Patch 12.1.0.5000Spring Rain Festival

Patch Notes 12.1.0.5000

Known issues

• Player models in various frames are not displayed correctly sometimes.

General

• Fixed bug causing TP to incorrectly calculate in some rare situations.

Game Engine

Optimization

• Optimized NPC spawning performance.

Added optimization settings (Graphic → Visual → Performance):

• Delayed grass loading
• Delayed object loading

Graphics

• Added Anti-Aliasing settings.
• Added Particle Limit settings.
• Added Level of Detail distance settings.
• Fixed grass rendering corelated with camera.
• Improved quality of names and icons for players and NPCs.

Attack Trails

• Added weapon attack trails effects.
• Added option to disable weapon attack trails.

Portable Tier System (The Shattered Grove)

• Added portable tiers for weapons.
• Added [Portable Tier Proficiency] effect, which is required to use portable tiers. You can purchase this from item shop or get it from certain gashas. (fishing and worldboss)

Details

• Portable tiers can be equipped in the main hand, off hand, or ranged weapon slot and increase the tier of the equipped weapon.
• Portable tiers can be upgraded by one tier by merging three of the same tier together.
• You can extract tiers from latest-content weapons in two ways:
• Tier stone: Merge a tier N weapon with a tier N stone of the same type to produce a portable tier N. The weapon loses its tier.
• Two weapons: Merge a tier N weapon with a tier N−1 weapon of the same content to produce a portable tier N. Both weapons lose their tiers.

Fishing

• Updated recipes to have level requirement as high as their required fish level requirements.

Raid Bosses

• Fixed [Sismond] treasure chest was appearing on air sometimes.
• Updated worldboss treasure list with newer contents & added information message in chat to see chance of getting obtained item for treasures.

Prestige

• Fixed cards and kills from [Barren Caves] counting toward [Elven Island].

Quests

• [Training Completed]: Fixed [Sea of Snow Package] (level 35) wasn’t possible to be obtained.
• [A Bridge Between Words]: Fixed Spanish and Turkish localisations required ‘.’ to be typed in some answers.

Areas

General

• Added message for boss spawn kill requirement count for Arcadia custom instances.

Ancient Dreamland

• Fixed exchange string.
• Added confirmation when attempting to leave early.

Arcane Forge

• Added confirmation popup when attempting to leave early.

Belathis

• Added known issues message on entry.

Talaghan

• Increased size of [Spheres of Light] during core event.

The Shattered Grove

• Adjusted armor plussing bonuses to be relevant with class its related with.
• [Eryndor]: Removed duplicated voice dialog trigger at the beginning of Phase 3.
• Reduced Infusion Stone costs to 5.000/10.000 [Scarred Aetherium] & 40.000/80.000 [Arcadia Coins].

User Interface

Assistant

Group Finder

• Fixed back button.
• Fixed slider offsets.
• Added initial default presets.
• Removed keyword functionality.
• Reworked recruitment message.
• Created hyperlink to apply directly to group.
• Added various warning messages where appropriate.

Character

• Added corruption extract slots to inspect frame.
• Added extra attack chance to Melee section of character frame.

Game Info

• Updated background.
• Added dynamic resizing based on content.

Various Frames

• Codex: Updated visual style.
• Game Score: Updated background.
• Loading: Capped aspect ratio of loading screen images to 16:9.
• Store: Fixed frequency of sell limits, resulting in roughly halved sell time.
• Black Codex Book: Added upcoming [Kawak Tomb (Awakened)] to list.
• Whisper Manager: Cleaned message copied with the middle mouse button.
• World Map: Fixed transport markers wouldn’t reset correctly on character swap.
• Auction: Fixed Auction Queue wasn’t clearing itself when searching for new items.
• Chat: Fixed replying to whisper via hotkey when target was “Away” would send offline message.

Development

• Added SetEnabledGhostTrail(bool enabled)
• Added bool enabled = IsEnabledGhostTrail()
• Fixed :GetFrameStrata() wasn’t returning anything if strata is set to LOW .
• Depreciated SpellIsLocation due to better implementation of auto location spells.
• Added ATTACK_RATE for GetPlayerAbility(...) that returns extra attack chance value.

