issue 27 [Beta] Patch Notes for November 7th, 2020 - Issue 27: Second Chances, Page 1 (Build 3)

Jimmy · November 7, 2020

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Beta Installation: Homecoming Launcher

Note: This needs to be installed to a new location (not your existing CoH install directory)

Beta Patch Notes: Issue 27, Page 1 (Build 3)

Most changes from the previous beta build are listed in green.
- Green text will become white text in the next set of patch notes.
Any changes or fixes that are only relevant to the beta builds (ie: fixes / tweaks to new features) are listed in blue.
- Blue text will be deleted in the next set of patch notes as it is only relevant to highlight changes between beta builds, not a changes from live.
Known issues are listed in purple.
Post any feedback you have in the focused feedback threads (linked throughout the patch notes and in the second post).

New Story Arc: The Graveyard Shift (Hero, Level 20-29) (Focused Feedback Thread)

FBSA NetOps Agent Watkins has set up a small command station in North Steel Canyon, as an optimal location to investigate... something. Being somewhat dodgy about his assignment, he has constantly referred heroes to Positron first, to establish a reputation. The tasks that Agent Watkins has for you are no small feats, and involve the clean-up of one of the city's most exciting showdowns. Heroes 20 and above should seek him out, and bring plenty of club soda to wash out any stains.

Contact: Agent Watkins, Steel Canyon
- Listed in Ouroboros under Champion (Level 25-29) > The Graveyard Shift (27.01)
This arc features new maps, new environments, the return of the Vahzilok Wasting Disease (it missed you), interaction with the alignment system, an actual investigation with clues and interviews, new badges, three alternate endings depending on the choices you make in earlier missions and... dubstep
The Vahzilok enemy group has also been expanded with a wider level range with some additional tweaks for the higher levels

Changes in this build:

Opening Monologue
- Typos and pronouns
Mission 1
- Typos corrected
- Ambushes had conflicting parameters causing ambushing hordes to ignore their spawn radius donut AND their timers
Mission 2
- Altered spawn behaviors that sometimes had twin Meat Doctors ruining the aesthetic of entropy
Mission 3
- Spawns have been added, moved, and spread away from each other
- GL0_5T1CC now has a glowing gun!
Mission 4
- Nav bar changed to reflect that you must physically talk to Pierce and not trick the player into wasting a TT on it
- Clue for Dead Air has been clarified on the nature of the event, and the contact
- All missions granted based on the investigation now have captions after completing for additional context.
- Jacob Sloan has some minor dialog changes.
Mission 5
- Fixed the combat spam again.
- Moved the entrance slightly so that Interior Design professors don't comment about relative placement of assets and doors.
Mission 6
- Watkins dialog has been cleaned up, clarified, and softened. He's a good deal further away from the person he was.
  - There are additional contextual conversation pieces for vigilantes
    - A lot of the emotion has been written out (It was all first draft stuff anyway)
      - I believe the logical flow is smoother now
        Indents!
- Pathogen given a slight bump to his native resistances. 40% -> 45%
- Pathogen gains Strength of Will in round 2 fight
- Pathogen given Lightning Bolt in second round fight to combat hovercheese
- Caption overlap issue addressed.
- Caption color slightly more tolerable in text windows.
- Mission updated to apply new script to revoke the viral cocktail from everyone but the team leader
Mission 7 (Finale)
- Made additional changes to the nav bar for finding and talking to Pierce
- Fixed the ability to continue talking to Pierce after the mission is over

New Story Arc: The Freakish Lab of Dr. Vahzilok (Villain, Level 30-39) (Focused Feedback Thread)

A notorious and well-admired sociopath of the Rogue Isles has put out a straight-forward distress call through the Broker network, asking individuals of highly dubious moral constitution to save her neck in the name of Science. Doc Buzzsaw is being stalked by a notable ne'er-do-well and the price on her head is significantly less than the value of preserving it. Villains of level 30 and beyond should seek her out in Sharkhead Isle, in the usual place, and relief will wash over you after the discovery that her attachment to bank accounts has disappeared in the face of her mortality, as an added bonus.

Contact: Doc Buzzsaw, Sharkhead Isle
- Listed in Ouroboros under Captain (Level 35-39) > The Freakish Lab of Dr. Vahzilok (27.02)
Chronologically this arc takes place after the Hero arc above
This arc features new maps, new environments, two new enemy factions, a prison break, new badges, several intricate missions with new spawn behaviours and a very, very cryptic poem

Changes in this build:

Mission 1
- Cortex will only talk to the task owner
Mission 3
- Solved the issue of Pierce spinning around and leaving the crate she was on behind, while still sitting.

Costume Editor Update: Asymmetrical Shoulders (Focused Feedback Thread)

Shoulders now have an asymmetrical toggle, which can be toggled on to allow separate left and right shoulder selection
- Not every set of shoulders are available in asymmetrical mode, more will be added in future updates
- All shoulder options remain available in symmetrical mode
The Kitten and Panda shoulder options are now available for Male and Huge characters

Changes in this build:

Fixed a subtle smoothing issue in Justice pads for Male and Female

Yes, two kittens

Stance Selection (Focused Feedback Thread)

In the tailor, a new Stance power in the Inherent tab will allow you to select one of the following stances:
- Default
- Ninja
- Beast
- Slide
This stance will apply to your character at all times, unless you activate a toggle with its own stance (eg: Beast Run)
- As this stance is controlled by power customisation, you can select a different stance for each costume
A new non-stance version of Ninja Run is available from P2W:
- Athletic Run
  - Athletic Run leverages your athletic training, allowing you to move at a higher speed and jump greater distances. It is free if you do not already own Beast Run or Ninja Run; otherwise, it costs 1,000,000 inf.

Power Customisation Update (Focused Feedback Thread)

The following powers can now be customised in the "Inherent" tab:

Inherent
- Sprint
- Prestige Power Slide
- Prestige Power Surge
- Prestige Power Rush
- Prestige Power Quick
- Prestige Power Dash
- The above all have original, light, dark, and minimal FX themes, and the customised versions of the prestige sprints have the dust cloud removed
- See some examples here

Support for customising Temporary, Day Job and Accolade powers has been added. In this update only a few powers are supported, but we are looking to expand this in the future. The following powers can now be customised in the "Other" tab:

Accolades
- Long Range Teleporter
Prestige Travel
- Supergroup Portal
- Base Transporter
- Mission Transporter
Day Job Powers
- Rapid Response Portal
- Monitor Duty Teleporter
Temporary Powers
- Boon of the Ancestor Spirits (from Graeme Easton's arc)
- Nictus Shadow Step (from Dr. Shelly Percy's arc)
- Nictus Gravitic Emanation (from Dr. Shelly Percy's arc)
- Nictus Fragment (from the Moonfire Task Force)
- Smoke Flash (from P2W)
- Knight Errant (from the Paladin event in Kings Row)

New Blaster Secondary: Sonic Manipulation (Focused Feedback Thread)

Sonic Manipulation lets you control sonic forces to manipulate your foes, inflict damage and protect yourself.

Powers

T1: Sonic Thrust (Melee, Minor DMG(Smash/Energy), Foe Knockback)
- A focused attack of intense sonic power that violently sends a nearby foe flying. Deals minimal damage, but can be very effective. Recharge: Fast
T2: Strident Echo (Melee, Moderate DMG(Smashing/Energy), chance for Hold)
- Strident Echo deals minor damage over time. It has a low chance of causing a migraine, leaving the target shaking in pain and helpless. Recharge: Slow
- DoT has been accelerated to deliver its damage in 2.1s instead of 5.1s
T3: Echo Chamber (Ranged, Minor DMG(Energy), Foe Hold)
- Encases the target in a field of sonic waves, dealing energy damage and holding them in place. Recharge: Slow
T4: Sound Booster (Self +DMG, +To Hit, +Special)
- Greatly boosts your attacks for a few seconds. Slightly increases chance to hit. Moderately increases the duration of mez effects. Moderately increases the chance for Sound Manipulation powers to induce migraines. Recharge: Long
T5: Deafening Wave (Melee (AoE), High DMG(Sonic/Energy), chance for Hold)
- You create a large field of sonic waves, causing damage to all foes around you. It has a moderate chance of causing migraines, leaving them shaking in pain and helpless. Recharge: Slow
T6: Sound Barrier (Toggle: Self +Absorb, +Recovery, +Res(Smashing, Energy, Sleep))
- Creates a barrier around the caster which reduces incoming energy and smashing damage, provides protection against sleep effects and grants an absorption shield. Recovery is also increased. Recharge: Moderate
T7: Disruption Aura (Toggle: Foe -Res)
- You emit a constant wave of sonic energy around yourself, weakening the Damage Resistance of all nearby foes. Recharge: Moderate
T8: Sound Cannon (Ranged (Cone), Foe Stun, Knockback)
- You generate a powerful sonic wave that will knock back and disorient foes in front of you for a short time. Recharge: Long
T9: Earsplitter (Melee, Heavy DMG(Smashing/Energy), chance for Hold)
- You generate an earsplitting sound wave right in the face of your foe, inflicting great damage. It has a good chance of causing a migraine, leaving them shaking in pain and helpless. Recharge: Slow

Powerset Revamp: Energy Melee (Focused Feedback Thread)

Energy Melee has received a series of changes aimed at improving the performance of the set. Total Focus now acts as an opener for three different Energy Focus combos, including a Total Focus > Energy Transfer combo which provides fast, potent single target damage. Stun has been reworked into Power Crash, a cone attack, in order to provide a small amount of additional AoE capability to the set.

