GateCentral: DAoC: Patch-History

This version has some updates to the Assassin (Shadowblades, Nightshades, Infiltrators) classes, which should make them much more forgiving when it comes to training. We gave some of the classes additional abilities and all received a variable number of extra specialization points to give each of the Assassins a different "feel".

Shadowblades have been given more hit points (as befits the more fighting-centric ethos of Midgard), as well as have had their specialization points raised to 2.2 per level.
Nightshades now have a new line of level-based combat shout direct damage spells (in addition to the normal direct damage spells they already had) that they can use during combat to increase damage. They have also had their specialization points increased to 2.2 per level.
Infiltrators have had their specialization points raised to 2.5 per level, a significant jump. This makes it possible for them to train much more in many more skills than they previously could, and have the chance to be much more well rounded.

In all three cases, existing assassin characters will be granted the spec points they "should have" gotten based on the new number of spec points per level.
Besides any additional needed balancing of existing abilities (poisons, damages, etc.), which will be done as necessary, this makes assassins complete except for the disguise skill which is still to be implemented. Disguise will be primarily an RvR-centric skill - our current plan for disguise is that all three assassin classes will be able to disguise: Infiltrators by an ability/skill, Shadowblades by a magical ability, and Nightshades by a spell. Thus, please note that we have removed spell points from Shadowblades, as the "spell" they will use to disguise will be an ability and will not require spell points.

With this version we have made some changes to the Friar to address that class's relative weakness at higher levels.

Friars now have 1.5 specialization points per level (up from 1.0). This will allow them to specialize more fully in a few skills, and make them much more well rounded than they have been up until now. All existing Friars will be awarded the spec points they "should have" gotten, and can take advantage of this change immediately by spending these spec points.
Friars now get Evade 5 at 33rd level.
Friars now receive a line of Armor Absorption buff spells on their Enhancements specialization. See the spell system changes section for more information.
Friars can now use shields (although not spec in them). Shields were never intended to be a big part of playing a Friar, but they were supposed to be able to at least equip and use them.
Friar Spell Change
We fixed a couple of problems with existing Friar spells that should make specializing in Enhancements much more useful.
- We converted Saint's Vigor (pulsing fatigue regen) to a shout so it can be activated in combat.
- We converted all the rest of the fatigue regeneration spells (Saint's Energy up through Saint's Tenacity) to reduce fatigue costs in a more consistent manner than they did before. Now these spells are self only duration effect, not pulsing spells, that progressively reduce the fatigue costs of all endurance-using activities.
- We changed the Speed of the Angel line to be a self only shout, that gives a 30 second haste buff that's should be quite effecitve. It can be re-used every 3 minutes.

We've changed the way that Mentalists and Minstrels pulsing charm spells work, based on player feedback and testing. This new system should be much easier to use than the old system, and have greater results.

The Minstrel Charm does not require an instrument in hand while it is being used. Thus, a Minstrel can now have a controlled pet and melee at the same time.
Even when the target is switched, the spell will continue to pulse on the original monster you had targeted. This means you can have two targets engaged at once, should you choose to do so (one for your pet, one for you).
The Minstrel/Mentalist has an almost certain chance to charm/retain control of a creature his level or lower, although there is a small random chance that it could fail. The higher the level of the charmed creature compared to the Minstrel/Mentalist, the greater the chance the monster has of breaking the charm. Please note that your specialization level in the magic skill that contains the charm spell will modify your base chance of charming and retaining control. The higher your spec level, the greater your chance of controlling.
If the charm breaks, the charmed monster will wipe his agro list and only agro on the player who was charming him. All creatures attacking the charmed creature will forget their agro against him.
Please note that there is a small per-round power point cost for the Mentalist when they have a monster under their control.

The Minstrel/Mentalist charm ability does not work the way other charms work, nor is it intended to. This charm is intended not as a "pet" ability in the sense that all other pet abilities in the game are intended, but as an added ability that can be used for assistance during group or solo combat, or during emergency situations when charming a foe may work to the advantage of the group or solo player.

To charm a monster, you no longer require the use of the flute (for Mnstrels). Simply target the monster and use the corresponding spell/song for your charm. Monsters at or below your level will have a very small chance of resisting the charm as it pulses, which means there's always an element of risk involved. You may also charm monsters above the your level (oranges, reds and low purples), though as the monster level increases above that of the caster's, so does the risk of the monster resisting the charm and aggressing the caster. It is advised to not risk charming orange, red or purple monsters unless you believe the situation warrants this emergency action and only if you are prepared to accept the potential penalties involved with doing so.

