Patch Notes Released

BerserkBeast - Sanctuary
BerserkBeast - Sanctuary Posts: 1,417 Arc User
edited October 2012 in General Discussion
http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1398161

Since you can't reply on the original Patch Notes thread you can do it here b:cute


PWI: Reflections Patch Notes
Version 658
Released August 08, 2012

Notice:
- The Territory War changes outlined further below prompted us to research a refund system. More info can be found at: http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1395451
Unfortunately, this refund system is not yet implemented. However, any bids made starting today will be refunded retroactively once the system is in place.

Content
New Zone: Realm of Reflection
- Players may now enter this realm to gain Exp/Spirit automatically by expending Reflective Shards.
- Reflective Shards may be obtained from various repeatable quests and instances, including but not limited to Cube of Fate, Bounty Hunter, Daily Attendance, and Daily Morai Order quests.

New Seasonal Quests
- A new series of quests are available at most major cities for players Lv20-40. Completable daily.

New Purchasable Items in all Morai Orders
- For the cost of Influence, players may now purchase Exp/Spirit/Reputation boost items from any Order.

New PK Event in Morai
- From 19:00 to 22:00 on each Saturday, Lv95+ players who enter Morai will be tasked to take down members of other Orders in a new PK event. If PK is not your cup of tea, there are monsters who may also satisfy the quest's requirements. During this PK event, players will not lose items or Exp due to PK and will not fall into red-name status.
- Lurking in the midst of the carnage is a giant animated teddy bear (designed and developed by your very own US Production team). He holds the egg to a teddy bear cub minipet. Will you be the one to survive the fighting to obtain a Sir Cuddlesworth of your very own?
- A litter of 3 Sir Cuddlesworth eggs may be traded to any Order leader for a full-sized Lord Cuddlesworth minipet.

New Reforge Revert
- An enigmatic forge-wright, named Spirit of the Forge, has made its appearance in Archosaur and provides a new option for players reforging their Lunar & Twilight Temple weapons or Rank 8 Ascended equipment.
- By choosing to reforge with this NPC, players can revert back to their items' original stats should they not desire the new reforged stats. This occurs only after the reforging process and will consume the necessary materials to reforge for each attempt regardless of the player's choice.

New Wedding Ring trade-in
- A alternative fashion set is now an available as a reward for the Ring of Silver Wedding at the Matchmaker Servant.

9 Trials
- Damascene Ore is now a possible reward for completing the 9 Trials on the initial run.
- Subsequent completion of the Trials before it reset yields rewards in greater quantities.

Misc
- Increased Exp/Spirit rewards for Spiritual Cultivation quests up to Lv60.
- Low Level "Starter" quests for Humans, Untamed and Winged Elves increased in Exp & Coins.
- The Damage Ranking functionality has been moved to a new NPC: Lady Cherry in Thousand Streams & Archosaur.


PK Changes
PvP server zone changes
- Players under Lv30 on PvP servers can now be attacked in certain non-safe zones.
- Major cities and instances are unaffected. PvE servers are unaffected.

Territory Wars:
- Bidding now require 10 Million Big Notes, maximum of 99.
- Price to construct of Towers increased to 500,000 coins.
- Base Crystals' Hit Points, damage from Towers, and Number of Turrets all increased.

PK Item Flagging
- When players drop items due to PK death while in red-named state, those items will be flagged for 30 seconds to pick up by the person who killed them. After which they're free for all.


Skill Changes
Assassin
- Spoils of War cooldown reduced to 3 seconds.
- Items dropped via Spoils of War are now flagged for the Assassin for 30 seconds, before changing to free for all.
- New Assassin skill "Keeper of Treasures" grants user immunity to Spoils of War.


Item Changes
- Banquet Reservations duration increased from 24 to 72 hours.
- Rank 8 "Ascended" set bonuses for Wizard and Clerics increased.
- Faction/Squad Signets now usable in Atuin's Blighted Chamber.
- Low level DQ items now vendor for 1 coin.
- Morai Order Teleportation Scrolls cannot be used in combat.


User Interface
- Quest logs will now track up to 8 rewards for quests that grant such.
- Nearby squad members will now appear as blue named on the Squad UI.
- Nearby faction members will now appear as blue dots on the Minimap UI.


Bug Fixes
- Cleric skill Magic Shell is no longer overridden by Dew of Star Protection or Faith buff from Scarlet Axes.
- AEU, Chigo wing: Balance Light / Balance Shadow quests no longer fails if player goes offline or leader changes.
- AEU, Locen wing: quest from Alabaster Transient / Obsidian Transient is now obtainable by only 1 squad member.
- Caster Robes for Rank 9 "Omen" tier set are now obtainable.
- Genie EXP Cubes no longer have incorrect values when sold via a catshop.
The only way to beat a troll is....to troll him back b:angry
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Comments

