EQ2Wire Update Notes: Tuesday May 16, 2017 Proving Snark

Any change to Proving Grounds (PvE Battlegrounds?) likely requires patching both US and EU servers, so we’re going to go out on a sturdy limb and guess…

US Servers: 7:00~9:00am PDT | 10:00am~Noon EDT | 15:00~17:00 BST | 16:00~18:00 CET
EU Servers: 7:00~9:00am PDT | 10:00am~Noon EDT | 15:00~17:00 BST | 16:00~18:00 CET

Also it looks like the everpresent EQ2 Developer Snark has now leaked into the update notes. From the EQ2 Forums:

GENERAL

• Fixed an issue where guild events may not display the most current events after a server restart.

PROVING GROUNDS

• Increased most heals in Proving Grounds.
• Each member of the winning team will now receive their bonus tokens after completing the final objective.
• The final zone bosses are now immune to Verdict. Mayong smiles.
• Trash encounters and some boss adds will now apply a group-wide negative damage reduction debuff. This debuff stacks and cannot be cured.
• Tash encounters will now set their Bleedthrough percentage to 100 if your group is attacking more than 6 at a time, but will drop back to 75% when fighting 6 or less. Bosses will remain at 75% Bleedthroughout. (That’s “Bleedthrough throughout” for the lazy.)
• All bosses will have an ability that will either outright kill a group member if that group does not have a fighter, or aggro a group member with the fewest hitpoints if that group does not have a fighter.
• Bring a fighter.

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Battle for Felwithe

• The Ancient Anomaly alters its size no more than 5 times during the encounter.
• Mayong Mistmoore will no longer remain invisible after summoning his bat colony.
• Brownies cannot be sent at the opposing team once Mayong Mistmoore has been defeated on either side.

ABILITIES

• Corrected an issue that reduced fighter percentage heals by a larger then intended amount.

ITEMS

• Corrected an issue with Thaumic Total Freedom that caused it to stun and stifle the caster, instead of making them immune to stun and stifle.
• Twelfth Anniversary Celebration Mount will now check either adventure or tradeskill level for use.

QUESTS

• Displaced and Discouraged – Portal jumped Ry’Gorr raiders are now possible quest targets.
• The quest “Shrunken Legacy” should now properly update in the Expert version of Dalnir: The Kly Stronghold.

PUBLIC QUESTS

• The bubbles at the center of the Ill Omen public quest in Kylong Plains are no longer viewable when the public quest starts.

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