Patch: Tomorrow is Patch Day!

[soulsnatcher]

Tomorrow, Thursday, we will apply a patch on the live servers. As a result, they will be closed from 11 am to 3 pm (GMT+1, Paris time).
This patch will fix a few bugs (Region chat bug, Rilonyx vest penalty) and also modify some features (Outpost material effect, safe zones, PvP timers, used tools).

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In a nutshell:

* The Region chat bug should be fixed; you should not hear what is
said in the other regions anymore.

* The Outpost weapon material which gives the critical attack effect
will have its critical rate increased.

* The safe zones will be undergoing some modifications. They will
work with both Outpost PvP and Faction PvP.
o The safe zones are activated when you respawn, use a
teleport ticket or pass through an intercontinental portal.
o These small zones remain safe until you start a PvP action
(attacking an enemy; healing an OP PvP ally; healing a
flaggued ally). Once it's done, you aren't safe anymore.
o When you leave the safe zone, you become attackable.
However, if you don't start a PvP action and come back to
this safe zone or go to another one, you'll be safe again.
If you initiate a PvP action, all the safe zones will be
deactivated until you die or use a teleport ticket.
o If you've logged out in a safe zone, all the safe zones will
be active when you relog. But, if you've logged out anywhere
else in Atys, then all the safe zones will be inactive when
you log back in, until you die, teleport or pass an
intercontinental portal.

* The Faction PvP timers will change with this patch.
I invite you to read the news from
yesterday for more details.

* All the tools have their HP reset (yes, one more time). This time
it includes tools in your apartment, guildhall, mektoubs and bags.

* The action penalty value of the Rilonyx vest is reduced to be the
same as the value of the other medium armour pieces (+5).

[sehracii]

* The action penalty value of the Rilonyx vest is reduced to be the
same as the value of the other medium armour pieces (+5).

Yey! \o/


Ooh, and the other stuff looks good too.

[calel]

* The Outpost weapon material which gives the critical attack effect
will have its critical rate increased.

I guess you won' t be giving us information on how drastically till after?

Eitherway, will it be retro-active? For instance will this increase be noted on weapons already crafted prior to this patch or can we toss all those in the dustbin?