Game Updates

This category is a copy of release notes on Gitlab. The most recent

Version 0.1.10

Released on March 24th, 2018.

Content

• Extended the Sewers slightly (#421)
• Vikar now sells basic versions of most runes (#526)

Features

• Players are now Level Downscaling|down-scaled if their level is too high for a zone (#380)
• The client now remembers your showNameplates preference (#450)

Balance

• Experience and Equipment|loot now diminish if you farm the same area for too long (#97)
• The set of possible stats per item should be influenced by the item's level (#107)
• Party members no longer get drops from kills they didn't participate in (#496)
• Physical resistance is no longer a stat that can show up on gear (#497)
• Armor no longer mitigates elemental damage (#498)
• Rebalanced everything (#499)
• Characters now gain main stat upon level up (#500)
• Kiting a mob too far away now causes it to run back (#501)
• Changed all weapon abilities into rune abilities and added generic abilities to weapons (#505)
• Changed augment costs, removed the ability to scour from the augmenting UI and added a scour idol (#523)
• Mobs that are closer to your level now have a higher chance to drop idols (#524)
• Runes awarded by Runecrafter's Toil cards can now be higher level (#530)
• It's no longer possible to attack the Akarei as they have enough problems of their own

Polish

• Disabled friendly tab targeting (#197)
• Idol|Totems are now called idols (#503)
• Classes are now called Spirits. Also removed the Cleric and Necromancer classes, but not their runes. (#532)
• Players no longer have different chat message colors based on their level (#534)

Bugs

• Sometimes, login/fishing rewards are received more than once (#243)
• Summoned skeletons now deal the correct amount of damage as implied by the rune (#263)
• Sometimes, the events module causes a stack overflow (#507)
• The Other Heirloom item always has 500 armor on it (#517)
• Other players aren't aware that your maxHp changes upon level up (#519)
• Certain idols cause the stash to not save when deposited (#528)
• There's a typo in the Smoldering Idol's description (#550)
• When changing to/from fullscreen, there's a slight delay (#560)
• The server's CPU usage spikes when multiple people are in the sewer (#563)

Version 0.1.9

Released December 29th, 2017.

Content

• New Rune: Innervation
• New Rune: Tranquility
• New Rune: Swiftness
• New Totem: Brawler's Totem

Features

• You can now split stacks in your inventory by right clicking on the item
• New Equipment Slot: Finger 2
• New Equipment Slot: Offhand
• Added a third rune slot

Polish

• Steelclaw now has a unique sprite

Bugs

• Sometimes, high level mobs drop level 1 items
• Tiles stay selected when hovering over the UI
• Blood Barrier can't be applied to other players
• Equipping a fishing rod while on a fishing patch requires you to move out and in first
• Sometimes, smokebomb crashes the server
• Players receive quest items from party members' quests
• Sometimes, handing in digested crystals rewards NaN rep
• Fixed a server crash that was possible through malformed client requests
• The [Lure of the Sea] quest changes randomly when rezoning
• It's possible to wipe all stats off an item
• Multi-catch doesn't give multiple points to Lure of the Sea quests
• It's possible to raise an item's level through augmenting
• Characters don't rejoin events when logging out and in
• Some single items display quantity 1 after 'new' status is removed
• Rerolling the slot of an item that has a custom spritesheet doesn't reset the spritesheet

Version 0.1.8

Released December 9th, 2017.

Content

• Added a new quest type that requires you to fish (#326)
• Added a new quest type that requires you to loot an item of a specific quality (#329)
• Added three new legendary items. One of which was designed by one of our patrons.
• Added a north island to Fjolarok Removed the Fjolgard map and moved some of its NPCs to the north island.
• Added a rare version of Stinktooth.
• New Seasonal Event: Merrywinter (#319)

Balance

• The 'Harvest Life' ability now deals 23.9% damage on average due to a higher min and max damage as well as a 6 tick cooldown (down from 7) (#342)
• Items with the same name now share cooldowns (#375)

Features

• Added the Wardrobe that allows players to change their skins (#321)
• Cards can now drop from certain mobs. These can be traded for rewards.
• Added two new item stats. Attack Speed and Cast Speed.

Polish

• Hardcore deaths are now announced in chat (#61)
• The equipment UI now gives an indication when you've looted new items for a slot (#58)
• Weapon attacks now give the message 'Weapon is on cooldown' instead of 'Spell is on cooldown' (#77)
• The leaderboard UI now highlights players that are online (#79)

