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Update 4:18 PM EST / 9:18 PM GMT: Ywain is once again open to all players!
The Ywain server is coming down now to perform emergency server maintenance to fix a crash in New Frontiers.
This downtime should be completed in under 3 hours.
We appreciate your patience and understanding as we resolve this matter!
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Update 11:35 AM EST / 4:35 PM GMT: Ywain is once again open to all players!
The Ywain server is coming down now to perform emergency server maintenance to fix an issue with accessing battleground and certain dungeon regions.
This downtime should be completed in under 2 hours.
We appreciate your patience and understanding as we resolve this matter!
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Going to try break my record for fastest posting of the Grab Bag questions and answers before this Storm Hannah cuts my power, so here goes! Someone time me.
Welcome to this week’s Grab Bag! As we’re heading into the end of the month our April newsletter will be hitting your inboxes soon, so make sure you’ve signed up!
As always, thanks everyone for your questions, keep ’em coming! You can send in any game related questions you have for our DAoC Devs through our Grab Bag submission form. Please note this is for game mechanic questions. Feedback/ideas/suggestions should be sent in through our feedback form.
A quick Hot Fix note first:
Now onto the questions!
I am wondering why crafted legendary weapons can’t be dyed by weapons lusters?
Legendary weapons’ looks signify their damage type to other players. Allowing them to be dyed could obfuscate that information and is not something we wish to allow at this time.
Can you clarify all character issues that would affect how much you miss in combat? Low con, quick, strength, dex, hp…?
Miss rates aren’t affected by typical character stats like constitution, dexterity, etc.
Miss rates are affected by the weapon used and the armor it is hitting. The enchantment “bonus” value on the weapon and armor (35% for level 50 drops) is compared first and that determines the base miss-rate. This is why enchanting your crafted weapon and armor is so important. If a weapon isn’t enchanted, it will miss much more often and if an armor isn’t, other players will almost never miss melee styles when hitting that armor piece!
Now that all weapons have the hidden 5% to-hit bonus (as of Patch 1.117C) that was previously only available on Artifacts, Champion Level weapons, and some other specialty weapons, the base, unstyled to-hit rate for a level 50 character using a weapon with 35% enchantment bonus vs an armor with the same 35% bonus is about 87%. Meaning there’s a 13% base chance to miss.
Next, a melee style’s to-hit bonus/penalty as well as any accuracy buff/debuff applied on the character will further affect that to-hit rate. With high to-hit bonus styles and no accuracy debuffs involved, the miss rate becomes 0%.
Please note that evade, block, and parry rates are calculated differently and do rely on a myriad of character stats, specializations, and abilities.
The sub-req on the Bracer of Rain states, “Bonus to STYLE Dmg: 2% – REQ: vs Humanoid, Animal, & Elemental”. Other items have similar requirements. If the sub-req’s are removed the item will also DELVE properly and show the style damage. Currently, anything with a sub-req will NOT show in /bonuses.
Correct, in order to not clog up the /bonuses window with various stats vs X monster type, it is strictly limited to stats that always apply to the character. We can look at changing this down the road but it’s very low priority for the time being.
Hi, couple of questions:
Does champ magic resist stack with arcane bracer magic resists.
Does gsv melee resist stack with champ weapon 5% resist and or ow belt melee resists.
Does realm ability resists stack with the above… avoidance of magic/pd
For resist-stacking questions, please refer to your character’s attribute page. If the numbers in the first tier or second tier increase when using one of those items or abilities in conjunction with the other, then they stack. If not, then they don’t!
On the character attributes page, highlighting over a resist value will pop-up the following tooltip:
The 25% / 7% Body Total line in the above screenshot are the first and second tier resist totals (25% is first tier, 7% is second tier). Realm abilities typically affect the second tier resists and class-buffs, items, and item-based buffs typically affect the first tier, with some exceptions for item-based buffs like the dragon arcane rings which affect the second tier.
For resists received from buffs like the Golden-scarab vest and various champion weapons, a character can also tell if they stack by simply looking to see if the buff is overwritten by the other – which in the case of GSV and champ weapons’ melee resist buffs, they are overwritten by each other so do not stack.
There was a bit of changes to items and I am curious when will the item database be updated?
The 1.125 version is now available for download HERE!
I’ve no idea how long this took, I forgot to press start on my clock.
Enjoy the weekend all 🙂 I’m off to hide from this crazy weather!
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Update 1:45 PM EST / 6:45 PM GMT: Ywain and Gaheris will be coming down for emergency maintenance to fix a crashing issue in housing regions. Downtime should be no longer than 2 hours.
Update 10:50 AM EST / 3:50 PM GMT: Ywain and Gaheris are once again open to all players!
Patch 1.125D is coming to all live servers at 5:45 AM EST / 10:45 AM GMT tomorrow, April 23rd, 2019. Downtime will be extended a bit longer than normal due to AWS server maintenance and is currently estimated to last no more than 9 hours.
1.125D is all about bug fixes! Thank you to everyone who has been submitting bugs and keeping tabs on our official bug tracker page!
Click the image below to check out the patch notes!
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Read on for the full details!
The Rites of Spring event and RvR bonuses will continue through Monday, May 6th.
Visit the following to receive the Rites of Spring quest:
Albion: Sir Yvain in Castle Sauvage or in the Catterick Hamlet relic town
Midgard: Sinfjotli Sigmundarson in Svasud Faste or in the Godrborg relic town
Hibernia: Fionn mac Cumhaill in Druim LIgen or in the Crair Treflan relic town
Remember, the quest is battlegroup credit and also automatically given upon defeating the Harbinger of Spring so don’t worry if you forgot to grab it!
Note: All characters will be able to obtain the Gem of the Harbinger (or one of its variants) and Bracelet of Springtime Folly, even if they got one last year!
Battleground players, don’t forget to speak with Lady Mirabelle in Castle Sauvage, Svasud Faste, or Druim Ligen in order to obtain the Egg Hunt quests!
Don’t forget to do the Spring Egg Trophy quest! Simply complete any of the Egg Hunt battleground quests or the Rites of Spring quest to be eligible for and offered it.
The Garden Nest and Flower Box trophies will spruce up any home’s garden!
On Ywain:
On Gaheris:
In each Capital City:
In all Housing Zones:
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Update 21:30 EDT / 03:30 CET: Ywain is up and open to players! Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience.
Ywain has been taken down to address an issue. We are working quickly to resolve this issue and will have the server back online as soon as possible.
We will provide an update here, as well as the Dark Age of Camelot Official Forums and the Dark Age of Camelot Official Discord channel when Ywain is back online.
We apologize sincerely for the inconvenience.
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Time for another Grab Bag!
Remember to check out patch 1.125D which is now on Pendragon! And don’t forget, you can stay up to date on the reports and progress of bugs on our official DAoC Bug tracker!
As always, thanks everyone for your questions, keep ’em coming! You can send in any game related questions you have for our DAoC Devs through our Grab Bag submission form. Please note this is for game mechanic questions. Feedback/ideas/suggestions should be sent in through our feedback form.
Now on to the questions!
How is castable CC affected by MoC? Does it lower the duration or does it lower it’s chance to land? Are stuns, roots, or mez affected differently?
The Mastery of Concentration realm ability reduces the effectiveness of all spells, meaning it reduces durations, damage, and heal amounts. All CC types affected by MoC In the same way. It does not affect resist rates.
Are there any plans to re-name long-inactive Level 1 (or Level 1-9, as they don’t show up on the search function) characters to make those names available for use, given the limited pool of names on such an aged game?
Yes, we do have a plan for clearing up some of the names on Ywain and the process will involve a long lead-time in notifying players which characters are going to be affected and how. There’s nothing more to say right now and the timetable for this is still to be determined.
Do Juggernaut and Wild Minion realm abilities work with the new Necromancers?
Yes, both realm abilities work with the revamped Necromancer class. Juggernaut increases the melee and magic damage effectiveness of their pets and wild minion grants the pets a chance to critical hit. However, please note that since the succubus pet doesn’t cast damaging spells or melee, these realm abilities won’t do much for her!
What are the caps for mythical stats like mythical power regen, cc duration decrease and other stats?
