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Patch Notes - Issue 28: Legacy, Page 2 What's New in Issue 28, Page 2? Marquee Features The Kallisti Wharf Zone Comes To Life! Five (5) Brand New Kallisti Wharf Story Arcs + Repeatable Missions! New Enemy Group: Blackwing Industries New Control Powerset: Pyrotechnic Control New Armor Powerset: Psionic Armor Powers & Gameplay Adjustments New Control Mechanic: Deep Sleep Controller & Tanker Inherent Changes Armor Powerset Balancing Pass Balance Tweaks & Fixes Various Adjustments, Improvements & Fixes New Costume Parts (60+), Aether Rewards, Vanity Pets and more! Over twenty (21) new Badges! Many bug fixes! ...and much, much more! CURRENT KNOWN ISSUES Marquee Features Kallisti Wharf Zone Comes To Life! Kallisti Wharf has been given a substantial amount of work to bring the zone to life/parity with other city zones! At last! Kallisti Wharf is a fully realized zone! Zone Improvements As stated on the tram/submarine destination, Kallisti Wharf is a Level 40-50 co-op zone. Kallisti Wharf now has eight standard exploration badges and an accolade, same as other zones. New Tour Guides are available to help people locate all the new badges! Many areas of the zone were given expansive polish passes and detail work. All neighborhoods given music. No more silence! The zone is using a mix of new Homecoming-original compositions, a few previously unused tracks, and a couple of favorite older classics! Numerous extra Day Job locations added to the zone: Blackwing Headquarters: Law Enforcer / Dirty Cop Crey Towers: Crey Employee / Crey Test Subject Wentworths: Day Trader / Marketeer Vanguard Outpost: Vanguard Recruit Enemies Encountered Added ambient atmospheric/combat spawns to the entirety of the zone. The following are the main enemy groups found in Kallisti Wharf: Blackwing Industries [NEW] Freaklok Crey Freakshow Warriors Skulls The Awakened Unified People's Army (UPA) Wyvern Watch out, the Freaklok are out in force! Giant Monster Event New Giant Monster spawn, the P.E.A.C.E. Keeper, has been added to the zone. They are spawned manually by defeating 200 points worth of Blackwing Industries enemies in the zone. Minions = 1 point; Lieutenant = 2 points; Boss = 3 points; Elite Boss = 4 points. The P.E.A.C.E. Keeper will spawn in One Statesman Plaza and fly a patrol around the outside of the tower in the center of the zone; If not engaged in fighting, they should default back to patrolling the tower. Only one P.E.A.C.E. Keeper can be spawned at any moment. Drops six (6) Reward Merits, two (2) Monstrous Aether on defeat, and a low chance (10%) for Pet: Mini P.E.A.C.E. Keeper invention recipe. This recipe can be freely traded like other Giant Monster vanity pet recipes, and also drops from the randomized pet recipe pool found on the Benevolabs vendors located inside Vault Reserve locations. P.E.A.C.E. Keeper's dropped rewards are on an 18-hour cooldown per character. Blackwing Industries is dedicated to ensuring the safety and security of Kallisti Wharf! New Story Arc Mergers and Acquisitions - Dap-Dap the Deal-Maka (Level 40-50) “Once ‘Down with the street’, Dap-Dap the Deal-Maka’ has exhausted his fifteen minutes of fame for being quotable in the replays of his arrest video where he got pinched for a weapons deal with Nemesis. Since leaving the spotlight, he’s found new purpose selling his services to the Freaklok in a bid to help establish them. In this madcap escapade that resembles kayfabe more than negotiation, Dap-Dap will direct you to interface with nearly every faction in the Wharf as the Freaklok establish legitimacy and a foothold in the Old Slough.” CONTACT: Dap-Dap the Deal-Maka LOCATION: Kallisti Wharf /thumbtack 1578 47 4995 ALIGNMENT / LEVEL: Villain, Level 40-50 OUROBOROS / ARC: 28.02 Cutting Back Old Growth - Erin West (Level 40-50) “'Crey CARES!' That's the tagline of Crey's newest PR campaign, engineered by their rising marketing star, Erin West. Now she's got a new plan... hire a 'rogue with a heart of gold' to lead Alpha Team, the premiere subteam of the Altruist Division, Crey's new supergroup of unmasked Paragon Protectors known as the 'Real-ID Protectors'. And you are just the rogue to play the role, regardless of the actual makeup of your heart." CONTACT: Erin West LOCATION: Kallisti Wharf /thumbtack 7213 55 2649 ALIGNMENT / LEVEL: Rogue, Level 40-50 OUROBOROS / ARC: 28.03 The Sunlight and the Spotlight - Robert Kogan (Level 40-50) “Crey's new super group, Altruist Division, has been gaining fame for their fight against crime in Kallisti Wharf. Though not everyone buys Crey's intentions, the heroes themselves seem forthright. When they beat you to investigating a tip about the Skulls and Family, Robert Kogan, an investigative reporter for a progressive, independent newspaper, introduces himself. He also doesn't believe Altruist Division is all they claim to be and wants your help in finding concrete proof... Or, if nothing else, causing the public to question their existence." CONTACT: Robert Kogan (The contact requires completing the tip mission "Skulls vs Family" first.) LOCATION: Kallisti Wharf /thumbtack 1789 57 3436 ALIGNMENT / LEVEL: Vigilante, Level 40-50 OUROBOROS / ARC: 28.04 Know Thy Enemy - Alexander the Great (Level 40-50) “Alexander the Great asks you to engage in strategic strikes against Warrior outposts and supply routes, to get to the bottom of their current operations in Kallisti Wharf. He suspects that something is terribly wrong with the upper ranks of the Warriors, but he can’t prove anything.” CONTACT: Alexander the Great LOCATION: Kallisti Wharf /thumbtack 2147.2 11.9 -423.5 ALIGNMENT / LEVEL: Hero, Level 40-50 OUROBOROS / ARC: 28.05 Hunting the Hunters - Adelard Ziegler (Level 40-50) “Adelard Ziegler has contacted you to work on his behalf as the acting force behind his investigation into the Council. The Council’s Void Hunter division has been a subject of much controversy and rumor, and now have suddenly withdrawn from active duty. On top of that, the black market sales of their Void Rifles to other factions seem to be drying up or delivering ‘Dead on Arrival’. Players will aid Adelard is determining what has happened to the most dangerous and notorious cadre within the Council to see if they are retiring, mutinying, or worse…” CONTACT: Adelard Ziegler LOCATION: Kallisti Wharf /thumbtack 6072 65 1304 ALIGNMENT / LEVEL: Hero, Level 40-50 OUROBOROS / ARC: 28.06 Kallisti Wharf Repeatable Missions - Levels 40-50 Players can take repeatable tasks from either of Kallisti Wharf's two mission brokers, depending on alignment: CONTACT: Blackwing Liason (Hero) or Broker Chip (Villain) LOCATION: Kallisti Wharf /thumbtack 5816 46 2511 or /thumbtack 1829 43 2458 ALIGNMENT / LEVEL: Any, Level 40-50 New Enemy Group: Blackwing Industries Now available in Architect Entertainment! These men & women ensure that the Kallisti Wharf citizenry remain protected from super threats! Who Are They? Blackwing Industries is a private military company that has been contracted by Emil Christie to replace the Paragon Police in protecting Kallisti Wharf. The branch of their company that is responsible for this task is known as: P.E.A.C.E. (Police Emergency Action & Crisis Engagement). They've been specially-trained and armed with cutting-edge technology to excel in suppressing meta human threats! These men & women are dedicated to maintaining peace and order in the zone that is their jurisdiction. What Can They Do? Most Blackwing Industries personnel are decked out in the group's trademarked Excelsion armor, nano-carbon kinetic dampening interlocking hex plates. This armor gives them resistance to conventional weaponry, but also leaves them vulnerable to Toxic! Most of the group gets access to more attacks when below 75% HP! The group deals a variety of damage types, however the most notable are: Range: Cold/Toxic (major), Fire/Psionic (minor) Melee: Smashing/Energy (major), Lethal/Fire/Toxic (minor) AoE: Fire/Psionic (major), Cold (minor) The following Blackwing Industries critters are noteworthy threats for their powers and behaviors! (Spoilers for those who wish to fight them blind!) This is only a partial list, detailing some parts of the enemy group's roster: New Powerset: Pyrotechnic Control (Controllers, Dominators) You have the ability to incapacitate enemies with creative and dazzling fireworks-like displays that incorporate elements of light, fire, energy, and sound. Many powers have a chance to Blast Off targets, flinging them into the air and reducing their damage resistance with a vibrant explosion. Sparkling Cage Ranged, Moderate DoT(Fire, Energy), Foe Immobilize, Chance for Blast Off Immobilizes your target in a ring of pyrotechnic energy, dealing Fire and Energy damage over time. More resilient foes may require multiple Sparkling Cages to Immobilize. This power has a chance of Blasting Off targets into the air. Dazzle Ranged, Moderate DMG (Fire, Energy), Foe Hold, Chance for Blast Off Incapacitates a distant foe with a brilliant explosion of pyrotechnic energy. The target is left helpless for the duration. This power has a chance of Blasting Off targets into the air. Sparkling Chain Ranged (Chain), Minor DoT(Fire, Energy), Foe Immobilize, Chance for Blast Off Immobilizes a group of foes one by one in a chain formation, dealing Fire and Energy damage over time to each enemy in the chain. More resilient foes may require multiple casts to Immobilize. Sparkling Chain is slower and less damaging than Sparkling Cage, but can capture multiple targets. This power has a chance of Blasting Off targets into the air. This chance is greater on the initial target of Sparking Chain. Glittering Column You summon a column of brilliant, glittering energy that is sure to capture foes' attention. The column will reduce the ToHit of any foe within a short range, while also Taunting them, forcing them to direct their attacks in its direction. When the Glittering Column expires, it explodes, Blasting Off nearby enemies into the air. Hypnotizing Lights Ranged (Cone), Foe Sleep, Foe Confuse (Within 20ft), Moderate DoT (Psionic) You conjure a whirl of lights with differing effects depending on the distance from which it is viewed. Most all targets within the area will be placed into a sleep like trance. Up to five enemies within 20 feet of the display are Confused and receive Psionic damage over time. Brilliant Barrage Ranged (AoE), Foe Stun, Foe Terrorize, Minor DMG (Fire, Energy) With a single gesture, you conjure pyrotechnic missiles to assault two locations at once. Enemies near the target you have selected will be bombared with miniature missiles and Stunned. Meanwhile, enemies near the location of have selected on the ground will be hit by shrill noisemaking rocket and become Terrified. Incendiary Aura Toggle: PBAoE, Chance for Blast Off. -ToHit, -Defense You create an aura of pyrotechnic energy around yourself that has combustible properties. Enemies within range of the power have a persistent chance of Blasting Off into the air, as well as suffer from reduced ToHit and Defense. Explosive Bouquet Ranged (AoE), Foe Hold, Blast Off You create an explosion of light and sound in a flower formation. Foes inside the blast radius will be Held and Blasted Off into the air. Every foe you hit will increase its recharge by 14.5 seconds, up to a maximum of 240 seconds. If no foe is hit, the power will recharge in 8 seconds. Catherine Wheel Summon Catherine Wheel: Ranged DMG (Fire, Energy), Special You can craft a wheel of pure pyrotechnic energy to assist you in battle. The Catherine Wheel employs a variety of pyrotechnic powers to damage and distract enemies. If an enemy becomes affected by the Blast Off effect from one of your powers, the Catherine Wheel may Intercept the enemy with an attack, dealing additional damage. New Powerset: Psionic Armor (Brutes, Scrappers, Sentinels, Stalkers, Tankers) You use your psionic powers to shield yourself reducing incoming damage, as well as steal your foes own psyche and use it against them, be it by empowering your own regenerative powers, weakening their defenses or completely subduing their will! Psychic Wall: Toggle: Self +Res(Smash, Lethal, Psionic) You focus to create a psychic wall that dampens the smashing, lethal and psionic damage. Psionic Shield Toggle: Self +Res(Fire, Cold, Energy, Negative, Toxic, End Drain) This power generates a psionic shield that dampens most energy and elemental damage types while also reducing the effect of endurance drain effects. Impenetrable Mind Toggle: Self Res (Psionics, Disorient, Hold, Immobilize, Sleep, Fear, Confuse, Knockback) When you toggle on this power, it grants protection from Sleep, Disorient, Fear, Immobilize, Confusions, Knockback and Hold effects. Impenetrable Mind also grants moderate resistance to Psionic based attacks. Consume Psyche PBAoE Foe -Regen, -Recovery; Self +Regen, +Recovery Only available to Tankers and Brutes You Consume the Psyche of nearby foes, thus weakening their Hit Point Regeneration and Endurance Recovery and boosting your own. Although this power has a low recharge, each affected foe will increase its recharge by 5.5 seconds for a maximum total of 60 seconds. Devour Psyche Cone Foe -Regen, -Heal, -Recovery; Self +Regen, +Recovery Only available to Scrappers, Sentinels and Stalkers You Devour the Psyche of foes in front of you, weakening their Hit Point Regeneration and Endurance Recovery and boosting your own. Although this power has a low recharge, each affected foe will increase its recharge by 5.5 seconds for a maximum total of 60 seconds. Precognition Auto: Self Def(Melee, Ranged, AoE, Psionic) Precognition allows you to read your enemies' minds, letting you see their attacks before they happen. This power is always on and costs no Endurance. Psychokinetic Barrier Self, +Absorb, +MaxHP, +Res(-Regeneration, -Recovery, -Recharge, -Endurance) You can erect a temporary wall of crystalized psionic energy that will absorb a large amount of damage before breaking off. Psychokinetic Barrier will grant a moderate amount of absorption and reduce the effect debuffs have on you. Impose Presence Toggle: Self +DEF(Melee, Ranged), +To Hit, Foe -Recharge Only available to Tankers and Brutes Impose Presence your presence on nearby enemies, slowing their attack rate down and increasing your defense and chance to hit Mask Presence Toggle: Self Stealth, +DEF(Melee, Ranged) Only Available to Scrappers and Sentinels Mask Presence makes you almost impossible to detect. When you attack or are damaged while using this power, you will be discovered. Even if discovered, you are hard to see and retain some bonus to Defense. While stealthed, the strength of your next attack will be more powerful; however, you can only attempt this after spending 8 seconds without attacking. Aura of Insanity Toggle: PBAoE, Foe Confuse, Disorient, Sleep, Hold, Fear, DoT(Psionic), +Special You emit a powerful psychic aura that causes the minds of those around you to become weak and distracted. Foes may be stunned, held, terrified or even confused in your presence, in addition to suffering a debuff derived from the applied control effect. Those that resist these effects will suffer damage over time. This power allows you to use your own Hit Points to keep enemies near you disabled. The power cost no endurance but can be dangerous to use. Aura of Madness Toggle: PBAoE, Foe Confuse, Disorient, Sleep, Hold, Fear, -Damage(All), +Special You emit a powerful psychic aura that causes the minds of those around you to become weak and distracted. Foes may be stunned, held, terrified or even confused in your presence, in addition to suffering a debuff derived from the applied control effect. Those that resist these effects will see their damage reduced. This power allows you to