COMBINED<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nMerging Hero and Villain Economies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Influence, Infamy and Information are being combined into a unified currency called \u2018INF\u2019. All characters will be able to trade \u2018inf.\u2019, salvage, recipes and enhancements between each other. [Yay. Anything that flattens the whole economy is a Good Thing.] <\/em><\/li>\n
- Wentworth\u2019s Consignment House and the Black Market now share inventories. Capitalism at its best.\n
\n- All outstanding Buy and Sell orders will be cancelled as part of the market merge. All items and bids will be refunded and stored in the auction inventory. Listing fees for unsold items will be refunded. [The bizarre differences between the two were already annoying. Glad to see that tweaked.]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Auction House<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- You can now tab forward and back (shift-tab) through stored items. The price text gets reset when you move to a new item.<\/li>\n
- You can tab forward and back through the search field, min level, max level, bid price and bid quantity fields. Their text auto-selects so you can type to replace it. Similarly the bid price and quantity auto-select when you click on them (the others already did). [Again, everything that makes the market easier to use is a Good Thing.]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/strong>…<\/div>\nChat<\/strong><\/div>\n\n- … Players can now right-click another player, and if that other player is in a group, the player can select to send a \u201cTell\u201d to the team leader [That’s kinda cool. If I still did PUGs\/teams, I’d definitely find that a nice feature.]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Pop Help<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Pop help adds exclamation point icons to the side of your screen as you play, providing useful help and information.<\/li>\n
- Left clicking on the icons will display a window with the information.\n
\n- The icon will disappear after the information has been displayed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- You may have more than 5 pop help items available at any one time, but only 5 will display on the side of your screen at any one time. [I’ll have to play with this, but it sounds like a good idea.]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Team Search Improvements<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- [Again, these all look pretty cool, for those who do this sort of thing.] <\/em>This color scheme came about along with other behind-the-scenes work to make searching more useful in Going Rogue. It used to be that heroes could see heroes and villains could see villains and that was that. With Vigilantes going to Rogue Isles and so on, we needed a more sophisticated approach. Now the people you see are people you could team with, and who are in the same part of the game world as you (eg. people in the Rogue Isles can’t see people in Paragon City and vice versa, regardless of their alignment).<\/li>\n
- The new color scheme works like this:\n
\n- Jade green<\/span><\/strong>: Same team as you<\/li>\n
- Red<\/span><\/strong>: They have ‘not looking for group’ set<\/li>\n
- Yellow<\/span><\/strong>: They can’t be invited to team with you because they’re on a mission map or in an arena match<\/li>\n
- Orange<\/span><\/strong>: They’re the opposite faction to you and not on a mixed team, so you have to go to their map to team with them<\/li>\n
- Violet<\/span><\/strong>: They’re the leader of a team with less than 8 people on it<\/li>\n
- Pale blue<\/span><\/strong>: They’re not on a team and you can invite them<\/li>\n
- Green\/grey<\/span><\/strong>: They’re on a team but not the leader, so you can’t invite them and they can’t invite you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Costume Sets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- The following costume sets are available as part of the Going Rogue expansion:\n
\n- Sports<\/li>\n
- Overguard<\/li>\n
- Syndicate<\/li>\n
- Clockwork<\/li>\n
- Resistance<\/li>\n
- Praetorian Police<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- These additional sets are available through purchase of the City of Heroes Going Rogue(TM) Complete Collection.\n
\n- Alpha<\/li>\n
- Omega<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Combat Auras<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- All in-game Auras can now be set to only activate while in combat. [Yes! So! Good!]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
GOING ROGUE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nAlignment System<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- The Going Rogue Alignment System is a new feature that allows you to change your faction from Hero to Villain and from Villain to Hero. The Going Rogue Alignment System allows you to experience all sides of the game content with a single character. It introduces two additional alignments, Vigilantes and Rogues. These new factions represent the moral gray line between Hero and Villain, and will benefit from unique rewards.<\/li>\n
- Upon reaching Level 20, defeated enemies that are Level 20 or higher will now have the chance to \u201cdrop\u201d a Contact Tip. These Contact Tips are similar to existing contacts except they have a dialog tree attached to the front of it. You can investigate Tips by clicking the \u201cInvestigate\u201d button. This opens a description of the Tip and then leads into a dialog tree where you can choose how you want to act upon this information. All Tips will have two flavors to them, either Vigilante and Heroes for characters based in Paragon City or Rogue and Villains for characters based in the Rogue Isles. Depending on the choice you make with the information you’re given, you will receive a specific alignment mission of that flavor. Once the mission is complete, you’re another notch closer towards reaching that alignment and the Tip is cleared out of the contact window.\n
\n- A Tip will be written as if it was information picked up off of a defeated enemy. For Example: “You found a small torn piece of paper that appears to have some interesting information on it.”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- You can work on multiple different alignment missions at any given time. After completing 10 Tip missions towards a chosen alignment, a Morality mission is unlocked. This mission is also tied to the \u201cContact Tip Drop\u201d system. Once you’ve done enough Alignment Tip Missions to qualify for a Morality mission, the Morality mission drop will be an alignment drop of that type. The Morality missions make the actual hard switch from one alignment to the next.<\/li>\n
- Characters that change their alignment from Hero to Vigilante or Villain to Rogue may choose to switch back to their original alignment (i.e. Vigilante to Hero \/ Rogue to Villain), however once a character makes the final switch to the polar opposite alignment, characters must move forward to redeem their Villain to become a Hero, or fall from grace as a Hero to a Villain.\n
\n- For example, a Hero can become a Vigilante, and return back to a Hero. If the Vigilante falls from grace to become a Villain, that Villain character must go on the path of redemption to a Rogue alignment before becoming a Hero again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Players can defeat enemies and collect Tips that they can act upon, making adjustments to the character’s alignment.\n
\n- Change sides from Hero to Vigilante to Villain or Villain to Rogue to Hero.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- After 10 Alignment Points are earned in an Alignment Pool, a Morality mission drop becomes possible.<\/li>\n
- Vigilantes and Rogues that visit the other cities will con \u201cfriendly\u201d to native Heroes and Villains in all PvE areas.<\/li>\n
- Tourists: Vigilantes can travel to the Rogue Isles, and Villains turning Rogues can travel to Paragon City. While there, the Vigilante or Rogue is considered a moral \u2018Tourist\u2019.<\/li>\n
- Vigilantes and Rogues must become \u2018Tourists\u2019 to earn the alignment points needed to complete their switch to Villains or Heroes.<\/li>\n
- Players can earn a limited amount of fame for their alignment-related deeds. To earn more fame, the public has to first lose interest in your old deeds. The public will hold interest in no more than five deeds, and their interest will last for 20 hours after the deed occurred.<\/li>\n
- The player also has the option to reinforce their standing as their current alignment. Continuing to complete Tips tied to the player\u2019s current alignment will give them the chance to complete the Moral mission once again, thereby reinforcing their existing moral beliefs. This cycle of reinforcement can be completed as many times as the player likes.\n
\n- This can earn them Hero Award Merits or Villain Award Merits.<\/li>\n
- Heroes will earn Hero Award Merits for reinforcing their alignment, redeemable at the vendor found within Fort Trident.<\/li>\n
- Villains will earn Villain Award Merits for reinforcing their alignment, redeemable at the vendor found within The Crucible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Players can earn alignment powers after they have spent a certain amount of time as a Vigilante or Rogue.<\/li>\n
- Players who make the switch from Villain all the way to Hero or Hero all the way to Villain will no longer be able to lead their previous alignment\u2019s Super Group.<\/li>\n
- In PvP zones or Arena matches, Vigilantes are considered \u201cHeroes\u201d and Rogues are considered \u201cVillains\u201d.<\/li>\n
- Stores, Tailors, and Respec contacts will interact with tourists.\n
\n- Some exceptions to this are Store NPCs in Brickstown, Founders Falls, and Peregrine Island.<\/li>\n
- These NPCs require a mission completion to unlock their stores but NPCs do not grant missions to tourists.<\/li>\n
- Tourists in Paragon City can travel to the Midnighter Club, Rikti War Zone or back to Rogue Isles to purchase Single Origin Enhancements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Tourists may run radio or newspaper missions. They can complete Safeguard or Mayhem missions and gain new contacts, but they cannot interact with those new contacts until they complete the switch to Hero in Paragon City or Villain in Rogue Isles.<\/li>\n
- Alignment Merits:\n
\n- Hero and Villain reinforcing Morality Missions will now award 50 Reward Merits on the first reinforcement and 1 Hero or Villain Merit on the second and subsequent reinforcements.<\/li>\n
- The Conversion cost for Hero and Villain Merits is 50 Reward Merits and 20 Million Inf.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Tips do not transfer from Villain side to Hero side and vice versa.\n
\n- They will go into Escrow when a character moves from the Rogue Isles to Paragon City and back.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Players cannot read Tips in Hazard, Trial, or PVP zones.<\/li>\n
- Tips will not drop while in missions from Architect Entertainment.<\/li>\n
- Tips will continue to drop in Co-Op zones, but cannot be investigated unless the player is within a standard Hero\/Villain area.<\/li>\n
- When in Task Force mode (Task Forces, Strike Forces, Flashback missions), Tips will drop for players, but they will not show up in the Tips tab until they leave Task Force mode.<\/li>\n
- The Pocket D Teleporter will prompt you to verify your wish to teleport if you would switch from Hero to Villain content in doing so.<\/li>\n
- Team members assisting on a Morality Mission who are not eligible for an alignment switch or reinforcement will receive an alignment point towards the alignment of the Morality Mission instead, as long as they have an available alignment slot.<\/li>\n
- Tourists may use either Consignment House (Paragon City) or Black Market (Rogue Isles) Transporters, providing they are in the appropriate city at the time.<\/li>\n
- All alignment switch opportunities present a choice table which includes additional warnings of consequences for alignment switching.<\/li>\n
- You should not immediately receive the same Alignment tip after just recently completing or discarding it.<\/li>\n
- Characters may join and remain in leveling pacts regardless of alignment.<\/li>\n
- When a Supergroup leader tries to switch sides, a popup appears telling them the consequences of the alignment shift, which is that they will be removed from their leader rank if they switch their alignment to the opposing side.\n
\n- If they do switch alignment all the way to polar opposite of the SG, leadership will pass to the next highest ranking\/senior member of the SG.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Vigilantes and Rogues should now see progress meters for side-restricted Day Job badges. However, side-restricted Day Jobs do require a full switch to Hero or Villain to actually earn the badge and\/or accolade. Vigilantes cannot become full fledged Arachnos Agents, etc. though they can start making headway.<\/li>\n
- Alignment Guides: When a player receives their first tips, a new contact will show up on the Tips menu who can be contacted via cell phone. They do not give missions, but will explain Tips, Morality Missions, and how to change alignments.\n
\n- These guides can be reached in person from inside Pocket D
\n[I look forward to playing with all of this fun alignment stuff.]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nZones<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Fort Trident and The Crucible\n
\n- Players who maintain either a Hero or Villain alignment through reinforcement will now find they are welcome to enter Fort Trident (Hero) or The Crucible (Villain). Located in Atlas Park and Cap au Diable, these zones allow the Hero or Villain to relax, meet well known signature characters, teleport to their Task Force\/Strike Forces, and also purchase purple recipes and PVP recipes from special vendors with earned Hero or Villain Merits. [New features in low-level zones. Nice.]<\/em>
\n…<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nSuper Groups<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Players remain in their Super Group if they change alignments to the opposing side.\n
\n- Hero and Vigilante are considered blue-side, and Villain and Rogue are considered red-side for this purpose, no matter where they happen to be.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Players that are in a Super Group of the opposing side are considered to have \u201cgone dark\u201d.\n
\n- Dark members aren\u2019t allowed to access their Super Group base.<\/li>\n
- Dark members aren\u2019t given most Super Group permissions.\n
\n- Dark members are allowed to pay base rent and to talk in Coalition chat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- If the Super Group leader goes dark, the leader will then be demoted from their rank.\n
\n- A different non-dark member will be automatically promoted to the leadership position.<\/li>\n
- The Super Group leader will be notified with a pop-up if they attempt to complete a Morality mission that would change their alignment such that they would go dark. The leader must confirm that they are fine with going dark and getting demoted before being allowed to switch to the new alignment.<\/li>\n
- If they do switch alignment all the way to polar opposite of the SG, leadership will pass to the next highest ranking\/senior member of the SG.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
POWERS<\/strong><\/p>\nAncillary\/Patron Powers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Ancillary Power Pools are now available to all characters that reach Level 41, regardless of Hero or Villain status. [Yay. Not something I’ve run into too many times, but still good.]<\/em><\/li>\n
- Once a Patron Pool has been unlocked as a Villain, it remains unlocked even if you later switch sides.<\/li>\n
- Patron and Ancillary equivalencies are as follows:\n
\n- Scrappers get Stalker Patron Powers, and vice versa.<\/li>\n
- Tankers get Brute Patron Powers, and vice versa<\/li>\n
- Blasters get Mastermind Patron Powers, and vice versa<\/li>\n
- Defenders get Corruptor Patron Powers, and vice versa<\/li>\n
- Controllers get Dominator Patron Powers, and vice versa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Specific power instances were altered to eliminate duplication of powers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
New Power Sets<\/strong><\/p>\nThe following four Power Sets are available as part of the Going Rogue Expansion.\u00a0 [Huzzah for new power sets!]<\/em><\/p>\nKinetic Melee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Kinetic Melee is a melee attack set based upon siphoning your opponent’s energy and using it to power your own attacks. Each individual attack adds a damage debuff to the target (strength and duration dependent upon the tier of the power used) and Tankers inflict even stronger debuffs than the other ATs. Additionally, if Power Siphon is active, the caster gains a damage buff. [Definitely plan on trying this one. Margie indicated it played a bit underpowered, but I suspect that will be corrected.]<\/em><\/li>\n
- The following Kinetic Melee powers are intended for Scrappers, Tankers and Brutes:\n
\n- Quick Strike<\/li>\n
- Body Blow<\/li>\n
- Smashing Blow<\/li>\n
- Taunt<\/li>\n
- Repulsing Torrent<\/li>\n
- Power Siphon<\/li>\n
- Burst<\/li>\n
- Focused Burst<\/li>\n
- Concentrated Strike<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- The following Kinetic Melee powers are intended for Stalkers:\n
\n- Quick Strike<\/li>\n
- Body Blow<\/li>\n
- Smashing Blow<\/li>\n
- Assassins Strike<\/li>\n
- Build Up<\/li>\n
- Placate<\/li>\n
- Burst<\/li>\n
- Focused Burst<\/li>\n
- Concentrated Strike<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Electric Control<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Electric Control is a power set that can be used by Dominators and Controllers. [Another one I want to try.]<\/em><\/li>\n
- Electric control offers a mastery of using electricity to negate enemy attacks and keep them off balance. Many effects will arc from one nearby enemy to another, creating dazzling chains of electrical energy. It offers a wide variety of short duration soft controls in the form of stuns, confuses, and knockback.<\/li>\n
- Arcing controls tend to be short duration, but can hit multiple foes and recharge quickly.<\/li>\n
- All arcing controls will be able to use enhancements, allowing players to enhance the Damage, Stun, Immobilize or other effects of the power.<\/li>\n
- The Electric Control Power Set is comprised of the following powers:\n
\n- Electric Fence<\/li>\n
- Tesla Cage<\/li>\n
- Chain Fences<\/li>\n
- Jolting Chain<\/li>\n
- Conductive Aura<\/li>\n
- Static Field<\/li>\n
- Paralyzing Blast<\/li>\n
- Synaptic Overload<\/li>\n
- Generate Gremlins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Dual Pistols<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- This set is a primary power choice for Blasters and Corruptors and a secondary choice for Defenders. Dual Pistols is also the power set of choice for the Going Rogue signature character Maelstrom. [Margie’s done a lot of play with this. It is an extremely cool-looking power.]<\/em><\/li>\n
- What differentiates Dual Pistols from the Assault Rifle power set is the ability to modify every attack’s secondary damage and the effect that has on your target. 70% of damage dealt by most attacks is lethal, the other 30% is modifiable from pure damage to cold, toxic, or fire. This versatility comes at the cost of slightly weaker secondary effects when compared to other power sets. In short, Dual Pistols is a set that can adapt to most situations by bringing a wide variety of debuffs and damage types.<\/li>\n
- The Dual Pistols Power Set is comprised of the following powers:\n
\n- Pistols<\/li>\n
- Dual Wield<\/li>\n
- Empty Clips<\/li>\n
- Swap Ammo<\/li>\n
- Bullet Rain<\/li>\n
- Suppressive Fire<\/li>\n
- Executioner’s Shot<\/li>\n
- Piercing Rounds<\/li>\n
- Hail of Bullets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Demon Summoning<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Demon Summoning is a primary power choice for the Mastermind archetype and is also the power set used by the Going Rogue signature character Desdemona. [I’ve played with this early on as a pre-subscriber. It’s a lot of fun; not substantially different from other MM powers thus far (in terms of what the minions do), but still good color-texty.]<\/em><\/li>\n
- This power set allows the player to summon elemental demons that can manipulate flame, cold and hellfire. However, what truly sets this power set apart from other Mastermind primary power sets are the summoner’s Hellfire Whip attacks that deal both fire and toxic damage and reduce the target’s damage resistance.<\/li>\n
- The Demon Summoning Power Set is comprised of the following powers:\n
\n- Corruption<\/li>\n
- Summon Demonlings<\/li>\n
- Lash<\/li>\n
- Enchant Demon<\/li>\n
- Crack Whip<\/li>\n
- Summon Demons<\/li>\n
- Hell of Earth<\/li>\n
- Summon Demon Prince<\/li>\n
- Abyssal Empowerment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Fiery Embrace Change<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Fiery Embrace power now adds bonus fire damage for all Melee Power Set attacks instead of being a normal damage Buff. All Melee Power Set attacks made for 20 seconds after activating Fiery Embrace will do bonus damage based on that attack\u2019s damage. This bonus damage IS affected by enhancements and outside buff\/debuff effects. At low levels, this means Fiery Embrace will have lower impact than the old implementation, while at high levels or on teams with lots of +Damage effects, you will see increased damage output.<\/li>\n
- Critical damage is not affected by the new Fiery Embrace<\/li>\n
- Spines Toxic Damage Over Time effect is not affected by the new Fiery Embrace<\/li>\n
- In PvP, Fiery Embrace uses the previous Damage Buff version.<\/li>\n
- Fixed Thunder Strike Fiery Embrace bonus \u2013 it was not properly applying the split radius effect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Electric Melee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Corrected combat spam for Lightning Rod<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Shield Charge Changes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Made several changes to correct balance problems introduced a few months back: [I’ve never played a shield guy. Need to try that some time.]<\/em><\/li>\n
- Brute Version: Damage broken into 2 stages — stage one has a 5′ radius and does scale 1.8 Stage 2 has a 20′ radius and does scale 1.275<\/li>\n
- Tanker Version: Damage broken into 2 stages — stage one has a 5′ radius and does scale 2.04 Stage 2 has a 20′ radius and does scale 1.445<\/li>\n
- Scrapper Version: Damage broken into 2 stages — stage one has a 5′ radius and does scale 2.7 Stage 2 has a 20′ radius and does scale 1.9125<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Fiery Aura<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Burn \u2013 changed power substantially:\n
\n- Added initial hit damage<\/li>\n
- Removed Fear effect<\/li>\n
- Decreased tick rate by 4 (now ticks every 0.8 seconds, instead of 0.2 seconds)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Consume: Added Recovery boost per target hit and flat Endurance Drain Resistance value.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Martial Arts
\n<\/strong>[Wow. Way to zap all the guides …]<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Cobra Strike:\n
\n- Decreased Recharge Time from 20 seconds to 10 seconds<\/li>\n
- Increased Endurance Cost from 10.14 to 10.19<\/li>\n
- Increased damage scale from 0.25 to 1.96<\/li>\n
- Reduced Stun chance from 100% to 75%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Stalkers Eagle Claw: Increased Recharge time from 12 seconds to 16 seconds, increased damage from 2.28 to 2.92, increased End Cost from 11.86 to 15.18<\/li>\n
- Scrappers Eagle Claw: Eagles Claw now increases the Critical Chance of Martial Arts attacks by 33% for 2 seconds after it has been activated.<\/li>\n
- Crippling Axe Kick \u2013 increased recharge to 11 seconds, and increased damage and endurance cost appropriately. Added 10 second scale 1 Defense Debuff.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Brutes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Fiery Aura\/Fiery Embrace \u2013 The Brute version of this power had a 30 second duration on the Fire Damage buff. This was inconsistent with the Tanker and Scrapper versions and has been reduced to 20 seconds. Note with the changes above, this only applies in PVP.<\/li>\n
- Dark Armor\/Aura of Fear \u2013 The Brute version of this power has a magnitude was set to 3. This was inconsistent with the Tanker and Scrapper versions and has been reduced to 2.<\/li>\n
- Decreased Brute Damage Cap from 850% to 775%.<\/li>\n
- Modified the Brute Fury Formula so that there is a more gradual degradation of Fury Build Up while attacking\/being attacked instead of a sharp fall off at 80%. The fall off begins at 30%.<\/li>\n
- Reduced Fury Decay Rate from 2 points per second to 0.75 points per second.<\/li>\n
- The overall result of these two changes to Fury Generation is that it will be easier to maintain low levels of Fury, while gaining very high levels of Fury will be more difficult.<\/li>\n
- Fixed a bug which prevented bonus Fury generation when attacking other players or very difficult targets such as Archvillains. The bonus is a flat 5 points per qualifying target hit by the attack, up to 70% Fury. Note that unlike standard Fury generation, this bonus only applies if the attack hits the target.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Controllers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Fixed an issue with Controller Kinetics Siphon Power which caused it to spam the Combat Log. It now matches other versions of the power and will only report the initial hit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Defenders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Added continuing FX to Defender version of Hail of Bullets while using Toxic ammunition to match other versions of the power<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Dominators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Corrected an issue which prevented Dominators with the Primal Forces APP from taking the final 3 powers.<\/li>\n
- Changed display name of Fiery Embrace for Dominators to Embrace of Fire<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Scrappers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Scrappers will no longer “Drift” more than other AT’s when coming to a stop while Flying or Hovering. [Yay!]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Stalkers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Stalkers will no longer “Drift” more than other AT’s when coming to a stop while Flying or Hovering.
\nStalker Offensive Toggle powers will now affect no targets while the Stalker is Hidden. As soon as the Stalker becomes unhidden, the toggle will begin to affect targets as normal. This means these toggles can be run while in Hide and they will not break the Hide state, because they will not hit anything until Hide is broken by some other event. [A good thing for Stalkers. Not an AT I’ve ever gotten into.]<\/em><\/p>\n\n- Includes Dark Armor\/Cloak of Fear, Dark Armor\/Oppressive Gloom, and Energy Aura\/Repulse.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Broadsword\/Head Splitter now correctly accepts Melee AoE IO Sets instead of Melee Damage IO Sets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Tankers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Added Bruising effect to Tanker Secondary Tier 1 powers. Bruising is a 20% resistible damage resistance debuff which lasts for 10 seconds. Note: only one application of this effect on a given target is possible at a time.<\/li>\n
- Increased Tanker Maximum Health multiplier from 2 to 2.2. At level 50, this means a Tanker’s maximum health when buffed increases from 3213 to 3534. [Yay!]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
General<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Archery\/Trick Arrow (All) – Cast Time and Animation Changes\n
\n- Explosive Arrow cast time reduced from 1.83s to 1.00s<\/li>\n
- Stunning Shot cast time reduced from 1.83s to 1.00s<\/li>\n
- Flash Arrow cast time reduced from 1.83s to 1.00s<\/li>\n
- Ice Arrow cast time reduced from 1.83s to 1.67s<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Archery\/Trick Arrow (All) – Improved the lighting reliability of Oil Slick Arrow.<\/li>\n
- Traps (All) – Corrected an error with the animations for Triage Beacon, Poison Trap and Acid Mortar. The result of this is the reported animation time has been increased from 2.17 seconds to 2.77 seconds. The *actual* animation time has been reduced from 2.83 seconds to 2.77 seconds.<\/li>\n
- Power Pools\/Fitness\/Health \u2013 Fixed a bug that made this power selectable at level 12 instead of level 14.<\/li>\n
- Purchasable Raptor Packs are no longer usable on ‘Master of’ attempts<\/li>\n
- To reduce the travel times involved in larger zones, we’ve made a couple QOL changes to some movement powers:\n
\n- Increased base Flight Speeds by 50% [Yay!]<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Sprint now improves Runspeed by an additional unenhancable portion equal to its previous value (0.5 scale enhancable + 0.5 scale unenhanceable buff) [Yay!]<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Changed Cast Time for Enforced Morale and Clear Mind to 1.00 seconds to match the new animation
\n…<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nMission Architect<\/strong><\/p>\nIntroducing: the Designated Helper<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- We are removing the reduction to rewards based on the number of allied NPCs in a mission, since that had undesirable side effects and limited legitimate story telling options. [I understand and appreciate what they’re doing here, but it seems like still more endless tweaking to a system that will always have balance issues.]<\/em><\/li>\n
- Instead, a team can only get assistance in the form of buffs and debuffs (and Autopowers) from a single ally in the a mission. That ally becomes \u201cThe Designated Helper\u201d.<\/li>\n
- There can only be one Designated Helper in a map.<\/li>\n
- If there are multiple candidates for Helper, the FIRST eligible ally the team encounters that uses its powers will become the Designated Helper.<\/li>\n
- In order for an entity to be a candidate for Designated Helper, the following rules need to be true:\n
\n- The candidate must Follow the player:\n
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Market merge has happened! Patches are downloading! I18\/GR stuff available tomorrow, except for pre-orders who get it tonight.\u00a0 Woot!<\/p>\n