[AV] Dev Notes July 2006 Patch

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New content and Functionality

In order to help the ever increasing number of new players entering the game some changes have been made to the new player experience. New players can now turn in a token in the starter towns for more useful items to help them along their way in Dereth.

A new island has appeared in the northeast. The area is aimed at characters level 150+.

There is a new creature roaming Dereth. Please use caution when approaching, it has a quite a bite!

Armor Sets are now in the game. For right now these sets are geared towards players level 150+. These sets will require some work to get though.

There will be several unscheduled live events occurring this month occurring at all times of the day. Please be aware these can happen in any town at any time, so please be aware when placing characters in towns. You may log in to a less than friendly greeting.


Miscellaneous Changes and Improvements

The exterior of the Temple of Nc'thail has many Silithis on it. This was causing some player to have performance issues. We have change the spawns in that area to help reduce the effect on some players.

An incorrect description on the Rossu Morta Chapterhouse recall has been fixed. It should now have the correct description.

Summer is here and with it comes the removal of the baby creatures from the landscape. They have all grown up!

The Cartographers of Dereth have been hard at work this month. You will notice that the POI's have returned to your in-game maps.

The lightning that was causing some people to be unable to play has been removed.

We believe we have found the source of the issue that was causing some characters to end up at their lifestone's upon login. A fix is in place but it will require players to log on their main characters first and open up their housing. The mules should then be safe to log in and should not end up back at their lifestone's. Players will be able to close their houses after doing this and should not have to open them again unless they choose to.