Note that when a monster is charmed and in battle, and the charm pulse stops (or the monster is no longer under your control), the previously charmed monster's aggression will be turned away from the monster it was fighting and toward the caster until it is recharmed, it dies, the caster dies or the caster moves beyond the normal AI timer-based range of the monster. As casters become more experienced with using this ability, they should learn how to manipulate it to best fit their needs when solo or group hunting, so a degree of skill is involved.

Tip: When a charm breaks, the monster will immediately aggress the caster. This includes times when the caster actually releases the monster, so it's advisable to have the pet window set to "Stay" and then to get a comfortable distance away before releasing the monster, or to ensure you are capable of killing the monster upon releasing it.

Tip: You may use other songs in conjunction with this type of charm, though doing so will require song "twisting" - where you switch between playing two songs.

Bugs to note: There is a bug with the Minstrel's charm, where upon releasing the pet, even if you are further than melee range, the monster will still interrupt your current song when it aggresses (speed, mana or health), though only for the ten seconds the timer takes to elapse and for the song to restart (as with any other monster when the monster is aggressing in melee range). This is a known issue and will be fixed at some point in the future.

World Issues: We're aware of the limitations and availability of charmable, humanoid monsters (for Minstrels and Sorcerers) in Albion's high level zones - primarily Lyonesse, Dartmoor and Stonehenge Barrows - and we're taking steps to resolve this issue soon, so please watch for announcements.

We've decreased (again) the aggro that archers do to monsters while fighting monsters. This means that archers can now do even more damage to monsters without having the monster turn on them.
We've increased the damage that archer Critical Shot does against higher-level monsters (monsters only, no change was made to RvR CS damage).
Archer bow shots will now hit more often in group situations - the group melee "to-hit" bonus (which applies to weapons as well as bows) has been increased for archers. Archers (as well as any melee attacker) has more of a chance to hit a monster based on the number of people in the group. Archer bow shots now have a bonus over and above the regular melee bonus on "to-hit".
Arrows that do different damage types (crush/slash/thrust) will now correctly show the damage additions.
Archers will no longer see tenths of seconds when readying arrows. We never intended archers to see their timer on such an intimate level - it was initially set that way for balancing and debugging purposes in beta, and was never changed. Please note that all other timers in the game (spell timers, ability timers, etc.) print in seconds, not tenths of seconds. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DID NOT INCREASE DRAW TIMES OR IN ANY WAY CHANGE DRAW TIMES IN THIS PATCH. We changed only the way that this is printed to you.

When you are trading to a craftsman who can repair - the craftsman can click on a new "repair" flag in the trade window to turn the trade into a repair session. For more information, see the section "new repair system", later in this release note.
Bleed and Acid damage have been correctly assigned to body and matter resistance types.
"/EFFECT SELF" should now show the correct spell effects that you cast on other players.
Graphical weapon effects should now show correctly to other players. Previously, all weapons showed graphical effects to the person holding them, but some did not show up that way to other players looking at them. Now, they all work.
We fixed a bug with evade that will effect those characters with evade 6 or above. You'll now see yourselves evading more often if you are a high level assassin character.
You can now add multiple people to a chatgroup with a single slash command. Use /CG INVITE etc
When an assassin poisons an enemy and the poison does DOT damage, the assassin will now be able to rehide even though he is doing damage against the target.
Pets will no longer warp after killing an opponent and returning.
Pets should now properly use their spells after engaging a target.
Charged items (wands, etc) can no longer be used against players in your realm.
Repairs on doors now cost 1/4 the wood they used to but only repair 1/2 the condition. Thus, to repair a door up to full will now take 1/2 the total wood but take twice the total time.
Relic Keep doors are no longer upgradable. They will spawn at a high wood level (8) and will remain there. They can still be repaired.

1) The player (who wants the item repaired) drops the item on the (player) smith.
2) This brings up a trade window between the two players.
3) The smith clicks on the REPAIR box in the lower left of the trade window. Only the smith (receiving player of the trade) can click on this box.
4) The title of the window will now change.
5) The Player can add as many items as he likes to be repaired. If the smith cannot repair any item added, the repair box will uncheck and both will get a print.
6) The Player can add coins to the trade to pay for the repair.
7) The smith can add neither coins nor items to the repair/trade when in repair mode. Any items and money in the trade when repair is clicked should be cleared out.
8) When both click "Accept" all items are repaired and returned to the Player. All coins are moved to the smith.

