Date Posted:15:29:47 06/13/02 Thu Author: Vlad the Impaler Subject: Publish 16 - Some Important Warnings !!!
Just wanted to clue everyone in on some important change in the upcoming publish that will catch you off guard if you're not prepared.
1.)Teleportation spell has been revamped for monsters. Vic touched on this previously when he mentioned that water elementals will teleport onto the deck of your ship to attack you. Another important thing to keep in mind is that any current 'safe spot' you might have will be ruined by these changes. Currently on the test shard monsters are teleporting directy on top of players (same resource square) so if you are standing in a one tile 'safe spot' i.e. Ophidian Ledges, Teth Keep Avenger/Balron doorway, Balron room in Hyloth and Illishner, the monster will teleport directly on top of you and whack you to DEATH ...
2.)ANY spellcasting monster will automaticially start casting on you as soon as they target you and will no longer wait until attacked first.
3.)New Armor stats: in case you're wondering, I wouldn't bother with the new armor types that are coming into play (barbed armor ect). I personally recommend a gm suit of Valorite Ringmail as it yeilds 45ar with only 6 dex loss - (a suit of fortification is only 46ar folks) (Barbed bone armor yeilds 48 ar with 13 dex loss)
GM suit of Valorite yeilds 64ar (Invun armor yeilds 65)
Dragon Scale armor yeilds one more point then a suit of Iron Plate and takes same dex loss .. getting the point ???
4.) Dungeons and no recall/gate. We all are more dependant on recall and gate much more then you can imagine, so when you hit a dungeon in Fel now make sure to stock heavily on any resouce that you use, (regs/potions/arrows/bandages .. ect) No need to worry because if you die ALL items expect gold and gems will STAY IN YOUR PACK and you'll have them when ressed. A great point if you're the type who searches for uber weapons (Khaldun puzzle chests (regs & t-maps), tentacles of harrower (invun armor pcs and vanq weapons)also keep in mind that if you have a dire need to return to town quickly all you have to do is die. Sounds stupid but keep in mind this scenario .. my weak ass PvM/PvP t-hunter enters Khaldun, pops a few puzzle chests collects the regs and t-maps, makes a trip to the tentacle, collects a vanq weapon and when I need to jet back to town I just take an easily acquired dirt nap and *poof* I'm back in town with all the regs, t-maps, and uber weapons that I collected!
I'm still testing stuff on the test shard #2 and have a small tower and guild stone available to anyone who wants to log in there and check stuff out. I've had some great PvP practice sessions there including some massive gankfests in Fel as there are no consequences for your actions on test .. almost like Trammel with Fel rules :) hahahahaha !
Give me a shout on icq # 17211783 if you are interested.
Good info -- Mithrandir, 19:55:30 06/13/02 Thu
why must this happen for money? -- Lo Wang, 11:09:56 06/18/02 Tue