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Productive testing and feedback on all counts coming in over Patch 1.125, please keep it coming! November 4th at 2PM EST / 8PM CET is our next testing event in Molvik, so pencil it in your diaries!

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As always, thanks everyone for your questions! 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 questions, feedback/ideas/suggestions should be sent in through our feedback form.

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I would really like to know, if the freezing bm vest stacks, coexists or overwrites the dragon glove charge, though. I can understand the zerker chest not stacking with the gloves, as it’s 25%, but the bm proc is a dmg add, and it’s only 15%.

The Freezing Blade Vest procs a 15% damage add buff, identical to Triple Wield’s damage add but at a lower value. The Cursed Dragon Gloves provide a straight damage% increase buff. Since they are entirely separate buffs, they both stack.

However, Freezing Blade Vest’s damage add buff would be overwritten by the Blademaster’s Triple Wield ability.

I have a question on the Track ability.  I have looked and have not been able to see what the exact values of the track ability are.  I know it says 15% on lvl 20 track, 25% for lvl 30, 35% for lvl 40, and 45% for lvl 50, but what do those values actually mean.  Is that % the amount it increases your stealth detection from MoS/stealth spec?  So since MoS 9 gives a 625 range stealth detection are you getting an additional 281.25 units with the lvl 50 track?  .45 x 625= 281.25 for a total of 906.25?  Or is it another value?

The delves on the Track ability are based on base stealth detection (without Mastery of Stealth) and are a percentage increase from those base values. The 1.121 patch notes help give an idea of what that means in conjunction with Mastery of Stealth and the in-game detection radius with Track.

From the 1.121 patch notes:

• Archers at level 50 (with free MOS9), and composite level 50 stealth specialization will detect other Archers at around 725 in-game units.
  • Archers using the level 50 Track ability will detect other Archers at around 1000 in-game units.
• Archers at level 50 (with free MOS9), and composite level 50 stealth specialization will detect Assassins with 50 stealth specialization between 675 and 750 in-game units.
  • These values are influenced by the detected Assassins +stealth skill over level 50:
    • A 50+24 stealth specced assassin will be detected at 675 units by MOS9 archers with 50 composite stealth spec.
    • A 50+11 stealth specced assassin will be detected at 713 units by MOS9 archers with 50 composite stealth spec.
    • A 50+0 stealth specced assassin will be detected at 750 units by MOS9 archers with 50 composite stealth spec.
• Archers using the level 50 Archery Track ability will detect Assassins between 950 and 1175 in-game units.
  • These values are influenced by the detected Assassins +stealth skill over level 50:
    • A 50+24 stealth specced assassin will be detected at 950 units by MOS9 archers with 50 composite stealth spec.
    • A 50+11 stealth specced assassin will be detected at 1063 units by MOS9 archers with 50 composite stealth spec.
    • A 50+0 stealth specced assassin will be detected at 1175 units by MOS9 archers with 50 composite stealth spec.

Is it intended for the style Pin to make the snared sound effect even if the target is immune to snare and thus not snared? I use the sound effects to determine if the target is peeled or not, and the pin style will always make the sound effect. This become especially annoying when the target is charged and therefore cannot be snared. It makes me think I’ve peeled the target when in fact I haven’t.

Speaking on Pin, is it supposed to be 40% slow or 70% slow? Is it supposed to be breakable or not? Should it ignore immunity?

Pin does ignore snare/root immunity and is not breakable on damage. It’s snare value is intended to be 70% but as stated in the 1.125 Pendragon notes, there is currently a bug with most melee snare styles not applying their correct amount. On Live servers right now Pin snares for 60%. It will snare for it’s proper amount after the 1.125 patch has gone to the Live servers.

For the sound issue, since Pin ignores immunity it will apply and play its sound in most circumstances.

However, if Pin is applied to a target that *already* has Charge or Speed of Sound active, no snare sound is played and we’ve verified this to still be the case. The only sound heard is the sound of the style landing, not the snare component.

What may be happening is that the Pin snare is landed and then a realm ability like Speed of Sound is given to the target just afterwards – in that case the snare component sound would play since it was applied prior to Speed of Sound even though it may happen so fast that it looks like the Speed of Sound speed component was applied right away. The Charge realm ability specifically cannot be activated if a crowd control (including roots or snares) is already applied to the character.

Lastly, Crescendo spells can be applied to actively rooted or snared targets since they are a direct movement speed buff that effectively counteracts the snare or roots’ movement speed debuff. However, the snare component of Pin greatly outweighs the run speed bonus of any crescendo buff.

I originally had bought the scroll in the kings room to achieve the Earthen horse mount on one of my toons on Mid. After numerous attempts of roaming around the designated area for the mob to kill to get the step done to achieve the mount I have been unable to find. I have searched over the entire land day and night for hours. After many unsuccessful attempts I bought another mount. I have asked in discord and seems other have had sand Issue. Any help would be appreciated.

