[Test] Test Update Notes: Wednesday, August 10, 2011(0)

[Offical Forums]

GENERAL

Looting

• Reverted the restriction that requires an item be usable in order to click "Need".

POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION

Sullon’s Spire, Tallon’s Stronghold, and Vallon’s Tower x4 raid zones (NOT challenge mode)

• Several of the encounters in the zone have been made less powerful so that the challenge from these zones is more in line with the rewards. In particular boss npcs will tend to melee attack for less damage, and many of their aoe spells will also do less damage, as well as be more mitigateable.

Vallon’s Tower x4 raid zone (NOT challenge mode)

• Lichlord Skulldugger’s Tactical Immunity does not last as long, and has a better description attached to its examine icon.

Temple of Rallos Zek: Foundation of Stone [Challenge Mode]

• The Automaton’s Of Escalation that spawn during the statue of Rallos Zek fight have less health, and the march to war spell they pulse does less damage.

ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT

Fae / Arasai

• Blessing of Xegony should no longer constantly shrink the caster while zoning, and shouldn’t behave strange while toggled off during combat. It cannot be cast in combat, as well.

Assassin

• Enhance: Torture now also improves the amount of mitigation reduced by Torture.
• Enhance: Sinister Strike now also improves the Crit Bonus of Sinister Strike.
• Enhance: Exacting will modify Exacting to increase all of its affected abilities' Crit Bonus while Exacting is active.

Berserker

• Cyclones now also the casting speed of area effect combat arts.
• Gut Roar now absorbs all physical damage for 3 seconds and casts in 0.25 seconds.
• Perseverance now triggers when the Berserker falls below 50% health and grants a low chance to Stoneskin physical attacks after it triggers.
• Enhance: Weapon Counter now also improves the Crit Bonus of Counterattack.
• Enhance: Open Wounds now also improves the Crit Bonus of Open Wounds.
• Enhance: Rampage now also improves the Crit Bonus of Rampage.
• Enhance: Chaos now also adds Elemental, Noxious and Arcane mitigation to Chaos.
• Enhance: Vision of Madness also applies damage reduction while Madness is active.

Brigand

• Enhance: Sneak now also improves Stealth movement speed while Sneak is active.
• Enhance: Shadow Slip now also improves the threat reduction amount of Shadow Slip.

Bruiser

• Enhance: Indomitable Will's final rank will grant the ability to cure elemental effects.
• Enhance: Stone Deaf now also reduces the power cost of Stone Deaf.
• Enhance: Close Mind's final rank will cause Close Mind and Brutal Inspiration to cure hostile control effects on termination.
• Enhance: Feign Death's final rank grants a chance to override a failed Feign Death, increasing the success rate.

Cleric

• Blessed Armament now triggers off of any attack.
• Exorcise now reduces the potency of heals, rather than disabling beneficial spells.

Coercer

• Hastened Mana's final rank adds an additional trigger to Mana Cloak.
• Enhance: Channel now also causes Channel to instantly restore a small amount of power to the group as the Channel occurs.

Conjuror

• Enhance: Summoning improves the primary pet's mitigation to all damage.
• Enhance: Vehement Skin now also reduces the power cost of Vehement Skin.
• Enhance: Shard of Essence now also grants power instantly to the target of the shard.

Defiler

• Curseweaving now improves durations by 20%.
• Enhance: Voice of the Ancestors now also improves the radius of Voice of the Ancestors.

Dirge

• Enhance: Shroud now also improves Stealth movement speed while Shroud is active.
• Enhance: Garsin's Funeral March now also improves the resistibility of Garsin's Funeral March.
• Enhance: Jael's Dreadful Deprivation now also improves the Crit Bonus of Jael's Dreadful Deprivation.
• Enhance: Lanet's Excruciating Scream now also improves the Crit Bonus of Lanet's Excruciating Scream.

Fury

• Enhance: Fae Fire now also improves the Crit Bonus of Fae Fires.
• Enhance: Feast now also improves the resistibility of Feast.
• Enhance: Thunderbolt now also improves the Crit Bonus of Thunderbolt.

