Update 30 Release Notes

Official Release notes are now available for Update 30

Here is a look at some of the bigger higlights (I think) Check out release notes for the full read.

Celebrating the Anniversary, Dungeon-style!

Gnomageddon!

News and Notes:

Cannith Crafting:

• The new randomly-generated loot from Update  29 can now be deconstructed properly.

Enhancements:

• Arcane Archer now has a new active Tier 5 ability called Final Strike which deals area-of-effect damage on hit, and deals additional damage to injured enemies based on the hit point total of the enemy.
• Soul Eater’s Cone Shape has had its casting time reduced.

Epic Destinies:

• Exalted Angel’s Excoriate ability has been fixed to no longer stack its effect on itself too many times, which could cause lag.

Feats:

• Scion of Limbo’s spell damage proc now only functions on offensive spells.

Items:

• Special 10th Anniversary gifts can be obtained by trading them for a token in House Phiarlan. Each character that logs into the game during the anniversary event through March will receive a token.
• Chests will now glow blue for the entire party when a character gets a particularly lucky loot roll when initially interacting with the chest.
• The proper Potions of Mnemonic Enhancement will now appear in the various loot tables.
• The maximum possible bonus loot level to a chest has been lifted. Players should now see chests of the appropriate adjusted loot level regardless of their character level.
• The Magma Fiendling Creature Companion Certificate is no longer Bound to Account, and is now Unbound.
• The Vacuum benefit of Legendary Green Steel no longer applies Vulnerable to allies.
• The “Spooky” bonus type, primarily found on Night Revels items, has had its name changed to “Festive” to support the bonus being used on non-scary things.
• “Blank” end rewards should no longer appear in Three Barrel Cove and several other questing areas.
• Broccoli Juice and Bacon have been added to taverns.
• Treasure Hunter’s Elixirs are now functioning properly.
• Jewels of Fortune now have their correct descriptive text.
• Night Revels ingredients will now be removed from players’ inventories, now that they have become stale.

Quests and Adventure Areas:

• Eveningstar Cavern
  • Fixed an issue where iconic characters could sometimes find themselves unable to travel back to Eberron.
• Meridia
  • Legendary Shroud
    • Empty treasure bags should no longer appear.
• Orchard of the Macabre
  • Ghosts of Perdition
    • The Wheep brothers now have high health on Epic Elite difficulty.
• The Subterranean
  • Hound of Xoriat
    • The puppies are now less likely to turn around in unwanted situations.

Spells:

• Lightning Bolt is now a standard Artificer spell

UI:

• The Founder’s Fountain has returned!
• Challenge Rules can now be read by clicking on the question mark in a Challenge UI panel.
• Party member voice volume can now be adjusted individually on a slider when in a party.
• The scale and opacity of floating names can now be adjusted with sliders in the Options > UI Settings panel.
• Guild Airship Amenity icons will no longer change to flask icons when clicked.
• Bags will no longer automatically gather items if they do not occupy a backpack slot. This prevents an issue where destroyed bags could gather ingredients.

Miscellaneous:

• Players should now see fewer Awesomium processes in their computer’s Task Manager when running the DDO client.
• The game credits have been updated.