Our first cut at the new resistance buff and debuff system is now up on Pendragon. Currently resistance buffs and debuffs only affect direct damage and bolt spells (not DOT, duration-type spells such as mes and stun, damage adds or damage shields). Over the course of the next couple days we'll round out the implementation to affect duration and damage effects of all types.

Sorcerer body spec list	Cabalist Spirit spec list	Cleric enhancement spec
23 Illusions of Flame (heat resistance debuff) 33 Visions of Flame 44 Dreams of Flame 24 Illusions of Winter (cold resist debuff) 34 Visions of Winter 46 Dreams of Winter 27 Illusions of the Wastes (matter resist debuff) 36 Visions of the Wastes 48 Dreams of the Wastes	22 Diminish Immunities (debuff body) 33 Disspate Immunities 46 Banish Immunities 24 Diminish Will (debuff spirit) 36 Dissipate Will 47 Banish Will 28 Diminish Conductivity (debuff energy) 37 Dissipate Conductivity 49 Banish Conductivity	24 Spiritual Shield (spirit buff) 36 Spiritual Guard 47 Spiritual Barrier 27 Energy Shield (energy buff) 37 Energy Guard 48 Energy Barrier 23 Shield of Health (body buff) 33 Guard of Health 45 Barrier of Health
Friar enhancement spec	Spiritmaster darkness spec	Runemaster runecarving spec list
21 Resillience of the Wanderer (heat buff) 31 Fortitude of the Wanderer 46 Piety of the Wanderer 25 Hearth's Blessing (cold buff) 35 Hearth's Benison 48 Hearth's Gift 27 Attunement to Creation (matter buff) 37 Blessing of Creation 49 Oneness with Creation	22 Dampen Health (body debuff) 33 Suppress Health 45 Extinguish Health 25 Dampen Spirit (spirit debuff) 35 Suppress Spirit 48 Extinguish Spirit 27 Dampen Capacity (energy debuff) 38 Suppress Capacity 49 Extinguish Capacity	22 Vex of Heat (heat) 33 Vex of Fire 45 Vex of Flames 25 Vex of Cold (cold) 34 Vex of Frost 46 Vex of Ice 27 Vex of Soil (matter) 36 Vex of Dirt 48 Vex of Earth
Healer Augmentation spec	Shaman augmentation spec	Enchanter mana spec
23 Gods' Health (body buff) 33 Gods' Vigor 46 Gods' Potency 24 Gods' Drive (spirit) 36 Gods' Will 47 Gods' Spirit 27 Thunder Affinity (energy) 37 Storm Affinity 48 Lightning Affinity	23 Wrap of the Deep (heat buff) 30 Shroud of the Deep 43 Caress of the Deep 24 Warmth from Below (cold buff) 35 Heat from Below 45 Fires from Below 25 Rock Unity (matter buff) 38 Stone Unity 48 Cavern Unity	23 Amplify Heat (heat debuff) 33 Endow Heat 44 Empower Heat 24 Amplify Cold (cold debuff) 34 Endow Cold 46 Empower Cold 27 Amplify Matter (matter) 36 Endow Matter 49 Empower Matter
Eldritch void spec	Druid Nurture spec	Warden nurture spec
22 Nullify Hardiness (body debuff) 33 Negate Hardiness 45 Void Hardiness 26 Nullify Spirit (spirit) 35 Negate Spirit 48 Void Spirit 27 Nullify Dissipation (energy/electricity) 39 Negate Dissipation 49 Void Dissipation	23 Strength of the Sun (resist heat) 32 Resillience of the Sun 43 Aura of the Sun 24 Warmth of the Badger (resist cold) 35 Warmth of the Wolf 45 Warmth of the Bear 26 Earth Affinity (resist matter) 38 Earth Bond 48 Earth Union	22 Bolster Health (resist body) 32 Bolster Resillience 43 Bolster Heartiness 23 Warden's Courage (resist spirit) 33 Warden's Honor 48 Warden's Spirit 27 Defy Thunder (resist energy) 37 Defy Storm 49 Defy Lightning

