Oooooo 1.78 ^^

[illu]

16k/s download speed hmmmm :/ Looks like it's going to take about an hour - oh well - I suppose enough to read the patch notes and a bit more of "The Da Vinci Code" :> Cracking Book btw, just over half way through, and I never read books usually ^^

I think the servers are still down aren't they anyway?

I take it Roll of Honour will work once we get clustering out of the way?

Right time to read those notes and see the important bits :>

Oli - Illu

PS Giv Patch mirrors!

 

[Jimmi]

99% sure they won't be bringing servers up today, sadly.

 

[Sauruman]

 

[Theseus]

99% sure they won't be bringing servers up today, sadly.

does anyone even recall the last time GOA did something on time ?

there is always a delay, ALWAYS as far as i can remember. Patches, Lagfix, etc
I'm getting a bit sick off this tbh

 

[Konah]

i'll just be happy if i get time to respec RA's at this rate...

 

[Jimmi]

does anyone even recall the last time GOA did something on time ?

there is always a delay, ALWAYS as far as i can remember. Patches, Lagfix, etc
I'm getting a bit sick off this tbh

They should just learn to inform us properly. They prolly now that the servers won't be coming up today. I'd appreciate it so much more if they could atleast just tell us...

 

[mixal]

pfffffffff! till mornin servers will be down

 

[Shar_Reloaded_Ranger]

lol, can't they do something right for once?

 

[illu]

Artifact Repair, New Titles, Shadowstrike Anytime use, Sorc Nerf with SOI+MoC (awww poor sorcs! ), Isle of Agramon, Everyone in SoM Form and Battler usable in combat .

These are pretty much the only bits that interested me being a Middy and a Shadowblade, some interesting times ahead......... give working servers!




Guilds can spend their guild merit points to get up to five merit bonuses.

- The current guild command is "/gc buff <type>", where type is: artifact, crafting, rps, xp or mlxp.
Merit bonuses cost 1000 guild merit points and will be applied to everyone in the guild. The bonus provided to the guild by the merit point system, as noted in /gc info, lasts 24 hours.

- Guild members must have permission from the GM in order to select bonuses for the guild. ("/gc edit <rank num> buff Y" would be the command to allow a certain rank permission to grant the guild bonus buffs.)

- The bonuses available to be granted to a guild are:
Master Level Experience Bonus - 20%
Craft Haste Bonus - 5%
Artifact Experience Bonus - 5%
Realm Point Bonus - 2%
PvE Experience Bonus - 5%

Social Window

/gc edit <rank> note <y or n>

To buy and summon a guild banner, a player must meet the following requirements:

- Use the "Buy" and "Summon" buttons on the social interface or use the "/gc buybanner" and "/gc summon" commands.

Midgard Classes associated with each banner
- Spell Resist: Spiritmaster, Bonedancer, Runemaster, Warlock.
- Melee Resist: Warrior, Berserker, Savage.
- Crowd Control: Shadowblade, Hunter, Valkyrie, Thane.
- Haste: Healer, Shaman, Skald.

SINGLE LINE RESPECS

- - Players can now purchase a single line respec anywhere in the game world by using the "/respec buy" command. Using "/respec buy" will only allow the player to buy a single line respec if they do not already have one.

- We have created and placed on the Camelot Herald a chart detailing the specific costs in gold for respecs available through the new respec system. Please visit this link to view the chart: http://www.camelotherald.com/documentation/respec-costs.php.

ARTIFACT DURABILITY REPAIR

- Durability loss has now been removed from artifacts. Once repaired at a smith, all artifacts will be reset to full durability and will no longer lose durability.

- Condition loss on artifacts will still occur. Artifacts will now cost significantly more than standard weapons, armour and items to get the condition repaired.

- Note that when repairing an artifact for the first time, durability loss will figure into the initial cost, as well as condition.

