May 25th, 1999

The servers will be coming down as scheduled tonight at Midnight PDT. The following changes/bug fixes have been made.

• Players will no longer crash when an extremely long group message is received.
• Added the ability to pull one item "charge" from a stack by holding down the "Control" key when left-clicking on the stack.
• After casting a spell at an NPC, if the target were lost before the spell made contact, the caster would crash.
• The "/ignore" command will now ignore emotes also.
• The chat command "/e" will trigger "/emote" instead of exiting to the character selection screen.
• We have added new sound tracks to the Planes, Crushbone, Guk, Mistmoore, Steamfont, and the Estate of Unrest.
• We have reduced the amount of experience lost when dying by 50%.
• A number of new quests have been added to various zones.
• Magician pets (elemental) will now cast minor spells (to make up for their lack of kick)
• New Magician spells on vendors and some Magician spells have moved to different vendors
• New Magician weapons for Summon Fang & Spear of Warding & Dagger of Symbols
• New enchanter whirl spell (check the vendors)
• Whirl now works on MOBS better than it did on the last patch.
• The saving throw against Memory Blur and Atone was reduced (harder to save against) from the last patch.
• AC added to the Rune Series (Enchanter)
• Alliance series works better (Enchanter)
• Enchanter Attack Speed spells now have longer durations (Quickness, Alacrity, etc.)
• Tashan (the entire Enchanter series) is now quicker to cast, costs less mana, and is harder to save against.
• New bard songs have been added to the vendors
• Paladins lose the spell Bravery, and gain the spell Valor
• ShadowKnights and Necromancers gain the Word of Spirit spell (replacing Word of Shadow for the ShadowKnight)
• ShadowKnights lose Haunting Corpse and gain Summon Dead
• Necromancers and ShadowKnights get a new spell - Shadow Vortex.
• ShadowKnights lose Intensify Death (replaced by Shadow Vortex)
• Rangers lose Shield of Barbs and gain Shield of Brambles
• Shorter stun effects will no longer remove longer stun effects (Bash won't get rid of whirl, for example)
• Spell components are now stackable

• The EverQuest Team