use your own Hit Points to keep enemies near you disabled. The power costs no endurance but can be dangerous to use. Memento Mori Self Rez, +Max HP, Special Terrify your foes projecting images of their own impending demise into their minds. Memento Mori inflicts fear on targets while healing you even if you have been defeated. Each affected foe will increase your maximum hit points and heal you. Using this power while conscious will give you one opportunity to get back up should you be defeated while its effects are active. Tanker/Brute: Psychic Wall Psionic Shield Impenetrable Mind Consume Psyche Impose Presence Psychokinetic Barrier Precognition Aura of Insanity Memento Mori Scrapper: Psychic Wall Psionic Shield Mask Presence Impenetrable Mind Devour Psyche Psychokinetic Barrier Precognition Aura of Insanity Memento Mori Sentinels: Psychic Wall Psionic Shield Mask Presence Impenetrable Mind Devour Psyche Psychokinetic Barrier Precognition Aura of Madness Memento Mori Stalkers: Hide Psychic Wall Psionic Shield Impenetrable Mind Devour Psyche Psychokinetic Barrier Precognition Aura of Madness Memento Mori Powers & Gameplay Adjustments Sleep Revamp Stacking Sleep is no longer canceled by damage or any canceling event unless the target is already asleep. This allows for sleep to be stacked even if the sleep-casting power does damage, and sleep stacks that don't render the target asleep won't vanish if the target is hurt but awake. Deep Sleep This is a new variant of sleep. Deep Sleep is stickier than regular sleep. Enemies under its effect don't instantly wake up if damaged, instead the duration of their sleep is shortened. How much the sleep is shortened depends on the enemy rank, with minions taking more attacks to wake up and AVs being woken up by a single hit. The following powers have been flagged as Deep Sleep: Arsenal Control > Tranquilizer Earth Control > Salt Crystals Ice Control > Flash Freeze Mind Control > Mesmerize Mind Control > Mass Hypnosis Plant Control > Spore Burst Pyrotechnic Control > Hypnotizing Lights Symphony Control > Enfeebling Lullaby Misc Changes There has been an implementation change to critter tables and their maximum levels. This does not change critter maximum level directly, but it gives designers the ability to expand in the future Critters Only: All -regen debuffs (not flagged to be irresistible) should now be resisted by magnitude, not duration. Reduced the magnitude of many (not all) low recharge -regen debuffs with magnitudes greater than -100%. Archetype Inherent Changes Controllers Controllers inherent now allows them to command their Tier 9 pets. Containment now also triggers on critters that are Terrified. Containment now also triggers on critters that have been asleep in the last 3 seconds. Containment damage now has an additional "Containment" float message across all sets. The following controller pets now have a 33.33% chance to proc containment damage: Arsenal Control > Tri-Cannon Darkness Control > Shades Darkness Control > Umbra Beast Earth Control > Volcanic Gases Earth Control > Animated Stone Electric Control > Gremlins Fire Control > Bonfire Fire Control > Fire Imps Gravity Control > Singularity Ice Control > Ice Slick Ice Control > Jack Frost Illusion Control > Phantasm Plant Control > Carrion Creepers (Entangle attack only) Plant Control > Fly Trap Pyrotechnic Control > Catherine Wheel Symphony Control > Reverberant Tankers Self damage buff lowered from 1.0x to 0.875x. -Res modifiers lowered to match other melee ATs. Diminishing returns: All powers Melee set powers that go over their standard caps will inflict work at 1/3rd efficiency on those targets Gauntlet is immune to these diminishing returns Removed passive global Arc/Radius buff Increased the radius of all tanker Primary and Secondary Sphere AoEs by 50% The increase wont push radius above 15ft Powers Darkness Manipulation Touch of the Beyond. This power can now be activated without a targeting an enemy. If used without an enemy target, the power will not root and apply all the sustain effects. Sonic Attack Simplified the -res stacking. The following powers now apply a scale -1.5 resistance debuff for various durations: Shriek - 8s Scream - 8s Howl - 8s Shout - 10s Screech - 15s Dreadful Wail - 20s Water Blast Water Jet Enhanced Water Jet will do 3 extra ticks of scale 0.4433 cold damage increased over 4.5 seconds (totaling scale 2.8) (PvE only) Dehydrate This power's DoT will do extra ticks of damage if used against a foe that has been recently hit by other water-based attacks, Dehydrate excluded (PvE only) Dark Miasma Black Hole This power now applies a trawl (reverse repel) effect. Targets that are immune to the trawl effect will be phased. Staff Fighting Perfection: Levels are now granted on misses. Perfection stacks duration increased from 6 seconds to 10 seconds Sky Splitter: Increased bonus damage inflicted by Sky Splitter while under level 3 Perfection from scale 0.828 to scale 1.656. Eye of the Storm: Increased bonus damage inflicted by Eye of the Storm while under level 3 Perfection from scale 0.246 to scale 0.4920. Dark Armor Cloak of Fear Endurance cost lowered from 0.56 per second to 0.26 end per second. Pulse rate changed from every 5s to every 1s. Power is now auto hit (Fear effect still requires a hit roll). Radius increased from 8ft to 15ft (Fear and Taunt still only apply within 8ft). Accuracy increased from 0.67 to 0.8. Power now applies a scale 2 -dmg debuff (equal to Chilling Embrace). Power now applies a -25% kb str debuff on all affected targets. Power now grants + 1.0KB protection for each enemy in range for 5 seconds. This Stacks and refreshes even if only one foe is in range and is capped at 10 for a maximum of 10 kb mez protection. The most foes you have in melee range, the faster you will reach the cap.. Enhancements and resistance now affect magnitude instead of duration. Shadow Dweller (Stalkers) This power now also grants a regeneration buff in addition to all previous effects. Tenebrous Regeneration (Sentinels) Renamed Shadow Dweller This power now grants a small amount of defense in addition to it's regen buff. Soul Transfer Can now be used while alive. Using this power while alive will cost endurance. This power now recharges in 10 seconds if no targets are hit. This power now grants a minor Absorb buff per foe hit, as well as Mez Protection for 30 seconds. Power now also grants resistance to -ToHit and -Endurance for 30 seconds Used while conscious, this power now grants an auto self rez if the player dies within 45s of using it in it's conscious state. Note this resurrect is not as strong as it could be if the player was to use it while as a rez with multiple foes in range and requires to hit at least one foe. Used while conscious, the power will apply mag 3 stun on all affected enemies. This power will not inflict damage nor heal the caster if used while conscious. Now accepts accuracy enhancements and sets (only useful for alive usage). Dark Regeneration This power is now available to Sentinels as a mutually exclusive option from Obscure Sustenance. Obscure Sustenance This power is now available to Brutes, Scrappers, Stalkers and Tankers as a mutually exclusive option from Dark Regeneration. Increased self heal component from 5% to 25% heal. This power now offers -ToHit and -Regeneration resistance for its duration Fixed a bug where Soul Noir theme would trigger the incorrect animation This power is now a click, no longer requires foes in range. No longer accepts damage or accuracy enhancements or sets No longer roots Dark Embrace Reduced recharge from 4s to 2s Murky Cloud Reduced recharge from 4s to 2s Electric Armor Static Shield This power now grants scale 2 Toxic resistance. Grounded This power now grants scale 0.8 resistance to Smash/Lethal/Fire/Cold. Knockback protection should now last for up to 10 seconds after touching ground. Power Sink This power now adds a regeneration buff for each enemy hit. 17.5% regen for the first target hit (only while grounded). +17.5% regen for each additional target. +End per target lowered from 25 to 15. No longer has a chance at lowering enemy recovery. -End lowered from -40 to -35. Energize Regeneration buff duration increased from 30s to 45s. Power Surge Crash removed (EM Pulse remains). Recharge lowered to 350s. All effect durations lowered from 180s to 30s. Power now grants a +400% regen buff. Resistances lowered. Energy Aura Energy Drain Per target +def lowered from scale 0.5 to scale 0.4. Up-front +def lowered from scale 0.1 to scale 0.08. Power Shield Fire and Cold defense lowered from scale 2 to scale 1.7. Overload Added visual indicator of an impending crash within 10s of expiration. Energy Aura Proliferated to Tankers Kinetic Shield: Toggle: Self +DEF(Smashing, Lethal, Energy), Res(DeBuff DEF) Dampening Field: Auto: Self +Res (Smashing, Lethal, Energy, Endurance Drain) Power Shield: Toggle: Self +DEF(Fire, Cold, Energy, Negative), Res(DeBuff DEF) Entropic Aura: Toggle: Self +Res(Knockback, Repel, Disorient, Hold, Sleep, Immobilize, Teleport, DeBuff DEF), Self +Recharge, Foe -Recharge. Energy Protection: Auto: Self +Res (Energy, Negative, Toxic, Psionic, Slow) Power Armor Energy Reserve: Auto: Self +MaxHP, +Resist(All DMG) Energize: Self Endurance Discount, Heal, +Regen Energy Drain: PBAoE, Self +End, +Def, Foe -End Overload: Self +DEF(All), +Recovery, +MaxHP, Res(DeBuff DEF) This power is different from other versions of Overload. 300 second recharge, 30 second duration 25% def against all but toxic/psi 20% def against toxic/psi +30% MaxHP Scale 1 Res(-Defense) +100% Recovery Has no crash. Ice Armor Hibernate (Tanker/Brute) This power has been converted to Icy Bastion. Icy Bastion (Scrapper/Sentinel/Stalker) This power now is a toggle. It will make you untouchable and give high regeneration rate. It will deactivate automatically after 30s. It can be deactivated early, keeping reduced effects for the remainder of the window. If under the effects of No Phase, the power will automatically deactivate and just provide the reduced +regen/+recovery and +Res. Note: After shutting this toggle down, the power will be identical to the previous version of Icy Bastion. Icicles Now inflicts cold damage instead of lethal. Rime New power, mutually exclusive from Hoarfrost. 90s recharge, 30s 30% Absorb, +100% regen, & 60s +Scale 2 Res(Toxic). Radiation Armor Ground Zero The offensive components of this power now can only hit 16 foes. Power still can hit up to 255 allies. Radiation Therapy This power now has Adaptive Recharge. It has a base recharge of 15 seconds, and each affected foe will increase the recharge by varying amounts to a maximum total of 60 seconds. First target adds 12 seconds, each additional target adds recharge proportionate to it's buff strength. Every subsequent target will yield a 25% weaker effect than the previous target Accuracy lowered from 3x to 1.2 Heal per enemy increased from scale 2.2% to scale 11%. Heal with no enemy in range lowered from scale 11% to scale 6% Total maximum heal with all targets increased from 33% to 38% Regeneration buff reduced from +100% to 50%, duration reduced from 60s to 45s Meltdown Power now has a visual indicator that the power is going to crash in the next 10 seconds. Regeneration Fast Healing Now grants 20% fixed regen resistance at all levels, for all ATs. (Stalker only) Now grants 15% recovery buff and 20% recovery debuff resistance. Resilience Power icon updated to represent its effects. Quick Recovery Now grants 20% recovery debuff resistance. Dull Pain > Second Wind Converted to Second Wind. Grants a 20% Max HP buff, this buff is retained even if the caster is defeated. Provides a 40% heal. This heal ignores resistances. Recharge increased from 300s to 360s, matching Dull Pain's recharge. Cast time lowered from 1.5s to 0.73s (same as live Dull Pain). While during the effects of Second Wind, should the player be defeated, they will be given a chance to get back up and keep fighting. Reactive Regeneration [New power for scrappers/brutes/stalkers] Mutually exclusive power from Instant Healing. This power is a toggle, pulses every 2 seconds. Grants a 200% enhanceable regeneration buff. Grants an additional 25% non-enhanceable regeneration for 20 seconds if damaged in the last 2 seconds. This can stack up to 10 times. Grants a 5.5% regen debuff resistance for 20 seconds if damaged in the last 2 seconds. This can stack up to 10 times. Grants a 3% recovery and end drain resistance for 20 seconds if damaged in the last 2 seconds. This can stack up to 10 times. Sentinel's Reactive Regeneration power will follow this implementation of the power. Revive > Ailment Resistance Converted this power to Ailment Resistance. This power is now an auto power. Grants a 24% MaxHP buff, half enhanceable. Grants -15% resistance to heals (making all heals on you 15% stronger). Grants 20% resistance to -Defense, -Endurance, -Speed, -Regeneration, -Recovery, -Recharge, -Range and -ToHit. Power no longer accepts endurance or recharge enhancements. Moment of Glory Cast time reduced from 2.57s to 1.5s. Now grants a small damage buff that decays over time. Now grants a small amount of Psionic and Toxic defense. Power order changed to: Stalker: Hide Reconstruction Fast Healing Ailment Resistance Integration Resilience Instant Healing/Reactive Regeneration Second Wind Moment of Glory Scrapper/Brute: Fast Healing Reconstruction Quick Recovery Ailment Resistance Integration Resilience Instant Healing/Reactive Regeneration Second Wind Moment of Glory Sentinel/Tanker: Fast Healing Reconstruction Quick Recovery Ailment Resistance Integration Resilience Reactive Regeneration Second Wind Moment of Glory Regeneration proliferated to Tankers Fast Healing Reconstruction Quick Recovery Ailment Resistance Integration Resilience Reactive Regeneration Second Wind Moment of Glory Electric Control Tesla Cage Cast time reduced from 2.17s to 1.67s Chain Fences This power now applies an additional 3 ticks of scale 0.1 energy DoT over 5.2 seconds in addition to its base damage Static Field Converted into a true pseudopet. Domination should now work on this power even if activated when the patch is already out Jolting Chain This power has been turned into a real chain. Damage increased from scale 0.3 to scale 1.2 against primary target. All jumps now take full advantage of caster inherents. Endurance drain is now auto hit. Conductive Aura Target cap increased from 8 to 16. After the 8th target hit, the power will yield diminishing returns. Synaptic Overload This power has been turned into a real chain. All jumps now take full advantage of caster inherents. Endurance drain is now auto hit. Max Target Cap 16. Domination now reliably works on this power. Cast Time lowered from 2.37s to 2.0s. This power now has Adaptive Recharge. It has a base recharge of 6 seconds, and each affected foe will increase the recharge by 6.5 seconds for a maximum total of 110 seconds. Paralyzing Blast > Tesla Coil Power renamed to Tesla Coil. Now summons a Pseudopet that will hold up to 16 foes on summoning and then continue to hold up to 5 every 4 seconds for 60 seconds. Now inflict damage over time to up to 5 foes every 4 seconds This power now applies -Recharge, -Fly and -Jump to up to 16 foes in the area of effect Gremlins Pets now spawn as even level. Gremlins have been given a new attack. Gremlin's Jolting Chain power is now a true chain. Damage resistances against non-smash/lethal/energy increased. Fire Control Bonfire This power is now a true pseudopet. Cinders Endurance cost reduced from 15.6 to 8.528. This power now has Adaptive Recharge. It has a base recharge of 8 seconds, and each affected foe will increase the recharge by 14.5 seconds for a maximum total of 240 seconds. Ice Control Glacier Endurance cost reduced from 15.6 to 8.528. This power now has Adaptive Recharge. It has a base recharge of 8 seconds, and each affected foe will increase the recharge by 14.5 seconds for a maximum total of 240 seconds. Illusion Control Flash Endurance cost reduced from 15.6 to 8.528. This power now has Adaptive Recharge. It has a base recharge of 8 seconds, and each affected foe will increase the recharge by 14.5 seconds for a maximum total of 240 seconds. Gravity Control Gravity Distortion Field Now summons a Pseudopet that will hold up to 16 foes on summoning and then continue to hold up to 5 every 4 seconds for 60 seconds. Now inflict smashing damage to up to 5 foes every 4 seconds Now takes damage enhancements and sets. Now applies a -Speed debuff on up to 16 foes in the area of effect Now applies the Gravity Distortion effect to all enemies that enter its area of effect Symphony Control Chords of Despair Endurance cost reduced from 15.6 to 8.528. This power now has Adaptive Recharge. It has a base recharge of 8 seconds, and each affected foe will increase the recharge by 14.5 seconds for a maximum total of 240 seconds. Mind Control Terrify Accuracy increased from 0.9 to 1.0. Total Domination Endurance cost reduced from 15.6 to 8.528. This power now has Adaptive Recharge. It has a base recharge of 8 seconds, and each affected foe will increase the recharge by 14.5 seconds for a maximum total of 240 seconds. Mass Confusion Accuracy increased from 0.8 to 1.0. Endurance cost reduced from 26 to 8.528. This power now has Adaptive Recharge. It has a base recharge of 8 seconds, and each affected foe will increase the recharge by 14.5 seconds for a maximum total of 240 seconds. Plant Control Spore Burst Upgraded to Deep Sleep. Seeds of Confusion Scale reduced from scale 20 to scale 8. Endurance cost lowered from to 15.6 to 8.528 This power now has Adaptive Recharge. It has a base recharge of 6 seconds, and each affected foe will increase the recharge by 6.5 seconds for a maximum total of 110 seconds. Spirit Tree Cast time lowered from 3.2s to 1.67s. Recharge reduced from 200s to 120s. Duration reduced from 90s to 60s. Spirit tree can now be attacked. Spirit tree now taunts and has a scaling defense and resist aura. Even after being defeated, spirit tree's regen aura should remain. Vines Now summons a Pseudopet that will hold up to 16 foes on summoning and then continue to hold up to 5 every 4 seconds for 60 seconds. Cast Time reduced from 3.1s to 2.1s Now inflict damage over time to up to 5 foes every 4 seconds Now applies a -DMG debuff on up to 16 foes in the area of effect Now accepts damage set and enhancements. Carrion Creepers VFX now moves along with the pet patch. Carrion Creepers can now proc Domination, Containment and Overpower. This power should no longer execute an excessive proc cascade. Vines should now be able to trigger Containment (for reals this time) Fly Trap AI mode changed from Pet_Base to Pet_Ranged. Resistances have been improved Pet should use Smash more often if in range (but maybe not, pets dont always listen... not even to us) Arsenal Control Tear Gas Now will hold up to 16 foes on summoning, then continue to hold up to 5 foes every 4 seconds for 60 seconds. Increased duration from 45s to 60s, set stacking to replace -Damage debuff applies to up to 16 foes in the area of effect Sleep Grenade Pulse timer reduced from 4s to 3s. New Powerset: Pyrotechnic Control New control set for Controllers and Dominators. You have the ability to incapacitate enemies with creative and dazzling fireworks-like displays that incorporate elements of light, fire, energy, and sound. Many powers have a chance to Blast Off targets, flinging them into the air and reducing their damage resistance with a vibrant explosion. Sparkling Cage: Ranged, Moderate DoT(Fire, Energy), Foe Immobilize, Chance for Blast Off Immobilizes your target in a ring of pyrotechnic energy, dealing Fire and Energy damage over time. More resilient foes may require multiple Sparkling Cages to Immobilize. This power has a chance of Blasting Off targets into the air. Dazzle: Ranged, Moderate DMG (Fire, Energy), Foe Hold, Chance for Blast Off Incapacitates a distant foe with a brilliant explosion of pyrotechnic energy. The target is left helpless for the duration. This power has a chance of Blasting Off targets into the air. Sparkling Chain: Ranged (Chain), Minor DoT(Fire, Energy), Foe Immobilize, Chance for Blast Off Immobilizes a group of foes one by one in a chain formation, dealing Fire and Energy damage over time to each enemy in the chain. More resilient foes may require multiple casts to Immobilize. Sparkling Chain is slower and less damaging than Sparkling Cage, but can capture multiple targets. This power has a chance of Blasting Off targets into the air. This chance is greater on the initial target of Sparking Chain. Glittering Column: You summon a column of brilliant, glittering energy that is sure to capture foes' attention. The column will reduce the ToHit of any foe within a short range, while also Taunting them, forcing them to direct their attacks in its direction. When the Glittering Column expires, it explodes, Blasting Off nearby enemies into the air. Hypnotizing Lights: Ranged (Cone), Foe Sleep, Foe Confuse (Within 20ft), Moderate DoT (Psionic) You conjure a whirl of lights with differing effects depending on the distance from which it is viewed. Most all targets within the area will be placed into a sleep like trance. Up to five enemies within 20 feet of the display are Confused and receive Psionic damage over time. Brilliant Barrage: Ranged (AoE), Foe Stun, Foe Terrorize, Minor DMG (Fire, Energy) With a single gesture, you conjure pyrotechnic missiles to assault two locations at once. Enemies near the target you have selected will be bombared with miniature missiles and Stunned. Meanwhile, enemies near the location of have selected on the ground will be hit by shrill noisemaking rocket and become Terrified. Incendiary Aura: Toggle: PBAoE, Chance for Blast Off. -ToHit, -Defense You create an aura of pyrotechnic energy around yourself that has combustible properties. Enemies within range of the power have a persistent chance of Blasting Off into the air, as well as suffer from reduced ToHit and Defense. Explosive Bouquet: Ranged (AoE), Foe Hold, Blast Off You create an explosion of light and sound in a flower formation. Foes inside the blast radius will be Held and Blasted Off into the air. Every foe you hit will increase its recharge by 14.5 seconds, up to a maximum of 240 seconds. If no foe is hit, the power will recharge in 8 seconds. Catherine Wheel: Summon Catherine Wheel: Ranged DMG (Fire, Energy), Special You can craft a wheel of pure pyrotechnic energy to assist you in battle. The Catherine Wheel employs a variety of pyrotechnic powers to damage and distract enemies. If an enemy becomes affected by the Blast Off effect from one of your powers, the Catherine Wheel may Intercept the enemy with an attack, dealing additional damage. New Powerset: Psionic Armor New armor set for Tankers, Brutes, Scrappers, Sentinels and Stalkers You use your psionic powers to shield yourself reducing incoming damage, as well as steal your foes own psyche and use it against them, be it by empowering your own regenerative powers, weakening their defenses or completely subduing their will. Psychic Wall: Toggle: Self +Res(Smash, Lethal, Psionic) You focus to create a psychic wall that dampens the smashing, lethal and psionic damage. Psionic Shield Toggle: Self +Res(Fire, Cold, Energy, Negative, Toxic, End Drain) This power generates a psionic shield that dampens most energy and elemental damage types while also reducing the effect of endurance drain effects. Impenetrable Mind Toggle: Self Res (Psionics, Disorient, Hold, Immobilize, Sleep, Fear, Confuse, Knockback) When you toggle on this power, it grants protection from Sleep, Disorient, Fear, Immobilize, Confusions, Knockback and Hold effects. Impenetrable Mind also grants moderate resistance to Psionic based attacks. Consume Psyche PBAoE Foe -Regen, -Recovery; Self +Regen, +Recovery Only available to Tankers and Brutes You Consume the Psyche of nearby foes, thus weakening their Hit Point Regeneration and Endurance Recovery and boosting your own. Although this power has a low recharge, each affected foe will increase its recharge by 5.5 seconds for a maximum total of 60 seconds. Devour Psyche Cone Foe -Regen, -Heal, -Recovery; Self +Regen, +Recovery Only available to Scrappers, Sentinels and Stalkers You Devour the Psyche of foes in front of you, weakening their Hit Point Regeneration and Endurance Recovery and boosting your own. Although this power has a low recharge, each affected foe will increase its recharge by 5.5 seconds for a maximum total of 60 seconds. Precognition Auto: Self Def(Melee, Ranged, AoE, Psionic) Precognition allows you to read your enemies' minds, letting you see their attacks before they happen. This power is always on and costs no Endurance. Psychokinetic Barrier Self, +Absorb, +MaxHP, +Res(-Regeneration, -Recovery, -Recharge, -Endurance) You can erect a temporary wall of crystalized psionic energy that will absorb a large amount of damage before breaking off. Psychokinetic Barrier will grant a moderate amount of absorption and reduce the effect debuffs have on you. Impose Presence Toggle: Self +DEF(Melee, Ranged), +To Hit, Foe -Recharge Only available to Tankers and Brutes Impose Presence your presence on nearby enemies, slowing their attack rate down and increasing your defense and chance to hit. Mask Presence Toggle: Self Stealth, +DEF(Melee, Ranged) Only Available to Scrappers and Sentinels Mask Presence makes you almost impossible to detect. When you attack or are damaged while using this power, you will be discovered. Even if discovered, you are hard to see and retain some bonus to Defense. While stealthed, the strength of your next attack will be more powerful; however, you can only attempt this after spending 8 seconds without attacking. Aura of Insanity Toggle: PBAoE, Foe Confuse, Disorient, Sleep, Hold, Fear, DoT(Psionic), +Special You emit a powerful psychic aura that causes the minds of those around you to become weak and distracted. Foes may be stunned, held, terrified or even confused in your presence, in addition to suffering a debuff derived from the applied control effect. Those that resist these effects will suffer damage over time. This power allows you to use your own Hit Points to keep enemies near you disabled. The power cost no endurance but can be dangerous to use. Aura of Madness Toggle: PBAoE, Foe Confuse, Disorient, Sleep, Hold, Fear, -Damage(All), +Special You emit a powerful psychic aura that causes the minds of those around you to become weak and distracted. Foes may be stunned, held, terrified or even confused in your presence, in addition to suffering a debuff derived from the applied control effect. Those that resist these effects will see their damage reduced. This power allows you to use your own Hit Points to keep enemies near you disabled. The power costs no endurance but can be dangerous to use. Memento Mori Self Rez, +Max HP, Special Terrify your foes projecting images of their own impending demise into their minds. Memento Mori inflicts fear on targets while healing you even if you have been defeated. Each affected foe will increase your maximum hit points and heal you. Using this power while conscious will give you one opportunity to get back up should you be defeated while its effects are active. Tanker/Brute: Psychic Wall Psionic Shield Impenetrable Mind Consume Psyche Impose Presence Psychokinetic Barrier Precognition Aura of Insanity Memento Mori Scrapper: Psychic Wall Psionic Shield Mask Presence Impenetrable Mind Devour Psyche Psychokinetic Barrier Precognition Aura of Insanity Memento Mori Sentinels: Psychic Wall Psionic Shield Mask Presence Impenetrable Mind Devour Psyche Psychokinetic Barrier Precognition Aura of Madness Memento Mori Stalkers: Hide Psychic Wall Psionic Shield Impenetrable Mind Devour Psyche Psychokinetic Barrier Precognition Aura of Madness Memento Mori Misc Power Changes Epic > Dark Mastery > Black Hole This power now applies a trawl (reverse repel) effect. Targets that are immune to the trawl effect will be phased. Epic > Psionic Mastery > Telekinesis Target cap increased from 5 to 10. Toggle duration reduced from 20s to 10s. Armor Sets > Self heals (all) Self heal click powers no longer are irresistible Following heals will ignore Heal Resistances: Regeneration > Second Wind Invulnerability > Dull Pain Ice Armor > Hoarfrost Empathy > Absorb Pain Pain Domination > Share Pain The following armored AT Heal Resistance caps have been lowered to: Tanker: 75% Brute: 75% Scrapper: 85% Stalker: 85% Sentinel: 90% All other ATs remain at 100% Self Resurrect powers Self resurrect powers will now show a separate buff icon for their Untouchable and Debt Protection durations. Players can now cancel the Untouchable buff they receive after self-resurrecting by right clicking on the buff icon . This only applies to powers from armor sets, epic pools and prestige powers. Battle Axe > Axe Cyclone Cast time increased from 1.76s to 2.1s. Pull distance is now resistible. Battle Axe > Swoop Cast time increased from 1.23s to 1.37s. Street Justice > Sweeping Cross (All versions) Arc increased from 50 degrees to 75 degrees. Pre-combo damage scale reduced from 1.5 to 1.444. Max combo damage reduced from 1.875 to 1.805. Invulnerability > Unstoppable A visual cue should show up informing of the impending crash. Ninjitsu > Kuji-In Retsu A visual cue should show up informing of the impending crash. Shield Defense > One with the Shield A visual cue should show up informing of the impending crash. Stone Armor > Geode Cleaned up power info screen. 25% of this power's regen and recovery buffs will persist for the full 30 second window even if the power is shut down or if the Geode is destroyed. Super Reflexes > Elude A visual cue should show up informing of the impending crash. Willpower > Strength of Will A visual cue should show up informing of the impending crash. Bug Fixes Enhancements > Performance Shifter: Chance for +Endurance: Fixed a bug where the ally buff could potentially be weaker based on level differences. Enhancements > Coercive Persuasion: Contagious Confusion: This proc no longer ignores combat modifiers. Dark Armor > Obscure Sustenance: Fixed a bug where Soul Nier theme would trigger the incorrect animation. Tactical Arrow > Glue Arrow: Fixed power short description. No Phase: Fixed a bug where No Phase would disable Jump Pack and Steam Jump. Pool > Fighting: Changes to the attacks power info screen to clarify the conditional effects. Mace Mastery > Web Envelope: Fixed this power's description to denote the power does toxic damage over time. Prestige Travel > Jump Pack/Steam Jump: These powers buff should now flash when the 30 second timer is about to run out, as well as give a "low fuel" warning. Plant Manipulation > Wild Fortress: Fixed a bug where the power's vfx would fade away if the player selected color customization options. Atomic Manipulation > Metabolic Acceleration: This power no longer accepts Endurance Discount enhancements. The power costs no endurance. Dark Mastery > Possess: Fixed a bug where the debuff applied to the caster instead of the target. Dark Mastery > Black Hole: Fixed this power range (was erroneously set to 10ft instead of 50ft). Devices > Remote Bomb: Fixed a bug that would cause the bomb to become defunct if the targeted critter died during the power's placement animation. Traps > Temporal Bomb: Fixed a bug that would cause the bomb to become defunct if the targeted critter died during the power's placement animation. Accolades > Mark and Recall: Name changed from 'Mark & Recall' so the power can be functionally linked in chat. Energy Mastery > Energy Torrent: Fixed Laser Beam Sweep customization option's hitfx desynced from attack. Arsenal Control > Cryo Freeze Ray: Fixed VFX timing errors in attack and hit FX. Fiery Aura > Cauterizing Blase: Fixed Dark Fire customization option missing FX. Mercenaries > Commando: Fixed Commando's Full Auto attack FX attached to their hand instead of their Assault Rifle. Atomic Manipulation > Gamma Burst: Fixed several bugs with this mechanic implementation and adjusted powers descriptions to clarify the mechanics. Ice Melee > Frozen Aura: This power should no longer display it's effects twice in the power info screen. Character Customization Improvements Costumes New Costume Parts (62) Male/Female/Huge > Head > Various > Detail 1 > Blackwing Female > Head > Various > Detail 1 > Seer Visor Male/Female/Huge > Head > Various > Detail 2 > Blackwing Female > Head > Various > Detail 2 > Seer Male/Female/Huge > Arachnos Soldier > Detail 2 > Blackwing Male/Female/Huge > Arachnos Soldier > Detail 1 > Blackwing Female > Arachnos Soldier > Detail 1 > Seer Visor Female > Arachnos Soldier > Detail 2 > Seer Male/Female/Huge > Arachnos Widow > Detail 2 > Blackwing Male/Female/Huge > Arachnos Widow > Detail 1 > Blackwing Female > Arachnos Widow > Detail 1 > Seer Visor Female > Arachnos Widow > Detail 2 > Seer Huge > Head > Standard > Troll* *Notice: The Troll head option is mutually exclusive with details that clip and they will not appear. Likewise, if you currently have incompatible head details selected, the Troll head option will not appear. Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Tight > Chest > Awakened Beholder Clean* Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Tight > Chest > Awakened Beholder Corrupted 1* Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Tight > Chest > Awakened Beholder Corrupted 1 Flipped* Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Tight > Chest > Awakened Beholder Corrupted 2* Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Tight > Chest > Awakened Beholder Corrupted 2 Flipped* Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Tight > Chest > Awakened Scryer Clean* Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Tight > Chest > Awakened Scryer Corrupted 1* Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Tight > Chest > Awakened Scryer Corrupted 1 Flipped* Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Tight > Chest > Awakened Scryer Corrupted 2* Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Tight > Chest > Awakened Scryer Corrupted 2 Flipped* Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Tight > Chest > Awakened Seeker Clean* Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Tight > Chest > Awakened Seeker Corrupted 1* Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Tight > Chest > Awakened Seeker Corrupted 1 Flipped* Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Tight > Chest > Awakened Seeker Corrupted 2* Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Tight > Chest > Awakened Seeker Corrupted 2 Flipped* *Notice: The Awakened chest options are mutually exclusive with shoulder pads that clip and they will not appear. Likewise, if you currently have incompatible shoulder pads selected, the Awakened chest options will not appear. Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Jackets > Blackwing Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Various > Shoulder > Blackwing Light Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Various > Shoulder > Blackwing Light Original Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Various > Shoulder > Blackwing Heavy Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Various > Shoulder > Blackwing Heavy Original Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Chest Details > Special Symbols > Blackwing Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Tight > Chest Detail > Blackwing Light Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Tight > Chest Detail > Blackwing Light Original Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Tight > Chest Detail > Blackwing Heavy Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Tight > Chest Detail > Blackwing Heavy Original Female > Upper > Various > Gloves > Blackwing > Custom Female > Upper > Various > Gloves > Blackwing > Original Male/Huge > Upper > Various > Gloves > Blackwing Light > Custom Male/Huge > Upper > Various > Gloves > Blackwing Light > Original Male/Huge > Upper > Various > Gloves > Blackwing Heavy > Custom Male/Huge > Upper > Various > Gloves > Blackwing Heavy > Original Male/Huge > Upper > Various > Gloves > Imperial Defense Heavy Female > Upper > Tight > Belt > Seer Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Tight > Pants > Awakened Beholder Clean Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Tight > Pants > Awakened Beholder Corrupted 1 Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Tight > Pants > Awakened Beholder Corrupted 1 Flipped Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Tight > Pants > Awakened Beholder Corrupted 2 Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Tight > Pants > Awakened Beholder Corrupted 2 Flipped Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Tight > Pants > Awakened Scryer Clean Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Tight > Pants > Awakened Scryer Corrupted 1 Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Tight > Pants > Awakened Scryer Corrupted 1 Flipped Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Tight > Pants > Awakened Scryer Corrupted 2 Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Tight > Pants > Awakened Scryer Corrupted 2 Flipped Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Tight > Pants > Awakened Seeker Clean Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Tight > Pants > Awakened Seeker Corrupted 1 Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Tight > Pants > Awakened Seeker Corrupted 1 Flipped Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Tight > Pants > Awakened Seeker Corrupted 2 Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Tight > Pants > Awakened Seeker Corrupted 2 Flipped Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Skirts > Pants > Awakened Beholder Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Skirts > Pants > Awakened Scryer Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Skirts > Pants > Awakened Seeker Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Monstrous > Pants > Awakened Beholder Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Monstrous > Pants > Awakened Scryer Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Monstrous > Pants > Awakened Seeker Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Various > Boots > Blackwing Light > Custom Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Various > Boots > Blackwing Light > Original Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Various > Boots > Blackwing Heavy > Custom Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Various > Boots > Blackwing Heavy > Original Male/Female/Huge > Backpacks > Blackwing Light Male/Female/Huge > Backpacks > Blackwing Heavy Male/Female/Huge > Cape > Full Mantle > Brooch > Blackwing Male/Female/Huge > Cape > Half Mantle > Brooch > Blackwing Male/Female/Huge > Cape > Asymmetrical Mantle > Brooch > Blackwing Male/Female/Huge > Cape > Single Shoulder Mantle > Brooch > Blackwing Male/Female/Huge > Cape > Over Shoulder Mantle > Brooch > Blackwing Male, Female, Huge > Auras > Path Auras > Rocket Boots - Jump Male, Female, Huge > Auras > Path Auras > Rocket Boots - Fly Male, Female, Huge > Auras > Path Auras > Rocket Boots - Jump & Fly Male/Female/Huge > Costume Presets > Paragon Protector Male/Female/Huge > Costume Presets > Blackwing Light Male/Female/Huge > Costume Presets > Blackwing Heavy Costume Proliferation Missing costume options added to missing categories: Male/Female/Huge > Arachnos Soldier > Wolf > Detail 1 > Parity Pass - Many missing options added. Male/Female/Huge > Arachnos Soldier > Wolf > Detail 2 > Parity Pass - Many missing options added. Male/Female/Huge > Standard > Detail 2 > Samurai Menpo Male/Female/Huge > Standard > Detail 2 > Oni Mask Male/Female/Huge > Masks w/Hair > Detail 2 > Samurai Menpo Male/Female/Huge > Masks w/Hair > Detail 2 > Oni Mask Male/Female/Huge > Full Mask > Detail 2 > Samurai Menpo Male/Female/Huge > Full Mask > Detail 2 > Oni Mask Male/Female/Huge > Hats > Detail 2 > Samurai Menpo Male/Female/Huge > Hats > Detail 2 > Oni Mask Male/Female/Huge > Hoods > Detail 2 > Samurai Menpo Male/Female/Huge > Hoods > Detail 2 > Oni Mask Male/Huge > Upper > Various > Chest > Yakuza Male/Huge > Upper > Various > Chest > Yakuza 1 Glow Male/Huge > Upper > Various > Chest > Yakuza 2 Glow Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Jackets > Gloves > Elemental Order Male/Huge > Upper > Jackets > Gloves > Imperial Defense Heavy Male/Female/Huge > Upper > Robes > Gloves > Elemental Order Male/Huge > Upper > Robes > Gloves > Imperial Defense Heavy Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Monstrous > Pants > Spectrum Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Monstrous > Pants > Gold Bricker Male/Female/Huge > Lower > Monstrous > Pants > Gold Bricker (Legacy) Female/Huge > Back > Backpacks > Circle of Thorns Male > Upper > Sleeveless Robes > Chest > Spectrum Costume Fixes Various skirt models have had poor/non-functional LOD models that cause them to appear broken at distance; Skirt models should now always render the higher detail model. Female > Upper > Various > Asymmetrical Shoulders > Skull 1: Fixed this option being listed twice. Male/Huge > Lower > Various > Boots > Flat > Spectrum: Fixed this option using the wrong texture. Female > Lower > Various > Boots > Flat > Spectrum: Fixed this option being listed twice. Fixed many categories that were missing the tintable Aeon Gloves. Fixed a few Gold Bricker gloves that weren't set to collapse options properly. Fixed a mistake on the skin mask of the Labeaux option for Sleeveless Robes on Female body types. Power Customization Force Field Epic > Personal Force Field > Excelsion customization option added. Force Field > All > Excelsion customization options added to every power available in the powerset. Oh hex! That's pretty cool! Traps Force Field Generator > Excelsion customization option added. Teleport Pool > Teleportation > Teleport > Bright Electricity customization option added. Pool > Teleportation > Teleport > Dark Electricity customization option added. Pool > Teleportation > Combat Teleport > Bright Electricity customization option added. Pool > Teleportation > Combat Teleport > Dark Electricity customization option added. Broadsword Swordfish custom weapon option added. Rifles Shotgun custom weapon option added. Advanced Shotgun custom weapon option added. Grenade Launcher custom weapon option added. Advanced Grenade Launcher custom weapon option added. Custom Weapon Fixes Fix to rifle weapons appearing on the back when they should be in the hand at the time. Fixed broken Munitions Rifle model FX for Devastator, Shard Cannon, and Shock Rifle options on all three body types. Fixed broken base Munitions Rifle FX on Huge body type. Aether Shop Rewards Reward Additions New NPC costumes added to the Tier 1 Aether reward vendor offerings: Costume: Devouring Earth Razorvine Costume: Devouring Earth Geode Costume: Freaklok Boomer Costume: Freaklok Tecromancer Costume: Mastermind Oni Costume: Mastermind Assault Bot Costume: Mastermind Lich Costume: Mastermind Spec Ops Costume: P.E.A.C.E. Ballistier Costume: P.E.A.C.E. Commander Costume: P.E.A.C.E. Coordinator Costume: PPD Guardian Costume: PPD Undercover Cop Costume: Slag Golem Costume: Slag Heap (Mastermind Aether costumes include power customization option to pick their upgraded visuals.) New NPC costumes added to the Tier 2 Aether reward vendor offerings: Costume: Devouring Earth Lunaflora New NPC costumes added to the Tier 3 Aether reward vendor offerings: Effect: P.E.A.C.E. Coordinator (Make your character look like one of Blackwing Industry's psychic tacticians! Projects a data display around your character and encapsulates your head in an energy field! Tintable power customization options and data-only or dome-only.) Reward Adjustments Tier 2 has been renamed from 'Vintage' to 'Vintage/Extra' to include the non-legacy costumes that are Homecoming additions. The following costumes have had their names adjusted: Costume: Devouring Earth Plant -> Costume: Devouring Earth Bladegrass Costume: Devouring Earth Crystal -> Costume: Devouring Earth Quartz Costume: Devouring Earth Mushroom -> Costume: Devouring Earth Fungoid Costume: Devouring Earth Rock -> Costume: Devouring Earth Bedrock The following costumes have had customization options expanded: Effect: Luminous > Symbiote Effect: Luminous > Symbiote Tintable Effect: Umbral > Symbiote Effect: Umbral > Symbiote Tintable Effect: Luminous > Tentacles Effect: Luminous > Tentacles Tintable Effect: Umbral > Tentacles Effect: Umbral > Tentacles Tintable The following costumes have had customization options removed: Effect: Luminous > No Bubble (duplicate with Eyes) Effect: Umbral > No Bubble (duplicate with Eyes) Reward Fixes Effect: Luminous: Fixed an issue where this effect's eye glow would not appear on Aether costumes that didn't support sheathed weapons. Costume: Freakshow Stunner: Ambient sound effects removed from this costume. Costume: Freakshow Super Stunner: Ambient sound effects removed from this costume. Costume: Longbow Mender: Fixed this costume using the incorrect boots option. Costume: Rularuu Wisp Overlord: Ambient sound effects removed from this costume. Vanity Pets New Pets Recipes The following Rare recipe has been added with a 0.1% (1 in 1000) chance to drop from any Blackwing Industries enemy group Boss or Elite Boss rank defeats: Pet: P.E.A.C.E. Drone The following Uncommon recipe has been added with a 10% (1 in 10) chance to drop from the P.E.A.C.E Keeper Giant Monster when defeated. Pet: Mini P.E.A.C.E. Keeper As with other recipes, these can be traded to other players or on the Auction House. Various Additions, Enhancements, & Fixes New Badges (22) Accolade The Prettiest One - Obtain this accolade by earning the following Exploration badges: On The Shoulders of Giants, In Their Prime, Protest Too Much, Fueled by Greed, Raving Mad, Marked Out, Quay to the City and Tourist Trapped. Accomplishment Staring Into The Abyss - Complete Adelard Ziegler's story arc to earn this badge. Business Savvy - Complete Dap-Dap the Deal-Maka's story arc to earn this badge. Front Person - Complete Erin West's story arc to earn this badge. Justified Ends - Complete Robert Kogan's story arc to earn this badge. Thicker than Water - Complete Alexander the Greats's story arc to earn this badge. Generational Trauma - Earned from completing bonus objectives within Adelard Ziegler's story arc. Uncomfortable Truths - Earned from completing bonus objectives within Erin West's story arc. Truth Seeker - Earned from completing bonus objectives within Erin West's story arc. Brass Tax - Earned from completing bonus objectives within Dap-Dap the Deal-Maka's story arc. Defeat Two Birds One Stone - Defeat 250 Blackwing Industries enemies to earn this badge. Peacekeeper / Peacemaker - Defeat the P.E.A.C.E. Keeper in Kallisti Wharf to earn this badge. Exploration In Their Prime - Explore in Kallisti Wharf to earn this badge. Protest Too Much - Explore in Kallisti Wharf to earn this badge. Fueled By Greed - Explore in Kallisti Wharf to earn this badge. Raving Mad - Explore in Kallisti Wharf to earn this badge. Marked Out - Explore in Kallisti Wharf to earn this badge. Quay to the City - Explore in Kallisti Wharf to earn