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Update 38 Patch 1 Release Notes

Update 38 Patch 1 Release Notes

 
Here are the Release Notes for Update 38 Patch 1, released on Wednesday, April 25th. 
 

News and Notes:

 

Creature Companions

  • Eyelet Creature Companions are now available in Daily Dice and the Mysterious Remnants Vendor.
  • New varieties of House Cat Creature Companions are now available in Daily Dice.

Daily Dice

  • The Daily Dice rewards have received a significant overhaul:
    • Tier 3-8 of Silver and 2-8 of Gold have been shaken up! Items have moved to different tiers, items have been newly added to Daily Dice, and many new items to DDO itself have been added.
    • New items to the Silver Daily Dice table:
      • Potion of Radiant Forcefield
      • Potion of Stoneskin
      • Potion of Good Hope
      • Potion of Rising Fury
      • Potion of Alchemical Prowess (+3 Alchemical Bonus to Strength)
      • Potion of Alchemical Grace (+3 Alchemical Bonus to Dexterity)
      • Potion of Alchemical health (+3 Alchemical Bonus to Constitution)
      • +50 Sentient XP Gem (Unbound)
      • +100 Sentient XP Gem (Unbound)
    • New items to the Gold Daily Dice table:
      • +12 Magical Resistance Rating Potion
      • +12 Physical Resistance Rating Potion
      • +12 Universal Spell Power Potion
      • +12 Melee Power Potion
      • +12 Ranged Power Potion
      • +15 MRR Potion
      • +15 PRR Potion
      • +15 Universal Spell Power Potion
      • +15 Melee Power Potion
      • +15 Ranged Power Potion
      • Lesser Remnant Boost Potion (+25% Remnants, plus 1 Bonus Remnant)
      • Lesser Elixir of Discovery (+5% chance of finding Named Loot in chests that have Named Loot in them)
      • Potion of Titan's Grip
      • Potion of Alchemical Intimidate (+20 Alchemical Bonus to Intimidate skill)
      • +200 Sentient XP Gem (Unbound)
      • +500 Sentient XP Gem (Unbound)
      • Greater Remnant Boost Potion (+50% Remnants, plus 1 Bonus Remnant)
      • Greater Elixir of Discovery (+10% chance of Finding Named Loot in chests that have Named Loot in them.)
      • Sovereign Remnant Boost Potion (+100% Remnants, plus 1 Bonus Remnant)
      • Sovereign Elixir of Discovery (+15% chance of finding Named Loot in chests that have Named Loot in them.)
      • +1000 Sentient XP Gem (Unbound)
      • Several New Eyelet Creature Companions
      • Several New House Cat Creature Companions
    • Some items are Newly-added to Daily Dice:
      • Bigby's Guiding Hands
      • More, and Larger, Ability Tomes, up to +8 Ability Tomes
      • +5 and +20 lesser Hearts of Wood are now available on the Gold table.
    • Some categories have been renamed to better reflect the new rewards and better reflect their tier:

Enhancements

  • Vistani Knife Fighter's Blessed Blades/Knives ability now properly gives your weapon Good, Silver, and Ghost Touch as described.
  • Vistani Knife Fighter's Single Dagger ability now properly works in any combat situation where you count as Single Weapon Fighting and are wielding a dagger. This ability now requires the Single Weapon Fighting Feat.
  • All Season's Herald SLAs now say Spell-Like Ability in their description.
  • The Throat Rip spell debuff now only applies to bosses.
  • Caustic Shot and Strike now have a unique cooldown.
  • Clarified the text for Ferocity to make its description more clear.
  • Ghost Wolf now applies Ghost Touch to the Druid's weapon correctly.
  • The cost for Strength and Constitution enhancements in Nature's Protector is now consistent with other enhancement trees.
  • Savage Roar now functions correctly.
  • Fixed an issue where Vanguard's Shield Champion was proc'ing 50% of the time. We have also increased the proc rate from its earlier 5% to 10%.
  • Prey on the Weak has a new icon.
  • Fixed an issue where Improved Nature's "grizzled" defense bonus was accidentally swapped with the "enchanted" defense bonus, and visa versa.
  • Nature's Protector rage line upgrades now work like other enhancement trees, requiring only one point to be spent to progress up, assuming other requirements are met.
  • Renegade Mastermaker SLAs are no longer considered Divine by Quells' Intercession spells.

Items

  • The long descriptions of the Iconic Heart of Wood and Epic Heart of Wood in the DDO Store have been adjusted to properly indicate that level 30 is required.
  • Charge Tier 4 and 5 of Force Shot, Acid Shot, and Bee Shot Rune Arms now fire their projectiles in a slightly narrower pattern. The outermost two projectiles of Charge Tier 4 and 5 Forge Shot, Acid Shot, and Bee Shot Rune Arms now land more reliably.
  • Fixed an issue with the 12th anniversary armor on some skin colors.
  • Molten Silver Gauntlets should now more reliably add Silver to weapons.

Monsters

  • Many undead from Ravenloft, Slave Lords, Temple of Elemental Evil, and the raid Riding the Storm Out now respond to positive and negative damage like proper Undead.
  • Quells now better target their Intercession against those who are in Divine Epic Destinies instead of anyone who happens to have a Divine Epic Destiny. 

Monster Manual

  • Monsters from the Disciples of Rage adventure pack have been added to their respective Monster Manuals.

Quests and Adventure Areas

  • Disciples of Rage
    • Night Falls on Stormreach
      • The text for the optional to subdue rioters now appears when it is intended.
    • Quarantine:
      • Several collectibles have been moved to prevent them from falling through the floor.
      • Fixed some visual issues with subduing rioters.
      • The portal will now respawn.
      • Some of the locations where shells land have been made easier to see.
    • Toxic Treatment:
      • Fixed a stuck spot.
  • Fixed several stuck spots in House Jorasco.
  • Fixed several typos in Update 38 quests.
  • Exploding Eye Horrors in the Disciples of Rage no longer spawn an archer instead of an eyeball on Heroic Elite.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause Saga Rewards to not be selectable.
  • Fixed a stuck spot in Wizard of Wines.
  • The Baron in Mad Tea Party now only speaks to one person at a time.
  • Ezmerelda d'Avenir is now better with names and faces.
  • Fixed an issue with Memoirs of an Illusory Larcener that could prevent quest completion. 

Spells

  • Curative Admixtures will no longer spin around their targets.
  • Rising Fury can now be affected by the Extend Metamagic Feat.

UI

  • The icon for Autumn Winds is now square.

Miscellaneous

  • Fixed an issue that could cause game server issues related to a SQL server disconnection. 

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