{"id":660,"date":"2006-08-01T13:28:52","date_gmt":"2006-08-01T19:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/heroes\/wp\/2006\/08\/patches-and-glitches\/"},"modified":"2006-08-01T13:28:52","modified_gmt":"2006-08-01T19:28:52","slug":"patches-and-glitches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/heroes\/2006\/08\/patches-and-glitches.html","title":{"rendered":"Patches and Glitches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New patch out today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/boards.cityofheroes.com\/showflat.php?Cat=&amp;Board=technical&amp;Number=6127650&amp;bodyprev=#Post6127650\" target=\"_blank\">Global Chat was completely offline<\/a> for some time (<a href=\"http:\/\/boards.cityofheroes.com\/showflat.php?Cat=&amp;Number=5975476&amp;page=0&amp;view=collapsed&amp;sb=5&amp;o=&amp;fpart=1#5975476\" target=\"_blank\">supposed to be back on by now<\/a>, but haven&#8217;t seen confirmation).The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofheroes.com\/servers\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">server status<br \/>\npage<\/a> includes Global Chat status.<\/p>\n<p>And logging out or getting sent to the Grandville Hospital is <a href=\"http:\/\/boards.cityofheroes.com\/showflat.php?Cat=&amp;Board=technical&amp;Number=6128474&amp;bodyprev=#Post6128474\" target=\"_blank\">locking toons in Limbo<\/a>. The Devs recommend staying out of Grandville for the nonce.<\/p>\n<p>As to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofheroes.com\/news\/patch_notes.html\" target=\"_blank\">the patch itself<\/a> &#8230;<\/p>\n<hr width=\"75%\" \/>\n<p>\n<strong>General<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nImproved network performance across the board.<\/li>\n<li>\nFix for pets to get through doors more easily if they get in each other&#8217;s way.<\/li>\n<li>\nLong distance Supergroup invites no longer crash the map.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Power<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nHyper Phase Temporary Power now has the 30 second shut down.<\/li>\n<li>\nGambler&#8217;s Cut for Stalkers and Scrappers now properly calculates Critical Strikes.<\/li>\n<li>\nThe 5% Defense reduction in Scrapper and Brute versions of Unyielding has been reduced to a 3.75% Defense reduction. This value matches then unenhanced Defense gained from the Tough Hide passive power in the same power set. The Tanker version remains unchanged, as the values already match properly. <em>[What&#8217;s a few percent between friends?]<\/em>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nAdded Toxic Resist to Sonic Dispersion power for Corruptors, Controllers and Defenders. The help text has always stated that Toxic damage was resisted by this power, so we added it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>City Zones<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nPlayers should no longer get stuck in the Pocket D Elevators. <em>[Never happened to me, but, then, I haven&#8217;t used PocketD to go into PocketD for, oh, months.]<\/em>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Missions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nMoved certain spawns in CoT Maps to higher ground for hostage purposes.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tasks<\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nSeveral doors which were giving XP but were not supposed to have had the xp reward removed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bases<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nItems placed in Storage Containers are saved immediately.<\/li>\n<li>\nBase storage will now allow combined enhancements to be stored\/removed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tailor<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nFixed the Gloves for Huge Robotic 3.<\/li>\n<li>\nHuge Upper Body Jacket selection now has matching sleeves. <em>[Maybe Mr. R. needs to get something a bit more casual &#8230;]<\/em>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Chat <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nAdded additional logging and error checking code to global chat. <em>[Which may be why it&#8217;s not working? \ud83d\ude1b ]<\/em>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<strong>World<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nFixed a problem with pets getting stuck in elevators.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>City of Heroes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Powers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nTanker War Mace: The order in which the powers Clobber and Jawbreaker are received have been swapped. This means that Jawbreaker will now be available at level 4, which should help War Mace&#8217;s ability to deal damage at lower levels. Lower level characters that have already selected Clobber will still have it and can continue to use it and slot it normally.<\/li>\n<li>\nPower Boost epic power now works properly with Kinetics, Transfusion.<\/li>\n<li>\nPeacebringers in Light Form can no longer appear invisible to players who suppress extra player effects.<\/li>\n<li>\nDefender Epic PowerBuild Up now enhances Transfusion&#8217;s heal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<strong>City of Villains<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Badges<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nBorn In Battle Accolade no longer needs the Nigh Indestructible badge. It requires the Unbreakable badge instead.<\/li>\n<li>\nAdded the Defeat Recluse badge to patron arcs that were missing it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Missions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nNemesis Mole Machines no longer give experience.<\/li>\n<li>\nThe first mission of Citadel&#8217;s Task Force now gives a reward as expected.<\/li>\n<li>\nAdded a Patron Respec to the first Patron Story Arcs.\n<\/li>\n<li>\nModified the Lorenz Ansaldo mission to make the generators smaller.<\/li>\n<li>\nCompletion of the Temple of the Waters Strike Force now awards the badge correctly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<strong>Powers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nDomination is now usable when the caster is under the effects of Hold, Stun or Sleep.<\/li>\n<li>\nChanged first tier Mastermind Upgrade power descriptions to &#8220;Recharge: Fast.&#8221; <em>[Yay! The going-in-the-door delay while summoining henchfolk is really irksome, and serves little purpose.]<\/em>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nThe Domination effect for Dominators now grants them some protection from most status effects for the duration of the effect.<\/li>\n<li>\nCorrected short help text of Corruptor Cold Domination Ice Shields and Glacial Shields to reflect Melee, Ranged and AoE defense bonuses.<\/li>\n<li>\nStalker Placate Powers endurance costs are now more consistent.<br \/>\nMastermind Henchmen Medics\/Protector Bots now heal\/repair as expected. <em>[Yay!]<\/em>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>City Zones<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nStopped Kalinda from floating above ground in Mercy Island.<\/li>\n<li>\nImproved the paths of Pier 2 and Pier 7 Scrapyarder spawns in Sharkhead Isle.<\/li>\n<li>\nFixed elevated Arachnos Flier paths which were causing clipping in Grandville.<\/li>\n<li>\nFixed a bug where Arachnoid Web Frames were not visible in Grandville.<\/li>\n<li>\nBrute Electric Armor Power Surge now has the correct feedback at end of the effect.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tasks<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nVillains who have already received their Patron Power Sets will be granted a Patron Respec upon logging in. This respec stacks with the Thorn Tree respecs as well as the free respecs given out when major power changes happen. This respec allows your character to do the Patron content at any point in their career, even level 50, and be able to add the Patron Powers to the character. These respecs can be redeemed from Arbiter Lupin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>World<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nFixed a missing Mission Door in Grandville.<\/li>\n<li>\nFixed a mysterious floating beam in Mercy Island.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Critters<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nPlayers no longer get experience when Coral minions expire on their own.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New patch out today. Global Chat was completely offline for some time (supposed to be back on by now, but haven&#8217;t seen confirmation).The server status page includes Global Chat status. And logging out or getting sent to the Grandville Hospital is locking toons in Limbo. The Devs recommend staying out of Grandville for the nonce. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/heroes\/2006\/08\/patches-and-glitches.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Patches and Glitches&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":352,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resources-rules"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/heroes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/heroes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/heroes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/heroes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/heroes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/heroes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/heroes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/heroes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/heroes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}