EU 14.4 changes.

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   The new patch has made some changes that seem to have quite a big impact on everyday game play. So far what peoples have noticed most:
- Mobs stay visible after death, and stay select-able. So when you use 'next target' it will not go to the next target, but select the dead mob again.
* Fixed in 14.4 mini patch: target/hit box are removed from corpses. 
# smoke animation when looting added in 14.4.1
Further scaling in the 'sparkles' to indicate a corpse hasn't been looted yet has been made. And looted corpses will only remain visible until the death animation sequence is completed.

- The font has been changed, which leaves a bigger space between the lines in chat. It makes it clearer, but also shows a lot less information in the same size chatbox.
There is also no crylic in the new font, so you can't type Russian letters anymore. (No idea if this is also valid for others like Greek or Japanese etc.)
Worse than that: tools like 'Fast Trade' and 'LBML' are broken by the change of fonts.
- Skill Scanner is also broken by the font change
* Non Western characters appearing incorrectly is being investigated. Correction asap.
* LBML was updated today which fixed all issues related to this patch. 12-12-13 [Anarchist]
# Special symbols fixed in 14.4.1
# Fast Trade was updated to handle the new fonts.

- Apparently hunting in a team will give you at the moment a lower than low loot return.
So that might be best left alone for the moment.
# Seems to have been fixed, but was not mentioned in the release notes.

- Seems there is a bug that makes amps not visible on weapons anymore.
# Has been addressed in 14.4.1: "currently amplifiers are not displaying properly on many weapons."

- Mindforce Chips suddenly give/requires Laser skills.
* Has been corrected in 14.4 mini patch

Anyone noticed anything else that would be handy to know?

Edit added:

- You can't hunt Gallards. [Kombinacka]
# Fixed in 14.4.1: The invisible mobs issue that affected Gallard, have been fixed

- Mobs do disappear after 20 to 30 seconds. [Anarchist]
#  Looted corpses can be shot through and will despawn after 30 seconds: each corpse after four will initiate faster despawning.

- Arkadia Instance 01 has invisible mobs, that still can damage you.
- The Magurg & Yarrijaks (Aakas 9 & 10) are invisible too. They show up on radar and attack but they cant be seen or killed.
So it might be better to wait a bit to do Instances until that's fixed.
(EF) Bertha Bot:  Aakas instances closed
Aakas instances will be disabled later today due to an issue with invisible mobs (Magurg male / Yarrijak).
Please do not attempt to run any Aakas instances until further notice. 
# Fixed in 14.4.1: The invisible mobs issue that affected Gallard, Magurg, Yarrijack have been fixed.
# Posted by Chris/Arkadia: The Instance should now be online again. 

- In Space the Locusta are also invisible.
# Fixed in 14.4.1: An issue causing the Locusta space creature to become invisible in some situations has been corrected.

- When splitting stacks and entering the numbers via keyboard, the functions on the number keys are not disabled. So any functions you had hot-keyed to the numbers will be performed.
# Fixed in 14.4.1: An issue causing hotkey actions to be performed when entering digits in the split stack interface has been corrected.

- As mentioned in the hotfix: "The Esc button does not remove focus from chat windows or close interface windows as it should. This issue will be corrected in the patch scheduled for December 17."
Until then, to close a window you need to click outside it. But to prevent losing a target that you have selected: click on the map.
# fixed in 14.4.1: The functionality of the ESC key has been corrected so that it once again removes focus from chat windows, and closes various interfaces.

- The Broodmother instance in Half Moon Bay is now a solo instance. [Greysloth]

- Melee Amps are now available on Calypso. They are not usable on all Planet's Melee weapons (the PP has to set it to accept), but confirmed are Calypso and Arkadia.

- Loot collection Pills are now for sale on the TT. 
Statistics of the auto-loot pills:
1 pill = 0.50 ped, duration =  3600 sec and auto loots in 20 meters radius.
They are not lootable, and at the moment you are NOT able to trade them back to TT.
This has been confirmed by support: "The pills are non-tradable and this is the intended behavior."
 # MA confirmed it was a bug, and the pills will become sell-able to TT in the next update.
But you wont be able to trade them in the AH. They will also become lootable.

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The official list:
 Entropia Universe 14.4 Release Notes

							Changes

Creatures no longer disappear immediately when looted. 
Additional visual indication will be implemented in the patch scheduled 
for December 17.
It is now possible to reduce the 
amount of critical damage received. A base chance to  reduce critical 
damage by up to 15% has been introduced and is calculated automatically 
based on avatar skill level in relation to the attacking creature’s 
level. Items and boosts will also be introduced which will allow 
incoming critical damage to be reduced even further.
Portable
 trade and repair - Two new tools have been added that will let you 
access a basic trade and repair terminal out in the wilderness. These 
new terminals are crafted from low-level tool blueprints.
  Fixes

