1.121B Pendragon Patch Notes

World

• (Pendragon Only) The Testermatic NPCs found in the capital cities have been given new functionality:
  • (Pendragon Only) Testermatic NPCs will now give players 100 Blood Seals when asked.
  • (Pendragon Only) Testermatic NPCs can now reset player ability and item cooldowns when asked.
  • (Pendragon Only) Testermatic NPCs have been added to each realm’s Portal keep courtyard.

Class Balance

Bug Fixes

• Crash bug fixed involving mobs with damage shield and ablative self-buffs.
• Ground-targeted spells should once again fire correctly. This should fix Animist pets and Spymaster ML3 ability Decoy.
• Animist bomber spells once again path to their targets correctly.
• Defensive procs should fire on the correct target now.
• Siege weapons should function properly again.
• Supremacy potions will once again fire correctly on characters with existing concentration buffs.
• Spells like Agony Transmission should only hit players once instead of twice now.
  • Certain spells that were hitting monsters twice, now only hit once.
• Spell-queuing system messages once again appear in the combat window.
• Blademasters can once again perform their Supernova style after their Hurricane rear style in Celtic Dual is successfully landed.
• Assassins can no longer perform their Critical Strikes styles, Rib Separation and Ripper, if their pre-requisite styles were not successfully landed.
• The free Charge V realm ability given to Light Tanks should no longer be able to be removed by respeccing ones RAs. It should also retain its Charge V value after zoning or reclogging.
• Thane abilities should once again be functioning properly.
• Cleric, Druid, and Shaman Spirit Shell abilities can now be used on targets with weapons drawn.
• Reaver and Cabalist instant energy debuffs display proper messaging.
• Eldritch and Valewalker instant spirit debuffs display proper messaging.

