Patch Notes: NW.310.20231207a.5

Release Notes
 

Content and Environment

Campaign: Light of Xaryxis

• The Boon tasks available in the Light of Xaryxis campaign were not properly listing their milestone requirements. The text has been corrected to include all the purchase requirements.

Heroic Encounters: Wildspace

• Critters will no longer be prevented from leashing correctly during Heroic Encounters in Wildspace.

Trial: Defense of the Moondancer

• Added additional Collision barrier to prevent instances of players getting stuck in geometry during Phase 3 of the trial.

Future Events

• Day of the Dungeon Master
  • A Portobello Projection contact is now available inside the Burrow Dawn Inn for easier access to the daily mission Day of the Dungeon Master.
  • Participation in the Day of the Dungeon Master event now requires being level 2 instead of level 11.
  • Flabbergast’s VO lines have been edited to match the updated text.
• Feast of Lanterns
  • The mission “Comfort for Frightened Dogs” should no longer give credit mapwide.
     

Combat and Powers        

Classes: Barbarian

Updating several Barbarian powers to generally reduce cooldowns and/or normalize magnitude/cooldown closer to the 'baseline' seen on most powers.

• Not So Fast (Encounter)
  • Magnitude increased 235 -> 300.
• Punishing Charge (Encounter)
  • Cooldown decreased 18s -> 15s.
• Mighty Leap (Encounter)
  • Magnitude increased 325 -> 350.
  • Cooldown decreased 18s -> 15s.

Blademaster Paragon

• Axestorm (Encounter)
  • Cooldown decreased 16s -> 15s.
• Roar (Encounter)
  • Magnitude increased 130 -> 250.

Sentinel Paragon

• On the Move (Feat)
  • Not So Fast's magnitude boost increased from 250 - > 350.
     

Classes: Cleric

• Flame Strike (Daily) & Burning Patch (Feat) can now hit up to 15 targets.
   

Classes: Fighter

General Fighter Updates

• Shield Bash (At-Will)
  • Decreased cast time 0.7 -> 0.6.
• Guarded Strike (At-Will)
  • Decreased cast time 0.8 -> 0.5.
  • Magnitude decreased 130 -> 100.
  • Guarded Strike hits much faster now, and we've rebalanced the magnitude accordingly.
• Kneebreaker (Encounter)
  • Increased magnitude 650 -> 700.
• Shield Slam (Encounter)
  • Magnitude increased 260 -> 350.
  • Knock Back effect changed to a Knock Down.
  • This was changed to retain the control component of the power, without causing it to push targets outside of the Fighter's other melee powers. While we liked the ability to punt groups of mobs around, it was proving to be a hindrance to the power's usage and negatively affected our new player experience.
• Determination (Daily)
  • Damage boost increased 10% -> 30%.

Dreadnought (DPS) Paragon Updates

Note: Due to the changes below, a forced respec for Dreadnaughts has been added with this patch. 

• Forge Ahead (Mechanic)
  • Dreadnought Block Mechanic replaced with Forge Ahead.
  • Provides 1s of increased Movement Speed (+50%) and Damage Immunity, on a 3s cooldown.
  • Pauses stamina generation for 2s after release.
  • Absorb ratio decreased 40% -> 30%.
• Seethe (Mechanic)
  • Stamina drain reduced from 5 per tick -> 1 per tick.
  • Absorb ratio increased 40% -> 50%.
  • Now supports the Revengeance mechanic / attack.
• Revengeance – New Mechanic
  • When absorbing damage with Seethe, Dreadnought can trigger a Revengeance attack.
  • Revengeance is a 500 magnitude, melee-range multi-target attack on a 5s cooldown.
• Reprisal - New Mechanic
  • Increases Magnitude of Guarded Strike and Shield Bash.
  • Guarded Strike and Shield Bash generate Vengeance per hit.
  • Known Issue: These effects are not reflected on the tooltips of Guarded Strike and Shield Bash.
• Trip Attack (Feat)
  • NOTE: This Feat is currently not functioning as intended and will be addressed in a future patch.
  • Replaces Heavier Slash Feat.
  • Kneebreaker has increased magnitude, knocks the target down, grants combat advantage, and costs 10 vengeance.
• Weight of Vengeance (Feat)
  • Tooltip updated to display correct magnitude increase.
• Prepared Slam (Feat)
  • Effect changed to give the Tremor Encounter a draw in effect.
• Crushing Blows (Feat)
  • Now has a 20% chance to trigger and is not dependent on stats.

• Roiling Hatred (Feat)
  • Moved to sit opposite Bloody Reprise as a capstone feat.
  • Now gives 2 vengeance on any critical hit.
• Landwaster (Feat)
  • Now only needs > 50 vengeance to start and consumes 50 vengeance upon activating Shockwave.
• Bloody Reprise (Feat)
  • Duration increased 2s -> 3s.
  • Activation responsiveness slightly increased.
  • Now displays a buff icon while active.
• Executioner's Cut (Feat)
  • Moved to sit opposite the Crushing Blows Feat.
  • Effect changed to provide a 200 magnitude, delayed hit after each encounter hit. This effect consumes 5 vengeance and doesn't stack (space out those encounters!)
• Momentum (Feature)
  • Tooltip updated to display correct magnitude increase to Bull Charge.
  • Bull Charge tooltip should now update when this Feature is slotted.
  • Delay in the Movement Speed boost activating decreased from ~3.25s -> ~2.25s.
  • Note that this is somewhat random and slightly dependent on server latency.
• Plow the Road (Feature)
  • Replaces Heated Vengeance Feature.
  • Increases Shield Slam magnitude by +200 but at the cost of 10 vengeance.
• Always Spiteful (Feature)
  • Replaces Steady Vengeance Feature.
  • Upon entering combat, if Vengeance Gauge is below 55, it is set to 55 (12s cooldown)
     

Classes: Rogue

Whisperknife Paragon

We have further changes planned to the Whiperknife, especially these two feats, in the near future. We apologize for the numerous changes to these important feats as we try to achieve solid balance for the Whisperknife.

• Shadow of Demise (Feat)
  • Final damage no longer considers enemy stats
  • Base % lowered to 40%, to account for increased base damage due to lack of enemy resistances
• Shadowy Opportunity (Feat)
  • Bonus temporarily increased from 200% - > 250%

Companions

• Apprentice Healer
  • Apprentice Healer now moves closer to his targets to use Sun Burst.
• Renegade Evoker
  • Rebalanced as a Hybrid companion.

Mounts

• Pegasus & Noble Pegasus
  • The Combat Powers for the Pegasus and Noble Pegasus mounts were dealing more damage and giving out more stats than other mounts of similar quality. The Forte bonus has been removed, and the damage has been adjusted to match other high-end AoE mount powers. The role bonuses provided by the power have not changed.
     

Items and Economy

Artifacts

• Apprentices' Spoils
  • Inherit Danger no longer applies extra damage to all nearby, non-facing targets.
  • Description updated to better-match how this power works.
• Mystic Bolt
  • Dashing Action Set now has a buff icon and proper buff description.

Items

• Abyss Conqueror’s Mauler Wristguards
  • Resolved an issue that allowed Raging Daily to be applied more than once every 30 seconds.

Rewards

• The Wildspace Slayer overload enchantment now properly deals additional damage while on Wildspace maps.