Lamannia Update 25 Release Notes


Welcome to the Lamannia Release Notes for Update 25, released on March 19th, 2015. These notes will change over time.


Of Special Note:


Temple of Elemental Evil!


Explore the classic Temple of Elemental Evil! This new adventure pack (FREE to VIPs) offers both Heroic and Epic level versions. The NPCs that bestow and take adventurers to the Temple of Elemental Evil can be found in the Stormreach or Eveningstar Hall of Heroes in addition to the Hall of Heroes passport available from the Character Selection screen.


New Monster Manual!


A new volume of the Monster Manual is available in the DDO Store (free to VIPs)! Slay monsters anywhere in DDO and earn cool rewards, such as D&D monster art and cosmetic pets! This is the last Monster Manual edition to feature Astral Shards, so get it today – the next edition of Monster Manual will offer a different type of reward!


News and Notes:


Classes



Each Swashbuckler Core enhancement had been erroneously granting an extra +1 Doublestrike. This extra Doublestrike has been removed to match the text.


Combat



Bleed damage now scales 200% with Melee Power.
Ranged Power has been added to Epic Levels and Epic Destiny cores:
Each Epic level from 21 to 28 now increases Ranged Power by three.
Fatesinger, Shadowdancer, Primal Avatar and Shiradi Champion gain +4 Ranged Power per innate ability.
Grandmaster of Flowers and Legendary Dreadnaught gain +3 Ranged Power per innate ability.
Divine Crusader and Unyielding Sentinel gain +2 Ranged Power per innate ability.
Fury of the Wild gains +1 Ranged Power per innate ability.


DDO Store



The minimum level to purchase Veteran Status I and II has been removed.


Enhancements



The Rogue Assassin has been improved:
Core Abilities
Assassin's Trick now works on all enemies, and no longer has a saving throw. The attack now has a shorter animation. Cooldown is now 6 seconds, and duration is now 15 seconds.
Nimbleness no longer requires sneak attacks, and works on any hit.
Deadly Shadow: You gain +2 Dexterity and +2 Intelligence. You gain 10 Melee Power and +4 Sneak Attack dice. You gain +4 to Reflex Saving Throws. You gain +2 to the DC of your Assassinate.

Tier One
Poison Strikes now applies an "Assassin's Mark" to an opponent for 10 seconds.
Shiv no longer reduces threat when you attack, and instead offers an additional passive bonus that reduces the threat of all your attacks by 5/10/15%. The attack also makes a Bluff check, using your Bluff skill, when you strike an opponent, for one second + .25 seconds per Rogue level.)
Stealthy now also gains +20/35/50% movement speed while sneaking.

Tier Two
Venomed Blades costs 1/1/1 AP, and now scales with 200% Melee Power
Bleed Them Out's bleed damage scales with 200% Melee Power.
Damage Boost's cost has been reduced to 1 AP per level. The boost to Melee Power is now 10/20/30.

Tier Three
Critical Accuracy has been removed.
Critical Mastery: (1/1/1 AP) + 1/2/3 bonus to critical damage and to confirm critical hits.

Tier Four
Critical Damage has been removed.
Weakening Strikes reduces the Melee and Ranged Power of opponents by 10 + Rogue Level/2 for 10 seconds if you attack an enemy with an "Assassin's Mark."
Execute: If a target is below 30% health, deal 500 damage. This damage scales with 200% Melee Power, and has a cooldown of 15 seconds. This enhancement no longer has a sneak attack requirement.

Tier Five
Measure the Foe: Gain +4 Melee Power, +2 Dodge, +2 Maximum Dodge, +1 to hit and +1 to the DC's of your Assassinate ability for every 4/2/1 seconds you remain stealthed. This effect stacks up to five times, and lasts 10 seconds after you come out of stealth.
Deadly Strikes: Your attacks against enemies with an "Assassin's Mark" to +5 damage.
Light Armor Mastery: (1/1/1 AP) You gain 1/2/3 to Maximum Dodge. While wearing light armor, gain 2/4/6 to the Maximum Dexterity Bonus of your armor and armor check penalty, and gain 2/4/6 Physical Resistance Rating.

The Rogue Thief-Acrobat has been improved:
Core Abilities
Tumbler now adds +2 to maximum Dodge. Tumbler also adds +2 Maximum Dexterity Bonus when wearing Light Armor.
Kip Up now adds +2 to maximum Dodge and +2 Maximum Dexterity Bonus for Light Armor.


Cartwheel Charge now adds +2 to maximum Dodge. You also gain 5% Doublestrike while using quarterstaves and a +2 Maximum Dexterity Bonus for Light Armor.

Tier One
Sly Flourish's bonus weapon damage has been increased to 1/2/3[W]. The enhancement comes with a passive ability that reduces the threat of all attacks by 5/10/15%. The cooldown has been reduced to eight seconds.
Faster Sneaking has been moved to the Assassin tree.
Fast Movement: You run 1% faster for each of your Rogue levels if you are wearing cloth or light armor.

Tier Two
Haste Boost now costs 1/1/1 AP.