Classes

General

• Changed skill resource reductions to be multiplicative.
• Fixed offhand regular hits were dealing excessive damage.
• Fixed level 50 elite skill preview on elite trainer dialogues were wrong.
• Fixed pet skill damages were being higher at lower skill levels than higher skill levels.
• Changed pulling skills to trigger immediately instead of delay depending on distance.

Cooldowns

• Capped cooldowns to 0.2s.
• Fixed cooldown penalty wasn’t affecting skills with no cooldown.
• Improved cooldown attribute’s server checks to prevent possible exploits.

Titles

• Increased [The Shepherd] speed bonuses to 10% from 9%.
• Reduced [Unscathed Ascent] cooldown penalty to 0.2s from 0.3.
• Changed [Rift Closer] to no longer reduce damage dealt, reduced cooldown change rates to 25%/0.45s from 35%/0.5s, changed it to reduce resource costs by 20% additionally. Increased badge cooldown speed effect to 15% from 10%.

Skills and Buffs

• Improved auto use for ground skills.
• Increased global dot scaling rate from attack value by 80%.
• Changed self buffs to always have global cooldown trigger when not used manually.
• Changed damage over time effects to deal their damage early if effect is refreshed earlier than ticking.

Warrior

General

• Increased [Feint] damage to 600% (from 500%).
• Changed [Blasting Cyclone] to pull enemies it hits towards yourself.
• Changed [Charge Attack] to inflict area damage if you wield a heavy blunt weapon.
• Fixed [Survival Instinct] damage spread was being affected by damage reduction effects.
• Reduced [Devastating Blow] area to 80 from 100 for both blows, but increased thickness of radius lines to 65 from 15.
• Changed [Open Flank] to increase your single target damage by 15% + 5% per more stacks up to 30% & 4 stacks, for 15 seconds.

Warrior/Rogue

• Reduced [Blood Dance] bleed to 645 from 860.
• Increased [Keen Attack] amount of attack to 6 from 3.

Warrior/Champion

• Increased [Wild Strike] attack speed to 25% from 20%.
• Changed [Bloody Strike] to also apply [Blood Loss].
• Changed [Stifling Attack] cooldown to be tied to attack speed.
• Changed [Bloody Strike] and [Stifling Attack] to trigger global cooldown.
• Changed [Blood Whirlwind] damage over time effect name to [Blood Loss].
• Changed [Blood Rune Weapon] attack and damage gains to 18% from 12/24%.

Warrior/Scout

• Changed [Perforation] damage boost to scale from 8% to 19.2% instead of 2% to 16%.

Warrior/Mage

Note by GD: Just some additional damage over time. It might appear high, but shouldn’t be too strong in reality, as DoTs scale differently.

• Increased [Lightning’s Touch] damage over time value to 12572 from 10593.

Warrior/Druid

• Changed [Redemption] to additionally increase cooldown speed by 23%.

Warrior/Warden

• Changed [Barbaric Execution] to increase your damage by 50% against targets with HP lower than 50%.

Warrior/Warlock

• Changed [Spirit Wound] dot to require 2-H Sword to be inflicted.
• Changed [Spirit Blade Storm] and [Spirit-Cracking Blow] to no longer require 2-H Sword.

Scout

Scout/Rogue

• Reduced [Deadly Counterattack] full stack damage gain to 8% from 12%, changed it to get a stack with 100% chance instead of 25%.

Scout/Priest

• Changed [Scout’s Blessing Shot] to increase Rage/Focus/Energy recovery rates by 48% instead of reducing consumption.
• Changed [Spiritual Leader] to increase damage dealt by 12% instead of attack/cast speed bonus, added 24% movement speed boost.

Scout/Bard

• Changed [We Will Win!] to provide 15.2% damage dealt bonus instead of attack/cast speed.

Rogue

General

• Fixed [Poisonous Hands] weren’t resetting effect when you attack to a different target.
• Changed [Energized Hands] to reduce skill cooldowns by 0.1s and increase energy by 50% additionally.

