The Curator

Customization Options The two accolade powers that have weapon models can now be customized from the Power Customization menu. Crey CBX-9 Pistol Original (Default) Tintable Semi-Automatic Pistol Revolver Malta Sidearm Arachnos Pistol Rikti Blaster Stolen Immobilizer Ray Original (Default) Tintable Shotgun Canister Gun Malta Launcher Orestes Rifle Rikti Entangler Claws & Spines Legacy Spines > Barb Swipe and Claws > Swipe flail animations added as alternative animations for Spines > Ripper and Claws > Eviscerate. Teleport & Combat Teleport Several new alternate Teleport customization options added: Murder of Crows Rikti Smoke Bomb Tornado Customization Fixes Teleport: Restored original colors for "Power Customization > Teleport > Original"

Custom Weapons All weapon sets currently in the game now have sheathed/holstered weapon support. Yay! 🎉 Holstered Bows Holstered Bows toggle option now available. Holstered Beam Rifles Holstered Beam Rifles toggle option now available. Holstered Pulse Rifles Pulse Rifle has been folded into the Assault Rifle/Munition Rifle FX and it now has access to all of the same weapon models as those sets. Holstered Pulse Rifles toggle option now available. Holstered Dual Pistols Holstered Dual Pistols toggle option now available. New Custom Weapons The following weapon models have been added as custom weapon options: Arachnos Mace Rikti Bladerifle Arachnos / Assault / Munitions / Pulse Rifles Devastator Shard Cannon Shock Rifle Broadsword Red Cap Dagger Thorn Blade 2 Circle of Thorns Sword Beam Rifle Legacy Assault Rifle Assault Rifle Legacy Merc. Assault Weapon Merc. Assault Weapon Silenced Merc. Assault Weapon Mk. II Merc. Assault Weapon Military Assault Rifle Sniper Rifle Malta Sniper Rifle Tommy Gun Council Assault Weapon Council Sub-Machine Gun Nemesis Rifle Nemesis Rifle 2 Vanguard Rifle w/Bayonet Elite Vanguard Rifle w/Bayonet Crey Laser Rifle Crey Pulse Blaster Rikti Blaster Rikti Cannon Dual Pistols Praetorian Resistance Blaster Rikti Blaster Crey Pistol Circle of Thorns Crossbow Hand Crossbow

Costumes New Costume Parts Added 'Gold Bricker' preset to the costume menu set offerings. Male / Female / Huge: Patterns > Chest, Gloves, Hips, Boots > "Bars" (Contribution by @Marbing) Patterns > Chest, Gloves, Hips, Boots > "Technopath" (Contribution by @Marbing) Patterns > Chest, Gloves, Hips, Boots > "Paragon Protector" Head > Full Helmet > "Paragon Protector" Head > Hats > "Plague Doctor 1" Head > Hats > "Plague Doctor 2" Head > Detail 1 > "Plague Doctor" Head > Half Helmets > Helmets > "Modern Beret" Head > Half Helmets > Helmets > "ACH Helmet Tintable 1" Head > Half Helmets > Helmets > "ACH Helmet Tintable 2" Head > Half Helmets > Helmets > "ACH Helmet 1-8" Head > Half Helmets > Helmet Detail 1 > "Modern Beret Flash" Head > Half Helmets > Helmet Detail 2 > "Modern Beret Detail 1-13" Head > Floating Heads > Eyeball > "Basic" Head > Floating Heads > Eyeball > "Glowing" Head > Floating Heads > Eyeball > "Evil" Head > Floating Heads > Skull 1 > "Glowing" Head > Floating Heads > Skull 1 > "Evil" Head > Floating Heads > Skull 2 > "Glowing" Head > Floating Heads > Skull 2 > "Evil" Head > Floating Heads > Skull 3 > "Glowing" Head > Floating Heads > Skull 3 > "Evil" Head > Think Tank > Eyeball > "Basic" Head > Think Tank > Eyeball > "Glowing" Head > Think Tank > Eyeball > "Evil" Head > Think Tank > Skull 1 > "Basic" Head > Think Tank > Skull 1 > "Glowing" Head > Think Tank > Skull 1 > "Evil" Head > Think Tank > Skull 2 > "Basic" Head > Think Tank > Skull 2 > "Glowing" Head > Think Tank > Skull 2 > "Evil" Head > Think Tank > Skull 3 > "Basic" Head > Think Tank > Skull 3 > "Glowing" Head > Think Tank > Skull 3 > "Evil" Head > Think Tank > Skull 4 > "Basic" Head > Think Tank > Rubber Duck > "Friendly" Head > Think Tank > Rubber Duck > "Evil" Shoulders > Ornate Skulls > "Glow" Shoulders > Ornate Skulls > "Metallic Glow" Shoulders > Half Skulls > "Glow" Shoulders > Half Skulls > "Metallic Glow" Shoulders > Fanged Skulls > "Glow" Shoulders > Fanged Skulls > "Metallic Glow" Shoulders > Large Fanged Skull > "Glow" Shoulders > Large Fanged Skull > "Metallic Glow" Shoulders > Large Skull > "Glow" Shoulders > Large Skull > "Metallic Glow" Shoulders > Ribs + Skulls > "Glow" Shoulders > Ribs + Skulls > "Metallic Glow" Shoulders > Spines + Skulls > "Glow" Shoulders > Spines + Skulls > "Metallic Glow" Shoulders > Ilium + Skulls > "Glow" Shoulders > Ilium + Skulls > "Metallic Glow" Belt > Skull > "Glow" Belt > Skull > "Metallic Glow" Belt > Fanged Skull > "Glow" Belt > Fanged Skull > "Metallic Glow" Belt > Lone Skull > "Glow" Belt > Lone Skull > "Metallic Glow" Belt > Headhunter > "Glow" Belt > Headhunter > "Metallic Glow" Gloves > "Advanced Clockwork Blaster" Various > Clockwork > "Rusted Clockwork" - Texture added to all existing Praetorian Clockwork parts except faces. Backpacks > "Tech Knight Quiver 2" - Offset to the right to allow for a holstered bow to rest on the left shoulder alongside it. Backpacks > "Clockwork" Backpacks > "Rusted Clockwork" Backpacks > "Clockwork Winder" (The capes below require The Mongoose badge for defeating 50 Snakes in order to be used.) Capes > Collars > "Mongoose: Snakeman" Capes > Collars > "Mongoose: Snakeskin" Capes > Collars > "Mongoose: Stheno" Capes > "Mongoose: Snakeman (Viper)" Capes > "Mongoose: Snakeman (Mamba)" Capes > "Mongoose: Snakeman (Cobra)" Capes > "Mongoose: Snakeskin (Viper)" Capes > "Mongoose: Snakeskin (Mamba)" Capes > "Mongoose: Snakeskin (Cobra)" Capes > "Mongoose: Stheno (Viper)" Capes > "Mongoose: Stheno (Mamba)" Capes > "Mongoose: Stheno (Cobra)" VEATS > Capes > "Mongoose: Snakeman (Arachnos)" VEATS > Capes > "Mongoose: Snakeskin (Arachnos)" VEATS > Capes > "Mongoose: Stheno (Arachnos)" Male: Head > Detail 1 > "Sweetheart 1" Head > Detail 1 > "Sweetheart 1 (High)" Head > Detail 1 > "Sweetheart 1 (Low)" Head > Detail 1 > "Sweetheart 1S" Head > Detail 1 > "Sweetheart 1S (High)" Head > Detail 1 > "Sweetheart 1S (Low)" Head > Detail 2 > "Plague Doctor" Female: Upper Body > Roman Sybil > "Roman Sybil 1" Upper Body > Roman Sybil > "Roman Sybil 2" Head > Detail 2 > "Plague Doctor" Huge: Head > Detail 1 > "Sweetheart 1" Head > Detail 1 > "Sweetheart 1 (High)" Head > Detail 1 > "Sweetheart 1 (Low)" Head > Detail 1 > "Sweetheart 1S" Head > Detail 1 > "Sweetheart 1S (High)" Head > Detail 1 > "Sweetheart 1S (Low)" Costume Bug Fixes: Female: Upper Body > Jackets/Sleeveless Jackets > Chest > "Spectrum" was missing and has been added. Upper Body > Jackets > Gloves > "Gold Bricker" can now be used with jacket sleeves and trench coat. Widow > Pants > "Blood Widow" adjusted texture around inner knee. Male: Upper Body > Shirts > Asymmetric Gloves > "Aeon Tech" right glove should now display properly. Male, Huge: Lower Body > Boots (All) > "Victorian Steampunk (Legacy)" was added to restore previous tinting appearance. Upper Body > Baggy > Chest Details > "Resistance Strap" was removed from baggy category as it uses the tights version by mistake (a baggy version does not exist). Male, Female, Huge: Head > Full Helmets > Chitin Helm > "Masks" should now work properly. If you have a lot of Chitin helmet costumes (for those that reported this issue), you can open your .costume files and update the texture path to include '!face_' before the pattern name so it passes validation when loading. Upper Body > Tight > Chest Details > "Resistance Strap" fixed 2 color tint for leather and metal detail. Upper Body > Jackets/Sleeveless Jackets > Chest Detail > Under > "Void Sanction" was missing and has been added. Fixed capitalization typo in "Chaos LEather" pattern name.