this badge. Tourist Trapped - Explore in Kallisti Wharf to earn this badge. History Christie Consolidation - Learn more about the brave and bold leadership of Emil Christie. Flagtown Memorialist - Learn more about the Flagtown history in Kallisti Wharf. Patron of the Arts - Learn more about Theatre Row and Maxwell Stadium to earn this badge. Badge Adjustments Changes Dreamwalker / Dreamkiller - Quill and The Unnamed One are now required for this badge. No changes to those who already earned the badge. Variety Act - Badge art updated to look more like proper badges. License to Chill - Badge art updated to help differentiate Winter events by year (2021). Home for the Holidays - Badge art updated to help differentiate Winter events by year (2023). Hypothermia - Badge art updated to help differentiate Winter events by year (2024). Bicentennial - Relocated 200th Anniversary Plaque in Kallisti Wharf to Theatre Row. New coordinates are [2380, 56, 1132]. Protector of Paragon City - Changed criteria of Protector of Paragon City badge to replace Shauna Braun's arc (heroic ending) with completing Roy Cooling's arc. (Beyond Reasonable Doubt -> Helping Hand). City Badge Tracker Added a City Badge Tracker kiosk to Pocket D at [-234.2 0.0 -908.8]. This kiosk will display the badges that you're missing, and a Leaderboard with every character who entered Pocket D since the last mapserver reset. There is no persistent storage at the moment, and it might not be possible. The player with the most badges will be displayed as a "hologram" next to the City Badge Tracker kiosk. Clicking on this NPC will display their character information and badge progress. In the event of a tie, the character who last clicked the City Badge Tracker kiosk (not the NPC!) will be displayed, and there's a 60-second cooldown between switches to avoid spamming back and forth. City Badge Tracker also displays progress towards Bicentennial, Dimensional Warder, River Rat and Dreamwalker/Dreamkiller. Null the Gull no longer shows progress towards Dimensional Warder, since the City Badge Tracker "Progress" page has that info. Zones Tasks Mission Maps Enemies Architect Entertainment New Custom Enemy Powersets Pyrotechnic Control: Now available on custom AE enemies. Psionic Armor: Now available on custom AE enemies. Blackwing Industries This group is now available to be used in Architect Entertainment content. Freaklok This group is now available to be used in Architect Entertainment content. Skulls The new high level versions found in Kallisti Wharf are now available to be used in Architect Entertainment content. Wyvern The new high level versions found in Kallisti Wharf are now available to be used in Architect Entertainment content. Kallisti Wharf Office Maps All existing Kallisti Wharf Office maps in AE have been moved to a new category: 'Kallisti Wharf Office (Legacy)'. These older maps are overly-populated, but we can't remove them due to their usage in existing AE arcs, so these maps will be labeled seperately instead. The new correctly-populated maps and new layouts used in Kallisti Wharf are now found in AE under 'Kallisti Wharf Office'. These mission map tileset pieces have had an extensive decoration pass on all rooms which will automatically apply to existing AE arcs using these maps. New Mission Map Unique > Rikti War Zone > Rikti Space Station: New map added. Comes with baked-in map-defined Rikti turrets and generators and low gravity. Miscellaneous The villain Level 10 level-up trainer dialog now mentions the SG Registrar found in Mercy Island. Fixed the respec counter from becoming negative when a character earns 128+ respecs. Switching alignments will no longer remove the Event Messages channel for that alignment. It will still add the new one. For example, if you're a villain and switch to hero, the Hero Zone Event Messages channel will be added to whichever tab contains Villain Zone Event Messages, but Villain Zone Event Messages will be retained unless manually removed. Inspirations Corrected the description in Greater Protection Imbuement and Superior Protection Imbuement to no longer claim they last 3 minutes. LFG Fixed incorrect merit payout award listed in Katie Hannon's Task Force in the LFG tab. Fixed inaccurate level ranges displayed on Summer Blockbuster, Kane's House of Horror, and SSA 1.1. Anniversary Event Event script has been rewritten in Lua and the legacy script discontinued. Automatically starts on April 28th and ends on June 1st. Ambushes will now spawn using the player level, capped to the level range of the zone. Ambushes have a 50% chance of being an enemy group that the player needs for badge credit. Decreased ambush chance from 75% to 65%. Ambushes only reward the player with one Anniversary Merit. Temporary Powers, Inspirations, Pet Summons and Minipet rewards can only drop from capsules without an ambush. Fixed two glowie spawn points in Brickstown that were floating above the ground and not working correctly.

Spring Fling Event Spring Fling Event has been enabled and will run from 2/7/2025 - 3/11/2025 NEW Seasonal Mission Kadabra Kill & Sigil are available in Pocket D as mission contacts during the event. Help them solve a debate regarding the specific details from Manticore & Sister Psyche's wedding. Check out @Cobalt Arachne's Dev Diary on the event for further info! Five NEW Badges Best Man/Maid of Honor Wedding Crasher Down in Front Chaos Spiel Officiator NEW Costume Aura Spring Aura has been added to the costume editor for Male, Female, and Huge body types. It includes 6 Sub-Variants: Flowers Love Jealous Flowers - Combat Love - Combat Jealousy - Combat NEW Enhancement Set: Cupid's Crush Unique Universal Damage set (attuned-only) Special Chance for Confuse proc enhancement. Converting this set of enhancements out-of-set will result in an Overwhelming Force IO, and vice-versa. Available to be purchased from any Merit Vendors for 100 Reward Merits each, in the Auction House, or as a reward for completing the seasonal mission. Cannot be made Superior. General Updated the UI of the City Info Terminal kiosks in order to improve legibility. Badges River Rat's badge marker #6 in Nova Praetoria was floating above the water surface, it has been brought down to the same level as the other markers. Enhancements Fix Brute's Fury: Recharge/Fury Bonus proc being affected by level differences with the target. Fix minimum slotting level for Dark Watcher's Despair. Tasks The wounded Vanguard soldier in the last mission of the LGTF will stop talking if there's nobody nearby to hear them.

Zones Labyrinth of Fog Additions Added a dialog loop option to return to the weapon checker page on the Labyrinth info NPC. Gateway to the Font of Malevolence given new visuals; Removed the box blocker. Entering the Font of Malevolence while the Minotaur is alive will kick you to the entrance lobby. If you own the Avatar of Achlys mini pet a shortcut to the Font of Malevolence will appear in the True Core near the Benefactor In The Fog, if the Minotaur is dead. Adjustments Minotaur now triggers arena transition at 95% HP. Font of Malevolence spawns individualized in packs of four based on their floor color. This will result in them re-spawning more consistently. Font of Malevolence now spawns a random Giant Monster from the Labyrinth's GM spawn offerings every 75 defeats, before and after the Avatar spawns. These GMs can trigger Spectral Pull at sub-50% HP. Avatar of Achlys can now be spawned once every Minotaur cycle; No longer on a 2-3 hour re-spawn timer. Chalice of Malevolence removed as there is no longer a timer for it to track. Avatar of Achlys now spawns at 375 total defeats in the Font of Malevolence each cycle. Can only be summoned once per cycle. Avatar of Achlys' Malevolent Explosion damage increase/hit-timing staggered. Avatar of Achlys now given similar on/off scrolling +ToHit buff to the Minotaur. Avatar of Achlys' inherent resistances increased from 50% to 85%. Avatar of Achlys' now grants leadership buffs to the Font's spawned mobs. Skull FX that highlights the Font of Malevolence is using Spectral Pull now spins. Harridan EBs now spawn with Talons of Vengeance packs instead of two Keres. Fixes Fixed a potential mapserver crash issue related to Draught of Fog usage. Fixed numerous misspellings of 'Achyls' in various locations. Fixed broken pathing beacons in the newer 5th Column sections. Lowered the violet mote's volume so getting it should be easier. Kallisti Wharf Moved the spawn location for the Halloween event giant monsters away from drones which can insta-kill them. Missions Various Fixed AI pathing issues in the end room affecting a few maps in the office tileset. NPCs Warriors Updated Talos Island Alexander Pavlidis model to use newer Warriors assets. Rewards Mini Pets Fixed the Avatar of Achlys not being summon-able through the Hologram Matrix pop menu macro. Events Halloween 2022 - Trick-or-Treat Elite Bosses Power availability on the Arisen Mummy and Hollow Reaper enemies has been adjusted to be better balanced when they spawn at lower levels, gaining powers at Levels 30+ and 40+ to reach their current strength, rather than having full access to all powers at all levels. Halloween 2009 - Dark Apocalypse Defeat badge credit for the banner event now guaranteed as long as the participant hits the target once, no longer requiring 10% team damage dealt for credit.

Powers Plant Control > Spirit Tree: Fixed a bug where this power could be repelled moving it away from its visual fx. Thermal Radiation > Power of the Phoenix: Fixed a bug where the Defender version of this power was only usable on foes. Epic > Dark Mastery > Soul Consumption: Fixed a bug where the Defender version of this power was recharging in 1000s instead of 600s. Fixed a bug where the endurance drain and +end of the Defender version of the power was scale 2 instead of scale 1, as the other versions. Regeneration > Second Wind: Fix for an issue where refreshing this power before it has expired would result in no refreshing of the self resurrect effect. Psionic Armor > Impose Presence: Fixed an issue where this power was available at level 10 instead of level 8. Confuse: Fixed an issue where most AVs and GMs became highly resistant to confuse. Regeneration > Reactive Regeneration: [PvP only] Corrected a bug where only Brutes got the base +regen reduction change, change now also applies to Scrappers, Stalkers and Tankers. [PvP only] Reduced +regeneration stacks from scale 0.25 to scale 0.08. [PvP only] Regen Resistance granted by stacks in this power has been removed in PvP. [PvP only] Reverted the removal of -Regen Resistance, as it was removed from the incorrect power. Costume Costumes Fixes Fixed Asymmetrical Gloves on Huge Robe and Jacket that were using the wrong models and rendering incorrectly. Fixed Asymmetrical Gloves on Female Sleeveless Jacket that were using the wrong models and rendering incorrectly. Zones Kallisti Wharf Fixed errant spawn exit points on the Kallisti Wharf supergroup base portal causing players to become stuck. Fixed an area on the east side that caused pedestrians to accumulate without escape. Fixed pathing beacons to indoor locations. Moved a plaque out of the pedestrian walking path. Labyrinth of Fog Fixed a variable error that caused the Minotaur's 'moo' sound effect to not play. Rewards Aether Reward Fixes Effect: Luminous - Restored previous customization, labeled 'Eyes and Body' for clarity. Effect: Umbral - Restored previous customization, labeled 'Eyes and Body' for clarity. Tasks General - Advanced Mode Arachnos Soldiers/Arachnos Widows who own the Bane/Night Widow stealth powers are not targeted by map-wide DoT effects. Erin West - 'Cutting Back Old Growth' Renamed the Alpha Team members. Removing need for players to turn in the final mission. Alexander the Great - 'Know They Enemy' Added visual clarity to the last portal the player needs to take in the finale mission. Text clean up. Robert Kogan - 'The Sunlight and the Spotlight' Fixed badge not granting at arc completion. Those who previously completed the arc will receive the badge retroactively. Fixed dialog tags and arcvars. Removing need for players to turn in the final mission. Added missing moral choice rewards to Kogan. Fixed a gender reference in Kogan. Fixing Major Benjamin's dialog so it doesn't fire all at once. Dap-Dap the Deal Maka' - 'Mergers and Acquisitions' Mission 1: Glowie that is tied to Skulls arc completion is now what unlocks the back door, allowing full team access without teleportation from team leader. Mission 2: Glowie added that depends on team leader owning the Illusionist badge, unlocks secret room, allowing full team access without teleportation from team leader. Mission 5: Additional script redundancy awarding the ArcVar for the Dreck Ambush scenario and awarding the bonus mission. Fixes to mini maps for various missions. Fixed a typo in the lab turrets. Changes to finale to prevent softlock. Changes Dap-Dap's behaviors to go back to Combat once he's recovered from being downed. Enemies The Awakened Lowered Conduit Psychic Battery from 40% to-hit to 10%, 20% damage buff to 16%. Lowered Psionic Blast damage from scale 2.12 to scale 1.8. Standardized Psionic Wounds to scale 1.64 DoT. Blackwing Increased Coordinator Mind Link defense from 10% to 15%. Increased Psionic Coordination defense from 5% to 7.5%. Freaklok Removed Accelerate Metabolism from Freaklok Eidolon. Increased Freaklok Eidolon Focus defense from 20% to 30%. Removed Heart of Darkness from Freaklok Eidolon. Removed Focus from Shambling Luminous Eidolon. Removed Dark Regeneration from Shambling Mire Eidolon. Removed Oppressive Gloom from Shambling Murk Eidolon. Fixed some versions of Immolation with mismatched effects from other versions (all should now be a ToHit/Damage/Recharge buff). Nemesis Automatons Fixed General Automaton with 300% instead of 30% Psionic resistance. Vanguard Assault and Tactics updated to pseudotoggles that can be suppressed with mez or End drain. Increased Bayonet animation time from 1.17s to 1.67s. Decreased Burst animation time from 2.2s to 1s. Plasma Blast given its own FX (was using Willie Pete Round's), increased recharge from 4s to 8s, decreased regeneration debuff from 500% for 30s to 200% for 15s. Decreased SIGIL Round animation time from 3.83s to 2.17s. Fixed Defense Aura having an activateperiod of 20s instead of 4s, missing an endurance cost and recharge time. Fixed Freezing Sphere being a ranged attack instead of a melee AoE. Decreased Ice Blast damage from scale 1.64 to scale 1.32, increased recharge from 5s to 6s. Increased Life Drain damage from scale 1.0 to scale 1.64. Fixed Vanguard Rifles and Claws having desynced attack FX on initial weapon draw. Fixed Focus and Shockwave having swapped attack FX. Fixed Vanguard Claws attack ranges being copied from endurance costs. Warriors Decreased Reflexes defense from 15% to 10%. Increased Practiced Brawler defense from 15% to 30%. Increased Heightened Senses defense from 15% and 5% to 30% and 10%. Wyvern Removed Talon Flash Arrow from Wing Raptor Agent. Removed Eagle Eye from all Wyvern that appear in missions (still retained in overworld). Increased Sting Agent and Raptor Agent piercing arrow resistance debuff from 5% to 10%. Removed disorient protection/resistance from Body Armor, added perception debuff resistance. Fixed a few Wyvern units missing Body Armor. Various Increased reward scales for various Awakened, Freaklok, Gold Brickers, Paragon Police, Skulls, Vanguard, Warriors, and Wyvern to be more appropriate for their respective difficulty levels. Mission Maps Igneous Lava Cave Fixed a minimap extents error on this mission map. Miscellaneous Name Tags When using a name tag such as Helper, Help Me, or Roleplayer, your name color is no longer changed.

