Epoch wrote on Feb 6^th, 2011 at 6:09am:


http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=206066

Release Notes: Lammania - 5th Birthday!

Welcome to the Release Notes for Dungeons & Dragons Online! These preview server release notes were posted on Friday, February 4th, 2011. These preview release notes are subject to changes and additions.

News & Notes

Of Special Note:

Celebrate DDO's Birthday With a Special Event!

Just when you thought you knew all there was to know about treasure hunting, an old acquaintance has the ultimate challenge for you!

Help Euphonia Teles thwart the droves of pirates seeking the map to Crystal Cove. Don your new pirate hat, get there first, and employ everything in your power to reap rewards unlike you’ve ever seen before:

Celebrate DDO’s birthday with your new pirate hat and join thousands of other players in a brand new live event.
Visit Sailor Calatin in the Harbor and sail to Smuggler’s Rest.
Unlock Crystal Cove and hire Kobolds to do all your heavy lifting!
Free Traveler Tokens and Blessings of the Traveler to join in this year’s Marketplace Egg Hunt!
Any characters created prior to the 5th Birthday patch will receive a gift! Players will be gifted a voucher for a free pirate cap while the in-game event is running, the voucher can be redeemed in Smugglers Rest for a fancy hat. Hat colors will vary but can be bartered for a different color.

Character gift list, based on the amount of time a character has played DDO:

Tier 1: Swabby’s Kerchief a simple Bandana
Tier 2: Freebooter’s Bandana a Striped Bandana
Tier 3: Corsair’s Skullcap a Striped Bandana with Skull Brooch
Tier 4: Captain’s Chapeau a Feathered Hat
Tier 5: Admiral’s Tricorne an Admiral’s Hat
Tier 6: Dread Admiral’s Tricorne an Admiral’s Hat with Skull Brooch
Each Characters gift will be elevated one “tier” for each of the following conditions:

Active VIP Subscription: +1 Tier
Founder Account: +1 Tier
Character has True Reincarnated one or more times: +1 Tier
Armor Appearance Kits

The four currently-available Armor Appearance Kits are getting a new color! Each of the kits now includes a black color variant, with 11 unique appearances each!
Shopping

The salesman in the Airship Showroom now correctly opens the DDO Store to Astral Diamonds when players click on the relevant link.
A "Buy Now" button has been added to a player's personal bank, if the player has not yet purchased both bank slots.
UI Improvements

Fixed a visual display error in the character selection screen.
Armor Appearance Kits now appear under armor in the inventory list view.
Hireling Changes

Rogue hirelings will now attempt to unlock chests and disable devices when directed to do so.
Fixed an issue that caused quest panel confusion when using a hireling.
Quest & Adventure Area Changes

Attack on Stormreach

Blockade Buster

Crests will now teleport to the raft if they are dropped inside of a sunken ship.
Ship doors are now set to allow usage without breaking stealth.
Siegebreaker

The optional experience has been lowered for poisoning the Droaam encampment's well.
Some crates have been moved to prevent a stuck spot.
Undermine

Players will no longer levitate above a hole in the quest.
A jumping route across the minefield has been obscured a bit to better indicate that the path is a secondary way across the room.
Deception in Stormreach

Eyes of Stone

Monsters and hirelings will now move properly through the gates in the courtyard.
Gianthold

Reaver's Bane

Corrected a text error in Crag's dialogue.
Spells

Spells that fail due to a concentration check or arcane spell failure will no longer produce their associated spell effects (projectile, ray, etc.)
The duration of Dimension Door has been changed to 30 seconds.
Crafting

There are now Restoration recipes for Epic Carnival/Red Fens items. If an item was improved for Update 8, players can now use three Epic Dungeon Tokens in a Stone of Change, along with the item, to upgrade the item to its improved state (or remove the item's augment slot, if the item has one.)
Risia Ice Games enchantments are once again visible on items during examination.
Named handwraps now correctly appear with a golden examination border when placed into the Risian Eldritch Device.
Items

Armor Appearance Kits now function on the Full Plate of the Defender, and the Chainshirt of Crippling.
Other Changes

Guild airships will no longer get into a state where players cannot get aboard them.
Guild successors will now be able to usurp control of the guild if a guild leader has not logged into their leader character for 180 days. The ability to usurp does not currently pass to officers or members if there is no successor, or if the successor is also inactive. This is a temporary solution that will be replaced with a more complete system in the next update.
A succubi in the illusionists' show in the Marketplace has been educated on the location of the the ground.
Some guards in House Deneith were rudely causing players to become trapped behind them. Their physics have now been turned off, and their pay docked.
Known Issues

Known Issues are now available, click here

popejubal wrote on Feb 6^th, 2011 at 8:39am:



huh, go figure.  Lamannia release notes not on lamannia forums.  Next time I will check for that....

Ty though.

popejubal wrote on Feb 6^th, 2011 at 9:39am:


Whether you agree or disagree with Shade, he does a great job of sharing real information about the game.  Those items look pretty sweet!