Power Changes

Barrage
- If used with Energy Focus: 100% chance for stun and applies a weakening (-special and -regen) effect to the target
Energy Punch
- Recharge increased from 4s to 5s
- End cost increased from 5.2 to 6.032
- Damage increased from scale 1 to scale 1.16
Bone Smasher
- Cast time reduced from 1.5s to 1.27s
Power Crash (Replaces Stun)
- Power Crash is now a minor cone that can hit up to 5 targets (10 for Tankers)
- No longer takes melee damage sets, now takes PBAoE damage sets (any existing enhancements will remain slotted until the character respecs)
- If used with Energy Focus: Target cap increased to 10 targets (16 for Tankers)
- If you previously had Stun in your build, you'll now have Power Crash
- Stalkers only:
  - This power has a 16s recharge (instead of a 9s recharge for other ATs), with proportional damage and endurance cost increases per the standard damage formulas
  - As Stalkers do not have Whirling Hands, they rely entirely on Power Crash for AoE damage
Whirling Hands
- Damage increased from scale 1 to scale 1.1819 (it was slightly below what the damage formula dictated)
Total Focus
- Cast time reduced from 3.3 seconds to 2.53 seconds
- Total Focus has a 100% chance to grant Energy Focus (even if power misses)
- Energy Focus
  - Energy Focus is consumed when casting certain Energy Melee powers in order to provide bonus effects (Energy Focus is not consumed if the power misses)
  - Energy Focus expires after 15 seconds
- Stalkers / Scrappers only:
  - This power only crits for 28% additional damage, but when it crits, it will also generate a backup Energy Store that will re-activate Energy Focus after the current Energy Focus is used or expires (essentially it provides two stacks of Energy Focus)
Energy Transfer
- Energy Transfer self damage is now 10% of base max HP for all ATs, and no longer costs any endurance
- Damage is now 100% energy
- Recharge lowered from 20s to 10s
- If used with Energy Focus: Cast time reduced from 2.67s to 1.0s
- Stalkers / Scrappers only:
  - This power only crits for 28% additional damage, but when it crits, it will not only avoid the self-damage, but will actually heals you for 10% of your base Max HP

Stalker Power Order Changes

Spoiler

Barrage
Energy Punch
Bone Smasher
Assassin's Strike
Build Up
Placate
Power Crash (replaces Stun)
Total Focus (moved from T9)
Energy Transfer (moved from T8)

Tanker Power Order Changes

Spoiler

Barrage
Energy Punch
Bone Smasher
Taunt
Whirling Hands
Total Focus (moved from T9)
Build Up
Power Crash (replaces Stun, moved from T6)
Energy Transfer (moved from T8)

Other Changes

The stun chance for Energy Punch, Barrage and Bone Smasher for Stalkers was lower than the Tanker and Brute versions - this has now been corrected
The AE version of this powerset has been updated with missing powers and to match current power effects

Powerset Proliferation: Energy Melee for Scrappers (Focused Feedback Thread)

Energy Melee has been proliferated to Scrappers, with all the changes mentioned above.

Power Order

Energy Punch
Barrage
Bone Smasher
Build Up
Power Crash
Confront
Whirling Hands
Total Focus
Energy Transfer

Powerset Revamp: Titan Weapons (Focused Feedback Thread)

Titan Weapons was released less than a year before the game shut down, and never had the opportunity for much follow-up work. The set suffers from two problems. Firstly, the mechanics of the set make the set difficult to get started with. Secondly, when fully built, Titan Weapons massively overperforms compared to other melee set in almost every metric.

We've gone ahead and removed the arbitrary bonus damage the set has (bringing it in line with the standard damage formulas) in order to reign in the maximum performance bar the set can hit, whilst also refining the Momentum mechanic and redraw animations in order to reduce the clunkiness of the set.

Set Changes

Removed arbitrary bonus damage from all attacks (roughly 8-10%)
Now has the same redraw rules as Katana, and will only play an interruptible draw animation under the following conditions:
- Out of combat
- Out of range from the target
- Power still has not recharged
Whilst Momentum is active, all Titan Weapons attacks will:
- Recharge 25% faster, with proportional damage and endurance cost reduction per the standard damage formulas
- Have an additional 25% endurance cost reduction
Momentum is now granted even if the attack misses all targets

Power Changes

Titan Sweep
- Fast version cast time increased from 1s to 1.1s
Follow Through
- Cast time increased from 1s to 1.1s
- No longer inflicts additional damage over time
Confront / Taunt
- Cast time reduced from 1.96s to 1.67s
Whirling Smash
- Radius lowered from 15ft to 10ft (however, it remains at 15ft for Tankers)
- No longer inflicts additional damage over time
Arc of Destruction
- Recharge reduced from 20s to 16s
- Damage decreased accordingly (per the standard damage formulas)
- Fast version cast time shortened from 1.5s to 1.37s

Powerset Revamp: Trick Arrow (Focused Feedback Thread)

Trick Arrow has suffered with performance issues for a long time, primarily due to the strength of the debuffs against higher level enemies, but also due to redundancy between powers in the set. We've made a comprehensive suite of improvements, impacting almost every power in the set.

Power Changes (Numbers provided are Defender values)

Entangling Arrow
- Immobilize duration reduced from scale 15 to scale 7
- No longer has a -Recharge debuff
- Now applies a 30s -Res debuff
  - 15s in PvP
Flash Arrow
- Can now be slotted with Range enhancements
- -ToHit increased from -6.25% to -18.76%
  - Half this debuff is now irresistible
  - This was previously erroneously listed as an increase to -15%, but it is in fact -18.76%
Glue Arrow
- -Recharge debuff increased from -20% to -40%
- Debuff duration increased from 30s to 60s
- Fixed this power not being location based
Ice Arrow
- Increased the -Recharge debuff from -12.% to 25%
- Now applies a 60s -Special and -Damage debuff
  - 10s in PvP
Poison Gas Arrow
- -Damage debuff now lasts 60 seconds
  - Debuff now only lasts for 3s after you leave the cloud in PvP
- -Damage debuff increased from -31.25% to -50%
  - Half this debuff is now irresistible
Acid Arrow
- Debuff radius increased from 8ft to 15ft (damage still has an 8ft radius)
- -Res debuff moved to Disruption Arrow
  - This power still has a -25% defence debuff
- Now applies a heal resistance debuff (heals on the target will be less effective)
  - Halved in PvP
- Now applies a -special resistance debuff (Endurance, ToHit, Regen, Recovery, Recharge Time, and Endurance Discount debuffs against the target will be stronger)
  - Reduced to -20% in PvP
- Debuff duration increased from 20s to 45s
  - 20s in PvP
- This power has a new icon
Disruption Arrow
- Target cap increased from 10 to 16
- Now applies a -MaxEnd debuff and takes Endurance Modification enhancements and sets
- -Res debuff doubled (moved from Acid Arrow)
- Only one Disruption Arrow can be maintained at once
- Recharge decreased from 60s to 30s
- Duration increased from 30s to 45s
Oil Slick Arrow
- Can now be slotted with Range enhancements
EMP Arrow
- Can now be slotted with Range enhancements
- No longer applies -recovery to the caster
- Half of the -regen debuff now lasts 45 seconds (previously the entire -regen debuff dropped off after 15 seconds, now only half of it does)
- Hold duration for non-robots reduced by roughly 50%
- This power is now location based
- This power now spawns an EMP Field at the target location that acts similarly to Electrical Affinity's Faraday Cage and provides:
  - 15% damage resistance to all but Toxic (not enhanceable)
  - Resistance against End Drain and Recovery Debuffs
  - Protection against status effects and knock back
  - Fixed this buff not actually working

Pool Powerset Revamp: Teleportation (Focused Feedback Thread)

Teleportation has been considered one of the least desirable pools for a while (outside of specific uses, like Stone Armor) due to the wide availability of other travel options. In order to make the set more appealing, we've added two new powers with new mechanics. Combat Teleport emulates the feeling of Speed of Sound's Jaunt to quickly traverse the battlefield without the endurance cost burden of an active travel power, whilst Fold Space introduces a new way to play in melee - bring the enemies to you, instead of going to them!

To make room for these, Recall Friend and Teleport Foe have been combined into one power and Long Range Teleport has been removed from the set and is now an unlockable Accolade power.