Giant Monster Balancing Pass Giant Monsters have been given a comprehensive balance sweep to make them less trivial for groups in Homecoming's power environment. All outdoor Giant Monsters (excluding Lusca) have been granted additional maximum HP. General resistance adjustments. Increased magnitudes on Giant Monster's offensive Mez effects. Model size adjustments to certain Giant Monsters to be bigger and easier to see in groups. Most summon powers now summon an increased number of enemies or calculate based on the amount of participants fighting. Some Giant Monsters have been given additional powers, including telegraphed abilities and other mechanics. Some existing abilities have been re-tuned to provide this same value. New Vanity Pets Giant Monster Mini Pets & Unstable Aether The following Giant Monsters found in city zones now have a 10% chance of dropping an invention recipe of a miniature version of themselves. This chance is rolled individually per character who received credit and is tied to the same drop table as the Reward Merits. Adamastor Arachnos Flyer Babbage Caleb Clockwork Paladin Council Goliath War Walker Deathsurge Eochai Ghost of Scrapyard Jack In Irons Jurassik Kraken Kronos Titan Lusca Sally Seed of Hamidon (Seedling) U'kon Gr'ai NOTE: Only the zone version of these giant monsters drop the pet invention recipes. These invention recipes are not bound and can be freely traded or sold on the Auction House once acquired. Which monster is your favorite? Giant Monsters that drop Reward Merits now also drop up to three(1-3) Unstable Aether salvage (amount depends on the specific GM defeated). Unstable Aether Unstable Aether is account bound and can only be transferred to other characters on the same account and cannot be stored in SG base bins; It can be held one-thousand (1,000) at a time. Unstable Aether can be converted at any BenevoLabs Hologram vendors into the following: Trade ten(10) Unstable Aether for one(1) random Giant Monster mini pet invention recipe from any of the listed above. Convert three(3) Unstable Aether into one(1) Prismatic Aether. P2W Vendor: Added six new non-combat vanity pets to the P2W vendor offerings, standard pricing: Pet: Arachnos Drone Pet: Camera Drone (Arena spectator model) Pet: Police Drone Pet: Praetorian Battle Orb Pet: Rikti Drone Pet: Mystic Lantern Hamidon Bud: Hamidon Bud pet invention recipe has been added as a 0.4% chance drop from each Hamidon Mitochondria & Hamidon Bud enemy defeated from Hamidon raids. This drop chance is calculated individually per qualifying player, per defeat. NOTE: The mission versions found in the Lady Grey's Task Force do not drop the recipe. This mini pet recipe is not bound and can be freely traded or sold on the Auction House once acquired.

High-Level Circle of Thorns Revamp Those darn pesky Oranbegans! Thorn Casters: Two new minion Thorn Casters at level 50+ replace Ice Thorn Casters: Blizzard Thorn Caster with Storm Blast. Magma Thorn Caster with lava-themed Seismic Blast. Spectres New minion Spectres at level 41+ with Spectral Daemon Lord power suite. New lieutenant Spectres at level 41+ with Nerva Spectral Daemon power suite, and some additional attacks. Demons New lieutenant Hellfrost Lords at level 36+ with cold-themed Thorny Assault power suite. Succubus lieutenants now spawn at level 46+, with slightly adjusted Succubus power suite. Bosses Created high-level versions of Madness, Ruin, and Agony Mages at 45+ with additional powers Various Tar, Quick Sand, and Earthquake debuff patches now display a status text string below your buff icons when you're being affected by them. Added new base CoT resistance to all humanoid CoT critters. Created new CoT mission spawndefs and updated existing CoT zone spawndefs.

