COMBAT
We're now done with the majority of the process to completely equalize Male and Female damage. We've balanced the animation-lengths for all "white damage" attacks as well as all "combo finishers", and furthermore we've matched the animation length of "moving attacks" to the lengths of "stationary attacks". As a result players should now experience no difference in damage dealt or time needed to execute an attack based on what gender their character is.
Aborting multihit combos before they're finished won't activate their full effects anymore.
Pet commands should now be more responsive.
When aborting a multihit combo finisher, you now get a percentage of the full cooldown depending on how many hits you got in before the abort happened. (It's really in this time!)

CLASSES
All Assassin, Barbarian, Bear Shaman, Conqueror, Dark Templar, Guardian, Herald of Xotli, and Ranger combo damage and stamina costs have been rebalanced to match the newly adjusted animations.
Priest Archetype
Spirit Aegis will now give 0.5% invulnerability to Holy and Fire instead of 1% Fire with the first rank trained.
Assassin
Combos granted by feats should now deal significantly more damage than before.
Dark Templar
The Talisman Mastery buff will no longer be removed upon death if the proper feat is trained.
Guardian
Shield Sweep combo will now scale more consistently across the first three ranks.
Herald of Xotli
Pillar of Internal Flame Rank II is now a three-step combo (including combo starter) instead of an instant cast.
Necromancer
Bone Horde debuff now uses the proper icon in the debuff GUI.


ITEMS
Resolved an issue that caused item bonuses to not scale correctly.
Many items are now 'bind on equip' meaning that once equipped the item can no longer be traded.
Resolved the issue with raid gear that had lost it's bonuses in a previous update.
The bonuses awarded by gems have been rebalanced. Unfortunately some of the gem bonuses were originally applied incorrectly leading to situations where too much bonus was given, mainly for invulnerability rating. These gems have now been modified. The benefit of the different level gems has been also been amended though, meaning that higher level gems should now be better than the lower level versions.
All items Green+ are now Bind on Equip (BoE) or Bind on Pickup (BoP).
Items which are BoE/BoP should now state this fact below their item name in the mouseover tooltip. When these items are equipped and bound to the character, the text below the item name will change to reflect this. A message will now ask if you are sure when attempting to roll "need" on a Bind on Pickup item.

PVP
Players will now always see Massive PvP results, and the time left in a battle during battles. This information is displayed in the right top corner, below the minimap.

QUESTS
Field of the Dead: Changed the level on the quest Entourage from 52 to 47.
Field of the Dead: Changed the level on the quest Cleansing the Tomb from 53 to 48.
Khopshef Province: Forbidden Knowledge - The Crumbling Codex will now despawn after it is picked up.
Khopshef Province: Slave Cages will now show a visual effect when player is on the correct quest to interact with them.
Pyramid of the Ancients: New Quests have been added to enhance your questing experience. Bosses have been upgraded to present a challenge to solo (or small groups) of players. Pay careful attention to the items they drop - they could be the key to defeating more challenging enemies.
Pyramid of the Ancients: All quests should now be working.
Tarantia Sewers: Orphans in the Hovel - Galeria should now talk to you after you kill her captor.
Defeating Lord Atum-Keket in the Pyramid of the Ancients will now reopen the door to the Lord chamber.
The teleport altar behind Lord Atum-Keket will now be visible at all times.
The Master Torturer in Pyramid of the Ancients will no longer spawn multiple times in a row.

NPC / MOBS
Toirdealbach's Tomb has had its level range adjusted from 50-53 to 46-48. Loot in Toirdealbach's Tomb has been adjusted to fit the new level range of mobs.
Pyramid of the Ancients: The Harem Girls have been dressed up properly, and sexily!
Many of the spells used by raid bosses will now ignore line of sight-checks, thus making it impossible to avoid them by hiding behind pillars and such.
Many of the spells used by raid bosses will now be impossible to fully resist.
The Dark Flames breath attack used by Vistrix will now use normal line of sight checks.
The knockback strength on Kyllikki's Blizzard has been reduced.
Yakhmars adds have been modified, they will no longer stun players as they did.

TRADESKILLLS
Cloth Resource droprate in the world has increased somewhat.
The Resource and Building playfields (Lacheish Plains, Purple Lotus Swamp, Poitain) have new NPC camps that will drop tradeskill items previously only available through the Alchemist's Cache. Some of these encampments will aggro, some will not. This makes these zones more dangerous, but allows lower level players a chance to get the tier 1-3 resources they need.

WORLD DESIGN
Checkerboard textures should no longer appear on the ground throughout the world.

MOUNTS
The horse ability Hind Leg Kick will now have a 12 second reuse timer, like the other horse abilities.
The Skewbald Pinto Horse has had its stats adjusted to horses of the same tier and price.

GUI
The "Quests" tab in the quest journal should now indicate the current number of accepted quests and the total number of allowed quests.
An option to add a player to your ignore list was added to the "Add by name" dialog.
If your trade is rejected, you will receive an onscreen message.
Tooltips for NPCs on the map should now show up in the localized version of their names, instead of their default English names.
You can no longer trade while in combat mode.
You will see an onscreen message stating that a team member has joined your team.
Onscreen feedback for a failed attempt at a trade due to a full inventory has been tweaked.
Added a new option that allows the player to make his cloak invisible.
Strange or seemingly out of place text in the UI should be removed

GENERAL
Several causes of crashes and assert failures have been addressed and fixed.
Important notification sounds now won't be interrupted by other sounds.
A fix was implemented for item descriptions when switching between languages on the client.
Fixed an issue that would cause some playfields to be empty after logging out for some time, and then back in.
You can no longer send unlimited mail through the tradepost. If you send several mails and are informed via system message you cannot send any more, you will need for in-game time to pass before being able to send more mail.
Ignored users will no longer be able to send you mail.
Raid playfields will now kick players who are not in the raid.
Fixed some animations that weren't blending properly