The monster, Mokerkialfi, can spawn in 1 of 4 possible locations in Skona Ravine. 3 of the locations are on the east side of the zone and the 4th is on the west side. We’ve also verified that Mokerkialfi is spawning correctly on the Live servers. Good luck!

Moving forward, can you/will you plan to release patches more frequently, even if they are smaller in size and address player concerns? I think a large part of the player base would prefer smaller more frequent updates even if they are something trivial such as small bug fixes that have been in the game for years.

Patch 1.125 is meant to be the last major update prior to Endless Conquest. Endless Conquest will be a major update, involving an option to play Dark Age of Camelot *for FREE*, that we want to get absolutely right. As such, it will be a long-term development cycle taking us well into 2019.

That said, between 1.125’s launch and the release of the Endless Conquest update we would like to get back to smaller, more frequent updates in the form of Hot Fixes while the main portion of our development resources are devoted towards Endless Conquest.

And we do have a lot on the docket over the next year for those Hot Fixes!

Post-1.125 Hot Fix plans:

• Curse Campaign difficulty adjustments
• New Fall-Harvest Event
• Expanding out the Dynamic Keep Siege objectives, assuming they are well-received in Molvik!
• Recurring holiday and RvR events
• Ongoing bug fixes and class changes, as necessary
• Monthly Mithril Store updates
• And more!

For those that don’t know, let’s explain the difference between a “Hot Fix” and a “Patch” update. Patches involve taking the server down to deliver updates that touch some fundamental aspects of gameplay and are normally much larger in scope than a “Hot Fix”. Hot Fixes can be very large and comprehensive themselves but are specifically updates that can be deployed while the game-server is still running. Many types of bugs can be fixed via “Hot Fixes” but major bugs that involve changes to fundamental game systems generally require a patch and therefore server downtime. This is why we are trying extremely hard to fix as many long-standing bugs as possible with Patch 1.125 as we likely will not have another planned server down-time between its launch and the launch of Endless Conquest.

Once Endless Conquest is launched we do plan to return to more frequent patches again. Speaking of which, stay tuned for some detailed Endless Conquest plans in the coming weeks and months!

Enjoy the weekend all 🙂

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On Ywain:

• 50% bonus to RP gain in all NF zones (including the Labyrinth)
• 100% bonus to normal XP gain in all classic zones and dungeons
• 50% bonus to normal BP in all NF zones

On Gaheris:

• 100% bonus to normal XP gain in all classic zones and dungeons
• 100% bonus to normal BP gain in the capital cities
• 100% bonus to normal RP gain in the capital cities

In each Capital City:

• 40% Bonus to Crafting Speed
• 20% Bonus to Crafting Skill Gain

In all Housing Zones:

• 20% Bonus to Crafting Speed
• 10% Bonus to Crafting Skill Gain

These bonuses will expire on November 6th, 2018.

Time for another Grab Bag!

Dark Age of Camelot turns 17 next month (yay party)! Celebrate throughout the month with us with bonuses, giveaways, and events. Keep an eye on the Herald and our official Discord channel for updates! Our newsletter goes out later today, so make sure you are signed up to get all the updates on what’s coming in Patch 1.125, events, community news, and more!

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 questions, feedback/ideas/suggestions should be sent in through our feedback form.

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My question is regarding Clud.
Before the Curse campaign, this mob used to drop items such as Lightning/Thunder and jewelry. Does it still drop them, or is there a different monster that does?

The original Clud loot table has been replaced with a newer one that provides a chance at rare Alchemy drops and other, more up to date loot. Please see the following question & answer for more details on our plans regarding these items coveted for their aesthetic!

Hi, I’ve been searching for a helmet that drops in the realm of Albion for years, I have seen it, but nobody has felt it necessary to divulge the name or the whereabouts of where and what drops it. Here is a link to a picture of the model http://camelot.allakhazam.com/item.html?citem=6383 , it is a chain helmet, but it looks like a plate full helmet sort of. Can you shed any light on this, much appreciated!

Unfortunately the Foul Helm is no longer dropped. With the revamping of the classic-world dungeons a few years back, most all of their pre-existing loot was overwritten by newer gear with better stats.

With the advent of the Mithril ‘Pattern’ system, obviously many of you would like to get your hands on these obscure and fun pieces of equipment again!  Fortunately, we have some plans for this that we’ve hinted at in previous Grab Bags involving the revamping of the Catacombs areas and providing an opportunity there to get some coveted gear!

Why do weapons on healing classes lose durability now?  I can understand that an archer uses a bow to shoot and a caster uses a staff to cast, but a healing class neither uses nor needs his weapon to cast.  And now after over 15 years not losing durability it had to change.  Why?

In 1.124 durability repair was introduced in conjunction with a fairly major overhaul to how repairs were calculated and how much they cost. The calculations for repair were changed because there were some long-standing bugs that got addressed involving repair costs and the rate of condition-loss. In making these fixes and cost-changes it made sense to look at the repair system as a whole and see about addressing the un-level playing field that existed in regards to weapon-repairs.

