THE HERALD

Greetings all,

We’ve received tons of great player feedback on the Darkness Falls’ Champion Level 15 Weapons and have made the following changes.

• The Absorb Debuff /use ability has been changed to a 10% abs debuff proc with 300 range and 150 radius. It no longer provides an abs buff.
  • This change affects weapons from the following classes: Armsman, Warriors, Heroes, Paladins, Skalds, Champions, Mercenaries, Berserkers, Savages, Blademasters, and Maulers
  • Please note that in order to receive these Hot Fix updates, players with the affected weapons will need to unequip them and zone or relog.
• The already existing, single-target 10% abs debuff proc has been increased to 15%.
• The Absorb Debuff /use ability on Assassin offhand weapons has been changed to the single-target abs debuff proc that is now 15%.
  • Please note that in order to receive these Hot Fix updates, players with the affected weapons will need to unequip them and zone or relog.
• The casting speed debuff proc has had its duration increased from 15s to 30s.
• The casting miscast proc has had its duration increased from 20s to 30s.
• The delve for the Arrogance /use has been corrected to properly show the 10% melee immunity and +50 to all stats buff, as well as note that there is no subsequent penalty.

That’s all for now, please keep submitting the great feedback and we’ll continue to monitor the balance of these new weapons and adjust if necessary!

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Greetings all,

We have another small batch of notes for you to digest this evening. Read on for more information!

• The Champion Level 15 resurrection ability has had its range reduced from 1500 to 350 and its cast time increased from 10s to 15s.
• The Champion Level str/con buff ability now correctly includes the dex/qui buff too.
• Several CL15 Weapons have had some adjustments made to them:
  • The Infernal Rampage proc on the Assassin weapons has had its delve increased from 50% to 75% chance to resist debuffs.
  • The dexterity caps on the Hero spear, Valkyrie swords, and 2h Thane weapons have been changed to quickness.
  • Clerics, Heretics, Wardens, Bards, Druids, Healers, and Shaman now have a melee-oriented and support-oriented weapon choice for all possible weapon types of their given class. 
  • The Blood Seal weapon stores have been updated with these new weapons.
  • The Friar CL15 Quarterstaff has had its Healing Bonus increased and a Duration bonus added.
  • The Healer 1H and 2H Hammers now delve as a hammer instead of a sword
  • The Shaman 1H and 2h Hammers now delve as a hammer instead of a sword
• All CL15 Weapons are now drop-able and vault-able.

Bonuses

Hot Fix Notes (Pendragon Only)

Class Balance

• The duration on all caster and support instant stat debuffs has been increased back to 45s from 30s. The recast remains at 10s.

Champion Abilities

• The Acolyte, Seer, and Naturalist Champion Ability lines have had some adjustments made to the CL Buffing line, including a new level 5 ability, resurrection.

• All CL15 Weapons have received another itemization pass.
  • All weapons have had their TOA values slightly reduced and normal stats (str, dex, qui, acuity, etc.) slightly increased.
  • All weapons have received new procs or /uses.
  • Several weapons have had their weapon speeds adjusted to more appropriate values
  • Assassin weapons have had their +skill stats adjusted.
  • Friars, Heretics, Wardens, Bards, Druids, Healers, and Shaman now have melee-oriented and support-oriented weapon choices.

Darkness Falls

• Players now receive a 50% bonus to Realm Points, instead of 25%, when adventuring in Darkness Falls.
• Grand Chancellor Adremal, Field Marshal Nebir, and all 4 High Lords have had their difficulty increased slightly.
• Legion has had its difficulty decreased slightly.

• Lilith, all 4 High Lords, Grand Chancellor Adremal, and the 3 Princes now have a small chance to drop additional Daemon Blood Seals when killed.

• The 3 Princes and Princess Nahemah now have a chance to drop new medium and large shields.
  • The old shields have been removed from their loot tables.
  • Their other weapons have not been updated but still have a chance to drop.

• The 4 High Lords now have a chance to drop new bucklers and small shields.
  • The old shields have been removed from their loot tables.
  • Their other weapons have not been updated but still have a chance to drop.

• Gatekeeper Dommel now has a chance to drop new bracers.
  • The old bracers have been removed from his loot table.

• New Diamond Seal currency exchange merchants have been added to each realm’s Darkness Falls merchant area. They will sell the following alternate currencies for the following amount of seals:
  • 100 Atlantean Glass for 150 Diamond Seals
  • 50 Dragon Scales for 100 Diamond Seals
  • 1 Soul/Ice/Root for 100 Diamond Seals

• They will additionally allow converting up from Emerald to Sapphire and Sapphire to Diamond Seals for the following amounts:
  • 20 Diamond Seals for 400 Sapphire Seals
  • 2 Diamond Seals for 40 Sapphire Seals
  • 10 Sapphire Seals for 200 Emerald Seals
  • 2 Sapphire Seals for 40 Emerald Seals

• Legion, Lilith, all 4 High Lords, Grand Chancellor Adremal, and the 3 Princes will no longer drop diamond seals

UPDATE: The ruleset has returned to normal.

Greetings all!

In order to help facilitate testing of the new Darkness Falls encounters, the Pendragon server has been changed to the PvE ruleset for the next 24 hours.

Hop on over and socialize with those other realms, and maybe even join in a raid with them! Saxona, one of our resident Knights of the Roundtable, will be leading one such raid at 3 PM EST / 8 PM GMT today. 

We realize this is short notice, so if others would like to lead a raid while this ruleset change is in effect, let us know and we can see about extending the duration to accomodate. 

Happy Raiding!

UPDATE: Maintenance is now complete and Ywain is up once again!

Ywain will be coming down tomorrow, Wednesday, November 12th at 8:00am EST / 1:00pm GMT for Amazon server maintenance.

Downtime is expected to be less than 6 hours. We will update the Herald when the server is back online.