Publish 68 Notes - 10/12/10

Adventure on the High Seas Booster Pack

Below are the new features associated with the High Seas Booster pack Entitlement

New Ship Types

• Gargoyle and Tokuno Ships can be purchased at the Sea Market.
• An Orc Ship is given as a quest item; you will receive the deed in pieces.
• Row boats – Temporary boat that moves at a very slow speed, can be deployed from deep sea.
• You will only be allowed to have one boat placed at a time – Pre High Seas boats will continue to function until they are dry-docked.

Ship Weapons

• Multi-step firing system
• 4 new ship ammo types  -
  • Cannon ball – damages ships and Scalis
  • Grape shot – wide area, anti-personnel damage
  • Frost/Flame cannon ball – damages ships and deals AOE damage near point of impact
• Cannon and ammo crafting

Ship Damage States and Ship Repair

• Ships have two damage states the first state slows you down and the second state will stop your boat till you do repairs
• Emergency Repairs  will temporarily  let your boat move at a very slow speed
• Sail near shore or the Sea Market to perform Permanent Repairs to your boat

NPC Pirate and Merchant Ships

• Unique Crews and loot
• Bounty Board can be found at the Sea Market  for the Pirates
• Listen carefully to the NPCs  (at the Sea Market only)  for clues for  finding pirates

Ship Tracking

• Not based on any skill
• Will track up to five (5) ships that are nearby.
• Say “start tracking” to begin tracking ships for one minute

Boat Paints

• Purchased at the Sea Market  - can add up to 5 coats of paint to vary color of boat.  This is a temp paint  that wears off every two (2) weeks to a lighter shade.

20% House and Bank storage increase

• If you have all the previous increases you would have a total of 60% House and 40% Bank increase

New ship Controls

• Access by dbl clicking on rope
• Pilot NPC on ships have menu for levels of general access
• Click on specific players for individual access control

Fishing Updates

• New fish

  • Barracuda
  • Grouper
  • Great Barracuda
  • Yellowtail Barracuda
  • Fire Fish
  • Giant Koi
  • Reaper Fish
  • Crystal Fish
  • Summer Dragonfish
  • Fairy Salmon
  • Lava Fish
  • Autumn Dragonfish
  • Holy Mackerel
  • Unicorn Fish
  • Stone Crab
  • Spider Crab
  • Blue Lobster
  • Kingfish
  • Blue Marlin
  • Black Marlin
  • Stone Fish
  • Zombie Fish
  • Golden Tuna
  • Giant Samurai Fish
  • Spring Dragonfish
  • Abyssal Dragonfish
  • Winter Dragonfish
  • Lantern Fish
  • Dungeon Pike
  • Seeker Fish
  • Tunnel Crab
  • Void Crab
  • Void Lobster
  • Blood Lobster
  • Dread Lobster
  • Lantern Fish
  • Dungeon Pike
  • Bull Fish
  • Seeker Fish

• 16 New Buffs

  • Unicorn Fish Pie – Increase to Stamina Regeneration
  • Holy Mackerel Pie – Increase to Mana Regeneration
  • Yellowtail Barracuda Pie – Increase to HP Regeneration
  • Spider Crab Pie – Increase to Focus Skill
  • Autumn Dragonfish Pie – Increase to Meditation Skill
  • Lava Fish Pie – Increase Soul Charge Ability
  • Fairy Salmon Pie – Increase to Casting Focus
  • Summer Dragonfish Pie- Increase Spell Damage
  • Bull Fish Pie – Increase Melee Damage
  • Cyrstal Fish Pie – Soak Energy Damage
  • Reaper Fish Pie – Soak Poison Damage
  • Blue Lobster Pie – Soak Cold Damage
  • Stone Crab Pie – Soak Physical Damage
  • Fire Fish Pie – Soak Fire Damage
  • Giant Koi Pie – Increase Defense Chance
  • Gian Barracuda Pie – Increase Hit Chance

  All the named fish listed below can be used for Trophies:

  • Unicorn Fish
  • Lava Fish
  • Blue Marlin
  • Black Marlin
  • Autumn Dragonfish
  • Summer Dragonfish
  • Spring Dragonfish
  • Winter Dragonfish
  • Abyssal Dragonfish
  • Ice Dragonfish
  • Rainbow fish
• 2 new unique fish wall mounts – Marlin and Dragonfish.
  • Unicorn Pie
  • Holy Mackerel Pie
  • Yellowtail Barracuda Pie
  • Spider Crab Pie
  • Autumn Dragonfish Pie
  • Lava Fish Pie
  • Fairy Salmon Pie
  • Summer Dragonfish Pie
  • Bull Fish Pie
  • Cyrstal Fish Pie
  • Reaper Fish Pie
  • Blue Lobster Pie
  • Stone Crab Pie
  • Fire Fish Pie
  • Giant Koi Pie
  • Gian Barracuda Pie
• New cooking recipes
• Location specific fishing