Guardian

• Enhance: Rescue now also improves the range of Rescue.
• Enhance: Sentry Watch now also improves the radius of Sentry Watch.
• Enhance: Tower of Stone now also reduces the power cost of Tower of Stone.
• Enhance: Guardian Sphere now also improves the duration of Guardian Sphere.
• Enhance: Reinforcement's final rank will allow Reinforcement to trigger when the Guardian uses a hostile spell, such as a taunt.

Illusionist

• Enhance: Personae Reflection now also improves the reflection's maximum health.
• Enhance: Phase's final rank applies a short duration stun and knockdown when Phase is cast.

Inquisitor

• Enhance: Resurrections now also improves range and radius of resurrection spells.
• Enhance: Act of War now improves the damage of Act of War rather than the trigger chance.
• Enhance: Fervent Faith now applies a short duration in combat run speed increase following the cast of Fervent Faith.

Monk

• Enhance Jab: Waking Dragon also improves the Crit Bonus of Waking Dragon.
• Enhance Jab: Five Rings now also improves the Crit Bonus of Five Rings.
• Enhance Jab: Silent Palm now also improves the Crit Bonus of Silent Palm.
• Enhance: Tsunami will now also improve the damage of Ripostes while Tsunami is active.
• Slightly increased the time allowed to Complete Combination.
• Reprimand's range has been increased.
• Provoking Stance now adds threat positions to Reprimand.

Mystic

• Resurrection Haste has been merged into Resurrection Range.
• Resurrection Cycles has been merged into Resurrection Efficiency.
• Enhance: Spirit of the Wolf has been restored in place of Resurrection Range.
• Enhance: Ancestral Balm has been restored in place of Resurrection Cycles.

Necromancer

• Enhance: Summoning improves the primary pet's mitigation to all damage.
• Enhance: Dark Heart now also grants power instantly to the target of the heart.
• Enhance: Chains of Torment now also improves the resistibility of Chains of Torment.
• Enhance: Grasping Bones now also improves the resistibility of Grasping Bones.
• Enhance: Consumption now also improves the Crit Bonus of Consumption.

Paladin

• Enhance: Lay on Hands now also reduces the power cost of Lay on Hands.
• Enhance: Devout Sacrifice now also reduces the power cost of Devout Sacrifice.
• Enhance: Demonstration of Faith now also applies an arcane mitigation reduction to any enemy striking the target of Demonstration of Faith.
• Enhance: Intercept now also heals the target when Intercept expires naturally.

Ranger

• Enhance: Snaring Shot now also improves the Crit Bonus of Snaring Shot.
• Enhance: Escape now also reduces the power cost of Escape.

Shadowknight

• Enhance: Mortal Embrace's final rank grants a chance to override a failed Feign Death, increasing the success rate.
• Enhance: Shadow Coil now also improves the duration of Shadow Coil, causing damage to apply faster.
• Enhance: Devouring Mists now also improves the resistibility of Devouring Mists.
• Enhance: Tap Veins now also improves the Crit Bonus of Tap Veins.
• Enhance: Devour Vitae now also improves the Crit Bonus of Devour Vitae.
• Enhance: Doom Judgment now also improves the Crit Bonus of Doom Judgment.
• Enhance: Mana Sieve now also improves the Crit Bonus of Mana Sieve.
• Enhance: Death March now also adds Strength to On the March.
• Pools of Blood now also improves Maximum Health.
• Pooling Blood now also improves the Maximum Health of Pools of Blood.

Summoner

• Empower Servant is now granted when purchasing Possess Minion and the heal and power refresh are attributed to the summoner.
• Reanimate has been changed into a death prevention on the pet. The new version lasts until cancelled or triggered, has one trigger, a 0.5 second casting time and a five minute reuse. When triggered, the pet will be healed to full and have its threat cleared.

Swashbuckler

• Enhance: Inspired Daring now also improves the Crit Bonus of Daring Attack.
• Enhance: En Garde now also improves the Crit Bonus of Counterattack.
• Enhance: Sneak now also improves Stealth movement speed while Sneak is active.

Templar

• Divine Reckoning now improves hostile spell damage rather than reuse.

Warden

• Enhance: Undergrowth now also improves the agility reduction of Undergrowth.
• Enhance: Tranquility now also improves the Crit Bonus of Tranquil Healing.
• Shatter Infections now triggers a cure when a hostile spell is received during its 8 second duration.

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