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Patch Date: 21st February, 2012
Patch Size: 10,637k (Client: 4,632k)

Town Crier Rumors

Free Rumors:

Town Crier tells you, "There's been a lot of activity in Arwic lately."

Town Crier tells you, "News has come back that another section of Mhoire castle has opened up. I wonder what it could be."

Town Crier tells you, "I've seen people fighting with *TWO* weapons at the same time! How on Dereth are they doing that?!?"

Pyreal Rumors:

Town Crier tells you, "With the massive retraining the adventurers of Dereth have been doing, Asheron has sent several emissaries to aid with the transitions."

Town Crier tells you, "A new Oubliette has opened up deep within Mhoire Castle. Be ready for anything in there as it sounds dangerous."

Town Crier tells you, "News! Adventurers of Dereth have mastered several new styles of combat, including wielding a weapon in each hand!"

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Ulgrim Rumors

Free Rumors:

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Those Mana Forge Chests seem to be filled more than usual."

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Of course a chest filled with more worthless stuff is still just as worthless."

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I hear Asheron is giving out some free weapons."

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I remember a time when you went out and earned things for yourself."

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "No wonder I drink so much."

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I can't think of a reason I'd want to wield two weapons at once."

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "There is hardly a challenge with only one weapon."

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Where did I leave my weapon?"

Stout Rumors:

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "There's been some talk about new styles of combat."

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "What I wonder is how can someone fight in both a finesse and reckless style at the same time."

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I'll stick to drunken sword fighting."

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I pulled some strings and got the casino to improve those Grand chests of theirs."

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Better take advantage of it before they realize the odds aren't in their favor anymore."

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I saw a cute little Ursuin Cub the other day. I tried to pat it on the head. Cute little teeth on that cub. See my cute little bite mark?"

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New UI and Game Changes

• Weapon Skills Update 2012
  • Weapon skills have been revamped. Learn more here: Weapon Skills
  • Increased maximum damage of loot two handed weapons to compensate for the one handed melee damage increase.
  • Multi-Strike weapons should now be tinkable (only the new ones).
  • Quest Weapons have been updated to use the new combat Skills. Many weapons were also rebalanced.
  • New characters will now start with a weapon that matches their skill and mastery combination.

• Upon logging in, existing players will be able to receive a free Quest Weapon from a selected list on a vendor and 6 tokens to purchase Foolproof Salvage and other special weapon tinkers.

• Spells;
  • Buffs, Cantrips, and Rare combat spells have all been changed over to the new Skills. New spells have been added for the Shield, Recklessness, Dual Wield, Dirty Fighting, and Sneak Attack Skills.
  • Adjusted the Armor Sets bonuses to buff the new and changed combat Skills.
  • All Creatures have been updated to use the new Skills.

• User Interface;
  • The Character Info Panel now displays which masteries your character has above Luminance.
  • There is a New +10 Skill Up Button can be used to add 10 points to a Skill at a time.

• Cloaks;
  • New skill spells can now be found on Cloaks.
  • Cloaks with the chance to reduce incoming damage by 200 have been reduced to 100 for PvP circumstances.

• Gearcrafting;
  • All Gearcrafting interactions and spells have been migrated over to Item Tinkering.
  • All Players who had specialized Gearcrafting will receive a refund of the Experience spent.

• Luminance;
  • The Luminance cap has been increased from 1 million to 1.5 million.

• Mana Forge;
  • Mana Forge Chests now drop 1 additional item (A Total of 7).

• Grand Casino Chest;
  • Grand Casino Chest loot quality has been adjusted to match Mana Forge chests.

• Rares;
  • Updated existing rare gems to affect the changed combat Skills. Added rare gems for the new Shield, Recklessness, Dual Wield, Dirty Fighting, and Sneak Attack Skills.

• First time login text:

Your trained Staff skill has been removed. All the experience and skill credits that you spent on this skill have been refunded to you.

Your specialized Item Tinkering skill has been removed. All the experience and skill credits that you spent on this skill have been refunded to you.

The Temples of Forgetfulness and Enlightenment have had the timer for their use reset due to skill changes.

Your opportunity to change your skills is renewed! Visit Fianhe to reset your skills.

Your opportunity to change your attributes is renewed! Visit Chafulumisa to reset your skills [sic attributes].

Asheron has gathered weapons to help the heroes of Dereth adapt to recent advances in combat training! Find Asheron's diamond golem in Arwic to claim your free weapon.

Your available skill credits have been adjusted.

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New Quests

Updated Quests

• Monthly Explorer Society Quests

  WARNING: These quests are standalone quests, the xp bonuses are strictly handled by the NPCs in Kara, speak to them after finishing to get your bonus. Also your timer for the bonuses depend on when you completed last month's set of quests, speak to each NPC to find out if your timer hasn't expired yet. More details here.

• Ansar El-Kerdany:

Ansar El-Kerdany tells you,

• Esmond Fielding:

Esmond Fielding tells you,

• Niccolo De Luca:

Niccolo De Luca tells you,

• Monthly Game Hunter

  WARNING: These Kill Taks are standalone quests, the xp bonuses are strictly handled by the Rand, Game Hunter in Holtburg, speak to Rand after finishing each Kill Tasks to get your bonus.

