Editing Announcements - 2001/03 - Spring's Sorrows (section)

== Release Notes ==

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 |  Link = <nowiki>http://classic.zone.msn.com/asheronscall/news/marchbuild.asp</nowiki>
 |  Date = March 21, 2001
 | Title = Developer's Notes
 |  Text =
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<br><br><br><br>Here are just some of the additions made in the March 21 game update, ''"Spring's Sorrows."'' 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 article, [[Announcements - 2001/03 - Spring's Sorrows#Rollout Article|<font color=#FFFFCC>Spring's Sorrows</font>]].

<br><br><br><br><br><font color=#ffffff>'''Detailed Notes for Builds 2500 -- 2507''':</font>

* Fixed the problem of cycling through items on the ground using the keyboard. Before, if two or more items were the same distance from a player, only one would be selected and the rest would be ignored. Now all items are cycled through.
* Shadow Children no longer cast portals to Savao upon death. This should have been changed when the rest of the Shard of the Herald quest was removed, but was overlooked.
* Increased the drop rates of Vial Organic Acid for Bane, Harrower, and Virulent Grievvers.
* Blunt daggers are no longer able to be enchanted.
* Replaced a door with static artwork to eliminate a shortcut in the Hieromancer Halls.
* Aerlinthe Smithing Golem no longer broadcasts global messages that the volcanoes are active. This was cueing the Behemoth of Tenkarrdun quest spawn jumpers.
* Changed the level of Relic Bones Portal ("the Watchman") to match the other Relic Bones. Now he is an individual, like all his other friends.
* Updated Aerfalle's Keep with the new anti-macro design. All creatures in the dungeon, except for the Hellfires and Lag Beasts, are now on event generators. The death of the Watchman will activate the spawn. The death of Aerfalle *OR* the passage of ninety minutes will turn off all generators and empty the dungeon again. You can't macro drain what isn't there.
* There are now powerful Mana Drain hotspots in Aerfalle's Keep exit portal room. Do not enter this area unless you intend to leave.
* The cells in lower Aerfalle's Keep have been changed. Increased the spawn rate of the Umbris from ten to twelve minutes. The big, peaceful Panumbris next door has been removed. Its room is now filled with Mana Drain hotspots.
* Removed many Mana Blight and Dispel traps in the final hallway of Aerfalle's Keep.
* Aerfalle's Key is now a no-drop item.
* Lady Aerfalle cracked open some of her dusty old grimoires and learned new spells. Expect painful but brief (one to five minute) debuffs.
* Changed the damage values of Singularity weapons.
* Guardian and Nephol Golems at the Thaumaturgic Plate Lyceum were made, despite lore and intentions to the contrary, drainable. Bad. Fixed.
* Lowered the max mana of all Thaumaturgic and Exarch Plate pieces to 2000, and reduced the burn rates to one point per eight seconds. This gives the pieces the same 4.4 hour endurance as before, but at 1/4 the mana charge cost.
* Lowered the value of all Thaumaturgic and Exarch Plate pieces by 20% (coat: 8000, leggings: 4800, girth: 2400).
* Lowered encumbrance on both Thaumaturgic and Exarch Plate pieces to make a full set nearly as lightweight as a robe (coat: 100, leggings: 75, girth: 50).
* On the Exarch Plate Girth, replaced Fauna Perlustration with Mana Renewal 6.
* The Thaumaturgic and Exarch Plate Coats have been extended to cover the hands. That's one less armor piece (gloves/gauntlets) to buff.
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