{"id":241,"date":"2018-12-12T16:10:41","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T16:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/2018\/12\/12\/1-125b-live-hot-fix-curse-name-changes-and-trials\/"},"modified":"2018-12-12T16:10:41","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T16:10:41","slug":"1-125b-live-hot-fix-curse-name-changes-and-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/2018\/12\/12\/1-125b-live-hot-fix-curse-name-changes-and-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"1.125B Live Hot Fix: Curse, Name Changes, and Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>The following changes are now live!<\/p>\n<h2>\n\tHighlights<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tName change tokens make their return to the Mithril shop!<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tThe Skull Mask pattern is now for sale in the Mithril shop!<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tThe 14-days free trial is now disabled in preparation for development of the Endless Conquest update.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tThe Dragon\u2019s Curse campaign&#8217;s difficulty has been significantly reduced and is now able to be completed with a group or less!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click the link below for the full notes!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"rtecenter\">\n\t<u><span style=\"font-size:28px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/darkageofcamelot.com\/article\/1125b-live-hot-fix\">Hot Fix Notes<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/h2>\n<p>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>\n\t\tWorld<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<h4>\n\t<br \/>\n\t<strong>Mithril Shop<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tName change tokens have returned and are once again for sale on the Mithril Merchant found in each realm\u2019s capital city.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/darkageofcamelot.com\/image-galleries\/mtx-masks\"><u>Skull Mask<\/u><\/a> patterns are now for sale on the Mithril Merchant found in each realm\u2019s capital city.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\n\t<strong>Trial Accounts<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tIn preparation for development of the <u><a href=\"https:\/\/darkageofcamelot.com\/content\/endless-conquest-faq\">Endless Conquest<\/a><\/u> update, newly created accounts will no longer receive the14-days free trial as of this posting.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tAny existing trial accounts will still have access to their remaining free days and are not affected by this change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\n\tTrifecta<\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tThe cost to play trifecta has been increased from 10 to 20 gold per attempt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\n\t<strong>A Dragon\u2019s Curse Campaign<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Difficulty Adjustments<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tAll realms\u2019 prologue and chapter encounters have had their difficulties reduced so that a single full group (or less) can reasonably complete them.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tThe Prologue, Chapters 1-5, and Chapters 7-8 remain battlegroup and\/or area-credit even with the difficulty reduction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tMonsters in Childe\u2019s Tomb, Drakulvhamn, and A Rift dungeons have been adjusted as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tHit point reductions that lower the difficulty of all normal monsters.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tNamed bosses and their associated monsters that are part of the various optional quests are no longer aggressive to players and instead only \u201caggro\u201d a character in the dungeon if they are attacked first.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThese optional encounters have not had their difficulties reduced otherwise.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThis change should allow players to move through these dungeons more freely and complete certain chapters more easily.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Wolfmother Guards in Drakulvhamn and the Glimmer Lords, Vampiir Lords, Rift Tunnelers, Veil Gargoyles, Veil Serpents, and Glimmer Spreaders in A Rift that are not associated with any optional encounters are also included in this change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tIn Childe\u2019s Tomb and A Rift the number of monsters in certain areas has been reduced as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tChapter 6 instances remain solo-only but have had their difficulty reduced as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tHit point reductions that lower the difficulty of the normal and named monsters in all realms.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tThe number of monsters in the instances of Caer Sidi and Halls of Ma\u2019ati in Albion, Trolheim and Deep Volcanus in Midgard, and Aerus City in Hibernia have been reduced.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tThese changes should help drastically reduce the overall amount of time it takes to complete this chapter so long as each realms\u2019 allied \u201cpets\u201d are summoned and used throughout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tChapter 9 and 10 instances remain full-group encounters but have had the difficulty of all realms\u2019 boss encounters reduced further, in addition to the following changes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tHit point reductions that lower the difficulty of the normal monsters in all realms.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tIn Childe\u2019s Vault and the Inner Veil, the number of normal monsters in certain areas has been reduced as well.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tThese changes should significantly reduce the time it takes to complete these chapters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<strong>Streamlining and Bug Fixes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tAll chapter quest steps that involve a location-specific task should now display the quest dot on the \/map at the correct location.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tGrey and Blue quest-icon knots should now properly appear and disappear over-head of NPCs that are involved in a quest step.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tSeveral quests\u2019 text and tasks have been re-worded to provide clearer instructions.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tAll chapter and prologue specific quests have had their [Curse] prefixes adjusted to include their specific chapter as [Curse Prologue], [Curse 1], [Curse 2], etc.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tOptional side quests now use the generic \u201c[Curse]\u201d prefix.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tChapter 1:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tAlbion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDefeating Occulist Nera and Knight Feirefiz tasks are both displayed initially and can now be completed in any order.