Mythical stat caps – 52
Mythical DPS – 10
Mythical Power, Health, Endurance Regens – 50
Mythical Crowd Control – 50
All others – uncappedTo clarify, the overall stat cap is +52 too, meaning level 50 characters can reach 75 (base) + 52 (cap) to reach 127 of a given stat with their items. This overall cap of 52 cannot be exceeded via any combination of mythical and normal/TOA stat caps. However, mythical stat caps can provide all +52 by themselves whereas normal/TOA stat caps can only provide +26 stat cap.
Please note that while the mythical crowd control stat is capped at 50, it is not able to be reached with the available items.
Can you tell me what the % of resist vs each damage, like 10% heat resist on chain, 5% bonus on leather mid etc is?
Sure thing! Armor provides %resist bonuses or penalties when hit by melee depending on the damage type of the weapon; with different armor types providing different bonuses and penalties.
Resistant: 10% more resistant to the given damage type
Vulnerable: 5% less resistant to the given damage type
Neutral: no bonus or penaltyCheck out the armor resist tables page for the full breakdown!
Enjoy the weekend all, and see you in the frontiers! 🙂
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As previously stated, 1.125D is all about bug fixes! Thank you to everyone who has been submitting bugs and keeping tabs on our official bug tracker page!
Click the image below to check out the latest patch notes!
Important Note:
For those interested in testing on Pendragon, follow the character copy process here!
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Welcome to this week’s Grab Bag! Our March newsletter is due out any time now, so make sure you’ve signed up to get the newsletter in your inbox as soon as it’s out 🙂
And don’t forget to stay up to date on the reports and progress of bugs on our official DAoC Bug tracker!
As always, thanks everyone for your questions, keep ’em coming! You can send in any game related questions you have for our DAoC Devs through our Grab Bag submission form. Please note this is for game mechanic questions. Feedback/ideas/suggestions should be sent in through our feedback form.
Read on for the questions!
What is the cap for absorption buffs? Could you stack Physical Defence 9 with warlock 31% ABS Spell for 61% absorbtion?
There is no cap for absorption buffs other than their delves which typically top out around 30%-something for classes with long duration ones. An example of a very high absorption buff is the Sorcerer’s realm rank 5 ability that grants 89% damage absorption for a short duration.
The Physical Defense realm ability does stack with a Warlock’s absorption buff but the Physical Defense RA is not an absorption buff itself. It grants a bonus to secondary melee resists so having PD9 + the Withcraft absorption buff does not equate to 61% damage absorption.
Is the Conjured Bulwark shield’s reactive proc a 40% attack speed reduction (ASR) debuff? The delve is incomplete.
Thanks, we’ll get the delve corrected ASAP! Yes, it is a reactive 40% ASR debuff that lasts 20s.
How is crowd control (CC) duration calculated from resists, stoicism, determination, and mythical CC reduction? Where does mes damp fit in?
First, the duration of the crowd control spell is determined. A casted mesmerisation spell with a 70s duration value gets any +duration% added to it prior to any crowd control reductions taking effect.
Next, that spell’s duration value gets reduced by the target’s relevant magic resist value. Then the remaining duration value gets reduced by any determination and stoicism amounts (combined into 1 value).
The remaining value then gets reduced by any ‘dampen’ buff value. Lastly, the mythical: crowd control reduction item bonus is used to reduce the remaining duration value.
When endless conquest hits, what, if anything will accounts that previously subscribed get? Or accounts that hit “elder” title status? If anything special is planned for these precious accounts.
More details about specific account bonuses will be released when we’re closer to launch!
Hi,
I wanted to know if there was a cap on the damage of the Mauler’s Phoenix Strike DD proc? Also, are DD procs affected by the VW class cloak?
I am asking because maulers in my group seem to have their Phoenix Strike DD proc capped at 531 damage, with or without the VW class cloak active. Will perform more tests to confirm but I wanted to ask as well.
Thanks!
Spell damage caps are based on a myriad of factors including the delve of the spell itself.
Realm abilities like Mastery of Magery can increase that damage cap whereas a magic damage buff like the Valewalker’s loyalty cloak chant is not going to increase the damage cap but will still increase/affect the damage of the spell (or style proc) up to its cap.
Enjoy the weekend, all. I’m off to pick a lot of flowers 🙂
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The Festival Steward is getting an early start in her preparations for the Spring Festival!