Changes

• Convoker ML2 Prescience Node now has a 2s cast time, 5 minute RUT, and 5 minute duration.
  • Prescience Node no longer casts via ground-target but instead casts on the caster’s location.
• Animist’s have had the following new spells changed as follows:
  • Arboreal Path specialization ability, Bulging Spirit, has had its damage reduced to 449.
  • Creeping Path specialization ability, Shroom of Life, has had its duration reduced to 10s.
• Druid’s new Nature Specialization pet has had the following changes made to it:
  • Level 42 – Call Nature Sage – Now has rabies and applies it at a higher chance than other nature pets, a 1% chance to evade attacks, a slight offensive and defensive bonus, and a 2% chance to double attack. The sage also has all of the proccing abilities of each baseline pet family (bleed, armor wither, bladeturn).
• Archers:
  • Mastery of Stealth RA has had the following changes made to it:
    • Mastery of Stealth 1 movement speed reduced from +10% to +2%
    • Mastery of Stealth 2 movement speed reduced from +15% to +4%
    • Mastery of Stealth 3 movement speed reduced from +20% to +6%
    • Mastery of Stealth 4 movement speed reduced from +25% to +8%
    • Mastery of Stealth 5 movement speed reduced from +30% to +11%
    • Mastery of Stealth 6 movement speed reduced from +35% to +14%
    • Mastery of Stealth 7 movement speed reduced from +40% to +17%
    • Mastery of Stealth 8 movement speed reduced from +45% to +20%
    • Mastery of Stealth 9 movement speed reduced from +50% to +25%
    • Its detection distances have not changed.
  • The new Archery ability, Track, can still only be used while stationary and stealthed but Archers can now attack while using it.
    • The Track ability now pulses for 2s every 1.9s, and lasts a total of 30s.
    • Moving will cause the ability to cease pulsing and drop from the archer; attacking or unstealthing will cause
    • The ability now has an overall RUT of 30s.
  • Critical Shots have had their damage increased as follows:
    • Critical Shot 1 damage increased from 14 to 16.8
    • Critical Shot 2 damage increased from 48 to 57.6
    • Critical Shot 3 damage increased from 86 to 103.2
    • Critical Shot 4 damage increased from 123 to 147.6
    • Critical Shot 5 damage increased from 160 to 192
    • Critical Shot 6 damage increased from 199 to 238.8
    • Critical Shot 7 damage increased from 236 to 283.2
    • Critical Shot 8 damage increased from 274 to 328.6
    • Critical Shot 9 damage increased from 293 to 351.6
  • Power Shots have had their cooldowns reduced from 30s to 20s, cast times increased from 4.5s to 3.5s, and their damage increased as follows:
    • Power Shot 1 damage increased from 14 to 16.8
    • Power Shot 2 damage increased from 48 to 57.6
    • Power Shot 3 damage increased from 86 to 103.2
    • Power Shot 4 damage increased from 123 to 147.6
    • Power Shot 5 damage increased from 160 to 192
    • Power Shot 6 damage increased from 199 to 238.8
    • Power Shot 7 damage increased from 236 to 283.2
    • Power Shot 8 damage increased from 274 to 328.6
  • Bola (root) and Patella (snare) shots are now on separate RUTs
    • Patella shots have had their RUTs reduced from 20s to 15s
  • Standard Shots have had their cast times reduced from 4.7 to 4.0s
  • Elemental Shots have had their cast times reduced from 5.5s to 5.0s
  • Long Shot cast speed reduction effects should no longer fire if the shot is blocked or misses.
• Assassin Envenom Damage-over-Time poisons have had their damage values adjusted as follows:
  • Level 50 – Lifebane damage lowered to 94/tick, Soul Rot 55/tick
  • Level 45 – Insidious Lethal Rot (second DoT) – Lowered to 48 damage/tick.
  • Level 40 – Greater Lethal Rot (second DoT) – Lowered to 39 damage/tick.
  • Level 35 – Major Lethal Rot (second DoT) – Lowered to 30 damage/tick.
  • Level 30 – Lesser Lethal Rot (second DoT) – Lowered to 22 damage/tick.
  • Level 25 – Minor Lethal Rot (second DoT) – Lowered to 14 damage/tick.
• Assassin ML9 Spymaster ability Essence Blades has had its duration reduced from 30s to 10s and RUT increased from 5 minutes to 10 minutes.
• Assasins now get Vanish 3 instead of Vanish 1 at 49 stealth specialization.
  • Vanish’s RUT is now 5 minutes instead of 15.
  • Vanish’s disarm duration is now 15s to be in-line with the silence duration.
  • Players will need to respec their Stealth specialization in order to see this change.
• Perforate Artery has had its growth rate reduced very slightly.
• Rib Separation has had its stun duration increased from 6s to 7s.
• Light Tanks will no longer receive the climb-wall ability.
• Shadowblade Decapitate Throw Weapon style has had its damage reduced from very high to medium.
• Shadowblade Tomahawk Throw Weapon style has had its damage reduced from medium to very low.
• Shaman comprehension acuity buffs now delve for 62 instead of 65 at the high-end.
• Shaman damage-shield short duration buff, Caustic Carapace, has had its reflected damage reduced from 200% to 125% of damage done.
• Vampiir’s Dementia Specialization ability, Summon Night’s Servant, has had its power cost increased from 60% to 75% base power.
• The level 1 instant Valewalker damage-over-time has been removed and replaced with a level 1 direct damage spell:
  • Level 1 – Nature’s Nausea – Instant Cast – 30s RUT – 1500 range – 2 power – 22 matter damage.
• Warlock Witchcraft Damage-over-Times have had their frequencies adjusted as follows:
  • Dread DoTs – 2s frequency decreased to 5s frequency
  • Anguish DoTs – 2s frequency decreased to 4s frequency
  • Agony DoTs – 2s frequency decreased to 3s frequency
• Warrior PBAoE grapple now only affects 4 targets instead of 8 and prevents the grappled targets from being hit with spells and melee instead of only melee as before.