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Patch 17.9 notes for those that are too busy playing AoC.

Postby Kehaan » Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:51 am

Hello all!

Seems like most of you all play AoC :( So here is the patchnotes, for patch 17.9 to the old game called Anarchy Online 8)

Enjoy :D/

"17.9 Preview

We are happy to present a preview of the content we plan to release with the 17.9 update.

Steps of Madness – the nightmare continues


Neleb the Deranged sits in his cave, oblivious of the world outside and lost in the dark pits of his insanity. On the outside, a handful of people have long been convinced that Neleb is not a deranged mind with delusions of grandeur, but rather a misunderstood visionary. One of these people is more than happy to talk to people and will even supply quick and easy transport to the cave itself…if you dare venture inside that is!

Steps of Madness, which was the first dungeon added to Anarchy Online back in 2001, is not going to be quite as you remember it! Recently, nostalgia got hold of us and we decided to give it a small facelift. Targeted for levels 30-60, Steps of Madness now has modified monsters (yes, before you ask, we have taken them off their insane diets and their hit points should be a bit more manageable now!), new and improved loot and some revised items and drop rates. We hope that both new and old players alike will find their way to this curious place where sanity balances on an edge.


The Escaped Prisoners

Quite recently, the prisons in Newland, Omni-Trade and West Athen accepted prisoners from the priests of Home. There were several things out of the ordinary about these inmates and now, to everyone’s horror, they have managed to escape!

This is a major crisis for the penitentiaries on Rubi-Ka, and they could use all the help they can get in catching these prisoners again. High level players should seek out the prison wardens if they might be willing to help track down some of these dangerous foes and maybe earn themselves a bounty or two along the way. Some of the tools they used to escape might just have uses in the outside world as well!


Tarasque Additions

A new encounter has been added in Camelot Castle. The creator of the great cyborg dragon has begun to tire of having his creation destroyed on a regular basis and has decided to intervene when he next detects that his creation has been slain, so those who challenge the dragon had best be on their toes.

He also holds the key to upgrading some the dragon’s most prized assets so some might feel the risk of conflict is worth it.


Dust Brigade – Locating the threat

It is no secret that the Dust Brigade is interested in Xan technology, but this knowledge has spawned more questions than answers. Why are they searching for it? Where is their base? Who directs them? What are they planning?

The ICC intends to find out at least one of these answers, and may accept help from those who have shown their reliability before.


New Vendors

The summer brings with some new fashion trends! Some classic summer threads can now be found from new fashion vendors in Tir, Omni-Ent and Newland City.

Tattoos have also been popular on Rubi-Ka for a long time, and slowly, but surely, an industry has flourished. It's here to stay! A new tattoo artist has been spotted near Reets Retreat, selling both old and new designs to those interested in body art.


Other content and updates


Of course there will also be the usual selection of tweaks, changes and improvements in this update including some of the following:

Shade Changes
- Changes to the Shade Perk actions now mean that the Shade no longer needs to be behind their target for attacks after the chain has started.
- Changes to the way Shade perk chains work. The perks will be changed to now check against the user rather than the target if they have recently activated the previous step in the chain. This means that shades will be able to carry chains forward from one target to another.


Battlestation Improvements
- Resolved several issues on the battle stations. Players should no longer get warped back by the decontamination buff, should no longer get the deserter flag when ending the round in the decontamination room, and neutral players should now be able to be buffed correctly by their chosen side.


General Improvements
- Loot channels will now report when a player deletes an item from a corpse as well as when they loot an item.
- New /rp command for roleplayers. This command will add visible characters to your name tag so that other players can see that you are currently ‘in character’
- Reduced the spawn times on many of the older Rubi-Ka unique mobs
- Reduced the spawn times of the boss mobs in the new player starting area."
http://www.anarchy-online.com/wsp/anarc ... le=CONTENT

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Re: Patch 17.9 notes for those that are too busy playing AoC.

Postby Flameforge » Wed Jun 11, 2008 2:37 pm

Steps of Madness... wow... I remember that place... 8)
Those are a lot of changes.
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Re: Patch 17.9 notes for those that are too busy playing AoC.

Postby Psymonator » Thu Jun 12, 2008 4:24 am

ja i am really tempted to reactivate but i barely play AoC with my time available at the moment so doubt i would even play :(
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Re: Patch 17.9 notes for those that are too busy playing AoC.

Postby Kehaan » Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:51 pm

Hello.

"Greetings,

There will be a downtime tomorrow, June 18th, for the 17.9 update. The downtime is expected to start at 11:00 GMT / 7 EDT and will last 4 hours. To see what time this is in your local time, you can check this link.

Thank you,"

That means 18.0 patchnotes :D When they are up, i will ofc post them here in the forum. :D

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Re: Patch 17.9 notes for those that are too busy playing AoC.