  • BerserkBeast - Sanctuary
    BerserkBeast - Sanctuary Posts: 1,417 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Can I rage now? 1 coin for lower DQ drops SUCKS!! b:angry b:angry b:angry
    The only way to beat a troll is....to troll him back b:angry
  • _Nerox_ - Dreamweaver
    _Nerox_ - Dreamweaver Posts: 753 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Servers still down? XD
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
    I Miss the old days of PWIb:surrender
  • BerserkBeast - Sanctuary
    BerserkBeast - Sanctuary Posts: 1,417 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Apparently

    I want to known what's the new daily quests are -.-
    The only way to beat a troll is....to troll him back b:angry
  • DreadSea - Raging Tide
    DreadSea - Raging Tide Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Are the servers down yet? i can't log in into the game b:sad
  • BerserkBeast - Sanctuary
    BerserkBeast - Sanctuary Posts: 1,417 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    DreadSea - Raging Tide wrote: »
    Are the servers down yet? i can't log in into the game b:sad

    You mean UP YET b:shocked
    The only way to beat a troll is....to troll him back b:angry
  • Roseary - Sanctuary
    Roseary - Sanctuary Posts: 978 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    DreadSea - Raging Tide wrote: »
    Are the servers down yet? i can't log in into the game b:sad

    They've been down for a while now, haven't you noticed?
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • unohu
    unohu Posts: 34 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    BerserkBeast - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Can I rage now? 1 coin for lower DQ drops SUCKS!! b:angry b:angry b:angry

    Yes it does b:angry

    Yet another way to prevent low levels earning coins ... nice b:puzzled
  • Olee - Dreamweaver
    Olee - Dreamweaver Posts: 185 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    north cost servers are up.
  • BerserkBeast - Sanctuary
    BerserkBeast - Sanctuary Posts: 1,417 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Olee - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    north cost servers are up.

    America have a north coast? b:puzzled
    The only way to beat a troll is....to troll him back b:angry
  • Sparafucile - Harshlands
    Sparafucile - Harshlands Posts: 456 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Maybe after they fix the shards they will start to refine...
    I have Luke Skywalker on a wibble-wobble; your argument is invalid
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
    Some people cause happiness wherever they go, others whenever they go.
    Don't call me a care bear; I don't care whether you can bear me or not

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  • ichinoro
    ichinoro Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Is the server still down, I can't get on! Need my addiction full today!!b:cry My computer did not download any new changes.... HELP MY ADDICTION!!
  • BerserkBeast - Sanctuary
    BerserkBeast - Sanctuary Posts: 1,417 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Hey guys its me or there is no sign of the 8-hours farming time thing in the patch notes?
    The only way to beat a troll is....to troll him back b:angry
  • redred4
    redred4 Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Severs still down for me QQ. I don't want to go back to Xbox360.
  • Aowenn - Archosaur
    Aowenn - Archosaur Posts: 161 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    New Purchasable Items in all Morai Orders
    - For the cost of Influence, players may now purchase Exp/Spirit/Reputation boost items from any Order.

    This i like
  • DreadSea - Raging Tide
    DreadSea - Raging Tide Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    BerserkBeast - Sanctuary wrote: »
    You mean UP YET b:shocked

    Yeah, i mean it... b:surrender
  • Sir_comsizer - Archosaur
    Sir_comsizer - Archosaur Posts: 173 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Skill Changes
    Assassin
    - Spoils of War cooldown reduced to 3 seconds.
    - Items dropped via Spoils of War are now flagged for the Assassin for 30 seconds, before changing to free for all.
    - New Assassin skill "Keeper of Treasures" grants user immunity to Spoils of War.


    Now this is interesting
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • dolomit
    dolomit Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    "- Low level DQ items now vendor for 1 coin." WHY????

    And where are infos about: "And a bunch of other additions, including new mounts, pets"
  • BerserkBeast - Sanctuary
    BerserkBeast - Sanctuary Posts: 1,417 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Where is the 8 hour farming thing in patch notes?
    The only way to beat a troll is....to troll him back b:angry
  • Nenor - Dreamweaver
    Nenor - Dreamweaver Posts: 534 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    BerserkBeast - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Hey guys its me or there is no sign of the 8-hours farming time thing in the patch notes?

    I didnt see anything about a farming timer either. Maybe we got lucky and they removed it...

    Although i am very disappointed they lowered the lower dq items to 1 coin. I feel like this is going to make it hard for any true new player to learn their skills and keep up with gear without forcing them to cashshop, and most new people arent going to put rl money into a game they havent decided they want to hang around and play yet.b:sad
  • Roseary - Sanctuary
    Roseary - Sanctuary Posts: 978 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Sir_comsizer - Archosaur wrote: »
    Skill Changes
    Assassin
    - Spoils of War cooldown reduced to 3 seconds.
    - Items dropped via Spoils of War are now flagged for the Assassin for 30 seconds, before changing to free for all.
    - New Assassin skill "Keeper of Treasures" grants user immunity to Spoils of War.


    Now this is interesting

    -New Assassin skill "Vault Cracker" nullifies the effects of Keeper of Treasures
    -New Assassin skill "Shadow Pocket" grants user immunity to Vault Cracker



    -True Story
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • BerserkBeast - Sanctuary
    BerserkBeast - Sanctuary Posts: 1,417 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    We can hope that the quests coin rewards will be high enough to supply the lack of income of DQ drops....

