[Test] Test Update Notes: Thursday, September 30, 2010(0)

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ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT

Rogues

• Wisdom line:
  • First Ability: “Deft Disarm” deals small damage and decreases the target's strength and wisdom.
  • Second Ability: “Lunge Reversal” deals damage to the target when the Rogue is deflected, blocked, riposted or parried. It will also inflict damage when the rogue parries or ripostes. The refresh is 15 seconds.
  • Third Ability: “Remarkable Mobility” grants the Rogue a chance to Multi-Attack.
  • Fourth Ability: “Coule” is a frontal attack that reduces accuracy and melee damage of the target.
• Strength line:
  • Fourth Ability: “Traumatic Swipe” now reduces a small amount of potency as well as reuse time.

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Fixed a bug with the mount collection achievements and reset their progress.

TEST COPY

• This server is being set to PvP with this update in order for players to check out the following PvP related changes:

PvP MERCHANTS

• The Sister of War (Battleground) and Scion of War (Open PvP) armor merchant will now display all wearable armor within your level range.

PvP ITEMS

• Novice of Discord set bonuses are now No Modify and the ward regenerates for less each round.
• “Mutilate” and “Mangle” will now last the full 10 second duration each proc and will continue to stack with similar effects from different caster’s.

PvP ABILITIES

• Toughness has been changed to 30% damage reduction at max skill and will continue to provide PvP Critical Mitigation in the following ranges:
  • 15% starting at 10.
  • 30% starting at 70.
  • 45% starting at 80
  • 60% at level 90.
• The skill cost to reach max Toughness has also increased by 50% at all tiers.

BATTLEGROUNDS
Season 2 begins! New weapons and accessories are available via the Sisters of War.
A huge change for season 2 is the consolidation of the Ganak, Gears and Smuggler’s tokens into a single Battleground Token. The Sisters of War have each taken the duty of exchanging your old token at a 1:1 ratio. In addition, the items previously sold for multiple currencies are now priced to accept the new Battleground Token.

The Scions of Discord have taken over the duties from the various battleground faction representatives and will now have players complete battle specific challenges, once per day. Players may do one kill count and one victory condition quest per day and it will grant a battleground token once completed. Players can also start participating in these challenges starting at level 30.

Other changes with Season 2 include:

• Gears of Klak’Anon’s Relic will now place you in combat when held.
• Ruins of Ganak Flags will now place you in combat when held.
• Smuggler’s Den victory condition has been reduced from 1500 to 1250 points.

OPEN PvP

• New weapons and accessories are available via the Scions of War.

Warfields are now tiered!

Participants should visit Antonica (10-39), Enchanted Lands (40-69) or Kylong Plains (70+) to test their might!

• Participants must now defend and attack within each Warfield.
• Participants will need to destroy the enemy towers to win. (6 Tokens)
• Failure to defeat the towers will result in a draw. (3 Tokens)
• Failure to defend the towers will result in a loss. (2 Tokens)
• Event will continue to spawn every two hours.

Additional Open PvP changes:

• All zones are now set to an 8 level PvP range.
• With the exception of a few quest hubs, all other zones will now be immunity free. Anyone that zones in or spawns in our 8 level range areas will no longer have infinite immunity.
• A timer of 60 seconds will count down and players will need to fight or flight from now on.
• Starting Cities and corresponding starting zones are now aligned to their ruling faction and will “carnage” flag enemies.
• The time and distance before you are out of combat has been doubled in PvP.

Notes are not final until the update goes live, and are therefore subject to change.


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