Patch Notes for 6/7/24

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.