日本時間の夜8時から5時間のサーバダウンになります。

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The tests today have been successful so we will update the servers tomorrow, 31st of July at 11am GMT / 7am EDT. The downtime is scheduled to last about 5 hours.
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Oliver 'Tarib' Kunz
Senior Community Manager

月曜の夜のPvP、Murdersdolls、Church of steel、Acadianなどと乱戦状態から始まって、いつものようにうちらが標的に。


そこにCldstream Guards、Underwarld knightとかもきて大乱戦、おまけにMinigameが発動してdeclineしたらGrp消えるし（ｗ


この時点でLD以外は全部Raid組んだらしく人数的に無理なので援軍要請してこちらも2Grpのraid体制で向かいうちます。


City上でKillしたあとは数人を墓に向かわせて死んで復帰してきた敵をReskillします、これはCityからOasisに追い返すのが目的です。墓場を制圧しないと、今度は墓場とCity入り口の２箇所から攻められて挟まれるので、墓場制圧は超重要。


Shansekertaも加わって、ありえなｋぐらい敵が増殖しています（ｗ
この時点で多分敵は3Grp位いたはず、完全に数負けで轢かれました。


Cityを制圧されてOasisで復帰も、敵もOasisに進軍してきて轢かれ（ｗ


こっちも2Grp+揃えたけどそれでも簡単に轢かれるくらい敵の数が多い、お前ら集まりすぎだろ！！


どうにもならないので、再度援軍要請してLv80は全員きて更にLv70後半の人とかも参加してもらって、LDで3Grp+の20人、これで数的に互角。
City上で敵を征圧したら、墓場に押し込んでひたすらKillです。


墓場近辺で激しい攻防の末に敵を全部撤退させて勝利！
まさかKeshatta Cityで20vs20の大規模戦が発生するとは思ってもいなかったので
この展開にはかなりびっくり（ｗ
これぐらいの規模になるとやはり全体の動きが大事で、各個撃破されたり、前衛と後衛が離れすぎて孤立しないようにしたりいろいろ大変ですね。あと復帰組みの処理もきちんとしないと、結果的に挟まれて壊滅したりする可能性もあるから、目の前の敵だけじゃなくていろいろ気を配ったほうが勝ちだね。
GvGとは違った面白さがあり、非常に楽しかったです。参加してくれた人に Thanx!!

定期サーバーダウンの水曜日ですが延期なっています。

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Update 30th of July - postponed

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Greetings,

The planned update for tomorrow (Wednesday) has been postponed until further notice for additional testing. The current plan is to shoot for the update on Thursday, July 31st after additional testing has been completed.

While we are working hard to try and be able to update the live servers on Thursday, it is more important that the update is tested and that we are happy with its state for a release to live. If we cannot test the remaining features fully over the course of tomorrow, we may hold the update over to the following week.

We will provide more information on the update postponement as soon as it becomes available.

Thanks,

最近の傾向として、City内部での乱戦でPvPをしてるといつのまにかLD以外の人たちがLD一本に的を絞ってRaid組んで攻撃してくることが増えました。これも日頃の行いのせいでしょうか？ｗ


これは土曜日のRaidの後にCityに行くと、Muderdolls、Grief、Shansekerta、LDの乱戦になってたのがいつのまにかうちらが狙われ始めたので、別行動中のGrpとRaidを組んで応戦。


今度はそこにZooがきて、さっきのGrpとZooで乱戦が始まりました。


うまく漁夫を狙いつつ殺していくけど、墓が近いせいでゾンビアタック状態なのがいまいちな点ですね。City内部に墓がなければリカバリーに時間かかって勝ち負けが分かりやすくていいだけどね。


で、今まで戦ってたZooも何故かさっきのGrpと同調してLDを攻撃してきます（ｗ
これで、City内部はLDとその他大勢の図式になりました。


敵は上に陣取って数的にも不利なので、階段下にPullしたり突っ込んできた奴を各個撃破する形で戦います。


とりあえず、お前ら協調しすぎ！！

そして昨日の夜も大激戦になって、最終的にLD20vsその他のGuild大勢で大規模戦並のPvPに発展しました。詳細はまた後日にでも。

Lv80 hitも増えてきたので行ってきました、初24man Raid Dungeon。


Kyllikki's Crypt は24man Raid Dungeonでは一番難易度の低いダンジョンです。


難易度が低いといっても初挑戦の勝手がわからずで、最初の雑魚掃除から壊滅を何回か繰り返しましたが、攻略法を分かってくると少しずつですがスムーズに進むようになってきました。
今まではToSのCharmでSolo Pullが可能だったのでかなり楽みたいでしたが、修正が入って使えなくなったのでPullすると最大5Incを捌ききらないといけません。


それぞれのMobの特殊攻撃と殺しやすさでKill順を決めて殺していきます。


こいつはKyllikki's Cryptに2匹いるBossの片割れ、MeleeTypeでいくつかの特殊攻撃と範囲魔法を使ってきます。最初は説明不足で2回ほど壊滅。


慣れてしまえば一番弱いボスなのでそれほど難しくはありません。


3回目の挑戦で見事Killed。次回からは普通にファームできそう。DropはNec/PoM/Grdの3アイテムだけど、Necはいなかったので破棄。。。





雑魚からもRandomでDropするらしく、AssとHoXアイテムがDropしてました。そしてHoXもいなかったので破棄！！ｗ






このダンジョンの主Kyllikki様のお部屋です！


Champよりは痛いし、攻略方法も難しそうで最初のTryは即効で壊滅。ダンジョンに戻ってきたら何故か雑魚がFull Popしてたので今日のRaidはここでお開き。
Kyllikki攻略失敗でダンジョンにリセットかかって雑魚POPする仕様だとかなりきつそう。とりあえず、いくつか考えてる攻略方法試してみないとまだなんとも言えないけど、KyllikkiのAEさえ防げればいけるきはするけど、トリガーを調べないとだめですね。

早めにKyllikki's Cryptはファームできるようにして次のダンジョン攻略に向かいたいな、T1ダンジョンを2個まわして装備整えてT2ダンジョンが当面の目標。

もうそろそろBKも建設できるので週末はRaidとSiege戦でかなり楽しめそう、暇でREPOP減ってる人、Come Back Plz !!!

