Feedback:Game updates/20101209

Update - Thursday, December 9, 2010

Skill Balance

For more information on these changes, please see the Developer Updates page.

Assassin

• File:Assault Enchantments.jpg Assault Enchantments: increased recharge to 8 seconds.
• File:Fox Fangs.jpg Fox Fangs: split for PvP; retains original functionality.
• File:Fox Fangs (PvP).jpg Fox Fangs (PvP): increased recharge to 6 seconds.
• File:Shadow Walk.jpg Shadow Walk: removed existing restriction on enchantments; added the following functionality: "Your stances and enchantments are disabled for 10 seconds."
• File:Wild Strike.jpg Wild Strike: split for PvP; retains original functionality.
• File:Wild Strike (PvP).jpg Wild Strike (PvP): increased recharge to 6 seconds.

Elementalist

• Chain Lightning: decreased recharge to 6 seconds.
• Freezing Gust: decreased duration to 1...5 seconds; increased recharge to 7 seconds.
• Invoke Lightning: decreased activation time to 1 second; decreased recharge to 8 seconds.

Monk

• File:Aegis (PvP).jpg Aegis (PvP): removed existing failure effect for spells; added the following functionality: "Target other party member cannot be the target of hostile spells."
• File:Draw Conditions.jpg Draw Conditions: increased recharge to 4 seconds.
• File:Healing Burst.jpg Healing Burst: increased target healing to 10...160.
• File:Patient Spirit.jpg Patient Spirit: added the following functionality: "No effect if ends early."

Necromancer

• File:Angorodon's Gaze.jpg Angorodon's Gaze: changed attribute to Soul Reaping; increased Energy gain to 5...15; increased Health stealing to 10...50.
• File:Foul Feast.jpg Foul Feast: decreased Energy gain to 0...2 per condition; decreased recharge to 4; added the following functionality: "This skill recharges twice as fast if you remove Disease from your target."
• File:Strip Enchantment.jpg Strip Enchantment: decreased number of enchantments removed to 0...2; increased recharge to 20 seconds.

Ranger

• File:Crippling Shot.jpg Crippling Shot: increased recharge to 4 seconds; increased Cripple duration to 1...11 seconds.
• File:Melandru's Shot.jpg Melandru's Shot: decreased recharge to 10 seconds.

Ritualist

• File:Weapon of Shadow.jpg Weapon of Shadow: added the following functionality: "The next 0...3 times that ally hits with an attack, his target is Blinded for 5 seconds."

NPC Updates

• Fuu Rin [Assassin Henchman] no longer uses File:Fox Fangs.jpg Fox Fangs; she now use [sic] File:Fox Fangs (PvP).jpg Fox Fangs (PvP).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a text bug where Cracked Armor was omitted from the skill description for Mend Condition.
• Fixed a text bug where Cracked Armor was omitted from the skill description for Purge Conditions.

Automated Tournaments

• Updated the 2010 Automated Tournament Series Trophy in the Great Temple of Balthazar.
• Updated the Automated Tournament map rotation.