Melee, casters, archers, and instrument classes were having to repair their weapons while support classes almost never did. Support classes cast on enemies and allies just as much as casters did or instrument classes played their songs or melee hit their targets and support weapons are extremely important to their casting stats (the bulk of support weapons are carrying a large portion of the major TOA casting-related bonuses in a support class’ full equipment). Additionally, many casters use a sword and shield to cast now, in lieu of a staff, so arguing that casters need a staff to cast and so they make sense while support doesn’t no longer holds much water.  Considering all of those factors in conjunction with the major changes already coming to the repair system in 1.124, it made sense to put everyone on the same playing field in terms of condition-loss.

That said, we do realize that the overall rate of condition loss (and thereby durability loss) is a bit high at the moment and will be addressing it in the upcoming 1.125 patch, so stay tuned!

In regards to the 10% spell range spell minstrels have. If this spell is active with a scout in group and said scout uses their track ability, is the scout’s range of detection given the 10% bonus or not?

No, spell range% bonuses and the Track’s stealth detection range are two entirely separate things.

A spell is really comprised of two separate things: the cause and the effect. The initial spell cast is the cause and the spell’s effect is the… effect. The spell range% bonus *only* affects that initial spell cast portion and not a spell’s landed effects.

Specifically in the case of archers’ Track, it would be considered the landed effect of the spell and the spell cast itself has no physical range. Instead, it’s a buff with 0 range that is applied to the archer that then grants them a stealth detection bonus.

However, it is possible to increase the effectiveness of Track by other means! Because track is trained in the stealth skill line, what does increase its effectiveness is the archer’s stealth specialization in the stealth skill and their +stealth skill stat.

Which is more accurate when calculating swing speed? Daoc Char Planner or Excidio? Daoc Character Planner says that for a Paladin I need 183 quickness 10% melee speed, 37% celerity, and 20 haste to cap a 6.0 weapon while Excidio says I need 225 quickness.

We aren’t going to spell out the melee swing speed formula precisely here but it’s always a good bet to go with the more recently updated website or tool for these sorts of matters. We’d also encourage you to ask or confer with your fellow players for what they think is the best approximation!

That’s it for this week. Stay tuned during the month of October for further updates 🙂

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Welcome to the Grab Bag!

There’s some horrendous weather across the globe this week, so please stay safe and love to all!

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 questions, feedback/ideas/suggestions should be sent in through our feedback form.

Continue reading below for the questions!

Does Mastery of Magery affect style proc damage or weapon proc damage?

And does Mastery of Focus help with the resisting of style procs? Speaking of Reaver/Thane/VW

Yes to both!

The Mastery of Magery realm ability increases spell damage dealt and so does affect style proc spell damage.

The Mastery of Focus realm ability effectively raises the level by its listed amount for all spells cast (including style procs). Style procs have their resistances calculated based on the level of the style, so a level 39 style has a level 39 spell’s resist rate vs level X targets. The Mastery of Focus realm ability can raise that style’s spell level, depending on the amount of MoF trained, up to a maximum of a level 50 spell.

All spells have a base chance of 10% to be resisted, so a level 50 style proc will still get resisted at around that 10% rate, on average. However, a level 12 style proc with no Mastery of Focus will see around a 30-35% resist rate vs a level 50 target and a level 34 style proc without MoF would have a 15-20% resist rate, on average.

Previously, to be aggro to as few mobs as possible as a healer, I was able to kill Curmudgeons and gain faction with Gurites, Siogs and Siabras. Lately I’ve been able to gain Gurite and Siog faction easily yet no Siabra faction.  Has positive Siabra faction been removed with OW?

The ghostly Siabra of the Otherworlds campaign have a different faction than the normal, living Siabra found in the Hibernia homeland. While it’s still very much possible to befriend the Siabra of Hibernia, it is not possible to do so with the Siabra of the Otherworlds.

Can you shed some light on what effect, if any, +archery skill has past level 50?  I have heard that it does nothing, but other people seem to think it helps in some way, but they aren’t sure how exactly.

Yes, increasing your +archery skill beyond level 50 will increase your archery damage, albeit very slightly. At a certain Realm Rank or amount of +skill over 50, due to diminishing returns, you will cease to see a damage increase which may be why some players reasonably think it does nothing.

An archer with 50+11 (61 composite) archery specialization will likely not see any damage increase for any subsequent +archery skill from realm rank or items. However, an archer with 35+16 (51 composite) archery specialization will see a slight increase with additional +archery skills from realm rank or items.

The level 1 Mauler Staff style “Wild Swing” is supposed to make the mauler’s attacks ignore bladeturn. However, after testing it in realm duels and against enemy players, the effect does not function although the buff applies. Is my understanding of how this is supposed to work correct is or is the tooltip mislabeled?

Thanks for this report, this effect should be functioning correctly on live now!

Many threads have been created in response to the npc/player disappearing bug. What is being done to address this issue?

We’ve identified the cause of this and plan to have it addressed in patch 1.125. In the meantime, make sure to relog or zone out of the New Frontiers region every few hours or so to prevent this issue

Enjoy the weekend everyone, and stay safe out there! 🙂