Postby Smacdevil » Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:21 am

W00t, looking forward to more DB mayhem :) Not to mention the Steps, hehe
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Re: Patch 17.9 notes for those that are too busy playing AoC.

Postby Kehaan » Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:23 am

Hello.

A little update 8) Here is the release notes of the patch 17.9. Enjoy.

"**New Content and Major additions**

**Camelot**

- New explosive encounter for those standing over the remains of Tarasque.


**Steps of Madness Changes**

- A new NPC can be found in Newland that can provide transport to the dungeon.

- Spawn rates on mobs in the dungeon have been changed considerably.

- More mobs have been placed out in the dungeon.

- The health levels of the mobs have been amended to more sane levels.

- New items avalailable for the dungeon.

- Several of the old items have been revamped.

- Drop rates improved on all the items in the dungeon.

**The Escaped Prisoners**

- New high level encounters to seek out escaped prisoners that have recently managed to break out of the Rubi-Ka jails.

- Players can seek out the new Prison Warden NPCs for details.

**Dust Brigade – Locating the threat**

- The Dust Brigade questline has been extended for those players who have already completed the exitsing parts of the quest.

- Added additional content to the end of the existing 17.7 Dust Bridage Questline to tie the new quest extention to the previous content.


**Perk Changes**


- The way Shade perk chains work has been changed. The perks will be changed to now check against the user rather than the target if they have recently activated the previous step in the chain. This means that shades will be able to carry chains forward from one target to another.

- The perk effect 'Incapacitate' should now be visible to players again.

- Added Splinter Preservation proc to the Bio Cocoon stacking line so it cant proc while Bio Cocoon is running.


**Nano Changes**

- New nano formula available for most professions from the new Dust Brigade quest (some professions have recieved an item rather than a nano)


**Item Changes**


- Reduced the tradeskill requirements for the Infused Dust Brigade Engineer Pistol.

- Items found in the new content can be used to upgrade the Engineer's master pistol even further.

- Fixed the missing transparency on three djellaba social clothing robes.

- Added icon to the Joker's Glyph, the Insignia of the Faithful and the Insignia of the Chosen.

- Shades that complete the new Dust Brigade quests can finally enter the computer age with a spirit that has a degree of computer literacy!


**World and NPC Changes**


- Reduced the spawn times on many of the following Rubi-Ka unique mobs.

- Torrith the Ancient

- Daria Marie Walzer

- Commander Kelly Frederickson

- R-2000 Vermin Disposal Unit

- Professor van Horn

- Marcus Robicheaux, Poet Laureate

- Colonel Frank Kaehler

- Mick "Nugget" McMullet

- The Iron Reet

- The Escaped Gargantula

- Elian Zuwadza

- These mobs will now have a random chance to spawn every so often. The rates of the spawn will mean they appear much more often than before, but not as predictably.

- Reduced the spawn times of the boss mobs in the new player starting area.

- Some city-dwelling NPCs have realized their dresses were more like tightfitting cat suits and have corrected the problem.

- Changed dialog where Commander Kend Ash was incorrectly addressed as a man.

- Updated Kelly Fredrickson's chat to be more relevant and up to date.

- New NPCs can be found around the game world that provide simple quests that point players in the direction of existing points of interest like dungeons.

- Cerubin should now be much more manageable for a team of the intended level for his location in the Crypt of Home.

- Increase drop-rate of Pit Demon Heart and Necromancer Cloak in Crypt of Home.


**System Changes**


- New /rp command for roleplayers. This command will add visible characters to your name tag so that other players can see that you are currently ‘in character’.

- Loot channels will now report when a player deletes an item from a corpse as well as when they loot an item.

- MP Pets should no longer get disconnected from their master at the battlestation teleporters.

- It should no longer be possible to have 'phantom' pets on the battlestation.

- Pets will now always follow their master to the decontamination room.

- Players should no longer get warped back by the decontamination buff in the battlestation.

- Players should no longer get the deserter flag when ending the round in the decontamination room.

- Players should no longer die from DoT effects after a duel ends.

- Players must now be above 25% health to complete planting PVP attack beacons.

- Neutral players should now be able to be buffed correctly by their chosen side on the battlestation.

- Resolved an issue with heal delta not being taken into account on team mates healthbars, client sync on other team members health should be improved.

- Large characters should no longer get stuck in a warping loop around the teleporters in the battlestation."
http://forums.anarchy-online.com/showth ... p?t=531328

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Re: Patch 17.9 notes for those that are too busy playing AoC.

Postby Kehaan » Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:31 am

Hello.

Hehe 8) And 17.1 patchnotes here:

"17.9.1 Release Notes
New Content and Major additions

* Nightmare Therapy Pills should no longer cause client crashes.
* New social clothing vendors should once again be available for business.
* The Hacked Medi-Blade should now correctly use Piercing as its attack skill."
http://forums.anarchy-online.com/showth ... p?t=531460

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