    ...problem is,DQ drops are unlimited,while quests ARE limited.

    What if someone wanna level slowly getting all the skills ? will probably go bankrupt
    The only way to beat a troll is....to troll him back b:angry
  • ponyduck
    ponyduck Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Roseary - Sanctuary wrote: »
    -New Assassin skill "Vault Cracker" nullifies the effects of Keeper of Treasures
    -New Assassin skill "Shadow Pocket" grants user immunity to Vault Cracker

    New Assassin skill: "Just Cut to the Chase"
    Assassin takes whatever he wants of yours
  • CrimsonLynx - Raging Tide
    CrimsonLynx - Raging Tide Posts: 11 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Nenor - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    I didnt see anything about a farming timer either. Maybe we got lucky and they removed it...

    Although i am very disappointed they lowered the lower dq items to 1 coin. I feel like this is going to make it hard for any true new player to learn their skills and keep up with gear without forcing them to cashshop, and most new people arent going to put rl money into a game they havent decided they want to hang around and play yet.b:sad

    The fatigue timer was all hyped up from assumptions. PWI and China's PW are different. They choose to put it in because they are trying to limit how much people play in one sitting. I'm not saying it won't be implemented later, but I kinda doubt it...the games run very differently.
  • BerserkBeast - Sanctuary
    BerserkBeast - Sanctuary Posts: 1,417 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    CrimsonLynx - Raging Tide wrote: »
    The fatigue timer was all hyped up from assumptions. PWI and China's PW are different. They choose to put it in because they are trying to limit how much people play in one sitting. I'm not saying it won't be implemented later, but I kinda doubt it...the games run very differently.

    Yet they introduced the 1-coin-DQ very nice.... b:angry
    The only way to beat a troll is....to troll him back b:angry
  • Nenor - Dreamweaver
    Nenor - Dreamweaver Posts: 534 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    BerserkBeast - Sanctuary wrote: »
    We can hope that the quests coin rewards will be high enough to supply the lack of income of DQ drops....

    ...problem is,DQ drops are unlimited,while quests ARE limited.

    What if someone wanna level slowly getting all the skills ? will probably go bankrupt

    Im not so confident, heres why:

    - Increased Exp/Spirit rewards for Spiritual Cultivation quests up to Lv60.

    No extra coins there. Just xp/spirit.

    - Low Level "Starter" quests for Humans, Untamed and Winged Elves increased in Exp & Coins.

    This is for the 3 "original" races, to bring them in line with the 2 newest. I'm not sure there were enough in rewards when i made my seeker to learn her skills and upgrade her gears even with the dq coin. Im almost sure i had to funnel her coin from my main to keep up with leveling.

    The problem is to fast leveling, and no coin to upgrade anything. We are going to see alot more people in bhs 69-89 in crappy gear, and now with no skills.
  • laloner
    laloner Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    BerserkBeast - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Where is the 8 hour farming thing in patch notes?

    Obviously not in size=5 letters.
    AKA PermaSpark, Heartshatter
  • shotwhointhewhat
    shotwhointhewhat Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    With the DQ changes, PW is just nerfing low level bots really. I mean, nobody really plays this game the "proper" way anymore. Buy one FC and you will probably bypass DQ drops until they give out coins.

    Not saying I like it, but it is true. PW rather you just level and spend money on gears.
  • BerserkBeast - Sanctuary
    BerserkBeast - Sanctuary Posts: 1,417 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    shotwhointhewhat wrote: »
    With the DQ changes, PW is just nerfing low level bots really. I mean, nobody really plays this game the "proper" way anymore. Buy one FC and you will probably bypass DQ drops until they give out coins.

    Not saying I like it, but it is true. PW rather you just level and spend money on gears.

    Pretty sure I've seen the "Veno-bot-army" in lv.90+ area(Some YouTube video)
    The only way to beat a troll is....to troll him back b:angry
  • shotwhointhewhat
    shotwhointhewhat Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    BerserkBeast - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Pretty sure I've seen the "Veno-bot-army" in lv.90+ area(Some YouTube video)

    Are you saying they didn't reduce DQ value to counter bots?
  • Nenor - Dreamweaver
    Nenor - Dreamweaver Posts: 534 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    shotwhointhewhat wrote: »
    With the DQ changes, PW is just nerfing low level bots really. I mean, nobody really plays this game the "proper" way anymore. Buy one FC and you will probably bypass DQ drops until they give out coins.

    Not saying I like it, but it is true. PW rather you just level and spend money on gears.

    Idk, it just seems to me like pwi is taking up the welcome mat for new players by doing this. Things should be easier to do at low levels, until they get the hang of playing, (and hence get suxed into the game, becoming a full time costumer).
    As the older population slowly fades away for whatever RL issues take them away, there will be noone left to play... new customers are a good thing, you would assume they would be welcomed, not hit in the head with the proverbial welcome mat.

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