• Patch 1.44.8 •

22 October 2008

The servers are down for the patch. Here are the changes being made this week:

UPDATES AND FIXES

Flying fortress will summon units of appropriate level and full health

Friend/Ignore list behavior cleaned up

Conflict channel chat tab selection fixed

Undead unit, humongous ballistary, added to the game

GAMEPLAY CHANGES

Spell cost per rank has been changed to 2cp. This is an intentional change in preparation of the new spell system. An announcement detailing the new spell system and the time line of its implementation will be announced Thursday, October 23rd.

QUEST CHANGES

Icy Lair - Updated to allow Order nations to access (Level 10, Coordinates: 84, 112)

Black as Hell - Updated to allow War and Machines to access (Level 18, Coordinates: 19, 24)

Elaris's Pendant - Added (Machines, Story, Level 6, Coordinates: 95, 6)

Blood of a Druid - Added (War, Story, Level 6, Coordinates: 66, 70)

Great Dragon Isle - Added (All Factions, Level 29, Coordinates: 53, 71)

Various other quest fixes/tweaks

CHANGES TO UNITS

LIGHT

Heavy Lancers

AR - 21 (was - 20)

MACHINE

Dwarven Flamethrowers

Special - Inferno Burst - +50% AR, +400% damage for 5 seconds. Cooldown: 60 seconds.

(was - Inferno Burst - +400% damage for 5 seconds. Cooldown: 45 seconds.)

UNDEAD

Forsaken Warrior

AR - 19 (was - 17)

DR - 22 (was - 21)

Wight

AR - 27 (was - 26)

Damage - 50-65 (was - 45-65)

WAR

War Elephants

Speed - 9 (was - 7)

Boar Riders

AR - 22 (was - 20)

Damage - 30-50 (was - 25-40)

• Back To News Archive •