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Friday with Means - December 9th, 2011 - Next Update info

I returned to work Thursday this week after my trip to Disney with my family (now I REALLY need a vacation...those of you with small children will totally understand) so I'm busy catching up with the team about all the cool stuff they made that I didn't approve of while I was gone. It seems like the long standing tradition of "make cool stuff while Means is away" is still in force and has produced some fun stuff for this year's holiday. The entire Phasefront platform on Newland Lake is my favourite example of "he's on vacation" content...wow was I surprised when I saw that....and quite impressed. It looks like the holiday content is shaping up quite well and the version on Test is looking like a great candidate for the live dimensions next week.

Work continued on the engine while I was away. They have fixed the horizon object to no longer randomly allow partial light to pass through (a visual glitch visible in the old AO client too) and are currently working on fixing self illumination of monsters.

Other things next week's update will contain that is not Christmas related:

- The Gauntlet should no longer cause issues with multiple bosses.
- The ancient novictum refiner should no longer be unique nor nodrop, but it will still be expensive to buy.
- You can now ask John Smith for up to 3 Battle Station daily missions per day.
- Notum Scourge in Penumbra should no longer be spawning underground
- Daily Mission: Emergency Call will no longer be bugged for level 219 players.
- Pocket Bosses will no longer remove most of your health.
- Inside the Ruins in Arid Rift will no longer reset if you leave it (only the solo instance)
- Daily Mission: Rats/Bugs! Will no longer reset if you leave it, and if you fail you can restart by talking to the Exterminator NPC.
- New stims/rechargers have been added as loot of npcs in dungeons on Rubi-Ka
- Shades will now be able to more easily get spirit from a new pocket boss in Shadowlands
- Treatment kits can now be used on pets out of combat.
- New Daily Mission: Pendpod Rescue
- Daring Syndrome (AI hostile monster nano) removed.
- Fixed various exploits
- The Cup is no longer missing a Bartender
- Penumbra Questline now offers a new Bureaucrat nano crystal reward: Carlita Desposito. If you have already completed this quest line - speak to the yutto again to get the reward. The old nano can still be obtained via Rubi-Ka missions terminals, and it is no longer no drop.
- New MA weapon and tradeskill added to the Beast

Sector 10

- Removed snare towers.
- Exits have been added throughout the area.
- ICE and Bounty items are no longer available.
- Bosses are no longer rooted.
- Bosses will now be fought in team/solo instances available at the entrance.


Have a great weekend everyone!

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Colin Cragg
This "Means" Cake
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Well after all this time I am giving up on a 2012 relase of the engine update. No offense anyone...

Originally posted by Lateris

Well after all this time I am giving up on a 2012 relase of the engine update. No offense anyone...

This.

It's probably already too late for the new engine to make much of a difference but I would still like to see it go live after all this time.

Engine is a running joke to keep whatever players left they have paying.

Originally posted by Lateris

Well after all this time I am giving up on a 2012 relase of the engine update. No offense anyone...

I gave up quite a long time ago. It was a great game but time to put it to rest now. Never believe what Funcom says...never..never..never.