Downtime Notice: Thursday, October 14th 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT)

[Cordovan]

UPDATE: The game worlds have reopened.

The DDO game worlds will be unavailable on Thursday, October 14th from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT) to release Update 50.4. Read the release notes on DDO.com.

[Cordovan]

We ran into a build issue overnight so the deployment has been delayed a bit, but is still happening today. The game worlds are expected to become unavailable around 10:00 AM. This likely means we will not be able to open by 1:00 PM, but we'll see.

[Gregen]

A lot of small, but appreciated updates in here. Glad to see it.

I have a question about "New copies of the Precision Lenses from White Plume Mountain now have their correct version of Manslayer."
Does this only apply to Precision Lenses that are looted in the future? It won't apply to the ones already in our inventory?

[Aelonwy]

Thanks for fixing the +W of random and CC weapons, and alignment effects.

I can't wait to see the new mounts in the store.

I hope, I hope, I hope the Feywild Nightmare is the one in the store and the Red Saltmarsh one is the one in DD. I will pay for what I want but I don't approve nor will participate in what I view as gambling.

So Flameward can be updated in the Legacy Altar? Does this mean its the last and ALL Web of Chaos items can be properly updated in the Legacy altar now or was Flameward the first to be fixed? Apologies if I've missed something in a previous patch.

*chuckles* No more half clad Boromar Muscles. ;p

Lots of sweet QoL hidden in Miscellaneous guys, much appreciated.

Non-existent Jackorb? So we're getting a cosmetic shield but there was an orb that got scrapped? Interesting. Did it look like a Jack o'lantern? That would have been cool.

[Cordovan]

A lot of small, but appreciated updates in here. Glad to see it.

I have a question about "New copies of the Precision Lenses from White Plume Mountain now have their correct version of Manslayer."
Does this only apply to Precision Lenses that are looted in the future? It won't apply to the ones already in our inventory?

This only applies to new copies of the Precision Lenses, so versions of the item that already exist will not be changed.

[M.ham]

This only applies to new copies of the Precision Lenses, so versions of the item that already exist will not be changed.

Is there reason why some item fixes are applied retroactively and others are only applied to newly acquired items? Asking for a friend...

Cheers,
M.

[Mindos]

The DDO game worlds will be unavailable on Thursday, October 14th from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT) to release Update 50.4. Read the release notes on DDO.com.

Why is this post of yours that I am replying to dated Oct 4th?

[drathdragon]

Why is this post of yours that I am replying to dated Oct 4th?

uhhhh.. mistery and magic..

watch out.. you are in the 'twilight zone' ..

XD

[Mindos]

The Night Revels candy rewards are no longer available, although we hope to bring them back in a future Night Revels.

Why?

[YTSEsoldier]

We ran into a build issue overnight so the deployment has been delayed a bit, but is still happening today. The game worlds are expected to become unavailable around 10:00 AM. This likely means we will not be able to open by 1:00 PM, but we'll see.

So...over 1 month in from U50 and still no Legendary Sands items/option for Neb fragment, or did it just get left out of the notes? I mean, why bother finishing something you started when you can work on something else, right ?

[Andoir]

Toggles! (ddo.com)

Did Lynnabel's toggle fix make it into this patch?

[Evean]

So...over 1 month in from U50 and still no Legendary Sands items/option for Neb fragment, or did it just get left out of the notes? I mean, why bother finishing something you started when you can work on something else, right ?

I’m still waiting for them to finish LGS (seven years).

And you’re correct. Pride in workmanship absolutely does not exist at SSG. It appears as though the only thing that motivates them is fear of public-shaming, or praise from the forums.

[DYWYPI]

Mindos, Cordovan was abducted by aliens hence the post time displacement... More than likely, the post was made in advance, and then moved or unhidden today.

[Cordovan]

Why is this post of yours that I am replying to dated Oct 4th?

Because I threw the thread into a private staging section of the forums prior to going on vacation.

[Steelstar]

Non-existent Jackorb? So we're getting a cosmetic shield but there was an orb that got scrapped? Interesting. Did it look like a Jack o'lantern? That would have been cool.

There was a Cosmetic Orb planned that looked like a Jack-o-Lantern that had to be cut for scheduling reasons. We're hoping to bring it back in the future!

The Night Revels candy rewards are no longer available, although we hope to bring them back in a future Night Revels.

Why?

Long story short:

• The existing copies were set to expire like most other Night Revels items this year.
• The effects of the existing candies had a problematic effect on overall game balance.
  
  • Rather than nerf them, we let them stick around until they were set to expire (a full year longer than we'd originally intended).
  
  
• Due to U51's Epic Destiny work, we did not have time to do the careful work of designing and implementing new effects for the Candies that retain the cool factor of the existing ones without disrupting game balance in the same way the existing ones did.
• As a result, we decided to retire the candies for this year, and hope to bring them back with new effects next year.

[Alrik_Fassbauer]

What is EG7 ?

[Arkat]

Long story short:

• The effects of the existing candies had a problematic effect on overall game balance.
  
  • Rather than nerf them, we let them stick around until they were set to expire (a full year longer than we'd originally intended).
  
  
• Due to U51's Epic Destiny work, we did not have time to do the careful work of designing and implementing new effects for the Candies that retain the cool factor of the existing ones without disrupting game balance in the same way the existing ones did.
• As a result, we decided to retire the candies for this year, and hope to bring them back with new effects next year.

Balance issue? What "balance issue"?

The candies were of minor assistance at best...unless there was a way to exploit them in such a way that they gave more than their intended benefit.

If that's the case, then it's news to me.

[Lynnabel]

So...over 1 month in from U50 and still no Legendary Sands items/option for Neb fragment, or did it just get left out of the notes? I mean, why bother finishing something you started when you can work on something else, right ?

They're actually slated to be in U51, which is the next full update after U50, which was the debut of this overhaul.

Toggles! (ddo.com)

Did Lynnabel's toggle fix make it into this patch?

We're holding that and the spell hitbox adjustments back for U51 proper so we can be sure they're all working 100% as intended. These backend changes can sometimes have the potential to really destabilize things, so better safe than sorry.

[Snarglefrump]

Several additional options for the Gem of Many Facets have been added.

Interesting! Details?

[Arkat]

What is EG7 ?

The owners of SSG for about a year now.