Trigger Conditions Eased & Abyssite Discernment

Update 12/6/2010 included a note that read:

* Trigger conditions for certain NMs have been eased.

Source

Also: Abyssite of discernment

A variety of ancient abyssite that
harbors arcane powers.
The bearer will more readily
recognize the weaknesses of
Abyssean fiends faced in battle.



Does anyone have ANY information on the following update and abyssite?

Bump

Maybe Iron giant's normal attacks don't count as a tp move anymore.

I suggested what Darkwizard said here yesterday during the update. Haven't checked it out just yet in-game. Would love to hear from anyone who triggers !! on an Iron Giant post-update.

In addition, based on several Abyssea runs post-update, it seems the respawn timer on timed-pop Abyssea NMs (Iktomi, Heqet, etc.) has decreased to 15 or 20 minutes after ToD.

Also, the respawn timer of the "???" for forced-pop Abyssea NMs seems to have decreased from 3 minutes, now down to 1 minute.

As a curiosity, has anyone noticed a post-update decrease in the number of AF3+1 seals produced even when triggering yellow !! weakness? My group usually got 3-4 seals per NM kill with yellow !! and TH pre-update. Then, post-update we only got 1-2 seals per NM with yellow !! and TH.
It's a small post-update sample size, so maybe we were just unlucky yesterday. Or maybe the new TH changes had something to do with it.

Had a number of 5x drops last night and the TH adjustment did not nerf base TH levels, you were just unlucky.

Concerning the new Abyssite of Discernment, there are new dialogs in the DATs which announce possible weaknesses. Unknown at this time how they are triggered:

Dialog Table Entry 07245 The fiend appears vulnerable to ≺Multiple Choice (Parameter 0)≻[/fire/ice/wind/earth/lightning/water/light/darkness] elemental magic!≺Prompt≻

Dialog Table Entry 07246 The fiend appears vulnerable to ≺Multiple Choice (Parameter 0)≻[/hand-to-hand/dagger/sword/great sword/axe/great axe/scythe/polearm/katana/great katana/club/staff/archery/marksmanship] weapon skills!≺Prompt≻

Dialog Table Entry 07247 The fiend appears vulnerable to ≺Multiple Choice (Parameter 0)≻[/fire/ice/wind/earth/lightning/water/light/darkness] elemental weapon skills!≺Prompt≻

Anyone know where to get this abyssite yet? >.<

good info Fabiano I had a feeling that's kind of how it would work. Going to be cool for red!! no doubt.


Next step: Find out how the hell we get the new abyssite

My guess would be you /check the nm when u have the abyssite.
thinkin it will be a max fame quest item or a tier 3 nm

Pretty sure I purcased this with Crour in range but I could be wrong I was sleepy. Could be mistaken.

What color is it? Ivory, Emerald? Or does it not have a color?

thank you fabiano!

Mistaken, the ones buyable were merit, celerity and furtherance.

yes there is alot of stuff undiscovered atm but ppl will find out soon enough.

also interesting would be atma of the apocalypse

"Triple Attack"+: Superior Quick Magic Auto-reraise

update: read on bg




Bluegartr thread






Info on how the Abyssite works:



can't wait! :)

All credit to tsola from bg

bump.. just want to make sure everyone who cares see's how to get the Abyssite of Discernment, I know I had been waiting to hear

Awesome info, thanks from people like me who are too lazy to stay current with BG stuff.