Alpha Two Update Notes - December 6, 2024

Roshen · December 6

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

HIGHLIGHTS

The impact of rarity on gear power has been significantly reduced. These changes will primarily impact higher level gear. Common gear has mostly been unaffected and a reduction of power starts at uncommon and beyond
Fixed a bug causing the crafting quality stat giving to provide too much efficiency resulting in a much higher frequency of high quality crafts
Elite Enemies have increased HPs and Stats
Added a new Friends List feature in the Social Menu (O)
Added the mayoral commission to acquire a Node War token back into the game

GENERAL

Improved the fidelity of visual effects on lower graphics settings
Observing other players in motion will now be smoother in less dense areas
Added additional animation smoothing to a variety of mounts, and movement scenarios
Fixed an issue where respec would prevent the application of skill points from properly being applied until the menu was reopened.
Fixed a bug preventing XP debt from being accumulated at max level
Fixed a variety of server crashes
Fixed a variety of client crashes
Fixed various bugs with the loading screen

CHARACTER & ARCHETYPES

Corruption reduction will now be split evenly among party members within range
Physical damage variations of the wand and spellbook will now have separated visual effects from their magical counterparts
Fixed a bug causing the /dance1-4 commands to not properly work
Added /lean
Updated the base stat display for attributes, HP and Mana
Renamed Ranger’s Imbue Ammo ability to Enhance Armament to better reflect that they work with any weapon
Changed Tank's Courage mitigation to be additive rather than multiplicative
Updated the visual effects for the Cleric's Resplendent Beam, Condemn, Communal Rest, Consecrating Wave, Deliverance, and Wings of Salvation
Updated the visual effects for the Tank’s Absorption Field, Desolate, Grit, Indomitable Spirit, Iron Aura, Taunt, and Tomahawk
Updated Audio for some Ranger, Cleric, and Mage abilities
Changed the mount special action hotkey to Shift+X
Elemental Empowerment visual effects will now show for melee thrust attacks and the 2-Handed Sword
Fixed a bug which caused sprint to sometimes become stuck
Fixed a bug where player legs would get stuck at strange angles
Fixed a bug causing guard to not properly cancel weapon combos
Fixed a bug causing dodge to not provide its full evasion bonus

CARAVANS

Fixed a bug causing Caravans to become permanently stuck in combat slowing their intended movement speed
Fixed a bug where deleting the Caravan item from the inventory would prevent future purchases of new caravans
Fixed a bug where Caravans would not properly despawn if disconnecting during caravan deployment
Fixed an exploit involving Caravan Cargo duping
Fixed a bug with Caravans causing crashes during deployment

ECONOMY

Fixed a number of duplication bugs related to player inventory and storage
Reduced the spawn timer for some reward chests
Items which have an expiration will now display their expiration time
Fixed a bug which would prevent players from purchasing Rations when a stack of 9 Rations was in the inventory
Fixed a bug which prevented the selection of the desired item rarity for stacked materials when crafting
Fixed a bug causing commodity sale prices to not reflect the distance traveled between nodes
Fixed a bug allowing fishing to occur even when disrupted by other players or when the fishing pole becomes broken
Fixed a bug allowing crates to be opened at a Node level 1 or 2 storage clerk
Fixed a bug that had limited consumable item rarity to a maximum of heroic when crafted
Fixed a crash related to storage

NODES

Added the mayoral commission to acquire a Node War token back into the game
Hideworks and Textile Mill buildings will now have correct build progress visuals
A large variety of Node interfaces have been updated
Election states will now be retained across realm downtimes
Fixed a bug where the remaining duration of an election period would show as a negative number
Fixed a bug causing everyone to have experience debt protection during Node Wars
Fixed Node War gatherable icons on the map and Camp Guards are no longer interactable
Adjusted the Node War NPC spawn locations and rates at Gravepeak
Reduced the Node War camp guards leashing distance
Fixed alignment issues that would break Node Wars after a server crash
Fixed an issue where Current War listings was not being displayed in the Guild War Menu
Fixed a display bug with the accumulated maintenance cost of service buildings not properly showing in the building summary panel
Added more information to the citizenship dues UI for Player Level, Citizenship Rank, and Property Owner Status to expose how citizenship dues are calculated
Fixed a bug with storage that caused players to be locked from the inventory
Fixed a bug preventing the purchase of additional storage in some cases

USER INTERFACE

Updated iconography across all User Interface panels
Updated the backgrounds for the storage and skill tree
Updated the Raid frame panel
Updated the visual fidelity of buttons
Updated the visual fidelity of the breath bar
Added a confirmation when attempting to cancel a processing job
Adjusted a variety of descriptions and typos to make things clearer
Fixed a bug causing placeholder text to trigger when entering a node for the first time
Fixed an issue with multiple UI windows not displaying scroll bars
Fixed an issue with inventory slots losing their borders after trading items
Fixed an issue with quest-related icons not showing on the map
Fixed a bug causing party members to not show after logging in and out

NPCs & ENEMIES

Adjusted the enemy population at the Tower of Carphin
Updated combat mechanics for Minotaur Streamweaver and Minotaur Battle Priest
Adjusted the mobs along the main roads to make travel to Miraleth safer for travelers
Adjusted the population and spawning logic for goblins and crows in the Riverlands
Added and modified a large number of different visual effects to monster attacks
A large variety of monsters have had animations and visual effects updated
Updated Minotaur spawns, spawn types, and star variants will now spawn
Updated the sounds for Bandits, Graveyard Golems, Firebrand, Giants, Minotaur, and many more
Fixed a number of NPCs that were floating or stuck in the terrain in nodes
Fixed a variety of bugs with NPC leashing
Fixed a bug causing the Bonebinder Shaman to permanently decrease physical mitigation

QUESTS, COMMISSIONS, & EVENTS

Event level will now be displayed on the event tooltip on the map
Fixed a bug causing Guild Wars to not time out and end
Implemented the ability for Guild Wars to be surrendered during all war phases
Fixed a bug with the Collect All Commissions button in the journal not properly displaying
Fixed multiple issues with delivery quests
Fixed a bug allowing an unlimited number of horses to be acquired through the Sweat of your Brow quest line
Fixed a bug allowing Commissions to be accepted even past the maximum number of Commissions
Fixed a variety of map markers and objective indicators displaying the incorrect locations
Fixed a variety of bugs preventing the completion of certain commissions and quests
Fixed a bug with floating bandits during the Innocent Favor event

ENVIRONMENT

Added collision to a variety of environment pieces
Added new environment assets
Updated the lighting at the Citadel of the Steel Bloom and the Tower of Carphin
The following locations have had environment passes: Citadel of the Steel Bloom, Gravepeak, Sephillion, Daragal Estates, Ursine Caves, and Howling Rock
Improved the visual fidelity and placement of roads
Improved the visual fidelity of cliffs, terrain, and harvestable assets in the Riverlands
Environment update to Samia's Hope
Fixed a lighting bug at Korra’loch

LOBBY & CHARACTER CREATOR

More descriptive error messaging has been added to the lobby
Added new walking animations to the character creator
Added new idle animations to the character creator and lobby
Updated lobby animations and polished some lobby animation transitions