Patch Notes for July 16, 2013
Here are the patch notes from this morning's game update (taken from the patcher):
*** Highlights ***
- Heart of Fear, the final chapter in Rain of Fear, is now available to everyone who has Rain of Fear!
- - Explore three new zones inside the source of Cazic-Thule's power, the Heart of Fear: The Threshold, The Rebirth, and The Epicenter, with new quests, missions, and raids!
- Mission chests in Rain of Fear now have a chance to drop Valiant armor ornaments.
- New Ssraeshzian armor ornaments rewarded by Norx are now properly restricted by armor type. Ornaments previously obtained from Norx have not been changed.
- Tears of Alaris leveling requirements have been adjusted to be slightly more achievable.
- Vulak`Aerr's items from the Corrupted Temple of Veeshan can now be purchased from Ilana Sunmire in Shard's Landing if you have completed that event.
*** Items ***
- Bows from House of Thule and onward now have a type 3 socket and corruption focus.
- Might of Stone is using the correct icon again.
- New Ssraeshzian armor ornaments rewarded by Norx are now properly restricted by armor type. Ornaments previously obtained from Norx have not been changed.
- Tears of Alaris leveling requirements have been adjusted to be slightly more achievable.
- Twilight Coat of Carnage and Silvershade Warmonger Coat now have the Brutal Discipline Quickening focus.
- Verdant Shield of the Shissar and Umbralforge Shield now have the correct mod stats.
- Non-edible tradeskill components are no longer marked as food.
- Fixed an issue that was causing Vah Shir and Froglok chest pieces to not visually change in some cases.
*** Spells ***
- Three new single-target cure spells are now available in the Plane of Knowledge, Firiona Vie, the Overthere, Sunderock Springs, Dragonscale Hills, or the Abysmal Sea.
- Clerics - New resurrection spells are available in the Plane of Knowledge, the Undershore, Sunderock Springs, and Dragonscale Hills.
- Enchanter - Corrected a problem that prevented Silver and Free users from properly casting Curtailing Helix.
- Enchanter - Increased the target cap on Blanket of Forgetfulness to 100.
- Magician - Corrected a problem that prevented Silver and Free users from properly casting or scribing the spell Summon Cauldron of Endless Goods.
*** NPC ***
- Cazic-Thule, Morell-Thule, and Terris-Thule are now consistently hyphenated.
- Fixed textures on the Gnomework variant that wields a drill.
- The inhabitants of Ssraeszhza Temple are now marked more consistently in terms of difficulty and rarity.
*** AA ***
- Enchanter - Increased the target cap on Blanket of Forgetfulness to 100.
- Magician - Call of the Hero rank 2 now has a more clear description of its effects.
- Ranger - Pack Hunt ranks 7, 8, and 9 will now summon the correct pet.
- Rogue - Glyph of the Cataclysm and Third Spire of the Rake should now play nicely together.
- Shaman - Spirit Renewal ranks 4, 5, and 6 should now heal for the correct amounts.
- Wizard - Refunded all ranks of Improved Ward of Destruction, and created ranks 6 - 10 of Ward of Destruction using the Improved Ward data. This will clean up the AA interface.
*** Achievements ***
- The achievements 'Friends to the End' and 'What's Behind Door Number Three?' in the Plane of Shadow raid now function properly.
*** Miscellaneous ***
- Mission chests in Rain of Fear now have a chance to drop Valiant armor ornaments.
- The correct Hot Zones will now display under the filter "Hot Zones" in the Zone Guide window.
- Vulak`Aerr's items from the Corrupted Temple of Veeshan can now be purchased from Ilana Sunmire in Shard's Landing if you have completed that event.
*** UI ***
- Updated the Atlas for Heart of Fear.
- Added more item icons.
- Changed -
EQUI_Animations.xml
*** Previously Updated ***
- Fixed a problem with hunter achievements for rare creatures in the Plane of Shadow.
- The EverQuest Team