Power Changes

Teleport Target (Replaces Recall Friend)
- Now combines the functionality of Recall Friend and Teleport Foe
- If you previously had Recall Friend, you'll now have Teleport Target
Combat Teleport (Replaces Teleport Foe)
- A quick-casting, short-ranged (100ft) teleport designed to be used in combat
- The range of this power can be enhanced, but it cannot be buffed or debuffed by set bonuses or other powers
- This power can be activated up to 3 times in a row before it triggers a cooldown
- This power grants a small ToHit buff to your next attack
- If you previously had Teleport Foe, you'll now have Combat Teleport
Teleport
- This power now grants a 4s untouchable buff
  - If you attack while this buff is active, both the Untouchable buff and the Hover buff will be cancelled
  - If you have been in combat in the last 10 seconds, phase will not be triggered
  - In PvP, using teleport 3 times within a 30 second window will trigger No Phase
Team Teleport
- Endurance cost reduced from 20 to 16
Fold Space (Replaces Long Range Teleport)
- This power will teleport foes from the nearby area into melee range
  - Line of sight is required
  - 100ft range, 16 targets max, prioritizes closer targets
- Long Range Teleport has been removed from the Teleportation pool and is now an Accolade power
  - If you previously had Long Range Teleport, you'll now have Fold Space
  - See the Long Range Teleporter section below for more information

Warshades

Inherent / Umbral Aura > Shadow Recall
- Now functions the same as Teleport Target, and has a new icon to match (previously this power mirrored Recall Friend)
Umbral Blast > Starless Step
- Now functions the same as Combat Teleport, and has a new icon to match (previously this power mirrored Teleport Foe)
Umbral Aura > Shadow Slip
- Now functions the same as Fold Space, and has a new icon to match (previously this power mirrored Long Range Teleport)

Blaster Secondary Revamp (Focused Feedback Thread)

After the game shut down, several new Blaster secondary sets were developed (eg: Tactical Arrow, Atomic Manipulation, Plant Manipulation), but these sets were generally quite overtuned in the crowd control department, whilst also lacking in incentives to get into melee range - both of these factors contributed towards the sets being a tad too safe.

Additionally, most of the legacy sets received some changes in the i24 beta just before the game shut down that were never really followed up on. This ended up with several sets (eg: Ice Manipulation, Electrical Manipulation, Energy Manipulation) being slight underperformers, especially compared to the new sets.

This round of changes aims to level the playing field for Blaster secondary sets, both towards each other and towards dedicated crowd control ATs. In general, you'll see many of the underperforming sets receive several buffs (both in terms of damage and survivability), alongside some reductions in the crowd control capabilities of most sets.

Tactical Arrow

Electrified Net Arrow
- Range reduced from 80ft to 60ft to be in line with other Blaster Manipulation T1 Immobilize powers
- Endurance cost increased from 5.2 to 7.8 to be in line with other Blaster Manipulation T1 Immobilize powers
Ice Arrow
- Range reduced from 80ft to 60ft to be in line with other Blaster Manipulation ST mez powers
- Recharge increased from 12s to 16s
- Hold changed from Mag 3, Scale 12 to:
  - Mag 2, Scale 10 (non stacking)
  - Mag 1, Scale 6 (stacking)
Upshot
- +Recharge buff reduced to from 30% to 15%
- +Damage buff reduced from 100% to 81.25%
- +ToHit reduced from 20% to 15%
Flash Arrow
- This power's effects are no longer irresistible
Gymnastics (Replaces Agility)
- Gymnastics and Agility have been merged into a new toggle power
- Provides knockback protection, a 1.75% defence buff, a recharge bonus, a jump bonus, a movement speed buff and some slow / mez protection
- If you previously had Agility, you now have Gymnastics
ESD Arrow
- Hold now only applies to robots
- Hold changed from Mag 3, Scale 8 to:
  - Mag 2, Scale 8 (non stacking)
  - Mag 1, Scale 5 (stacking)
- Added Stun against all foes (does not override the robot hold):
  - Mag 2, Scale 8 (non stacking)
  - Mag 1, Scale 5 (stacking)
- Now accepts Stun enhancements and sets
Oil Slick Arrow (Replaced Gymnastics)
- Similar to the Trick Arrow version, but does not have a defence debuff and only has a 15ft radius
- If you previously had Gymnastics, you now have Oil Slick Arrow
- No longer knocks foes down once it has been ignited
Power Order Changes

Spoiler

Electrified Net Arrow
Glue Arrow
Ice Arrow
Upshot
Flash Arrow
Eagle Eye
Gymnastics (Replaces Agility, merged with T9)
ESD Arrow
Oil Slick Arrow (Replaces Gymnastics)

Atomic Manipulation

Electron Shackles
- Range increased from 50ft to 60ft to be in line with other Blaster Manipulation T1 Immobilize powers
Positron Cell
- Hold changed from Mag 3, Scale 12 to:
  - Mag 2, Scale 10 (non stacking)
  - Mag 1, Scale 6 (stacking)
Radioactive Cloud
- Hold effect has been adjusted:
  - 50% chance of hold by choking - choking foes might actually counterattack if hit
  - 50% chance of hold by barfing - barfing foes will continue emptying their stomachs until the duration of the hold expires

Darkness Manipulation

Penumbral Grasp
- Range increased from 50ft to 60ft to be in line with other Blaster Manipulation T1 Immobilize powers
Touch of the Beyond
- Increased the duration of the self buff from 60s to 120s
- The self buff now also provides Fear protection
- The self buff now auto-hits, regardless of if the enemy-targeting portion of this power hits
- Added a short, non-enhanceable Mag 3 Hold (in PvE only)
- The regeneration buff should no longer be weaker when used against higher or lower level enemies
Dark Pit
- Recharge time increased from 60s to 90s
- Endurance cost increased from 13 to 20.18
- Stun changed from Mag 2, Scale 12 to:
  - Mag 2, Scale 8 (non stacking)
  - Mag 1, Scale 5 (stacking)

Devices

Toxic Web Grenade
- Range increased from 50ft to 60ft to be in line with other Blaster Manipulation T1 Immobilize powers
Taser
- Fixed this power doing PvE damage in PvP
Field Operative
- This power now has a No Fade customization them
  - Selecting this theme will stop the power from fading the player body
Gun Drone
- Now has 80% resistance to all damage
- Taunt aura reduced to 8ft, mag 3, max of 4 targets
- Death explosion now has a knockup component

Electrical Manipulation

Electric Fence
- Range increased from 50ft to 60ft to be in line with other Blaster Manipulation T1 Immobilize powers
Thunder Strike
- Cast Time reduced from 3.3s to 2.53s
Dynamo (renamed from Lightning Field)
- Moved from T3 to T6 (see Power Order Changes below)
- Is now the sustain power in the set (along with the existing damage aura component)
  - No longer has an endurance cost to run
  - Provides a Recovery and Regeneration buff
- If you are concealed (from Stealth or a similar power) this power will not impact foes unless you are in combat (it will no longer accidentally break stealth)
- If you had Force of Thunder, it will now be replaced by Dynamo and keep the same enhancements from Force of Thunder
Force of Thunder
- Moved from T6 to T8 (see Power Order Changes below)
- No longer provides a sustain buff
- Stun changed from Mag 2, Scale 8 to:
  - Mag 2, Scale 8 (non stacking)
  - Mag 1, Scale 5 (stacking)
- Knockback chance increased from 30% to 100%
- If you had Lightning Field, it will now be replaced by Force of Thunder and keep the enhancements from Lightning Field
Power Order Changes

Spoiler

Electric Fence
Charged Brawl
Build Up (moved down from T5)
Havok Punch
Thunder Strike (moved down from T7)
Dynamo (moved up from T3, renamed from Lightning Field)
Power Sink (moved down from T8)
Force of Thunder (moved up from T6)
Shocking Grasp

Fire Manipulation

Ring of Fire
- Range increased from 50ft to 60ft to be in line with other Blaster Manipulation T1 Immobilize powers
Cauterizing Aura
- If you are concealed (from Stealth or a similar power) this power will not impact foes unless you are in combat (it will no longer accidentally break stealth)

Energy Manipulation

Energize
- Now provides a small amount of Stun protection (PvE only)
Stun
- Recharge reduced from 20s to 14s
- This power now has synergy with Power Boost and Boost Range
  - With Boost Range active, this power becomes a ranged Stun
  - With Power Boost active, this power becomes an AoE (instead of boosting its duration)
- Stun will have an orange ring whenever either of these buffs are active
  - As highlight rings can only be one color, Power Boost and Boost Range are also getting a pale white ring to make it easier to know if their buffs are still active, without having to look at the buff bar
- Full combo details:
  - Stun = 14s recharge, 7ft range, Mag 3 scale 10 stun, single target
  - Stun + Boost Range = 14s recharge, 60ft range, Mag 2 scale 10 stun + Mag 1 scale 6 stun, single targets
  - Stun + Power Boost = 90s recharge, 7ft range, Mag 2 scale 5 stun + Mag 1 Scale 2.5 stun, AoE (10 targets)
  - Stun + Power Boost + Boost Range = 90s recharge, 60ft range, Mag 2 scale 5 stun + Mag 1 Scale 2.5 stun, AoE (10 targets)
Total Focus
- Cast time reduced from 3.3 seconds to 2.53 seconds

