Patch Notes: October 8th, 2019

[Gustoo]

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

"Activated Shadows of Luclin."

Excellent!! Thank you

can we ban this guy

[Telin]

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

Unresistable spells never required belly casting to my knowledge, because they skipped the Resist check phase of spell casting where Belly Casting would be assessed.

To this day belly casting mobs on Live EQ can be Tash and Malo’d from range for example.

Is there some patch note I’ve missed indicating a change in this mechanic?

The issue I noticed on P99 with belly casting wasn’t with Unresistable spells working but instead with hate being generated on mobs when you would cast or click items out of belly range. Those spells cast out of range should be immediately resisted and generate essentially 0 aggro.

If this should be the case, please make a bug thread with in era evidence. There’s been limited research, but there have been raid guides and comments found calling for enchanters to be within melee range to cast their unresistable spells with no mention of exceptions.

[BlackBellamy]

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

If this should be the case, please make a bug thread with in era evidence. There’s been limited research, but there have been raid guides and comments found calling for enchanters to be within melee range to cast their unresistable spells with no mention of exceptions.

Here is a discussion from the live TLP servers. https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq/...-strat.258547/

Couple things to note:
- Trakanon, as with all Kunark dragons, is a belly caster - meaning to land spells you have to be on top of him and cannot cast on him from range unless the spell is unresistable(tash/malo)

Of course not sure when in the server progression this takes place, so I'll try to nail it down more definite.

Here is the Magician Raid Guide:

https://chillmode.gamerlaunch.com/fo...php?t=11735695

You have two swarm pet spells which can be used at range regardless of the belly caster issue and do a significant amount of damage but will empty your mana pool rapidly.These are

1) Dyzil's deafening decoy

2)Rage of Zomm

https://www.takproject.net/forums/in...estions.12624/

Unresistable spells however generate full aggro because they don’t require being in Melee range to land. So for example a Tash from a chanter, Malo from a shaman or Dragon Bane from a wizard would all generate full aggro.

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=4503&p=4

Dec 15 2004 at 6:05 PMRating: Decent
Branaddar
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He and a lot of other Kunark/Velious dragons are belly-casters. Meaning you need to be in melee range to land most spells on him. Tash only landed because it's unresistable.

going to go through the patch notes to see if this was in from launch

[Grimlust666]

So the Z axis issues are fixed now? Is it safe to go into Velks again?

[azeth]

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

Haynar: When illusions are applied, updated the size when a client playable race is used.

oof, no more giant gnomes & halflings after avatar procs for Barbs [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Telin]

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

Here is a discussion from the live TLP servers. https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq/...-strat.258547/



Of course not sure when in the server progression this takes place, so I'll try to nail it down more definite.

Here is the Magician Raid Guide:

https://chillmode.gamerlaunch.com/fo...php?t=11735695



https://www.takproject.net/forums/in...estions.12624/




http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=4503&p=4

Dec 15 2004 at 6:05 PMRating: Decent
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going to go through the patch notes to see if this was in from launch

This is good stuff, but please post it in the bug forum so it’s documented properly.

[Eumora]

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

Any beans you can spill on Green beta?

Blue is Green beta... it has been got over a decade.

[Eumora]

got=for*

[Gustoo]

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

Blue is Green beta... it has been got over a decade.

confirmed blue is green beta.

Red was beta 2.0

Green is actual server.

[Baler]

Thank You *tears*

Rogean: Belly Casting now applies to unresistable spells.

NOOO
I legitimately got scared as I read this and was screaming at the end.

Rogean: Mana Taps will now only grant the amount of mana that is stolen. If the target is OOM, you get zero.

Dang that was a great exploit while it lasted.

Rogean: Capped Mana regen rate values for now until the Content team has a chance to evaluate specifics. Previously, some rates were so high that a mob would get enough mana to cast spells like Gate as soon as their tick was processed.

Was actually going to make a thread asking the staff about this. Glad y'all are evaluating it.