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Dark Age of Camelot
Version 1.55r Release Notes
Thursday, November 21, 2002
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SPIRIT MASTER SERVER: ROORIS
To provide the Camelot community with a way to adventure cross-realm with no worries about being killed by other players, we are unveiling our first Spirit Master Server, named Rooris. On this type of server there is no type of character class at all except for Spirit Masters - any members of any realm can group and form guilds together, and everyone can communicate with everyone else but you will all play Spirit Masters.
NEW THINGS AND BUG FIXES
- Hasteners now speed up your spirit pet, if one is summoned.
- Spirit Masters can now wear chain and place armours, though it is hard capped at AF150
- Hit Point tables have been revised so that all characters can now get more than 25 hit points total at lvl50. Some players were complaining about not being able to last more than .000005 seconds in melee combat. This is still under review and may change.
- The pbae dd radius has been increased to make levelling easier. It is now zonewide.
- when you summon your spirit pet, you also summon a hastener that will stick on you.
- lvls 4 and 42 have been removed from the game and instead you jump from 3 to 5 and 41 to 43 respectively when you level.
- The Hand Of Hel lvl50 title has been changed to "Dude of the Undead" more in keeping with Norse Mythology.
- Every monster in game will now con purple, regardless of its difficulty in relation to yourself.
- Player base on the new server is expected to be massive, so high end hardware for this extra load has been implemented. We can now handle up to 10 simulataneous connections at peak times.
- Lifetap spells now heal everyone on your friends list who receive the message "You now feel warm and fuzzy"
- Previously the Spirit Master movement rate was causing players to run into walls a lot, so the movement rate regardless of race has been reduced.
NEW ART
- In response to community feedback there are now skull motifs on all buildings and armours available.
- The ingame music has all been changed to Sisters Of Mercy
- In line with Celtic mythology, Hibernian Spirit Pets will carry a golf bag for you and wear Pringle Jumpers. Hibernian Spirit Pets will tee off, er, spawn in Mag Mel, regardless of where they are summoned.
TRADESKILL NOTES
- Training in one craftskill raises your skill in all crafts simultaneously
- There is a new tradeskill, Undersea Basketweaving. Again, this in response to player feedback. Actually finding a use for this will appear in 1.60B
WORLD NOTES
Realm v. Realm - Frontier Keeps
- These have been adjusted so that a lvl 50 Spirit Master that has never spent any of his training points from level 1 can solo one of these successfully. We believe this will provide greater challenge and variety.
NEW COMMANDS
/beer - instantly teleports you to the nearest town with a bar in it at full hitpoints.
/release city - opens the jail in nearest city so that a horde of NPCs spawn and can be engaged or left to kill low level chars.
/stuck - returns your character to last saved position and also gives enough xp to complete current level.
/MUHAHAHA(TM) - Broadcasts an evil laugh in all realms and zones simultaneously.
SIEGE ADJUSTMENTS
- Spirit Pets may now be loaded in as ammo
Version 1.55r Release Notes
Thursday, November 21, 2002
=======================================
SPIRIT MASTER SERVER: ROORIS
To provide the Camelot community with a way to adventure cross-realm with no worries about being killed by other players, we are unveiling our first Spirit Master Server, named Rooris. On this type of server there is no type of character class at all except for Spirit Masters - any members of any realm can group and form guilds together, and everyone can communicate with everyone else but you will all play Spirit Masters.
NEW THINGS AND BUG FIXES
- Hasteners now speed up your spirit pet, if one is summoned.
- Spirit Masters can now wear chain and place armours, though it is hard capped at AF150
- Hit Point tables have been revised so that all characters can now get more than 25 hit points total at lvl50. Some players were complaining about not being able to last more than .000005 seconds in melee combat. This is still under review and may change.
- The pbae dd radius has been increased to make levelling easier. It is now zonewide.
- when you summon your spirit pet, you also summon a hastener that will stick on you.
- lvls 4 and 42 have been removed from the game and instead you jump from 3 to 5 and 41 to 43 respectively when you level.
- The Hand Of Hel lvl50 title has been changed to "Dude of the Undead" more in keeping with Norse Mythology.
- Every monster in game will now con purple, regardless of its difficulty in relation to yourself.
- Player base on the new server is expected to be massive, so high end hardware for this extra load has been implemented. We can now handle up to 10 simulataneous connections at peak times.
- Lifetap spells now heal everyone on your friends list who receive the message "You now feel warm and fuzzy"
- Previously the Spirit Master movement rate was causing players to run into walls a lot, so the movement rate regardless of race has been reduced.
NEW ART
- In response to community feedback there are now skull motifs on all buildings and armours available.
- The ingame music has all been changed to Sisters Of Mercy
- In line with Celtic mythology, Hibernian Spirit Pets will carry a golf bag for you and wear Pringle Jumpers. Hibernian Spirit Pets will tee off, er, spawn in Mag Mel, regardless of where they are summoned.
TRADESKILL NOTES
- Training in one craftskill raises your skill in all crafts simultaneously
- There is a new tradeskill, Undersea Basketweaving. Again, this in response to player feedback. Actually finding a use for this will appear in 1.60B
WORLD NOTES
Realm v. Realm - Frontier Keeps
- These have been adjusted so that a lvl 50 Spirit Master that has never spent any of his training points from level 1 can solo one of these successfully. We believe this will provide greater challenge and variety.
NEW COMMANDS
/beer - instantly teleports you to the nearest town with a bar in it at full hitpoints.
/release city - opens the jail in nearest city so that a horde of NPCs spawn and can be engaged or left to kill low level chars.
/stuck - returns your character to last saved position and also gives enough xp to complete current level.
/MUHAHAHA(TM) - Broadcasts an evil laugh in all realms and zones simultaneously.
SIEGE ADJUSTMENTS
- Spirit Pets may now be loaded in as ammo
