Alpha Two Update Notes - Thursday, January 16, 2025

As a reminder, if you come across bugs during Alpha Two testing, please report them to us in-game using /bug

CHARACTER, ARCHETYPES, AND COMBAT

MAGE

Ball Lightning hit frequency has been reduced by 50%
Magma Field damage per tick has been increased by 20%
Shell duration has been reduced from 15 seconds to 8 seconds
Prismatic Beam - Fire Empowerment
- Reduced the burn damage from 100% to 25% per tick application
- Increased burn apply chance from 33% to 100%
Prismatic Beam - Ice Empowerment
- Reduced the duration of chill from 6 seconds to 1 second per tick application
- Increased chill apply chance from 33% to 100%
Prismatic Beam - Lightning Empowerment
- Reduced the volatile debuff duration from 6 seconds to 1.5 seconds per tick application
Arcane Circle
- Reduced duration from 15 seconds to 10 seconds
- Reduced the cooldown from 90 seconds to 60 seconds
- Bonus damage has been reduced from 30% to 20%
Chain Lightning increased damage by 30%
- Aftershock passive’s damage bonus has been reduced, to offset this increase. Aftershock now triggers for half of the original damage, down from full
Blink - Fixed a bug preventing the Unyielding Blink passive skill from enabling the ability to break disabling effects
Chain Lightning, Arcane Circle, and Ball Lighting have updated visual effects

FIGHTER

RANGER

Scatter Shot’s charged projectile will now follow the ground to improve its hit reliability on uneven terrain
Ammo Imbue effects will persist after logging out
Updated the visual effects for Thorns

TANK

Absorption Field, Ground Pound, Indomitable Spirit, Iron Aura, Tomahawk, and Tank Wall have updated visual effects

CLERIC

Wings of Salvation - Fixed a bug preventing the Unyielding Wings of Salvation passive skill from enabling the ability to break disabling effects

CHARACTER

Fixed a bug that could cause items a character lost on death to also remain in their inventory
Fixed a bug which could cause a loss of stats after using food buffs and scrolls and then logging in and out
Fixed a bug causing all leveled weapon skill tree effects from being active, even on weapons that are not equipped

CARAVANS

Previous Caravans should now disappear correctly when resetting a Caravan
Updated the visual effects for the Caravan Trample ability
Caravans should no longer lose functionality when dismounting in deep water
Fixed a bug that could cause Caravans to disappear when being placed on rocky terrain
Fixed a bug that would show incorrect stats in the Caravan UI
Fixed a bug that could cause problems with Caravans when crossing server boundaries
Fixed a bug that prevented characters from relaunching Caravans
A Caravan Event will now trigger after successful Caravan recovery
Caravan Events will now end if Caravans timeout and are removed from the world
Fixed a bug causing Caravan components to replace things in equipped slots, when other open slots are available
Fixed a bug preventing ranged targeted abilities from affecting the drivers of Caravans

ENEMIES AND NPCS

Honorsworn Tower enemies are now lower level, to provide earlier leveling content near New Aela
Changed NPC aggro, to prevent enemies from aggroing characters within range when they lose a previous target. This is to address issues with NPC training
More enemies will now change their behavior based on line of sight
Moved the Firebrand event to be further south. This is to prevent from Firebrand terrorizing Freeholds
Forgelord Zammer, Befallen Forge miniboss, has updated abilities, behavior, animations, and visual effects
Bandit Arsonists and Undead Dünir Berserkers have updated enemy behavior
Magma Golem damage has been reduced, and this enemy will use abilities less often
Fixed a bug causing Skeleton Knights to continue to drop the Oath of Kyronic Order. This item will now only drop once
Changed NPC movement to make it more smooth
The correct Giant Beetle variant will now spawn south of Sunhaven
Zombie, Goblin, Magma Golem, and Undead Dünir have updated visual effects
Dünir Cleric has updated visuals
Fixed a bug with some Undead Dünir corpses remaining in the world for too long
Fixed a bug with some enemy visuals staying in the world after they died
Fixed a number of instant respawn locations for enemies
Fixed a bug that could cause Ashen Flame Warriors to become unresponsive in combat

FREEHOLDS

When attempting to purchase a Freehold with insufficient funds, messaging should be more clear
Removed trees that were spawning inside of homes, blocking entrances, or the Freehold grounds
Fixed a bug preventing gatherables from being planted on Freeholds
Enemies should no longer spawn close to Freeholds
Fixed a bug with Freehold pricing
Fixed a bug with Freeholds not properly loading
Improved Freehold visuals

NODES

Fixed base price calculation for commodities that are acquired and sold at the same Node
Fixed a bug with Node War camps not granting PVP opt-in protection
Sunhaven, Azmaran, and Aithanahr emblems have been updated
War Commissions II, III, IV and V can now be completed

VISUALS

Adjusted some enemy NPC hit visual effects
Changed weather, clouds, and fog to be more smooth
Sephilion has improved environment visuals
Sandsquall Desert has had a visual polishing pass
Befallen Forge has improved lighting
Befallen Forge - Ambient lava visuals here have been updated
Cave visuals have been updated
Adjusted lighting on darker skin tones
Fixed a visual bug that would make it seem like characters were getting the Memorial Site buff again when crossing server worker boundaries
Minor environment and animation changes

USER INTERFACE

Character buff and debuff icons have been updated
Updated a large number of icons and buttons for gatherable, gear, mounts, objectives, and consumables
Fixed a bug with the connecting dialogue box not functioning properly when attempting to connect to a realm that is down
Fixed a number of typos

QUESTS

GENERAL

Fixed an exploit related to parties and treasure mounds
Fixed a bug that was causing gatherables to spawn underground or incorrectly on slopes
Dunzen Scepter now has an attack ability
Added set bonus tags to Dunzen armor pieces
Fixed a bug that prevented the Hornhexer's Headband from contributing towards the light armor set bonus
Targeting mounts will now show the correct PVP flagging color in the targeting frame
Made improvements for character collision at benches in New Aela
Wreckage of Carphin has improved environment collision
Added sound effects to the Plumed Halberdier, Timeless Terrapin, and Verdant Voyager mounts
Fixed a bug causing Glint to be lost when getting change back from purchases
Fixed a bug that would cause targeting indicators to not display on walls
Fixed some typos on items

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