Patch V1.46 news
I've managed to locate some information.
After the failure of Lockpick to work in the game I was determined to find some way to put it to good use. So last night I employed it to pick the lock on the front door of the Larian offices. In a large safe in a back room, (protected only by a simple level 2 lock), I found the eagerly anticipated v 1.46 patch details. They were written in Raanaar, but after some study I believe that this is what was revealed:
A NEW STAT – Happiness, to be boosted for 5 minutes by six NEW potions.
The 6 potions and their effects as follows:
BROWN: Chocolate sauce. Immediate Happiness increase of 3 points.
VIOLET: Steroids. Random effect whereby the drinker sprouts either a beard or breasts. Happiness either up 5 or down 5 depending on the player’s sexual orientation.
BRONZE: Happiness up 1 point. Soundtrack of polite applause.
SILVER: Happiness up 4. Soundtrack of lively clapping and cheering.
GOLD: Happiness up 10. Deathknight erects a small flagpole and runs up the player’s national flag. Soundtrack of player’s national anthem. DK and hero engage in short fight with sprays of bottled champagne.
BLACK: Guinness. Happiness up 20 points. Drinker adopts mock Irish accent and kills the first monster they meet by breathing on them. Pathfinding function becomes random for the duration. Strength falls to the extent that the character drops half their inventory, trips over it, and then breaks out in a fit of giggling.
A NEW SKILL: Lockpick to be replace by Nosepick. Design sub-committee still undecided as to whether this will produce ammunition or food.
A NEW MONSTER: THE ACCOUNTANT: Powerful many-tentacled creature that threatens to shut down game before completion. Large experience rewards if you can sneak past this one.
A NEW TYPE OF MERCHANT: All major locations will now feature a Charity Shop. At last – somewhere to offload all that junk you’ve collected and can’t seem to find a use for. A clutch of old ladies and a priest with clammy hands and unhealthy looking skin will welcome you warmly and reward you with “heaven points”. Oddly, you won’t seem to be able to locate anywhere to spend them, but you’ll still feel vaguely good about it all and experience a small boost to your Happiness stats.
BUG FIXES: All remaining bugs and mistakes to be finally fixed by officially labelling them as ‘Features’.
I can't wait... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />
