

[Fhuul]

"Bilerot Burrow

• Corrected an issue causing Bilerot Plaguebeast’s exploding tumors to do much more damage than intended."

Inept Morons! That was a bug? Damn.
A game out for a year had a nasty, nasty feature in a dungeon that, eventually, they found out was a bug.

Here I thought tanks randomly getting asploded by the buggers was a design feature..

[Chaelyn]

"Bilerot Burrow

• Corrected an issue causing Bilerot Plaguebeast’s exploding tumors to do much more damage than intended."

Inept Morons! That was a bug? Damn.
A game out for a year had a nasty, nasty feature in a dungeon that, eventually, they found out was a bug.

I find a little bit of humour in this for the simple fact that hundreds or thousands of people did a *headdesk* when they read that.

[Drakhon]

[Vasan]

Heh bet they nurf those dog into nothing, easy pushovers.

Pity in some ways really, but honestly that dungeon should be a bit easier.

Much like Vulture Lord shouldn't be easy boss fights with massive dps races.

[Rimalder]

I wonder if Mythic will compensate me for the pain and mental anguish I experienced dying repeatedly to those @#$% plaguebeasts. I was seriously beginning to question myself as a human being and a player.

[Cillbo]

Wow...

[Isak]

Well that explains why they were either pretty easy or the tank would get two shot.

[Kordine]

I can confirm the Doggie nerf. The nurglings dieing properly was a relief though. last time through they were a pain and Bartie would start raging on me.