Tier Three
Improved Glancing Blows has had its chance to produce secondary weapon attacks increased to 4/8/12%.
Shadow Dodge (2/2/2 AP) is no longer a toggle, and now adds 1/2/3 to Dodge, Maximum Dexterity while wearing light armor, and Dexterity.
Sweeping Strikes has had its cost reduced to 1/1/1

Tier Four
Staff Lunge has had its cost reduced to 1/1/1 and its damage bonus increased to 2/4/6[W]. Staff Lunge now passes through enemies and delivers an area of effect attack at the end of the lunge.

Tier Five
Acrobatic Staff Training: You gain +3 to hit and +3 damage with quarterstaves.
Spinning Staff Wall (2 AP): Activate to gain 50 Physical Resistance Rating for 20 seconds. Cooldown: 90 seconds. Passive: While wearing cloth or light armor, gain 5% Dodge, 5% Maximum Dodge, and 5 Maximum Dexterity Bonus with Light Armor.

Swashbuckler's Low Blow now properly affects undead.


Feats



The druid Natural Fighting feat now has the correct icon.
The base armor value for the Warforged adamantine body feat is now 30, and the base armor value for mithril body is now 10.


Items



The Ruby Eyes of Righteousness and Force now correctly state in their long descriptions that they do 3 to 12 damage, instead of 4 to 16.
PRR and MRR values for Heavy/Medium/Light armors are now 30 + Base Attack Bonus + 6/20 + (2*BAB)/3 +4/10 + BAB/2 + 2.


Quests and Adventure Areas



Eveningstar
Mask of Deception
Fixed the mask chest so the masks can now be used properly.

Wheloon
Gangs of criminals and other miscreants are now less likely to appear in the Wheloon landscape.


Trapmaking



Traps that deal damage now show floaty-text damage numbers, and report in the Combat Log like most damage.
The time to place traps has been reduced to 1 second.
The time for traps to "arm" after being placed has been reduced to 1 second.
The general cooldown on placing traps has been reduced from fifteen seconds to eight seconds.
Small and Weak elemental traps now have a larger damage area, matching Average traps.
Device Workstations now have recipes for elemental traps from minimum levels 13-27.


UI



Resetting Enhancements and Epic Destiny trees may now take slightly longer to improve server performance.


Known Issues


Known Issues are available. Click here to read them.

hmmm, so much for AA's in fury, ah well, furyshot has been on its way out anyway I guess.

How does +1 ranged power per innate ability in fotw equal furyshot death? Or am i missing something?

I have no desire to install Lama, but don't think that's what's Mo is saying.
Besides, forums would go crazy if anything had changed between 10k and MS.
Monkcher hate is like 2 years too old.

Well, AA just fucked its paying customers, so.. Will this update make Ola come back for a bit

what happened?

Not all items are in the loyalty shop, but most of those that are not in loyalty are in the credit shop.

And since the Worker's Compensation is in "both", at 300 credits = 25 loyalty, we have a basis for comparison at 12 credits = 1 loyalty point. (300 divided by 25)

ANALYSIS: (Loyalty points or equivalent)

125 = 5x Workers Comp

100 = Lucky Sunpoint

50 = Lucky Moonpoint

50 = Lucky Starpoint

70 = 2x Rumbling Archeum Sapling

80 = 2x Aquatic Archeum Supply Crate (at 490 credits = 40 loyalty each)

67 = 10x Vocation Potion (80 credits each. 80X10 / 12 = 67 Loyalty)

25 = 10x Dual Recovery potion (30 credits each. 30x10 / 12 =25 Loyalty)

300 = 25x Lucky Quicksilver Potion (80 credits each. 80x25 / 12 = 300 Loyalty)

300 = 25x Immortal XP Potion (80 credits each see above)

300 = 25x Vocation Tonic (80 credits each see above)

155 = Golden Teardrop Storage Chest (1862 credits / 12 = 155 Loyalty)

15 = 7 Day First Floor Pass (180 credits / 12 = 15)

30 = 7 Day Second Floor Pass (360 credits / 12 = 30)

60 = 7 Day Third Floor Pass (720 credits / 12 = 60)

That's 1651 Loyalty tokens above. Now if we also assume:

300 = Dynasty Robes Costume is 300 Loyalty like other costume

300 = Dolphin Mount is 300 Loyalty like Donkey mount  (The mount that was sent is not in the store, this is another version of it however)

67 = Glider Customization is 800 credit (divided by 12 = 67 Loyalty)

That is a Grand Total of 2,319 Loyalty token equivalent, or 463 days (1+ year) of loyalty!!

And that is WITHOUT trying to price the permanent AnyPost Owl, any of the Experia patches, the XP potion(s), and the Professional Tonic(s).

Basically, Trion gave rewards to returning players equivalent to TWICE as much as someone who stayed loyal and paid EVERY DAY since launch! THIS is why current patrons are upset!

And the lucky few current patrons who contacted in game chat in time to complain, ALSO got this reward. This made the problem 10x worse.

Unless you can one shot 100k orange nameds or break 30k on single arrow, no thank you.
If I want to play a Blitzer, I'd play my melees.
Ranged power was not needed at all, but what do I know.
Thank you Player Council !
I suppose that one guy might finally complete EH Haunted halls on his arty without chugging ALL of his sp pots.
Yay !