Alpha Two Update Notes - November 22, 2024

Vaknar · November 23

Here is what's changed for Alpha Two since last weekend's test. As a reminder, if you come across bugs during this test, please report them to us in-game using /bug

CHARACTER, ARCHETYPE, AND COMBAT

Guard will now properly cancel weapon combos during windup and cancel frames
Added damage and heal dampening to experience debt. Experience tooltips should now show the dampening amounts
Added a 24 hour cooldown for characters before they can join a new Guild after leaving a Guild
Added additional PvP options to the in-game menu
Updated the trade window to require two steps when removing items
Fixed a bug that could cause some characters to lose progress (persistence)
Fixed a bug allowing players to kill others without getting Corruption if they were participating in similar but separate events
[Tank] - Changed the mitigation provided by the Tank's Courage ability from being additive to being multiplicative

CARAVANS

Caravan Masters should now work correctly after a character loses a Caravan
You should now be able to select and view Caravans awaiting deployment
Fixed a bug preventing Caravans from being purchased if a previous Caravan was deleted from a character’s inventory

ENEMY NPCs

Adjusted the respawn rate for all named NPCs
Fixed a bug that caused issues with how Cyclops and Tumok the Wretched leashed
Fixed a bug causing Tumok the Wretched to become unresponsive when he was leashing in certain situations
Giants should no longer become stuck when surrounded by players
Increased the overall damage output of Giants

NODES

Fixed issues with Node Tax Payment popping up even after taxes have been paid
Fixed issues with Node Election timing caused by realm downtime

NODE WARS AND GUILD WARS

Node Territory Wars - The winning Node will now take 20% of the losing Node's gold and commodities. Also, an additional 5% of the gold and commodities will be lost.
Added rewards for characters participating in Guild Wars and Node Wars. These rewards will be delivered via in-game mail
Added a surrender button to Guild Wars that becomes available one hour after a Guild War has started
Guild Wars and Node Wars user interface has had several improvements
Added a new Guild War tracker in the objective tracker display
Changed the Crafting cost of Guild War declaration scrolls
Fixed a bug with Lumberjacking PvP Guild Wars. Characters will now be properly flagged for PvP

WORLD AND ENVIRONMENT

Changed the placement of the Portal Ruins Embershrine to prevent characters from getting stuck
Changed Citadel of Steel Bloom so different enemies spawn depending on the time of day
Fixed a lighting issue that caused the Tower of Carphin to appear darker than intended
Fog will now be lighter at night
Updated wind behavior

ADDITIONAL CHANGES

Changed how Glint is rewarded. It will now condense Glint by improving the rarity of Glint rewarded
The minimap header will now show when you have mail
Droppings should now always drop at the same rarity level
Changed the text for some tooltips
Fixed a bug that caused some notifications to be displayed to a single character instead of the intended party
Fixed a bug causing issues with interacting with things in-game
Fixed a bug causing characters to become stuck when interacting with the Carpentry vendor
Fixed a bug that caused some characters to fall through the ground when logging in
Fixed a bug with treasure map loot piles not properly spawning
Fixed issues with Pallas Cat mount having incorrect maximum health
Fixed issues that could cause Cargo storage to become invisible
Fixed issues with the Unstuck command not working properly
Fixed a vendor gold exploit when selling duplicated items
Fixed an exploit allowing storage items to be duplicated
Fixed a client crash related to horse animations
Fixed several issues that cause server crashes
Fixed some memory leaks