Patch Notes: Monday, February 20th, 2012

[Drem]

thank you guys. getting more classic with every patch!

[sbvera13]

Originally Posted by Rogean [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Kanras: Warrior NPCs/pets will bash more frequently than kick.

What's the justification for this change? It's murdering my ability to solo as a player of 2 hybrid casters. I'm getting stunned about once every 5-6 seconds, and it's hard to keep more then 1 or 2 songs up while meleeing mobs. This is at lvl 10, when mobs should not be that hard yet. I'd like to know the source so I can test it.

Also, anyone recomend any tools for parsing combat logs?

[Kender]

Originally Posted by sbvera13 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What's the justification for this change? It's murdering my ability to solo as a player of 2 hybrid casters. I'm getting stunned about once every 5-6 seconds, and it's hard to keep more then 1 or 2 songs up while meleeing mobs. This is at lvl 10, when mobs should not be that hard yet. I'd like to know the source so I can test it.

Also, anyone recomend any tools for parsing combat logs?

non ogre sk and pallies are experiencubg this as well. hard to cast spells. almost impossible with 3-4 mobs attacking you. as for fleeing... good luck with that too. run 2 steps, get stunned. run 2 more, get stunned.

[sbvera13]

Yes any spellcasting character would be badly affected I imagine. Melee hybrids especially since they don't kite much. Considering the difficulty getting groups as a hybrid, having at least the option to solo is essential. This is definitely a quit-the-server change for me.

Either that, or remove the hybrid exp penalty so I can get groups on the classes I enjoy. There are just too many min-maxxers here that believe the hype about hybrids and won't invite them.

edit: see here http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...ad.php?t=64157 for a description of why this affects hybrids so much. This was a strategy I developed on live with my first character ever, a ranger name Rhyswolf on Morell-Thule, before Kunark came out. I also used it as an SK to maintain very high aggro when tanking. I'm completely certain that the change is not classic, or is at least taken too far, because this strategy is not viable now. I'll collect logs if I can figure out how :\

[Grozmok]

Is this the reason why I couldn't cast last night in Unrest when I had three mobs on me?

[kanras]

All classic through Luclin logs that I have access to put bash:kick ratio somewhere between 2:1 and 3:1. The stock EQEmu code had it at 1:3 before this patch.

[Morsakin]

Originally Posted by kanras [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

All classic through Luclin logs that I have access to put bash:kick ratio somewhere between 2:1 and 3:1. The stock EQEmu code had it at 1:3 before this patch.

Edit: NM, didn't read into it enough because I was at work.

[Rogean]

You can also go onto the eqmac server and test it out, last time I messed around there, I got stunned a crapload by mobs bashing me.

[sbvera13]

Do those logs account for level? I don't have any old school logs obviously, but seeing as I was able to solo sub-20 back in classic and can't now, I have to assume, with a high degree of confidence, that it's overdone atm at least at those levels.

Thanks for answering though.

[Harkor]

Camped chardok pipe for 6 hours today killing 3 roamers....no betrayer [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]