[UO Herald] Test Center - Publish 65 and Patch Notes

Have to disagree, not with the drop rate thing but medussa is BY FAR the easiest!!

Whoa!

That's quite some changes, where do I start...

Ok, first of all, I'm no native speaker (and also a wee little bit drunk right now), but I seriously wonder: has this been posted by a dyslexic or is my english really that bad?
Just a few examples:

* If there are no valid beneficial wards that can be purged, the target will have their mana requirements to increase based on the skill of the caster for a duration of 8 seconds.


I get it, but it sound queer...

* Fame and Karma can now be viewed throughis you the loyalty gump.


Do they even read through what they've written?

Also:

* All Gargoyles are trained from childhood in the skill of Throwing, giving them a basic competence with missile weapons (minimum gargoyle skill in throwing is 200).


Beg your pardon? How can my minimum skill be 200? First I thought it was a typo and they meant 20.0, but then came this:

* Gargoyles have an intuitive understanding of Mysticism, allowing them to cast Mysticism spells without further training. (minimum gargoyle skill in Mysticism is 300).


So, seriously, wtf?

Apart from that, they extremely nerfed Mysticism, especially the sleep spell which was the best mystic spell by far. I'm not sure if I should even keep mystic or stone it off now...

The title changes I don't fully understand yet, have to see how that works out. Probably ok...

Giving gargoyles some love was necessary, We'll see how that works out.

The EC changes are fine, some improvements, some bug fixes, but sadly the real big bugs, the game breakers, like 20 sec freezes triggered by mouse overs on champ spawns in the lost lands, remain unadressed.

Sorry for being grumpy, but I'm not getting my panties in a knot over this publish/patch (I'm still angry that they started to mix these btw.)

"minimum gargoyle skill in throwing is 200"

When they say this, they confuse most players yes. But that's some internal code or something cause 200 = 20.0. Like if you go to test center and say "set skill throwing 200" it will make it 20.0.

I don't know why they insist on these internal code-naming schemes when on the surface we all just see 20.0 and never 200. Internal codes should stay internal, and just give us common tongue on the surface.

I certainly hope that on the play guide they use common wording, not code speak.

EC Client users have room to complain about bug and client fixes after getting 30+ fixes?

... Are you serious? Can you guys just say "thanks for the fixes! Can't wait to see more"?

Check out these properties on the new craftables!

No durability?

Hmm I didn't even notice. You are correct - no durability.

Holy crap, I'm changing all char to gargs!

*Claps hands in glee*

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but...

Plate talons are being removed so im not sure if this has a bearing on what can be crafted.

Second, this is going to make gargs a bit OP in my opinion.

I already have a gargoyle mage with 2/6 40LMC 100%LRC 60DCI 24+Mana Increase 12MR 25HPI 2% Casting Focus and all 70's

With this i am in essence able to add 90skill points on those items as i need nothing else added.

Shoot..No fishing update? Hopefully fisherman will get love with the following update.

seems like a bug with plate talon and plate wing armor to have stats listed above? would be nice if the Dev gave us some clue on these.

Not sure if talons could be made from tailoring but wing armor crated using tailoring runic does not contain bonuses like Val runic crated wing armor....

Bummer. The leather craftable talons and wing armor do not have any properties. I think they are just there so existing items can be altered.

If you are using the Advanced targeting of the EC then you most likely wont notice a difference, as the targeting from the EC already "ques" targets. I quote ques because what it is really doing is basically hitting the "last target" over and over until it catches the target cursor. If you are using legacy targeting, then I can not see why you are not seeing the difference.... Of course this is only available in the Enhanced client (assuming you are using the EC and not the classic 2d client, if you are using the 2d client then...problem solved) If using legacy targeting in the EC try it with and with out target queing on, cast a greater heal and instantly click your "target self" button, it should heal yourself.

I don't see anything about a fix for sleeves/arms and gloves disappearing in the EC's backpack. Has this been fixed?

I assume not, have not checked. This only happens in grid view tho, or am I mistaken?

It would be cool to have 3/9 casting though, haha.

Yeah, it would be totally lame though.

I love how the wings look with tailor-made, metal art for wings does not lay right.

I realize this isn't the end of the the universe as we know it but I was curious about this item:

Fame and Karma can now be viewed throughis you the loyalty gump.

Does this mean you will be able to actually know the point levels of your fame and karma?

It's definitely working and you can see the difference using the EC target system. It displays system message "target queued" if you hit your target hotkey while the spell is still casting. I've set all my spell targets to cursor, so having cursor queuing now is a nice addition.