木曜の夜のPvP、最初はうちらは4人で適当にRoamingしてその後に金稼ぎに行ってたら、3人組の別グループの仙さんからKeshatta乱戦中とのTellがきたので、金稼ぎ中止してCityへ移動（ｗ
Radiは組まないで別Grpで暴れていたら、案の定LDvsその他のGuildの図になって、おまけにZhentiの奴らにcome back LanDuilとか言われたので、Raidに編成しなおして出撃。


相手はZhentiが1Grpにその他4人10人位で数的には互角。


同数なら全然余裕ですね、墓場まで押し込んでひたすら殺しまくってたら相手は撤退してた。

昨日の夜は□□□が2Grp位で暴れててこっちも10人位そろえたけど数多すぎでアホらしくなったので即効解散した。。。。解散後はMiniGameを登録してN/Aと4-5回戦ったかな？


N/Aは79の4人と野良2人の6人だったので戦力的に差が大きかったと思う。とりあえず、全勝、次回はFullGrp同士で当たってみたいですね。

Reaver Featについてまとめてみました。Berzerker FeatとのHybridならBerzerkerをScatter Foesまでとっても、Reaver Featは最後まで取れるけど更にGeneral Featも取るならかなり吟味しないときついです。

今はGeneral FeatでEvade Upを取ってるのでこんな感じのFeatです。

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■Reaver Stance (必須)

+11.2 Damage Passive (On Stance)
Each Proc Lasts 10 Seconds
First Proc : +6.3 damage
Second Proc: +10.5 damage
Third Proc : +20.8 damage

Reaver Featを進めていく上で必ず取らないと駄目だけど、実際のPvPでは使いません。
Hybrid Feat前提になるけど、通常はBlood Rage Stanceを使用。
理由はReaver StanceはThird Procまで発生したときの追加ダメージは大きいけど
PvPでProcが発動する率を考えるとStanceのPassiveで上がるダメージが大きい
Blood Rage Stanceを使用します。ちなみに、Blood Rage Stanceは+20.2 Damage Passive

■Hand Weapon Expert (必須)

1hand Edgeとbluntのベースダメージを増加させてくれます。

■Ambidextrous (お好み)

Offhandの発生率を最大5%増加させます。OffhandはProc扱いでProcが発動すると
Primary Attck全てにSecndary Attckが追加され、ダメージ的にはPrimaryダメージの
1/3位じゃないかと思います。また、Forumのテスト報告では、初期の状態で約10%位の
発生率ではないかと書かれています。

■Sever (不要)

Primary WeaponにSlashing typeのDirect DamageをするProc。
ダメージ的にはWhite damageと同等、発生率が低くPvPにおける恩恵はなし。

■Unstoppable (不要)

HPが30%以下になるとダメージを増加させる。PvPでHPが30%以下で
戦い続けられる状況は皆無と思うので必要なし。

■Brutal Cyclone (不要)

原文：Increases the chance of inflicting critical damage when using the Cyclone of Steel combo starter

一見するとCoSを使う人には非常に有効なFeatに思えるけど実際は不要なFeatの一つ。
以下に解説します。

Comboには全部で3つのStageがあり、Opening、Pre-loading、finisherの3つに分けられます。

Opening:Comboボタンを押すと最初に自動的に1hit殴ってるのが分かると思います、この最初のAutoAttackがOpening
にあたります。(White Damage)

Pre-loading:Comboボタンを押した後に出てくる矢印キーによる攻撃。(White Damage)

Finisher：Pre-loadingの入力完了後に発生するコンボ攻撃。(Combo Damage)

で、Brutal CycloneとSmash 'n Crushは上記のOpeningのWhite Damageに追加される効果で
Combo Damageには効果がないため不要です。

■Smash 'n Crush (不要)

上記参照

■Twist and Tear (1point)

Offhand攻撃にDot Procを追加します。発生率を考えると不要、1Pointのみ
振っておけば若干のダメージアップに繋がる程度の考えでいいかな。

■Predatory Instincts (必須)
クリック方式のアビリティで、12%のEvade増加とStamリジェネ効果のBuffが15sec付きます。
この先のSpirit of the Pantherを取るのに必須Feat、またGemでEvade上げてるならEvade Buffとしても優秀。

■Gushing Wounds (1Point)

CoSにDot Procを追加します、ポイント余ってるならMaxまで取ってもいいかも、ポイントきつめなら
1Pointだめ振るのをお勧めします。

■Haste (必須)

Damage+とMovement+の10sec buff、Damage up buffとして優秀なので必須。

■Too Many to Count (必須)

周りの敵の数に応じて最大10%のダメージアップ、Damage up buffとして取得しておくのをお勧めします。

■Berserker (不要)

クリック方式のアビリティで、HP40%以下のときだけ使用可能でダメージが増加されます。
Unstoppableと同じでPvPでそんな状況は皆無なので不要。

■Unstoppable Berserker (不要)

Berserker取らないから取れないし、不要。

■Jagged Weapons (不要)

■Cyclone of Razors (必須)

前は最大28%のCoSダメージ増加だったけど、Nerfされて10%になったけど
ないよりまし程度で取っておくのがいいかな。

■Spirit of the Panther (必須)

クリック方式のアビリティで、CoSのクリティカル発生率を増加させます。
基本的にCoSコンボ使用時はHaste、Spirit of the Pantherとこの後に取得できるImpale
の３つをDamage Up buffとして同時使用するのでとっておいたほうがいい。

■Boiling Blood (不要)

■Lashing Swords (不要)

■Back in the Fray (推奨)

敵からKBを受けたときにChargeをうてるので持ってたほうがいいのですが
現在はBugで動いていません。修正されたら取得するのをお勧め。

■Overpower (お好み)

Evade発生時にダメージを増加させる、GemでEvadeを上げてるタイプは1pointのみ
振っておくことをお勧め。Evadeを上げてないタイプは不要。

■Rupture Armor (不要)