Rogue/Scout

• Changed [Combat Master] to increase critical effectiveness by 26.2% instead of old damage gain, changed to be passive.
• Increased [Wraith Attack] radius to 100 from 80, increased Energy cost to 40 from 25, changed it to pull enemies towards yourself.
• Changed [Shadow Figure] to have 30 stacks instead of 15, increased duration to 15s from 8s, still will have 15% attack speed at maximum stacks.

Rogue/Priest

• Reduced [Awakening of the Monk] cooldown to 120s from 180.
• Reduced [Patience and Salvation] stack limit to 20 from 40, increased [Salvation] scaling to 150% from 75%.

Rogue/Warden

• Increased [Power of the Wood Spirit] target limit to 15 from 10.
• Increased [Phantom Blade] duration to 30s, cooldown to 90s, changed it to trigger ghost hit with every offensive hit, with 6s of cooldown. This cooldown can be reduced by cooldown speed.

Rogue/Warlock

• Changed [Focal Advantage] to no longer provide physical attack, increased dark damage base to 10% from 16%, increased scaling per level to 20% from 8%.
• Increased [Dark Soul Smelt], [Soul Extractor] and [Life Devourer] damage gain for each extra target to 25% up to 8 more targets from 15% up to 5 more targets.
• Changed [Soul Curtain] to make [Soul Extractor] and [Life Devourer] provide effect of dealing more damage with more targets around, instead of reducing costs, it changes costs to 15% from 30 flat.

Rogue/Champion

• Changed [Dwarven Forge] to be passive; Increases 1-H Hammer damage by 20% and 2-H Hammer damage by 30%.
• Removed [Disassemble] defense ignore mechanic, increased damage to 156% from 124.8%, removed energy recovery.

Rogue/Bard

• Reduced [Song of the Storm] channel time to 0.35 from 0.5
• Increased [Thunderous Rage] attack speed gain to 35% from 20%.
• Changed [Hands of a Virtuoso] to replace attack speed of nimble hands with cooldown speed.

Rogue/Knight

• Changed [Searing Light] to additionally reduce energy consumption by 30%.

Mage

Mage/Warden

Note by GD: just some QoL for the new Flame Follower mechanic.

• Changed [Flame Follower] to be usable while moving, reduced cast time to 2s from 3, increased cooldown reduction from using [Fireball] to 5s from 4.

Mage/Bard

Note by GD: Some additional single target damage, as the class wasn’t doing as good as intended.

• Increased [Crooked Scream] damage to 6423 from 5585.

Mage/Druid

Note by GD: To adjust the class to faster pacing, we decided to lower the requirement for Green Guardian stacks on Cosmic Call. This won’t have a big impact on the class, but a big impact on the Earth… it’s a Meteor, isn’t it?!

• Reduced [Cosmic Call] requirement for [Green Guardian Stacks] to 12 from 15.

Mage/Knight

Note by GD: We want to push the use of Holy Discharge in burst phases and increase its damage in general, which should solve the issues the class currently has.

• Increased [Brilliance Award] duration to 7s from 5.
• Increased [Holy Light Strike] MP cost to 2% from 1%.
• Increased [Holy Discharge] damage to 2495 from 2037.

Priest

Priest/Warrior

• Reduced [Chain of Light] channel time to 1.5s from 3.5.

Knight

Knight/Mage

Note by GD: Welcome back, magical Knight! More wasn’t possible unfortunately, as they would’ve sent the kangaroos on me…

• Changed [Confession Judgement] to increase magical damage of 2-H Sword by 100%, but if you wear a 2-H Sword, it will also increase damage you receive by 30%.

Knight/Scout

• Fixed [Heavenly Arrows] healing enemies instead of dealing damage.

Warden

General

• Increased [Nature Crystal] conversion rate of pet boosts from weapon to 70% from 60%.

Warden/Druid

Note by GD: We want to streamline the buffs and their cooldowns, while adding some additional burst potential for the pet through Energy Absorb.

• Increased [Dispel Curse] duration to 30s from 20.
• Reduced [Energy Absorb] earth damage bonus to 25% from 50%, changed it to additionally increase your pets earth damage by 25%.

Warden/Scout

• Increased [Morale and Desire] cooldown to 90s from 60.
• Increased [Whistle of the Ghost] stacks up to 10 times from 6, reduced attack speed per stack to 3% from 5%.