The maximum value of the Kaminsky Barong has been corrected.
The name and description of the DSEC Laser Amp v1 (L) Blueprint (L) has been corrected.
An
 issue causing progress in the Zoldenite and Maladrite mining missions 
to incorrectly advance when finding Lysterium claim in some situations 
has been corrected.
Auction categories have been added for Maladrite and Zoldenite.
It is now possible to employ the ‘Teleport Home’ feature of higher level Mindforce Teleport chips to teleport to Land Areas.
An issue causing incorrect rounding when extracting PED from the PED card has been corrected.
An issue causing gloves dropped on the ground to display oddly has been corrected.
Text readability has been improved when viewing the item information panel.
  Known Issues

It is not possible to place items in the additional area of Monria Hub Shop 2, Floor 1.
Player
 register visibility and profession display settings for some users may 
have been reset. Please be sure to verify those settings upon logging 
in.
The DSEC Laser Amp v1 (L) displays the incorrect 
value in the trade terminal windows. The actual value is displayed 
correctly when reaching the confirmation panel.
Monria premium apartments are missing televators to their pool rooms.
Some font types in the Ad screen UI are displayed as squares.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    VU 14.4 Mini Patch

							A hotfix mini patch has been deployed to address several issues related to VU 14.4.

Fixes / Changes

The target box and hit box of creatures are now removed
 from corpses once a creature is looted. Looted creature corpses also no
 longer appear on the radar, and do not interfere with movement, weapons
 or targeting. More informative visual effects will be implemented for 
creature corpses in the patch scheduled for December 17.
An issue causing Mindforce chips to reference the wrong profession in some situations has been corrected.   

Known Issues

The Esc button does not remove focus from chat windows 
or close interface windows as it should. This issue will be corrected in
 the patch scheduled for December 17.
The user 
interface font update implemented in VU 14.4 resulted in non-standard 
and-/or non-Western characters appearing incorrectly in various 
interfaces, including the primary chat window. This issue is being 
investigated and will be corrected as soon as possible.   
 Entropia Universe 14.4.1 Release Notes

							Changes

The Hell server on ROCKTropia has been rolled back to pre-14.4 status.
The Mission tracker has had a graphical update
A
 new system for representing amplifiers attached to weapons was 
implemented in 14.4. The new system will allow for much better weapon 
weapon appearance and customization, however currently amplifiers are 
not displaying properly on many weapons.
The animations for creature corpses have been improved to make it easier to determine if a creature has been looted.
Creature AI has been improved so that changes in behavior result in immediate animation responses.

Fixes

An issue causing faulty reports that ‘Entropia Universe
 did not shut down properly’  appearing several times when launching the
 Client Loader has been corrected.
An issue causing the Locusta space creature to become invisible in some situations has been corrected.
An issue causing hotkey actions to be performed when entering digits in the split stack interface has been corrected.
An issue causing wrong values to be displayed in the markup history amount column has been corrected.
The
 functionality of the ESC key has been corrected so that it once again 
removes focus from chat windows, and closes various interfaces.
Hit
 box and targeting has been removed from dead creatures after they have 
been looted. Looted corpses can be shot through and will despawn after 
30 seconds: each corpse after four will initiate faster despawning.
Special symbols will now display correctly again (including Russian)

Known Issues

Jumping animations display incorrectly when holding tools.
Entropia Universe 14.4.2 Release Notes

							Auto-loot pills are now available in trade 
terminals. These pills will enable you to loot creatures automatically 
within a certain radius for a set amount of time and the effect will 
persist after you log out. Auto-loot pills have a minimum skill 
requirement of five in paramedic and are considered luxury items.
Wave
 spawn events will now reset without restart delay time if the first 
wave is not completed and/or the area is clear of players.          
					 Creature Corpses Info

							Creature Corpses Info

The changes to creature 
corpses implemented in VU 14.4 was intended to add a bit more interest 
to hunting, and allow participants the opportunity to take screenshots 
of defeated creatures, something that has been requested quite often in 
support cases, especially for bosses and large shared-loot creatures.

Unfortunately, the original changes that were implemented in VU 14.4 
disrupted the hunting experience for many participants and resulted in 
quite a lot of feedback from participants via our support channels and 
on various community forums. MindArk responded to that feedback and 
quickly implemented some adjustments in the patches following VU 14.4, 
which addressed many of the most common issues reported.

MindArk plans to continue responding to participant feedback and further
 refine the creature corpse system. Some of the changes already planned 
for the first update after the new year include:

Looted corpses will only remain visible until the death animation sequence is completed.
Improving
 the animation (sparkles) that indicate that a creature has not yet been
 looted, which scales better for various sized creatures, and which is 
visible even in dense vegetation.
Improving the loot animation sequence, including better scaling.
					 Update regarding the new Loot Collection Pill

							We are currently working on a fix for the newly introduced Loot 
Collection Pill. At the current time you can not sell the pill back to 
the Trade Terminal, but this will be fixed in the next patch. Please 
note that the pill will still not be tradable via Auction, but 
exchanging them via PvP trade will be possible.

Edited by MayBe - 20 Dec 2013 at 7:34pm