Please download the latest files for this update - Varlyndria Files 07 06 12
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The Estate of Unrest has been home to evil for many years and horrible dark
rituals have been performed there. This has ultimately opened up an evil gate
way for the Voldrothus, and they now have taken the place over with an army
of undead horrors. March into the darkness and save Norrath and Varlyndria
from certain destruction!
This is a level 30 raid dungeon and should be approached with caution when
soloing. Some bosses might require the help of many bots/players to kill
while others are more solo friendly.
You've been officially warned.
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The Conjurer's staff of force has been greatly revamped and now makes Conjurers
extremely useful compared to their former status. The staff now procs a 34xlevel
force nuke called CONJURED FORCE RANK 1, this nuke makes the target dizzy when
it's hit for 12 seconds, which lowers it's chance to hit by a good amount.
Conjurer's on top of all this can also summon their weapons for their bots
and pets, and the original force snap ability has been restored. However
The wizard forcesnap spell now deals 12x level damage now instead of the
previous set 250+ damage. This allows Conjurer's to trade these items to players,
bots, alts or anything else and allows the proc to scale so it's not OP
at lower levels.
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The Guardian charm has been changed, it now gives the guardian a clicky buff
called SHIELD MASTERY RANK 1 which lasts for 30 minutes and increases their
bash damage by 15 x level as well as their chance to block attacks by a small
amount. They no longer have the base 250 bash on their charm from this change.
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Most healing spells have had their mana cost doubled. This change is to help
off-set the current mana regen items in the game to where they help with
downtime but don't give players unlimited mana. Keep in mind healing spells
now stack with the caster's level and do double the amount of healing on live.
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Hybrid classes: Paladins, Shadowknights, Rangers, Bards and Beastlords now have
a level 1 combat ability called Desperate Strike. This allows the class to use
their endurance reserves quickly to do a quick strike dealing 25+level x 7 damage
each hit. This skill costs 80 endurance.
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Resists on many custom items have been toned down for balance reasons.
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Slayers now receive an armor class penalty of -12 per level with their charm buff.
Players were using slayers to tank better than guardians and have extreme dps at
the same time so this was a needed change.
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Monks now have a new ability called Serpent Strike at level 30. This is just
like Rapid jab but uses round kick instead. (Best used with Dragon Apostle path)
The endurance cost is slightly higher than rapid strikes for balance reasons.
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Xaxrasha has 8 new augments. players can now enhance their kick, flying kick,
dragon punch, bash, frenzy, backstab, shapeshifter damage and spell power.
(This works on spellbook spells but might not work on all charm spells)
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A lot of custom items have gained Spell Power to increase the power of casters.
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Tier 8 Donation Items are now available!
NOTE: Aside from the items you get from the token players can now get a custom
item made that will be sold from the new "Legends Of Varlyndria" merchant.
Players give Drakiyth a basic idea of what they want the item to be and the
merchant will forever have it for a hefty price. The stats and what it does
is completely judged by Drakiyth but requests for things like.."Fire sword"
are totally fine. Example of an item made with a character's name on it:
"Drakiyth's Blade Of Darkness" Only 1 item can be made for that tier forever
but future tiers will allow additional items from that donator.
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There are now a couple bankers inside the Bazaar to help players out.
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Diablo has got a little smarter with his minions.
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Some monsters in Netherbian Lair can now see all kinds of Invis or Hide.
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