  Rand, Game Hunter tells you,

• Kill Tasks

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New NPCs

• Emissary of Asheron (Free Weapons) - 33.6N, 56.9E (Arwic)

  Emissary of Asheron gives you Quest Weapon Coin.

• Free Weapon Vendor - 33.6N, 56.9E (Arwic)

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• Emissary of Asheron (Weapon Imbues) - 33.6N, 56.9E (Arwic 2nd Floor)

  Emissary of Asheron gives you 6 Imbue Swap Coins.
  

  Emissary of Asheron tells you, "Shop wisely."
  

• Weapon Imbue Vendor - 33.6N, 56.9E (Arwic 2nd Floor)

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• Emissary of Asheron (Melee Rares) - 33.6N, 56.9E (Arwic 2nd Floor)

  Emissary of Asheron tells you, "I am collecting those old rare weapons that adventurers used to stumble upon from time to time."
  

  Emissary of Asheron tells you, "If you give me one I'll give you a token you can use to buy a fancy new one."
  

• Melee Rare Vendor - 33.6N, 56.9E (Arwic 2nd Floor)

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New Items

• Some Changes for February 2012
• Mastery Statues - 33.5N, 56.8E (Arwic) - Players can receive one free mastery change.
  • Axe Mastery (Object)
  • Dagger Mastery (Object)
  • Mace Mastery (Object)
  • Spears Mastery (Object)
  • Staves Mastery (Object)
  • Sword Mastery (Object)
  • Unarmed Combat Mastery (Object)
  • Two Handed Combat Mastery (Object)
  • Bow Mastery (Object)
  • Crossbow Mastery (Object)
  • Thrown Weapons Mastery (Object)
  • Magic Mastery (Object)

Spell Research

Glyph of Finesse Weapons Inscription of Finesse Weapon Mastery Self Inscription of Finesse Weapon Ineptitude Other Glyph of Light Weapons Inscription of Light Weapon Mastery Self Inscription of Light Weapon Ineptitude Other Glyph of Heavy Weapons Inscription of Heavy Weapon Mastery Self Inscription of Heavy Weapon Ineptitude Other

Weapon Imbue Vendor

Foolproof Aquamarine Gem Foolproof Black Garnet Gem Foolproof Black Opal Gem Foolproof Emerald Gem Foolproof Fire Opal Gem Foolproof Imperial Topaz Gem Foolproof Jet Gem Foolproof Red Garnet Gem Foolproof Sunstone Gem Foolproof White Sapphire Gem A'nekshay Slayer Stone Gem Greater Mukkir Slayer Stone Gem Spectral Skull Gem Black Skull of Xikma Gem Spectral Force Gem Magic Defense Weapon Augmentation Gem Missile Defense Augmentation Gem Lucky White Rabbit's Foot Gem

Skill Redistribution

Dirty Fighting Gem of Enlightenment Dirty Fighting Gem of Forgetfulness Dual Weild Gem of Enlightenment Dual Weild Gem of Forgetfulness Finesse Weapons Gem of Enlightenment Finesse Weapons Gem of Forgetfulness Heavy Weapons Gem of Enlightenment Heavy Weapons Gem of Forgetfulness Light Weapons Gem of Enlightenment Light Weapons Gem of Forgetfulness Missile Weapons Gem of Enlightenment Missile Weapons Gem of Forgetfulness Recklessness Gem of Enlightenment Recklessness Gem of Forgetfulness Shield Gem of Enlightenment Shield Gem of Forgetfulness Sneak Attack Gem of Enlightenment Sneak Attack Gem of Forgetfulness

Updated Items

Rares

Elysa's Crystal Thorsten's Crystal Ben Ten's Crystal

Retired Items

Rares converted to Elysa's Crystal

Arbelist's Crystal Asmolum's Crystal

Rares converted to Thorsten's Crystal

Hamud's Crystal Krau Li's Crystal Tanua's Crystal

Rares converted to Tinker's Crystal

Tristra's Gem

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Portal.dat

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New Creatures

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  +10 Skill Up Button

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Known Issues

• If a player has full inventory upon logging in after patch and were wielding a weapon and/or ammo with high wield req, they will likely drop their weapon and/or ammo onto the ground.
• Weapon glyphs that were converted to Glyph of Light Weapons or Glyph of Missile Weapons do not stack with each other (that is a stack of staff and a stack mace would both be the same new glyph but the two stacks won't combine together). The Component Exchanger also returns different varieties of these glyphs as well (it's as if there are versions for each of the old weapons and you get a random version and while they stack with the same version they don't with other versions (even though they are the same glyph)).
• The same goes up for Rares, the crossbow and bow Rares which were converted to the Missile Weapon rare (Elysa's Crystal) do not stack, neither do the now Light Weapon skill Rares (Thorsten's Crystal or the Gear Mastery Rare (Tristra's Gem) which is now converted to the Item Tinkering Rare (Tinker's Crystal)

Typos

• When first logging in after patch:

Your opportunity to change your attributes is renewed! Visit Chafulumisa to reset your skills [attributes].

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