1.7.1 Content Update (57007)

[asommers]

• Global Cool Down: Added immediate activation indicator (instead of waiting for server verification).
• Fixed players not being able to respec skills if they have 0 Platinum
• Added World Map button (globe icon) to Enter World screen
• Added friends list button (friends icon) to Enter World screen
• Removed Earn Free Platinum from Enter World screen and hooked up Tapjoy dialog to the Earn Free Platinum button in the Platinum Store
• All of the 'Fart Pack' sound effects now have significant fall-off so that distant players hear a much softer sound effect than close players.
• 'Puke' sound effects are now much softer at distance from the puker.
• The camera shake on the "Big Breakfast" emote has a much shorter fall-off range so that it does not affect the cameras of distant players.
• The mysterious 'shield' icon (that appeared on the HUD when wearing certain armor and shield combinations) no longer appears.
• Players now splash-down in the Oasis Towne healing waters (when arriving via the Map).
• Added text to the My Account screen that describes the benefits of registering an account for unregistered accounts
• Fixed account registration problem when using upper-case letters in the email address
• You can now purchase the translated Mystery Weapon recipe of your choice once you have completed the first run-through of the untranslated Mystery Weapon quest chain.
• iPad: Fixed dark skill issue on hud

[Akaee]

First, ty for update!

[Doubletime]

All good stuff. Thanks for the quick fixes. And seeing you in town was funny. After two seconds I couldn't see you any more because of the giant hoard on top of you. Funny stuff.

[Junside]

Yay! Maybe less rage quitters now.

[Redbridge]

GCD feels quicker.....???

just received a system message;
"SYSTEM: Please give GCD another try... It should feel much snappier

[Justg]

GCD should feel much snappier... let us know.

[CappinClutch]

Bout to find out...

[Kalielle]

Thank you for adding the world map and friends list icons! This is perfect - those are the two places I usually go to when I log.

Jumping straight into the pool in AO town is funny. But the sound effect of the healing is a little distracting - especially because it seems to repeat like 10 times for every person who joins the town. I'd vote for removing it and just leaving the splash and icon next to the user's name as indicators of the healing power, they should be enough.

Not sure I understand what's different about cooldown now - I guess the fix was to make the buttons feel more responsive? Doesn't seem much different to be honest but I'm off to run a map to try it out.

Still quite a lot of farting noises in Balefort CS area... :/

[Durnam]

GCD feels about twice as fast....

[CappinClutch]

Nope...GCD seems no different...until I can t-t-t-tap my skills, still major fail. IF IT AIN'T BROKE DON'T FIX IT!!! shoulda left well enough alone...

[Corpser]

Thank u devs

[Olli Walli]

Feels better. I can roll through my skills now. Not perfect, but better.

[xyoz]

i still think it needs to be like 0.25sec quicker, then i would be happy with the compromise, it has really made birds suck, and since i am a mage all of a sudden i feel overpowered, i want there to be less mages about and more birds, because i enjoyed the challenge

so maybe having the gcd faster would mean birds are stronger but still unable to multi
thanks
xyoz

[StompArtist]

I noticed a big improvement when I collapse my skills to 4. If they are expanded the cool down animation is very distracting to me and causes me to struggle while fighting. Would it be possible to have a transparency option / setting for the shading on the GCD indication or to disable the fill effect on it? I think that would help a lot, I am convinced that a lot of people complaining about it stems from how "loud" the animation is, it grabs too much attention since it is bolder and darker than most the environment or skill effects.

Thank you.

[Artemis]

GCD feels even longer. Not by much but surely not slower.

[Junside]

Nope...GCD seems no different...until I can t-t-t-tap my skills, still major fail. IF IT AIN'T BROKE DON'T FIX IT!!! shoulda left well enough alone...

It is faster. If not, it may be your device. Sit in town and try it out. Buffs GCD-affected cooldowns feel faster than active skills.

[Pandamoni]

Can't wait to get home and try it out!

I appreciate the addition of the buttons to the enter world screen.

I've been been withholding my opinion about the GCD because I want to really give it a chance but I did get pretty bored playing yesterday. I'm hoping that this fix makes it less clunky. I was able to execute combos and such but it was so slow going that I just couldn't stay focused. I'll be back to comment after I've played a bit with this change.

[LADYHADASSA]

Much much better thank you all..

Offers more advil...and a pillow...

[Blayzn]

I have to say, there are so many cool things about the update. Really. The "feel" of the game, graphics, all very awesome. BUT... Just ran Plasma Pyramid (which I can do almost in my sleep...and have done in fact once or twice). My point. I know it, inside-out. I know how to run it, when to fire spells, etc. Solo. (this is not to say I am in anyway an expert player, just that it is the only place I really farm for gold -- in fact, I'd probably be laughed at if you could see me run it, which is why I have it locked)

GCD still had me off my game (I actually had to use healing potions) and bosses took much longer. I don't want to flame. Really and truly. But is the GCD really necessary, and does it need to be tweaked to fix it!? What exactly does it fix? Maybe that would help me understand and if it has to stay, offer some type of constructive suggestion(s).

[ardonemis]

It is no fun at all.. GCD still is pure PAIN -- Nothing else !!! No FUN !!
I had to use the double amount of elexirs !! In a group with 4 Mages LEVEL55 + 56
Are you doing this for your money only? Why this "update" ?