High-Level Council Revamp The Council is stepping up their game! Galaxy Division Overhauled Galaxy critter power suites; now at levels 40-54, they are modeled as Warshade versions of PPD Awakened. Nebula, Penumbra, Vortex Divisions Martial Arts' animations modernized with up-to-date animations and secondary effects, and given chance for critical hit. Added Rocket/Grenade variant minions back to levels 25-54. Shifted Vortex faction level to encourage more group diversity while leveling; Vortex now spawn 20-24, Vortex Elite 25-29, and Vortex Cor Leonis 30+, spawndefs adjusted accordingly. Vampyr Division Updated Dark Equinox Archon powersuite after revamped Galaxy Archon Umbral Blast powers and added to level 35-54 range with spawnlimit 1. Nightwolf Division Added Nightwolf transformation lycanthropy to more bosses/lieutenants at levels 25-54 with spawnlimit 1. Nightwolf transformation now has 10% chance to instead spawn a Nyctwolf with Black Dwarf power suite. Archvillains Maestro's powersuite updated to use Symphony Control powers alongside Sonic Blast. Various Added two new spawndefs to level 40-54 range Council, extended a spawndef with Nightwolves/Vampyr up to 54. Adjusted zone/mission spawndefs to account for new critters. Fixed various Council bosses spawning in TFs at -1 level.

Devices - Remote Bomb Time Bomb for Blaster > Devices has been replaced with Remote Bomb. This can be placed on either an enemy or the ground, but once placed activating the power again will manually detonate the bomb. Remote Bomb can be set off the moment it is successfully placed. If the mob that the Remote Bomb was attached to is defeated, the Remote Bomb will fall to the ground at that location. Traps - Temporal Bomb Traps for Controllers, Corruptors, and Defenders now has Temporal Bomb instead of Time Bomb. Like with Remote Bomb, this can be placed on Enemies or the floor and then manually detonated. If the mob that the Temporal Bomb was attached to is defeated, the Temporal Bomb will fall to the ground at that location. Unlike Remote Bomb, Temporal Bomb deals much less damage but creates a large Temporal Bubble that slows down enemies and speeds up allies! Temporal Bubble Controller/Corruptor > Buffs Recharge, Recovery, and Movement speeds by 37.5% while active, debuffs enemy Movement and Recharge by 50% while active Temporal Bubble Defender > Buffs Recharge, Recovery, and Movement speeds by 50% while active, debuffs enemy Movement and Recharge by 67.5% while active Controller > Deals Scale 0.65 Fire + Scale 0.45 Lethal damage to all enemies (Total 1.1 scale), 100% Chance to knock Corruptor > Deals Scale 0.9 Fire + Scale 0.6 Lethal damage to all enemies (Total 1.5 scale), 80% Chance to knock Defender > Deals Scale 0.75 Fire + Scale 0.55 Lethal damage to all enemies (Total 1.3 scale), 80% Chance to knock Traps (Mastermind) - Detonator Recharge lowered to 300s from 600s, endurance cost also lowered to 16.3 Removed delay from humanoid henchman bomb placement/detonation, all pets now explode when you click! All Henchman now place the pseudo-pet version of the bomb, hitting all targets for max damage regardless of if they are a minion or boss

