Editing Announcements - 2000/10 - Hollow Victory (section)

== Release Notes ==

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 |  Link = <nowiki>http://classic.zone.msn.com/asheronscall/news/octbuild.asp</nowiki>
 |  Date = October 10, 2000
 | Title = October Developer's Notes
 |  Text =
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<br><br>Here are just some of the additions made in the October 10 game update, ''Hollow Victory''. The following list is comprised of detailed notes straight from the developers themselves. For a summary of things of most interest, be sure to consult the official event roll-out article, [[Announcements - 2000/10 - Hollow Victory#Rollout Article|<font color=#FFFFCC>Hollow Victory</font>]].

<br><br><br><font color=#ffffff><b>Detailed Notes for Builds 2440-2444:</b></font>
* Components lightened from 5 to >4. Yippee!
* Atlan Stones are now on a 25 second respawn rate.
* Cragstone, Hebian-to, and Zaikhal librarians now buy back books. It's the book buyback program!
* Buy/sell rates for the Hebian-to and Zaikhal librarians have been updated.
* The trapped chest in Sylsfear wasn't working correctly. This bug was found and fixed.
* Sylsfear treasure chest now has the correct resist lockpick stat.
* Tufa bowyer now sells trade notes in non-reversed order.
* Aerfalle's pallium was covering players' heads when it shouldn't have been. This has been fixed.
* The floating shield in Trothyr's Rest dungeon has been moved closer to the wall. Also added some other decorations to that room to spice it up.
* Fixed the use-description of condensed chorizite oil so that players won't think it can be further strengthened.
* Switched Lugian hammers to use Axe skill instead of Mace skill. This fix will also affect all Lugian hammers currently in existence.
* Increased the awareness range for niffis and ursuin.
* Moved the menhirs in the Bethel dungeon closer to the walls. Players were getting stuck behind menhirs if they fell onto them from above or jumped onto them by accident.
* Placed edge-sticking Shadows in Caulnalain. They will no longer fall off ledges to pursue people.
* Relic Bones now cast summon portal spells to Aerlinthe.
* The Soul Fearing Vestry quest (other wise known as the South Dires quest) has been fixed. The generator link to the first lich was broken.
* Spires in Arwic and Tufa have been altered (some removed, some added).
* Ursuin heads now cause piercing damage. They had been causing bludgeoning damage.
* Updated the *bow deep* emote text to say: "bows deeply."
* Moved Aerlinthe navigation channel pylons another 1.5 meters out from the landblock boundary, eliminating the rare stuck player issue. This also eliminates a monster path-planning AI camping exploit.
* Quest flag for the Mage Academy key has been set to 7 days now, instead of 14 days.
* Humans now drink with their right hands. A VERY MUCH requested feature from our users ever since Jesse made mugs, etc., wieldable. For social occasions.
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