Patch 1.5.1.7

Game Mechanic Changes

• Spiritmaster Pets have been granted the gift of flight,
  
• Spiritmaster pet mechanics adjusted for aerial combat.

-When the player begins to fly, so to will the pet. The opposite is not always true.
-If either the pet or the spiritmaster is flying flight time of the summoner will be consumed.
-If the pet's flight speed is buffed the master's will be also, we assume the opposite is true (citation needed)
-The pet's speed will increase while flying.
-Once the summoner lands the pet will also when/if it gets in range.
-Whilst gliding only the move command is available for your pet.
-Your pet will attack aerial combatants however it can only be summoned on the ground.
-Pets do not receive falling damage.

• Fortress Mechanics have been adjusted:

1. Fortress Guardians will now despawn after 30 minutes, there is still a five minute delay until their initial spawn. The 30 minute timer will not begin until then. The Divine Fortress is exempt from this with the bosses remaining for the full two hours.
2. Upon successful fortress defense not only will the defending legion receive medals but so to will the individuals who attended. In accordance with this the amount of medals distributed to each contribution bracket has been adjusted.


3. Contribution points (not AP) gained from killing PCs during fortresses has been lowered.
4. Medals are being shifted towards lower contributing players (see graph)

Event Updates:

• Holiday Event (The Solorius Festival)

-Holiday NPC's, Cheerful Decorations, and Festive Music located in both major cities
-Special Vendor NPC's that sell party favors for all to use
-Fireworks are now available from holiday NPCs.
-Functional pianos, toy store ones at that, have been added to the major cities.

Added Content

Costumes: Regional Costumes have been added. Available in the Divine Clothing stores where Solarius and other outfits are sold for a pretty solid fee you can dress up

Dandy/Bustle:


Caftan/Sarafan:


Himation/Chiton:



Localization Changes:

• Renamed "Gains Stigma" to "Stigma Skill"
  
• Corrected the variables in the "Transformation: Guardian Deity General" skill for Asmodians II – V and Elyos III – IV from the incorrect lower level ones that were displayed
  
• Corrected the skill description and buff tooltip for "Dauntless Spirit I" to correct values
  
• Corrected the skill description for "Empyrean Fury I" to correct values
  
• Fixed NPC's Buri in Primum Landing and NPC Asellus in Teminon Landing inside of the Abyss from asking players to submit a petition
  
• Searching items in the Auction House is no longer case sensitive (uhh not new? o.o)
  
• Searching for other players is no longer case sensitive
  
• Shield Defense has been renamed to block.

Skill changes. (Not yet updated on AionArmory)

• Spiritmaster

[indent]Wing Root I - Skills - Aion cooldown time adjusted to 2 minutes, effect instantly removes 10% of flight. 3% every 3 seconds for every 30 seconds is then lost.
Spirit Disturbance I - Skills - Aion Crashing effect has been removed, damage effect increased.[/indent]

Miscellaneous Changes:

• Restore timer for deleted characters over level 20 has been changed from 6mins to 7days
  
• 5.1/7.1 directional sound is now working.
  

Bug Fixes:

• Hair Dyes will no longer reset after 48 hours or future server restarts

Known Issues:

• Siege weapons cannot be activated after being deployed. We're currently working on a fix but have no set ETA at this time.
  
• Legion Emblems may reset after a server restart