■Shrapnel (不要)

■Lure (1Point)

前方ダブルタップで99% Absの15sec buffが付きます。30sec毎に使用可能で
ポイントに余裕があるなら1pointだけ振るのをお勧め。

■Impale (必須)

next attack時にDot効果を追加、Haste、Spirit of the Panther、Impaleの
３種の神器が馬場のダメージアップソース。

■Dance of Death (不要)

■Armageddon Falls (推奨)

クリック方式のアビリティで、使用時に10sec buffが発動しその間の攻撃には
Dot効果が追加される、再利用に２分。
３種の神器があれば特に必要ないかも、ポイント余ってれば取ればいい程度。

現在、Test Serverに入ってる来週あたる予定のPatchです。Testlive forumからの転載。

Testlive forumの今一番のホットトピックはやはりGemの修正に関するスレッド、Stickyで
TOPスレッドに置かれて議論されてます。
既にTest ServerではinvulnerabilityがNerfされており、1.4%から0.4%に変更されています、
またinvulnerabilityのNerfはGemだけではなくT1/T2 Gearにも入ってる模様。
議論な大きな論点はinvulnerabilityとDamage+に関すること、invulnerabilityはGemのLv毎に
Rateを変更するべき、Damage+は同系統はStuckしないようにするべきとかかかれてます。

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Update Notes - July 30th, 2008 Patch

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Preliminary Update Notes for July 30th patch

**These notes do not necessarily reflect the final version that will be deployed on Live**


GENERAL
* Several causes of crashes and assert failures have been addressed and fixed.
* The Skewbald Pinto Horse has had its stats adjusted to horses of the same tier and price.
* Important notification sounds now won't be interrupted by other sounds.
* Mounts can no longer be sold.
* A fix was implemented for item descriptions when switching between languages on the client.
* Fixed an issue that would cause some playfields to be empty after logging out for some time, and then back in.
* You can no longer send unlimited mail through the tradepost. If you send several mails and are informed via system message you cannot send any more, you will need for in-game time to pass before being able to send more mail.
* Ignored users will no longer be able to send you mail.
* Raid playfields will now kick players who are not in the raid.



CLASSES
* All Assassin, Barbarian, Bear Shaman, Conqueror, Dark Templar, Guardian, Herald of Xotli, and Ranger combo damage and stamina costs have been rebalanced to match the newly adjusted animations.

Assassin
* Combos granted by feats should now deal significantly more damage than before.


COMBAT
* Aborting multihit combos before they're finished won't activate their full effects anymore.
* Pet commands should now be more responsive.


GUI
* The "Quests" tab in the quest journal should now indicate the current number of accepted quests and the total number of allowed quests.
* An option to add a player to your ignore list was added to the "Add by name" dialog.
* If your trade is rejected, you will receive an onscreen message.
* Tooltips for NPCs on the map should now show up in the localized version of their names, instead of their default English names.
* You can no longer trade while in combat mode.
* You will see an onscreen message stating that a team member has joined your team.
* Onscreen feedback for a failed attempt at a trade due to a full inventory has been tweaked.
* Added a new option that allows the player to make his cloak invisible.


NPC / MOBS
* Toirdealbach's Tomb has had its level range adjusted from 50-53 to 46-48. Loot in Toirdealbach's Tomb has been adjusted to fit the new level range of mobs.
* Pyramid of the Ancients: The Harem Girls have been dressed up properly, and sexily!


PVP
* Players will now always see Massive PvP results, and the time left in a battle during battles. This information is displayed in the right top corner, below the minimap.


QUESTS
* Field of the Dead: Changed the level on the quest Entourage from 52 to 47.
* Field of the Dead: Changed the level on the quest Cleansing the Tomb from 53 to 48.
* Khopshef Province: Forbidden Knowledge - The Crumbling Codex will now despawn after it is picked up.
* Khopshef Province: Slave Cages will now show a visual effect when player is on the correct quest to interact with them.
* Pyramid of the Ancients: New Quests have been added to enhance your questing experience. Bosses have been upgraded to present a challenge to solo (or small groups) of players. Pay careful attention to the items they drop - they could be the key to defeating more challenging enemies.
* Pyramid of the Ancients: All quests should now be working.
* Tarantia Sewers: Orphans in the Hovel - Galeria should now talk to you after you kill her captor.


TRADESKILLLS
* Cloth Resource droprate in the world has increased somewhat.
* The Resource and Building playfields (Lacheish Plains, Purple Lotus Swamp, Poitain) have new NPC camps that will drop tradeskill items previously only available through the Alchemist's Cache. Some of these encampments will aggro, some will not. This makes these zones more dangerous, but allows lower level players a chance to get the tier 1-3 resources they need.


WORLD DESIGN
* Checkerboard textures should no longer appear on the ground throughout the world

COMBAT
* We're now done with the majority of the process to completely equalize Male and Female damage. We've balanced the animation-lengths for all "white damage" attacks as well as all "combo finishers", and furthermore we've matched the animation length of "moving attacks" to the lengths of "stationary attacks". As a result players should now experience no difference in damage dealt or time needed to execute an attack based on what gender their character is.


CLASSES
Herald of Xotli
* Pillar of Internal Flame Rank II is now a three-step combo (including combo starter) instead of an instant cast.


GENERAL
* Many of the spells used by raid bosses will now ignore line of sight-checks, thus making it impossible to avoid them by hiding behind pillars and such.
* Many of the spells used by raid bosses will now be impossible to fully resist.

