Lamannia Release Notes (Last Updated 7-22-15)



Lamannia Update 27 Release Notes


Welcome to the Update 27 Release Notes for Lamannia. These notes will change over time.

Of Special Note:

Trials of the Archons - Update 27 includes a new adventure pack, featuring three new quests and a new raid! The quest-givers are located in Amrath, which can be accessed from the Tower of the Twelve along with the Shavarath Planescaller in the Eberron Hall of Heroes. The Heroic versions of these quests begin at level 13, and the Epic versions of these quests are level 30.

News and Notes:

Airships:



•Guild Airship Tavern Regeneration will now allow players to swap and select spells, and rejuvenate clickies.


DDO Store:



•Long-lasting ability score potions purchased from the DDO Store are now Bound to Account.


Enhancements:



•The Magic Missile Ward portion of Enlightened Spirit's Shield enhancement no longer disappears after a few minutes.
•Enlightened Spirit Warlocks will no longer immediately die when trying to resurrect.
•The Tainted Scholar's Enervating Shadow negative levels no longer affect bosses.
•Eldritch Wave now breaks breakables properly.
•Spiritual Retribution now works on unarmed attacks.


Guilds:



•The color of the top renown guild tier is now purple-ish.


Hirelings:



•Fixed some conditions that could cause a Hireling to go "brain dead" during combat.
•Some improvements have been made to the Stand Your Ground command.
•Hirelings will now display a banner when standing ground, and should never wander more than a few meters from the banner.


NPCs:



•The Champion Hunter in the Hall of Heroes has been renamed to Monster Hunter.
•There are now warlock trainers in The Harbor and The Portable Hole.


Quests and Adventure Areas:



•A new limited-duration event has been created that awards XP for every character besides yourself in either a dungeon, a raid, or both. This event will be turned on at a future date.
•Devils of Shavarath
•Players no longer need to own the Devils of Shavarath adventure pack to travel to the Amrath public area.
•There is now a Planescaller to Amrath in the Eberron Hall of Heroes.
•The Shavarath Environmental Effect no longer gives a general +4 to all saving throws to players and monster characters. It now reads: "The plane of Shavarath inspires great heroism, while impeding fear effects and most compulsions or charms. +4 Morale bonus to Attack; +4 Morale bonus to all skills; +4 Morale bonus to Saving Throws; +4 Enhancement bonus to Will saves vs. Fear; +4 Enhancement bonus to Will saves vs. Enchantments"


•Eveningstar Cavern
•Fixed an issue that prevented Iconic characters from traveling to the Spinner's Prison.


•Menace of the Underdark
•House of Broken Chains
•Breaking doors with an Eldritch Blast no longer blocks completion of the quest.



•Temple of Elemental Evil
•The Rust Monster Rare has been renamed to Bladebreaker after getting a Cease and Desist Order from Thunderholme.



Spells:



•Power Word: Stun and Power Word: Blind now works on monsters above 100,000 hit points.
•The Warlock spell Silence now accepts Heighten as a metamagic.
•A number of monsters that are warded against Charm are now also warded against Confusion to prevent a number of undesirable issues.
•The Warlock's Summon Monster IX now requires level 6 spell components instead of incorrectly requiring level 9 components.


UI:



•Players can now craft directly from their Shared Bank - Crafting Storage when using a Barter UI.
•The Full Screen check box in the Graphics Options has been replaced by a Screen Mode drop-down menu, from which you can select Windowed, Full Screen, and (in Windows) Full Screen (Windowed), which runs the game in a borderless window at desktop resolution.
•There is now an option under UI Settings to show a "stand your ground" banner for hirelings and class pets.
•There is now an NPC in the Hall of Heroes and on guild airships that allow a character to temporarily suspend their Bravery Bonus. This is a toggle, and will remain in effect until toggled again by speaking to the NPC. The Bravery Bonus will not reset nor increment when suspended.
•There is now a Search box and a "Show All" button at the top of the Options Panel, allowing you to show only options matching particular text.


XP:



•The Flawless Victory Bonus is now per character, and characters will no longer lose the bonus unless they die. Someone else in the group dying no longer removes this bonus. Hireling deaths also no longer reduce the Flawless Bonus.

•Players can now craft directly from their Shared Bank - Crafting Storage when using a Barter UI.


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