Quest: The War Continues
Hunters will no longer be offered a shield as a choice for their level 40 guild track quest nor will they be allowed to trade in their weapon for a shield. Hunters that have a Midnight Defender, either from completing their guild track quest or trading in their weapon may now return to Mildrid in Haggerfell and exchange the shield for their choice of a weapon (1h sword, 2h sword, bow, spear). Hunters may only perform this shield trade in once!
Quest: Hole of the Dead
Items Dwarven Boots of Air and Gloves of the Eternal will now con correctly.
Quest: Evening’s Empty Blessings
Adjustments have been made to the quest journal so players will have better information about their tasks.
Quest: Fervent
The elder sveawolf has gotten too old to lead players to Wildtooth anymore. He will give you directions to find Wildtooth.
Quest: Klippa’s Claw
Players will no longer have to die to Riv to obtain the Riva hauberk. Players should follow their quest journal rather than doing what they THINK they should do to obtain the rewards for this quest.

Quest: Morven's Return
Blademasters and Druids who find repairing Cathbad's Blade a little too costly can turn the weapon in to Cathbad, in Howth, who will replace it with the same weapon minus the pricey repair cost. Players can only do this one time, and must have completed the quest.
Quest: Summoner's Expulsion
The Summoner has been tuned to be not quite so deadly to low level questers.

Quest: Guild preparation
Humberton base class trainers will now respond to players when asked about a specific class.
Quest: Traveler's Way -- Supply Run
Players who are stuck on step one can continue along this quest by following new instructions in their journal.
Quest: Abolishment of Sacrifice
Sacrificer Harish should now spawn a bit more frequently.
Quest: Cloak of Shades Part 1
Those hunting undead druids in Salisbury should now receive their quest item.
Object: Rancid Black Tooth
This item should now proc as normal.

The manes and grumoz demons look slightly different than before.
The Tylwyth Teg camp areas along the north border of Snowdonia have been adjusted. They should no longer be out of range when they are clearly standing right in front of you.
The Legendary Afanc has migrated to different part of Llyn Barfog, though still along the water. Scouts report that she seems to have acquired a few odd behaviors.

The Coruscating Mines have been adjusted slightly to make it a little more group-friendly in a few areas.
The Cursed Forest has been modified to improve it as a general hunting ground. Groups should be able to find easier paths to the eastern portions of the zone. There are more spots to pull to, and make camp now as well.

We have adjusted the range resistance of several specific keep lords as a test of possible new functionality. Please test these lords and let us know what you think. The lords will now require players to be in the room with them to damage them (all players, casters and archers included). With this change, the lords can now be damaged by ranged attacks (if the attacker is in the room). The following lords have this new resistance system:

We introduced a bug where line of sight was no longer required to fire arrows or spells at an enemy (i.e. one that is inside a keep). This has been fixed. You now once again must have line of sight.
The granite giants in Dartmoor were not using proper bow animations. This has been fixed.
Keep Lords, in some cases, were healing themselves at far more than their normal rate. This led to them basically being unkillable, and has been fixed.
The Stunning Flash and Holy Anger Cleric Smite lines had their power costs unintentionally increased. These have been returned to their old values.

This is a small update that contains three fixes to problems found in version 1.45.

Objects that buff stats that affect a spellcasters power pool (i.e. the amount of spells they can cast) were not working. They have been fixed, so now all items that you had that increased your power pool (+int items for mages, +cha items for bards, etc.) are working again.
Archers who did not max-specialize in Critical Shot were doing far less damage than they should have been when performing a Critical Shot against monsters or enemy players. This has been fixed. Remember, however, in 1.45 we reduced in general the amount of Critical Shot damage against higher-level enemies. This bug fix does not affect that change.
We've taken steps to address problems players have when zoning into dungeons (falling through floors, etc.).

This is just a quick patch to fix some problems that cropped up in this morning's patch.
This morning's version had a bug that was setting durability of high-level magical jewelry items was being set to a small number (sometimes 0, sometimes 20 or so). This bug has been fixed, and any player who logs into the game with those objects will have them automatically reset to max durability and condition.

We've made a change in the way that specialization affects Self Armor Factor buffs for robed casters. Now, robed casters are no longer affected by specialization (casters who specced outside their shield line's skill were taking a significant defense hit). However, Armor Factor Buffs for concentration casters remain affected by specialization.

