US: Test Server Publish 13/12/2005

The following was published to the US Test Server on December 13th 2005:

• Corrected a potential crashing issue when speaking to the NPC Simizz in Pirate Island Village.
• “Freeze”-type spell effects will no longer “stack” with one another.
• Absolute Barrier now protects against a wider variety of spell effects.
• Failed spell-casts of Erase Magic on NPCs will now be considered as aggressive actions.
• Players at maximum single item capacity (180) can no longer retrieve items from storage, including stackable items.
• Additional rebalancing of drop probabilities for various items, including adena, crafting components, spellbooks, and spirit crystals.
• Additional rebalancing of various monsters’ attributes, including ability to damage weapons, behavior, damage dealt, stats, and the ability for players to tame or polymorph several creatures.
• Rebalanced Giran Deathmatch, including various monsters’ names, levels and possible drops; added Giran Arachnevil Elder.
• Increased level of Wild Venom to 21.
• Increased level of Mad Lizardman to 22.
• Increased level of Skeletal Pirate to 26.
• Increased level of Blue Tail to 28.
• Increased level of Kiwi Parrot to 28.
• Re-enabled Ivelviin.
• Renamed Kutras to Cutlass.
• Corrected various text errors.
• LoA-specific episodic revisions. Please Note! Resource changes only; LoA-specific content will not be visible to Test Server players.

Removed from Episode 4 Known Issues: Potential crashing issue when speaking to the NPC Simizz in Pirate Island Village.