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Announce News Post #3343

CLASSLEAD Changes - November 2010

Written by: Tecton, the Terraformer
Date: Sunday, November 28th, 2010
Addressed to: Everyone


We've just finished coding the first batch (and what a batch!) of
changes from our final Classlead season of 2010! Many thanks to all of
the creative individuals who submitted and commented on the reports, and
our dedicated coding team for their efforts in getting these to you 12
hours after the close of endorsements!

The details of the changes are as follows:

Apostasy
- Baalzadeens are now immune from critical hits.

Devotion
- DAMNATION requirements have been adjusted.
- HELLSIGHT has had its equilibrium cost reduced.
- REVITALISATION no longer affects personal enemies.

Elementalism
- STAFFSTRIKE supports a limb target in the enacting verb.

Enchantment
- PURITY effects now fire consistently.

Evileye
- Kai energy gain from all evileye abilities has been reduced.
- WEARINESS has been added as a starable affliction.

General
- TROLL stun chance has been reduced.

Groves
- Garden environment rooms are no longer susceptible to
extermination/holocaust.
- Grove abilities no longer function from garden environment rooms.
- CALL BEES equilibrium cost has been reduced.
- RESURRECTION has had its AB file adjusted to clarify enemy
resurrection.
- RESURRECTIONs additional costs are now additive, rather than
multiplicative.
- DAMPEN has has its equilibrium cost increased.
- DAMPEN will no longer remove a second vibration/harmonic.

Kaido
- TRANSMUTEs willpower cost has been reduced.
- BANISH has had its kai energy cost increased.
- ENFEEBLE has had its equilibrium cost reduced.
- ENFEEBLE no longer stuns.

Metamorphosis
- Hydra BIND no longer misses adventurers with a Buckawn's amulet.
- Hydra BIND has had it's 3rd head balance lowered.
- SWOOP damage formula has been reworked.

Pranks
- BANANAPEELS now have a chance of affecting levitating adventurers.
- BANANAPEELS have had their duration reduced.

Runelore
- RUNELIST ability added. (Also in Vision)

Shindo
- HEALTHTRANS and MANATRANS now have an ALL option.

Striking
- AIRFIST is now more effective against Tekura guarding.
- EYES now afflicts the target with hallucinations instead of dementia.
- HANDS numbing effect no longer stacks.

Subterfuge
- Serpent loyals have a higher health pool.

TwoArts
- SANYA shin gain has been increased.
- ARASH damage bonus has been reduced.

Voicecraft
- SONGBIRD will no longer play redundant tunes.


As always, we'll be monitoring these changes over the coming days and
weeks and making adjustments as necessary! If you notice something out
of place, please file a BUG and we'll investigate it ASAP.

Penned by My hand on the 5th of Glacian, in the year 553 AF.


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Announce News Post #3343

CLASSLEAD Changes - November 2010

Written by: Tecton, the Terraformer
Date: Sunday, November 28th, 2010
Addressed to: Everyone


We've just finished coding the first batch (and what a batch!) of
changes from our final Classlead season of 2010! Many thanks to all of
the creative individuals who submitted and commented on the reports, and
our dedicated coding team for their efforts in getting these to you 12
hours after the close of endorsements!

The details of the changes are as follows:

Apostasy
- Baalzadeens are now immune from critical hits.

Devotion
- DAMNATION requirements have been adjusted.
- HELLSIGHT has had its equilibrium cost reduced.
- REVITALISATION no longer affects personal enemies.

Elementalism
- STAFFSTRIKE supports a limb target in the enacting verb.

Enchantment
- PURITY effects now fire consistently.

Evileye
- Kai energy gain from all evileye abilities has been reduced.
- WEARINESS has been added as a starable affliction.

General
- TROLL stun chance has been reduced.

Groves
- Garden environment rooms are no longer susceptible to
extermination/holocaust.
- Grove abilities no longer function from garden environment rooms.
- CALL BEES equilibrium cost has been reduced.
- RESURRECTION has had its AB file adjusted to clarify enemy
resurrection.
- RESURRECTIONs additional costs are now additive, rather than
multiplicative.
- DAMPEN has has its equilibrium cost increased.
- DAMPEN will no longer remove a second vibration/harmonic.

Kaido
- TRANSMUTEs willpower cost has been reduced.
- BANISH has had its kai energy cost increased.
- ENFEEBLE has had its equilibrium cost reduced.
- ENFEEBLE no longer stuns.

Metamorphosis
- Hydra BIND no longer misses adventurers with a Buckawn's amulet.
- Hydra BIND has had it's 3rd head balance lowered.
- SWOOP damage formula has been reworked.

Pranks
- BANANAPEELS now have a chance of affecting levitating adventurers.
- BANANAPEELS have had their duration reduced.

Runelore
- RUNELIST ability added. (Also in Vision)

Shindo
- HEALTHTRANS and MANATRANS now have an ALL option.

Striking
- AIRFIST is now more effective against Tekura guarding.
- EYES now afflicts the target with hallucinations instead of dementia.
- HANDS numbing effect no longer stacks.

Subterfuge
- Serpent loyals have a higher health pool.

TwoArts
- SANYA shin gain has been increased.
- ARASH damage bonus has been reduced.

Voicecraft
- SONGBIRD will no longer play redundant tunes.


As always, we'll be monitoring these changes over the coming days and
weeks and making adjustments as necessary! If you notice something out
of place, please file a BUG and we'll investigate it ASAP.

Penned by My hand on the 5th of Glacian, in the year 553 AF.


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