*Optional Patch*

A new zone, The Temple of Solusek Ro, is now available via the optional
patch.

*General Enhancements*

- Experience and looting rights are now awarded for group aggregate
damage. This is now true for ALL servers. We still consider this change in
'TEST' and will conduct a poll as to whether it positively addresses the
kill stealing situation in approximately 2 weeks.

[ Great! Being the class which dishes out the least damage over time of
any class in the game (at least until level 48), I cannot begin to tell
you how aggravating the old system was. ]

- As mentioned on Saturday, Rubicite armor will no longer spawn. The new
class specific quests to obtain the new armor are now in for each class
that could wear Rubicite.

- Journeyman's Boots will no longer spawn where they did but rather are
the products of a quest.

[ How much do you want to bet completing this quest involves camping
something for an item which is just as rare as journeyman boots? ]

- To address trade fraud (players removing items/money immediately prior
to trading to deceive the other player), items/money may only be removed
by clicking on the "Cancel" button.

- When receiving a text message from either an NPC or PC speaking in a
language other than "Common Tongue", if the user's language skill is high
enough, the language being spoken will be noted preceding the text.

- The fishing pole will now appear in the player's hand whenever the
fishing skill is used.

- A number of quests were both added and enhanced throughout the zones.

*Trade Skills*

A number of new items have been added to Blacksmithing.

*Spell Enhancements*

- Some of the Items that Magicians Summon with their spells have been made
better / had their effects increased.

- Fufil's Curtailing Chant, Tuyen's Chant of Flame and Tuyen's Chant of
Frost (BARD) have all had their effects slightly increased.

[ Curtailing Chant was the L30 song that was lowering magic resist by 10
while having a minor DoT effect in the arena. For comparison, Xitix's
level 20 tashini was lowering MR by 26. Because most bard songs are
party/area effect and bards are supposed to be "masters of none," Verant
tends to gimp our abilities beyond the point of uselessness. The level 8
enchanter DoT did more damage than this song. ]

- The Burnout Series (Magicians) has had the negative HP component reduced
(improvement) and the stat buff increased (improvement). Because of this,
the spells are no longer permanent - they now have a 15 minute duration.
Burnout III has also had its casting cost reduced.

- Illusion: Werewolf attack speed component now works as intended.

- Insipid Weakness (Enchanter) will research as intended.

- The EverQuest Team