Various Power Updates Storm Blast The changes detailed below make Chain Lightning more consistent of an attack, and the AoE output more consistent while keeping both ST and AoE performance the same as previous. Chain Lightning: Chain decay per jump is 0.18, down from 0.20 Chain decay caps at 0.64, up from 0.60 Chain fork is now 1,1,1,1,2 instead of 2,2 Sentinel fork is now 1,1,2 instead of 2,2 Chain delay is now 0.3, up from 0.2 Chain radius is now 10', down from 15' Damage scale now 1 and 0.04x4 over 2.2s, up from 0.827 and 0.10x4 over 2.2s Recharge 16s, down from 20s Accuracy improved to 1.15, up from 1.0 Category Five: Eye Wall targets up to 16, up from 10 for non-Sentinels Eye Wall is summoned after a 3s delay, down from 5s (same duration, so it now fades out slightly sooner too) Now has 100% proc rate for Storm Cell procs if summoned while active. Storm Cell: Now has 100% proc rate for Category Five lightning if summoned while active. Split between Lightning Split/Focused/Spread is now evenly 33.33% each, instead of 50%/25%/25% Lightning (Split) damage scale now 0.7, up from 0.6 Lightning (Focused) damage scale now 1.0, down from 1.2 Lightning (Spread) damage scale now 0.4, up from 0.3 Lightning Lockout is now 1s for all, down from 4/3/2s (Focused/Split/Spread) Knockdown and End Drain stats for all lightning normalized to 50% and 5%, respectively, regardless of which version hits. Proc Chances: Gust now has 35% chance, up from 20% Hailstones/Jetstream now has 50% chance, up from 40% Chain Lightning/Direct Strike/Cloudburst now has 70% chance, up from 60% Direct Strike (slow) now has 90% chance, up from 80%. Cold Domination This powerset has been using incorrect values for non-Defender archetypes on two key powers, inadvertently boosting its performance beyond what was intended. Additionally, Frostwork, while a unique power, often loses effectiveness in cases where allies are already at their maximum HP cap, rendering the power wasted. Hitting the absorb cap is a significantly rarer event, making it a potentially more useful buff effect. Sleet Controller/Corruptor: -Res lowered from -30% to -22.5%, -Defense lowered from -30% to -24% Mastermind/Dominator: -Res lowered from -30% to -22.5%, -Defense lowered from -30% to -18% Turned into a real pseudopet, inheriting AT modifiers Frostwork +Max HP replaced with +Absorb Heat Loss Controller/Mastermind: +Recovery increased from 50% to 62.5%, -Res reduced from 24% to -22.5%, Turned into a real pseudopet, inheriting AT modifiers Storm Summoning Similarly to Cold Domination, Storm Summoning has been using incorrect values for one of its powers (Freezing Rain). It now is a true pseudopet and will use that caster's AT modifier tables. Summary of changes for each AT is provided below. Freezing Rain Defender: -Res increased from -35% to -40% Controller/Corruptor: -Defense lowered from -30% to -24% Masterminds: -Defense lowered from -30% to -18% Turned into a real pseudopet, inheriting AT modifiers Miscellaneous Thermal Radiation/Melt Armor: Recharge reduced from 150s to 100s Radius increased from 15' to 20' Mind Control/Telekinesis: No longer holds Now Immobilizes Target cap increased to 16 Radius increased to 20' Recharge increased from 60s to 120s Will now keep the targets between 40 and 60 feet from the player Will group enemies close to the main target (i.e. "reverse repel" or "pull towards"). Toggle now lasts a max of 30s before auto-shutdown Sonic Resonance/Liquefy: Cooldown reduced from 300s to 150s Turned into a real pseudopet, inheriting AT modifiers Nature Affinity/Lifegiving Spores: Turned into a real pseudopet, inheriting AT modifiers Flight > Evasive Maneuvers: This power has reduced its activation period from 0.5s to 0.2s and reduced the power effects duration from 0.75s to 0.25s. This will make the flight disabling of other powers more responsive, as you don't linger in flight for more than a quarter-second. Thunder Strike consistency pass (All versions): Recharge increased from 18s to 20s Radius increased from 7' to 10' Endurance cost increased from 10.192 to 18.512 Cast time reduced from 3.3s to 2.53s Main target damage increased from scale 2.38 to scale 2.98 Secondary target damage set to scale 0.42 Epic versions of this power has 40s cooldown and 23.14 endurance cost PvP Changes Main Target Only (MTO) bonus damage: Cones and Targeted AoE attacks for all VEAT powers and Melee powerset powers now do additional damage to the main target. This bonus damage combined with the original AoE damage is equivalent to single target damage per the design formula. Kinetic Melee and Spines: These powersets had many of its powers' damage scales corrected per the design formula. Burn: Now does PvP damage with its upfront burst (Blasters already did this). PvP Recipes: Now uses recipe display names instead of enhancement display names. Miscellaneous: Night Widow's Elude now has an elusivity effect in PvP. Bug Fixes: Cross Punch: Had its MTO bonus damage corrected to no longer include synergy. Various Melee attacks had their PvP damage corrected per design formula. Power Bug Fixes General sweep over endurance costs per formula, defense type checks, and power descriptor texts: Blasters Atomic Manipulation: No longer accepts to-hit debuff/accurate to-hit debuff enhancements and sets. Ice Manipulation: Restored cold continuing fx to Frozen Fists and Ice Sword. Mental Manipulation: Fixed pstrings displaying for Scare custom fx. Martial Combat/Reaction Time: This power's self buffs are no longer resistible. Brutes Street Justice/Shin Breaker: Added speed and defense debuff effects. Dark Armor/Dark Embrace: Fixed NoFade FX using default FX. Invulnerability/Temp Invulnerability: Lethal resistance not suppressing when mezzed was fixed. Corruptors Dual Pistols/Suppressive Fire Now redirects to correct power Dominators Icy Assault Restored cold continuing fx to Ice Bolt, Ice Sword, Ice Sword Circle, Ice Blast, Frost Breath, and Bitter Ice Blast. Epic Pools Stalkers Epic power info should no longer display Fiery Embrace attributes Scrappers Added missing Fiery Embrace damage to all scrapper epic pools Various Fixed several epic pool powers not disabling during no-pool and no-epic challenge modes Incarnates Judgment powers Fixed a bug where these powers were inheriting procs that were specifically flagged not to work on Judgment powers. Lore Fixed Robotics Drone lore pet displaying in Polar Lights lore pet group. Masterminds Demon Summoning Restored cold continuing fx to Cold Demonling's Ice Bolt, Ice Blast, and Frost Breath, and to Demon Prince's Ice Blast. Peacebringers: Luminous Blast: Fixed Radiant Strike and Incandescent Strike being affected by range buffs/debuffs. Fixed Bright Nova's tail from displaying in Light Form. Fixed Bright Nova's tail displaying briefly after transforming back. Sentinels: Dark Blast/Umbral Torrent: Increased Dark Blast - Umbral Torrent from scale 0.96 to scale 1.28 dmg. Fiery Aura/Molten Embrace: Fixed Molten Embrace using wrong fx causing it to appear white. Fire Blast/Blazing Blast: Increased Fire Blast - Blazing Blast from scale 0.912 dmg to scale 1.0 dmg; also increased DoT from 0.0977 per tick to 0.0985 per tick (Sentinels only). Ice Armor/Frost Protection: Fixed ability to be slotted with recharge enhancements; it is an auto power. Ice Blast/Chilling Ray: Removed smashing self damage defiance buff. Bio Armor/Genomic Evolution: Fixed max endurance buff. Energy Aura/Power Armor Fixed Energy Aura - Power Armor having gap in auto effect where MaxHP and resistance is lost. Stalkers: Ninjitsu/Kuji-In Sha: No longer ignores global recharge buffs. Warshades: Umbral Blast: Fixed Dark Nova's tail displaying briefly after transforming back. Various Archetypes: Savage Leap, Touch of Fear, and Fault These powers use execute power effects in their implementation, which were negatively affected by its "housing" power notifying enemies (e.g. Hidden status would break before the executed attack would fire - causing failure for hidden critical hits). The "housing" power no longer notifies enemies, fixing this bug. Twilight Grasp (Critters and Pets) No longer uses -regen debuff effects intended for PvP. These effects will now always do -50% regeneration. Beam Rifle Fixed Single Shot using wrong animation while flying. Dual Pistols Fixed Piercing Rounds' power description to reflect the resistance debuff is no longer removed when swapping ammo types (not a mechanical change, the resistance debuff mutual exclusivity was removed last page). Elixir of Life No longer flagged to ignore outside buffs. Instead, it will ignore all outside damage buffs. This fixes a bug where outside recharge buffs did not affect this power's cooldown. Fiery Aura Added highlight icon to Phoenix Rising. Shows extreme AoE damage when alive and self-rez when dead. Ice Blast Restored cold continuing fx to Ice Bolt, Ice Blast, Frost Breath, and Bitter Ice Blast. Ice Melee Restored cold continuing fx to Frozen Fists and Ice Sword. Pain Domination Fixed the FX of Enforce Morale attaching to the wrong hand. Shield Defense Fixed Taunt when paired with Shield using beatchest sfx instead of normal taunt sfx. Spines Fixed Ripper animation time not matching minimum sequencer frames (the power was never actually animating at 2.17s) (Spines, Plant Manipulation, Thorny Assault). Scourging Blast (Enhancement Proc) Now ignores combat levels. Storm Blast Direct Strike now accepts interrupt time enhancements Temporary Powers Toy Bat can no longer be used in Pocket D. Charges for the Toy Bat power can be purchased from P2W vendors for 100,000 influence. Toy Bat now uses the correct power icon: Toy Bat now makes a silly sound when hitting a target. Traps Fixed Web Grenade not accepting slow IO set enhancements for Defenders, Controllers, and Corruptors. Vanity Pets Vanguard MVAS standardized to be unselectable and without collision like all other vanity pets. "Cancel On Damage" Flag Effects flagged to cancel when damaged will now properly cancel. This affects both player and critter powers, most notably: Placate power's Hidden status and stealth effects Perception debuff effects used by critters in PvE and by players in PvP (e.g. Smoke Grenade, Flash Arrow, etc). Related to this, various critter powers were missing Cancel on Damage flags. Fixed Crey Eliminator Tear Gas Grenade, Immunes Engineer Tear Gas Grenade, and Doppelganger Ninja Training Blinding Powder missing their Cancel On Damage flag.

Arachnos Soldier / Arachnos Widow Updates & Power Customization Arachnos Soldiers and Arachnos Widows are now able to customize the colors of their powers in the Power Customization menu. New Widow Powers: Pain Tolerance Auto: Self Res(All DMG but Psi), +MaxHealth Available to Night Widows at Level 1 (after respec). Night Widows who possess Pain Tolerance are resistant to most damage types, and gain additional hit points. This power is always on and costs no Endurance. Fate Sealed Auto: Self +Mezz, +Res(Mezz) Available to Fortunatas at Level 1 (after respec). Fortunatas who possess Fate Sealed gain resistance to all control effects and empowers their own control attacks. This power is always on and costs no Endurance. "Hidden" Changes: Mask Presence and Cloaking Device can now stack with other stealth toggles (similar to Hide for Stalkers). Bane and Night Widow's stealth radius is now 55' in PvE and 500' in PvP (no change for Fortunatas) Critical Damage from Hidden for Bane attacks now do 100% scale damage (previously 67%). Critical Damage from Hidden for Night Widow branch attacks now do 100% scale damage (previously 67%). This affects Slash and Eviscerate, only Placate's cooldown reduced to 35s Alternate Animations Feature: Several powers from the base Arachnos Soldier kit now have alternate animations available in the power customization menu, to visually utilize the Bane Nullifier Mace, or Crab Spider backpack, IF the player has spec'd into the appropriate tree. For example, if a Bane spider chooses the Bane animation for Wide Area Web Grenade, it will use their mace weapon for the attack. However, if a Bane spider chooses the Crab animation for Wide Area Web Grenade, it will instead default to using the rifle animation. This feature has been extended to the following powers: Burst - Now has Crab Longfang alt animation. Wide Area Web Grenade - Now has Bane Grenade and Crab Grenade alt animations. Heavy Burst - Now has Crab Longfang alt animation. Venom Grenade - Now has Bane Grenade and Crab Grenade alt animations (still mutually exclusive to Crab Spider's Venom Grenade). Frag Grenade - Now has Crab Grenade alt animation (still mutually exclusive to Crab Spider's Frag Grenade). Animation Changes: All Mace attack's cast times reduced to 1.67s. Pummel's cast time reduced to 1.17s. Channelgun's cast time reduced to 1s Longfang's cast time reduced to 1.33s Psychic Scream's cast time reduced to 2s. Scramble Thought's cast time reduced to 2s. Mind Link's cast time reduced to 2.97s. Frenzy's cast time reduced to 2.23s. Heavy Burst's cast time reduced to 2.5s. PvP Damage adjusted to reflect these cast time changes. Other VEAT Changes: Mace Beam's cooldown increased to 6s and damage increased to 1.32 scale. Mace Beam Blast's cooldown increased to 10s and damage increased to 0.784 scale. Now has 100% chance for knockback. Mace Beam Volley's cooldown increased to 10s and damage increased to 0.824 scale. Summon Spiderlings and Call Reinforcements now set to Replace stack type, instead of Ignore (summoning while pets are still alive will now destroy the current pets and replace with new ones). Channelgun's cooldown increased to 5s and damage increased to 1.16 scale. Slice's cooldown increased to 6s and damage increased to 1.32 scale. Longfang's cooldown increased to 10s and damage increased to 1.96 scale Suppression's defense debuff increased to 10s duration. Arm Lash's defense debuff increased to 10s duration. Frenzy's defense debuff increased to 10s duration. Radius increased to 10' and damage reduced to 1.424 scale, per design formula. Omega Maneuver Cooldown reduced to 240s. Explosion and Taunt subpowers now both have 20' radius and can hit 16 max targets. Stun duration from explosion increased by 25%. Taunt effect now properly enhances (Bug Fix). Taunt effect now works in PvP. Confront now applies a -75% Range debuff on target for 12s. Mental Blast's cooldown increased to 6s, damage and endurance cost increased accordingly Scramble Thought's damage is now a growing DoT. It will do 5 ticks for a total of 1.75 scale damage, with the tick's damage sequence set to 0.25, 0.30, 0.35, 0.40, 0.45. Also, this power now does PvP damage. Total Domination's hold duration increased by 50%. Psychic Wail now has a 1.4x accuracy modifier. Night Widow's Psychic Scream Cooldown increased to 20s. Debuff duration doubled to 20s. Max targets increased to 12. Arc widened to 45 degrees, range reduced to 50' and damage increased to 1.4931 scale. Fixed PvP effects in Soldier armors that had their duration set too low (Bug Fix).

