Update 69.1 Release Notes
Here are the release notes for Update 69.1, released on Wednesday, August 28th, 2024.Of Special Note:
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Bug Fixes:
- Magic of Myth Drannor
- A gargoyle fight will no longer unlock early in "Key to the Mythal", causing players to be able to leave the space before the objective has been completed.
- The quest "Death Hosts This Banquet" has had its map updated.
- The Fog of War is now working properly in the quest "Death Hosts This Banquet"
- A door in "Death Hosts This Banquet" now has a swirly icon on it to help indicate that the door can be interacted with.
- A Dungeon Master line has been enabled to make it clearer where to get one of the required crests in "Death Hosts This Banquet".
- We've prevented an issue in "Death Hosts This Banquet" that could cause players who recall before collecting the Icon to not complete the quest.
- Music now plays properly through the halls of the Onaglym.
- Corrected an issue that could cause the quest "Ettercap Incursion" to not complete properly.
- A trapped chest in "Secrets of the Red Wizards" is now able to be pickable.
- Corrected an issue that could cause Times Long Past to get stuck if you failed to talk to Sir Ildrannath.
- Reverse light gravity volumes logic has been improved to prevent the effect from sometimes getting permanently stuck on players after they leave the dungeon.
- The map notes for the Myth Drannor quests "Book Burning", "Seeds of Decay", and "Portal to Below" now always show even through Fog of War.
- Fixed an issue in the Myth Drannor landscape that caused two rares to always spawn, thus making them not particularly rare.
- A Glabrezou boss is now better at holding aggro.
- An issue causing enemies in Key to the Mythal to incorrectly drop empty collectible bags has been fixed.
- Various typos have been corrected.
- Various stuck spots have been fixed.
- The Bracelets of Flourishing Fauna now function as expected.
- Solar Gems of Spell Critical Chance now give their listed value.
- Rune Arms found in Myth Drannor now have their correct Minimum Levels of 13 and 33, and their effects' power levels have been adjusted accordingly.
- The Ruins Air Elemental in Myth Drannor now counts properly in the Monster Manual.
- Fixed an issue where monsters on normal and hard in Myth Drannor Legendary difficulty quests had extremely high Fortification and Fortification Bypass values.
- A certain Sphinx has had its hit points corrected.
- A statue archer now holds its bow correctly.
- The map for the Myth Drannor landscape has been adjusted to prevent an issue that was causing a deteriorated frame rate.
- Fixed a crashing issue that could happen when traveling between the Myth Drannor Landscape and public areas.
- Giant Ruins Bats no longer sometimes have ten times their expected Hit Points on Epic Hard difficulty.
- An issue that caused the Shifter's Magic Fang and Shadow Blade to fail to cast has been corrected.
- The image of the hireling druid class icon has been corrected to match the LFM class icon.
- Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh - Danger at Dunwater - A certain thief can now be spoken to when he spawns at the rest shrine.
- Fred's feat swapping UI now properly displays Epic and Legendary Levels.
- Monster AI has been made more responsive to handle situations when a taunting player dies or teleports.
- The Wild Mage "Power in Chaos" icon border is now correct.
- Inspiring Bond now works correctly on all hireling and pet types.
- Quality Accuracy's tooltip now properly says Quality and not Legendary.
- Quality Armor-Piercing's tooltip now properly says Quality and not Legendary.
- Tabaxis now have their proper icon in the LFM panel.
- Oxal Ekkam in the Gatekeeper's Grove now has his proper overhead name and description.
- A map note for the portal to Myth Drannor in Gatekeeper's Grove has been fixed.
Gameplay Changes:
- A tent has opened in the Myth Drannor public area that lets you exchange two Fallen Age Weapons for a Fallen Age Weapon of your choice, or two Golden Age Weapons for a Golden Age Weapon of your choice. Please note that Shields are not weapons and do not drop with these weapon suites.
- A character's chance to ignore durability damage now displays in the + tab of the Character Sheet.
- The Who panel should now properly reflect player character levels that are above 30.
