Camelot Patch Notes

Straight from the Camelot Herald:
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Dark Age of Camelot

Test Version 1.70q Release Notes

May 21, 2004


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NEW THINGS AND BUG FIXES


- Damage shield spells and damage add spells (including the Excited Frenzy realm ability) on pets now report damage dealt to the pet's owner when applicable.



NEW FRONTIERS


Realm Ability Changes and Fixes

- The Necromancer realm ability, Ichor of the Deep, now correctly scales for the damage and duration. The realm ability now also delves correctly.

- The Excited Frenzy realm ability now correctly scales based on the amount of the realm ability purchased. The ability now also delves correctly at the trainer.

- Volley now has the correct range of 2300 units instead of a variable ranged based on your equipped bow.

- Volley cannot be activated if you do not have a ground target selected or if your ground target is further than 2300 units away.

- Pressing the Volley button while volleying will cancel your volley (Please note that this cannot be done while your re-use timer is active).

- You will be warned if attempting a volley while already having a queued ranged shot.

- Volley no longer reports the third person "Bob readies his bow to unleash a volley of arrows!" to Bob, but instead tells Bob, "You prepare to unleash a volley of arrows."

- Volley now correctly strips itself after a skill respec.

- Mastery of Concentration no longer reduces the lifetime of Animist bombers.

- Mastery of Concentration now reduces the effectiveness of Arboreal Mastery, Creeping Path, and Creeping Mastery Animist bombers.


Battlegrounds

- Proving Grounds (Level 1-4) and The Lions Den (Level 5-9) are now open for testing. Players will now be able to use the portal ceremonies at the border keeps to gain admittance to these battlegrounds.

- Newly created characters entering the game for the first time will now have a Proving Grounds medallion of passage equipped on the character.

- The first three battlegrounds now have reduced prices for their medallions of passage. Note that existing Medallions of Passage will also take players in this level range to the appropriate battleground.

1 copper - Proving Grounds medallion of passage
1 silver - The Lions Den medallion of passage
5 silver - The Hills of Claret medallion of passage

- Players will now earn realm points at the correct rate in the Molvik and Leirvik battlegrounds.

- Players will no longer earn bounty points in the Hills of Claret battlegrounds.


Passage of Conflict

- Three powerful demons have been sighted in the wings of the Passage of Conflict. These demons have split up the Passage into three sections, with each section under the control of one demon.



CAMELOT CLASSIC WORLD NOTES


Capital Cities

- We have added a new NPC to each entrance of the capital cities to aid players in their adventuring. The NPCs can grant hastener speed and have the ability to teleport characters under level 10 to the border keep so new players can participate in Realm vs. Realm combat. Please note that these NPCs do not exist on Mordred or Gaheris.

Camelot - Minstrel Lucaris and Minstrel Trinnon
Jordheim - Skald Seisill and Skald Rumdall
Tir na Nog - Bard Eltonos and Bard Medrend



SHROUDED ISLES WORLD NOTES


SI Capital Cities

- We have added an NPC to each of the Shrouded Isles cities to aid players in their adventuring. The NPCs can grant hastener speed and have the ability to teleport characters under level 10 to the border keep so new players can participate in Realm vs. Realm combat. Please note that these NPCs do not exist on Mordred or Gaheris.

Gothwaite Harbor - Minstrel Olias
Aegirhamn - Skald Velder
Grove of Domnann - Bard Selveren