Vault of Stars will still properly open Tuesday, March 2nd, but is currently only available as part of the public queue. Private Queuing will open with a later patch.
Release Notes
Content and Environment
General
Blackdagger Ruins: Shipwreck objects no longer appear to expand as the player gets farther away.
Chasm: Encounters in the Twisted Fane have been thinned out.
Redeemed Citadel: It is once again possible to earn progress for Redeemed Citadel milestones when in possession of the corresponding blessing.
Various floating objects and offset collision have been addressed in various maps.
Sharandar
Boss bars for General Oggrok and the Corrupted Dryad now display at a shorter distance.
Festering Synod achievements now properly gain progress in the Sharandar intro quest.
NPCs in the Heroic Encounters "Shadow Army" and "The Cull" now properly leash.
Players who abandon the weekly quests in New Sharandar, 'Point of Contention' or 'Unfinished Business,' can now re-obtain the quest again if they so choose.
Point of Contention: An NPC can no longer become stuck behind the exit portal and become untargetable.
Combat and Powers
Artifacts
Banner artifacts now properly match each other in effective power.
Bloodcrystal Raven Skull: The duration of the shield is now 7 seconds, reduced from 14 seconds.
Bloodcrystal Raven Skull: The bonus from missing health has been reduced across all tiers, and the bonus scaling per tier has also been reduced.
Tiamat's Orb of Majesty: The damage reduction debuff from this artifact's power has bene reduced to 15%, down to 30%, to bring it in line with other artifact powers.
Classes and Balance
Fighter: Retaliate: This power no longer incorrectly deals damage twice.
To help offset the reduction in damage caused by this fix, the magnitude has been increased to 500, up from 300.
Warlock: Infernal Spheres now properly shows a cooldown when placed in the power tray.
Companions
Baby Owlbear's Presence once again properly deals damage.
Mercenary's Discipline now properly grants Combined Ratings.
Multiples of the same companion-applied debuff no longer stack with each other.
Ox's Instincts can no longer stun the player.
Sergeant Knox's Wisdom now properly grants the player Combined Ratings.
Enchantments and Enhancements
Shadowclad Enchantment: Defense stacks are now properly removed alongside Deflect stacks when deflecting attacks.
Item Powers
The damage dealt by the Mirage weapon set has been significantly reduced. This will be increased again in a later patch, though damage dealt by Rogue bleeds will still be reduced.
Enemies and Encounters
General
Cyclopes (apparently the plural for "cyclops") now properly play a death animation.
Redcap Giantsoul: Tremor Punch no longer applies a slow effect.
Redcap Thorn: Drowsing Puncture no longer has a knock effect, and should no longer shake the camera for players outside its area of effect.
Soul Golem: Discharge Fist now deals less damage.
Toad
Bile Spit: This power is no longer used by the Toad, in order to better solidify the creature's melee role.
Bite: The range of this power has been extended to match other melee powers.
Lunging Bite no longer has a knock effect, but also no longer shows a warning effect.
Tongue Pull: This power can now be used at a minimum distance of 25 feet away, down from 30.
Castle Never
Rotting Undead Adventurers have had the damage they deal reduced by 67%.
Infernal Citadel
Morzach: Spine Toss now deals 33% less damage.
Zaphael: Fireburst now deals 25% less damage.
Hellfire Engine: Overcooked now deals a reasonable amount of damage.
Lair of the Mad Mage
The visual effects in Arcturia's encounter should no longer cause significant performance decreases.
Valindra's Tower
Shatterspine's health has been reduced.
Valindra's health has been increased.
Items and Economy
General
Eldritch Runestones are no longer incorrectly given out during Double Refining Stones events.
Magnificent Resurgence Lockbox: This lockbox now has a Trade Bar reward section instead of a Refinement reward section.
More mentions of Armor Penetration have been removed from the game.
Stronghold Healing Potion now properly heals for 20% of max health, instead of 20% of current health.
Potion of Minor Healing +1 no longer states it gives 90% max health up to 1200.
Various typos have been addressed.
Artifacts
Darkened Storyteller's Journal now properly says it gives Critical Severity instead of Armor Penetration.
Sigil of the Cleric now properly has Combined Rating at Mythic rank.
Enchantments and Enhancements
Butterfly Bilethorn Weapon Enhancement: Item Level and Damage has been corrected to match the original Bilethorn.
Gear
Boots of the Herald: The bonus power on these boots now properly gives total percentages instead of ratings.
Forest Guardian's Raid Coif now grants Accuracy instead of Control Bonus.
Forest Guardian's Raid Cap is now called The Forest Guardian's Raid Crown.
Mulhorand items now properly grant combined rating.
The Combined Rating value granted by new rings has been increased.
Legacy Content
Storm King's Thunder: Relic Armor can now be purchased from the Campaign Store.
Seals
Seals of the Wild are now available from the VIP seal vendor.
Reward Claims Agent
Future claims of the "Looking for Love" title from the Reward Claims Agent will bind the item to account instead of character.
Players who purchased the Epic Starter Pack can once again properly claim the Gelatinous Cube from the RCA.
Zen Market
Expedition Pack of Fairy Finds: Players who purchased this pack can now claim the Eladrin from the Zen Store on any character on the account.
Players who purchased Soradiel can now reclaim this companion in the Zen Market.
User Interface
General
Several minor tooltip improvements have been made.
Character Sheet
The tooltips for the new stats, introduced by the Combat Rework, are now as wide as other similar tooltips.
