UO:Publish Notes from 2009-03-26

Publish 58 Update 1

On March 26, 2009, the following was published:
Champspawns

• Fixed an issue with SOT's and powerscrolls (105's) dropping correctly.
• Fixed the Champ Spawns to cycle correctly in Felucca and Ilshenar
• To reduce lag caused by the gold drops at champ spawns and the Harrower we are doing the follow:
  • Number of gold piles being spawned will be reduced
  • Quantity of gold per pile will be increased
  • Gold will be spread out more
  • Gold piles will stack on top of each other, rather than all be at the same elevation

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the issue that allows players to place bare trees instead of xmas trees year round.
• Mirror Images will no longer be aggressive.
• Paladin NPC's will no longer be available as a hireling.

Faction Changes

• Paladins NPC's throughout the world will now attempt to attack Reds and SL/Minax followers on sight.
  • Target must be visible
  • Paladins will no longer respawn once killed
• Obsidian daggers will be available to SL's twice a day maximum to do extra damage against the Paladin NPC's only.

Changes to Wood Boards

		Previous Carpentry Skill Required to Convert Logs into Boards		New Carpentry and/or Lumberjacking Skill Required to Convert Logs into Boards *
Regular Wood		0		0
Oak Wood		65		65
Ash Wood		75		80
Yew Wood		85		95
Bloodwood, Frostwood and Heartwood		95		100
No changes have been made to the skill requirements to create items from the various woods in the carpentry or Fletching menus. Only board creation has been changed.
		Previous Carpentry / Fletching Skill Required to Use Wood		New Carpentry / Fletching Skill Required to Use Wood
Regular Wood		0		0
Oak Wood		65		65
Ash Wood		75		75
Yew Wood		85		85
Bloodwood, Frostwood and Heartwood		95		95
* This is the same skill level required for a lumberjack to produce this level of resource from trees.