Zones Labyrinth of Fog Additions High score counter added to the Font of Malevolence. Appears in the navigation bar when in the Font. Tracked per hour reset cycle, high score is recorded per server and persists. Does not impact rewards, just statistical information for players. Adjustments Enhanced visuals on the Font of Malevolence doors. Improved movement control on the Minotaur In The Fog. Avatar of Achyls given increased resistances to Slow, Endurance Drain, and Immobilize. Avatar of Achyls HP scaling changed to scale from 8 players up to 40 players, previously 16-32; Amount of HP per player increased slightly. Avatar of Achyls' Malevolent Explosion recharge increased to 45 seconds from 30 seconds. Increased delay between warning and execution on Malevolent Explosion to 5 seconds from 2 seconds. Mythic Fog are now 50% larger so they're easier to see. Mythic Fog now produce a bubble geometry surrounding their area of effect. Mythic Fog now plays a float message when changing location. Fall-off time for Anchor buff increased to 7 seconds from 3 seconds. Players can now activate powers in the True Core of the Labyrinth. Fixes Fixed an issue that caused many GMs to spawn in the Font of Malevolence. Fixed an issue that caused the Labyrinth zone to unload if idle. Temporary Halloween Minotaur costumes can now activate the secret cow door. NPCs Council Council Super Soldier is now less super. 5th Column Fixed Lt/Boss Rifle Butt missing an endurance cost. Fixed Steel Valkyrie Missile Launcher dealing smashing instead of fire damage. Fixed Robot defense having duplicate Terrorize protection. Fixed Krieger Dragons Tail having scrapper crit chance. Banished Pantheon Fixed Storm Shaman Hurricane omitting certain archetypes from range debuff. Carnival of Shadows Fixed the pet version of Illusionist Phase Shift not suppressing when mezzed. Fixed Vanessa's Psyche recovery debuff not affecting enemies. Fixed Carnival Mallet attacks redrawing off each other. Crey Fixed Paragon Protector Spine Throwing missing toxic damage over time. Fixed Paragon Protector Elite Incinerate being an AoE. Freakshow Fixed Super Stunner Paralyzing Blast not affecting players. Fixed Super Stunner using the wrong tinted FX for Reserve Power. Rewards Giant Monsters - Labyrinth of Fog Giant Monsters defeated in the Labyrinth of Fog no longer reward Monstrous Aether per the amount encountered there. Costume Matrix Macro Accolade Fixed incorrectly named 'Mini Seed of Hamidon' to correct 'Mini Seedling of Hamidon'. Powers Energy Melee Fixed an FX error in fast cast Energy Transfer. Miscellaneous Bug Fixes Added missing defense debuff continuing FX to various NPC powers. Fixed FX / animation desyncs for various NPC weapon powers. Corrected the attack types used for defense checks for various NPC powers. Corrected the AIGroup / NPC behavior for some powers. Corrected typos in various missions and dialogues. Corrected the level ranges for critter spawns. Moved the Nutrient Rich badge to a more appropriate location in the badge list.

Zones Labyrinth of Fog Additions Malevolent Fog given more fitting sounds and death FX. The Time-Bound Artificer info NPC in the Midnighter Club has new dialog options that tells you which Minotaur weapon defeats the current character talking to them has. Additional flavor dialog also added regarding the Benefactor In The Fog. New unique sound cue added to the zone reset when the Minotaur re-spawns. Defeating the Minotaur automatically now includes a random Incarnate Salvage roll for Level 50 players with their Alpha slot unlocked. Option added to Minotaur in The Fog's reward table choices for 4 Empyrean Merits as alternative for those uninterested in vanity rewards. 3 Fog Inspiration reward option replaced with 3 Ultimate Inspiration reward option. Empyrean payout half for repeat rewards within 18 hours, like the Aether reward choice. Orange 5th Column floor has been expanded. Orange now has a secret door to be found leading to a new area: ???: The Font of Malevolence This secret's door can only be crossed when the Minotaur is dead and the zone timer is running. The Font of Malevolence is a location where larger leagues (3+ teams) can grind large numbers of Elite Bosses that re-spawn infinitely. Elite Bosses defeated in the Font of Malevolence do not count for the zone wide level shift progress. Elite Bosses in this area come from all villain groups present in the zone, like orange floors. Adjustments Labyrinth enemies reduced to Level 54 at base down from 54(+1) which starts them at a difficulty level / with power numbers that players plan their builds for. Labyrinth enemy packs now contain 4 Elite Bosses, down from 6. Removed Level Shift-scaling Damage Resistance buff from Labyrinth enemies to make them much less bulky at higher shift counts. Point value of Elite Boss defeats doubled when league is at 24+ players. Minotaur's movement speed increased to reduce wait times during the end phase of the raid. When the Minotaur In The Fog summons players to the Colosseum of Minos for Trial By Combat, invites will be skipped for players in the entrance lobby, the Core, or a secret area. Unholy Plague Howl, Netted Pilum Toss, and Hoof Stomp are now unaffected by Recharge buffs/debuffs. Minotaur purple triangle up-time increased from 66% to 80%. Colosseum of Minos arena transition now triggered when The Minotaur In The Fog is at <85% HP instead of <75% HP. Gladiator In The Fog reinforcement wave now triggered at <45% HP instead of <25% HP. Ambient drum SFX when the Minotaur is nearby increased in volume. Draught of Fog: When used in the Labyrinth of Fog, this inspiration now also provides a stacking minor PvE Stealth buff for 15 minutes. Combined with a Stealth IO this should allow all players to participate in hunting for Malevolent Fog. Draught of Fog: Condensed the description to try and save on space when in storage bins. Follow Through Fog: Now applies a strong PvE Stealth buff on arrival for 5 seconds. Follow Through Fog: Target must now be a player. Core Attunement: Accolade tray power can now be used anywhere in the zone. Takes those outside the Core in; Takes those inside the Core to the lobby. Core Attunement: Power tool tip now says 'Core Teleport'. Frequency of random Giant Monster spawns increased from every 4-6 hours to 3-4 hours. Giant Monsters are now worth a full zone-wide Level Shift upon defeat. The Giant Monster found in the Forbidden Server Closet secret now cons yellow/neutral until attacked, allowing players to explore the easter egg. Mote's clickable text now matches the mote's color. Spawns near the orange mote have been moved further away. Orange 5th Column floor's randomizer point has been relocated. Fixes Fixed a scenario where the Minotaur could be challenged to combat, teleported to the arena, but then the attempt abandoned which would cause the Minotaur's setup to become bugged. Many typo and text fixes. Removed a door in Orange 5th Column floor that was randomizing unintentionally. Adjustments to Minotaur's power stances to prevent the AI from getting stuck in stance transition. Midnighter Club Adjustments Candles near the entrance to the Labyrinth of Fog now using fog candles. Invention worktable added to the hall with the Merit Vendor. Atlas Park Fixes Added a tree to an empty planter. Tasks Lady Grey's Task Force - Advanced Mode Mission 3 Rikti Monkey Vultures & Psi-Protector Primate's bodies now despawn quicker to reduce ent render limit strain during the encounter. No changes to how long the Monkey Gas that spawns after their defeat persists. Replaced the gold skylight with a gold beam FX originating from the gas centrifuge. This should make locating and defeating Psi-Protectors more reasonable during the encounter: Fixed a bug where Psi-Protector Primates were not receiving their Psi-Network buffs as intended. Fixed misspelling of 'annihilation' in Hro'Dtohz cut scene. Dr. Aeon's Strike Force Battle Becky in the final mission should now properly attach to and be command-able by Vigilante players. Mender Ramiel - 'Power Overwhelming' Echo of Minos now using a Minotaur model that links the echo to the Labyrinth of Fog. Rewards Mini Pets Existing mini pet recipes have had their rarity shifted down (Very Rare -> Rare; Rare -> Uncommon). Uncommon Mini Pet recipes vendor sell value set at 10,000 influence. Rare Mini Pet recipes continue to sell at their previous 100,000 influence. Hamidon Bud recipe standardized to the same drop rate as other Rare pet recipes. Now 0.1% chance, down from 0.4%. Costumes Fixes Added missing 'Fire' and 'Ice' options to Flat Boot category on all three body types. NPCS Null the Gull No longer mentions sending players to a luau in Talos Island as that location is no longer instanced. Incarnates Fixed incorrect Minion rank on Madam Bellerose, correctly set to Boss rank per their critter class. Midnighters Dream Doctor no longer uses sheathed Staff Fighting FX. Fixed missing staff weapon model on Dream Doctor when fighting. Dream Doctor's description on his trainer no longer mentions details from any story arcs. Time-Bound Artificer's sword FX made non-translucent. Psychic Clockwork Assembler Lord's summons to no longer grant rewards. Fixed Tesla Bishops to properly stop their FX animations when defeated like other Clockwork. Maps Praetorian Tech Lab Fixed a hole in the ceiling of the large assembly line rooms. Tech Lab Fixed a glowie that was inside of a wall and unclickable. Miscellaneous Long Range Teleporter Added Midnighter Club, The Crucible, and Fort Trident to the LRT destination check pop menu. Fixed 'Going Rouge' not unlocking Imperial City in the LRT. Fixed LRT still checking for 'Silent Sentinel' badge in Atlas Park instead of 'Rookie'. Powers Accolades Fixes Mark & Recall: Fixed an issue where certain scripted teleport functions would move player's Mark, causing the recalled location to change unintentionally. Marine Affinity Fixes: Barrier Reef Fixed an issue where Barrier Reef's rename feature would not stick after re-summoning. Now has the correct "Disable All" flag to prevent it being used when other powers cannot. No longer displays the "Tempest" power on it's buff bar. Fixes: AE and Dopplegangers NPC versions of Marine Affinity should now have the correct level requirements. Barrier Reef is set to not spawn as often and can be interrupted Miscellaneous Fixes: Sentinel Radiation Blast - Irradiate Fixed a bug where Irradiate could slot Single Target Ranged enhancement sets.

Powers Psionic Armor > Consume Psyche / Devour Psyche Fixed a bug where this power would pop up red "First Target Only" popups every time it was used Fixed a bug where the Res(Heal) debuff was being suppressed Psionic Armor > Memento Mori Fixed a timing issue with the conscious usage auto self rez Dark Armor >Soul Transfer Fixed a timing issue with the conscious usage auto self rez Self Rez Players will now be stealthed in PvE while under the effects of self-rez Untouchable buffs Electric Control > Conductive Aura Fixed an issue where the recovery/regen buff from this power was not stacking Electric Armor > Grounded Off-ground duration of KB protection dialed back to 5 seconds Text issues Fixed an issue where some powers had too many back-to-back line breaks Pyrotechnic Control > Glittering Column Due to bugs with this power, various aspects were reimplemented The power should no longer grant some players a Glitter Explosion power -ToHit debuff moved to it's own Aura Power, separate from the taunt and explosion. This aura can hit 16 targets in a 15ft radius and the effect lingers for 10s The aura starts from the moment the Column is created, but requires a ToHit check to apply per tick. Robotics > Maintenance Drone Fixed an issue where this power was not spending the pet's HP Regeneration > Instant Healing [PvP only] [PvP only] Reduced unenhanceable regeneration from scale 6.00 to scale 4.00 Regeneration > Reactive Regeneration [PvP only] Reduced base +regeneration from scale 2.00 + to scale 0.80 [PvP only] Reduced +regeneration stacks from scale 0.25 to scale 0.08 Regeneration > Reactive Regeneration [PvP only] Remove resistance to -regen in PvP Tankers: The following powers were inadvertently boosted in radius when they were not intended to. These radius boosts have been rolled back. Dark Melee > Dark Consumption Dark Melee > Soul Drain Badges City Badge Tracker Increased max memory limit on the tracker's script to prevent it from crashing when used by a lot of players over time. Tasks Erin West - 'Cutting Back Old Growth' Fixes to bugs in Mission1_2 and Mission 3_5. Robert Kogan - 'The Sun and the Spotlight' Fix to wrong actor speaking in Kogan tip mission. Fixing looping dialog. Miscellaneous New Player Experience Update to Welcome Message Dialogue to account for Roleplaying Role and thematic font colors.

AI Aggro Cap Fixed a bug that caused NPCs more than 111' feet away from their primary target to have inverted priorities with regards to the aggro cap - i.e. taunted foes and high ranking foes would be lower priority and more likely to de-aggro or switch to ranged attacks due to the cap instead of higher priority as intended. Reworked the priority algorithm to de-emphasize damage and distance while further prioritizing taunted enemies and high ranking enemies. Zones Labyrinth of Fog Fixed a number of tech lab doorways that could cause the Minotaur In The Fog to become stuck in the wall if they traveled through them. Prevented Benefactor in the Fog's Accelerate Metabolism from unintentionally buffing the Minotaur. Avatar of Achlys can now cast their cone attacks through mez. Players in the entrance lobby area or Core of the Labyrinth will no longer be timed out. Doubled the value of shift points earned by defeating Elite Bosses in the Labyrinth. Re-write of the Labyrinth's informational navigation window to better explain the zone. Minotaur's invincibility field now using a unique FX to be more visible. Mythic Fog's anchor field now using a unique FX to be more visible. Mythic Fog's appearance now includes a glowing chain that extends to the ceiling of the arena, to make positioning easier. Mythic Fog can no longer be targeted or killed. Font high score counter can now be viewed from the nav while inside the True Core of the Labyrinth. Description on the Avatar of Achlys cleaned up. Added some protection to the Font GM spawns to prevent more spawns than intended. Fixed a bug that caused the high score counter in the Font of Malevolence to not display. Restored the fog plume FX to the center of the Font of Malevolence. Task Force: Lady Grey Task Force (Advanced Mode) Adjusted K'ong's spawn so that the War Priest is always in the far away spot to prevent Recovery Aura inconsistencies. Dr. Aeon's Strike Force Collision ramps added to the outer edges of the smelting cauldrons in the final encounter to allow King Midas to be pulled into them easier when he is inflicted with -Jump debuffs. Miscellaneous Bug Fixes Fixed invention vanity pet recipe crafts from not counting for the crafting badges. Fixed Crey Cryogenicist Beam Rifle attacks firing from their hands instead of their rifle.

Events Pocket D Move Sigil, Kadabra Kill, and the Ouroboros crystal down to the main floor where it's less likely to cause traffic jams. Sister Psyche's Wedding Pause the ceremony when no players are in the map; this fixes an issue with the post-cutscene spawns not triggering correctly if there are no players in the map. Fixed a bug that caused the hero version of the Nemesis Plot to consider the heroes defeated by default. Badges Grant 'Entrusted With The Secret' to those entering the wedding flashback mission. Enhancements Cupid's Crush: Add missing text for Universal Damage enhancement conversion.