Epic / Ancillary Power Pools This feature addresses inconsistencies with Epic Pool powers with regards to rules around their stats and penalties, as well as general bug-fixes. These powers have been swept through in order to consistently follow these rules so that all epic powers are at a shared baseline for their power type. This should mitigate many imbalances between epic pools where arbitrarily one had better or worse versions of a type of power than another due to recharge, damage, or area coverage. This should create more diverse and viable build options available to players instead of them feeling funneled towards the “best” ones even if it is against their chosen theme. This in turn allows us to introduce many new epic pools in this page and in the future that follow these standards across all Archetypes. New Epic/Ancillary Power Pools New Dark Mastery Epic pool for Blasters: Murky Cloud (Toggle: Self +Res(Fire, Cold, Energy, Negative)) Fearsome Stare (Ranged (Cone), Foe Fear, -To Hit) Possess (Ranged, Target Confuse) Black Hole (Ranged (Targeted AoE), Foe Intangible) Soul Consumption (PBAoE DMG(Negative), Self +HP, +End) New Dark Mastery Epic pool for Controllers: Murky Cloud (Toggle: Self +Res(Fire, Cold, Energy, Negative)) Dark Blast (Ranged, DMG(Negative), Foe -ACC) Umbral Torrent (Ranged (Cone), DMG(Smashing), Foe -To Hit, Knockback) Midnight Grasp (ST DMG(Negative, Foe Immob, -To Hit) Soul Consumption (PBAoE DMG(Negative), Self +HP, +End) New Dark Mastery Epic pool for Dominators: Murky Cloud (Toggle: Self +Res(Fire, Cold, Energy, Negative)) Tar Patch (Ranged (Location AoE), Target -Speed, -Res, -Fly) Darkest Night (Toggle: Ranged (Targeted AoE), Foe -DMG -To Hit) Umbral Torrent (Ranged (Cone), DMG(Smashing), Foe -To Hit, Knockback) Soul Consumption (PBAoE DMG(Negative), Self +HP, +End) New Dark Mastery Epic pool for Masterminds: Murky Cloud (Toggle: Self +Res(Fire, Cold, Energy, Negative)) Shadow Binds (Ranged, Moderate DoT(Negative), Foe Immobilize, -To Hit, -Fly) Dark Pit (Ranged (Targeted AoE), Foe Disorient) Possess (Ranged, Target Confuse) Soul Consumption (PBAoE DMG(Negative), Self +HP, +End) New Dark Mastery Epic pool for Tankers and Brutes: Penumbral Grasp (Ranged, DOT(Negative), Foe Immobilize, -To Hit) Petrifying Gaze (Ranged, DMG(Negative), Foe Hold) Dark Blast (Ranged, DMG(Negative), Foe -ACC) Night Fall (Ranged (Cone), DMG(Negative), Foe -To Hit) Tar Patch (Ranged (Location AoE), Target -Speed, -Res, -Fly) New Ice Mastery Epic pool for Defenders and Corruptors: Frozen Armor (Toggle: Self +Def(Smash, Lethal), +Res(Cold, Fire)) Flash Freeze (Ranged (Targeted AoE), DMG(Cold), Foe Sleep) Hoarfrost (Self Heal, +Max HP, Res(Toxic)) Build Up (Self +Damage, +To-Hit) Hibernate (Toggle: Self +Regeneration, +Recovery, Invulnerable; Self Hold) New Ice Mastery Epic pool for Scrappers and Stalkers: Ice Bolt (Ranged, DMG(Cold), Foe -Recharge, -SPD) Frozen Spear (Sniper, DMG(Cold), Foe Sleep, -Recharge, -SPD) Shiver (Ranged (Cone), Foe -SPD, -Recharge) Frigid Wind (Close (Cone), DoT(Cold), Foe -Recharge, -SPD) Ice Elemental (Summon Ice Elemental: Melee DMG(Lethal/Cold)) New Psionic Mastery Epic pool for Brutes and Tankers: Mesmerize (Ranged, DMG(Psionic), Foe Sleep) Dominate (Ranged, DMG(Psionic), Foe Hold) Harmonic Mind (Auto: Self, +Recovery, Endurance Discount) Mental Blast (Ranged, DMG(Psionic), Target -Recharge) Psionic Tornado (Ranged (Targeted AoE), DoT(Psionic), Foe Knockback) New Psionic Mastery Epic pool for Scrappers and Stalkers: Mental Blast (Ranged, DMG(Psionic), Target -Recharge) Psionic Lance (Sniper, DMG(Psionic), Target -Recharge) Psychic Scream (Ranged (Cone), DMG(Psionic), Foe -Recharge) Harmonic Mind (Auto: Self, +Recovery, Endurance Discount) Psionic Nexus (Summon Psionic Nexus: Ranged DMG(Psionic)) Set Names Global Epic Pool Thesaurus Nerf: Flame Mastery Renamed to Fire Mastery. Heat Mastery Renamed to Fire Mastery. Pyre Mastery Renamed to Fire Mastery. Blaze Mastery Renamed to Fire Mastery. Darkness Mastery renamed to Dark Mastery. Stone Mastery renamed to Earth Mastery. Electrical Mastery renamed to Electricity Mastery. Charge Mastery renamed to Electricity Mastery. Primal Forces Mastery renamed to Energy Mastery. Power Mastery renamed to Energy Mastery. Body Mastery renamed to Energy Mastery. Cold Mastery renamed to Ice Mastery. Chill Mastery renamed to Ice Mastery. Arctic Mastery renamed to Ice Mastery. Psychic Mastery renamed to Psionic Mastery. Ninja Tool Mastery renamed to Weapon Mastery. Leviathan Mastery New Mechanic for Leviathan Mastery > Spirit Shark: When you own Spirit Shark, most actions that cost endurance will have a chance of granting a Leviathan Hunger stack. The damage over time increases the more hunger stacks you have. All hunger Leviathan Hunger stacks are consumed when you successfully hit an enemy with this power. Total damage ranges from scale 1.56 with no Hunger stacks to scale 3.4 with 5 Hunger stacks Epic Hold Attacks Instead of Epic Hold attacks having their standard 4.0x cooldown penalty for hard mez, these attacks will now have a 3.0x cooldown penalty. Previously, this penalty was overlooked for a few hold attacks, but now all should be following the same set of design rules. Epic Immobilization Attacks Instead of Epic Immobilization attacks having their standard 2.5x cooldown penalty for soft mez, all these attacks will now have the same 2.0x cooldown penalty as regular attacks. To compensate, damage and endurance costs are lowered. Typically, this change will look like: Single Target Attacks Recharge lowered form 10s to 8s DoT ticks lowered from 0.20 scale to 0.1724 scale End cost lowered from 9.75 to 8.405 AoE Attacks Recharge lowered from 20s to 16s DoT ticks lowered from 0.10 scale to 0.0837 scale End cost lowered from 12.74 to 10.751 Dark Mastery > Spirit Drain (replaces Soul Drain) This power replaces Soul Drain from the Dark Mastery epic pool (Defenders, Corruptors). Soul Drain had ignored the standard epic cooldown penalties while also obtaining a larger than standard radius, making it a superior power to even the AT-specific version. Instead of applying the appropriate penalties (which would have made it a 240s cooldown and 10' radius power), we have taken this opportunity to rebalance it into a unique power (separating itself from Soul Mastery which also has the Soul Drain power) that trades some of its former potency for increased utility. Spirit Drain is a 60' ranged attack that can hit up to 5 targets within a 15' radius. Unlike Soul Drain, these targets can be alive or defeated. The cooldown remains 120s, however the buff duration will now be 15s instead of 30s. This power is still quite potent as it can do the same amount of self-buff as Build Up, while having a longer duration, can be used as an attack from distance, and have a very minor cooldown penalty Summary of details: 120s cooldown, 2.37s cast time 60 foot range 4.8 scale damage buff from 1 target, 8.0 scale damage buff from 5 targets 1.2 scale to-hit buff from 1 target, 2.0 scale to-hit buff from 5 targets 0.40 scale damage (Negative Energy) Epic / Ancillary Power Pool Adjustments

New Powerset - Arsenal Assault New secondary for Dominators You use your cutting edge assault rifle to not only devastate foes from range, but also wield it and other advanced munitions at short range to incapacitate anyone who gets too close. Powers: Burst Ranged, DMG(Lethal), Foe -DEF Quickly fires a Burst of rounds at a single target at very long range. Damage is average, but the fire rate is fast. Can also reduce the target's defense. Buttstroke Melee, DMG(Smash), Foe Disorient A smash with the butt of your rifle with a high chance of disorienting. Buckshot Ranged (Cone), DMG(Lethal), Foe Knockback Good at close range. Fires a cone of Buckshot pellets and can knock some foes down. Heavy Blow Melee, Moderate DMG(Smash), Foe Knockback You strike your foe with a powerful punch dealing Smashing damage and knocking the target back. Power Up Self +Special, +DMG(All) Boosts the damage and secondary effects of your powers. Your powers' effects like Heals, Defense Buffs, Endurance Drains, Disorients, Holds, Immobilizes and more, are all improved. The effects of Power Up last a short while, and only the next couple of attacks will be boosted. Trip Mine Place Mine: PBAoE, Superior DMG(Lethal/Fire), Foe Knockback You can place a Trip Mine on the ground. Any villains that pass near the Trip Mine will cause it to explode, damaging all nearby foes and sending them flying. Targeting Drone Toggle: Self +To Hit, +Perception, Res(DeBuff To Hit) When this device is activated, the small Targeting Drone hovers around your head and emits targeting laser sights. The lasers can dramatically improve your chance to hit, and increase your perception, allowing you to better see stealthy foes. Targeting Drone also grants you resistance to powers that debuff your chance to hit. Sniper Rifle Sniper, DMG(Lethal), Foe Knockback Sniper Rifle is a powerful piece of hardware. It is very accurate and has a very long range. The impressive round can knock down its target. Like most sniper attacks, you must take your time to aim, so this attack can be interrupted. If you are engaged in battle this attack becomes instant-cast. If you are not engaged, it will do bonus damage. Ignite Range, DoT(Fire) Sprays a target with accelerant from your flamethrower, igniting it and causing extreme damage over time. Also sets the location on fire if the target is grounded, inflicting damage to additional foes that step in the area.

