Thanks to BenjixD DietStory's dev team, many bugs found by them have
been patched (pirate quests, missing drop data, fly command, etc).
Implemented Owl of Minerva. Fixed many issues with Hired Merchant and
Player Shops. Fixed an error with the slot checking system. Added Wish
Tickets (circa-2006 GMS event) to be dropped on AmoriaPQ.
Fixed some issues with Fredrick not retrieving the right amount of items
from Hired Merchants. Added concurrency protection for HM. Patched a
minor issue on buff system.
Completely rearranged buff system (system can smartly check for the best
statup to take effect for it's duration, or the server can be flagged to
act as usual). Refactored scheduling system for buffs expiration and
cooldowns to use one single thread per player rather than one per
instance.
Implemented EXPERIMENTAL DBCP (connection pool), trying to improve
concorrent access to DB. Added door portals on Kerning Square. Fixed
equipments getting stat overflow when upgrading stats. Fixed expiring
pets crashing the client in some cases.
As reported by J0k3r613, patched guild system not recognizing properly
the guild leader just after creation. Patched many more issues related
to guilds and alliances.
Fixed a bug on guild creation process where the leadership would not be
assigned instantly to the guild leader (would need to change channels or
reconnect to take effect).
Added mechanics for the EXP/DROP cash coupons (such as enabling
out-of-time active coupons via command and automatic update of active
ones over the designed interval). Created MapleCouponInstaller as means
to gather info about the coupon intervals and rates from the WZs (the
generated SQL table is already updated on the db_database.sql file).