Labyrinth of Fog All players in the Labyrinth zone now have inherent intangibility, allowing them to move through other players for optimal movement freedom. Cursed Plague Howl: Base accuracy doubled, recharge halved; No longer hits pets. Tweaked the global spawn rates to off-load the zone's spawn cap by 25%. This should not be particularly perceptible to players, but should help with zone performance and mob spawn consistency. Increased the Minotaur's rotating Mez resist's strength by 50%. Minotaur defeat badge is now auto-granted to everyone in the arena on defeat. Fixed targeting range of the spawn Gladiator power on the Minotaur to prevent them from spawning in the lobby. Fixed an issue that would cause the teleport prompt to pop-up during the Minotaur's attempt multiple times after 75% HP. Fixed an issue where the Minotaur was re-spawning sooner than an hour after defeat. Fixed an issue where interact-able Gladiators In The Fog would run off after becoming hostile. Fixed the LFG description for the Labyrinth referencing deprecated elements. Fixed an issue that would cause the randomizer doors to fire twice and move the player incorrectly. Badges 'Conqueror of the Labyrinth' - Fix the badge's hint referencing an incorrect badge name. 'Protector of Paragon' - Fixed the badge using the wrong art icon. Aether Rewards Added the two Vanguard HVAS costumes to the costume pop-menu. Powers Added Marine Affinity to Architect Entertainment and Doppelganger power entries. Fixed Barrier Reef's Water Only themes to be selectable. Tasks Imperious Task Force Fixed Daedalus having the incorrect version of Overcharge. Zones Pocket D Moved Blarf's wet floor sign behind his spawn point so he's less likely to get stuck on it returning home. Miscellaneous Fixed a long-standing (20+ year old) FX-related leak that could cause performance degradation over time and frame drops on the local client until the player switched zones. Fixed a map server crash issue that could be caused by owning a very large amount of powers.

Badges New Badges Event Cheers! - Log-in during the City of Heroes 21st anniversary to earn this badge. Purchasable from Luna in Ouroboros during the month of May. Mafioso - Defeat 25 old school Family during the City of Heroes Anniversary Event to earn this badge. Skull Killer - Defeat 25 old school Skulls during the City of Heroes Anniversary Event to earn this badge. Events Fixes Fixed a scaling issue with some of the higher-level enemy groups when spawned in low level zones via a Time Capsule that would cause them to be far more difficult than intended when fought by lower level characters. Old school Family / Skulls have had their spawn weight increased to match Circle of Thorns / Rikti so the mobs who give badge credit are most likely to spawn when opening Time Capsules.

Patch Notes - Issue 28: Legacy, Page 1 What's New in Issue 28, Page 1? Marquee Features New Raid Zone: The Labyrinth of Fog 🐄 New Story Arc: Ashling Corlett - 'Only Love Can Hurt Like This' 💙 New Powerset: Marine Affinity 🌊 Enemy Group Revamp: The Warriors ⚔️ Powers & Gameplay Adjustments New Power Customization Options Various Adjustments, Improvements & Fixes New Left/Right Eye Auras New Aether Shop Rewards + WST Aether at all levels New Pocket D Friend: Blarf New vanity pet recipe drops New Badges; Four New Accolades + Powers Numerous bug fixes and improvements 🐄💙 Marquee Features 🌊⚔️ New Raid Zone: The Labyrinth Of Fog (Level 45-50) The secret vault of the Midnight Club is a vast trove and holds countless artifacts, most kept locked away for the safety of the world. One artifact the Midnighters have utilized for many years in the training of their new magicians: A pocket dimension contained within an ancient cube created by the Cimeroran inventor Daedalus known only as the Labyrinth of Fog. This labyrinth was a place constructed by the tools of the divine, housing an endless maze filled with visages of nightmare, borne from the memories of those who entered, and hunted by a monstrous beast that roamed its endless halls. It was a place where intelligence, strength, and wit could be tested to ensure the Midnighters who make rank can control the vast magics they command. However, with the whole of humanity's safety at risk, the Dream Doctor has vowed to strengthen Earth's defenders by any means, and to this end sought to see the Labyrinth of Fog opened to any powerful hero or villain, to allow them to test themselves against superior versions of their greatest foes with no risk of death, a metaphysical danger room sustained by the arcane. This would be the most promising method they had in their arsenal towards quickly building champions who could defend their world, and the need had never been greater. Any risks pertaining to the Labyrinth's original purpose would have to be dismissed in favor of the benefits it could provide to the world's strongest, after all, the Dream Doctor had himself trained in this Labyrinth. Now, with the doors to this ancient dungeon opened to all, the Midnighters are providing support to those who are willing to face the worst of themselves and humanity's nightmares. Much hope was placed on those entering the Labyrinth of Fog and conquering its dangers that they might emerge as great champions. "Imagine the birth of an army of heroes... Where each carried the might of Theseus, amongst history's strongest. Earth would be secure." "...If you truly believe that the benefits outweigh the risks, let us test humanity's champions of today." What new adventures lie in store? Like The Hive and The Abyss, The Labryinth of Fog is a raid zone with a low player cap (50), therefore any multi-boxing will not be allowed within. Homecoming's CoC will be updated to state clearly that any multi-boxing within this zone is not allowed. An Artifact In The Midnighter Club? This new co-op raid zone is accessed via an artifact cube found in the Midnighter Club. All players are automatically set to Level 50 while in the zone. An info NPC ghost found near the zone's entrance provides additional information on the specifics of the zone. A trainer, merit vendor, nurse, and buff crafting station have been added to the Midnighter Club zone to help facilitate adventuring activities within the Labyrinth of Fog. The Midnighter Club has been added to Long Range Teleport unlocked by owning the 'Midnight Squad' badge. The Labyrinth of Fog added to the LFG queue where it's found under the 'Trials & Raids' tab if you can access the Midnighter Club and are over Level 45. The zone has a 50-player population cap. Additional instances will generate if one fills. Many Floors & Corridors! The raid zone begins with the labyrinth's entrance lobby. Reviving at the hospital while in this zone will return you to the entrance lobby. Idle players are returned to the Midnighter Club after 15 minutes of inactivity. Logging out while in the zone will return you to the entrance lobby upon login. There is no mini map in the labyrinth except for the entrance lobby. The entrance lobby contains four color-coded portals that each are used to enter into the labyrinth. Each goes to a color-coded floor. There are six floor colors total: Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, Violet, Orange The color of the floor determines what set of grouped enemies populate that floor. Violet Floors contain the most dangerous groups and Giant Monster event channel spawns. Orange floors contain completely randomized enemies. Here is a complete list of the various enemy groups that populate the labyrinth and their floor color: Arachnos Council Freakshow Gold Brickers Hydra Devouring Earth Drudges Imperial Defense Force Nemesis Rikti Carnival of Shadows Circle Of Thorns Cimeroran Traitors Malta Operatives Tsoo Crey The Family Praetorian Resistance Psychic Clockwork Sky Raiders Snakes The Awakened Arachnoids Nictus + Void Hunters Soldiers Of Rularuu Talons Of Vengeance Vanguard Sword Fight For Rewards & Gain Level Shifts! Experience & Influence earned in the zone increased by 25% This stacks with other power such as Experience Boosters or Windfall. Labyrinth of Fog is an extremely vast (40+ floors) mission-style zone filled with Level 54+1 enemies to battle for increased rewards. It is intended this zone be tackled with a Team or League. All enemies in the zone are Rank Shifted (Minion -> Lieutenant, etc.) up to a maximum rank of Elite Boss. Enemies behave identically to standard content and drop all the same rewards they would normally. As Elite Bosses are defeated, a meter on your navigation will fill up, eventually granting a zone-wide Level Shift buff! Elite Bosses have a foggy aura to make them easier to identify as the targets in the zone. Elite Bosses increase in Level Shifts alongside the players. Pets (including Mastermind and Lore) also receive the zone-wide Level Shift buffs. Fear The Minotaur! While in The Labyrinth of Fog, players are hunted continuously by The Minotaur In The Fog, a Monster that's Level 54+(5 to 10) and periodically (every 2-3 minutes) moves to the location of a player on the map (higher odds for the zone's oldest occupants, excludes those in the entrance lobby which is always safe), navigating the labyrinth's maze at inhuman speeds to find prey. For every 8 players in the zone after the first, the Minotaur will gain another +1 Level Shift (min +5, max +10). The navigation window will display the Minotaur's current level, or, if they're currently dead, will show a timer to their next respawn time: 1-8 players on the map: Minotaur = 54(+5) 9-16 players on the map: Minotaur = 54(+6) 17-24 players on the map: Minotaur = 54(+7) 25-32 players on the map: Minotaur = 54(+8) 33-40 players on the map: Minotaur = 54(+9) 41+ players on the map: Minotaur = 54(+10) Defeating the Minotaur will award the new 'Slayer of the Minotaur' badge and the Minotaur will vanish from the zone for one hour, allowing people to adventure and battle enemies within without danger. The Minotaur rewards a choice table with 5 Prismatic Aether + 10 Monstrous Aether to all who participated in the defeat on an 18 hour cool-down. Additional defeats within that time will only reward half the payout. Alternatively, can select 3 Draught of Fog inspirations with no cool-down. The Minotaur will spawn with one of five different weapon power sets; All weapon powers deal 100% Negative Energy damage exclusively. All variants of the Minotaur come with the Unholy Plague Howl, Netted Pilums, Hoof Stomp, Trial By Combat, and Fog Given Form powers. Search for Malevolent Fog! Special 'Malevolent Fog' pinata enemies (no attacks, no regeneration) can be found in the labyrinth that, when defeated, increases the zone's Level Shift navigation bar meter by 50 points and grants 1 Reward Merit to all players in the zone who meet the following conditions: Cannot be dead. Cannot be in the entrance lobby, the Core, or a secret area. A single player who participated in the defeat will receive a 'Draught of Fog' inspiration. These special inspirations provide the user with 15 minutes of a single Level Shift stack exclusive to them and their pets, as well as immunity to the Diseased debuff. These Inspirations are not bound and can be freely traded or stored in Super Group bases. Malevolent Fog are most commonly found in rooms that are dead ends, and their FX makes them stands out in the foggy environment. Once defeated, another Malevolent Fog will spawn somewhere else in the labyrinth to take its place. This should naturally filter them down to lesser visited places over time while ensuring there is always some to be found. The zone-wide buff grants +1 Level Shift, +DMG/ToHit/Recharge/Recovery for each stack. It can be stacked up to ten times from either Malevolent Fog defeats or cumulative Elite Boss defeats. The current Level Shift total can be seen on your buff bar as a black icon with a white number: The Labyrinth's Level Shifts stack up to a max of 10! The Level Shift buffs decay at a rate of once per 5 minutes, each decay will reduce the total stack of Level Shifts by 1. But Not Without Assistance! Players are given two pop-tray powers while in the labyrinth to assist them: Escape From Fog: Teleports yourself back to the entrance lobby of the labyrinth. 1 second cool-down. Follow Through Fog: Teleport yourself to a target Team or League mate. May fail if the target does not have space nearby or is going through a door. Intended to help teams stick together. 1 second cool-down. Gladiators In The Fog? Throughout the colored floors, players can encounter Gladiators In The Fog. Standing next to one will prompt the Gladiator to respond. Depending on how many badges from the Labyrinth you currently have, the Gladiator will do one of the following: Respond with hints/tips/lore dialog about the Labyrinth. Gift a Draught of Fog inspiration. Become hostile and attack the player. (More Labyrinth badges = higher chance of attack) Each Gladiator will only interact with the same player once ever. Defeated Gladiators drop a single Draught of Fog inspiration to one participating player. Blood and strength unseen, Gladiator! Explore the Labyrinth! There are many secrets and prizes to be discovered within the Labyrinth of Fog. Including many not detailed at all in the patch notes! Finding a secret area will reward the 'Hidden In Fog' exploration badge. Secret area doors have a confirmation box when clicked to enter them. Some secret areas are easy to find, others more difficult. All secret areas reward the same exploration badge. The secret areas show up as '???' locations and immediately grant the badge upon discovery. New Story Arc 'Only Love Can Hurt Like this' - Ashling Corlett (Level 41-49) Ashling Corlett is a veteran of Paragon City, even if you've never heard of her. When the Shivan attack hit Galaxy City she was in the thick of the Hero Corps rescue detail, only leaving after directly ordered to despite suffering serious injury. As a result she moved to the Hero Corps reserves, but she hasn't been idle. There's things left undone and she means to finish them, even if it means crossing a few lines to do it. Reach out to Ashling and her Hero Corps reserves, there's work to be done! CONTACT: Ashling Corlett LOCATION: Steel Canyon (/thumbtack -4736.0 0.0 395.4) ALIGNMENT / LEVEL: Hero - Level 41+ OUROBOROS / ARC: Captain (40-49) - 28.01 New Support Powerset - Marine Affinity - Defender, Controller, Corruptor, Mastermind Marine Affinity allows players to command the power of the Oceans to buff their friends and wash away their enemies. This set focuses on turning the tides of battle with several area-based buffs and debuffs, specifically bolstering ally damage while dampening enemy damage potential. Thematically, the set's area coverage allows you to either spread out areas of effect in a wide but shallow pool, or dive deep in one spot to bowl over enemies. Surf & Turf is on the menu this Page! Powers: Shoal Rush - By sensing the water in an area, you can direct a shoal of marine life to harass your foes. This lowers the defense and movement speeds of all enemies struck. Soothing Wave - Send forth a calming wave of water, washing over friend and foe alike. Allies will be healed by this power, while enemies will have their offensive power watered down. Toroidal Bubble - You create a ring of Bubbles that encase your allies, constantly hydrating them to replenish endurance and reducing the effects of endurance drain. The bubble also reduces all incoming damage, providing extra resistance to Fire and Smashing damage, and also increases jump height thanks to added buoyancy. Whitecap - Summon and ride a wave of water towards your target, crashing down to knock over all enemies in the radius and staggering them, lowering their damage resistance! Enemies