Test ServerにPvP Systemが実装されました。概要を簡単に書いておきます。
まず現在のTest Serverに入ってるPvP Systemは一部であり、以下の３つが実装されています。
・PvP Progression、PvPで勝つことで貰えるPvPxpになります。
・PvP Notoriety、Murder systemと呼ばれてる物でLow lvを殺すと名声が下がり一定数以上殺すと
Murderになります。
・PvP Armor、PvPXpを貯めることで貰えるRewardのPvP用Armorになります。

1)PvP XP
PvPで通常のEXPが貰えます、また殺されてもEXPのロストはありません。
同一LvのPCを殺すと100xpが貰えます(PvPxp)、殺したPCのLvが下がる毎に貰えるPvPxpの量も減少していき10Lv下で1xpになります。Lvが上のPCを殺すと最大で150xpまで貰えます。
murderer称号のPCを殺すことで２倍のxpを貰え、殺されたmurdererは２倍のxpをロストします。

2)Murder system

Murderで死んだときのLootシステムは入っていませんが、flagのみは正しく動作しています。
自分よりLVが低い相手を攻撃するか、または何回も殺すことで、criminal statusが与えられ、このエフェクトは５分間継続します。このフラグがたってる間は、他の人はcriminal flagを貰うペナルティ無しに攻撃が可能です。要はフラグ持ちは無条件で攻撃できるって事です。
また、Lvが低い相手を殺し続けることでmurder pointが加算されていき、murder pointが100になると、あなたの称号はmurderになり、頭の上に赤い骸骨マークが点灯し、他の人からmurderであることが分かるようになります。Murder pointは時間の経過で減少しますが非常に長い時間がかかります。またPvEでMobを殺すことでもMurder poinを下げることができます。

24man Raid Dungeon Kyllikki's Cryptのまとめ

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1)Mobの特徴

White Hand Guards:
このダンジョンでCCが効く唯一のMob。

Priests:
それほど危険なMobではなく、回復能力も大きくない。普通にTankがKeepして攻撃で大丈夫。

Honorguards:
TankがAggroを維持してこのMobを攻撃するのは不可能に近いので、最初にAggroを取った人が回りをkiteする。

Spellguards:
CasterタイプのMobでtankがKeepする。ただし、AoEとTeleportを使うのでKeep役のTankはGrpから離れた場所でKeepし、AoEとTeleportをしそうになったらRaid Grpに警告すること。

2)Pullに関して

最初にWhite Hand GuardsをToSのPuppetを使ってPullすると、Solo pullが可能。
(これ修正が入って多分不可能、不可能の場合は2段Pullでいけるか？）
次にHonorgaurd、spellguard、priestの順で殺していく。
一番の難関はspellguardで、Keep役のTankはGrpから離れた場所でKeepを行い、Healer、Ranged Classは離れた場所から攻撃、回復をする。Melee ClassはspellguardがAoEを唱えたらすぐに範囲外に待機、Healerは逃げ遅れの人のためにAoEに合わせてBigHealを必ず入れる。

4)Boss

Champion of the Honorguard:

最初の部屋をクリアにして、Keep役のTankが２番目の部屋を走り抜けてBossを最初の部屋にPullします。
このBossの特殊攻撃は"Curse of Gulwar"で、監視役の人がBossのキャストバーを監視し、"Curse of Gulwar"を唱えたら全てのDPSをStopさせる。それ以外にダメージ反射の特殊攻撃もありますが、"Curse of Gulwar"のみ回避するればOK。
HPが25%以下になると数秒ごとにAoEを唱えてくるので、BossをKiteして全員でRange攻撃に切り替える。

Kyllikki:

・何かがトリガーで強烈なAoEを唱える、ColdとUnholy damageが怪しいので、coldとunholyでの攻撃は禁止、
・WolvesはPOPしたら直ぐに始末しないと、spellguardsをsummonされHPを回復させられるので注意。このWolvesにはCCが効く。
・Kyllikkiの攻撃ダメージは非常に大きいため、2TankでHPが減ったらスイッチして交代でKeepする。

Grpセットアップは8人のDPS Grpとそれ以外のMeleeに分けて、それ以外のGrpは左側のスペースで待機してWolvesがPOPしたらWolvesをKillする係りで、Wolves処理GrpはWolvesがPOPしたら左のスペースにPullして、Kyllikkiから必ず引き離すこと。

まず最初に、TankがBossをKeepしたら、hateを稼ぐために最初のWolvesがPOPするまでDPS Grpは待機する。WolvesがPOPしたらWolves処理Grpは左のスペースにPullしてそこでKillすること。

日本時間の夜8時から5時間のサーバダウンになります。

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US Servers - Scheduled Downtime for Update - 23rd of July

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Greetings,

The servers will come down for an update on the 23rd of July at 11 am GMT / 7am EDT. The downtime is scheduled to last 5 hours.

Thank you,
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Glen 'Famine' Swan
US Community Manager

今週のPvP三昧！


まずは金曜の夜にKeshattaのCityでodinと遭遇、こちらは5人Grpで相手はFGのガチ勝負。
いつも通りに突っ込んできた相手にタゲを合わせて殺していきます。


相手が結構ばらけてくれたのでタゲ合わせてうまく殺せたかな、被はこっちは3人が1回死んだくらいで、５，６戦して全勝。


この後はいつも通りにRoamingして終了。。。。。最近、敵がどんどん減ってるな。。。


続いて土曜の夜は、DMCに敵がいて結構遊べた。


MarderdallっていうGuildのFG相手にかなり戦ったけど、相手の構成もいいけど、連携もうまくて負け越し。。。。
相手がGRD、Conq、HoX、Nec、ToS、PoMで、布2匹殺したあたりでConqのBattleRez炸裂でその後は圧力負けで壊滅のパターンが多い。布2匹ころしてConq殺してのパターンで何回か勝てたけど全般的にこっちの負けだね、相手のほうがうまかった。


このThe fundationってGuildとは土曜の夜にやりあったけど、ここもうまいね。GuildでSolid Grp組んでるところはやはり連携もうまいし、構成もいいのでかなり強い。
でこれは日曜の昼間で、最初はうちら3人Vs Severance3人で戦ってたけど、Severanceの奴ら強すぎ。特に熊のStangが痛いし硬いしで話になりませんｗ