Three new "Epic" zones make their debut in this patch: one in each realm's home region. These zones are full of high level content intended for large groups of players 35 - 50th level. The encounters in these zones are fully itemized with appropriate treasure. The zones are laid out differently from most of our other outdoor areas, they are designed to more tightly constrict player movement, funneling groups (to some extent) through more targeted encounters that have to be bypassed or defeated before they can move on. Each of the zones has as its ultimate encounter a fearsome creature of monstrous power, let those who wander these zones take plenty of friends!

Please note that many of the monster models that appear in the new zones are placeholders and will be replaced with new ones over the course of this week.

In the times of Uther Pendragon, Articus, son of a Roman dignitary left his homeland to get away from the politics of Rome. He and his family settled in an area in the Cornwall region known as Dartmoor, a beautiful moorland with wooded valleys and windswept Tors. They had built a castle and established a respectable holding in the rugged area. About ten years had passed and still little was known about Lord Articus and his family, since they often preferred to keep to themselves. Duke Marcus of Cornwall dispatched a messenger to his quiet neighbor with invitations for them to attend an upcoming celebration. When the messenger never returned, a second messenger was sent. The second one, like the first, was never seen again. Whether out of concern or suspicion, Duke Marcus sent his son along with a contingent of knights to both investigate the disappearance of the messengers and the welfare of Lord Articus. Two weeks later, Duke Marcus' son returned alone. He was badly injured and his armor singed. He never told his father or anyone else what he saw. Some say it was fear. Others claim that it was his pride. The only thing he did convey was that Lord Articus, his family, and his servants were all dead. Until recently, people of Briton were warned away from Dartmoor. However, the people have grown restless and hunger for adventure. Their memories fade, and most have forgotten the warnings.

Last month, Sir Arward and 30 of his best fighters ventured deep in to the depths of Dartmoor. Two days ago, Sir Arward’s scribe’s journal, slightly singed and stained with blood fell out of the sky and landed in front of the guards at Prydwen Keep.

A summary of the journal explains a bit of what the party discovered. At first, all they found were wild ponies, small but tough little beasts. The group, thinking that they’ve been afraid to venture to the area because of a bunch of wild ponies, relaxed their guard considerably. Sir Arward ordered one of his scouts to climb a nearby granite tor so that he might see further in to the distance. However, as soon as the scout approached the giant granite mass, it turned and faced them. It was a giant, made entirely from granite, carrying a giant shepherd’s staff. The poor scout never had a chance. The armored fighters engaged the massive creature and managed to defeat it. Their need for caution had been restored.

As they moved deeper into Dartmoor, it became immediately obvious that the giant they fought was neither unique nor alone. What had previously been mistaken for giant rocks seemed to come alive with movement. Trying to avoid the behemoths (though some fights were unavoidable), the group found themselves in a giant granite quarry surrounded by a group of ogre-like creatures. Surprisingly, they didn’t attack the party. In a limited, barbaric grasp of the Briton language, the ogres claimed to be the Stonecrush Clan. They mined and ate granite, which angered the granite giants to no end. It was obvious that there had been some hostilities between the giants and the ogres, and the Stonecrush Clan considered Sir Arward’s group as friends since they had fought and killed giants.

The journal contained little more information. The next page seemed to have been partially burned. Only one large word near the bottom could be read: Golestandt.

Hunters have reported that the Svartalfar have been extremely active in the Skona Ravine area. It seems they have been sending masses of their best scouts and infiltrators in to the woodland south of Skona Ridge, a little-known and less-explored region known as Malmohus. The werewolves of Skona, however, seem to be afraid of the area - they avoid it almost as if they believed Malmohus to be cursed.

A large group of hunters was sent to follow the Svartalfar into Malmohus, for it was obvious they were up to something. The hunters temporarily lost the Svartalfar trail when they stumbled across some odd looking creatures. They looked like wolves, but had scales and a lizard’s tail. The hunters called them scaled vargs, and found out happily that their beast charms worked on the creatures.

