July 20, 2011
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Here are the patch notes from this morning's game update (taken from the patcher):

    *** Highlights ***

    - The Weapon Crate of the Mercenary, Traveler's Rucksack, Journeyman's Rucksack and Journeyman's Pocketed Rucksack now have a chance to drop from rare mobs in House of Thule zones.
    - Items with appearances from the Hardcore Heritage events can now be placed in housing.

    *** Items ***

    - A heal focus has been added to the Neckguard of Earthen Geomancy.
    - Mercenary crates purchased from the marketplace are now heirloom.
    - The Weapon Crate of the Mercenary, Traveler's Rucksack, Journeyman's Rucksack and Journeyman's Pocketed Rucksack now have a small chance to drop from rare mobs in the House of Thule.
    - Stats and focus effects on the Warhammer of Divine Grace and McVaxius` Horn of War from Hardcore Heritage zones have been switched so that the items work as intended.
    - The Executioner's Crimson Trophy should now be somewhat more forgiving in the distance it allows from healers.
    - Items with appearances from the Hardcore Heritage events can now be placed in housing.

    *** Tradeskills ***

    - A new recipe to create large blocks of magic clay has been discovered.

    *** Quests & Events ***

    - Crushbone's raid will no longer allow mercenaries.
    - Wu the Enlightened will now ask for the correct items when giving the Test of Tranquility.

    *** Spells ***

    - Most raid boss NPCs have developed a stronger immunity against fast-acting DoT spells.  Other NPCs (including non-boss raid NPCs) are unaffected and will still take full damage.
    - Necromancer - Lowered the mana cost for Burlabis' Swift Venom, Ninavero's Swift Deconstruction, Tenak's Flashblaze, Rilfed's Swift Sickness, and Ninavero's Swift Lifedraw.
    - Shaman - Lowered the mana cost for all ranks of Nargul's Malady and Undaleen's Venom.
    - Fixed an obscure issue relating to resurrection and spell recast timers.

    *** NPC ***

    - Maldeny Gredlong no longer wanders around Ak'Anon.

    *** AA ***

    - Fixed a bug that was allowing Powerful Elixirs to extend some abilities that it shouldn't have.
    - Shadowknight - Reduced Harm Touch damage on Progression servers for ranks 3 through 15.  Regular servers are unaffected.


    *** Progression Servers ***

    - Spell research merchants in home cities have had their inventories unrestricted.
    - A number of spell research recipes, including Oil of Vitriol and Celestial Cleanser, are now available.
    - An Iksar Slave is now available in Frontier Mountains.
    - Shadowknight - Reduced Harm Touch damage on Progression servers for ranks 3 through 15.  Regular servers are unaffected.

    *** Misc ***

    - Changed the display of the entitled time from just years to years and days.
    - Optimized some server processing code that could cause lag in highly populated zones.

    *** UI ***

    - Made numerous preview window fixes relating to displaying models.
    - The preview window will now allow you to shift the object in the display by holding down the right mouse button over the object.
    - Added buttons to the preview window to shift, zoom in/out, rotate, and reset the image.
    - Cleaned up some XML in the map window and commonized the arrow buttons.

    - Changed -

    - EQUI_Animations.xml
    - EQUI_MapViewWnd.xml
    - EQUI_MarketplaceWnd.xml
    - EQUI_ObjectPreviewWnd.xml
    - EQUI_Templates.xml


    - The EverQuest Team