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Scheduled Downtime for Update - 11th of January

Postby Gert » 10 Jan 2012, 16:57

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The EU servers will come down for Update 3.2 on 11th of January at 09:00 GMT (http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/).

The downtime is scheduled to last 6 hours.


This is the House of Crom launch along with fixes for the recent lag and Community Server problems.
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Scheduled Downtime for Update - 11th of January

Postby Magman » 11 Jan 2012, 07:37

We are sure this is the House of Crom!

On test live it seems to be not so ready.

Damm, I can't really play the rest of the week, this is bad!
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Scheduled Downtime for Update - 11th of January

Postby Gert » 11 Jan 2012, 10:40

3.2 Update notes:

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House of Crom

Update 3.2 introduces the House of Crom, an ancient temple built by the Atlanteans - locked away for thousands of years within the Eiglophian Mountains, undisturbed by the people of Cimmeria. But the temple has recently been defiled by a group of Vanir excavators. Hungry for lost treasures, they delved deep, unaware of the myriad of dangers that have survived the millennia.

House of Crom is made up of two vast dungeons. One social dungeon that supports multiple groups at the same time, and one six man dungeon. These areas are the largest indoor dungeons we have created to date, and there is a lot of great gameplay and encounters crammed into the ancient halls.

Threshold of Divinity is a social dungeon for up to four six-player groups for max level characters with nine separate encounters. From the frozen halls of the dead, where those who died raising the temple sleep the eternal rest, to the ritual chambers of Atlantean priests, the players will unravel a haunting story of eldritch horror and foreboding. Sent to aid the Cimmerians in driving out the Vanir desecrators, they will fight enemies both old and new, solve ancient mysteries, and learn the truth behind the House of Crom and what happened there.

The Vile Nativity, on the other hand, is a six-player group dungeon for max level players. There are seven encounters in all: two of them optional. From the long-forgotten library where the Atlantean scholars once studied, to the treasury room where the wealth of Atlantis was locked away, we are offering players a dungeon rich in lore and storytelling. Those who seek it could perhaps even learn snippets of the Atlantean language for themselves, unlocking even more clues into the history of the fall of Atlantis.

You can find entrances to the House of Crom in both Fields of the Dead and the Eiglophian Mountains. The entrance in Field of the Dead will take you to the social part of the dungeon, while the entrance in Eiglophian may be more convenient for those wishing to dive right into the team instance.

You can read more about House of Crom in this article on the official Age of Conan website.


GENERAL

Fixed some memory leaks on the Community Server. This should result in groups and raids not automatically disband as frequent anymore and should also help with disappearing friends lists and guild lists.

CLASSES

Mages

Clarified the description of Misdirection found in the mage General feat tree.

Herald of Xotli

Updated the particle-effects for Hellfire Breath to be more in line with the name and description of the spell.
Sound-effects on Hellfire Breath spell have been corrected.

Necromancer

Frozen Hatred's Chill should now work like other snares.

QUESTS

There is a new quest available in Ardashir Fort called "Ancient Letters."
Ardashir "Bite of the Dragon": The quest should now progress correctly when handing in the herbs and berries to Piran.

PETS

The Ivory Ravager of Jhil should no longer change color after zoning.

ITEMS

Crafted items should no longer disappear from the tradepost.
There are new inventory items available in the in-game store which expand the inventory space by 10, 25, 50 or 100 slots.
Fixed clipping issues on all tiers of Tamarian Tigers medium rogue armor for both male and female characters. This also fixes clipping issues with Pirate Bandana and Marauder's Bandana on male characters and Freebooter's Jerkin of the Elder Bond and other armors using the same look.

Veteran Items

New Veteran Paths to Coast of Ardashir and Paikang have been added to the Veteran Vendor.
Descriptions to all Veteran Path items in the Veteran Shop have been added.
Veteran vendors now offer a large new bag called "Veteran's Haversack" in exchange for veteran tokens.
Lowered the Veteran Token Sell Price of Marks of Acclaims and Simple Trophies.
Lowered the re-use time of the Veteran Path to Shaulun by 1 hour.

GUI

Options changed in the patcher should now always be saved correctly and not need a restart of the patcher to be applied.
Custom Key bindings should no longer reset when you log out. For this to work correctly you need to let the logout timer finish completely.
The tooltip for the PvP level should now correctly state that level 10 is the highest, not 5.

RAIDS AND GROUP ENCOUNTERS

General

Significantly increased the amount of Mastery Points gained from killing raid bosses.
Hate Rating stats on Raid Tier 3.5 items have been tweaked.
Adjusted item stats on Raid Tier 4 items.

Bat of Nergal

The Bat of Nergal's health has been lowered by roughly 10%.
The Root spell's damage element has been reduced by roughly 50%.
The chat log should no longer be spammed with "Bat of Nergal Died."

PVP

Minigames

The minigame timer is no longer reset for everyone if another player rejoins the minigame queue.

Battlekeep

Fixed an issue that sometimes reset the battlekeep build timers when the servers were restarted.
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Scheduled Downtime for Update - 11th of January

Postby Magman » 11 Jan 2012, 11:45

Yay!!!

new inventory spaces!!!!!

Veteran Items
New Veteran Paths to Coast of Ardashir and Paikang have been added to the Veteran Vendor.
Descriptions to all Veteran Path items in the Veteran Shop have been added.
Veteran vendors now offer a large new bag called "Veteran's Haversack" in exchange for veteran tokens.
Lowered the Veteran Token Sell Price of Marks of Acclaims and Simple Trophies.
Lowered the re-use time of the Veteran Path to Shaulun by 1 hour.

I wonder how much will 100 (2 more pages) of inventory space will cost.
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Scheduled Downtime for Update - 11th of January

Postby Gert » 11 Jan 2012, 12:35

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The EU servers are now available again.


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First Zoning into House of Crom

Please note that the first time you enter one of the House of Crom instances it might take several minutes to load the instance. Visiting there after the first time should take considerably less time to load.


Patch is (around) 12.9MB+90.1MB+15.7MB+1.04GB
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Scheduled Downtime for Update - 11th of January

Postby Kyynelkeiju » 11 Jan 2012, 12:57

Gert wrote:3.2 Update notes:
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RAIDS AND GROUP ENCOUNTERS

General

Significantly increased the amount of Mastery Points gained from killing raid bosses.
Hate Rating stats on Raid Tier 3.5 items have been tweaked.
Adjusted item stats on Raid Tier 4 items.

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This is interesting.... Especially for ToS Tier 3.5 and Tier 4 items have been "trade upgrades". I mean they used to have good general stats, but still faction gear provided better stats for specific purpose. Need to review those when more info is available.
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Scheduled Downtime for Update - 11th of January

Postby Gert » 11 Jan 2012, 17:27

Magman wrote:Yay!!!

new inventory spaces!!!!!

Veteran Items
New Veteran Paths to Coast of Ardashir and Paikang have been added to the Veteran Vendor.
Descriptions to all Veteran Path items in the Veteran Shop have been added.
Veteran vendors now offer a large new bag called "Veteran's Haversack" in exchange for veteran tokens.
Lowered the Veteran Token Sell Price of Marks of Acclaims and Simple Trophies.
Lowered the re-use time of the Veteran Path to Shaulun by 1 hour.

I wonder how much will 100 (2 more pages) of inventory space will cost.


Tarib US Forums wrote:In the in-game store click on "New Items". You will then see the "Box of Twisted Ambits" (+97 slots) and the "Coffer of Nullity" (+122 slots).

The update notes seem to be incorrect in that regard as there are no other new items available that offer +10 etc. additional slots. We will correct this in the update notes to make it clear.
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