Post by morromid on Nov 26, 2008 13:56:51 GMT -8
Changes on the test server.
*** Mercenaries ***
After carefully watching mercenaries since SoD launch some balance changes are being made:
*** Mercenaries ***
After carefully watching mercenaries since SoD launch some balance changes are being made:
- You will no longer be able to suspend or unsuspend your mercenary while you are in combat.
- Mercenaries will no longer cast a 96% resurrection. The highest resurrection they will cast is now 90%.
- Increased the stats of the Tank Mercenaries starting at the Journeyman tier. The values are tuned to be less than what an equivalently geared player would be but is higher than previous values for various mitigation and avoidance stats useful for a tank.
- NPC Strikethrough will no longer penetrate defensive disciplines like Weapon Shield, Deflection, Deftdance, etc.
- Fixed a client crash for the quest Arachnophobia.
- Some code work to support an effort to resolve certain issues with the Bard class. This will be filtering onto the Test server over the next month.
- Re-enabled the SoD AA Extended Ingenuity. Bards, Monks, Warriors, Rogues and Berserkers will now be able to purchase this AA.
- The Necromancer SoF robe clicky now spawns a short duration pet instead of bestowing casting haste. Higher tier versions of the click increase the pet’s lifespan.
- The Rogue SoF breastplate clicky has had its average damage increased slightly. Higher tier versions of the effect now increase the damage done per proc, instead of the increasing the effect’s duration. The duration on both versions is now 2 minutes.
- The Wizard SoF robe clicky will now work on higher level spells, albeit at a reduced effectiveness.
- The Rogue AA Sleight of Hand should now stack with the Envenomed Blades AA
- Increased the stats of the Tank Mercenaries starting at the Journeyman tier. The values are tuned to be less than what an equivalently geared player would be but is higher than previous values for various mitigation and avoidance stats useful for a tank.
- The damaging proc effect from Bard’s Tempest Blade song has been consolidated with Arcane Arietta.
- Tempest Blade is now an aura named Aura of Rodcet that mimics the functionality of the Cantata of Rodcet.
- The AA Fortified Entanglement (Wizard) now requires the purchase of Hastened Root 4 to resolve a conflict between these two AAs, making your roots less reliable if you had not purchased both.
- The hate reduction effect from Mindfreeze should no longer have stacking issues with other effects.
- The Malo and Tash lines should no longer interfere with out of combat regeneration.