[Test] Update Notes: Tuesday, January 3, 2012(0)

[Offical Forums]

PLAYER HOUSING
The City of Freeport: The Magical Academy housing portal should no longer vanish after being placed in a house.
Fixed a bug where loading a layout of an invalid file could cause the house zone to crash.


MERCENARIES
Denva should no longer require players to speak Dizokian language.
Kell should no longer tell the group when casting his mend fails due to being in reuse.
Gandol should no longer use non-encounter based area effect spells.


POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION
Tower of Tactics [Challenge]
Ambassador grindstones Geonid Warriors will not spawn as frequently, have less health, and have less members per wave.


QUESTS
The City of Freeport
Atraxus Bhotlis, the titular target of the quest “Qeynos Bounty: Atraxas Bhotlis” has moved to the Seafarer’s Roost.
Adrianna has now agreed to complete the “Descent into Madness” quest for those who have already finished “Searching the Sewers for the Strix.”
For the quest “Killing All the Birds”, it should now be more obvious if you’re on the Strix cultists’ hit list. (Check your buff window!)
An appearance-only Cultist's White Cowl is now a reward for completing "Killing All the Birds." If you've already completed the quest, you can purchase the cowl from Viducius Festus in the Harbor Exchange.
For the quest “To Make or Unmake”, it’s no longer necessary to target Lerenth to use the clickable items on him.
It should no longer be possible to get the quest “Arcane Science Versus Dark Faith” if you are below level 40.
The Shadow Odyssey quest “Chapter 4: History Repeating” will once again update properly when breaking into Nasin Manor.

Beastlord Epic
The Path to Understanding: Dagoranon, Deep Protector’s frontal, Breath of Frost should now be much less punishing and allow 6 seconds to be cured. Mercenaries are no longer immune to Breath of Frost.


ITEMS
Pouch of Flaying Stars should now offer agility along with its other stats.
Toxic Bow of Execution should now consume arrows instead of throwing ammo.
Mystic Armwraps, Tiara of Thorn, Vigorus Darkpaw Tailisman, Chained Pants of the Fearless, Intrepid Chestguard, and Fearless Boots should now be able to be used by beastlords.
Shoulder slot items from dungeon maker should now be correctly restricted to the appropriate classes that can use the armor type of the item.


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