Patch Notes: NW.85.20170808a.17
Content and Environment
Chult
- Heart of Darkness: Players who disconnect or change maps during the "Continue through the Chultan Jungle" objective no longer become stuck.
- House of the Crocodile: It should now be more difficult for this quest to become stuck.
- House of the Crocodile: When playing as a group, the "Gather your party" circle to enter the fight against Ras Nsi now properly functions.
- Hunt targets now drop lore entries when defeated.
- Repeatable Adventure quest map transitions now state the name of the quest on their interaction tooltip.
- Templar Rescue: Rescued templars no longer seem to stutter in their running animation.
- The suggested item level for Soshenstar River is now 10k (reduced from 12k).
- Volo no longer gestures while still holding a book open in one hand.
Port Nyanzaru
- Mounted guards no longer attack training dummies.
- Known Issue: While they wait for their mounts to return from training, the guards on either side of the Merchant Prince's Villa are currently sitting on the ground.
- Players can no longer get stuck between the entry door and invisible collision.
Tomb of the Nine Gods
- Avatar of Orcus will now reset in any case where it is pulled out of its arena, or where it takes damage from a source outside the arena.
- Ras Nsi will more consistently drop loot. This boss was previously reported to fail to drop loot in cases of high lag.
- Note: There are still reports of seals dropping less consistently than standard bosses.
Events
- Summer Festival: The profession tasks to make Guild Feasts are now properly repeatable.
- Portobello's Game: Artificer's Workshop: The final Beholder Tank click should no longer become stuck in a non-interactable state.
- KNOWN ISSUE: The updated interaction is a little finicky. It's there, but can be somewhat difficult to click on.
General
- River District no longer doubles up on Ritual Timers.
- Sea of Moving Ice: A treasure chest beneath an overturned, wrecked sea vessel can now be claimed.
- The barkeep in Protector's Enclave once again sells beverages.
- The frame rate in Fangbreaker Island should no longer take a major hit when the Dragon Turtle uses its Body Slam ability.
Combat and Powers
Artifacts
- Charm of the Serpent: This artifact no longer double-casts under certain circumstances.
- Charm of the Serpent: This artifact is no longer affected by cooldown reduction effects.
Classes and Balance
- Devoted Cleric
- Empowered Bonuses: Break the Spirit, Forgemaster's Flame, Sun Burst, and Warding Flare should once again properly apply their Empowered bonuses.
- Exaltation and Divine Glow: Players should no longer sometimes lose half of their expected Action Point gain when casting these powers on high-Deflect targets.
- Shared Burdens should no longer cause invalid deflections.
- Scourge Warlock
- Aura of Despair should no longer cause invalid deflections.
- Soul Puppets should no longer disappear as soon as they're summoned.
- Warlock's Bargain should no longer cause infinite damage loops.
- Various healing effects no can no longer be dodged.
Companions
- Netherese Warlock: This companion's Active Companion Bonus no longer deals decreased damage when weapon enhancements are equipped.
Mounts and Insignias
- Magistrate's Restraint: This insignia bonus' tooltip has been shortened to properly fit into the UI. No changes to the power were made.
Item Powers
- Chicken Voodoo Doll: This item's ability now properly displays an error message when it fails.
- Executioner's Black Attire: This gear's powers no longer deal decreased damage when weapon enhancements are equipped.
- Greater Everfrost Shirt and Pants should not cause players to incorrectly enter combat.
- Ring of the Curse Bringer applies Partial Paralysis less frequently. (It had previously applied more frequently than expected.)
- Ring of the Curse Bringer no longer displays an icon on the player who equips it.
General
- The "Giants Among the Dead" Stronghold Heroic Encounter should no longer trigger player deflects from far-away players who aren't fighting them.
Items and Economy
General
- Aboleth Artifact Weapons: The Impending Death effect no longer causes enemies to dance.
- Primal and Pioneer Chest Armor: Stats were reviewed and discrepancies were addressed.
- Seals of the Protector vendor: The Relic armor from this store is now Bind to Account, rather than Bind to Character. This change will not affect purchases made before this update.
User Interface
Collections
- Legacy mounts are no longer in the Trade Bar location of the Mounts collection.