This link from the official forums sums it up nicely:

http://www.darkandlight.net/forums/showthread.php?t=69012

Could you give me some more info Indira? I've been perma banned.

Ugh, must be the top notch communication between the dev team and the select few elite patch testers which continues to make this work so well.

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Originally posted by tepthtanis
Could you give me some more info Indira? I've been perma banned.

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The thread there:

Not sure what this patch was supposed to do as the dev notes and actual play are inversely proportional.... A couple of MAJOR issues listed below..

The only positive change I've been able to see has been the XP window is now readable (/showwinxp)

This was to have cleared Lag.... have more lag now than before patch .. this includes damage during fights as well as registering of overall xp gained After battle( 8 to 10 second delay).

As a level 57 Ranger ALL damage to mobs is in the chit can!
Example -
Level 57 Ranger vrs. Level 50 Mob(Satyr)

Missle attacks
Before patch using Sniper shot - Steady 150 Damage
After Patch - 20-30-68-80 damage a real el'Duh here. Roll of the dice should not determine damage!

The Area attack "frenzy Arrow" with it's trashed timer and now crippled damage is totally worthless at this point...

Melee attacks

Weapons now do 50 to 80 percent less damage
Using Missile weapons actually wears out Melee weapons to the point of
One Kill requires 2500+ goth to repair melee weapon.

Totally disgusted with combat changes....

As for the new crafting recipes.... Lets all point the middle finger at the fool who forgot to provide sellers of components in proximatety of the recipe sellers. It seems we've all been turned into traveling crafting whores ...

In conclusion, and as a word to the wise at DnL....
THIS PATCH REQUIRES A ROLLBACK....

INSTEAD OF THE EYE-CANDY OF A NEW LOGIN SKIN ---- CONCENTRATE ON THE ISSUES CRIPPLING PLAY..
ISSUES LIKE -
CONSTANT CRASHES DURING SIEGES
ARBITRARY LOCKING UP OF YOUR SYSTEM WHILE PLAYING
DISAPPEARING WALLS AND TOWERS
GHOSTS(KILLED CREATURES GOING UNDERGROUND)
LAG
65 PERCENT REJECTION RATE FOR TAMING CREATURES 50 LEVELS BELOW YOU
WEIGHT GAIN DUE TO CRAFTING .. EACH TIME I CRAFT FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME, I GAIN APPROXIAMATELY 20 POINTS OF BURDEN AFTER I DUMP ALL ITEMS .. I.E. WITH EMPTY BACKPACKS HAVE 67 PERCENT BURDEN SHOULD ACTUALLY BE 27.6
KEEPING KILLED SIEGE PLAYERS AT LEAST 100 METERS FROM SIEGE WHILE BATTLE IS STILL RAGING. PRESENTLY ATTACKERS BIND AT SIEGE AREA AND CAUSE DISTRACTIONS DURING BATTLE. THIS IS ESPECIALLY BAD AS THE ATTACKING FORCE IS IN THE HABIT OF BRINGING 8 TO 12 PLAYERS TO ATTACK, AND AS WE KILL THEM THEY COME BACK TO DISTRACT. ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL WHO IS STILL IN SIEGE WITH THE MULTIPLE "RED PETS" AND RETURNING "DEAD PLAYERS".

I'll not get into the Lights with their GM weapons still..

So
No more sieging
No more Combat
Very little crafting
I've tried to keep this short and only provided a few of the combat issues.
I wonder if the chinese market will actually sustain this substandard game.

Hmm, what does that leave? Ahh yes ..
Cancelling the Click and buy subscription account .. *sigh
We had real faith the 40 additional programs could fix at least some of the in-game issues .. BAH!!!!

1 Disgusted Player
Naufragium

Thanks, qotsa.  Saved me the effort.

Thanks qotsa!  About what I expected...

And this post by a customer who is very pissed (they typed all in caps):

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Originally posted by indiramourn

And this post by a customer who is very pissed (they typed all in caps):

SO GLAD YOU IDIOTS DID SUCH A QUALITY JOB TESTING THIS PATCH FOR OVER A MONTH. LETS SEE WHAT SLIPPED BY YOU..............ARMOR IS BUGGED ( FOR EXAMPLE i CAN NOT EQUIP NOR UNEQUIP MY MASTER CHEST, AND UPON LOGGING OUT / IN BOTH MY ORIGINAL PIECE AND THE NEW PIECE DISAPPEAR. SO I TRY TO PUT A NEW PIECE ON AND THEN IT WORKS. ). WEAPONS AND ARMOR BREAK AFTER 1 FIGHT, WHICH IS GREAT SINCE I CAN MAKE 200 GOTH FROM KILLING A MOB, BUT IT'S LAST DYING ACT OF REVENGE IS TO COST ME 7K IN REPAIRS. LETS SEE, OPPS, WE DIDN'T REALLY FIX THE SEIGE CRASHES, BUT WE GAVE YOU A PRETTY NEW FXP / SXP / CXP BAR. NOW THAT WE ARE DOING CRAP DAMAGE, SEIGES ARE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. SEIGE WEAPONS SAY THEY HAVE A RANGE OF 80M, YET YOU HAVE TO GET AROUND 55M BEFORE THEY ATTACK. NOT TO MENTION THEY HIT FOR CRAP DAMAGE, WHILE TOWERS DO QUICK INSANE DAMAGE, OH AND BREAK YOU WEPS AND ARMOR. PETS ARE STILL BUGGED ON LOGIN. YOU CAN STILL NOT READ THE WHOLE TIMER ON FORT INFO....EXAMPLE IT WILL SAY 20HR 0..... HOW DAMMN HARD IS IT TO FIX THAT ! SAME ISSUE WITH HOLDINGS. TOWERS CAN HIT YOU FOR UP TO 120M AWAY NOW. CANT LEAVE SEIGES EASILY. WHAT A JOKE OF A "GAME" ( AND I DO USE THE TERM VERY LOOSELY). STILL CAN NOT BUY / SELL ITEMS IN BULK ( AGAIN SOMETHING MMO'S FROM 6 YRS AGO HAD ). AND NOW THIS GAME IS CAUSING MY NETWORK TO RESET......HOW FREAKING NICE IS THAT. ITEMS DISAPPEARING IN BAGS. AND SPEAKING OF BAGS..........HOW GOD DAMN HARD IS IT TO CHANGE THE CODE SO THAT MY BAGS DO NOT RE-ORDER THEMSELEVES.


THEN YOU FUCKING RELEASE A PATCH ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON ON YOUR WAY OUT THE DAMN DOOR, AND OFFER NO SUPPORT FOR THE WEEKEND. PEOPLE CAN NOT EVEN LOGIN, HOLDINGS ARE BUGGED AND UNUSUABLE, TOONS ARE BUGGED SO THEY CAN NOT EQUIP ARMOR.

I KNOW YOU DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THE FEW OF US THAT ARE LEFT, BUT DON'T WORRY, YOU WILL BE OUT OF WORK WHEN THE FREE PERIOD IS UP. SINCE I WILL GET BANNED FROM THE FORUMS, AND WITH ANY LUCK FROM THE TRAINWRECK OF A GAME, LET ME LEAVE YOU WITH A CLOSING THOUGHT................................YOUR GAME IS A POS, YOUR PROGRAMMING SKILL ( FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD ) IS NOT EVEN ON PAR WITH A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND BY THE WAY............KISS MY < FILL IN THE BLANK >

OH AND WE JUST CRASHED FOR THE 5TH TIME DURING A SEIGE, ONCE 1 CRASHES THE REST OF US FOLLOW ( GREAT TEAMWORK ). SO LET ME REITTERATE....................YOUR GAME IS A GIANT STEAMING PILE OF CRAP.

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Hahaha! I'd laugh louder if it wasn't so sad! Thanks Indira! You just made my evening!

Goody!  I thought this train wreck was over, but it keeps on giving! 

And they've answered the age old riddle of how many chinese programmers it takes to fix a crappy game.  Apperantly more than 40. 

If only you bastards hadn't applied double pressure...

And now this post by AD staff:

And another nice post by one of the last few players:

DnL is pure crap. This latest patch has sent most of the 50 or so of us that were playing running. Over the past month I have only seen the same 10 or so people in-game, it is the largest MMORPG without any players.  Events were lucky to attract 8 players.  Now this latest patch of destruction,  and even the mods can't log on.  Give it up DnL - you were dead a long time ago.

I agree, the game was dead a long time ago. If this patch doesn't kill it then nothing will. They should've hung it up before they began and not pissed so many people off...

Thanks again for the awsome postings Indira!!! Much appriciated!

And another player post for your enjoyment:

And here is another articulate post by a player named Valharan:

Oh, and this amusing post from a thread about the maps which the pioneer accounts were promised but never received:

This post is from someone trying to help another player who is having problems downloading the patch:

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Originally posted by indiramourn

Oh, and this amusing post from a thread about the maps which the pioneer accounts were promised but never received:

Hey guys cool down. The developer team are sewing the maps. They bought a new singer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:...achine_goto.jpg.
Maps will be delivered as soon as they work out how the machine works.
They have hired also new coder to the team http://www.tjbailey.com/wampus/coder.jpg

 

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haha - omg - that made my day

HEhehe! They brought the "ALI" bug back as an encore I see. Or is it just an isolated incident Indira? All these posts are wearing out my laugh box. The people left playing that game must not have an ounce of self respect left if they ever had any.

 IndirrAHH! IndirAHH! IndirAHH!

What in the world possesses these people to continue paying money to play this game? I'm completely at a loss to figure it out.