New Powerset - Arsenal Control New primary for Controllers and Dominators Armed with a state-of-the-art multipurpose assault rifle, you are able to deliver a wide variety of payloads to control your enemies and render them incapable of responding. Powers: Tranquilizer Ranged, DMG(Toxic), Foe Sleep The Tranquilizing Dart is the perfect tool to sideline a single foe. It deals some toxic damage and can render the target unconscious, allowing you to focus on more important targets. The target remain asleep for some time, but will awaken if attacked. The Sleep component of this power is Auto Hit against regular enemies, but a To Hit check is required to against AVs and players, as well as to make secondary effects apply. Sleep Grenade Ranged (Targeted AoE), Minor DMG(Smash), Foe Sleep The Sleep Grenade can be launched at long range from beneath the barrel of your Assault Rifle. It releases a cloud of gas that will make enemies drowsy, slow, and fall asleep. Cryo Freeze Ray Ranged, Minor DMG(Cold), Foe Hold The Cryo Freeze Ray encases your foe in a block of ice, holding him helpless in place for a while and dealing some cold damage. Liquid Nitrogen Ranged, Target DoT(Smashing), -Fly The Liquid Nitrogen dispenser can spray a target location with liquid nitrogen creating a large patch of ice. Those caught in the patch of ice are dramatically slowed, take cold damage over time, tend to fall down and will be unable to jump. Cloaking Device Toggle: Self Stealth, +DEF(All) This Cloaking Device is the ultimate in infiltration technology. It uses an LCD body coating to become all but impossible to detect. While concealed you can only be seen at very close range. If you attack while concealed, you will be discovered. Even if discovered, you are hard to see but will retain some of your Defense bonus to all attacks. Smoke Canister Ranged (Location AoE), Foe -Perception, -To Hit, Confuse The Smoke Canister is a powerful infiltration tool. Fling it at a target location and it will quickly cover the area in smoke. While engulfed within this smoke, most enemies will not be able to see past normal melee range, although some may have better perception. If the villains are attacked, they will become confused and might attack their allies. Flash Bang Disorient, -To Hit The Flash Bang Grenade is ideal to disorient a group of enemies. Even enemies that are not disoriented will have their chance to hit reduced. Tear Gas Ranged (Targeted AoE), Foe Hold, -DMG The Tear Gas canister is the ultimate crowd control tool, it will make enemies choke and unable to take any action as well as debuffing their damage output. Gun Drone Build Gun Drone: Ranged, DMG(Lethal) The Gun Drone is the perfect companion in the field. It has an extremely fast fire rate and is equipped with a customized tracking system. Once locked on, the Drone will continue to unload a volley of lead into the target until it is destroyed. Enemies hit by the drone, as well as those near it, will prioritize attacking it over it's owner. The Drone is armored and can take significant amounts of damage.

Advanced Mode - Lady Grey's Task Force Advanced Difficulty Mode label shortened to Advanced Mode. Advanced Mode added to the Lady Grey's Task Force, accessible via the Challenge Mode options found before starting the Task Force. This mode significantly changes the content, adding new enemies, boss encounters, areas, and badges! This new Advanced Mode is out of this world! Completing Lady Grey's Task Force on Advanced Mode will reward players with an added choice of 40 Reward Merits or a random Hamidon Origin enhancement from a pool including expanded combos that match the D-Sync Origin's enhancement selection. Enhancements are weighted so chances are higher (2:1) to receive one of the new combos: Vesicle Exposure (End Mod/Rech) Stereocilia Exposure (Slow/Rech/End) Microtubule Exposure (End Mod/Acc) Karyoplasm Exposure (Dam/End) Microvillus Exposure (Acc/Range) Chromatin Exposure (Dam/Rech) Ectosome Exposure (Threat/Acc/Rech) Amyloplast Exposure (Rech/Heal/Absorb) Chloroplast Exposure (Acc/Heal/Absorb)

Rikti War Zone Revamp Vanguard Base Expansion The Vanguard base in the zone has been expanded and revamped with several additional new sections added and the base now directly connects to the surface from several points. The Architect Entertainment functionalities within the zone have been moved inside one of the Vanguard base's new areas. The AE building has been replaced by a Vanguard vehicle depot with lifts that connect to the base underground. The Rikti Pylons found throughout the zone now con as Level 54 rather than ignoring level mods. Added training Rikti Pylon dummies found outside the Vanguard base that match the old pylons. Also added four training dummies that con 51 through 54 found outside the Vanguard base on the surface. The color of the lights near the dummies helps inform how they con. Vanguard Quartermaster and Combat Nurse added near the training dummies on the surface. Merit vendor NPC has been replaced by a merit vendor kiosk. Benevolabs hologram vendor has been added near the merit kiosk's location. Portal mission doors in the zone have been changed to use the new Portal Corp section of the Vanguard base. This Portal Corp section also houses connection to the new travel network for Shadow Shard access from Rikti War Zone. Vanguard shooting range targets are once again target-able and can be attacked by players for role playing purposes. Info NPC by the base exit now using a Vanguard outfit. Shadow Shard Portal Now accessible via a new travel network that links: Rikti War Zone, Peregrine Island, and Firebase Zulu. This new travel network has a unique icon that can be found on the mini map as 'Shadow Shard Portal'. Look for the red icon!

Co-Op Striga Isle & New Story Arcs Striga Isle is now a co-op zone that villains can enter using the Smuggler's Submarine line. 'Buried Secrets' - Oberst Straxt Oberst Straxt of the 5th Column is seeking unscrupulous villains to infiltrate Striga Isle in order to collect old caches left behind by that organization when the Council took control of the island. CONTACT: Oberst Straxt LOCATION: Striga Isle /thumbtack -293.2 -25.5 -1028.0 ALIGNMENT / LEVEL: Villain, Rogue - Level 20-24 OUROBOROS / ARC: Insider - 27.90 Will offer repeatable tasks in addition to their story arc. 'Just Prototypical' - Dr. Francois Dr. Francois, the famous roboticist, has been freed from his recent bout as a Sky Raider prisoner, working on a giant mech project. Easily intimidated, the doctor can aid an enterprising villain in a daring heist against the Sky Raiders. CONTACT: Dr. Francois LOCATION: Striga Isle, /thumbtack 104.5 -0.0 -1209.6 ALIGNMENT / LEVEL: Villain, Rogue - Level 20-24 OUROBOROS / ARC: Insider - 27.91 Will offer repeatable tasks in addition to their story arc. 'Negotiations of the Living Dead' - Night Widow Ragana With the Council in shambles there's a power vacuum on Striga. The Warriors, Family and Sky Raiders want to split the Council territory among themselves, and plan to meet to negotiate terms. Arachnos prefers to have the Council in charge and have sent a Night Widow to handle the situation. Night Widow Ragana needs some expendable and deniable resources to break up the negotiations - permanently. CONTACT: Night Widow Ragana LOCATION: Striga Isle, /thumbtack -507.2 8.0 -1079.6 ALIGNMENT / LEVEL: Villain, Rogue - Level 20-24 OUROBOROS / ARC: Insider - 27.92 'The Most Dangerous Prey' - Orpheus Orpheus, a Warrior bard of some repute, has specialized in hunting the undead. He is now offering his expertise to those he deem worthy. Since you have recently contracted a mysterious ghost-related curse upon your name, you seek out his help. CONTACT: Orpheus LOCATION: Striga Isle, /thumbtack -2376.0 0.8 -1957.3 ALIGNMENT / LEVEL: Villain, Rogue - Level 25-29 OUROBOROS / ARC: Undesirable - Arc 27.93 Will offer repeatable tasks in addition to their story arc. 'The Last Witch of Striga' - Mage-Killer Tatiana Mage-Killer Tatiana is hunting a powerful witch. In order to draw out the near-mythical protector of the island, Tatiana needs someone to stir up trouble among the Banished Pantheon and deal with the local chapter of the Legacy Chain. CONTACT: Mage-Killer Tatiana LOCATION: Striga Isle, /thumbtack -2640.7 66.7 -3346.5 ALIGNMENT / LEVEL: Villain, Rogue - Level 25-29 OUROBOROS / ARC: Undesirable - Arc 27.94

Piecemeal Issue 27 Finale 'A Second Chance At A First Impression' - Issue 27 Finale: Personal Story, Piecemeal A strange, archaic and outdated device in the Rikti War Zone has been asking for you by name. If you are ready, you will step into the shoes of Paragon City's newest and most notorious villain as she comes face-to-face with a situation that (for once) she cannot handle. The amount of humble pie she consumes as a result has yet to be accurately calculated. A new take on the Personal Story, you and your teammates will be forced to assume to the identity of Piecemeal as you navigate a reconstructed simulation of her experience trying to circumvent the protocols in the Paragon City teleport grid - an event that sends her from one place to another uncontrollably before placing you in the heart of a burgeoning apocalypse. Carefully reconstructed from her 360-degree sensor tech and optical recordings by her M.C. of Information, Bile, you will engage in a bit of banter before witnessing the horror hands-on in this Abomination Simulation. Enjoy some of the canonical reasons for notorious changes, and a heaping bathtub full of foreshadowing! CONTACT: Pay Phone LOCATION: Rikti War Zone, /thumbtack 3230.6 0.1 -513.9 ALIGNMENT / LEVEL: Any - Level 50 OUROBOROS / ARC: Hero of the City / Made - 27.95

Just a quick client patch to resolve an issue that a few players with certain graphics settings were encountering.

Happy Tuesday! We're trying out something different and posted the patch notes in a dedicated section using some blog-like features of the forum software. Besides making it easier to link to externally, this also enables a few features like an automatically generated RSS feed, and it can serve as an archive to make old patch notes easier to find. You can find today's patch notes here: Since the notes can live there where comments are disabled, we no longer need to lock the forum threads to keep the notes (and updates to them) uncluttered. We can return the posts here to being discussion threads. Feel free to use this one both for discussion of the update itself as well as the new structure of how the patch notes are posted.

Critters The Council Supersoldier has broadened the utility of his rage and may throw heavy objects at flying supers. The Council Supersoldier and Little League have had their power toolkit updated to work FOR them instead of against them. Little League also has unlocked his Line Drive, a ranged baseball throw for pesky flying supers. Vulcannon has had slight adjustments to her power toolkit. Warrior Quantums extend their ranks to 54. Tsoo have a minor cadre of goons added to the 35-44 range. Storyarcs John Houston Slight dialog adjustments to the Brigadier General in Mission 2. A missing waypoint to talk to Old Toby has been added after you free him. Protestors scatter when engaging Hero Corps during the riots. The City Representative has lost her Contact Ring. The City Representative laments when Hero Corps fails to protect her. Warriors during the hostage cutscene with Alexander should not automatically aggro during the cinematic. Some missing Tsoo and Warrior spawns have been corrected in the riots. Dr. Stribbling Fixed alignment rewards not looking for the Mission Complete to award. Fixed some dialog tree issues. Badges Fixed the placement of River Rat badge visit locations that were too high. Powers & Enhancements Fix issue with Exploit Weakness Damage/Range not being accepted by the auction house. Miscellaneous Fixed an error in Pavel Garnier's name. Minor geometry fix to improve lighting on base helper water. Fixed a geometry hole in Praetorian Tunnels.

Stability Fixed a crash that could happen in some rare cases (only if low 2 bytes of the memory address happened to contain specific values) when the game generates an error message, for example about failing to load a texture while zoning. Note: this update is currently only deployed to the Homecoming Launcher. It will be included in the legacy manifests (Tequila, etc) with the next maintenance window.

Powers Fixed Water Jet (quick) to use PvP Damage Modifier tables in PvP. Updated Full Auto's power description to accurately reflect the Page 6 changes. Fixed Flamethrower's endurance cost being too high. Fixed MISS floaters and combat log spam being incorrectly delayed on some toggle powers. Costumes Fixed "Auras > Wealthy > Trail - Combat" fx not displaying during combat. Fixed some NPC weapons disappearing after being drawn. Fixed VEATS > Huge > Bane Spider missing left leg. Fixed female sheathed Impervium Ninja Blade impaling the wielder through the chest. Fixed Scepter of Stheno subsequently sticking for a sustained span when un-sheathed. Supergroup Bases Added resized click volume for Supergroup inspiration containers instead of just lowering the originals. Fixed Dimensional Ripple Sky for bases which were using the wrong textures. Tweaked the lighting blend mode of the new SG letters to match the old letters. This change is only applicable to outdoor lighting. System Some client messages now go to a client.log file in addition to the debug console to aid in troubleshooting.