Ice Manipulation

Chilblain
- Range increased from 50ft to 60ft to be in line with other Blaster Manipulation T1 Immobilize powers
Frigid Protection
- Absorb has been adjusted to match Cauterizing Aura's Heal per Second and can now stack up for up to 12 seconds
- No longer shows floating numbers by default
  - A new "Show Floaters" theme is available if you prefer seeing the Absorb numbers
- If you are concealed (from Stealth or a similar power) this power will not impact foes unless you are in combat (it will no longer accidentally break stealth)
Shiver
- Half of the debuff now lasts 60 seconds (previously the entire debuff dropped off after 15 seconds, now only half of it does)
Freezing Touch
- DoT on this power now lasts 10s, delivering additional cold damage ticks (11, up from 6)
Frozen Aura
- This power now inflicts damage and accepts damage enhancements and sets
- Sleep changed from Mag 2, Scale 20 to:
  - Mag 2, Scale 20 (non stacking)
  - Mag 1, Scale 12 (stacking)

Martial Combat

Ki Push
- Damage lowered from scale 1.32 to scale 1.0
- Recharge time reduced from 6s to 4s
Reaction Time
- Absorb has been adjusted to match Cauterizing Aura's Heal per Second and can now stack up for up to 12 seconds
- No longer shows floating numbers by default
  - A new "Show Floaters" theme is available if you prefer seeing the Absorb numbers
- If you are concealed (from Stealth or a similar power) this power will not impact foes unless you are in combat (it will no longer accidentally break stealth)
Throw Sand
- Stun changed from Mag 3, Scale 12 to:
  - Mag 2, Scale 8 (non stacking)
  - Mag 1, Scale 5 (stacking)
Eagles Claw
- This power now has a chance to cause lethal internal bleeding damage over time, similar to the set's Storm Kick

Mental Manipulation

Subdual
- The range of this power is not being adjusted and will remain at 80ft as increased range is part of the secondary effects for Mental / Psionic powers
Telekinetic Thrust
- Recharge increased from 6 seconds to 16s
- Cast Time reduced from 2.07s to 1.67s
- Damage Scale increased from 0.8 to 2.92 (per the standard damage formulas)
- Moved from T3 to T9 (see Power Order Changes below)
World of Confusion
- Moved from T7 to T3 (see Power Order Changes below)
Scare
- Moved from T8 to T7 (see Power Order Changes below)
Psychic Shockwave
- Moved from T7 to T8 (see Power Order Changes below)
Power Order Changes

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Subdual
Mind Probe
World of Confusion (moved down from from T7)
Psychic Scream
Concentration
Drain Psyche
Scare (moved down from T8)
Psychic Shockwave (moved down from T9)
Telekinetic Thrust (moved up from T3)

Ninja Training

Immobilizing Dart
- Toxic damage over time doubled to bring it in line with other single target immobilize powers
- Range increased from 50ft to 60ft to be in line with other Blaster Manipulation T1 Immobilize powers
Sting of the Wasp
- Recharge increased from 5s to 10s
- Damage increased accordingly (per the standard damage formulas)
Choking Powder
- Hold changed from Mag 3, Scale 8 to:
  - Mag 2, Scale 10 (non stacking)
  - Mag 1, Scale 6 (stacking)
Shinobi
- No longer grants a damage buff outside of stealth
- Now grants the caster a 20% chance to inflict lethal criticals with every attack
  - The amount of damage will be based on the recharge time of the power
  - Usually this will be 80% of the standard damage formula
  - This bonus damage ignores enhancements and damage buffs
- Now provides movement buffs similar to Scrapper's Shinobi-Iri
  - See note on Movement Buffs in "Other Powers Changes" for more info
The Lotus Drops
- Recharge decreased from 28s to 14s
  - This was much higher than intended
Blinding Powder
- Sleep magnitude increased from 2 to 3
- Chance for Confuse mag increased from 2 to 3
- Chance for Confuse scale lowered from scale 20 to scale 8
- Accuracy lowered to 0.8 (to match other AoE CC powers)
Golden Dragonfly
- Recharge increased from 12s to 20s
- Damage increased accordingly (per the standard damage formulas)

Plant Manipulation

Entangle
- Range increased from 50ft to 60ft to be in line with other Blaster Manipulation T1 Immobilize powers
Skewer
- Cast Time reduced from 1.67s to 1.23s
  - Was 1.17s in the previous build
Strangler
- Hold changed from Mag 3, Scale 12 to:
  - Mag 2, Scale 10 (non stacking)
  - Mag 1, Scale 6 (stacking)
Spore Cloud
- Moved from T9 to T5 (see Power Order Changes below)
- No longer grants a Defiance buff
  - As a toggle, it never should've given one
- -Regeneration debuff now scales with player level
  - -59.32% at level 20
  - -80.33% at level 40
  - -90.83% at level 50
Wild Fortress
- Absorb has been adjusted to match Cauterizing Aura's Heal per Second and can now stack up for up to 12 seconds
- No longer shows floating numbers by default
  - A new "Show Floaters" theme is available if you prefer seeing the Absorb numbers
- VFX will now stay active as long as the toggle is active
Vines
- Hold effect has been adjusted:
  - 50% chance to hold foes at scale 8 mag 2 + scale 5 mag 1
  - Foes not held in this way will be held for scale 1.5 mag 2 and immobilized for 17.88s
- This power can now be enhanced for immobilization
Thorn Burst
- Moved from T5 to T9 (see Power Order Changes below)
- Cast time reduced from 3s to 2s
Power Order Changes

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Entangle
Skewer
Strangler
Toxins
Spore Cloud (moved down from T9)
Wild Fortress
Ripper
Vines
Thorn Burst (moved up from T5)

Temporal Manipulation

Time Wall
- Now inflicts scale 1 energy damage to bring it in line with other single target immobilize powers
- Now accepts Damage enhancements and sets
- Range increased from 50ft to 60ft to be in line with other Blaster Manipulation T1 Immobilize powers
  - This change was missed in the last build
Aging Touch
- Base damage slightly reduced from 1.32 to 1.02
  - This power was doing more damage than intended
Time Stop
- Hold changed from Mag 3, Scale 8 to:
  - Mag 2, Scale 10 (non stacking)
  - Mag 1, Scale 6 (stacking)
Temporal Healing
- Absorb has been adjusted to match Cauterizing Aura's Heal per Second and can now stack up for up to 12 seconds
- No longer shows floating numbers by default
  - A new "Show Floaters" theme is available if you prefer seeing the Absorb numbers
Future Pain
- Recharge increased from 11s to 18s
- Endurance cost increased from 11.024 to 16.848
- Damage increased accordingly (by about 52.8%, per the standard damage formulas)
End of Time
- Recharge decreased from 22s to 17s
- Endurance cost decreased from 20.176 to 16.016
- Damage decreased from scale 1.552 to 1.232 (per the standard damage formulas)
Time Shift
- Stun changed from Mag 3, Scale 8 to:
  - Mag 2, Scale 8 (non stacking)
  - Mag 1, Scale 5 (stacking)

Architect Entertainment

AE versions of these powersets have been updated with missing powers and to match current power effects

Other Powers Changes (Focused Feedback Thread)

Dark Melee

Shadow Maul
- Target cap reduced from 10 to 5 (16 to 10 for Tankers)
Touch of Fear
- Now a melee targeted AoE with a 10 target cap (16 for Tankers)
- Now deals negative energy damage over time
- Fear duration reduced by roughly 50%
- Cast time increased from 1.17s to 1.97s
- Only the main target will be affected by the Fear and ToHit debuff
- Now accepts Targeted AoE Damage sets
Taunt (Tanker / Brute)
- Now has the correct icon border
AE versions of these powers have been updated with missing powers and to match current power effects

Energy Assault

Whirling Hands
- No longer yields double damage with Energy Focus active
- Instead it will instantly recharge the power
Energy Focus
- Previously Energy Focus could only be acquired once every 15 seconds, regardless of if you used it or not - you can now regain it again immediately after it has been spent
- Cleaned up some timing issues
- Now shows up on the buff bar
AE versions of these powers have been updated with missing powers and to match current power effects

Kinetics

All versions of the following powers have been converted from old pseudopet mechanics to new execute power mechanics
- Transfusion
- Siphon Power
- Transference
- Fulcrum Shift
Player powers should notice no difference beyond faster application
Some NPC powers may become weaker or stronger depending on their rank
AE versions of these powers have been updated with missing powers and to match current power effects

Movement Buffs

The following travel powers will suppress Primary/Secondary equivalent power travel buffs:
- Pool > Leaping > Combat Jumping
- Pool > Leaping > Super Jump
- Pool > Force of Will > Mighty Leap
- Pool > Speed > Super Speed
- Pool > Experimentation > Speed of Sound
- Prestige Travel > Ninja Run
- Prestige Travel > Beast Run
- Prestige Travel > Athletic Run
Primary/Secondary powers impacted by this:
- Scrapper Defence > Ninjitsu > Shinobi-Iri
- Sentinel Defence > Ninjitsu > Shinobi-Iri
- Blaster Support > Ninja Training > Shinobi-Iri
- Blaster Support > Tactical Arrow > Gymnastics

Taunt Aura Slotting

The following powers now accept Taunt Enhancement Sets:

