Patch NW.60.20160307a.10

Patch Notes: NW.60.20160307a.10

=Patch Notes=

Highlights
Wonders of Gond has been updated! Starting after maintenance on Thursday, March 24, players will be able to see the following changes to the event.
 * s (Rank 2) and s (Rank 3) now only require a Wondrous Grommet (Rank 1) to upgrade, rather than others of the same rank.
 * This is intended to make the path to the (Rank 4) more straightforward.
 * A new version of the is now available from the.
 * The has a sleek, silvery, polished look, has a Crescent, Enlightened, and Universal slot, Speed of the Wind (110% like other Epic quality mounts) for movement, and its Equip Power causes your  Powers to refill 15% of your Action Points over 10 seconds.
 * The now drops a  instead of the original.
 * This Wondrous item, when consumed, allows the player to choose either the original or the new.
 * now drops an Insignia of Gond when an Apparatus does not drop.
 * This Insignia can be of any type (Barbed, Crescent, Enlightened, Illuminated, Regal), can be or  quality, and gives 100 Max HP and 50 Recovery at  rank, and 200 Max HP and 100 Recovery at  rank.

Castle Never

 * Players now spawn forward to unlocked respawn points when joining the instance.
 * Players no longer have a chance to get locked out of Orcus' arena at the start of the boss encounter.

Cragmire Crypts

 * Killing Kallos Tam too quickly no longer has a chance to prevent the party from progressing.
 * The rival adventuring party no longer respawns after being defeated.

General

 * A certain NPC now properly refers to Lans by the correct last name.
 * Factional Assets: This quest can now properly be completed by talking to Feldon Strongbeard.
 * The Blacklake Terror skirmish is once again available for players in its level range.
 * The Epic Demogorgon queue is now properly available at any time once unlocked.
 * The Mount tutorial is now easier to notice; it now shows in the Level-Up Wizard for players who completed the old tutorial, and now properly leaves the Wizard if the player had never completed the old tutorial, but completed the new one.

Mounts

 * Demon Sled: The and  once again look properly demonic.
 * Demon Sled: The visual effects on the are once again fiery.
 * (And blue fiery in the case of the Frozen Demon Sled.)
 * This mount once again properly binds on use, rather than on pickup.
 * Existing mounts are still bound, but we will be addressing that for any character with still in their inventory over the course of next week.
 * The version purchased on the Zen Market now properly moves to the Stable, like the one purchased on the Wondrous Bazaar.
 * s that vanished from the inventory will be moved into the main inventory again over the course of next week, so players can properly bind them to their Stable.
 * Players may no longer purchase a Gilded Giant Spider from the Zen Market if their current character has one from the Wondrous Bazaar, and vice-versa.
 * This is intended to prevent accidental redundant purchases.

General

 * Certain retired Lockboxes no longer have a chance to drop s or s.
 * Items in the have updated icons.

HUD

 * The context menu on players no longer shows an "Invite to Alliance" option.

Queues

 * The Accept / Decline popup no longer has a chance not to appear, resulting in the player's queue prompt timing out without the player even knowing it was there.

Localization

 * Insignias now properly display their equip bonuses in all languages.

Stability and Performance

 * Players no longer have a significant chance to crash while engaging in PvP.
 * Queues no longer have a rare chance to wait forever for a map that doesn't finish launching.
 * The occurrence rate of map-wide disconnects is now less frequent than before.