close to where you crash will receive harsher debuffs and damage. Tide Pool - Create a large pool of water at a targeted location to swell the damage that your allies deal, while reducing the damage , movement speeds, and stealth of enemies within the Tide Pool. If an enemy is defeated in the pool, or they are targeted by Shoal Rush or Whitecap, the marine life present will be thrown into a frenzy! While frenzied, the Tide Pool has a chance to knock over enemies and the damage buff and debuff is stronger. Brine - You coat an enemy in an extremely salinated layer of deep-sea brine that reduces your foe's maximum hit points, and resistance to damage. This power may consume up to 3 stacks of Shifting Tide's buff in order to recharge much faster per stack. Shifting Tides - Select a target to create a field of shifting waters around them. Enemies within the shifting waters have a chance take bonus damage when any power hits them, as well as provide you and your allies a stacking Rising Tide buff that increases ToHit, Damage, and Recharge time. The more stacks of Rising Tide, the higher the odds to proc bonus damage! Barrier Reef - Create a Barrier Reef teeming with life at your target location. The Barrier Reef will emit an aura that washes over allies in range, providing them with a defensive cover of water that will absorb and deflect some damage. Power of the Depths - Becoming a conduit of the ocean itself, you boost the max hit points and endurance of allies within range. This power will also increase the Regeneration rate of all nearby allies, while also increasing the Range of all of their powers. A portion of these effects will decay over time. Unleash the power of the ocean! Enemy Group Revamp: The Warriors Warriors, come out and play! All New costumes and visuals for all Warrior enemies except Odysseus. Standardized melee range to 7ft. Base accuracy for weapon attacks increased from 1.0x to 1.05x. Base accuracy for Bow/Crossbow attacks increased to 1.2x. Warriors with Hand Crossbows levels 20-39 replaced with Aimed Shot at 40+. Warriors with Bow levels 20-39 replaced with Blazing Arrow at 40+. Warriors with Crossbow levels 20-39 replaced with Crystal Arrow at 40+. Warriors with Exploding Bolt levels 20-39 replaced with Explosive Arrow at 40+. Updated critter names to follow traditional Warrior naming conventions. Added Archery minion/lieutenant/boss critters. Created new base Warrior resistance scaling by critter rank. Updated descriptions and help text for all new Warriors powers. Updated legacy missions and spawndefs with Warriors to use New Warriors. Created new custom spawndefs for Warriors. Crushers Bash animation reduced from 1.37s to 1.33s, disorient increased from 5% chance to 10%. Pulverize animation reduced from 1.83s to 1.5s. Clobber animation reduced from 1.83s to 1.23s, damage scale increased from 0.25 to 2.92, recharge decreased from 20s to 16s, disorient decreased from scale 10 duration to scale 5.0. Shatter damage scale increased from 1.96 to 2.28, increased arc from 10 to 45 degrees. Crowd Control added to bosses levels 40+. Custom Willpower auto power added to minions/lieutenants/bosses levels 40+, custom Willpower toggle for lieutenants/bosses levels 40+. Hewers Gash animation reduced from 1.83s to 1s, damage scale decreased from 1.16 to 1.0, recharge decreased from 5s to 4s. Chop animation reduced from 1.83s to 1.2s, damage scale decreased from 1.96 to 1.64, recharge decreased from 10s to 8s. Beheader animation reduced from 1.37s to 1.27s, damage scale decreased from 2.28 to 1.96, recharge decreased from 12s to 10s. Pendulum converted from 5ft radius/180 degree cone to 7ft radius melee TAoE, animation reduced from 2.27s to 2s, damage scale decreased from 1.9 to 1.35. Swoop added to bosses levels 40+. Custom Willpower auto power added to minions/lieutenants/bosses levels 40+, custom Willpower toggle for lieutenants/bosses levels 40+. Slashers Hack animation reduced from 1.83s to 1.33s, damage scale increased from 0.84 to 1.64, recharge increased from 3s to 8s, defense debuff duration increased from 6s to 10s. Slash animation reduced from 2.27s to 1.33s, damage scale decreased from 1.32 to 1.0, recharge decreased from 6s to 4s, defense debuff duration decreased from 10s to 6s. Parry animation reduced from 2s to 1.33s, added lethal defense to self defense buff. Whirling Sword animation reduced from 2.87s to 2.67s. Minion Hack replaced with Slash. Head Splitter added to bosses levels 40+. Custom Willpower auto power added to minions/lieutenants/bosses levels 40+, custom Willpower toggle for lieutenants/bosses levels 40+. Brawlers Added 10% chance for recharge and tohit debuff to Brawl. Boxing damage scale increased from 0.76 to 0.874, disorient increased from 5% chance mag 2 to 35% chance mag 3. Kick damage scale increased from 0.84 to 0.966, knockdown chance increased from 20% to 40%. Added Lieutenant and Boss critters with Street Justice attacks. Minions levels 40+ have Fighting suite replaced with Street Justice. Bosses levels 40+ gain Crushing Uppercut. Custom Super Reflexes auto power added to minions/lieutenants/bosses levels 40+, custom Super Reflexes toggle for lieutenants/bosses levels 40+. Staff Fighting Created new class for Staff Fighting users with Pilum ranged attacks; use Super Reflexes at high levels. Powers & Gameplay Adjustments Power Customization Energy Mastery: Laser Beam Sweep alt animation/fx for Energy Torrent (only applies to versions of Energy Mastery with Laser Beam Eyes). Teleport: The following customization options have been added to the Teleport / Combat Teleport customization offerings: Goop (Tintable) Customization Adjustments Added ability to color the power customization of the following Teleport / Combat Teleport options: Smoke Bomb (Tintable) Rikti (Original + Tintable) Tornado (Tintable) Murder of Crows (Tintable) Character Customization Improvements New Costume Parts Auras The following customization options have been added to costume aura offerings: Alpha (Right Eye, Left Eye, +Combat) Atomic (Right Eye, Left Eye, +Combat) Battle Fury (Right Eye, Left Eye, +Combat) Beastly Rage (Right Eye, Left Eye, +Combat) Binary (Right Eye, Left Eye, +Combat) Cryo (Right Eye, Left Eye, +Combat) Electricity (Right Eye, Left Eye, +Combat) Fairy Dust (Right Eye, Left Eye, +Combat) Fire (Right Eye, Left Eye, +Combat) Fire Flies (Right Eye, Left Eye, +Combat) Gaseous (Right Eye, Left Eye, +Combat) Glow (Right Eye, Left Eye, +Combat) Omega (Right Eye, Left Eye, +Combat) Pixels (Right Eye, Left Eye, +Combat) Smouldering (Right Eye, Left Eye, +Combat) Snow (Right Eye, Left Eye, +Combat) Sparkle (Right Eye, Left Eye, +Combat) Sparks (Right Eye, Left Eye, +Combat) Starburst Glow (Right Eye, Left Eye, +Combat) Tendrils (Right Eye, Left Eye, +Combat) Thunderhead (Right Eye, Left Eye, +Combat) Volcanic (Right Eye, Left Eye, +Combat) Aether Shop Rewards Prismatic Aether salvage now drops from the Weekly Strike Target at all levels, no longer requires being Level 50. 🎉 Tier 1 Reward Additions New NPC costumes added to the Tier 1 Aether reward vendor offerings: Costume: Banished Pantheon Totem Costume: Luddite Costume: Luddite Crusader Costume: Malta Tac Ops Commander Costume: Malta Hercules Titan Costume: Rikti Ambassador Costume: Rikti Scientist Costume: Rikti Specialist Costume: Talons Sibyl (Earth) Costume: Talons Sibyl (Fire) Costume: Talons Sibyl (Ice) Costume: Talons Sibyl (Shadow) Costume: Talons Sibyl (Storm) Costume: Rogue Arachnos Blood Widow Costume: Warrior Hewer Gladiator Costume: Warrior Hoplite Gladiator Costume: Warrior Pankratiast Gladiator Tier 2 Reward Adjustment The following costume power is being moved from Tier 1 to Tier 2: Costume: Legacy Warrior Thug Tier 3 Reward Additions New cosmetic effects added to the Tier 3 Aether reward vendor offerings: Effect: Vision Filter (Monochrome and Sepia Tone screen filters) This power requires the game client's 'Desaturation Effects' graphic option be enabled in order to function! Applies a screen filter to your game client: Just like the old days... Wait, that doesn't seem right... Tier 4 Reward Additions New premium costume added to the Tier 4 Aether reward vendor offerings: Costume: Block Mode + Costume: Block Mini Mode Grants both power regular and mini versions with singular purchase! This power has five customization options: Cutting-edge high-definition costumes, quality assured by GM_Bot itself! Vanguard Merit Reward Additions New NPC costumes added to the Vanguard Merit worktable offerings: Costume: Vanguard Shield HVAS Costume: Vanguard Sword HVAS Various Additions, Enhancements, & Fixes New Pocket D Friend: Blarf Abnormal or adorable? You decide! Blarf is a for-fun zone mini pet that spawns near the unique wet floor sign on the red-side ground floor where the former nauseous man used to be. Clicking on Blarf will engage in affection-giving physical contact. WARNING: DJ ZERO & POCKET D ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INCIDENTS RELATED TO HEALTH DEGRADATION FROM CONTACT WITH UNIDENTIFIED MATTER, PLEASE EXERCISE CAUTION AND RESTRAINT WHEN ENGAGING WITH BLARF! DO NOT FEED BLARF UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES! Blarf's location within Pocket D is tracked on the mini-map with a blue-green dot, and updated in real-time. Blarf will become friends with the first person who clicks them, becoming attached and following them around anywhere they go within Pocket D for a while. Blarf has a short attention span. After 3-minutes it can be distracted and become attached to a new person who clicks on them. If you move too far away from Blarf for too long (>20ft, for 5 seconds), they will lose interest in their current friend. Blarf does not have any collision, but is fast and affectionate. Blarf doesn't like to go to the certain locations, and will return to their spawn if their current friend goes into any of the following places: Architect Entertainment Ski Chalet VIP Lounge Hospitals Elevator Entrance Hallways Blue-side Upstairs Bar Blarf can fly! Airborne friends are supported by Blarf. Blarf will give a "gift" to anybody who clicks them, even if they don't become their next friend. These "gifts" are on a 10-minute cool-down timer. Vanity Pets New Pets Recipes The following Very Rare recipes have been added and have a 0.1% (1 in 1000) chance to drop one from any Nictus or Void Hunter group Boss rank defeat: Pet: Mini Kheldian Black Dwarf Pet: Mini Kheldian Bright Nova Pet: Mini Kheldian Dark Nova Pet: Mini Kheldian White Dwarf Like other pet recipes, these can be traded or sold on the Auction House. Pet Adjustments Giant Monster's Mini Pet Recipes (Rare quality) can now be sold to vendors for 100,000 Influence each. Peacebringers and Warshades can now use vanity pets while transformed. New Badges (15) Accolade 'Conqueror of the Labyrinth' - Collect the following badges in order to unlock this accolade: Grants: 'Core Attunement' - Self: Teleport between the Labyrinth of Fog's lobby and the Core of the Labyrinth. (Only available from those locations) Collect the following badges in order to unlock this accolade: Slayer of the Minotaur (New, The Minotaur In The Fog defeat) Malevolent Intoxication (New, 5 Malevolent Fog defeats) Greek Philosopher (New, History) Hidden In Fog (New, Labyrinth of Fog exploration) 'Between Realities' - Collect the following badges in order to unlock this accolade: Grants: 'Mark' & 'Recall' - Instant cast. First usage records your current position as the Mark. Second usage return teleports caster to the location they originally set their Mark. Mark is not consumed until used or the owner leaves the zone. 10 minute cool-down. Unable to be activated on missions where it could cause soft locks. Collect the following badges in order to unlock this accolade: Germinator Terminator (Seed of Hamidon defeat) Full Spectrum (Seedling defeats) Show's Over (Carnival defeats) Lawbreaker (Drudge defeats) Multifacted (New, 25 Alignment Tip missions) The Last Word (History) Eye of the Vortex (First Ward exploration) Stargazer (Night Ward exploration) Dead but Dreaming (Night Ward exploration) 'Protector of Paragon City / Traitor to Paragon City' Grants: 'Sheer Willpower' - Self: Resist Mez Effects for 30 seconds, 10 minute cool-down. Collect the following badges in order to unlock this accolade: 'Force of Justice' (Safeguard Mission accolade) Safeguard Mission side missions have been made to grant credit team-wide. 'Guardian of Forever' (Laura Lockhart story arc) 'The Greater Good' (Agent Watkins story arc) 'Beyond Reasonable Doubt' (Shauna Braun story arc) 'Gallant' (Hero Morality Mission) 'Bicentennial' (History) 'Strike Force Commander / Deep Strike Agent' Grants: 'Sheer Willpower' - Self: Resist Mez Effects for 30 seconds, 10 minute cool-down. Collect the following badges in order to unlock this accolade: 'Binder of Beasts' (Tarikoss Strike Force) 'Leviathan' (Operative Renault Strike Force) 'Air Pirate' (Silver Mantis Strike Force) 'Crystal Keeper' (Ice Mistral Strike Force) 'Gold Standard' (Dr. Aeon Strike Force) Accomplishment 'Bound By NDA' - Complete Ashling Corlette's story arc to earn this badge. 'Nutrient-Rich' - Feed Blarf to earn this badge. Achievement 'Uncommitted' - Complete 5 Alignment Tip missions to earn this badge. Alignment Tip mission complete credit is team-wide for all three badges. 'Adept' - Complete 10 Alignment Tip missions to earn this badge. 'Multifaceted' - Complete 25 Alignment Tip missions to earn this badge. Defeat 'Slayer of the Minotaur' - Defeat The Minotaur In The Fog to earn this badge. 'Malevolent Intoxication' - Defeat 5 of the Malevolent Fog pinatas to earn this badge. 'Phantom Gladiator' - Defeat 25 Gladiators In The Fog to earn this badge. Exploration 'Hidden In Fog' - Locate any of the Labyrinth of Fog's secret areas to earn this badge. 'Lab Rat' - Cross the maze found in the Endless Colonnade to earn this badge. History 'Greek Philosopher' - Discover all five history plaques found in the Core of the Labyrinth to earn this badge. Badge Changes Day Jobs 'Arachnos Official / Arachnos Traitor' - Fixed this badge using the hero version text when on a villain character. Defeats 'Mythical' - Incarnate Nictus Minotaurs and The Minotaur In The Fog now also count for this badge. 'Gear Smasher' - Psychic Clockwork Gears now count for this badge. Zones Contacts Mercedes Sheldon (Midnighter Club) Moved from her confusing position in one of the duplicate entrance hallways, now found in the main Midnighter Club hall. Mercedes Sheldon (Pocket D) Corrected the event version of Mercedes Sheldon from appearing in contact introductions. Tasks Mission Maps Enemies Miscellaneous Remove /emailsend, /emailsendattachment, /gmailclaim, and /gmailreturn slash commands. These commands were intended for internal use by the UI and correct usage depends on knowing internal character state that is not visible to the player. Incorrect usage can leave the player's mailbox in a corrupt state that renders it unusable without manual administrator intervention to fix the database records.

A small client-only hotfix has been released to the launcher. Stability Added a workaround to mitigate a client crash in third-party PhysX code often seen under heavy graphical load (i.e. Peregrine Island trick-or-treat leagues). There was already a partial workaround for this crash in place that would prevent the client from crashing immediately, but it could still crash later when attempting to unload PhysX objects -- typically when leaving the zone to go somewhere else. The new workaround should mitigate this secondary crash as well. However, due to the PhysX engine being in an unstable state, clientside debris objects will be disabled for the rest of the game session, until the client is restarted.