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Bio Armor
- Evolving Armor
- Genetic Contamination (Tanker/Brute only)
Dark Armor
- Death Shroud (Tanker/Brute only)
- Cloak of Fear (Tanker/Brute only)
- Oppressive Gloom (Tanker/Brute only)
Electric Armor
- Lightning Field (Tanker/Brute only)
Energy Aura
- Entropic Aura
Fiery Aura
- Blazing Aura (Tanker/Brute only)
Ice Armor
- Chilling Embrace (Tanker/Brute only)
- Icicles (Tanker/Brute only)
Invulnerability
- Invincibility
Radiation Armor
- Beta Decay (Tanker/Brute only)
Regeneration
- Integration (Brute only)
Shield Defense
- Against All Odds
Stone Armor
- Mud Pots (Tanker/Brute only)
Super Reflexes
- Evasion (Tanker/Brute only)
Willpower
- Rise to the Challenge

Accolades

Summon Workbench
- Can now be summoned while flying (but must still target the ground)
All active combat Accolade powers now recharge in 10 minutes (down from 25 minutes), but are no longer affected by global recharge buffs - this affects the following powers:
- Crey CBX-9 Pistol / Stolen Immobilizer Ray
- Eye of the Magus / Demonic Aura
- Geas of the Kind Ones / Force of Nature
- Vanguard Medal / Megalomaniac
- Elusive Mind
Accolade powers with different alignment versions (eg: Vanguard Medal / Megalomaniac) can now be activated regardless of alignment, but will force the other version of the power into cooldown

Travel Updates: Base Teleportation, Long Range Teleporter Accolade, Special TP Powers (Focused Feedback Thread)

A strange energy spike in Galaxy City reached the old Supergroup Portal and caused a cascade overload in the entire Teleport network. Most of the damage has been repaired, but destinations in temporal flux have been lost to the past. DJ Zero was called in to establish the new portal in his Pocket Dimension, and as a courtesy he also set up portals in two other dimensions: Praetoria and The Shadow Shard. Vanguard has requested further restrictions of traffic near Paragon Heights while their investigation is in progress.

Fast Travel Menu

By acquiring Long Range Teleporter or any of the powers in this menu you will unlock the Fast Travel macro accolade (similar to the Architect Commlink)
- This lists the various unlockable zone teleportation powers so they don't take up space in your power trays
Clicking the Fast Travel icon will open up this menu
- Powers that are are on cooldown or that you do not own (or have no charges of) will be greyed out
- Portal powers (eg: Ouro) will be automatically summoned at your feet so you don't need to click again
- Each option has a keyboard shortcut whilst the menu is open (the white letters)
You can also use /popmenu FastTravel in a keybind, macro, etc to access this menu
- eg: /bind t popmenu FastTravel will open this menu when you press T, so pressing "T, O" will quickly open an Ouro portal at your feet

Base Access

The GM-only command /enterbasefrompasscode is no longer available for players to use unconditionally, and can now only be used:
- Within 45 feet of a base portal (including the new summoned portals)
- Anywhere inside a Supergroup base
- After using the Base Transporter / Base Teleporter power
  - The command remains available until you move 20 feet from the location you used the power, or if you activate another power
Two new powers which summon portable base portals have been added, and base teleporter powers have received some improvements (see below for details)

Base Beacons

All base beacons now drop you near the base portal in that zone instead of at a random location on the map
The following zones have had base beacons added:
- Praetoria
  - Imperial City
  - Neutropolis
  - Nova Praetoria
- The Shadow Shard:
  - Cascade Archipelago
  - Firebase Zulu
  - The Chantry
  - The Storm Palace
The following zones have had their beacons removed:
- Echo: Dark Astoria
  - These beacons will now be directed to Dark Astoria
- Echo: Galaxy City
  - These beacons have been destroyed by an energy spike of unknown origin
- Note: Both of these zones can still be accessed through Ouroboros

Base Portals

All zones with a base beacon now also have a base portal
Base portals in the Rogue Isles are now red, and the new Praetorian base portals are gold
Base portals no longer have collision (so you can't get stuck in them anymore)
The following base portals have been moved to more convenient locations:
- Kings Row
  - Moved down to ground level
- Skyway City
  - Moved up to the small park with Synapse and Mynx, near the Monorail
- Independence Port
  - Moved slightly to be right next to the Monorail, allowing easy access to both sides of the zone
- Peregrine Island
  - Moved down to ground level
- Nerva Archipelago
  - Moved slightly to be right next to the Black Helicopter line, allowing easy access to both sides of the zone
- Grandville
  - Moved down from the top of the tower to the main square
The following zones have had base portals added:
- Hazard Zones:
  - Striga Isle
  - Perez Park
  - Boomtown
  - Crey's Folly
  - Eden
  - Terra Volta
  - The Hollows
- The Shadow Shard
  - Cascade Archipelago
  - Firebase Zulu
  - The Chantry
  - The Storm Palace
- Praetoria
  - Imperial City
  - Neutropolis
  - Nova Praetoria
  - First Ward
  - Night Ward
The following zones have had their base portals removed:
- Echo: Galaxy City
Complete list of zones with base beacons & base portals:

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Paragon City
- Atlas Park
- Kings Row
- The Hollows
- Perez Park
- Skyway City
- Steel Canyon
- Boomtown
- Faultline
- Talos Island
- Striga Isle
- Independence Port
- Terra Volta
- Croatoa
- Brickstown
- Crey's Folly
- Founders' Falls
- Eden
- Rikti War Zone
- Kallisti Wharf
- Peregrine Island
- Dark Astoria
Extradimensional
- Pocket D
- Cascade Archipelago
- Firebase Zulu
- The Chantry
- The Storm Palace
The Rogue Isles
- Mercy Island
- Port Oakes
- Cap au Diable
- Sharkhead Isle
- Nerva Archipelago
- St. Martial
- Grandville
Praetoria
- Imperial City
- Neutropolis
- Nova Praetoria
- First Ward
- Night Ward

New Accolade Power: Long Range Teleporter

Long Range Teleporter
- The Pocket D VIP Pass power has been significantly improved and is now the Long Range Teleporter
  - If you previously owned Pocket D VIP Pass, you will now have the Long Range Teleporter with Pocket D unlocked as a destination
- Unlock the Long Range Teleporter power by earning either:
  - An exploration accolade in any zone with a Base Portal (see the above list for reference), or
  - The Pocket D VIP Gold Club Member badge (for spending 1 hour in Pocket D)
- Long Range Teleporter can be used once to teleport you to any zone that you have unlocked
  - Collecting any exploration badge in a zone will unlock it as a destination
  - Pocket D can also be unlocked with the Pocket D VIP Gold Club Member badge
  - Only zones with base portals can be unlocked (see the above list for reference)
- Long Range Teleporter has a 2s activation time and a 10 minute cooldown
  - Activation time is longer in PvP
  - If you activate Long Range Teleporter and do not use it, the cooldown will still begin counting down but the power can still be used again until you zone
    - This is indicated by the red ring around the power
    - Note that even if you zone without using LRT, it will still go on cooldown - it's not possible to determine if you zone with the power or not
    - Examples:
      - You activate the power. Spend 60 seconds looking at the options before clicking one. When you zone, the power will be on cooldown with 9 minutes left.
      - You activate the power. You don't zone. Two minutes later you activate it again and zone. The power will go on cooldown with 10 minutes left (each activation resets the timer).
      - You activate the power, then keep running around the zone for five minutes. Then you use a monorail or whatever to go to a different zone. The power will go on cooldown with 5 minutes left
- Long Range Teleporter can also take you to your base, and allows you to use /enterbasefrompasscode to enter any base

New Supergroup Portal Power

Supergroup Portal (New P2W Power)
- Available from P2W for 10 million influence
- Summons a base portal on the ground that lasts for 2 minutes (even after you leave the zone)
  - Duration increased from 90s to 2 minutes
- 10 minute cooldown, unaffected by global recharge buffs
- Cannot be used in Tutorial or PvP Zones
  - Can now be used in Ouroboros
- Summoning a base portal will remove other summoned portals within a 15ft radius (to avoid blocking contacts, doors, etc)
- A Day Job version of this power has also been added (see below)

Day Job Teleportation Powers

Monitor Duty Teleporter (Day Job Power)
- This power no longer requires the Rapid Response Member Accolade to earn, and has replaced the Monitor Duty (Brain Storm boost) day job power
- This power has been renamed from Base Teleporter to Monitor Duty Teleporter (to match the badge it is connected to)
- Recharge time reduced from 600s to 30s
  - This would be 0s, but we wanted to prevent accidental double usage as this power has limited charges
- Activation time reduced from 17s to 2s in PvE (still longer in PvP)
Rapid Response Portal (New Day Job Power)
- A new day job power which replaces the Base Teleporter Power
- Summons a base portal on the ground that lasts for 2 minutes (even after you leave the zone)
  - Duration increased from 90s to 2 minutes
- 90 second cooldown
- Cannot be used in Tutorial or PvP Zones
  - Can now be used in Ouroboros
- Summoning a base portal will remove other summoned portals within a 15ft radius (to avoid blocking contacts, doors, etc)
The Day Trader Teleporter and Marketeer's Teleporter day job powers have been replaced by the Brain Storm boost day job power (which itself was replaced by the Monitor Duty Teleporter, which was replaced by the Rapid Response Member portal...)

