Test Update 04/08/2025 - Patch Notes and Discussions

EQ Dev

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April 8, 2025
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*** Highlights ***

- Added missions to the 26th anniversary content.


*** Items ***

- Added a slight chance for NPCs level 30 or greater in Echo Caverns to drop Spell: Remove Curse.
- "Adopted" metamorph items from crates are now Heirloom.
- Jade-Tinted Spectacles can now be converted into an augmentation version and back again.
- Added new icons for Inert Engrams and Energized Engrams that indicate the level of abilities they award.
- The Fellowship Registration Insignia will now reset its timer if it is in your Teleportation Key Ring and your teleport fails.
- Items that are not equip-able by the character, indicated by a yellow equipment slot, no longer modify the character's stats.
- Dragon's Hoard items should now go with you in a server transfer.


*** Quests & Events ***

- The High Priest (Mission and Raid): Increased the interval between Penance and Purification in both the raid and mission slightly. There will be 3 less calls for these mechanics over the course of the raid event. Most importantly, entering the auras of the Ministers of Punishment or Cleansing with the appropriate debuff will grant a 10 second grace period from their negative effects. However, these auras will now check every 15 seconds and punish anyone in them without the debuff or that are in the grace period.
- The High Priest (Raid): Lowered the HP on the raid NPCs by 10% or less. Added a fix for the failure of the Undelivered achievement at the end of the raid. If there were messengers up when the boss was killed they could trigger an achievement failure. They will not anymore.
- Brood Architect Hazuri (Raid): Added a speculative fix to unripe experiments remaining in the event after a reset.
- Brood Architect Hazuri (Mission and Raid): Increased the delay between Hazuri spawning pools and using the ability linked to those pools. That delay was not present at all in the mission, so we have added it to the mission as well.


*** Spells ***

- Magician - Updated icons for the summoned items Quiver of Drenesh, Folded Quiver of Drenesh, Void Arrow, and Molten Dacite Orb.
- Cleric - Changed the Dissolve Corruption and Cleansing Acquittal lines of spells to allow targeting members of other groups.
- Druid - Changed the Fawnwalker's Breeze line of spells to cure curse counters instead of corruption counters.
- Druid and Shaman - Changed the Chant of the Napaea line of spells to allow targeting members of other groups.
- Shaman - Changed the Blood of Nadox line of spells to allow targeting members of other groups.
- Corrected an issue that caused some ranks of the Aureate's Bane line of spells to not fully remove some ranks of the Cure of Subjugation line of spells.
- Fixed a spell stacking blocker issue that affected spells including Virtue and Talisman of Kragg.
- Fixed a bug that prevented weapon stances from switching correctly.
- Corrected an issue that allowed NPCs to hit through certain defensive abilities such as Fortitude or Voiddance.
- Changing personas should more reliably respect blocked buffs.
- Altered the spell line names for many spell lines.


*** AA ***

- Most Focus AAs, including Synergy AAs, have been updated so that all ranks grant their benefits to every spell in their respective spell lines. AAs that exclusively focus the triggered effects of a spell line have not been updated.


*** Overseer ***

- Added a Mass Convert Agents button to the Agents tab of the Overseer Window. It will convert duplicate agents of one rarity, leaving a specified number of duplicates unconverted (with a minimum of 1 remaining). The same functionality is also available via /overseermassconvert.


*** Progression Servers ***

- Made minor tuning changes to the spell resist system used on Vaniki. Players should resist NPC spells more frequently, and players should land spells on lower level NPCs more frequently.
- Adjusted Mitigation of the Mighty so it appropriately reduces hand-to-hand damage instead of increasing it.


*** Miscellaneous ***

- You must now type the entire command when using /exit or /quit.
- Added a speculative fix for client rendering crashes and performance improvements.
- /queuemelody will no longer be interrupted if you have no target, run out of mana, out of range, or out of line of sight, unless no songs in the melody can be played.
- /queuemelody is now capable of playing the same song consecutively if it has no duration.
- Attempting to teleport to a campfire that was in a zone that is no longer up should now reset the cooldown on your Fellowship Registration Insignia.
- You can now invite players who are in other zones to your guild using the /guildinvite Name command.
- Altered the phrasing of the hidden items component of the 2025 Live Events achievement.
- Fixed a typo in a component of Bristlebane Day: A Cure for Kiroric Mission Challenges achievement.


