Publish Notes from 2016-08-04

Publish Notes from 2016-08-04

First TC1 Release –07/12/2016

Second TC1 Release – 07/29/2016

Full TC1 Release – 8/2/2016

Origin, Izumo & Baja Release – 8/4/2016

World Wide Release – 8/10/2016

Changes Between Origin & World Wide Release

• Fixed issue where hidden chests inside the Kotl City would sometimes show up as backpacks.
• Limited the number of faulty activators spawned in the Kotl City activator puzzle.
• Adjusted the spawning mechanic for the Kotl City Great War to scale with player participation.
• Fixed issue where the weight of the gypsy wagon would become heavy in the off state.
• Fixed issue where trick or treat rewards could not be used while locked down.
• Fixed issue where automaton heads would not spawn in Kotl City hidden chests.

19th Anniversary Gifts

• Any character that is at least 30 days old that logs in between 9/1/2016 12 AM ET and 11/18/2016 11:59 PM ET will receive a bag containing, (Tokens will be available from a dispenser located at the Haven Bank on TC)
  • a 19^th Anniversary Gift Token that can be redeemed for a gift,
    • A random tinkering recipe,
      • A Weathered Bronze Globe Sculpture
      • A Weathered Bronze Man on a Bench Sculpture
      • A Weathered Bronze Fairy Sculpture
      • A Weathered Bronze Archer Scuplture
      • Items can be located in the “Miscellaneous” section of the Tinkering Menu.
      • Sculptures require 85.0 tinkering and offer a 75% chance of success at Grandmaster.
      • Requires 200 bronze ingots, failure consumes 25-50 ingots.
      • Sculpture deeds are blessed and can be placed in a house.
    • A Potted Amaryllis
      • Available in 12 common and 3 rare hues.
      • Each plant can be “Grown by” 1 of 27 different professionals.
    • An Anniversary card from a member of the Ultima Online Development or Event Moderator teams.

Pumpkin Patches

• Pumpkin patches are active during the month of October.
• A new green-gourd style pumpkin is available in 2 designs from the carving kit.

Trick or Treating

• New items are available from trick or treating,
  • Deed for a Giant Pumpkin
    • Blessed house addon
  • Tray of Pumpkin Spice Cider
    • Can be double clicked to receive a mug of pumpkin cider
  • Tray of Candy Apples
    • Can be double clicked to receive a candied apple
  • Gypsy Wagon Lamp
    • Tabletop lamp that can be turned on and off by double clicking.

Treasures of the Kotl City

• Requires Time of Legends
• The ruins of the Kotl City have been discovered in the Valley of Eodon. The entrance is located off the road between the Barako and Urali Tribe villages.
• Creatures killed within the Kotl City have a chance of dropping “Artifacts of the Kotl”
• “Artifacts of the Kotl” can be turned in for a variety of rewards,
  • Skeletal Hangman
    • Decorative house addon that retains the name of the player who places it when created.
  • Kotl Sacrificial Altar
    • Decorative house addon
  • Recipe for a Kotl Black Rod (Carpentry)
    • Quarter Staff/Gargish Gnarled Staff
    • Spell Channeling
    • Mage Weapon -0 Skill
    • 2 Faster Casting
    • 5% Lower Mana Cost
    • 10% Lower Reagent Cost
    • Craftable via Carpentry
      • Found in the “Weapons” ategory
      • Requires 100 carpentry skill
      • Base 5% chance of success
      • Requires
        • 20 Boards or Logs
        • 1 Black Moonstone
        • 1 Staff of the Magi
        • Failure consumes 5-10 logs
  • Recipe for Dr. Spector’s Lenses (Tinkering)
    • Glasses
    • 8 Intelligence Bonus
    • 4 Mana Regeneration
    • 12% Spell Damage Increase
    • 8% Lower Mana Cost
    • 10% Lower Reagent Cost
    • 5% Physical Resist
    • 10% Fire Resist
    • 14% Cold Resist
    • 20% Poison Resist
    • 20% Energy Resist
    • Craftable via Tinkering
      • Found in the “Magic Jewelry” category
      • Requires 100 tinkering skill
      • Base 5% chance of success
      • Requires
        • 200 Ingots
        • 1 Black Moonstone
        • 1 Hat of the Magi
        • Failure consumes 50-100 ingots
  • Black Moonstone
    • Ingredient required for the crafting of Dr. Spector’s Lenses & the Kotl Black Rod
  • Recipe for a Kotl Automaton (Tinkering)
    • A craftable 4 slot pet that can be used and controlled by Grandmaster tinkers.
    • Can be found in the “Assemblies” section of the Tinkering menu
    • Requires
      • 300 Ingots
      • Automaton Actuator
      • Stasis Chamber Power Core
        • Purchasable from the Collector in the Lycaeum or in chests hidden inside the Kotl City
      • Inoperative Automaton Head
        • Recovered from Automatons in the Kotl City or found in chests hidden inside the Kotl City
      • Automatons retain the hue of the metal they are crafted from and receive double the bonuses to resists and damage in line with material resist and damage bonuses found Here.
      • 4 Control Slots
      • Bonded
      • Requires Grandmaster Tinkering to use and control
  • Automaton Actuator
    • Ingredient required for the crafting of a Kotl Automaton
  • Reward Title: Menace of the Myrmidex
  • Reward Title: Zealot of Zipactriotl
  • Reward Title: Explorer of the Kotl City
  • Tribal Banners for each of Eodon’s 6 tribes
  • Katalkotl’s Ring
    • Ring
    • +10 Resisting Spells
    • +10 Meditation
    • 5 Hit Point Regeneration
    • 3 Mana Regeneration
    • 20% Spell Damage Increase
    • +20 Magery, Necromancy, Bushido, Chivalry, Ninjitsu, Mysticism
      • Skill can be selected by the player
  • Boots/Talons of Escaping
    • Thighboots/Talons
    • 4 Dexterity Bonus
    • 1 Stamina Regeneration

