Serious bug

Hi,
Needless to say, Update 18 brought a couple of new annoying bugs but this one is quite serious in that it can break quests and waste your time so I thought I'd point it out here.
Whenever you are carrying out an action that has a progress bar, like searching, using certain runes or items and the action is interrupted by you moving, you being attacked etc, the action will be finished before the progress bar is full. I believe this can be beneficial in some cases (I think I've had a few cases where I searched for a trap box, interrupted the progress but still found the box) but in other cases it can lead to you not being to complete a quest objectives, as described here - the party got interrupted while using the torches in Shadow King, the torches were lit but it didn't count towards the objective and they couldn't light them again.
So until this gets fixed, whenever you're doing something that has a progress bar or takes some time to complete and it's required for completion, make sure there are no mobs about that might attack you and make you sure you don't move or otherwise cancel the action.

Mic

+2 shinies

Hi guys, there's a +2 loot bonus on 'till the 26th. I'm mostly focusing on capping Reckluse at the moment but I wouldn't mind running Eversmile through EH Gianthold to get her flagged, I have some +2 gems from Otto's Box in the bank, might be nice to see if I can get some good lootz, with a total of +4. Not sure when I'll be on at the weekend but do let me know if you're interested. Also I've been talking to Deev about EE High Road quests so we could do that as well if there's interest.

M.

Update 18 today it seems!

So there's downtime 7-11 EST today and apparently they're releasing Update 18! There are no release notes yet but a few things Jerry mentions here sound exciting:

• New Forgotten Realms quests - yay!
• New cosmetic armour system - possibly yay, depending on what it'll be like.
• Skill tomes - hmmm.
• Invisibility fix - yay, let the zerging commence again!
• Quest fixes "including a fix for seals and shards in Web of Chaos" - yay, might finally be able to make an Epic Silver Slinger, Epic Doublecross Bow and a few more bits, it's only taken them a year to fix this?

Anyway, I'll post a link to the release notes when they're available. :)
EDIT: The notes have been posted.

M.

Level 79, getting there!

Hi dudes,
We're level 79 now. Time to pop that renown pot that's been collecting dust in your bank and get us to 80! Also there's a well timed +15% renown bonus on until Sunday so let's get cracking!

M.