Warden/Rogue

• Increased [Together] cooldown to 90s from 60.
• Changed [Power Sigil] to be active with 90s cooldown and 30s duration.
• Changed [Critical Feeling]; Everytime [Sepal Stab] hits, you gain a stack of [Critical Feeling] for 8 seconds up to 5 stacks, where each provides 3% critical damage bonus. At maximum stack, this provides 50% more single target damage.

Druid

Druid/Warrior

• Increased [Unrestrained Rage] damage gain to 30% from 25%.

Warlock

General

Note by GD: Some love for the warlocks! Don’t worry, the time of the warlock will come soon!

• Increased [The Hex] duration to 40s from 30.

Warlock/Champion

Note by GD: A buff for the last warlock that hasn’t yet been updated since the Shattered Grove release.

• Increased [Mind Rune] HP bonus to 43.2% from 27%.
• Reduced [Rune Energy Devotion] cooldown to 60s from 120.
• Increased [Ethereal Hammerfall] channel speed bonus to 25% from 10%.

Warlock/Bard

Note by GD: Some push for the class, as it was still lacking some damage.

• Changed [Final Confusion] to additionally modify [The Hex], it will now have 15% more dark damage boost and 15s lesser cooldown.

Warlock/Mage

• Fixed [Soul Seal] effect was overriding your own [Warp Charge].

Warlock/Warden

Note by GD: Just a small buff to the DoT power and Beast’s Roar for some more sustain damage in AoE phases.

• Increased [Soul Pain] instant damage to 3600 from 2500, reduced cooldown to 3s from 6.

Warlock/Scout

• Fixed [Precise Dark Magic] initial damage wasn’t dealing dark damage, reduced damages to 70/17.5% from 345/86.25% to justify the fix.

Champion

General

• Increased [Fearless Blow] maximum damage boost to 400% from 300%.

Champion/Warrior

• Changed [Determination Rune] to inflict damage up to 3 targets with 15% reduction on each extra target.

Champion/Scout

• Increased [Pulsing Shot] focus cost to 20 from 15.
• Increased [Crippling Shot] focus cost to 15 from 10.
• Changed [Apocalypse Drive] to have 2s of cast time.
• Reduced [Focused Conversion] rage cost to 50 from 75.
• Changed [Fearless Shot] cooldown to be tied on ranged weapon attack speed, fixed it had damage penalty of area spells.

Champion/Rogue

• Reduced [Shadow Pulse] trigger cooldown to 0.3s from 0.5.
• Changed [Runecraft – Agility] to provide 35.7% extra attack chance instead of attack speed.
• Changed [Fearless Blow] to no longer recover 100 Energy, increased maximum damage boost to 600% from 450%.
• Changed [Smoke Diffusion] -> [Enforce]: Pull all targets around your enemy towards your enemy. Cost: 50 Energy Cooldown: 10s
• Changed [Death Arrives]: Reduces skill resource costs by 50% and increases 1-H Hammer damage by 20%, increased cooldown to 120s from 90, removed old effects.

Champion/Warlock

• Changed [Forge] to be triggered only with normal attacks.
• Changed [Soul Forge Mystery] to a passive, increasing only Dark Damage by 50%.
• Changed [Blast of Remorse] damage to 705% dark damage from 917.5% raw damage.
• Changed [Indomitable Spirit] to no longer provide extra [Forge] stack with [Dark Energy Strike].
• Changed [Heart Collection Rune] to make every attack provide maximum stack of [Forge], increased cooldown to 90s from 60, increased damage gain to 30% from 20%.

Bard

General

• Fixed some set skills weren’t being removed upon class change.

Bard/Priest

• Reduced [Incredible Riff] cooldown to 60s from 120.
• Reduced [Death Rune] cooldown to 120s from 180, increased damage dealt to 50% for non-boss targets.

Bard/Mage

Note by GD: The class was still kinda underperforming, so here comes a buff to fireball.

• Increased [Fireball] damage to 3956 from 3450.

Spring Rain Festival

• Learn more about Spring Rain Festival at our wiki.