Patch Notes v72 - August 14: Guardians of the Sky

KitTeaCup · August 2018

1. Guardian Legion

Added Guardian Legion Flight Missions: 'The Rhapsody of Wind and Fire' and 'Search and Destroy'
- Available to level 65 players, and players can access the same way as existing Guardian Legion missions.
  - Open the World Map > press the Guardian Legion toggle > select the desired mission > confirm teleport.
  - New missions are channel-gated. The missions' descriptions denote valid channels.
- The guidance quest 'Aerial Guardian' is available to level 65 players with ilvl 412 or higher gear.
- Missions take place in the air, so players must use a flying mount.
- Players gain Guardian Legion points from the flying missions in the same way as existing Guardian Legion missions.
- After the mission is successfully completed, additional rewards will be randomly sent daily via Parcel Post for the following point thresholds:
  - 150,000
    - 2–3 Pilot’s Token
    - Superior Etching Box
  - 60,000
    - 1 Pilot’s Token
  - No additional rewards sent below 60,000 points
- Added a corresponding Guardian Legion Flight Mission Vanguard Request.
  - Complete the Vanguard Request by picking up or destroying orbs.
  - Rewards include:
    - Pilot’s Token
    - Vanguard Credit
    - Friendly Noctenium Infusion
    - Bravery Potion
Rebalanced Superior Guardian Legion Mission point distributions.
Pilot’s Tokens can be exchanged for the following:
- Skill Manual: Improved Acceleration I–III
  - Passive Skill that increases acceleration efficiency while on flying mounts.
  - You must learn these in order (eg. learn I to be eligible to learn II).
- Various flying mounts
- Etchings, glyph boxes, and other miscellaneous items
  - Miscellaneous items are subject to change; currently include Dragon Scales and rubies.

2. Dungeon

Reopened Demon’s Wheel as an Event dungeon; entry schedule to come (Follow our Twitter and visit our Twitch stream to stay up to date!).
- 5-man dungeon
- Requires ilvl 439 for instance matching, and 2 entry (4 for Elite) per day (when the event is active).
- Access via portal door in Allemantheia Outskirts.
- Rewards equivalent to other ilvl 439 dungeons (Broken Prison and Sky Cruiser Endeavor) and include:
  - Liquid Metal
  - Hypnotic Device
  - Archdevan Surfactant
  - Artisan’s Tools
  - Copper Clasp
  - Archdevan Formula
  - Carved Ornament
- Additional Rewards include: Gold Ticket and Superior Etching Box.

Minor adjustments to decrease difficulty of the following dungeons:
- Lilith’s Keep (hard)
- Thaumetal Refinery (hard)
- Broken Prison
Ace Dungeon medal merchant
- Added Polished Arunic Ore (x180)
- Decreased price of Archdevan Oil (now x600)
Changed rewards for the following:
- Kalivan's Dreadnaught
  - Added Care and Use of Your Pet Puck (HP).
- Sky Cruiser Endeavor
  - Increased drop amount of Hypnotic Device.
  - Decreased drop amount of Archdevan Formula.
  - Added Care and Use of Your Pet Puck (MP).
  - Added Otherworldly Shard.
  - Removed Archdevan Surfactant.
- Broken Prison
  - Increased drop amount of Archdevan Surfactant.
  - Added Care and Use of Your Pet Puck (MP).
  - Added Archdevan Formula.
  - Added Otherworldly Shard.
  - Removed Liquid Metal.
  - Removed Carved Ornament.
- Lilith’s Keep
  - Added Care and Use of Your Pet Puck (HP).
- Lilith’s Keep (hard)
  - Increased drop amount of Liquid Metal.
  - Decreased drop amount of Carved Ornament.
  - Added Care and Use of Your Pet Puck (MP).
  - Added Otherworldly Shard.
  - Removed Archdevan Surfactant.
- Thaumetal Refinery
  - Added Care and Use of Your Pet Puck (HP).
- Thaumetal Refinery (hard)
  - Increased drop amount of Archdevan Surfactant.
  - Added Care and Use of Your Pet Puck (MP).
  - Removed Liquid Metal.
- Ruinous Manor
  - Added Care and Use of Your Pet Puck (MP).
  - Added Liquid Metal.
  - Added Carved Ornament.
  - Added Otherworldly Shard.
  - Removed Hypnotic Device.
  - Removed Archdevan Formula.
  - Removed Archdevan Surfactant.
  - Removed Dyad Niveot Structure.
- Ruinous Manor (Hard)
  - Increased Vanguard Initiative Request gold reward.
  - Added Care and Use of Your Pet Misty (MP).
  - Removed Enchanting Crate.
- RK-9 Kennel
  - Increased drop amount of Hypnotic Device.
  - Decreased drop amount of Archdevan Formula.
  - Added Care and Use of Your Pet Puck (MP).
  - Removed Archdevan Surfactant.
- RK-9 Kennel (hard)
  - Increased Vanguard Initiative Request gold reward.
  - Added Care and Use of Your Pet Misty (MP).
  - Removed Enchanting Crate.
- Red Refuge
  - Increased drop amount of Hypnotic Device.
  - Increased drop amount of Archdevan Formula.
  - Added Care and Use of Your Pet Puck (MP).
  - Removed Liquid Metal.
  - Removed Carved Ornament.
  - Removed Archdevan Surfactant.
- Red Refuge (hard)
  - Increased Vanguard Initiative Request gold reward.
  - Added Care and Use of Your Pet Misty (MP).
  - Removed Enchanting Crate.
- Antaroth’s Abyss
  - Increased Vanguard Initiative Request gold reward.
  - Added Care and Use of Your Pet Misty (MP).
  - Removed Enchanting Crate.
- Antaroth’s Abyss (hard)
  - Increased Vanguard Initiative Request gold reward.
  - Added Care and Use of Your Pet Misty (HP).
  - Removed Enchanting Crate.

