July 16, 2013 ------------------------------ Here are the patch notes from this morning's game update (taken from the patcher): *** Highlights *** - Heart of Fear, the final chapter in Rain of Fear, is now available to everyone who has Rain of Fear! - - Explore three new zones inside the source of Cazic-Thule's power, the Heart of Fear: The Threshold, The Rebirth, and The Epicenter, with new quests, missions, and raids! - Mission chests in Rain of Fear now have a chance to drop Valiant armor ornaments. - New Ssraeshzian armor ornaments rewarded by Norx are now properly restricted by armor type. Ornaments previously obtained from Norx have not been changed. - Tears of Alaris leveling requirements have been adjusted to be slightly more achievable. - Vulak`Aerr's items from the Corrupted Temple of Veeshan can now be purchased from Ilana Sunmire in Shard's Landing if you have completed that event. *** Items *** - Bows from House of Thule and onward now have a type 3 socket and corruption focus. - Might of Stone is using the correct icon again. - New Ssraeshzian armor ornaments rewarded by Norx are now properly restricted by armor type. Ornaments previously obtained from Norx have not been changed. - Tears of Alaris leveling requirements have been adjusted to be slightly more achievable. - Twilight Coat of Carnage and Silvershade Warmonger Coat now have the Brutal Discipline Quickening focus. - Verdant Shield of the Shissar and Umbralforge Shield now have the correct mod stats. - Non-edible tradeskill components are no longer marked as food. - Fixed an issue that was causing Vah Shir and Froglok chest pieces to not visually change in some cases. *** Spells *** - Three new single-target cure spells are now available in the Plane of Knowledge, Firiona Vie, the Overthere, Sunderock Springs, Dragonscale Hills, or the Abysmal Sea. - Clerics - New resurrection spells are available in the Plane of Knowledge, the Undershore, Sunderock Springs, and Dragonscale Hills. - Enchanter - Corrected a problem that prevented Silver and Free users from properly casting Curtailing Helix. - Enchanter - Increased the target cap on Blanket of Forgetfulness to 100. - Magician - Corrected a problem that prevented Silver and Free users from properly casting or scribing the spell Summon Cauldron of Endless Goods. *** NPC *** - Cazic-Thule, Morell-Thule, and Terris-Thule are now consistently hyphenated. - Fixed textures on the Gnomework variant that wields a drill. - The inhabitants of Ssraeszhza Temple are now marked more consistently in terms of difficulty and rarity. *** AA *** - Enchanter - Increased the target cap on Blanket of Forgetfulness to 100. - Magician - Call of the Hero rank 2 now has a more clear description of its effects. - Ranger - Pack Hunt ranks 7, 8, and 9 will now summon the correct pet. - Rogue - Glyph of the Cataclysm and Third Spire of the Rake should now play nicely together. - Shaman - Spirit Renewal ranks 4, 5, and 6 should now heal for the correct amounts. - Wizard - Refunded all ranks of Improved Ward of Destruction, and created ranks 6 - 10 of Ward of Destruction using the Improved Ward data. This will clean up the AA interface. *** Achievements *** - The achievements 'Friends to the End' and 'What's Behind Door Number Three?' in the Plane of Shadow raid now function properly. *** Miscellaneous *** - Mission chests in Rain of Fear now have a chance to drop Valiant armor ornaments. - The correct Hot Zones will now display under the filter "Hot Zones" in the Zone Guide window. - Vulak`Aerr's items from the Corrupted Temple of Veeshan can now be purchased from Ilana Sunmire in Shard's Landing if you have completed that event. *** UI *** - Updated the Atlas for Heart of Fear. - Added more item icons. - Changed - EQUI_Animations.xml *** Previously Updated *** - Fixed a problem with hunter achievements for rare creatures in the Plane of Shadow. - The EverQuest Team