PATCH: December 20 & 23 – Aspect Support Items, Winterlands fixes, Murderer Updates and more!

Read below for the latest patch notes:

Murderer IP Dungeon Restrictions

• Fixed several issues that were preventing players currently under a Murderer Restriction from attacking ANY player (they should only be restricted from attacking Blue players)
• Fixed an issue where a player sometimes would not receive a Murderer Restriction when they should have
• Dungeon and Wilderness Restrictions should show factor in MAH (Multi Account Households) IP Sharing
• We have adjusted the durations of our Dungeon and Wilderness restrictions implemented in our last patch
• Additionally, all player’s Long Term murder counts have been wiped, and their Short Term Murder Counts reduced to 5

When a Murderer is killed at a Dungeon location

• They receive an IP-wide restriction preventing them from entering that dungeon for the next 2 hours
• They receive an IP-wide restriction preventing them from entering all other dungeons for the next 15 minutes

When a Murderer is killed at a Wilderness (non-Dungeon and non-Town) location

• They receive an IP-wide restriction preventing them performing hostile actions to other players in the Wilderness for the next 2 hours
• They receive an IP-wide restriction preventing them from entering all dungeons for the next 15 minutes

Aspect Kits

• Players can now convert any excess Aspect Kits they have (most likely gained from our recent Aspect Activation refund) into their original ingredients at the Prevalian Exchange Officer in Prevalia

Notoriety

• Fixed a Party-related issue where players would sometimes turn Green to other players unintentionally

Parties

• Fixed an issue where Experience Sharing was not always dividing equally
• “Resurrections” are now tracked per party

Aspect Support Items

• Players may now craft Aspect Support Items such as Weapon Oil, Spell Foci, Arrow, and Bolt Bundles
• Aspect Support Items, when activated, provide a damage boost to players against creatures while wielding Aspect Weapons or Aspect Spellbooks
• Additionally, Aspect Support Items will also increase the chance for a player to trigger Aspect Weapon/Spellbook Specials if the item’s Aspect matches the Aspect of the weapon or spellbook being wielded
• For example, a player wielding a Fire Halberd could carry a Poison Weapon Oil with them and gain the damage bonus from it, but would not gain a bonus to triggering Aspect Weapon Specials (because their aspects do not match)

• In order to use an Aspect Support Item, players must have it in their backpack and double-click it to “Activate” it
• Players can only have one Aspect Support Item of each type activated at any time, and must keep them in their backpack to receive the benefit from them
• Players must have an Aspect Weapon or Aspect Spellbook (explained below) equipped to gain the benefit from an Aspect Support Item
• Aspect Support Items will lose charges at the same rate that the the player loses Arcane Essence for wielding Aspect Weapons / Aspect Spellbooks
• Players can double-click an activated Aspect Support Item to “Deactivate” it (and no longer receive the benefit from it or lose charges from it)

Aspect Weapon Oil

• Crafted with Alchemy
• Increases PvM Melee Damage by 10% when wielding an Aspect Weapon of any aspect
• Increases chance of an triggering an Aspect Weapon Special by 50% of normal if Weapon Oil’s Aspect matches the user’s Weapon’s Aspect
• Loses 1 charge whenever player burns an Arcane Essence from Aspect Weapon usage

Aspect Spell Foci

• Crafted with Inscription
• Increases PvM Spell Damage by 10% when wielding an Aspect Spellbook of any aspect
• Increases chance of an triggering an Aspect Spellbook Special by 50% of normal if Spell Foci’s Aspect matches the user’s Spellbook’s Aspect
• Loses 1 charge whenever player burns an Arcane Essence from Aspect Spellbook usage

Aspect Arrow Bundle

• Crafted with Carpentry
• Increases PvM Melee Damage by 20% when wielding an Aspect Bow of any aspect
• Increases chance of an triggering an Aspect Weapon Special by 50% of normal if Arrow Bundle’s Aspect matches the user’s Bow’s Aspect
• Loses 1 charge whenever player burns an Arcane Essence from Aspect Weapon usage

Aspect Bolt Bundle

• Crafted with Carpentry
• Increases PvM Melee Damage by 20% when wielding an Aspect Crossbow or Aspect Heavy Crossbow of any aspect
• Increases chance of an triggering an Aspect Weapon Special by 50% of normal if Bolt Bundle’s Aspect matches the user’s Crossbow’s Aspect
• Loses 1 charge whenever player burns an Arcane Essence from Aspect Weapon usage

Tamed Creatures

• Tamed Creatures who are teleported (via Recall/Gate/Moongate) will default to “Follow” mode

Antiquity Manifests

• Fixed an issue where players viewing an Antiquity Manifest would not see the correct amount of their Registered Antiquities per Category

Tinker Floor Traps
We have revised the handling on the patch’s restriction’s for Tinker Floor Traps

Tinker Floor Traps can now damage as many creatures as possible in their range of effect unless they occur at any of the following locations/scenarios:

A Protected Event Area (such as Halloween Field of Souls event area / Winterlands event area)
A Shrine Corruption Event
Any Boss Event (Mini-Bosses, Bosses, Omni-Bosses, Event Bosses)

At these locations, Tinker Floor Traps will only affect up to 5 creatures each unless more than 10 creatures on the screen at once, at which point the maximum number of creatures that can be effected becomes ((Total Creatures on Screen / 2) rounded up)

For example, if 7 creatures are on screen at a Boss event, a Tinker Trap can only damage up to 5 of them
If 11 creatures are on screen at a Shrine Corruption event, a Tinker Trap can damage up to 6 of them
If 13 creatures are on screen at an Omni Boss event, a Tinker Trap can damage up to 7 of them
And so on…

PATCH DECEMBER 23:

Winterlands

• Winterlands Tickets now drop at a slightly higher rate
• Player’s Aggression lists will be correctly wiped when leaving the Winterlands region
  • This will prevent guard-whacking on re-entry to towns
• Train Tracks will no longer remain green when indicating a track completion issue
• Releasing a Train Track will now cause a running train to stop in fear of derailment
• Fixed an issue with Train Coal being unable to be added to Train Engines

General Fixes

• Players are now only ineligible for loot and rankings on Bosses if they have been dead longer than 5 minutes
  • Previously, all dead players were ineligible
• Fixed various bugs with Strangelands kill credits randomly being awarded in unrelated PvP events
• Improved the New Player Welcome Screen

Aggression Restrictions

• Dying while participating in a PvP event will no longer trigger Aggression Restrictions

Performance

• Save times have been greatly reduced again

Winterlands

• Winterlands Tickets now drop at a slightly higher rate
• Player’s Aggression lists will be correctly wiped when leaving the Winterlands region
  • This will prevent guard-whacking on re-entry to towns
• Train Tracks will no longer remain green when indicating a track completion issue
• Releasing a Train Track will now cause a running train to stop in fear of derailment
• Fixed an issue with Train Coal being unable to be added to Train Engines

General Fixes

• Players are now only ineligible for loot and rankings on Bosses if they have been dead longer than 5 minutes
  • Previously, all dead players were ineligible
• Fixed various bugs with Strangelands kill credits randomly being awarded in unrelated PvP events
• Improved the New Player Welcome Screen

Aggression Restrictions

• Dying while participating in a PvP event will no longer trigger Aggression Restrictions

Performance

• Save times have been greatly reduced again