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tMidgard:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDefeating Oracle Kel and the 5 Drakulv Oracles tasks are both displayed initially and can now be completed in any order.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tHibernia:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSalle\u2019s [teleport] to the other end of A Rift dungeon is now available even after Chapter 1\u2019s quest is complete.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tChapter 2:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tAlbion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe area credit for placing the soul stone into the slime has been extended slightly.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe tasks for this quest are now both displayed initially and can now be completed in any order.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tHibernia:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Salle pet now automatically casts the Soul Power buff once chapter 2 is complete.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tChapter 3:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tAlbion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Darkspire Harpy no longer roams Childe\u2019s Tomb and is now at a fixed location.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis specific Darkspire Harpy is no longer aggressive to players.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tMidgard:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPlayers are now directed to Sigrun or Theso prior to being directed to Garmr at the end of this quest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tHibernia:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tQuest steps 1 and 2 have been consolidated and no longer require players to de-summon Salle and re-summon her to get credit for the first quest step.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tChapter 4:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tAll Realms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSoul Casks can now be obtained from battlegroup-kills and subsequent kills done by players who have already obtained 25\/25 souls, but not yet turned in the quest, will now count towards other characters\u2019 credit.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit for this step is now rewarded directly after a kill and no souls spawn after kills now.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe random chance for credit has been increased.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tHibernia:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tQuest steps 1 and 2 have been consolidated and no longer require players to de-summon Salle and re-summon her to get credit for the first quest step.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tChapter 5:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tAlbion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPlayers are now asked to defeat Occulist Naxar prior to Vulcan.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGrimbur now properly goes immune at 50% health and spawns the Tenebrous Dark Knight which must be defeated.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGrimbur now always dispels Naxar\u2019s Barrier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tMidgard:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPlayers are now asked to defeat the Darkspire Crystal prior to King Bodolf.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tArea credit around the Darkspire Crystal has been extended.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tChapter 6:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tAlbion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCaer Sidi\u2019s cut-scene in the middle of the instance is now skippable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tHibernia:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Marrach Marauders have been replaced with Marrach Blackguards in the Fomor instance.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Aerus City instance now offers two paths that reach the end, to the west or to the north, after defeating the sky djinn and no longer requires characters to double-back to the north to continue.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe location and configuration of normal and named monsters in the Aerus City instance has also been changed to accommodate this new choice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tChapter 7:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tAll Realms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBeginning the dragon encounter will cause the normal monsters inside the dragon lair to despawn and cease spawning for the encounter\u2019s duration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tChapter 9:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tAlbion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAll PBAoE effects are now instantly removed when Necromancer Janus\u2019 encounter is completed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tMidgard:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAll PBAoE effects are now instantly removed when Dark Ingolf\u2019s encounter is completed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tHibernia:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNajah\u2019s encounter:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe smoke\u2019s protection should no longer drop when a character is still inside the smoke and the smoke itself did not dissipate.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCharacters outside of the smoke\u2019s protection are still damaged and interrupted but are now done so in a more consistent manner.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew spell effects have been added to show when players are outside of the smoke\u2019s protection.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Thunder Drake\u2019s spell effects have been changed to accommodate this change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVarshe&#8217;s encounter:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVarshe has been given additional spell effects that show when he is about to change states and now has a constant effect for the entire duration of each state.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVarshe now changes states more frequently.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAll PBAoE effects are now instantly removed when this encounter is completed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: The Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following changes are now live! Highlights Name change tokens make their return to the Mithril shop! The Skull Mask pattern is now for sale in the Mithril shop! The 14-days free trial is now disabled in preparation for development of the Endless Conquest update. The Dragon\u2019s Curse campaign&#8217;s difficulty has been significantly reduced and&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/2018\/12\/12\/1-125b-live-hot-fix-curse-name-changes-and-trials\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-herald-news","xfolkentry","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}