They renewed their tracking of the Svartalfar and were fortunate enough to find a single Svartalf scout, who they restrained and interrogated. The svartalf was young and was almost happy to give the hunters the information they desired, so long as his life would be spared. The svartalf explained that these lands were the home of Gjalpinulva, a daughter of great beast Fenris Wolf, and some huge unknown creature. The scout said that Gjalpinulva, herself a gigantic abomination, in her loneliness, created creatures that would be loyal to her and serve her: intelligent scaled wolves that walk on two legs. The Svartalfar, the scount claimed, came to Malmohus to investigate the Gjalpinulva and her brood and possibly destroy them. The Svartalvear needed to gather more information about the huge creatures before contemplating any action against Malmohus.

The hunters let the young svartalf go, anxious to return to Jordheim and report their findings. The great beast Gjalpinulva and her minions have not yet been sighted. Their appearance and power remain a mystery, although it is assumed that she is gigantic and immensely powerful.

In a routine scouting pass through the outskirts of the Bog of Cullen, a small group of seasoned rangers found that the landscaped had changed along the bog’s northern edge. A pass, which had not been there previously, appeared from under a thick layer of mists. The rangers, dubious of the nature of the pass, scouted it cautiously. Before they ventured too far, small spirits that seemed to "glimmer" with an unusual light confronted them with aggressive intentions. Suspecting it to be a siabra trick, the rangers quickly dispatched the odd creatures. Not too long after their first encounter larger spirit-type creatures, sharing the same type of “glimmer” as the previous spirits, also attacked the group. These were obviously more powerful than the small spirits that were encountered previously, almost too powerful. The behavior of these spiritual beings was very unlike the siabra, and this new experience was more than the rangers wanted to handle without more information about what they were facing.

The rangers returned with their findings and decided to consult others. They found themselves reciting their story to many, but no one seemed to have any more information on these glimmers, as they came to be known. That was, until they found themselves in the company of the ancient elven sage, Tyldifyl. "Like the kingdoms of man," he began, "the Otherworld is also divided into regions, each often having its own ruler and laws. Some of those "kingdoms" are more known than others, since some wish to remain unseen. One such place is called the Sheeroe Hills, ruled by Cuuldurach the Glimmer King. Cuuldurach is an ancient and powerful being. He rules with absolute power in his realm, in the realm of what you call the Glimmers..."

The rangers gathered more information and found that the worshippers of the Great Azure, ancient relatives of the Firbolg who find their faith in the unclouded sky, have sent strong expeditions into the Sheeroe Hills. In their zealot-like reverence for their god, they believe that the glimmers are evil, tainted creatures of death, and because of that, they believe it is their duty to cleanse the land of their presence. They have established strongholds in the Sheeroe Hills and guard them closely, distrusting anyone but one of their own to venture near.

- Several new monster models have been provided by our wonderful art team. Here is a list of some of the creatures that are sporting a new look.

ALBION	MIDGARD	HIBERNIA
manes demon grumoz demon Fielath wind mephit impling gwr-drwgiaid fiery fiend Ash afanc hatchling faerie mischief-maker faerie wolf-crier faerie bellwether Lady Leanna Ellyll windchaser mist sprite pixie pixie scout pixie imp Pixie Queen	flaming raukomaz Lord Fire wind sprite Swift mora rider mora dancer	cruiach demon Idol of Crom Cruiach cruach imp Spifnar deamhan aeir Aoife mountain mephit tunnel imp Scratch bocaidhe bocaide Yrial orchard nipper

Runthal Devyn, the imposter fletching master that would not let you join the trade order has been removed from Camelot City by the city guard. Acey Dalston is the only fletching master authorized to admit new members.

Quest – The Red Daggers: Players now have a reminder in their quest journal to turn in the scroll of seithkona to the Gythja of Bragi. Players that do not turn it in will now automatically have it deleted from their inventory when they complete that section of the guild track quest. Players that have it stored in their bank may DELETE IT!
Quest – Widower’s Hunt: Healers have been added to the list of classes able to do this quest.
Ick and Piercer now have quests associated with them. Speak to the Barkeeps for details.
The Mischief Maker’s Axe now procs correctly.

Quest: Amulet of the Planes
More detail regarding Borwyr's spawn time has been added to the journal.
Quest: Legione perso
Players on this quest should now be able to continue normally when fighting Lunaris primus pilus. Pets will no longer cause players difficulty when attempting to complete this quest.
Quest: The Captured Courier
Dunsten can now be re-spawned killing Elithralia Nodith. Dunsten should also remain in place longer so that players can turn their items into him.

We also went back through a couple of zones that were rare item drops, and made changes where appropriate. You'll now find that these zones have much more to offer: