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All single recalls take 20 seconds. All group recalls take 30 seconds.
Every class except for priest can now apply Huntsman or Bounty Hunter and gain access to track.
Bounty Hunter Detect Hidden can see GM stealth with 20 trains. CD increased to 5 minutes.
Track can only see enemy players in load range (blue dot range). Once someone is in load range, you gain full track range on anyone in their nation.
Group teleport cannot be used outside of active bane and mine grids.
Single teleport cooldown increased to 5 minutes.
Single teleport cast time increased to 1 second and no longer breaks on damage.
Sprint and class sprints cannot be used when flying.
Logging out delayed by 1 minute when any non-nation member is in load range.
Summon delayed by 1 minute when any non-nation member is in load range of the target getting summoned.
Summon target taking damage resets summon timer to 60 seconds.
Traditional Hotzones are removed, replaced with Fat's Special Hotzone once a night.
All runegate portals are active at all times.
Elite Equipment droppers and Rune droppers are stronger.
Subrace rune droppers added to game world.
All Discipline and Subrace rune droppers spawn concurrently based on server time, not time of last death.
Elite equipment droppers spawn at a random time 5-45 minutes after their last death.
Elite equipment droppers have a random piece from their set instead of a specific piece.
Elite equipment stats updated so every piece is usable for most character builds.
| Item | Defense | Physical Resists | All Stats | Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CC Robe | +9 | +6 all | +15 | - |
| CC Hood | +3 | +2 all | +5 | - |
| CC Gloves | +3 | +2 all | +5 | - |
| CC Boots | +3 | +1 all | +3 | Windlords |
| LA Armor (per piece) | +3 | +2 all | +5 | - |
| LA Boots | +3 | +1 all | +3 | Windlords |
| MA Armor (per piece) | +3 | +2 all | +5 | - |
| MA Boots | +3 | +1 all | +3 | Windlords |
| HA Armor (per piece) | +3 | +2 all | +5 | - |
| HA Boots | +3 | +1 all | +3 | Windlords |
Nephilim Shrine renamed to Chaos Shrine.
New race: Saetor can take Chaos boon.
Vampire fortitudes apply after resists instead of before, damage cap changed to 5%,
Vampire fortitudes granted free at Rank 20.
Vampire's Kiss cast time reduced to 0.2 seconds from 4 seconds, cooldown reduced to 10 seconds from 30 seconds, base damage reduced from 35 to 15.
Vampire heal resistance decreased to 15%.
Nephilim resists to poison, lightning, magic, fire, cold, mental, and holy increased to +30. Holy increases to 0.
Nephilim can now apply Undead Hunter.
Human starting stats each increased by 10.
Aelfborn Wildkin's Chase cooldown reduced to 30 seconds.
Aelfborn Wildkin's Chase breaks roots and snares and grants immunity for 15 seconds.
Aelfborn Wildkin's Chase grants 15% stacking movement speed buff.
Elf healers gain access to Archmage discipline.
Black Mask discipline can now be applied by Barbarian and Druid.
Sundancer discipline grants +50 sundancing.
Sundancers granted find weakness (needs to be trained).
Bladeweaver discipline grants +50 bladeweaving.
Blademaster discipline grants +50 blademastery.
Irekei move 5% faster.
Irekei healers gain access to the Blood Prophet discipline.
Elf heal resistance reduced to -15%.
Elf subrace rune application cost lowered to 0.
Human subrace rune application cost lowered to 0.
Shade hide allows movement without training sneak.
Skydancer Talon Dance stacks with other damage buffs.
Skydancer Will of the Skydancer, Talon Dance, Dance of the Updrafts durations increased to 30 minutes.
Savant Litany of Serenity mana regen buff granted free at Rank 20.
Savant The Stare root+snare cast time decreased to 0.2 seconds.
Character Changes
5th disc rune slot granted at level 70
Max level increased to 80. Levels 76-80 can only be gained by PvP and each level grants 1 ability point (no skill points)
Shadowmantle effect duration decreased to 15 seconds.
Contagion now castable on players.
Toughness no longer gets free scaling from stats.
Running no longer gets free scaling from stats.
Athletics no longer gets free scaling from stats.
Stuns apply a grounding effect for the duration of the stun.
Hide allows use of backstab but powerblocks the caster for 3 seconds.
Sneak cast time increased to 5 seconds.
Clanwarden can now be applied by any healer.
Clanwarden Simeron's Song (power damage buff) removed.
Clanwarden Shaper's Sanction (holy expose) reduced to 20 trains for -30 holy resist.
Huntsman Skin the Beast can strip all level 40 animal forms.
Huntsman Skin the Beast reduced to 50 range.