NEW TITLE ADDITIONS

- We have added titles for achievements in the following areas:

Deathblow Count - The number of deathblows scored against enemy players in RvR.
Dragon Kills - The number of times a player has participated in killing the epic dragon in the player's realm.
Epic Dungeon Completion - The number of times a player has participated in killing one of the following monsters: Olcasgean, Apocalypse or King Tuscar.
Solo Kills - RvR kills on which a player has scored a vast majority of the realm points.

- Note that all new titles are granted based on achievements made after 1.76 goes live. Players will not receive credit for the listed achievements for any activity prior to 1.76 going live.

Using the mez feedback or stun feedback buff on Ceremonial Bracers and Gem of Lost Memories will no longer put the player in combat.

Oil and ram interaction has been altered. Properly timed boiling oil attacks (poured while a ram is attacking the door beneath the oil pot) will now hit the ram, and players on the ram will take damage accordingly.

Realm Ability Changes

- We have increased the amount of crowd control duration reduction for each level of Determination. The new values for each level of Determination are as follows:
Determination 1: 4% reduction to crowd control duration
Determination 2: 8% reduction to crowd control duration
Determination 3: 20% reduction to crowd control duration
Determination 4: 38% reduction to crowd control duration
Determination 5: 55% reduction to crowd control duration

Shadowblade

- The night-time only restriction from the realm rank 5 ability, Shadowstrike, has been removed.

- Shield of Immunity can no longer be used when Mastery of Concentration is activated and vice versa. Due to this change, Sorcerers have been stripped of the Mastery of Concentration realm ability and their points refunded upon login so they may repurchase this ability if they choose to do so.

Critical Strike Style Changes

- The bleed effect on Stunning Stab has been changed to stack (instead of overwrite) with the bleed effect from Perforate Artery.

- Leaper has had its effect changed from a bleed to a slow (combat speed debuff).

- The bleed effect on Ripper will now stack (instead of overwrite) with the bleed effect from Hamstring.

THE ISLE OF AGRAMON

We are proud to announce the addition of the center island, Agramon, to New Frontiers in Dark Age of Camelot. The purpose of this center island is to allow all realms to participate in RvR at a central location that is easy to access, and to allow easier movement between all three realms. Set in the middle of the North Sea, Agramon, a place of varying terrain, landmarks and wide open fields, places the battlefield in the front yard of each realm's beachhead keep.

The Shades of Mist spell, Greater Shadeform, will now correctly be removed when the shadeform is shift right-click removed.

The Battler's absorption debuff will now be usable in combat.

Oli - Illu

 

[Spetsnaz]

its slow download ...
nice stuff it seems (det looks cool and soi+moc nerf ye!!!)

 

[Annisa]

lol, can't they do something right for once?

Rofl I wunder what the GOA definition is about "this slightly delay".
Remember GOA doesnt have a bad customersupport only bad customers. And yes I am beiing cynical here!

 

[Fenderon]

and yet other games have weekly downtime for maintanance etc? go play those instead

 

[Logann]

I think the main problem here is communication.
The phrases "slight delay" and claims of servers opening afternoon and then evening only fuel peoples anger.
tbh if I was told that the servers were down for 24 or 48 hours then I would be slightly less pissed off.
If I was this in-effecient at my job I would be in the shite so why should GOA be any different.
Talk about biting the hand that feeds you

 

[Ging]

and yet other games have weekly downtime for maintanance etc? go play those instead

yes and they are in beta

 

[Fenderon]

yes and they are in beta

never played SWG myself.. or maybe it was EQ ... but some popular game was taken down every morning to take backup..

edit: a friend says they take down the WoW servers once a week for maintanance.. if there is a patch or not.

when is the last time Excalibur was down?

 

[Legaen]

Oh well

 

[Chimaira]

If its so slow here why dont you patch US servers and change back to EU update and get like a 1-5 mb patch instead? since you will get it all nearly and a little more using the Us patch?

Thats what I do on US when its patch day and I get 400 byte/s I just get pendragon patch