Greetings yet again!
As promised, this post will explain the other change I have done,
namely, smithing-related changes.
Firstly, as outlined earlier, I have fixed a problem causing the Dwarf
and Hammer related bonuses to not be applied fully. Dwarves and owners
of the Hammer will notice a much more noticeable difference in the
quality of their smithed wares.
Secondly, smiths will notice a new ability in Smithing, called Crystehl.
Crystehl is a new, relatively rare ingot, which is (or will be, within a
couple of minutes), for sale in certain townes - each city/council will
have one towne selling these.
Crystehl provides quite a significant upgrade to the results of
smithing. In addition, crystehl can carry special weapon and armor
effect, much like the three special ores. However, nothing is free, and
so you will also notice that crystehl is quite expensive.
The crystehl bonus is only applied once per item, so using more than one
crystehl ingot would be a waste.
We will be monitoring the effects of these changes and adjustments will
be done if necessary, If you find that you can easily and often get
results that are better than artifact weapons, especially level 2 and 3
ones, please be sure to report this, as that would be a bug.
In other news:
- FW is a shortcut for FWHO now
- Guild reserve and experience bonuses are more expensive now, as per my
earlier announce
- Bowmanship: Fixed a problem allowing Hookshot to bypass doors, gates
and walls
- Predation: Fixed a problem allowing you to fling darts through walls
and closed doors in some situations
- Orcish mages in Kenuba will no longer cast duplicate icewalls
- Demon banishing abilities should work properly on Malignosis eyes now
- Deathknight hounds should properly stop tracking when ordered passive
- A couple of typo fixes
Finally, I would also like to ask you to consider voting for the game -
http://www.imperian.com/vote - the more votes we get, the more players
we get, and the better game we can have. Thank you!
Garryn
Penned by my hand on the 16th of Fas, in the year 588 AD.
