ZONE POPULATION / PROGRESSION General Added Combat Mitigation to Destiny of Velious encounters. Increased auto-attack and ability damage on Destiny of Velious encounters. A portion of the damage dealt by Destiny of Velious encounters will now bleed through wards. Qeynos Capitol District Musheff af'Neqi is now obviously an erudite. The Lesser Faydark An abundant patch should no longer have the chance to spawn in unreachable locations. Savage Weald The Grimling Hero should more reliably award his medals and mission updates. Vex Thal: Beyond the Veil [Raid] Corrected an issue during the Emperor Ssraeshza encounter that causes raiders to get a loading screen when returning back to the throne room from a class challenge. The teleport should now be instant. This change will not apply until a new zone has been created. Corrected an issue that caused mages to not be able to enter the class challenge portals during the Emperor Ssraeshza encounter. This change should not need a new zone to apply. Corrected an issue that prevented players from reviving during the Emperor Ssraeshza encounter. Thall Va Xakra Fer should no longer kill pets who are within the death areas when checked. Vex Thal: Den of Shadows [All Versions] The shadeling darkstitch ability, Dark Flecks, should no longer hit other NPCs. ABILITIES General Corrected an issue with wards that would cause them to lose their crit bonus modifier when cast on a server that has not unlocked bonus critical types (legendary/fabled etc critcals). Coercer Peaceful link will no longer trigger on a pvp server unless the target is engaged in combat. ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT Bard Added checks for an invalid AA reference in bard profiles. When identified it will be auto-corrected (will receive a chat message if applicable). ITEMS Blueberry pie will no longer grant an inexplicable ability to outrun Usain Bolt. Corrected an issue that caused season three Overseer Adventures to grant duplicate but non-stackable infusers from previously rewarded content. These duplicate infusers will replace themselves on next login with their original versions, so that they may be stacked. Zun Xi Vanguard Gauntlets - Item name is now spelled correctly. Abyssal Xundraux Gauntlets - Item name is now spelled correctly. Gauntlets of Dark Embers - Item name is now spelled correctly. Nelon Hes' Written Plea - Item name now matches the boss' name. Turquoise set adornments are now expansion restricted. Turquoise set adornments will function up until the expansion after they are first obtained in, so a adornment that is gained in Echoes of Faydwer will function through the Rise of Kunark expansion, but will no longer function in The Shadow Odyssey or later expansion zones. Eidolon's Chain Mantle of Force is now Heirloom instead of No-Trade Eidolon's Cloth Mantle of Force is now Heirloom instead of No-Trade Eidolon's Leather Mantle of Frenzy is now Heirloom instead of No-Trade Eidolon's Plate Mantle of Force is now Heirloom instead of No-Trade Eidolon's Plate Mantle of Fortitude is now Heirloom instead of No-Trade Skyking's Chain Mantle of Fortitude is now Heirloom instead of No-Trade Skyking's Leather Mantle of Force is now Heirloom instead of No-Trade Skyking's Plate Mantle of Frenzy is now Heirloom instead of No-Trade Worthy's Chain Mantle of Frenzy is now Heirloom instead of No-Trade Worthy's Cloth Mantle of Fortitude is now Heirloom instead of No-Trade Worthy's Cloth Mantle of Frenzy is now Heirloom instead of No-Trade Worthy's Leather Mantle of Fortitude is now Heirloom instead of No-Trade QUESTS An Eye for Power - To reduce confusion, the different colored shards of the shattered wand can now only be seen when you need them for the quest. A Rocky Beginning - Quest journal now specifically indicates the player must return to 'The Forest Ruins: A Clandestine Meeting' to speak with Queen Amree.
I'm glad to see more armor is being made heirloom instead of no-trade. That is definitely a move in the right direction IMHO.
Why? Isn't it bad enough that these unpopular mechanics ruin the newer content without going back and breaking the older as well? Is this going to apply to crafting items too? Because most crafting items that carry set bonuses are unique and do not get upgraded 2 expansions later. Which is going to translate to crafters losing a bunch of progress bonuses from their collected crafting gear and making it pointless to work to get the items at all on a new crafter in the future.