Other Teleportation Powers

Base Transporter (P2W Power)
- Recharge time reduced from 30 minutes to 10 minutes
- No longer affected by global recharge buffs
- Activation time reduced from 17s to 2s in PvE (still longer in PvP)
Ouroboros Portal
- Can now be summoned and entered from level 1, rather than level 14
- Can now be summoned while flying (but must still target the ground)
- Now lasts 2 minutes instead of 5 minutes, but will remain in place after you leave the zone
  - Duration increased from 90s to 2 minutes
- Can no longer be used inside mission maps while the "No Temporary Powers" flag is enabled (eg: during Master Of attempts)
- Can now be used in Ouroboros
  - This was a side-effect of allowing base portals to be summoned in Ouroboros
  - Ouroboros portals summoned within 15ft of the static Ouroboros portals in Ouroboros will be instantly destroyed (Supergroup portals are not affected by this)
- Summoning an Ouroboros Portal will now remove other summoned Ouroboros Portals within a 15ft radius (to avoid blocking contacts, doors, etc)
Team Transporter (P2W Power)
- Can now be summoned while flying (but must still target the ground)
- This power has a new icon to match the other prestige teleportation powers
Mission Transporter (P2W Power)
- Activation time reduced from 15s to 10s
- This power has a new icon to match the other prestige teleportation powers
Assemble the Team (P2W Power)
- This power has a new icon to match the other prestige teleportation powers
Auction House Teleporters
- The purchasable Auction House teleporter powers have been removed from the Auction House
- These powers had numerous bugs, and teleporting directly to the auction house isn't that useful with the /ah command available

TUNNEL Network

The Hero and Villain TUNNEL networks have been merged together
- Vigilantes and Rogues will now see both Hero and Villain zones in the list
- Heroes, Villains, Vigilantes, Rogues and Praetorians can now all use the same portals in co-op zones
TUNNEL can now be used by Praetorians
- Praetorians will only be able to access zones in Praetoria

Free Fire Zone (PvP) Helicopter Line

All helicopters to and from PvP zones are now connected (including new helicopters in Siren's Call near the Hero Hospital and in Peregrine Island near the arena)
- Added a Free Fire Zone Helicopter to Peregrine Island, near the Arena
You can also use it to travel between the connected PVE zones, but only those that match your current alignment

Enhancements (Focused Feedback Thread)

Enhancement Upgrade Button

Added an Upgrade button to the bottom left of the Enhancements screen
This will upgrade all your store-buyable enhancements to +3 of your level, to the maximum of level 50
It costs the same as purchasing the enhancements from a store, and it will not change the enhancement type; a low level DO will be upgraded to a high level DO, not a SO.
Combined enhancements will be replaced following the new Enhancement Combining rules described below
- This means a level 48++ SO will be "upgraded" to level 50 and charge full price

Enhancement Combining

Combining enhancements now increases their level directly, instead of a combined level enhancement (ie: 33 instead of 32+1)
- This means you can, through combination, get Titan, Hydra and Hamidon enhancements all the way to level 53
- Existing combined enhancements are not affected, but another combination will increase their level and remove the combinations

Acquiring Enhancements

Single Origin enhancements can now be purchased from vendors at levels 5, 10, 15 and 20
- This is meant to equalize the availability of those enhancements at low levels, which currently are mostly obtained through farming the Death From Below trial
DOs can now be purchased from vendors at levels 5 and 10, just for parity
TOs have been removed from regular vendors but can still be purchased from the Supergroup Base enhancements vendor if you're into that kind of thing
Story Arc rewards that used to drop TOs and DOs will now always drop a SO of your origin
- TOs and DOs will still drop from other sources as vendor trash
The tutorial zones now reward the player with Talisman of the Initiate (Damage) SOs instead of Damage TOs
Introductory tasks from City Hall reward the player with Damage SOs of their origin instead of Damage TOs
The Shop Keeper and Smuggler day jobs will now always award a SO

Yin's Market

Yin's Talisman enhancements can now be used by characters of all origins and are available at level 5, 10, 15 and 20
- They are also cheaper than SOs of the same level to purchase from Mr. Yin, although they will cost the same to upgrade
Yin's Talisman enhancements now use a fancy golden border
There are currently no plans to make those enhancements available to Villains or Praetorians, as the store unlock is a reward for the Faultline arcs
- Those characters can purchase the enhancements from the auction house, receive them via character email, or store and retrieve them from Supergroup storage if they wish

Badges (Focused Feedback Thread)

Several new badges have been added to the game!

New Defeat Badges

Brass Hunter
- Defeat 1000 Nemesis Jaegers
Green Machine
- Defeat 100 Nemesis Warhulks
Brute Forced
- Defeat 500 points worth of Rularuu Brutes
  - Bosses are worth 5 points, all others are worth 1, like the Praetoria and Dark Astoria defeat badges
Winged Nuisance
- Defeat 500 Rularuu Natterlings of any rank
Running on Empty
- Defeat 250 Malta Sappers
Womp Womp
- Defeat 100 Immature Paragon Protectors
Assault and Battery
- Defeat 50 Freakshow Super Stunners

New Exploration Badges

On the Shoulders of Giants
- Located in Kallisti Wharf

New Story Arc Badges

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The Uncivil War
- Complete Agent Watkins' arc
Patient Zero
- Complete Doc Buzzsaw's arc
Containment Specialist
- Earned in Agent Watkins' arc (Spoilers in the box below)
- Spoiler
  
  Turn off the sprinklers before the timer runs out during The Graveyard Shift story arc
Went Off Script
- Earned in Agent Watkins' arc (Spoilers in the box below)
- Spoiler
  
  Refuse to quarantine during The Graveyard Shift story arc (mission owner only)
The Greater Good
- Earned in Agent Watkins' arc (Spoilers in the box below)
- Spoiler
  
  Quarantine during The Graveyard Shift story arc (mission owner only)
Tarnished Star
- Earned in Doc Buzzsaw's arc (Spoilers in the box below)
- Spoiler
  
  Fill every jail cell in The Zig during your life as a hero, before becoming a villain and releasing Bile during "The Freakish Lab of Dr. Vahzilok" story arc

Existing Badges

Loyal Customer
- This badge now has new artwork (previously it was using the same artwork as the Air Pirate badge)
Unabashed
- Can now be acquired in the instanced Rikti Mothership Raid instead of just in the zone version
Visionary
- Changed from defeating 100 Rularuu Overseers bosses to 500 points worth of Rularuu eyes (Watchers, Observers and Overseers)
  - Bosses are worth 5 points, all others are worth 1, like the Praetoria and Dark Astoria defeat badges
  - Existing badge progress will be transferred (1 boss on the old tracker = 5 points on the new tracker)
Monitor Duty
- No longer increases the rate at which you earn the Monitor Duty (Brain Storm Idea boost) day job power
- Now increases the rate at which you earn the Monitor Duty Teleporter day job power
Day Trader / Marketeer
- No longer increases the rate at which you earn Day Trader Teleporter / Marketeer's Teleporter day job power
- Now increases the rate at which you earn the Marketeer (Brain Storm Idea boost) day job power
Rapid Response Member / Trouble Maker
- No longer unlocks the Base Teleporter day job power (this power no longer requires unlocking)
- Now unlocks the Rapid Response Portal day job power
Pocket D VIP Gold Club Member
- No longer unlocks the Pocket D VIP Pass power
- Now unlocks Pocket D as a Long Range Teleporter destination (and unlocks Long Range Teleporter if you don't already have it)
Entrusted with the Secret
- Moved to the top of the Flashback badge list
- Ouroboros Portals can now be summoned and entered by characters of any level
- The requirements to earn this badge have been cleaned up:
  - Completing any Flashback story arc using the Pillar of Ice and Flame will award the badge
  - Completing any story arc given directly by a Mender will award the badge
  - Completing any of the following missions will award the badge:
    - Follow up on Holsten Armitage's claim that Senator Dybalski has been kidnapped by Rikti
    - Defeat Ubelmann the Unknown in Ashwin Lannister or Laurie Pennington's story arc
    - Recover the PsychoChronoMetron or Destroy the PsychoChronoMetron from Agent G
    - Find "The Magic Man" and recover the Devil's Timepiece in Mercedes Shelton's story arc
    - Meet with Botis during Vincent Ross' story arc
    - Any mission with Professor Echo from Marshall Brass
    - Defeat Professor Echo when you encounter him during Pandora's Box story arc
    - Confront Mender Silos in the final mission of the Pandora's Box story arc
    - Travel to the ruined Cap Au Diable from the future in any Patron arc
    - Travel to the ruined Atlas Park from the Future in any Patron arc or the Lord Recluse Strike Force
    - Travel to the Dark Victory version of Atlas Park in Statesman's Task Force
  - Entering any of the following zones will award the badge:
    - Cimerora
    - Ouroboros
    - Recluse's Victory
    - Echo: Atlas Park
    - Echo: Galaxy City
    - Echo: Faultline
    - Echo: Dark Astoria
    - Echo: Rikti Crash Site
  - Entering one of these zones will also award the Ouroboros Portal power if you have somehow managed to lose it

PvP Updates (Focused Feedback Thread)

