Editing Announcements - 2002/05 - Hidden Vein (section)

== State of the Code ==

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 |  Date = May 22, 2002
 | Title = State of the Code
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This is the latest installment of a frequently updated series of reports on The State of the Code for Asheron's Call. In this report, we keep players informed as to the state of some of the more technical aspects of AC, particularly bugs we are working on and technical limitations of which you should be aware. Look at the News page on the Zone for other articles about recent additions and changes to Asheron's Call.
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<font color=#FFFFFF>'''May Hotfix Update'''</font>
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At 5:30 PM PDT, all the worlds will be coming down for a hotfix for the server issues that players have been experiencing today. The worlds will be down approximately from 5:30-8:30 PM PDT. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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<font color=#FFFFFF>'''May Hotfix'''</font>
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*Silencia should now be selling all the glyphs. We were able to fix this on the fly on each of the worlds.
*We now know what is causing the server performance issues on the worlds. It is related to the fix we made for the teleporting monster corpse issue. This bug is the cause of the other aberrant behavior players are reporting. We are fixing this currently, but we have no ETA on when the update for this fix will take place. As soon as we have an ETA, we will go ahead and announce it.
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<font color=#FFFFFF>'''What are the crafting skill checks needed to create the new Isparian Weapons?'''</font>
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The crafting checks are based off of achievable stats at level 50. They take into consideration buffing as well. There has been some player discussion that places the skill checks well beyond the range of what the average player of Asheron's Call could achieve before level 100. This is simply not the case.
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With these weapons we introduced a new dynamic in crafting that would allow a player who obtains the lowest quality initial item, in this case a Pyreal Infused Ingot, to have the chance to create the Perfect final version. The skill checks for those interactions are extremely high.
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True Alchemists will be best at making the highest quality of Ingot, as has always been the case, and the skill check is very high. But again, the "best" version of the items is meant to be difficult to obtain.
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<font color=#FFFFFF>'''May Event Notes'''</font>
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The following are known bugs with the new Atlan quests:
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*Silencia is not carrying the glyph for the new Claw (Unarmed) and Atlatl. The items were incorrectly referenced in the vendor's inventory and do not show up. Thrown Weapons and Unarmed Weapon users were not left out intentionally.
*The new Atlan Dagger will have updated graphics. An art change was never added to the files associated with the weapons which resulted in a traditional "trowel" look for the Dagger. The new Dagger looks more like the icon depicted in your inventory.
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The following are known bugs with the Nuhmudira's Boon quest:
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*Hiro mistakenly gives the Red Gorget in exchange for the Green Gorget. An error in the NPC's logic is having him refer to the low level version of the quest when players turn in Unimbued Gorgets. Players that turn in the Red Gorget will not be able to complete the higher version of the quest.
*The boons have an extra 50 points of Arcane Lore requirement incorrectly added to them. The data used was an older version. We rethought the level of difficulty and implemented the further restrictions of craftsmanship and level, and errantly left the higher Arcane Lore requirements.
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All fixes for these bugs will be made next month.
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<font color=#FFFFFF>'''I have noticed when I go into the Residential Quarters there is quite a bit of lag and sometimes I even get disconnected. Is there something going on?'''</font>
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With the introduction of Residential Quarters, we have seen some performance issues, such as an increase in lag reports and server disconnects. We are working on this situation and hope to have a fix soon. Additionally, we have decided to temporarily suspend additional Residential Quarters and landscape housing for the month of May. Instead, we will take this time to evaluate the system and identify ways to resolve these performance issues. We apologize for the inconvenience and we will keep you up to date on our progress for fixing the current situation.

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<font color=#FFFFFF>'''State of the Code Archive'''</font>

''Below are items from previous State of the Code articles. Some items have been retired from the archive below because we believe they have been fixed. If they turn out not to have been fixed, we will revive those items.''
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<font color=#FFFFFF>'''WARNING UPDATE'''</font>
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If you own any housing, please check to see if you have double spawns of hooks or chests (using the [ and ] keys). If you do, remove all your items from them. On May 15, we will delete the duplicate hooks/chests. As there is no way to tell which hook or chest will be the one deleted, we advise you to remove all your items from them before May 15.
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