3. Skills and Balancing

Berserker
- Decreased HP cost of Apex skills by 30 percent:
  - Unleash, Unleashed: Dexter, Unleashed: Sinister, Unleashed: Rampage, Unleashed: Beast Fury
Lancer
- Adrenaline Rush
  - Added effect to skill’s buff increasing skill damage to monsters by 5 percent.
- Debilitate
  - Changed maximum endurance debuff stack from 3 to 1.
  - Changed endurance debuff effect of 1 stack from 4 to 12 percent.
- Chained Leash
  - Changed effect target count from 6 to 5 targets (1 targeted, 4 nearby).
  - Changed effect target count after using Challenging Shout from 30 players to 5 players (PVP).
- Divine Protection
  - Changed to increase cooldown from 6 to 8 minutes.
  - Changed abnormality duration from 10 to 5 seconds.
Warrior
- Combative Strike
  - Increased endurance debuff effect from 10 to 12 percent in Defensive Stance.
Sorcerer
- Lightning Trap
  - Added two additional levels to skill; learnable levels are now 12, 35, and 61.
Archer
- Stunning Trap Arrow
  - Added an additional level to skill; learnable levels are now 32, 52, and 65.
- Stunning Trap
  - Added an additional level to skill; learnable levels are now 14, 26, 38, 50, and 61.
- Slow Trap
  - Added an additional level to skill; learnable levels are now 12, 20, 26, 32, 38, 44, 50, 56, and 63.
Gunner
- Command: Recall
  - Cannot use this skill while staggered or knocked-down.
Mystic
- Thrall Augmentation
  - Visual effect will now only be displayed when skill is toggled on or off.
- Thrall of Vengeance
  - Decreased PVP damage by 70 percent.
- Thrall Lord
  - Decreased PVP damage by 40 percent.
Priest
- Guardian Sanctuary resets cooldown of Backstep.
- Enhanced Devoted Favor
  - Removed stun resistance effect.
  - Increased damage reduction from 20 to 30 percent.
Reaper
- Death Spiral
  - Decreased cooldown from 7 to 6 seconds.

4. Misc

Champions’ Skyring entry times have been changed to 00:00 - 06:00 UTC everyday.
Pit of Petrax exploit has been resolved and Leaderboard rewards will return to normal for this season.
Akasha’s Shade in Dreadspire will no longer charge repeatedly upon use of a Shape Changer item.
Summer Festival Claret and Temple Medallions will be removed.
Island of Dawn
- Added Polished Arunic Ore to Vanguard Request reward: Brilliant Enchanting Crate.
Clarified ‘UI Settings’ option that sets the position of blue-window confirmation pop-ups.
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