Bugs

• The reputation UI doesn't update correctly after your reputation tier changes (#34)
• Equipping an Item does not remove its 'new' status (#75)
• When a player levels up in a party, other players still see his old level (#157)
• When hovering over a mob, their HP is off by one (#289)
• [Herbs no longer spawn on other objects (#301)
• Mailing multiple items cause only the last one to be received (#316)
• The tab toggles on the messages UI don't work properly (#317)
• The online list sometimes shows duplicates (#318)
• Characters are blurry on the character select UI in Safari (#323)
• Runes don't lose their position in the inventory when equipped (#328)
• It's possible to join a channel with no name (#333)
• Stashing a Fish removes all other fish that are already stashed (#334)
• Parties no longer enter the same dungeon (#336)
• Certain characters can't logged in due to bugged custom channels (#343)
• After mailing a stacked item, the quantity label isn't cleared (#344)
• Typing /party crashes the server (#346)
• The server crashes when an effect kills a player (#347)
• Thaumaturge Yala's shop dialogue options do not work (#349)
• It's possible to send unsanitized messages by modifying client code (#351)
• More than one player can loot the same resource node if timed correctly (#354)
• Targeting yourself sometimes displays the incorrect amount of mana (#364)
• When opening another UI while the Main Menu is open, the overlay doesn't vanish (#366)

Version 0.1.7

Released on October 22nd, 2017.

Content

• New Seasonal Event: Soul's Moor (#222)

Balance

• The rate at which mobs become stronger before level 10 has been readjusted to make it easier for new players (#293)
• Blood Barrier can now be applied to other players (#201)

Features

• You can now mail items from your inventory (#283)
• Custom Chat Channels (#142)

Polish

• Added a news section to the login screen (#276)
• When selling items, items are now displayed in the same position as in the inventory (#230)

Bugs

• Sometimes, charging crashes the server (#260)
• Items will no longer shift up when dropping/destroying other items (#175)
• Equipping an item now removes the position from the item (#67)

Version 0.1.6

Released on August 30th, 2017.

Balance

• The fishing tournament now takes place on the hour, every 3 hours. (12PM, 3AM, 6AM, 9AM, etc...)
• Angler's Marks can no longer be dropped, destroyed or salvaged. (#259)
• The Flimsy Fishing Rod can no longer be salvaged. (#261)
• Summoned Skeletons now have 65-85 percent of the summoner's life. Down from 80-120. (#264)
• Summoned Skeletons now deal 800% threat. Down from 1000%. (#264)
• Angler Nayla now belongs to the a new faction, the Anglers.
• The Estuary now has a max depth of 12. Down from 14.

Features

• New item flags: noDestroy, noDrop and noSalvage. (#259)

Polish

• Change the Fullscreen/Windowed button to indicate what it does, not what state it's in. (#248)
• Display the fish weight when you catch it. (#247)
• Loot is linked in chat so it shows a tooltip when hovered. (#255)

Bugs

• The wiki link should point to the new wiki. (#242)
• Deleting players is broken. (#254)
• The Harvest Life spell does not use the healPercent attribute. (#262)
• The Crazed Seagull no longer drops the Family Heirloom for new players. (#265)
• It's possible to walk outside the map in the Estuary. (#267)
• Some decorative items in the city have nameplates. (#245)

Version 0.1.5

Released on August 22nd, 2017.

Content

• New event: Fishing Tournament that takes place every two hours, for 10 minutes for testing. In the future this will be much less frequent. (#26)

Features

• New prophecy: Austere. You live a simple life; wearing only common and magic items. (#198)
• Automated events. (#109)
• Daily Login Rewards (#220)

Enhancements

• Pressing enter in the chat box when no message has been entered now closes the chat box. (#196)
• Destroying, salvaging or dropping items no longer causes items to be shifted in the inventory. (#175)
• Make item linking work on Mac with the Cmd button (#227)
• Update the tutorial text to give information on Necromancers (#225)
• Update the help panel to give information on Necromancers (#202)

Polish

• Added a nametag to the Crystal Caves entrance (#233)

Bugs

• In the Leaderboard UI, using the mine button causes filtering to cease working. (#208)
• Fireblast particles don't vanish if they complete offscreen. (#207)
• The server crashes if a hardcore + butcher player is killed by another player. (#204)
• Items that have single quotes in their name get more quotes every time you relog (#237)
• The wiki link should point to the new wiki (#218)

Version 0.1.4

Released on July 2nd, 2017.

Content

• Added a new map: Crystal Cave (#169)

Performance

• Particles are now only spawned and rendered if they're onscreen (#186)

Features

• New Item Stat: Crit Multiplier (#172)
• New Item Stat: Level Reduction Requirement (#171)
• New Class: Necromancer (#136)
• New Visual Effect: Lightning (#182)

Enhancements

• The sprites file is now generated dynamically (#174)
• Changed the page title from 'dev' to 'Isleward' (#166)
• Protected most server-side methods from being called from the client (#178)
• Rewrote the item name generator (#179)

Bugs

• Multiple primary abilities when equipping a new weapon after rezone (#200)
• When selecting enemies with the tab key, movement pauses if no target is found (#129)
• When quitting to the character select screen, not all map tiles are cleared (#168)
• Player objects don't save if they have an item in their inventory with a single quote in the name (#183)
• The item context menu stays open after the inventory closes (#163)
• The server crashes when your faction tier changes after unequipping an item (#128)
• Zone with no players in them never destroy and never deallocate destroyed objects (#184)