Post by Layla Littlenymph on Feb 6, 2017 9:57:39 GMT -5
The first build of 2017 contains some new content, specific to the V&H storyline.
This is a large build that has a good number of improvements and, bug-fixes for both PC and Mobile players.
~LL
From Sarah Otter, at the Villagers and Heroes Official Forum. Go HERE if you wish to view the original article with member commentary.
Patch 3.24.6 ]January, 2017]
"New lower level content! ('King Leo and The Rise of the Black Thrush.') Lots of mobile improvements! Bug fixes galore! New maps and icons! A slew of 'under the hood' alterations to improve lag and delays! And much, much, more!"
* NEW CONTENT!:
The story of The Black Thrush continues, right where it left off in Ardent Castle, and will take players from level 15 up to level 25. It's a long and involved quest line, which, in addition to having some exciting new gameplay surprises within it, also features a great many zones that have been made wondrously new again! The following zones have all had cosmetic surgery and/or alterations made to them (and maybe even a few new bounties!):
Trader's Path
Southern Coast
Southern Marsh
Lake Kiwa
Sea Caves
Siren's Course
Sailor's End
Zombie Town
The Sewer's of Ardent
Green Gate
Forever's Advent
Forever Tree
This is a large build that has a good number of improvements and, bug-fixes for both PC and Mobile players.
~LL
From Sarah Otter, at the Villagers and Heroes Official Forum. Go HERE if you wish to view the original article with member commentary.
Patch 3.24.6 ]January, 2017]
"New lower level content! ('King Leo and The Rise of the Black Thrush.') Lots of mobile improvements! Bug fixes galore! New maps and icons! A slew of 'under the hood' alterations to improve lag and delays! And much, much, more!"
* NEW CONTENT!:
The story of The Black Thrush continues, right where it left off in Ardent Castle, and will take players from level 15 up to level 25. It's a long and involved quest line, which, in addition to having some exciting new gameplay surprises within it, also features a great many zones that have been made wondrously new again! The following zones have all had cosmetic surgery and/or alterations made to them (and maybe even a few new bounties!):
Trader's Path
Southern Coast
Southern Marsh
Lake Kiwa
Sea Caves
Siren's Course
Sailor's End
Zombie Town
The Sewer's of Ardent
Green Gate
Forever's Advent
Forever Tree
* IMPROVEMENTS:
Inventory and item control now is much more responsive and robust.
Zone maps for levels 1-25 have been much altered and improved.
Most zone map icons have been redesigned to be clearer.
Updated zone map grid and letters on PC to be more visible.
Fishing spots in all zones are MUCH more visible, and the fish can actually be seen swimming in them!
Citizens of Lake Kiwa have been busy. Lake Kiwa now includes all gathering nodes from level 1 to level 25.
Added water wells in the Marigold crafting area.
New voiced lines have been added to the story content for levels 11-25!
* BUG FIXES:
Internal changes to improve the stability of effects, preventing them from disappearing even during server failure.
Fixed: sometimes a quest tracker slot could get stuck.
Fixed an issue where clicking on feats rapidly and repeatedly would cause massive (5 - 10+ seconds) latency and throttling.
Improved reliability of pingPyC counter.
Crowns sales and item sales are now shown directly in the front page of the Shop, and the number of bonus crowns are shown in the Buy Crowns page.
Changed the name of Rat King to just Rat.
Replaced some confusing bounties.
Fixed it so Arcron casts his magic in the right spot again.
Fixed a bad mining rock in Gandymeade Grove.
Fixed Garrin's cave to be more homey.
Fixed some trees in Lady's lake that could capture players in their leaves.
Fixed some bad mushroom nodes.
Make Cornelius say something after Samuel vanishes to help guide players.
Fixed an issue where players with increased combat speed would have their Benevolent potion visual effect (not actual gameplay effect) run out before the duration expired.
Removed Bounty Master zone achievements.