Sea Market

• Fish Monger collects rare fish for rewards
• Dockmaster loads/unloads your ship for a fee
• Pirate bounty board
• New merchants

Boss Encounters

Osiredon the Scalis Enforcer

• Use Fabled Fishing nets for a chance to summon Scalis (warning- bring a group).  Scalis can be summoned in any deep water.
• In addition to the new artifacts you have a chance of finding a One Tile Soulforge deed
• SOT’s specific to the facet

Corgul the Soulbinder Island Encounter

• Sacrifice a map to the alter in Coventus to get directions to the island.
• The following Handbooks will drop in the top attackers backpacks or banks, the top 6 in Trammel and the top 12 in Fel.
• Corgul's Handbook on Mysticism - Mysticism Spellbook
  • LRC 20
  • LMC 10
  • Mana Regen
  • Defense Chance Increase 5
• Corgul’s Handbook on the Undead – Necromancy Spellbook
  • LRC 20
  • LMC 10
  • Mana Regen 3
  • Defense Chance Increase 5
• Corgul’s Enchanted Sash
  • Defense Chance Increase 5
  • Stamina Increase 1
• In addition to the above items Corgul has a chance to drop the original animated Field of Blades as a deco item.
• SOT’s specific to the facet

New Artifacts on Scalis and Corgul

 Leviathan Hide Bracers -

• Leather Sleeves
• Stamina Regen 2
• Mana Regen 2
• Casting Focus 2
• Lower Reagent Cost 10
• Lower Mana Cost 8
• Intelligence Bonus 6
• Resists add to leather base ( +2 PHys, +5 Fire, +7 cold , + 10 Poison, +11 Energy)
• Cannot imbue.

Ring of the Soulbinder

• Lower Reagent Cost 10
• Faster CAsting 1
• Faster CAst Recovery 3
• Defense Chance Increase 15
• Spell Damage Increase 10
• Mana Regen 2
• cannot imbue

Helm of Vengeance – Norse Helm

• Mana Regen 3
• Reflect Physical 30
• Hit Chance Increase 7
• Lower Mana Cost 8
• Weapon damage increase 10
• Resists add to leather base ( +7 PHys, +9 Fire, +710cold , + 3 Poison, +6 Energy)

Rune engraved Peg leg - Club

• HP  regen 3
• Swing Speed Increase 30
• Hit Chance increase 5
• Hit Lower Defense 40
• Hit Lighting 40
• Damage Increase 50
• Chaos Damage

Illustrious Wand of Thundering Glory

• Damage Increase 50%
• Hit Chance increase 5%
• Hit Lighting 40%
• Spell Channeling No Penalty
• Chaos Damage 100%
• (On Use: It Does Nothing!)

Enchanted Coral Bracelet

• HP Increase 5
• Faster Casting 1
• Faster Cast Recovery 3
• Hit Chance Increase 5
• Defense Chance Increase 15
• Mana Regeneration 1
• Spell Damage Increase 10

 Smiling Moon Blade

• Hit Fireball 45
• Hit Lowe rDefense 40
• Swing Speed Increase 30
• Mana Drain 10
• Cold 100
• Damage Increase 45
• Battle Lust

The Culling Blade

• Hit Lower Defense 40
• Hit MAna Drain 30
• Hit Drain fatigue 30
• swing speed increase  20
• Chaos Damage
• Damage Increase 50

Level 7 Treasure Chests

• These maps can be found in Level 6 treasure chests, in the pirates hold and a rare chance on one of the boss mobs.  You will see a few new creatures and lots of booty ! This is not a solo encounter.

Non Entitlement Features

Boat Mouse Control

• Double-click the tiller or wheel of your boat to initiate mouse control
• Can turn, drift, and sail at two speeds
• Can use Mouse Control on classic boats by speaking to your tillerman

Smooth Boat Movement

• Boats now travel smoothly across the ocean in the Classic client and Enhanced Client

Bug Fixes

• Gargoyles can use throwing weapons on Archery Buttes
• Can now use natural dyes on Gargish Jewelry
• Gargish Wing Armor can now be salvaged
• Players can extinguish Large Candelabras now while locked down
• Using Animate Dead on Navrey will not cause the corpse to disappear
• Replaced Haochi the Samurai Guildmaster in New Haven
• Fixed an issue with Greater Dragons being tamed under the effects of a buff or debuff