*** UI ***

- Spell Failures chat messages have been split into Spell Failures (Yours) and Spell Failures (Others).
- When logging in, you will no longer see your entire ignore list in the chat window. You can still see the full list by doing /ignore.
- Fixed a bug where /lootnodrop usable wasn't working properly.
- Resizing the game client window no longer reopens the inventory window if the real estate Plot Items window is open.
- Updated the confirmation message when transferring to a free trade server.

- Changed -

EQUI_OverseerWnd.xml
EQUI_RealEstatePurchaseWnd.xml


*** Previously Updated ***

- Corrected an issue where Lifetime accounts did not receive the AA autogrant.
- Corrected an issue where Marketplace purchases would sometimes not grant the item.
- Fixed spell stacking for cases that include Curse of Subjugation and Weapon Proficiencies.


- The EverQuest Team
 
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Barton Briarbritches

Fizzlethorpe Rules !!
*** Overseer ***

- Added a Mass Convert Agents button to the Agents tab of the Overseer Window. It will convert duplicate agents of one rarity, leaving a specified number of duplicates unconverted (with a minimum of 1 remaining). The same functionality is also available via /overseermassconvert.

- You can now invite players who are in other zones to your guild using the /guildinvite Name command.

Thank Bristlebane, 2 things that have been on the wish list for what seem like forever.

Cheers to the team for these
 

Dippinn

Member
Normally prior to Mischief Expansion releases, we see some items get Quest tags, whether it be progression items (so it doesn't get lost in randomization) or Raid/Group Armor or some important items period, is this something that was just overlooked this time?

Why does this feel like Deja vu
 

Andien_EMarr

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- The High Priest (Mission and Raid): Increased the interval between Penance and Purification in both the raid and mission slightly. There will be 3 less calls for these mechanics over the course of the raid event. Most importantly, entering the auras of the Ministers of Punishment or Cleansing with the appropriate debuff will grant a 10 second grace period from their negative effects. However, these auras will now check every 15 seconds and punish anyone in them without the debuff or that are in the grace period.
To clarify, does the last sentence mean the auras check for successes every 15 seconds as well as failures?
 

Ravanta Suffer

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Normally prior to Mischief Expansion releases, we see some items get Quest tags, whether it be progression items (so it doesn't get lost in randomization) or Raid/Group Armor or some important items period, is this something that was just overlooked this time?

Why does this feel like Deja vu

EoK is the last of the "older" expansions in eqresources list. Then we move into the "old" expansions category. We are growing up. Forgotten about.
 
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Kalamos

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*** Overseer ***

- Added a Mass Convert Agents button to the Agents tab of the Overseer Window. It will convert duplicate agents of one rarity, leaving a specified number of duplicates unconverted (with a minimum of 1 remaining). The same functionality is also available via /overseermassconvert.


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BrutusMax

Member
Yes! more of this! The QoL in this patch is just absolutely outstanding. Please please please keep moving in this direction. As the current curators of the game, this shows a true care in contributing meaningful changes that continue to bring people back to Norrath over and over again.
 

Ravanta Suffer

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I am glad they are finally adding an overseer mass convert. That is something that every server that is level 85 and higher is happy about. That, and the improvement to campfires are great for everyone. But this bread should have been sliced a long time ago.

Especially with the overseer improvement, the feedback should be just simply finally!
 

Petalonyx

Active member
- Most Focus AAs, including Synergy AAs, have been updated so that all ranks grant their benefits to every spell in their respective spell lines. AAs that exclusively focus the triggered effects of a spell line have not been updated.

- Added a Mass Convert Agents button to the Agents tab of the Overseer Window. It will convert duplicate agents of one rarity, leaving a specified number of duplicates unconverted (with a minimum of 1 remaining). The same functionality is also available via /overseermassconvert.

- You can now invite players who are in other zones to your guild using the /guildinvite Name command.
Huge, huge, and huge!!!!!! Thank you for listening!
 
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