Fixed a gathering issue. If there is an extreme difference in level between the players skill level and the node, the chance to find the item is now 0% instead of 1%. If you 'did not find anything' during a gather, you are unable to find Motes of Yorick, Repair Globules, Lucky Gems, and Supplies.
Made fishing holes in Maiden easier to see.
Fixed a stuck spot in Kingsport.
Dropped Balfoure's toupee quantity needed from 4 to 2. Boosted the drop rate from 75% chance to 100% chance.
Dropped the mud dobber and cream popper quantity needed from 3 to 1 each. Each item only has a single node that now directly guides / tracks the player to the spot.
Added more clarifying text to Gandymeade gossip quest goals to help the players find the gossip easily.
Decreased the shadows in Pyrron dungeons.
Fixed a stuck location in Bellacove Tide-pools.
Fixed it so certain mobs that should be quiet won't be screaming out in a human voice.
Fixed it so Maradar spores can be seen.
Added fishing nodes to the areas in the tutorial where NPCs are fishing so new players don't get confused.
Went through all tutorial quest text and added clarifying locations about which zones the goal takes place in.
Fixed a rare case where players could get stuck not being able to turn in the quest "Finding Lorcan" to Rosemunda.
Fixed a stuck location near Lady's Fate.
Fixed it so master Gathering quest in tutorial no longer mentions "upper ethos".
Made Eamon look a bit less cartoony.
Updated a few very small things in Summer's Hollow to make the experience better for new players.
Removed the word 'reins' from mount items.
Added some clarifying text in the Pyrrus leaflet delivery quest. Some players believe they are bugged, but most likely it is because they do not have the leaflets in their inventory. The goal will now instruct them to return to Bianca if they have lost the leaflets.
Fixed an issue that would not allow ear mites to drop anymore if you lost yours for Rafferty's quest. Also updated some completed text for larynx worms to clarify that you need seven of them.
Fixed a case where a player could get stuck after giving Nadia Tufts of Boar fur.
The auctioneers ledger is no longer available for Red Doubloons. It was buggy and caused issues.
Tweaked balance numbers on Red Darrig world drop rates. Chest chances have gone down, key rates have gone up.
Fixed a case where players couldn't find Dionte in Lampkin Village after completing Defusing the Feud. If this has happened to you, you'll need to go back to Dionte near the Mire of Shame and talk through his dialog fully.
Clarified a section of the Viperous Viceroy in Cronk Island by adding a special waypoint that the players much reach, which then instructs the players to talk to Nikodem. This should help players who are confused by speaking with Tarquin first.
Maplecrest no longer requires characters to do the tutorial.
The quest "Thirsty for Life" now correctly tracks
.
Fixed the quest "Bumps in the Night" to correctly track.
Added CW007 to our memorial list.
Fixed a stuck tree spot in Kingsport.
Fixed an issue where players teleporting to Priest Chambers could fall out of the world.
Fixed: some non-human NPCs would appear frozen.
Fixed some bad fishing holes in Memorial Pond.
Hopefully fixed: occasional wobbling and rubber-banding after a resurrect.
Fixed: zoning using the map while a mob is selected would make it impossible to select other mobs.
Fixed an issue where you would teleport under the ground in the market and grove teleports of Ardent City.
Fixed: the "Visit Now" button would not work even if you had an Ardent Membership.
* For MOBILE:
Friends list! You can now view a list of your friends and guild members, and easily mail and whisper to them.
Tablet can now use Repair Kits, Salvaging Rods, and other items that are used on other items!
You can now kick, select, or offer leadership to party members by clicking their name on the HUD.
Attack button now lets you cancel a current attack, and displays a different icon when this is possible.
Fixed: it was possible for players to register their account with a blank password. The game now verifies that email and password are valid before allowing registration.
Fixed issues causing items purchased from the Shop to sometimes go to Purchased Items instead of inventory.
Fixed several issues preventing players from purchasing crowns or special offers, and clarified some error messages.
Ask for confirmation when trying to buy bag or vault space when it's already maxed out.
