Patch Notes/2004-09-30

9.30.04

City Zones

• The Hollows: Changed the position of the contacts Julius the Troll and Flux. They should be easier to get to now.
• Boomtown: the Monster Babbage is now spawning correctly in this zone.

Badges

• Fixed the Head of the Hydra badge. It is now awarded correctly.

Powers

• Fixed Devouring Earth Plant resistance (was taking double damage to fire).
• Fixed Devouring Earth Mushroom resistance (was taking double damage to lethal).
• Modified (toned down) Outcast powers (Lts and Bosses).
• Modified (toned down) Troll powers (Lts and Bosses).
• Limited Tsoo's availability of Caltrops
• Improved Clear Mind duration to 90 seconds. Allowed stacking and improvement over level. (updated help text).
• Fixed bug with Medicine/Stimulant. Duration was longer than Clear Mind and is now 60 seconds. Allowed stacking and improvement over level. (updated help text).
• Reduced duration of Rikti communications officer\ss portal.
• Fixed (Increased) Hamidon Heal and Travel Enhancements.
• Fixed Spines/Ripper system chat message. System chat reported Ripper did smashing damage, but it really does Lethal.
• Fixed short help for Elude (it still said it was a toggle though it is a Click power now).
• Modified Hamidon.
• Modified Sewer Kraken Defense.
• Doubled the Duration of Discipline, Strength of Will and Iron Will Inspirations.
• More f/x changes to Blizzard (no change to power with this change, just visual f/x).
• Fixed an inaccuracy in damage calculation which could give pet owners who heal their pets XP when their pets are killed

Chat UI

• Split Combat and System channels into multiple new channel categories.

Game Stability

• Fixed bug which caused players to occasionally crash out of the game when trading with Ghost.
• Fixed bug with Info window which could crash the client if the user requested target had changed before the server got the request (dying villain, mapmoving player).
• Fixed rare crash which could occur if the Search Window was in use.

Missions

• Changed the first task of the Sister Psyche Task Force mission.
• Changed the first task of the Synapse Task Force mission.
• Changed the first task of the Bastion Task Force mission
• Fixed a bug affecting some missions that prevented players other than the one originally assigned the mission from being given rewards for completing the mission.
• Fixed bugs causing villains to jump through walls on many mission maps, often making missions impossible to complete.

Respec

• Fixed a bug that prevented players with certain network configurations from being able to complete the Respec procedure.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the client to crash after a player completed the Respec procedure.