All class specific +150 defense buffs stack with all other defense buffs.
All characters gain 1,000 hitpoints.
All characters gain 200 stamina.
Mage shielding physical resists increased to 45%.
Nightstalker, Crusader, Assassin, Undead Hunter, Ratcatcher enchant durations increased to 30 minutes.
Hone Weapon/Harden Armor duration and cooldown are all set to 30 minutes.
Hitroll required for Templar weapon power (Sword of Saint Malorn).
Templar Sway the Balance mana cost increased to 200.
Hitroll required for Huntress weapon powers (Naargal's Dart and Bite).
Potions no longer break forms, stealth or travel stance.
Most self-buffs no longer break forms, stealth or travel stance.
Fury of Wind no longer debuffs ATR.
Dodge rate of spells changed to 1/8 of skill.
Prelates granted Join Heaven's Host transformation.
Bard Ashton Kai's Irresistible Dance root duration reduced to 10 seconds at all ranks.
Mage Spectral Bonds root duration reduced to 10 seconds at all ranks.
Confessor Sanction of the Temple root duration reduced to 10 seconds at all ranks.
Priest Grasp of the All-Father root duration reduced to 10 seconds at all ranks.
Priest Sanction stun duration reduced to 11 seconds at Rank 40.
Priest Blessed Restoration cast time decreased to 2.5 seconds.
Priest Tend the Wounded cast time increased to 3 seconds.
Priest Boon no longer grants +150 defense, restoration granted increased from +30 to +60.
Healer Blessed Mending healing increased.
Crusader Sacrifice efficiency reduced to 200% at Rank 40.
Medium Armor granted to all healer bases.
Bounty Hunter Trip cast time decreased to 0.1 seconds (instant).
Rogue Hide cooldown increased to 30 seconds.
Summoner new ability Call to the Beasts aggros mobs in large radius.
Warlock Battlemind duration increased to 1800 seconds.
Greatsword power Gut Wrencher now requires 110 greatsword skill.
Ranger Grasp of Thorns snare dot cast time decreased to 0.2 seconds, cooldown 5 seconds.
Ranger Bite of the Pack group damage chant cast time decreased to 0.2 seconds.
Ranger Bite of the Pack granted free at Rank 40, Rank 40 Zeal required.
Ranger Wolf's Vigor stamina regen buff granted free at Rank 40.
Ranger Braialla's Power stat buff granted free at Rank 40.
Ranger Race the Hare class sprint duration increased to 90 seconds.
Ranger Zeal Wolf's Vigor and Herb Lore buff durations increased to 30 minutes.
Scout Detect Hidden granted free at Rank 40.
Nightstalker Blessing of Dawn personal dispel granted free at Rank 40.
Nightstalker granted Class Sprint, 55% movespeed increase for 60 seconds.
Nightstalker Put to the Torch dot cast time decreased to 2 seconds.
Mage Reflection damage shield now only lasts 1 hit, but damage dealt increases to 500.
Mage Reflection cast time increased to 5 seconds.
Mage Reflection now dispels all negative effects when successfully cast, including dots.
Other Balance Changes
Safehold trainers increased to R5.
SDR vendors sell white gear.
Added scaling to hit chance formula; hit rate is no longer all or nothing.
Boon strength now determined by votary rank instead of offering rank.
Castable enchants are stripped anytime they leave inventory.
Hitpoint suffix enchant buffed across all tiers, Ymir/Thurin add +100/+125 health.
Quality of Life
Magic items are automatically identified when picked up.
Items can be deleted from inventory for full gold value. Deleting prevented when inventory gold cap of 10 million would be exceeded. Gold can't be deleted.
All concs are perfect concs and duration has been increased to 3 hours to match castable buffs.
Every TOL draws a flat maintenance rate of 3 million gold per week regardless of rank. Other buildings and assets no longer draw maintenance.
You can no longer be taxed by the R8 in your realm.
Maintenance is drawn at the next server reboot after your weekly scheduled maintenance time. Tree decay time is sped up, if maintenance is missed the next maintenance will run in 1 day instead of in 1 week.
TOL can slot banker, sage, alchemist, and siege engineer in addition to runemaster.
TOL granted 2-4 extra hireling slots depending on rank.
All runegate portals are active at all times - no Traveler discipline needed.
Stance changes no longer require combat.
Anyone in nation can take boons.
Resources automatically stack.
./printstats ./printresists ./printskills ./printpowers
All new characters start at level 10 with an outstanding flimsy weapon of ruin. A conc pot and 1,000 gold training gold are received after promotion.
Peace realm mobs (newbie island) no longer drop gold or items. Gold added to inventory each time leveling up from level 11-20.
Characters with deathshroud gain +50% movespeed.