Fixed: it was possible to press "Buy" on an offer for a starter pack twice, resulting in a successful purchase but an error message.
Fixed: __DIVIDER__ appearing in some mail.
Added a new Pixelation slider in settings, allowing players to adjust it for higher sharpness or higher framerate.
Tablet now shows a "Weapon Broken" notification if you try to attack while your weapon is broken.
Made quest popups that appear out-of-dialogue more readable.
Changed Language selection in Settings to a dropdown, to make it easier to incorporate new languages in future.
Unified the format of chat bubbles.
Moved the Daily Bonus button to the right side of the HUD to avoid overlaps on 4:3 devices.
Fixed: clicking outside of emote popup now closes it.
Fixed: "Welcome" loading screen would sometimes show even after the first zone.
Improved the tablet empty container message. Instead of simply saying "Empty container" It now reads: "No item. Wrong quest or empty container." and has an improved icon.
Fixed: zone map markers were somewhat offset.
Fixed: the quest tracker would sometimes show progress updates for the wrong task.
Fixed: <b> and </b> tags in vendors.
Hopefully fixed: occasional wobbling and rubber-banding after a resurrect.
Added crown gifting option for android players.
Inventory and item control now is much more responsive and robust.
Zone maps for levels 1-25 have been much altered and improved.
Most zone map icons have been redesigned to be clearer.
Updated zone map grid and letters on PC to be more visible.
Fishing spots in all zones are MUCH more visible, and the fish can actually be seen swimming in them!
Citizens of Lake Kiwa have been busy. Lake Kiwa now includes all gathering nodes from level 1 to level 25.
Added water wells in the Marigold crafting area.
New voiced lines have been added to the story content for levels 11-25!
* BUG FIXES:
Internal changes to improve the stability of effects, preventing them from disappearing even during server failure.
Fixed: sometimes a quest tracker slot could get stuck.
Fixed an issue where clicking on feats rapidly and repeatedly would cause massive (5 - 10+ seconds) latency and throttling.
Improved reliability of pingPyC counter.
Crowns sales and item sales are now shown directly in the front page of the Shop, and the number of bonus crowns are shown in the Buy Crowns page.
Changed the name of Rat King to just Rat.
Replaced some confusing bounties.
Fixed it so Arcron casts his magic in the right spot again.
Fixed a bad mining rock in Gandymeade Grove.
Fixed Garrin's cave to be more homey.
Fixed some trees in Lady's lake that could capture players in their leaves.
Fixed some bad mushroom nodes.
Make Cornelius say something after Samuel vanishes to help guide players.
Fixed an issue where players with increased combat speed would have their Benevolent potion visual effect (not actual gameplay effect) run out before the duration expired.
Removed Bounty Master zone achievements.
Fixed a gathering issue. If there is an extreme difference in level between the players skill level and the node, the chance to find the item is now 0% instead of 1%. If you 'did not find anything' during a gather, you are unable to find Motes of Yorick, Repair Globules, Lucky Gems, and Supplies.
Made fishing holes in Maiden easier to see.
Fixed a stuck spot in Kingsport.
Dropped Balfoure's toupee quantity needed from 4 to 2. Boosted the drop rate from 75% chance to 100% chance.
Dropped the mud dobber and cream popper quantity needed from 3 to 1 each. Each item only has a single node that now directly guides / tracks the player to the spot.
Added more clarifying text to Gandymeade gossip quest goals to help the players find the gossip easily.
Decreased the shadows in Pyrron dungeons.
Fixed a stuck location in Bellacove Tide-pools.
Fixed it so certain mobs that should be quiet won't be screaming out in a human voice.
Fixed it so Maradar spores can be seen.
Added fishing nodes to the areas in the tutorial where NPCs are fishing so new players don't get confused.
Went through all tutorial quest text and added clarifying locations about which zones the goal takes place in.
Fixed a rare case where players could get stuck not being able to turn in the quest "Finding Lorcan" to Rosemunda.
Fixed a stuck location near Lady's Fate.
