Shadowbane Patch Tackles Number of Issues

Shadowbane Patch Tackles Number
of Issues

Players should receive patch upon
launching the game

Shadowbane, the massively
multiplayer online game from Ubisoft, has received a patch which addresses
several game issues.

According to information on the
official game Web site,
http://chronicle.ubi.com/, the patch addresses the following areas:

New Game System

SERVER

• 
  Phase One of the
  Resource System has been implemented and most adventuring areas now contain a
  "mine"

• 
  Added a new
  adventuring zone in the desert with the Epic Encounter containing Shuggroth
  M’ael

RACE

• 
  Fixed the
  Sub-Race trait rune mouseovers, so they now correctly state what they do
  

• 
  New Minotaur
  only armor should now be available and only on Heavy armorers
  

• 
  Added a hood to
  the Aracoix’s Medium Armor set

• 
  New Aracoix
  light armor has been added

• 
  A new Aracoix
  skin has been added

• 
  All Minotaurs
  now get ‘Toughness’

CLASS

• 
  The weapon
  powers ‘Sword of Saint Malorn’, ‘Naargul’s Bite’, and ‘Naargul’s Dart’ now
  require a hit-roll on the deferred portion (as they were always meant to)
  

• 
  Bard songs (and
  other chants) now overwriting intelligently meaning it will only overwrite the
  part of a power that it is greater than

• 
  Changed Elite
  Armor for the Healer Class, so it has a flat damage shield instead of a
  percentage one

• 
  Gave Assassins
  10 additional points in Dagger weapon powers (Rogues are 25, Mages are 15)
  

• 
  Removed the release timer from Crusader
  chants, making it easier to twist these chants

• 
  A Barbarian’s
  weapon powers will now cost more stamina while he is enraged
  

• 
  Reduced prereqs
  for Fury AEs ‘Call the Blizzard’ and ‘Call Storm’

• 
  The Huntress’
  high level pet has been renamed to avoid confusion

• 
  The Fury’s
  persistent AEs now hit 10 targets instead of 7

• 
  Priest’s recast timer for ‘Summon’ is now
  only 4 minutes

• 
  Rogue Assassins
  now get 20 free points in ‘Poison Blade’

• 
  ‘Strength of the
  Stag’ now has the correct effect icon

• 
  Confessor spell
  ‘Steadfast Soul’ now has a range of 50

• 
  Scout’s
  ‘Camouflage’ only works on Group members now

• 
  The power ‘Needs of the One’ is are now
  aggressive

• 
  Reduced the
  stamina conversion on ‘Mystic Bolt’

• 
  ‘Raptor Cloak’
  now has effect and power icons

• 
  Confessors can
  now use the Burning Sword

DISCIPLINE

• 
  Added new Powers
  to the Traveler that allows them to send another player or the caster’s group
  to the nearest Runegate (Mage-base prerequisite)

• 
  Added a new
  Power to Traveler that allows a Traveler to recall to the nearest Runegate
  

• 
  Shroudborne and
  Blood Prophet rune descriptions have been updated to display their skill
  grants

• 
  Added an initial tick to the Blood Prophet
  and Shroudborne Heal over Time spells .

• 
  Lower percentage
  version of Blademaster and Blade Weaver weapons have been added
  

• 
  Elf Archmage
  robes now have a female version and are available on Elven tailors
  

• 
  Artillerist
  power descriptions now correctly note they affect siege engines
  

• 
  Hunt the Dead
  can no longer be trained

• 
  Added the new
  Prospector Discipline

• 
  Added the new
  Skydancer Discipline

• 
  Added the new
  Savant Discipline

CITY/SIEGE

• 
  Added the
  Resource System

• 
  Fortress Assets
  will no longer go errant on a Guild Leadership transfer; old transfers have
  not been grandfathered in but transferring leadership once will fix any issues
  from previous transfers

• 
  The ‘Tears of
  Saedron’ mouseover now points out that the Discipline rune you choose to
  remove with the Tears is lost forever

• 
  A Nation is
  limited to holding no more Resource Mines at once than two time the Rank of
  the Nations’ Tree of Life

• 
  Added the new Warehouse structure which is
  available on a Rank 1 Builder (must be used to claim a Mine)
  

• 
  A bug preventing
  Merchants from being slotted into elven houses has been fixed
  

• 
  Straight Wall
  Towers now accept Tower Guards (really, this time)

• 
  Some NPCs that
  were missing ‘Kill On Sight’ dialog now have some

• 
  Elven barracks
  can now slot the appropriate number of guards

• 
  You can no longer delete your own buildings
  during a siege

• 
  Nephilim
  Runemaster now sells Cult of the Scourge charters

• 
  The Spiteful
  Spire is now debuffing attack speed

• 
  Mysteriously,
  votaries have changed their shape

• 
  Fixed the No
  Maintenance fees on Invorri Walls

• 
  Magister Guards
  will no longer cast Amnesia

• 
  The War Temple
  can no longer slot guards

GENERAL

• 
  Adjusted the
  experience curve to make it easier for players to achieve level 45 (and
  therefore contribute to their guilds). Some players may gain a couple free
  levels as a result (especially those near the 40 level mark)
  

• 
  Fear spells have
  been given a slight bump (and should now affect level 60 mobiles correctly,
  when appropriate)

• 
  Silence powers
  should now dispel chant effects and keep the target from recasting them for a
  time

• 
  Players should
  no longer get stuck in several buildings in the Amazon Wetlands
  

• 
  Added improved disconnect message when you
  are disconnected from a server

• 
  The Disease cast
  by creatures has been greatly reduced in length of time

• 
  You will now be
  instantly grounded if you log out while in flight

• 
  The daggersmiths
  on Maelstrom now carry a full selection of items

• 
  Gold piles and
  some other small objects no longer have collision

• 
  Added break conditions for bow and crossbow
  grounding powers

• 
  Power buttons
  will verify their recycle times when you log in

• 
  An issue with
  logging in with the Mac Client has been fixed

• 
  Fixed a couple
  of typos in power names and descriptions

• 
  Stamina usage
  has been reduced while hovering in flight

• 
  Some bugs with Rods of Command have been
  fixed

• 
  An Exploit with
  the Recast Timer has been fixed

• 
  The Warlock
  trainer in Vorringard is now male

• 
  Fixed some
  collision issues inside buildings

• 
  Miscellaneous
  client crashes have been fixed

• 
  Vranaxxas should now hold his axe correctly

• 
  Added Centaur
  Charter called The Cohort

• 
  Epic mobs now
  have more impressive loot

• 
  Fixed an issue
  with corpses teleporting

• 
  Removed ‘yawn’
  sound from player idles

• 
  Added a new front-end Loading Screen
  

• 
  Pulsing powers
  check for power blocks

• 
  Added Aracoix
  Charter called Kh’ree

• 
  The Invorri
  Builder is now rank 7

• 
  Increased
  channel spam thresholds

• 
  Pet speed was slightly decreased
  

• 
  Dead elves now
  have pointy ears

• 
  Added a new
  Login Screen

• 
  "Spin" has been
  disabled