Test Update Notes: Friday March 6, 2020

GENERAL

• Performance improvements related to overflow items and heroic character creation.

KALADIM / Time-Locked Expansion
Rivervale

• The Gigglegibber Prankster in the Avatar of Mischief encounter should no longer break the encounter and should despawn shortly after spawning.

Lesser Faydark

• Summoned adds during the Avatar of Growth contested encounter should now be same level as the Avatar that summons them.

ZONES/POPULATION
The Blinding

• The tamed Shik'Nar drones in The Blinding are now available to all characters on the account after one character has completed the Shattered Dawn signature quest line.
• Daini the Wright should no longer occasionally appear to be under the world.

Wracklands

• The eternal, ancient, and timeless golems in Wracklands now properly count towards the Golem slayer achievements.

The Ruins of Ssraeshza [Heroic & Solo]

• The pathing undead shissar near the entrance has been moved to prevent it from attacking before the first door is opened.

Ssraeshza's Hallowed Halls [Raid]

• Added additional messaging to explain when things go right and when things go very, very wrong with regards to execution of his script during the Ssyre, the Fading Fire encounter.

Blinding: Twisted Vista [Raid]

• Reduced the damage that "Thought Gaze" increases by based on how far the boss has moved since the last cast.

Blinding: Twisted Vista [Raid]

• Corrected an issue that would cause the decaying rockhopper to disappear or fall through the world when returning to a previously saved instance.

ABILITIES
Mystic

• Corrected a stacking issue that prevented Spirit of the Mammoth IX from applying its crit bonus overcap.

Dirge

• Corrected a stacking issue that prevented Riana's Relentless Tune X from applying its crit bonus overcap.

Troubador

• Corrected a stacking issue that prevented Alin's Serene Serenade V from applying its crit bonus overcap.

Brigand

• Corrected a bug that prevented Band of Thugs VI from benefiting from level 111+ damage curves.

Coercer

• Corrected a bug that prevented Puppetmaster V from benefiting from level 111+ damage curves.

Conjurer

• Corrected a bug that prevented Roaring Flames VIII from benefiting from level 111+ damage curves.
• Corrected a bug that prevented Aqueous Swarm IX from benefiting from level 111+ damage curves.
• Corrected a bug that prevented Communion V from benefiting from level 111+ damage curves.

Necromancer

• Corrected a bug that prevented Undead Horde VI from benefiting from level 111+ damage curves.
• Fixed a size scaling issue with the of the Undead Knight (Master).
• Updated the appearance of Undead Knight V (Master) so that it is no longer a duplicate of Undead Knight (Master).
• Updated the appearance of Undead Knight VII (Apprentice) so that it is no longer a duplicate of Undead Knight (Master).

Templar

• Corrected a bug that prevented Unswerving Hammer VI from benefiting from level 111+ damage curves.

Wizard

• Corrected a bug that prevented Protoflame VII from benefiting from level 111+ damage curves.

TRADESKILLS

• An Empyral Physical Infuser recipe has been added to the Reconstructed Empyral Infusers recipescroll. This recipe uses Essence of Chaos or any Planar Energy to craft an infuser that applies to the deity infusion layer exactly as plat infusing does.
• Veilwalker's, Voidpiercer's, and Empyral Transmutation Stones have been added to Veilwalker's Adornments Volume X. These recipes use Essence of Chaos or any Planar Energy as their primary component.
• Soft metal vein nodes in Blood of Luclin zones should now return the proper resource when harvested by the pack pony.

LIVE EVENTS

• A Reverent Knight - Item now stacks.
• A Blessing Bestowed - Item now stacks.
• Fire Giant Plushie - Item now stacks.
• Sand Giant Plushie - Item now stacks.
• Lava Duct Crawler Plushie - Item now stacks.
• A Reverent Knight - Item can now be shrunk to an even smaller size.
• A Blessing Bestowed - Item can now be shrunk to an even smaller size.
• Camping the AC! - Loot has been adjusted. Empyral Quintessence and higher level scrolls can now drop for those level 111 or higher.
• Camping the AC! portal description has been edited to accommodate the new level cap of 120.

QUESTS

• Corrected an issue that prevented Sir Trodonis from exchanging Lucanic weapons for Soulfire weapons after slaying Mayong Mistmore.

OVERSEER

• Corrected the icon and image for Galen Stormwolf.
• Corrected the icon and image for Garick the Mad.

MERCENARIES

• New Blood of Luclin mercenaries are available from Overseer quests, missions, and heroic instance boss encounters.
• Tarsil the Pure will speak less often, but still carry a big mace.

ITEMS

• Corrected a bug that prevented the Instance Lockout Reset: 7 Day Reuse from leaving your inventory when it consumed its charge.
• Recipe: Empyral Painlink, Recipe: Empyral Powerlink, and Recipe: Empyral Forcelink will no longer be able to drop if you already have them in your inventory.
• Shadowguard Seru Pauldrons - Item name is now spelled correctly.
• Shadowplated Seru Pauldrons - Item name is now spelled correctly.
• Overseer's Mercenary Training Reduction [5 Day] - Item description is now accurate.
• Overseer's Mercenary Training Reduction [15 Day] - Item description is now accurate.
• Overseer's Mount Training Reduction [5 Day] - Item description is now accurate.
• Overseer's Mount Training Reduction [15 Day] - Item description is now accurate.
• Vyzh'dra's Golden Torque - Collectible is now spelled correctly.
• Ercel's Lupine Bite - Collectible is now spelled correctly.