Blight Update 220 Discussion

[AmonGwareth]

You can discuss Blight Update 220 here. Note, this will be applied today or tomorrow.

[awdz]

Journeyman Antidote potions now use Strong Venom as a component instead of specific tech component venoms.
Expert Antidote potions now use Deadly Venom as a component instead of specific tech component venoms and no longer require a Scorpion Tail Stinger.

Thank you - thank you - thank you!! :-D

[Vaz]

Lots of good things in this update. Highlighting my favorites:

Sheila Jonis in Bristugo is now a vendor and sells a new line of social hats.

Oooh! I look forward to checking these out. :D

Reduced the quantity of gems required for the quest "Marcus' Quest: Missing Shipment of Gems" so that players can complete the quest without needing a cargo disk or becoming overburdened.

That quest always gave me trouble. Glad to hear it's now less...unexpectedly time-consuming and inconvenient for the level and experience range it's aimed at.

Lowered the dodge and parry skill, but raised the Health, of Kwellen Berserkers.

I like the thinking behind this. Missing is annoying and frustrating, but you always know an enemy's health going into the fight so dealing with their health is not annoying or frustrating.

Journeyman Antidote potions now use Strong Venom as a component instead of specific tech component venoms.
Expert Antidote potions now use Deadly Venom as a component instead of specific tech component venoms and no longer require a Scorpion Tail Stinger.

Agreeing with Awdz: this is excellent!

Removed Valkor's long patrol route, he once again spawns in his fortress.

Order thanks you, I suspect.

A Hatchling must now be at least 30 days (real time) old before starting their Rite of Passage quest.

I have heard the masses rejoicing.

Brannagor on the Observatory Peninsula is now a Blight instead of a Ghost.

:)

Exsanguinating crystals now have a purple tint.

Cool.


And now a question to any other players who are reading this and who are familiar with travel scrolls:

Travel Scrolls now have a 30 minute cooldown.

Is this an increase or a decrease?

[Sindala]

And now a question to any other players who are reading this and who are familiar with travel scrolls:

Is this an increase or a decrease?

It's a decrease
Used to be 60mins.
Now makes them very usefull for crafters and craft areas not located right next to a portal.

Very good news

[Vaz]

It's a decrease
Used to be 60mins.
Now makes them very usefull for crafters and craft areas not located right next to a portal.

Very good news

Glad to hear that. Hopefully people will bother to make and sell them now.

[Ssilmath]

Everything there looks great, especially the changes on Lesser Aradoth. Keep up the good work guys!

[Finkledbody]

Sooo.. Is Blight 218/219/220 going live anytime soon?

Starting to feel this update to the live servers is taking waaay to long.

What are we waiting for? 221 to come around and be applied to blight also before the live servers see any change?

There are many people waiting for these changes. As the wait drags on, these players are logging in less and less... I'm one of them.

Can we get an update when these patches are going to be applied?!

Update please? Something.. anything.... (well, have there be some truth to it)

[Velea]

Thank you for the encouragement. It's good to know that there's enough in this set of patches that people are excited about it and waiting for it.

If you want to see the patch make it to live faster, I'd like to suggest that you log in to Blight and help test it. We're encouraging everyone to do so.

At this time, we're not going to patch it to live until we've either tested ourselves or had others report good results from the patches, as there is a lot that has changed with this patch. So I honestly can't tell you when that will happen, as it depends on when that testing is complete.

[Velea]

Folks, this thread is a discussion of Blight delta 220... NOT about testers on Blight. Please keep your posts on topic.