結局、FundationからRaidの誘い着てこっち9人体制でやったけど、9人vs3人で余裕で戦ってるんですけど（ｗ
相手は、熊、馬場、ToSで熊とToSがやばいくらいのダメージ、多分クラフトだろうね。
熊なんて3−4人Onしてても普通に戦って殺していくんだけど、何このNewTypeって感じ。。。
まあ連携も普通にうまいから装備もいいけど、腕もよすぎる、CCうまく使って数負けしない状況作ってタゲ合わせて確実に殺してくる。
結局、1時間ぐらいやりあってたのかな、すさまじいあばれっぷりでした！

糞Patchの修正のため日本時間の2時〜7時にサーバーがダウンします。

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Additional Hotfix update 18th July

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We are bringing down the live servers for a small update to address a couple of important issues that have cropped up in today's update. We felt these were important to address before the weekend so that it didn't effect people's weekend play. The following issues have been resolved:

Players would appear invisible on occasion
Certain actions would still fire their effect but not trigger the correct cool-down if interrupted¨

The update is scheduled for 5am GMT / 1am EDT for about 5 hours.
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Glen 'Famine' Swan

日本時間の夜8時からサーバダウンになります。多分いつもと同じ５時間

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Update postponed to Thursday

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Greetings,

We postpone the update from tomorrow Wednesday to Thursday, 17th of July 7 am EDT. One fix concerning equipment that are 'Bind on Equip' lead to an issue which would have made those items not equipable at all. This has of course to be resolved and then tested again before we can bring the update to the live servers.

So if no other issues are found and the one mentioned above is resolved, we will update on Thursday. We will of course keep you up to date about any news.

Thank you,

定期サーバーダウンの水曜日ですが、明日に延期なっています。

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Update postponed to Thursday

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Greetings,

We postpone the update from tomorrow Wednesday to Thursday, 17th of July 4 am GMT. One fix concerning equipment that are 'Bind on Equip' lead to an issue which would have made those items not equipable at all. This has of course to be resolved and then tested again before we can bring the update to the live servers.

So if no other issues are found and the one mentioned above is resolved, we will update on Thursday. We will of course keep you up to date about any news.

Thank you,
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Glen 'Famine' Swan
US Community Manager

夕日の彼方から現れるOdin６人衆



華麗にスルー！



と、とりあえず付いていけ！



祭りだ祭りだ！！



とりあえず脱いでみた！やべーみんな脱いだじゃん！



やべー全員捕まりそう！！



どうみても変態の集まりだろ！



１人だけ恥ずかしがって上を脱がない人がいます！！ある意味一番正常な神経の持ち主です！



オチねーのかよ！！オチだよ！！



お前ら最高！

以上、ある夜の出来事でした・・・・・

ここ最近は殆どKeshattaでRoaming PvPしてます。Oasisから出発してCityいってDMCでまたCity戻ってインスタンス替えてをひたすら廻る感じです。
OasisやCityではどうしても相手が少数の場合が多いのですが、まあタゲ合わせや連携の練習になるので一応見に行きます。うまくいくと、援軍呼んだり即席のGrp作ったりして対抗してきてくれるときもあるので、それなりに楽しみています。

土曜のDMC、下にFull GrpのVendettaがいたのでこれを殺して、上に更に残りの３人がいたのでもそれも殺し。すると、Vendettaから"今俺らaltのPLでLv80が９人いるんだよ、どっか他行けよ"のTellがきました（ｗ
DMCからCity方面の坂を下りた辺りでまってると、やってきましたVendetta 9人 Raid Grp、とりあえず引き気味に突出した相手を殺していくと、おろろ、弱い、弱すぎ！！
相手９人、こちら６人のAll Lv80でこっちは被2で完勝。するとまたもやTellが（ｗ
"いまお前らAoC Buddy使ったろ？９人中３人がエラーで動けなくなったぞ、ＧＭに報告するからな"とかなんとか・・・・・AoC buddyってhackツールか何か？よく知らんけど、まああの状況でぼろ負けしたら何か言い訳をこじつけてでも考えたくなるわな。



とりあえず、しばらく待ってもこなかったのでこちらからCityに出向いて皆殺しに（ｗ
今度はalt charaもいたけど全て皆殺し、うまく通路の狭さを利用して各個撃破、とりあえずこいつらは、とんでもなく弱い、弱すぎます・・・



３戦目は更に増えてた！多分１３か１４いたのかな、さすがに数の暴力で最後は引かれて壊滅・・・
同数で勝てないと援軍呼んでzergでひき殺すようじゃいつまでたってもGvGは上達しないでしょうね、それがわからないからあれだけぼろ負けするんだろうけど。



土曜はあと他はUnityのFull GrpやOOA、HHとかとやりあって、同数で勝てなかったのが、Lv78位のFull Grpで、構成がToS、PoM、PoM、Ran、Bar、HoXだったかな？１回勝てたけど他は2Kill位しかできずにぼろ負け、圧倒的に魔法の火力が強すぎで焼かれて終わる。
日曜日もぼろ負けした相手はToS,PoM,PoM,Ran,NecBarだったかな、これはNec１人にいいようにやられた・・・
現状、Melee中心のTankGrpとCaster中心のCaster Grpなら間違いなくCaster Grpが強い、しかも3HealerいるとHealer火力もあるし、更にHealが厚くて全然死にません。

なんとかMelee構成でもDPS集めて殺しきれるようにしたいね。

本日入るであろうpatch情報。正式なPatch Noteの内容はOfficialの発表をご参照ください。

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*These notes to not necessarily reflect the final version that will be deployed on Live*

Preliminary Update Notes – 10th of July

CLASSES

Mage (General)
* Dark Meditation is now a self-only channeled spell and will no longer stun the user.
* Dark Meditation now has new effects associated with it.

Rogue (General)
* Mountaineer will now reduce duration of the effects of Bruised Body by 50%/100% and Broken Bones by 25%/50% per respective rank.

Soldiers (General)
*Surging Health will now increase in power with more feat points invested.

Assassin
* Golden Lotus Extract now has a new particle effect.