PvP Accolades

Arena vendors now sell the following PvP-only fakkolades (fake knockoff accolades) for 10,000 influence each:
- Veteran
  - Combined the four +HP / +End accolades
- Indestructible
  - Combines Eye of the Magic / Demonic Aura and Elusive Mind
- Supercharger
  - Copy of Geas of the Kind Ones / Force of Nature
- Mind Games
  - Copy of Vanguard Medal / Megalomaniac
- Nullifier
  - Copy of Crey CBX-9 Pistol / Stolen Immobilizer Ray
- Justice
  - Copy of Call to Justice, the Hero alignment power
  - No longer revokes Rampage when purchased, instead they now share a cooldown
- Rampage
  - Copy of Frenzy, the Villain alignment power
  - No longer revokes Justice when purchased, instead they now share a cooldown
Updated the names of these powers
Using a accolade will put the non-PvP version of it on cooldown (and vice-versa)
These can be deleted when you no longer want them
Normal accolade & alignment powers are now disabled in the Arena and in PvP zones

New Arena Map: Liberty Town (2-32 players)

A new arena map using an area from Founder's Falls
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New Arena Map: Boomtown (2-16 players)

A new arena map using the construction site area of Boomtown
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New Arena Map: Ouroboros (2-16 players)

A new arena map featuring the destroyed version of Ouroboros
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New Arena Map: Last Bastion (2-16 players)

A new arena map set in a mostly-destroyed Praetoria
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New Arena Map: Praetorian Office (2-10 players)

A new arena map set inside a Praetorian Office
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New Arena Map: Industrial (2-16 players)

A new arena map set in an Industrial area
The old Industrial map is now named Factory
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New Arena Map: Council Earth (2-16 players)

A new arena map set on the Council Earth
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New Arena Map: Luna Square (2-16 players)

A new arena map set in a generic outdoor city area
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New Arena Map: Dam Interior (2-10 players)

A new arena map set inside the Overbrook (Faultline) Dam
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Other Arena Maps

Fixed the minimap for Cage Match, Factory, Stadium, Atlas Park, Steel Canyon and Skyway City
- Added new minimaps for Atlas Park, Steel Canyon and Skyway City
- Known issue: Most of the others are broken and still need fixing
The arena map list is now sorted alphabetically

Powers Disabled in PvP

All Incarnate powers apart from the Alpha slot are now disabled in Recluse's Victory
- Fixed being able to activate Incarnate powers after respawning
PvP zones now obey the same rules as the arena when it comes to banning powers
- This means that anything previously disabled in the Arena will now be disabled in PvP zones
- Arena temporary powers now work in PvP zones
The following powers are now disabled in the Arena and in PvP zones:
- Most Mayhem / Safeguard powers
- Empowerment Station buffs crafted in bases
- Most Day Job powers
- Cathedral of Pain buffs
- Various prestige / temporary powers
Complete list of disabled powers:
- New powers in this update at the bottom of the list

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Increase_Recovery (from Mayhem/Safeguard)
Mayhem_Increase_Movement_Speed
Mayhem_Increase_Endurance
Mayhem_Increase_Health
Mayhem_Increase_Regeneration
prestige_InspirationGrant (Inner Inspiration)
Cryonite_Armor
Wedding_Band
Wedding_Band_FB
Mayhem_Cryonite_Armor
Mayhem_Store_Kinetic_Shield
Vanguard_Psionic_Shield
Invention_Kinetic_Dampener
Alt_LP_Kinetic_Dampener
Alt_Defense_Amplifier_1_hour
Alt_Defense_Amplifier_4_hour
Alt_Defense_Amplifier_8_hour
Alt_Offense_Amplifier_1_hour
Alt_Offense_Amplifier_4_hour
Alt_Offense_Amplifier_8_hour
Alt_Survival_Amplifier_1_hour
Alt_Survival_Amplifier_4_hour
Alt_Survival_Amplifier_8_hour
Alt_Frosty_Aegis
Day_Job_Movement_Increase_Lesser
Day_Job_Movement_Increase_Greater
Pilot_Lesser
Pilot_Greater
Day_Job_Increase_Regeneration_Lesser
Day_Job_Increase_Regeneration_Greater
Day_Job_Increase_Endurance_Lesser
Day_Job_Increase_Endurance_Greater
Day_Job_Increase_Recovery_Lesser
Day_Job_Increase_Recovery_Greater
Day_Job_Damage_Resistance_Lesser
Day_Job_Damage_Resistance_Greater
Day_Job_Psionic_Resistance_Lesser
Day_Job_Psionic_Resistance_Greater
Day_Job_ColdNegative_Resistance_Lesser
Day_Job_ColdNegative_Resistance_Greater
Day_Job_DPS_Buff_Lesser
Day_Job_DPS_Buff_Greater
Day_Job_Improved_Recharge_Time_Lesser
Day_Job_Improved_Recharge_Time_Greater
Combat_Shield
Increase_Attack_Speed (Empowerment Station)
Increase_Flight_Speed
Increase_Jump_Speed
Increase_Run_Speed
Increase_Perception
Grant_Invisibility
Smashing_Resistance
Lethal_Resistance
Cold_Resistance
Fire_Resistance
Energy_Resistance
Negative_Energy_Resistance
Toxic_Resistance
Psionic_Resistance
Endurance_Drain_Resistance
Slow_Resistance
Knockback_Protection
Knockback_Increase
Confusion_Resistance
Fear_Resistance
Disorient_Resistance
Hold_Resistance
Immobilize_Resistance
Sleep_Resistance
Arachnos_Power_Shield
I22_MissionReward_BoonSunXiong
The_Perfect_Eye
The_True_Furnace
Heart_of_a_Storm_Elemental
Anger_Monument
Crystal_of_Resilience
The_Atlas_Medallion
Super_Patriot
Freedom_Phalanx_Reserve
Task_Force_Commander
Portal_Jockey
Crey_CBX-9_Pistol
Eye_of_the_Magus
Vanguard_Medal
Geas_of_the_Kind_Ones
Marshall
High_Pain_Threshold
Born_In_Battle
Stolen_Immobilizer_Ray
Demonic_Aura
Megalomaniac
Invader
Force_of_Nature
Iron_Man
RIWE_Accolade_Power
GRHeroAlignmentPower
GRVigilanteAlignmentPower
GRRogueAlignmentPower
GRVillainAlignmentPower
Invention_Recovery_Serum
Alt_LP_Recovery_Serum
Alt_Frost_Bite_Granter
Alt_Frost_Bite
Alt_Winter_Ward
Flames_of_Prometheus

Other PvP Powers Changes

Trick Arrow
- See the Trick Arrow thread
Fast Snipes
- No longer grant a 50% range buff in PvP
Empathy
- Absorb Pain: -Heal / -Regeneration reduced to 50% in PvP
Temporary Powers
- Envenomed Dagger's regeneration debuff is now Scale 1.0 non-stackable when used against players

Pocket D

An entrance to Recluse's Victory has been added to the Pocket D arena
- DJ Zero doesn't approve of fighting, so if you use this exit, there's no way back to the club from Recluse's Victory - you're on your own

Free Fire Zone (PvP) Helicopter Line

All helicopters to and from PvP zones are now connected (including new helicopters in Siren's Call near the Hero Hospital and in Peregrine Island near the arena)
- Added a Free Fire Zone Helicopter to Peregrine Island, near the Arena
You can also use it to travel between the connected PVE zones, but only those that match your current alignment

Enhanced Gamepad Support (Focused Feedback Thread)

Added support for using the left and right triggers as modifiers with XInput
Added several convenience aliases for usage with keybinding

Virtual Mouse Mode

Implemented virtual mouse mode for XInput gamepads
Holding both triggers now enters virtual mouse mode:
- The left stick moves the mouse pointer. This is analog, with a small amount of acceleration past halfway pressed
- Moving the right stick up and down moves the mouse wheel
- Moving the right stick left and right passes through to your normal binds, allowing you to turn the camera
- The A/Cross button is the left mouse button
- The B/Circle button is the right mouse button
- The Y/Triangle button is the middle mouse button
- The d-pad will snap your mouse pointer around the screen
- The X/Square button will snap your mouse pointer to the center of the screen

New Slash Commands

/interact
- Allows you to interact with objects in front of you as if they had been clicked
- This includes contacts, doors, ouroboros portals, etc
/extra_modifiers [mod1] [mod2] [mod3] [mod4]
- Allows setting up to four extra modifiers
  - These (currently) only work when no other modifier is pressed
- Recommended for XInput users is /extra_modifiers LBumper RBumper
/controller_modifiers <first> <second>
- Allows setting two controller buttons as modifiers
- On non-XInput devices, when both of these are pressed together, the controller will enter virtual mouse mode
- The arguments are the button numbers to use (from 1-24)
- Recommended for XInput users is /controller_modifiers 7 8
  - (the two triggers, since these are currently hard-coded as virtual mouse mode on XInput)
/controller_vmouse <LMB> <RMB> [MMB] [Snap]
- Configures virtual mouse mode buttons
- By default, button 1 is the LMB and button 2 is the RMB - the other two are unset
- Recommended for XInput users is /controller_vmouse 1 2 4 3
  - (which will give you the configuration from the above patch notes)
Further explanation on the use of additional modifiers from @Telephone:

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On the live shards, there are three pre-defined 'modifiers' (Shift, Ctrl, and Alt). These can be used in any keybind, etc.