Weapon special Mortal Strike changes:

• A successful Mortal Strike will render its victim unable to heal any damage for several seconds.
• Use a gruesome follow-up to finish off your foe. Lasts for 8 seconds (player)
  or 14 seconds (NPC).
• Does not prevent curing poison or stopping bleeding.
• Mortal Strike does 70% of normal weapon damage to target not currently under the effects of Mortal.
• Mortal Strike done to a target that is currently under the effects of mortal or immune will do 130% of normal damage and will no longer reset the mortal duration.
• The duration of Mortal strike attacks done using ranged weapons will be halved.
• An 8 second immunity timer is granted once Mortal is removed.

Champion Spawn Update:

• In order to improve performance while in champion spawn areas we have reduced the maximum spawn count for all champion spawns. This does not effect the spawn rate.
• Players are still required to kill the same amount of monsters to advance the spawn.

Necromancy Update:

• Focused Spec Necromancers when casting Corpse Skin will reduced max poison and fire resist based on the casters real necromancy and spirit speak skill.

Tinkering Update

• Repair Mode Toggle – All toolkits now have a context menu option to switch to repair mode only. This mode allows users to quickly repair items without navigating the crafting gump.
• Tinker Pet Repair
  • Current:
    • Repairing tinker pets has a 30 second cooldown.
    • Pets are instantly repaired based on number of available ingots.
  • Proposed:
    • Repairing tinker pets no longer has a cooldown.
    • Repairing is now delayed similar to the Veterinary skill where the player’s dexterity will affect the delay.
    • Hit points repaired is calculated based on Tinkering skill ranging from a max of 12 at low skill to a max of 60 at GM with additional bonuses for pets with over 100 hit points.
    • Hit points repaired can be reduced based on damage received during repair similar to Veterinary skill healing potential is reduced.
• Automatons
  • Requires the Time of Legends
  • When an Automaton reaches zero health a “Broken Automaton Head” will be placed in the owner’s backpack.
  • Broken Automatons can be repaired using 75 ingots matching the material type of the Automaton.
    • Can only be performed by the owner
  • Broken Automatons cannot be traded, transferred, stolen, or dropped.
  • Broken Automatons still count against pet control slots while in a broken state.

Miscellaneous Changes

• “Stone Only” can now be set on mining tools to only dig up High Quality Granite. Niter and specialty gems can also be dug up.
• Updated tileart for the “Eodon Wall Map”

Bug Fixes

• Any leftover Myrmidex spawn in the Myrmidex Queen’s Chambers will be killed when the Queen dies.
• Elementals will no longer spawn in the Shadowguard Fountain encounter once the encounter has been completed.
• The loot for all Shadowguard bosses has been normalized so that loot is standard regardless of which of the Shadowguard bosses is encountered last.
• Fixed issue where some Recipe IDs were not being correctly associated with their respective craftable item.
• Spirituality Shield no longer triggers when hit by players/pets/hirelings
• Characters with bugged Lower Mana Cost are now fixed.
• Pen of Wisdom now properly works on the Runic Atlas.
• Thunderstorm can no longer hit targets outside of houses while cast in houses and vice-versa.
• Trick or Treating no longer works on NPCs from the personal attendant token.
• Fixed issue where players could get stuck in Eodon near the marsh.
• Players are now told that there is a maximum number of quests that they can have open at a time when they try to accept the 11th quest.
• The Undertaker’s staff summoning range has been drastically increased.
• Fixed issue where the Urali Trance potion would not provide mana regeneration correctly.

Classic Client 7.0.51

• Cliloc Changes
• Art Additions
• Added EULA acceptance to the login process.

Enhanced Client 4.0.51

• Cliloc Changes
• Art Additions
• Added EULA acceptance to the login process.
• Corrected targeting issues with all of the targeted spell trigger spells.

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TC1 Bug Fixes & Changes

• Fixed issue where the Urali Trance potion would not provide mana regeneration correctly.
• Fixed multiple crash issues where the enhanced client would crash when using legacy containers with your backpack.
• Fixed issue with display of the Terms of Service and localized agreement.
• Adjusted the destination locations for teleporters related to the Kotl City.
• Creatures inside the Kotl City will no longer display the “add party” button when using the enhanced client.
• Fixed issue where ghosts could bypass part of the Kotl City, self-resurrection inside the Kotl City using the Sacrifice Virtue is no longer permitted.
• Adjusted karma on Kotl Automatons so players no longer incur a karma penalty for killing them.
• Increased the threshold of wrong guess for the activator puzzle inside the Kotl City.
• Corrected the spelling of the “Desiccated Myrmidex” larvae.
• Generalized system messages related to the blood drain AI.
• Fixed issue where sometimes the hidden chests inside the Kotl City would not function properly.
• Fixed issue where the potted amaryllis would not be delivered from the 19th Anniversary token.
• Increased the spawn cap for mobs in Champion Spawn areas.