Update 9, Patch 1 available on Lamannia

[MrkGrismer]

*grumbles* they are going to nerf the mabar handwraps.

Howso? I didn't see anything in the release notes to indicate that.

[Missing_Minds]

Howso? I didn't see anything in the release notes to indicate that.

Look at the known issues. They are apparently doing too much damage.

[Diyon]

Look at the known issues. They are apparently doing too much damage.

I hope that to mean that they are doing "more damage than intended" is doing "more damage than their abilities advertise and are supposed to do."

[toughguyjoe]

I hope that to mean that they are doing "more damage than intended" is doing "more damage than their abilities advertise and are supposed to do."

I'm hoping that it means:

"On Lammania right now, because of the changes in Update 1, Mabar handwraps are doing too much damage. We're going to fix it in a future patch"

So it wouldn't be a nerfing but a bringing back down to what we have now.

Also meaning they'd be buffed for a while.

/pipedream

[Ziindarax]

I hope that to mean that they are doing "more damage than intended" is doing "more damage than their abilities advertise and are supposed to do."

I am thinking they're probably going to nerf the handwraps outright. :/

[MrkGrismer]

Look at the known issues. They are apparently doing too much damage.

Hm, not listed as 'new', I must have missed that when it was first put in there.

Which begs the question, how much is 'too much'?

I am also hoping it just means that they are doing more than they are supposed to (by the description). If they are, I haven't really noticed. I still wear Frost of Pure Good anytime I am not in an undead heavy area.

[dkyle]

Hm, not listed as 'new', I must have missed that when it was first put in there.

Which begs the question, how much is 'too much'?

They probably aren't supposed to have both Greater Undead Bane and Disruption anymore, since the latter is now basically Superior Undead Bane.

The current Disruption alone is about equivalent to what Greater Undead Bane and Disruption together used to be. Extra damage plus a Vorpal-like effect.

I think they should take off Greater Undead Bane, but put on a "Favored Enemy: Undead" enhancement that gives +4 enhancement bonus vs. Undead. If that's too much, then just a +4 attack bonus.

[Missing_Minds]

They probably aren't supposed to have both Greater Undead Bane and Disruption anymore, since the latter is now basically Superior Undead Bane.

The current Disruption alone is about equivalent to what Greater Undead Bane and Disruption together used to be. Extra damage plus a Vorpal-like effect.

I think they should take off Greater Undead Bane, but put on a "Favored Enemy: Undead" enhancement that gives +4 enhancement bonus vs. Undead. If that's too much, then just a +4 attack bonus.

Personally.... They should leave them be.

[Cardtrick]

They probably aren't supposed to have both Greater Undead Bane and Disruption anymore, since the latter is now basically Superior Undead Bane.

The current Disruption alone is about equivalent to what Greater Undead Bane and Disruption together used to be. Extra damage plus a Vorpal-like effect.

I think they should take off Greater Undead Bane, but put on a "Favored Enemy: Undead" enhancement that gives +4 enhancement bonus vs. Undead. If that's too much, then just a +4 attack bonus.

Might be fair on the epic ones to give them Greater Disruption in place of the disruption + greater bane -- after all, monks can't craft triple-pos green steel, and the new Greater Disruption is really nice.

[Missing_Minds]

Might be fair on the epic ones to give them Greater Disruption in place of the disruption + greater bane -- after all, monks can't craft triple-pos green steel, and the new Greater Disruption is really nice.

Don't know about greater disruption being added. But here it is.

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=318116

[QuantumFX]

Howso? I didn't see anything in the release notes to indicate that.

Look in the Known issues thread.

“The Wraps of Endless Light are doing more damage than intended. This will be fixed in a future update.”

I’m *really* hoping they meant one of the non-epic versions. Right now the epic wraps are slightly more powerful than dual Positive 3 greensteels on undead. They also lose out more when the target isn’t undead. Taking them down a notch because they have both Disruption and Greater Undead Bane is just silly because you’re comparing a non-epic weapon (that handwrap using monks do not have access to.) to an epic weapon.

[SirShen]

Dam posted in the wrong place. Sorry

[Aerendil]

Leap of Faith now provides a feather fall buff upon use. At level 20 it lasted for 2:24.
This wasn't in patch notes, devs - WAI?


Additionally, it's great that the undead Pyzkyl can now leave his room. However, I find him far more challenging than Yaulthoon. Perhaps his treasure chest should reflect this.
Few people are going to bother tackling him for randomly generated cra..err..loot. Maybe give his chest a chance to drop one of the named items, in the same manner as end-chests do.

[Kyllinge]

Skills, Feats, and Enhancements
Some enchantment-based effects that inadvertently affected raid bosses no longer do so.

They really think no one's gonna realize they're referring to the Savant special ability, namely Icy Prison? I'm sure, much like no deathblock on orange nameds in epic, it wasn't "inadvertant", they didn't think people would get a high enough DC to succeed. If you can't freeze a boss solid, what good's the ability? Freezing trash mobs is just stupid and a waste.

[Diyon]

They really think no one's gonna realize they're referring to the Savant special ability, namely Icy Prison? I'm sure, much like no deathblock on orange nameds in epic, it wasn't "inadvertant", they didn't think people would get a high enough DC to succeed. If you can't freeze a boss solid, what good's the ability? Freezing trash mobs is just stupid and a waste.

60k hp giant at the beginning of Claw that will no longer be able to be insta killed?

[ImFour20]

60k hp giant at the beginning of Claw that will no longer be able to be insta killed?

correct

[Kyllinge]

I wasn't referring to PWK, just Wail and FoD. I never use PWK mainly because I only have 3 spells slots for that level, as a Sorc, and that isn't one of them. (PWK having no save throw makes it a bit over-powering on it's own) Least wail, FoD and the Savant abilities all have saving throws.

[Matuse]

Leap of Faith now provides a feather fall buff upon use. At level 20 it lasted for 2:24.
This wasn't in patch notes, devs - WAI?

Err, what? Leap of Faith has had a feather fall component built in for 18+ months now.

[Aerendil]

Err, what? Leap of Faith has had a feather fall component built in for 18+ months now.

Doh, you might be right. I've always had a feather fall item on the live FvS, so never noticed the buff (as it doesn't apply). Just checked the test server FvS and he doesn't have a regular FF item, hence the buff appears.
My bad. Thanks for pointing that one out