Sage can repair all items.
Global chat channel on by default.
Potions no longer break forms, stealth or travel stance.
Daily reboot at 4:00 am ET right before discipline droppers are supposed to spawn.
Player graves despawn after 10 minutes.
Player corpses that haven't released within 10 minutes are forced to release.
Experience scaling now takes into account party size. Overall, experience rates are higher and more intuitive, and there is no longer a penalty for non-blue mobs.
Arena queue for 1v1 duels added to SDR.
Arena participation prize added, full set of pots, bundled recalls, free repair, and 50k gold.
Arena disables flight after 30 seconds, disables stealth after 1 minute, doubles damage after 2 minutes, and kicks both players out if match has not concluded after 3 minutes.
Additional boxes are PVE flagged, cannot attack or cast on other players. Summon excluded.
PvP and Godly rune announcements print zone name in addition to camp name.
Repledging to closed trees within nation is disabled - an actual invite is needed to jump between guilds. This allows nations to control which players are in which guild.
Item weight capped at 12, items that weighed more than 12 now weigh 12.
Player inventory gold limit increased to 50 million, bank gold limit increased to 100 million, warehouse and building strongbox gold limit increased to 100 million.
Declining a summon gives the cooldown back.
Shrines can now be deleted.
Economy
Every TOL draws a flat maintenance rate of 3 million gold per week regardless of rank. Other buildings and assets no longer draw maintenance.
You can no longer be taxed by the R8 in your realm.
All runes can be junked for 1 Rune Shard.
Merchant in SDR sells Prospector for 1 Rune Shard, most other runes for 5 Rune Shards, and Godly Runes for 10 Rune Shards.
Merchant in SDR sells Elan stones 10 units for 1 million gold.
Traditional Hotzones are removed, replaced with Fat's Special Hotzone once a night.
No distance penalty for mine production.
Stat runes and craftsmen contracts are now rare global drops (1/250).
Glass is now an extremely rare global drop.
Racial guard contracts are now an extremely rare global drop.
Lower level mobs have a lower global drop rate than higher level mobs.
R8 mobs removed from the game.
Fate peddler sells random stat rune for 2 million gold and chance at glass for 500k.
Mines
Merchant in SDR sells Prospector for 1 Rune Shard.
No distance penalty for mine production.
Nation mine claim limit removed.
Mine owners can teleport to mines 5 minutes after they close.
Mines soft limit - bringing more than the target cap results in a % debuff to damage and heals.
Mines flex cap - you receive a buff based on the cap size and the group size of the largest enemy group in the zone. If all groups are the same size there is no buff, even if both sides are below cap.
Players who enter the mine radius count towards the limit for 3 minutes after they leave.
./zerg command prints who is counted in the radius and how long until they drop off.
Prospector discipline can now be applied by any class.
Active mines spawn non-aggressive mob with elevated rune drop rate and fast respawn.
Mines produce resources in warehouse at fixed rate of 2.4 million per mine, half rate for gold.
Mines now award 500k gold to every living player in range on the team that wins the mine.
City Building
Guild seed base cost increased to 3 million gold base, no safehold markup.
Safehold steward and builder markup set to 0%.
R1 trainer buildings get 3 trainer slots.
Every TOL draws a flat maintenance rate of 3 million gold per week regardless of rank. Other buildings and assets no longer draw maintenance.
You can no longer be taxed by the R8 TOL in your realm.
R8 TOL grants 10% bonus hitpoints to city walls.
R8 TOL grants extra shrine.
Nations no longer have a maximum tree limit.
Reverse KOS function removed from TOL.
Maintenance is drawn at the next server reboot after your weekly scheduled maintenance time. Tree decay time is sped up, if maintenance is missed the next maintenance will run in 1 day instead of in 1 week.
TOL granted 2-4 extra hireling slots depending on rank.
TOL can slot banker, sage, alchemist, and siege engineer in addition to runemaster.
Sage can repair all items.
Shrines can now be deleted.
Sieges
Bane attacker assumes ownership of assets after winning offensive bane.
Assets can no longer be deleted when baned.
Bane defender can set 10v10, 20v20, 30v30, 40v40, or unlimited.
10v10 option is removed for nations who own more than 5 trees.
20v20 option is removed for nations who own more than 10 trees.
Bane setting is a soft limit - bringing more than the target cap results in a % debuff to damage and heals.
Players who enter the bane radius count towards the limit for 3 minutes after they leave.
./zerg command prints who is counted in the radius and how long until they drop off.
Nations no longer have a maximum tree limit.
Only one bane can be placed against a nation at a time.
Sapper discipline can now be applied by any class.
Artillerist discipline can now be applied by any class.