Fixed it so master Gathering quest in tutorial no longer mentions "upper ethos".
Made Eamon look a bit less cartoony.
Updated a few very small things in Summer's Hollow to make the experience better for new players.
Removed the word 'reins' from mount items.
Added some clarifying text in the Pyrrus leaflet delivery quest. Some players believe they are bugged, but most likely it is because they do not have the leaflets in their inventory. The goal will now instruct them to return to Bianca if they have lost the leaflets.
Fixed an issue that would not allow ear mites to drop anymore if you lost yours for Rafferty's quest. Also updated some completed text for larynx worms to clarify that you need seven of them.
Fixed a case where a player could get stuck after giving Nadia Tufts of Boar fur.
The auctioneers ledger is no longer available for Red Doubloons. It was buggy and caused issues.
Tweaked balance numbers on Red Darrig world drop rates. Chest chances have gone down, key rates have gone up.
Fixed a case where players couldn't find Dionte in Lampkin Village after completing Defusing the Feud. If this has happened to you, you'll need to go back to Dionte near the Mire of Shame and talk through his dialog fully.
Clarified a section of the Viperous Viceroy in Cronk Island by adding a special waypoint that the players much reach, which then instructs the players to talk to Nikodem. This should help players who are confused by speaking with Tarquin first.
Maplecrest no longer requires characters to do the tutorial.
The quest "Thirsty for Life" now correctly tracks
.
Fixed the quest "Bumps in the Night" to correctly track.
Added CW007 to our memorial list.
Fixed a stuck tree spot in Kingsport.
Fixed an issue where players teleporting to Priest Chambers could fall out of the world.
Fixed: some non-human NPCs would appear frozen.
Fixed some bad fishing holes in Memorial Pond.
Hopefully fixed: occasional wobbling and rubber-banding after a resurrect.
Fixed: zoning using the map while a mob is selected would make it impossible to select other mobs.
Fixed an issue where you would teleport under the ground in the market and grove teleports of Ardent City.
Fixed: the "Visit Now" button would not work even if you had an Ardent Membership.
* For MOBILE:
Friends list! You can now view a list of your friends and guild members, and easily mail and whisper to them.
Tablet can now use Repair Kits, Salvaging Rods, and other items that are used on other items!
You can now kick, select, or offer leadership to party members by clicking their name on the HUD.
Attack button now lets you cancel a current attack, and displays a different icon when this is possible.
Fixed: it was possible for players to register their account with a blank password. The game now verifies that email and password are valid before allowing registration.
Fixed issues causing items purchased from the Shop to sometimes go to Purchased Items instead of inventory.
Fixed several issues preventing players from purchasing crowns or special offers, and clarified some error messages.
Ask for confirmation when trying to buy bag or vault space when it's already maxed out.
Fixed: it was possible to press "Buy" on an offer for a starter pack twice, resulting in a successful purchase but an error message.
Fixed: __DIVIDER__ appearing in some mail.
Added a new Pixelation slider in settings, allowing players to adjust it for higher sharpness or higher framerate.
Tablet now shows a "Weapon Broken" notification if you try to attack while your weapon is broken.
Made quest popups that appear out-of-dialogue more readable.
Changed Language selection in Settings to a dropdown, to make it easier to incorporate new languages in future.
Unified the format of chat bubbles.
Moved the Daily Bonus button to the right side of the HUD to avoid overlaps on 4:3 devices.
Fixed: clicking outside of emote popup now closes it.
Fixed: "Welcome" loading screen would sometimes show even after the first zone.
Improved the tablet empty container message. Instead of simply saying "Empty container" It now reads: "No item. Wrong quest or empty container." and has an improved icon.
Fixed: zone map markers were somewhat offset.
Fixed: the quest tracker would sometimes show progress updates for the wrong task.
Fixed: <b> and </b> tags in vendors.
Hopefully fixed: occasional wobbling and rubber-banding after a resurrect.
Added crown gifting option for android players.