Patch notes discussion

[Sargoreth]

Good: Vendor trash stacks to 50. yay!
Bad: Crits now possible when *starting* mastery, not after you complete it
What did you think of the notes?

Edit: btw, i did get some kind of patching going this morning. Dont know if it was complete or not, but part of the program patched.

[MataTahu]

I'm slightly disappointed that I didn't see any "exciting things that weren't part of the beta" (or however Sapience worded it). Not that I was in the beta, maybe these things ARE new, but they seemed more like bug-fixes plus the already known changes to me. Oh well.


Why do you think that changing the crafting crits is a bad thing? I don't see a problem with it, personally. If I remember beta folks correctly, they said you still can't use crit items until you're mastered, so you're stuck with the low % chance until you finish the tier.




Also, I forsee many complaints when people who don't read the Known Issues run into some of the larger bugs on that list, like the Writ of Cold/Writ of Fire one (even though, from a "physics" standpoint, that actually makes sense).

[Sapience]

I'm slightly disappointed that I didn't see any "exciting things that weren't part of the beta" (or however Sapience worded it). Not that I was in the beta, maybe these things ARE new, but they seemed more like bug-fixes plus the already known changes to me. Oh well.


Why do you think that changing the crafting crits is a bad thing? I don't see a problem with it, personally. If I remember beta folks correctly, they said you still can't use crit items until you're mastered, so you're stuck with the low % chance until you finish the tier.

"Exciting things that were not part of the beta" was clearly stated as not being related to in game...and thus not on patch notes. You'll see... Moresoonerish.

Also keep in mind, the beta testers already know everything, so of course none of this is new to you. But to everyone else, this is their first look at some of the changes beyond dev diaries.

[MataTahu]

"Exciting things that were not part of the beta" was clearly stated as not being related to in game...and thus not on patch notes. You'll see... Moresoonerish.

Also keep in mind, the beta testers already know everything, so of course none of this is new to you. But to everyone else, this is their first look at some of the changes beyond dev diaries.

Ah, thanks. I didn't see anything stating it wasn't in-game.


And I wasn't in beta, but I'm pretty observant and have friends who were there.

[veevito]

I'm looking forward to trying the new hunter skills (I didn't know about them) and checking out the new woodworker multi outputs.

And Ilike peppermint patties too.

[Laire]

Good: Vendor trash stacks to 50. yay!
Bad: Crits now possible when *starting* mastery, not after you complete it
What did you think of the notes?

Edit: btw, i did get some kind of patching going this morning. Dont know if it was complete or not, but part of the program patched.

Oh, I disagree about crits during the leveling of Mastering as bad. I've always wanted that, personally.

Sapience, just looked at your guide to see where Moresoonerish fell, and I'm liking the thought! Personally I'm hoping for some sort of announcement before the end of the year

[BerensBane]

"Minstrels will no longer hold their fishing rods while playing music."

Except when using the /rap emote

[Spitefulirony]

I noticed the Patch Notes didn't mention a Skirmish Mark refund on soldiers. Did this get dropped from going live?

[Rrys]

As to what Sapience actually said:

Re: I'm surprised there's not a thread about this...

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Crell_1
"And apparently not included in the beta?

Edit:Ok, so i've got my threads crossed. How is it possibly more uninteresting and mundane than routine maintance?
please share."


Because that's all it is. Pretty much routine maintenance. Some database application patches (not game related but the actual database application itself), and other uninteresting stuff.

Though the speculation about the beta upgrades, hardware, etc. is all very entertaining!

Of course none of that is even remotely close to the stuff that is coming that isn't part of all this maintenance, hasn't been announced and wasn't part of beta.

NOW you can speculate wildly.

So, the "stuff" mentionned above, that wasn't part of beta and isn't part of today's release as a surprise, is in fact "Moresoonerish". Sapience, that goes beyond sneaky...

[Thoroval]

From Known Issues post:

Closing the Store window while a purchase transaction is taking place will cause Turbine Points to be deducted but the item(s) will not be delivered. To get the item(s) delivered, another purchase must be made. Please do not close the Store window until the purchase process has fully completed!

That little tidbit should be in huge red letters, emailed to every customer, and put in the Launcher. That's a pretty major bug and a potential Customer Service nightmare.

[CaptainBoots]

When blowing the horn to summon Lieutenants, the animation now aligns the horn with the avatar’s mouth while in motion.

Should that actually read 'When blowing the horn to summon Soldiers'?

[Iyvan]

From Known Issues post:

That little tidbit should be in huge red letters, emailed to every customer, and put in the Launcher. That's a pretty major bug and a potential Customer Service nightmare.

Indeed. I think I commented a few weeks ago that they will have to be very careful with auditing purchases etc. now that they are taking real money for in game items. Turbine could end up in legal trouble if a customers points (money) end up disappearing into thin air.

Such an issue wouldn't be acceptable if you were ordering something from any online retailer, so it shouldn't be here either.