Barbarian
* Clickable abilities - Unstable Mind, Reaver Stance, Blood Rage Stance, Haste, Dance of Death, Armageddon Falls, Impale, and Adrenaline Rush now have spell effects.
* Fearsome Agility will now proc more consistently at all ranks, rather than reducing in rate for rank 4.
* Fearsome Agility will now trigger off any melee hits, not just hits that land
* The bonus granted by Fearsome Agility has been increased from 5% to 10% evade chance at max rank, and stack.

Dark Templar
* The variance on damage dealt by unholy-based Soul Covenants has been reduced to make the damage more consistent. Average damage was not modified by this change.
* Covenant of Arms should now have the correct base damage across all levels
* Covenant of Arms should no longer disappear from the player's spell book or fail to appear after training multiple ranks
* Covenant of Putrescence should now have the correct base damage across all levels
* Covenant of Putrescence now deals unholy damage instead of poison damage Unholy-based
* Soul Covenants now gain a significant percentage of the Dark Templar's unholy or magical damage.
* Malacodor's Blight, Sadistic Soul, Blighted Touch, Blighted Soul, Touch of Death, and Curse of Gwahlur now gain a minor amount of the Dark Templar's unholy or magical damage
* Talisman Mastery now applies a visible buff next to the Dark Templar's stance in the debuff window when active
* Talisman Mastery has been improved to additionally grant a moderate amount of +unholy magical damage when active
* Talisman Mastery has been modified to be a percentage increase of the modified damage of a Soul Covenant instead of the base damage
* Pact of Malacodor will now cost 1% of health every 2 seconds over the duration of the effect. This reduces the health cost to 15% over 30 seconds instead of 25%.
* Reaper of Malacodor will now cost 2% of health every 2 seconds over the duration of the effect. This reduces the health cost to 30% over 30 seconds instead of 50%.
* Fixed an issue which caused Reaper of Malacodor to not always proc on secondary targets.

Herald of Xotli
* Desecrating Essence should now scale more consistently across all levels. Additionally, the variance between minimum and maximum damage has been decreased to be more consistent.
* Burn to Death now receives a substantial portion of the Herald's bonus magical damage on its damage over time effect.
* Burn to Death now applies a separate debuff for all Herald of Xotli players.
* Spreading Flames will now always tick 5 times, instead of occasionally only ticking 4 times.
* Inferno, Tongue of Xotli, and Phoenix Cloak's gain from bonus magical damage has been increased.
* The area of effect damage from Inferno has been renamed to Inferno instead of Lash Field.
* Phoenix Cloak and Burning Skull have had their base damage slightly increased.
* The following abilities now properly scale with the Herald's bonus magical damage: -Avatar of Xotli -Bonds of Anguish -Burning Hex -Burning Skull -Burning Words (Word of Command) -Chains of Anguish -Desecrating Essence -Fiery Weapons -Flame Cleave -Hatred of the Living -Hellstep -Improved Burning Skull -Knowledge of the Underworld -Searing Curse -Searing Hatred -Spitfire

Necromancer
* Frozen Hatred pulsing AoE is now an AoE proc with a 100% chance instead of a passive effect.
* Frozen Hatred pets will now benefit from the Unholy Power feat.
* Parasitic Souls will now benefit from the Unholy Power feat.
* Flesh of the Wight now has an animation associated with it.
* Void now has a persistent effect on the pet while the buff is running.
* Melee pets will now do splashdamage.
* Scythe Shield now lasts 1 hour instead of 30 minutes
* Scythe Shield's casting time has been reduced from 3 seconds to 1.5 seconds
* Quell the Ether's casting time has been reduced from 3 seconds to 1.5 seconds
* The casting time of Set's Ruin, Set's Cold Hatred, and Blasphemy have been reduced from 4 seconds to 2 seconds
* One with Death now lasts 1 hour instead of 15 minutes
* One with Death has been changed to debuff invulnerability ratings by 50% per stack instead of health
* The Unholy Power feat will now increase the magical damage dealt by the Undead Minion: Corruptor and Undead Minion: Necrotic Bomb
* Siphon Unlife's damage component should now scale better relative to the heath of undead minions across all levels. This solves some issues with Siphon Unlife dealing inconsistent damage to the minion in some level ranges.
* Siphon Unlife and Frenzy will now avoid selecting undead minions which have been recently affected by Siphon Unlife or Frenzy. This should solve issues with the same pet being targeted shortly after Siphon Unlife or Frenzy expiring, instead of targeting pets with higher health.
* The core buffs placed on all Necromancer pets are now visible in the pet's buff GUI. This should allow Necromancers to better see the impact of their pet-oriented feats, as they are not displayed on the player.
* Deathless Acolyte: Arcanist will now gain the correct bonus from Unnatural Dexterity ranks 2 and 3

Priest of Mitra
*Blessing of Mitra now has an effect and animation.

Ranger
* Using your bow/crossbow while not in combat mode will not block you from moving for the length of that animation anymore. Instead, your attack will now be aborted.
* Linebreaker should now have a knockback effect.
* Piercing Shot combo line should scale properly
* Shield Bash now has an animation.
* Epic armor is now available with a new look for each tier.



CHARACTER
* Female characters should now properly display dodge, parry and block animations again.
* Female characters using a weapon-combination consisting of either a One-Handed Blunt weapon or a One-Handed Edged weapon in their right hand, and a Dagger in their left hand, should no longer swing the Dagger as if it was a One-Handed Edged weapon.
* Neither Male nor Female characters should have animation issues causing their legs to slide around without animation when fighting with a weapon combination consisting of a One-Handed Blunt weapon equipped in their right hand and a Dagger equipped in their left hand or no weapon in their right hand and a Dagger in their left hand.
* Thrown weapons have had their range increased: Light throwing weapons now have a range of 15 meters, up from 12. Heavy throwing weapons now have a range of 18 meters, up from 16.


MASSIVE PVP
* Border Kingdoms - Several World Design and collision tweaks here.
* Thieves' Guild building now has an icon.
* Siege weapons should now work properly, and will display a message if your target is out of range.
* You should now learn the proper resurrection points in massive siege battlefields.
* You will receive notification when you are about to be teleported out of a siege battle zone during a battle you are not involved in.
* Players should no longer be teleported out of a Massive PvP battle if they log back in directly after they lost connection.