The patch allows you to define up to six additional modifiers: two 'Controller Modifiers' and up to four 'Extra Modifiers'. The 'Controller Modifiers' are special, as pressing them together enables Virtual Mouse Mode. They do work as bindable modifiers just like the pre-existing three.

The up-to-four 'Extra Modifiers' are just additional inputs (either keys or buttons) that can be treated as modifiers when no other modifier is pressed. So for example, you could do /extra_modifiers LBumper RBumper to make the bumpers modifiers on your XInput gamepad. You could then use (for example) LBumper+Joy1 as a /bind (but also still be able to use LTrigger+LBumper as a separate bind).

The 'Extra Modifiers' aren't limited to just gamepad buttons, however! If you want, you can bind any key on your keyboard as one (but note that due to some things that still need refactoring, you can't bind a specific Shift, Ctrl, or Alt key on your keyboard yet).

You also point out that you both controller- and extra-modifiered the triggers. That could definitely cause issues and we'll fix that. We also don't (currently) have way for you to clear _all_ your extra modifiers, so we'll have to fix that as well (you can just specify a single one with /extra_modifiers and it should clear the other three).

Not noted in the patch notes is that we added a number of other convenience aliases which you may have already noticed (e.g. LTrigger, LeftTrigger, RightBumper, StartButton, AButton, and so on).

Map Changes (Focused Feedback Thread)

Minor tweaks and additions to Steel Canyon, Skyway City and Faultline for the new story arcs (contacts, mission locations, etc)

Pocket D

War Witch has been relocated to the ground floor of the club, just underneath her previous location
- This change was made in order to minimize disruption to any roleplay going on in the upper floor
An entrance to Recluse's Victory has been added to the Pocket D arena
- DJ Zero doesn't approve of fighting, so if you use this exit, there's no way back to the club from Recluse's Victory - you're on your own

Kings Row

Under advisement from Vanguard, the Paragon City Council has demolished and sealed shut the former tunnel connecting Kings Row to Galaxy City and reinforced that section of the War Wall to protect the citizens of Kings Row after the strange energy spike that destroyed the teleporter network. The Kelly Graham Foundation has commissioned a new statue of Galaxy Girl to stand in the former location of the Hazard Zone gate, and a small ceremony was held with the former residents of Paragon Heights.

The tunnel that previously connected Kings Row to Galaxy City has been sealed
- A new statue of Galaxy Girl stands where the tunnel used to be
- This also fixes this area of the War Wall not turning off during Rikti Invasions
Minor updates and additions for the new story arcs

Independence Port

Minor updates and additions for the new story arcs
The power lines above Admiral Sutter's helicopter have been moved

All PvP Zones

Accolades, most Incarnate powers and various temporary powers are now disabled
See the PvP Updates section above for more info

Recluse's Victory

Support AVs now spawn at level 52 instead of level 54

Siren's Call

Rotated the entire zone by 90° in order to match the city map
Added a Free Fire Zone Helicopter to the top of the Hero hospital
- A rooftop access door has been added

Peregrine Island

Added a Free Fire Zone Helicopter near the Arena

Perez Park

Hazard lights added to the Galaxy City gate

Ouroboros

Can now be accessed at any level through an Ouroboros Portal

Cimerora

Can now be accessed at any level (rather than 35+) as long as you can access The Midnighter Club

Echo: Galaxy City

Closed the Perez Park gate
Added an Echo transporter (was previously using the monorail as an exit)

City Map

The old city cartographer has... retired
After 15 years, Brickstown is now the correct shape on the city map

Other Changes

Reduced invite blocking time after quitting a team or league to 5 seconds
Restored the classic "pshewwwww" sound when entering the game
Halloween salvage vendors (Annah in Croatoa, Granny Beldam in Nerva Archipelago, Acantha in Imperial City) now have icons on the minimap
The basic version of Penelope Yin will no longer summon her gigantic pet outside of mission maps
- This will prevent her being difficult to talk to in Independence Port
Normalized LODInfo hashtable key names
- This may address or at least rule out some possible causes of the crash upon changing graphics settings that some people are getting

Profanity Filter

Several outdated / reclaimed terms have been removed from the profanity filter
Several slurs have been added to the profanity filter
The profanity and copyright filter is now checked during character creation (this is the same behaviour as live - it just wasn't activated)

New Command: /interact

Allows you to interact with objects in front of you as if they had been clicked
This includes contacts, doors, ouroboros portals, mission objectives, etc

Command: /powexec_location

Several improvements have been made to /powexec_location to make it more reliable when used with teleportation powers
- Directional and terrain-following mode are more robust and less likely to stop short of the full distance
- Target mode no longer requires line of sight to the target, so long as the target is in a location that is a valid teleport destination
- Target mode no longer tries to occupy the same space as the target - instead it selects a location as close as possible to the target without being pushed away

Command: /window_scale

The /window_scale command takes the following new windows:
- contactdialog to independently resize the window where contact give you mission descriptions and such
- missionsearch to independently scale the AE mission search window
- missionmaker to independently scale the AE editor window
- These last two were in the previous build but were missing from the initial patch notes post
Example usage: /windowscale contactdialog 2 to make it twice as big (accepts anything from 0.65 to 2)

Popmenus

The "LockedOption" structure in popmenus now has three extra fields:
- Icon - adds a small image to the left side of the text
- PowerOwned - unlocks the entry if this power is owned, regardless of state
- PowerReady - unlocks the entry if this power is owned, enabled, and recharged

Mission: The Strongest Bond

This is the fourth and final mission given by the contact Ward, in the Night Ward, notorious for unrecoverable team wipe situations due to the location of the in-mission hospital

Gurneys moved to roof of mansion in order to buy you some time
An Acolyte of Repulsion wards the roof with a Dispersion Bubble and a Force Bubble, but their power is so strenuous and difficult to maintain that they are incapable of doing anything else
The Acolytes of Soothing, fragile but helpful, stand ready to assist with sweet nothings of periodic minor healing, but their devotion to your wellbeing renders them incapable of anything else
In the spirit of the original encounter, enemies are designed to chase you - this has not changed, we have simply provided the means for you to tip the scales in your favour

Bug Fixes (Report Bugs Here)

You should no longer see erroneous messages about adding slots to certain temporary powers while levelling up
The double Duray fight in the Sutter Task Force should no longer fail to complete properly
Fixed an issue on the Portal Corp tech lab variant map in which certain objective placements would cause them to be almost entirely buried in geometry
- You won't need to dig around for buried glowies anymore, but you are still on a Dr. Q...
Minor geometry fixes to Siren's Call, Talos Island, Port Oaks and Atlas Park
Fixed an issue that caused Ouroboros portals to occasionally be targetable when summoned by a villain
Fixed an issue that caused the base portals in Recluse's Victory to count towards the Duty Monitor (supergroup base) day job, and block the Predator (PvP zone) day job
Fixed the mission reward for levels 10 to 14 missing Pool B invention recipes
Tutorial missions in Outbreak and Breakout can no longer be abandoned
Fixed an issue that caused the glass on police drone sirens to not render correctly
Fixed the Elemental Order backpack appearing as bizarre low-poly spider legs on the Huge model

Powers & Enhancements Bug Fixes

Procs that inflict damage should no longer auto-hit even if slotted in powers that auto-hit foes. This applies to:
- Enhancements
- Incarnate: Hybrid
- Note: this already applied to Incarnate Interface procs, nothing changes there
Fixed recipe name for Encouraged Accuracy: To Hit Buff
Dual Pistols:
- AoE powers no longer grant Defiance for every target hit
- Single target powers no longer grant double Defiance
- Hail of Bullets (Blaster): Fixed an issue where the blaster version of this power would not trigger the base lethal damage in PvE
Savage Melee (Scrapper & Stalker): Fixed numerous errors with critical hits
- Many powers had incorrect crit values or would not crit in PvE, PvP or both
Sentinel > Vulnerability: Will no longer spam float messages when triggered
Dark Miasma > Tar Patch: Was recently flagged to ignore resistance - this was not intended and has been fixed
Enhancements > Gaussian's Synchronized Fire Control:
- All enhancements in this set should now require level 17 to be slotted, instead of half the set being available at level 7
- The set is documented to be 20-50 level range
Enhancements > Performance Shifter:
- All enhancements in this set should now require level 17 to be slotted, instead of half the set being available at level 7
- The set is documented to be 20-50 level range
Incarnate > Destiny > Clarion: Fixed an issue that caused Clarion's buff to increase the strength of other +special buffs
Epic > Mastermind | Blaster > Oppressive Gloom: Self damage will no longer variate based on enemy level
Temporary Powers > Ethereal Shift: This power no longer ignores NoPhase
Dark Miasma | Dark Affinity > Twilight Grasp: Fixed a bug where tintable versions of this power would not play the healing sound or FX
Blaster > Fire Blast > Blazing Bolt: The slow version of this power was giving the player a 100% range buff instead of 50% - This has now been corrected

Jimmy · November 7, 2020

Testing Cheats

Merit vendors sell everything for free
Crafting recipes do not require any ingredients
Incarnate powers do not require any ingredients
Day jobs grant powers at 1000x the normal rate
Cheats for character progression can be accessed through the quickchat menu:

Please use these feedback threads to discuss the changes in this build:

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Any off-topic posts in these threads will be removed without warning.
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