Crocodile's Tear Ring
- Up until now, the Crocodile's Tear Ring has been inadvertantly granted to healing classes - the NPC who creates the artifact does not include healing classes in his text dialog, but accepts the artifact pieces anyways. The classes who fall into this category are: Clerics, Friars, Healers, Shaman, Wardens, and Druids. This has led to some balance problems with some healing classes' spells combined with the level 10 ability of that artifact. Instead of removing the Crocodile Tear Ring totally from these classes, we are giving them the chance of keeping the ring, but the level 10 ability for that artifact will not be available for those classes.
- If you are a Cleric, Friar, Healer, Shaman, Warden or Druid that has already activated the Crocodile's Tears Ring and no long wish to keep it, you may return it to Scholars Shamira or Khalial in Albion, Loremistresses Margit or Vendela in Midgard, and Sages Linyive or Narvla in Hibernia. They will give the above classes a locked version of the Crocodile's Tears Ring as well as a copy of Tyrus' Epic Poem so that they may sell or trade these items. Players may only perform this return once.
Traitor's Dagger and Crocodile's Tooth Dagger (Midgard)
- (Midgard) We have added axe versions of both the Traitor's Dagger and the Crocodile's Tooth Dagger. Midgard players will now be given a choice of activating these artifacts as a sword weapon or an axe weapon. For players that have already activated either of these artifacts, they may exchange their sword version for an axe version of the artifact. Please note that any levels/experience the artifact has gained will be lost when it is traded in.
- Loremistress Tyraa and Loremaster Torolf will perform the trade-in for the Traitor's Dagger. Loremaster Trygve and Loremaster Joakim will perform the trade-in for the Crocodile's Tooth Dagger.
Maddening Scalars Gloves (Midgard)
- We are aware of the fact that some Berserkers and Savages received 0 con/70 dur Gloves when they traded their chain version of the Maddening Scalars Gloves in for studded ones. To help fix the problem, we have set up another trade-in for these two classes. Berserkers and Savages with the bugged Maddening Scalars should return to Loremistress Hetha or Loremistress Marga to exchange their Gloves. This exchange may only be done once and any artifact levels/experience gained with the Gloves will be lost. Players activating the Gloves with this patch will not be able to trade in their gloves later on.
Bracelet of Zo'karat (All Realms)
- We have fixed a bug that was allowing all classes to obtain this item, although it is intended for pure casters and healing classes only. A requirement has been added to the Bracelet so that only pure casters and healing classes may equip it. Additionally, only pure casters and healing classes may activate this artifact from now on. Any class that had previously activated the Bracelet of Zo'karat and now cannot use it may return it to one of the following researchers and receive their locked artifact and book back so that they may be traded or sold to another.
Albion - Scholars Margoria or Colene
Midgard - Loremistress Tyraa or Loremaster Torolf
Hibernia - Sages Darragh or Kelleigh
Traldor's Oracle (All Realms)
- We have fixed a bug that was allowing all classes to obtain this item, although it is intended for pure casters and Friars only. Any class that previously activated Traldor's Oracle but cannot use it may return it to one of the following researchers and receive their locked artifact and book back so they may be traded or sold to another. Only pure casters and friars may activate this artifact from now on.
Albion - Scholars Margoria or Colene
Midgard - Loremistress Tyraa or Loremaster Torolf
Hibernia - Sages Darragh or Kelleigh
Aten's Shield (All Realms)
- We have replaced the Golden Flames proc on Aten's Shield with a damage shield. The Golden Flames spell was, under certain cases, causing players to not receive credit for completing encounters. We will be adjusting the spell in a future patch to give this shield a more appropriate ability.
Artifact Notes
- Trials of Atlantis introduced many new area of effect artifacts and abilities that pulse to players within a certain region. Unfortunately, affecting every player in range has proven to be unbalancing and damaging to the game, in many ways. In 1.68, we are introducing limits to the maximum number of players affected by these artifacts and abilities, to give us a balance point that we can use for these abilities.
