Patch Notes for 6/7/24
By Fero
Fri 07 Jun 2024 12:00:00 AM PDT
Patch Notes: NW.315.20240520a.3
Release Notes
Localization Known issues
Astronautical Lockbox
- Space Guppy School mount: In locales other than English, the Space Gupppy School mount's power tooltip incorrectly says the daze lasts 6 seconds. It's actually up to 4.5 seconds and is not reduced in PvP.
- Flapjack companion: In locales other than English, Flapjack's power Crew Support incorrectly says its range is 50'. It's actually 80'.
Content and Environment
Vocath’s Base
- The Curator of History has found his way to Vocath’s Base.
Future Events
- Protector’s Jubilee - The drop rate of blue, purple, and orange insignias has been further increased when opening more Protector’s Bounty packs.
Combat and Powers
Companions
- Support Companion Overhaul
- Many supporting buffs from active companions have been revised to provide more consistent uptime over a larger area.
- In general, most buff effects should have 100% uptime in an area of radius 80 around the companion; this is up from the 40-50 range that many companions used.
- These buffs also re-apply, and stick for longer, if you move outside of the radius.
- Buffs also now generally affect all allies, preferring players first, unless explicitly stated.
- These changes affect the following companions:
- Shadow Elemental
- Vistani Wanderer
- Angel of Protection
- Bruenor Battlehammer
- Drizzt Do'Urden
- Minsc
- Neverwinter Knight
- Regis
- Siegemaster
- Wulfgar
- Cattie-Brie
- Rapid Shot 2 and Rapid Shot 3 no longer try to display on her powers page
- Damage output overall increased
- Passive power has been upgraded from 3% Movement Speed -> 5% Movement Speed
- Cyclops War Drummer
- Priority has shifted to Percussion, ensuring that he generally activates it whenever it's available
- Drizzt Do'Urden
- Damage and priority have been shifted to his Tempest Strike power, which keeps his DPS the same, but gives him more initial burst on combat start
- Effect area for Drizzt's powers has slightly increased
- Minsc
- Rebalanced as a Multi-Target Companion
- Minsc no longer needs to pet Boo for nearly as long before applying his buff
- Minsc's buff is now only 2% Combat Advantage and Incoming Healing, but applies to all allies (not just party members)
- Minsc no longer generates extra threat from his powers
- Minsc's sword attacks are now all named 'Sword Meet Evil', instead of having 3 different names
- Sword Meet Evil has a slightly larger effect area
- Minsc's damage has been shifted to Three Hundred Pounds of Justice, giving him more burst damage on combat start
- Regis
- Our longstanding leader of burst damage is being brough slightly down, such that his burst is more in line with other high burst companions
- Whirlwind of Blades cooldown has been decreased from 15s -> 12s, which lowers its burst damage by the same %
- Whirlwind of Blades's radius had been decreased from 30 -> 25; even with this smaller radius, it is still one of the largest effect areas of any companion power
- Regis's overall DPS should remain mostly unchanged
- Sergeant Knox, Alphonse Knox
- Knox's damage and priority have been shifted to his Reaping Strike power
- Knox's Great Leap power is now explained on his character sheet
- In general, Knox now deals more immediate burst damage with his Great Leap and Reaping Strike combination on combat start
- Wulfgar
- Damage output overall increased
- Damage and priority shifted to Swing, giving him more burst damage on combat start
- Zariel / Zariel the Redeemed
- Shatterfall now gives Swordfall a 100% chance to increase the target's damage taken by 1% (rather than a 33% chance)
Item Powers
- Lliira's Bell of Empowerment
- Damage bonus increased 20% -> 30%
- Tooltip updated to specify the buff's duration.
- Lliira's Bell of Celerity
- Effect changed to reduce your companion's cooldowns by 10 seconds.
- Radiant Elven Hood
- The item power, Spelljammer's Advantage, now properly functions as described.
User Interface
Wildspace
- A bug that prevented text from displaying correctly for heroic encounters in Wildspace has been fixed.
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