Server Update - 2/14/2015

[Osiris]

12:30pm - 02/14/2015

Server down - estimated downtime 1-2hours.

-Applying an x4 item change. Making all items that were previously x5 items, now x4 items.
-All scale mods remain unchanged - however all mods will be affected with this change because each character now has a little less of their primary stat.
-Only change has been the 'scale-down' x4 change, therefore ALL custom game mechanics should 'scale-down' in equal fashion across all classes. (DPS, pets, spell damage, etc)
-Its possible that mods will need to be adjusted based on feedback, and other findings. All mod changes will be announced.

The formulas used to calculate which items get upgraded changed from before, and the result is a lot more items with boosted stats in the game.

As always, your feedback is greatly appreciated.

[Osiris]

-Server back online

[sunbeam]

This is a thought based on a conversation I had with someone in game.

To me at least it looks like melee mitigation is not where it needs to be. Now I don't know what the difficulties with how things are figured behind the scenes, but maybe issues like this are one of the reasons why the mitigation lags. There is a plate class breastplate from Velious that has 60 AC. So if it were x4 (as of this patch) it should give 240 AC. Instead if I understand this correctly it will only give 127 AC. I do not understand what the term heroic stats means though. Do those show up in #mystats or something? Is that your actual effective AC or something, as opposed to what shows on your inventory screen?

AC is not capped at 127, AC is just multiplied by 4. sorry if that was not clarified.

you have never heard of heroic stats? (I think they have been in the game since at least 2007)

[higbi]

I just wanted to let you know I picked up a pair of Cobalt Leggings the other day and noticed that the stats were x4 but the AC was the stock AC of 35 without the multiplier added in. I haven't noticed any other gear missing the multiplier, but I'll let you know.

[Osiris]

Mar 7, 2015 5:41:37 GMT -8 higbi said:

I just wanted to let you know I picked up a pair of Cobalt Leggings the other day and noticed that the stats were x4 but the AC was the stock AC of 35 without the multiplier added in. I haven't noticed any other gear missing the multiplier, but I'll let you know.

thanks for the post - Cobalt Greaves now has the AC at 140 (35 x 4).

[sunbeam]

There are a number of items like this. Do you want us to tell you specifically when we see an item like that?

I know a bunch of the Velious outdoor dragon things like Peerless Dragonhide and whatnot do not have enhanced AC. Think the Spider Carapaces from Necropolis have same problem.

[Osiris]

Mar 9, 2015 5:42:43 GMT -8 sunbeam said:

There are a number of items like this. Do you want us to tell you specifically when we see an item like that?.

Yes I would, but please post it in the bugs forum.