Update 77 Release Notes

Of Special Note:

A new free dungeon is available!

Festivult is now underway (starts Wednesday)!

News and Notes:

Events:

• [p]Symphony of the Fey:[/p][list]
• [p]Motes will now "ping" a player with a message when they spawn.[/p][/*]
• [p]The "too high level" limit on harvesting Motes is now +6 in Epic level quests from base quest level (twice the +3 from Heroic difficulty). For example, Catacombs 3 and 23 now allows players of up to level 6 on Heroic difficulty and up to level 29 on Epic difficulty to harvest their Motes.[/p][/*]
• [p]Issues have been corrected with some thrown weapons not properly getting their "Vow of Glory" designation.[/p][/*]
• [p]Lord Arden now references the proper reward for the Lute of the Summer Flight.[/p][/*]
• [p]The lute "spell" used to activate and harvest Motes no longer has a line of sight check, which could fail under certain conditions.[/p][/*]
• [p]The Symphony of the Fey NPCs in Korthos have been moved to the other side of the square.[/p][/*]
• [p]Mote spawn frequency has been increased. [/p][/*]
• [p]Motes are now less likely to spawn in objects.[/p][/*]
• [p]Baronness Hilda Bitterspine will now award the proper Winter Court Fairy Wings when acquired for a second or further time. [/p][/*]
• [p]An issue has been corrected that could allow reincarnated characters to acquire their first Winter lute inappropriately.[/p][/*]
• [p]An issue with Golden Mote completion has been corrected for characters who are of a lower level than the minimum lute requirement level, but who are in a quest at the correct level.[/p][/*]

Items:

• [p]Huge and Gargantuan Cookie Jars are now available in the DDO Store to hold your Festivult cookies![/p][/*]
• [p]Weapon Finesse now gives its proper amount of Fortification bypass, and its description no longer falsely states that its bonus only applies to certain weapons.[/p][/*]
• [p]Scimitars now properly display as a light weapon in their tool tip.[/p][/*]
• [p]The following crossbows now properly apply Dexterity to damage when they qualify for it: [/p][list]
• [p]Heroic, Epic, and Legendary Hellfire Crossbow[/p][/*]
• [p]Heroic and Legendary Moonlight Slinger[/p][/*]
• [p]Needle[/p][/*]
• [p]Slaver's Hand Crossbow[/p][/*]
• [p]Heroic and Legendary The Renovator.[/p][/*]

• [p]Agony, the Knife in the Dark[/p][/*]
• [p]Alchemical Dagger[/p][/*]
• [p]Ancient Vulkoorim Dagger (Heroic, Epic, Legendary)[/p][/*]
• [p]Assassin's Kiss (Heroic, Epic)[/p][/*]
• [p]Balizarde, Protector of the King[/p][/*]
• [p]Bejeweled Letter Opener (Heroic, Epic, Legendary)[/p][/*]
• [p]Blade of the High Priestess[/p][/*]
• [p]Brigand's Cutlass (all levels)[/p][/*]
• [p]Celestia, Brightest Star of Day[/p][/*]
• [p]Coffin Nail[/p][/*]
• [p]Cutthroat's Smallblade (all levels)[/p][/*]
• [p]Dagger from veteran status 4 and 7[/p][/*]
• [p]Dice (Heroic, Epic)[/p][/*]
• [p]Drow Dagger of the Weapon Master[/p][/*]
• [p]Fell Shiv[/p][/*]
• [p]Flint (Heroic, Epic, Legendary)[/p][/*]
• [p]Flotsam (all levels)[/p][/*]
• [p]Guardian of the Liturgy[/p][/*]
• [p]Luck Blade[/p][/*]
• [p]Nicked Kama and Short Sword[/p][/*]
• [p]Onyxhorn[/p][/*]
• [p]Ornamented Dagger (all levels)[/p][/*]
• [p]Phiarlan Spy Dagger (Heroic, Epic, Legendary)[/p][/*]
• [p]Poniard of Pain (Heroic, Legendary)[/p][/*]
• [p]Sacrificial Dagger[/p][/*]
• [p]Sheridan's Wrack[/p][/*]
• [p]Slice (Heroic, Epic)[/p][/*]
• [p]Spectral Dagger (all levels)[/p][/*]
• [p]Star of Day[/p][/*]
• [p]Sun Blade[/p][/*]

Miscellaneous:

• [p]Several typos in Rogue Mechanic tooltips have been corrected.[/p][/*]
• [p]Kensai's "Reed in the Wind" no longer applies Battle Guard to your enemies.[/p][/*]
• [p]Vistani Knife Fighter's Core 6 attack speed now properly applies to the kukri.[/p][/*]
• [p]An issue has been corrected that could cause enemies with thorn spells to do more damage than intended.[/p][/*]
• [p]The "claim one of everything" option in the Escape to Ravenloft: Utility Collection bundle now properly closes its dialog window when selected.[/p][/*]