Publish 2000 (Changes & Fixes)
Changes and Fixes Jul 10 2000 5:05PM CST The following updates and changes have been updated to all shards:
To provide an easy way for players to recognize official OSI volunteers (including counselors and seers) without accessing being required to look at their paperdolls or clothing, volunteer names will now appear in purple above their heads. This change will not affect companion names. The mass dispel spell will now have a chance to successfully dispel high level creatures. The mindblast spell will now correctly assess damage based on the target’s stats, and will ignore any melee related bonuses. The reactive armor spell will now work correctly when battling an opponent that is carrying a shield. Poisons will now deal damage in a balanced manner for all levels of poison. The strength of the poison spell will now be based on the caster’s poisoning and magery skills. Spell damage dealt by wands and staffs will be increased. All vendors will no longer spout nonsense if given gold while they are teaching a skill. All vendors will now make change if given an incorrect amount of gold as payment for teaching. Wandering healers will become stronger and more difficult to kill. The inscription skill will now check for a spellbook in the hands of a player attempting to scribe, before looking in their backpack. Failing to scribe a scroll will no longer result in mana loss. When a keyring is locked down, any keys in the keyring will also be locked down. The individual keys will be counted in the total number of lockdowns available in a house. Additionally, once this publish is active, you will need to unlock and re-lockdown the key ring for this to take effect. Gaining lumberjacking skill will now be easier to do while lumberjacking, rather than in combat. Gaining mining skill at higher ranks will be easier. The color of locked-down dye tubs will no longer be changeable. You will be required to unlock a dye tub to change the dye color. You will no longer be able to place a boat in a dungeon. Additionally, any boats located in dungeons immediately following the publish will be deleted. It is extremely important to remove any boats from dungeons prior to this release. We will provide an additional reminder before publishing this change. (This change is currently active on the Hokuto, Izumo, Yamato, and Wakoku shards.) Gaining skill at higher levels in Cartography will be easier. To transfer a pet securely, you will be required to initiate the pet transfer prior to opening the secure trade window. On the Felucca facet, only the treasure chest owner and his/her party members may remove items from a treasure chest without being flagged as a criminal. Tamed spell-casting monsters will no longer heal opposing enemy monsters.