- The maximum number of player targets affected by Radiant Aura spells is now capped at twenty.
- The Fountain of Health and Fountain of Power spells on Jacina's Sash will now affect a maximum of forty players.
- The Celestial Healing and Herbal Regrowth spells on A Healer's Embrace will now affect a maximum of forty players.
- The Aura of Kings spell on the Spear of Kings will now affect a maximum of twenty players.
- The Zahur's Aura of Magic spell on the Crown of Zahur will now affect maximum of twenty players.
- The Aura of Magic Power spell on the Cloudsong cloak will now affect a maximum of twenty players.
- Players shapechanged by the Band of Stars will no longer be able to right-click remove the effect.
- The Band of Stars will now correctly cast the shapechange, bolt, and debuff portions of the level ten spell.
- The accuracy bonus for the Skill of the Gladiators spell on Battler has been reduced.
- The weapons summoned by the Belt of the Moon will now be lost when the player logs out or dies during daytime. The weapons will remain if the player dies during the nighttime or zones to a new area.
- The weapons summoned by the Belt of the Sun will now be lost when the player logs out or dies during nighttime. The weapons will remain if the player dies during the daytime or zones to a new area.
- The resist bonuses on the cloth version of the Crown of Zahur (Albion) have been raised to 5% to match the other versions.
- The chain version of the Crown of Zahur (Albion) now uses an acuity bonus in place of the piety bonus.
- The Dream Sphere artifact (all 3 realms) has been changed so that it now levels on any mobs killed in ANY Shrouded Isles zone at night.
- The Dream Sphere's self only shapechange spell will no longer be overwritten by the group version.
- The Inversion spell on Eirene's Hauberk has been modified. It will now convert half of the spell damage received into healing. The spell is now set to be a reactive proc and will drop after converting one damage spell.
- The reactive proc on Eirene's Hauberk will now fire correctly during RVR and PVE combat.
- The Ethereal Phoebus Harp can now be equipped in the Ranged slot.
- The Ethereal Phoebus Harp (Hibernia) will now be equipable by Bards and will no longer give the "you have no skill in that weapon" message.
- The Waters of Life spell from A Flask will no longer prevent players from stealthing.
- The Goddess Necklace (all realms) can no longer be held in a weapon slot.
- The Javelins of Flame summoned by the Golden Spear now work as a charged item and will no longer use ground targeting.
- Jacina's Sash will now earn experience from killing Atlantean cyclops in addition to Atlantean sphinxes and enemies from other realms.
- Weary Explorers now have the correct faction settings to allow Kalare's Necklace to gain experience off of hunting them. Additionally, Kalare's Necklace can now earn experience from the following monsters: Lethos the Unifier, Advisor Timanthes, Advisor Zarlanthus, Advisor Gyges, and Advisor Anzelm.
- The Maddening Scalar gloves will now earn experience in the frontier dungeons.
- The Malice weapon proc on the Malice's Axe artifact has been changed to debuff a percentage of the target's buffed stats.
- Mariasha's Sharkskin gloves will now fire both the damage over time and the disease spell correctly.
- Sebak now has an increased chance to drop the Nailah's Robe artifact.
- Radiant Aura (Crocodile Tear Ring level 10 ability) now only works on players and controlled monsters (pets and charmed monsters). Guards and other realm friends will no longer be affected.
- Radiant Aura will now work on controlled monsters after the first pulse (previously pets would not keep up with Radiant Aura'd speed songs).
- The Scepter's Boon spell on the Scepter of the Meritorious will no longer be cancelled when pulsing spells are cancelled. It will also no longer be displayed in the Bonuses window.
- Scepter of the Meritorious is now set to the correct duration and the pulsing effect was removed.
- The Traitor's Dagger now has a higher chance to proc the level five spell. Additionally, the summoned vampiric mist now has an increased chance to cast its lifetap.
- Traldor's Oracle - The Friar version of this artifact has had the melee haste and style damage each reduced by 1%. The piety bonus has been increased by 3.
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