From -2800737740338647255 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb739,34dcaf6047ef61ff X-Google-Attributes: gidfb739,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-07-10 13:52:14 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!feed.news.qwest.net!news.uswest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.games.everquest Subject: Re: Patch Message 7-10-03 From: Sean Kennedy References: Message-ID: User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25 Lines: 100 Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 20:52:13 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.161.89.39 X-Trace: news.uswest.net 1057870333 216.161.89.39 (Thu, 10 Jul 2003 15:52:13 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 15:52:13 CDT Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.games.everquest:292355 "John M Clancy" wrote in news:vgrgq0ovrc7ld7@news.supernews.com: > "DaFox" wrote in message > news:t2hqgvoh516v1tdhmi4f9bdhgkfgtlr3iv@dafox.den.com... >> July 10, 2003 >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> - Chardok - Treachery and lies are not uncommon in the court of the > Overking. But >> there are some unusual rumors being told by some unusual adventurers. > Some say that >> there is strife within the council of the Overking, and that heroes >> may > find >> adventure there while that strife lasts. OOC: We're introducing a >> new > zone and a >> new zone type. The Halls of Betrayal is a "pocket zone", and new >> type of > zone for >> EverQuest. It will exist for a short time to be part of the >> storyline, > and then will >> be gone. So if you're going to see it, now is the time. > > What does 'short time' mean? A Week? > Sounds like its going to be a crowded KS fest like GM events. I dunno about the length, but CQ on Lanys (the PoT guild) already cleared the bosses down there - Nice neck haste item, FT2/IDIV boots. >> - Kindle - We have added a new Magician spell to the game called >> Kindle. > > LOL. Clarity for the pet? Will this make the wizard fire pets > marginally more > useful? Well, first they need to fix it - the scroll is labeled Kindle, but you scribe the LoY spell "Elemental Empathy" when you use it :-P This takes the pet from completely useless to not quite completely useless. Someone offered to trade me the 63 fire pet for my banked (I was 63) Planar renewal once. After I picked myself up off the floor from laughing so hard, I politely said no. >> - New Spell levels for Clarity line - Boon of the Clear Mind is now a > level 44 spell, >> Clarity II is now a level 52 spell and Gift of Pure Thought is now >> level > 56. > > Wow excellent, makes the KEI nerf for the whiners less painful. Very nice, I'm leveling my enchanter 'bot atm and this will make the 50's a bit nicer. >> - Instill Doubt - Instill Doubt will now work if the Monk is using >> his > other skills. >> Previously, use of other skills such as a kick would cause Instill >> Doubt > to fail. > > The melee classes need more than this. I hope this is just the fist of > a lot of > changes coming. > > Does anyone actually use Instill Doubt? Its suicide in a dungeon and > problematic > at best in outdoor zones. I used it a few times on my monk but it was > a pain. My last experience with ID was at 29 in FM by the fort when a stupid monk kept ID'ing the mob, causing it to charge off across the zone with my pet in tow. Of course, this was when you still needed the spellbook to med, so the first I'd know of it was when the combat spam stopped. Worse, back then pet commands were /say range only, so the pet was already OOR of the /pet back off command. >> - Spell category lists - We moved a few of the Necromancer spells >> around > on the >> category lists (from right-clicking spell gems) to make more sense. > > Like moving mana pumps out of the healing cateory? /boggle =) > Invigor is under healing too. The wierd one is that Transon's Phantasmal Protection (mage level 58 4mana/5hp per tick spell) is under hp buffs, but Xegony's Phantasmal guard (upgrade - 6mana/5hp per tick) is under "Regen" I bugged it, but apparently they ignored it :-)