Game updates/20061130

Update - Thursday November 30, 2006

• Made preparations for the Domain of Anguish event.
• Added 2 new quests in Istan and 6 new quests in the Realm of Torment.
• Modified monster behavior so that they now prefer targets within their guard ranges.
• Fixed several reported bugs with follower NPCs in order to improve their combat performance.
• Removed the "kiting" behavior of henchmen in the first round of basic training in order to give new players an easier introduction to PvP.

Skill Changes

• File:Aria of Zeal.jpg Aria of Zeal: Increased casting time to 2 seconds.
• File:Cyclone Axe.jpg Cyclone Axe: Modified so that it now requires an enemy target.
• File:Energizing Finale.jpg Energizing Finale: Increased the Energy cost to 10 and reduced the amount of energy gained per shout or chant to 1.
• File:"Incoming!".jpg "Incoming!": Increased Energy cost to 10 and decreased duration to 1..5 seconds.
• File:Jagged Bones.jpg Jagged Bones: Modified so that it may now be used on allied minions.
• File:Restful Breeze.jpg Restful Breeze: Modified so that its behavior more accurately matches its description.
• File:"Stand Your Ground!".jpg "Stand Your Ground!": Increased energy cost to 10.
• "Watch Yourself!": Changed armor gain to 5..25, based on the Tactics attribute.