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Article #544131Gemstone IV v1.1 - Progress Report 2
From: ImperiusDamian
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 07:20
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 07:20
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HIRELINGS
- Rogue Hirelings can now use Amazon bows (imagine a Rogue merc wielding
a Windshear socketed with Gemstones and Magestones!)
ITEMS
- Two new suffixes have been added to Magic items:
- "of Battle Orders" - adds 1-3 levels of Battle Orders,
usable by all classes
- "of Warming" - adds 3-6 levels of Warmth, usable for all
classes
- Throwing Potions have been enhanced. They do higher damage, have
larger stacks (up to 60) and are now purchasable at vendors.
- All Javelins, Amazon Javelins, Throwing Knives and Throwing Axes now
stack up to 200
UNIQUE ITEMS
- Five new Unique Javelins have been added. They are as follows:
The Jabber - javelin
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40-50% Enhanced Damage
+1 Amazon Jab
+1 Critical Skill (all classes)
15% Increased Attack Speed
+5-10 Cold Damage
+2 Light Radius
+2 Life Replenish
+2 Mana Regeneration
The Poker - pilum
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60% Enhanced Damage
20% Increased Attack Speed
Increased Stack Size
+10-20 Fire Damage
+1-20 Lightning Damage
4-6% Life Stolen Per Hit
1 Socket
The Piercer - short spear
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75% Enhanced Damage
33% Piercing
Replenish Quantity
+75 Poison Damage over 3 Seconds
7-9% Mana Stolen Per Hit
+2 Amazon Plague Javelin
+3 Amazon Lightning Bolt
The Striker - glaive
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80-100% Enhanced Damage
+2 Amazon Charged Strike
+2 Critical Strike (all classes)
+35-60 Lightning Damage
+7-9% Life Stolen Per Hit
2 Sockets
The Pointed One - throwing spear
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125-150% Enhanced Damage
+3 Amazon Fend
+2 Amazon Lightning Fury
+3 Amazon Plague Javelin
+4 Amazon Jab
Replenish Quantity
Increase Stack Size
25% Increased Attack Speed
3 Sockets
CUBE
- New Cube recipes have been added
- 2 magic rings + 1 rare ring + Io rune -> magic ring of
Battle Orders (may also have a random prefix)
- 2 magic rings + 1 rare ring + Lum rune -> magic ring of
Warming (may also have a random prefix)
-Rune Recipes
- item + 2 perfect gems + 2 of the same Rune -> Rune effect
added to item
This works with weapons, all kinds of armour,
rings and amulets. Rune attributes added are appropriate for the item
type. For example: Skystrike + 2 pGems + 2 Shael runes -> Skystrike +
40% IAS.
NOTE: These recipes now only work ONCE per item.
Runes can now be downgraded with the following recipe:
- 1 Rune + 1 rare ring -> next rune down
EG., 1 Thul rune + 1 rare ring -> 1 Ort rune
MONSTERS
- Monsters have been reshuffled slightly in act 5 and in the Durance of Hate
- Packs of Flying Scimitars now spawn in some areas of act 2
- Boss packs of crow nests should now spawn in act 1 and act 2
- Coldcrow in Nightmare now has a chance to drop M'avina's Caster bow
BUGFIXES
- Barbarian Hireling names have been properly adjusted to match those in
Gemstone II
- Guest monster boss packs no longer spawn in Normal Bloody Foothills
RUNEWORDS
- Possible new runeword: "Lucky Bastard" (Zod-Vex-Jah-Ohm) for 4-socket
weapons
- A new runeword has been added for Necromancer Heads:
Imperious Leader - Lem-Dol-Lem
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+1-2 Necromancer Skills
+3 Necromancer Poison & Bone Skills
+2 Battle Orders (all classes)
+30-45% Faster Cast Rate
+375 Poison Damage over 5 Seconds
-30-45% Enemy Poison Resist
Cannot Be Frozen
+200% Gold Find
+14 Replenish Life
SKILLS
- Necromancer Revives: now no longer have a fixed duration. They live
until killed like Skeletons, Golems, Valkyries and so forth
- Magic Arrow: attack rating bonus and magic damage improved
- Guided Arrow: can Pierce again
MISC
- Experience gain rebalanced; the diminishing returns curve after level
70 is now less steep. Until level 80 or so the decrease is negligible.
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