PVP
* If your pet does the most damage to a target for a minigame, you will now get credited for the kill instead of the pet.


PLAYFIELDS
* Fixed some collision issues in Kyilliki's Crypt.
* Many collision fixes in Oasis of Zaara.


NPC / MOBS
* Raid bosses and Group bosses will now die in a dignified way, and refuse to be fatalitied anymore.
* NPC combo "Rupture" is now named "Breach" and will now use the appropriate icon.
* Tiggle Knucklebone has been removed from Lacheish Plains.
* Yakhmar will now spawn minions at a correct interval. These minions are also weaker than before.
* The Half Giant in Conall's Valley will no longer slide around.
* It is now possible to spawn the Dark Beast boss in Sanctum of the Burning Souls just by interacting with the Sacrificial Altar while holding a Ritual Chalice. The specific quest requirement has been removed.
* The camera movement has been toned down when moving around on a War Mammoth at walk-speed.


TRADESKILLS
* Larozzo should now show that he has a tradeskill quest for players.
* The correct message should now be displayed when mining Aurichalcum.
* Stonecutter: Players should be able to hand in Basalt and Adamant again.

QUESTS
* Walkthrough tips for the Tortage Beach tutorial are now more visible.
* Minor visual adjustments to the cutscene played in Mithrelle's Mansion during the Rogue Destiny quest Awakening II - "Mansion of the Wizard"
* Eiglophian Mountains - "Cannibal Commotion": The goal marker for Attadeus now points directly to Attadeus rather than the entrance of his cave.
* Khopshef Province - "Stygian Superstitions": Quest marker moved closer to quest objective.
* Khopshef Province - "Troubles of Thuthmekri": Derekhar should now agro when attacked.
* Khopshef Province - "Lusts of the Flesh": You will now get a cask of Tainted Ale to give to Tuthmekri. Players who want to finish this quest will unfortunately have to delete it from their quest journal and get it again.
* Poitain - "Order Silks in Poitain": Completed quest now has a description.
* Tarantia Noble District - "The Chef": This quest will now complete properly. If you picked up the recipe, you can ask Juan about it. If you've not picked up the recipe, Juan will not ask for it at all.
* Tarantia Noble District - "The Love of a Countess": Goal markers have been modified for simplicity.
* Tarantia Noble District - "The Love of a Countess": Player should have an easier time talking to this NPC, without her getting too upset.
* Tarantia Noble District - "Paetus & the Nemedian Crown III": This quest now has coordinates to get to Pallantides.
* Tarantia Noble District - "Patterns in Insanity": The Junk Seller will not give you a pattern if you already have one.
* Tarantia Noble District - "Obtaining the Noble Arena Key" now works. Aquilus will now duel the player, and complete the quest. The goal text has been modified as well.
* Tortage - "Tarisha's Sacrifice": Changed goalmarker for the Pirate's Gold Earring to an X instead of the small radius so it will be easier to locate now.
* Tortage - "Tarisha's Sacrifice": Collecting a Cannibal's Tooth waypoint has been altered to cover the entire area of the Cannibals.


ITEMS
* Long robes and dresses should appear with less graphical errors when the player is wearing one and running or attacking.
* When an item gives invulnerability bonus for several different reasons, the bonuses will now be summed up and not shown individually in the tooltip.

GUI
* The pet GUI now show the correct icon to the left of each pet name.
* The control mapping GUI should no longer falsely report a key as reserved any more.
* Members of the group is now informed if the group leader change the loot options.
* Fixed an issue causing the cooldown timer to sometimes appear out of sync on items/spells/abilities that was displayed multiple places.
* A list of recent messages are now stored per chat channel so that when subscribing or unsubscribing chat channels to a chat window the content in the window will be instantly updated to display the history for the new set of susbscribed channels. When enabling or disabling timestamps on chat messages the entire scrollback buffer for the affected chat window is updated to show or hide timestamps.
* The tooltip for "Cold Nerves" now shows up as intended, in green color and with a percent sign. Other feats affecting stats with percent values should also show up correctly.
* A new tab named "Nametags" has been introduced in the Interface options. All nametag related options were moved there.
* The options "Show target's target" and "Show team buffs" were moved to the "HUD Options" tab.
* The option "Show quest effects" was moved to basic interface options.
* The dropdown "Show vicinity tag" was removed.
* The options "Enable target highlighting" and "Enable target decals" were moved to the Targeting section of the interface options.
* Resolved an issue which was causing players to recieve a message stating that a spell was on cooldown and be unable to cast even though the cooldown had finished in the GUI.


GENERAL
* The client should now disconnect from the chat server after camping.
* The chat server interface queue will now clear when the client logs in.
* The Crouch ability should now properly indicate when it is on cooldown.
* Made the attributes give their correct modifications (lower) so skills like fasthealing needs more than 1 point to work properly.
* If you move while sitting down, you will automaticly abort the sit down animation
* 'Shield of the Risen' tooltip should now show the correct time remaining
* Castingbar will not be stuck anymore if you move right as the spell finishes.
* Fixed several minor server memory leaks and one major leak. This should improve the server stability.
* Solo players will now have their kill XP proportionally reduced if other players damage their mobs (this was already happening for groups).
* Pets will now have a lower chance of breaking crowd-control effects, in most cases.
* Option to block team invites should now work again
* If attacked while dancing and autodraw weapon option is off, you will go to idle instead of combat.
* Heal spells are no more generating a small amount of hate when they ticked, even when not actually healing anything.

日本時間の夜8時からサーバダウンになります。多分いつもと同じ５時間

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Next Update: Thursday, 10th of July

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We have been working on various fixes for the next update and they have been coming along nicely. During those tests our QA department however encountered an issue which needs to be addressed and corrected. In order to test those new changes (including making those available on our Testlive servers) we are scheduling the next update to Thursday, 10th of July, 11:00 am GMT / 7 am EDT.

Thank you.
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Oliver 'Tarib' Kunz
Senior Community Manager