Patch Notes: Rise of Tiamat

strumslinger

New Features
Content
• New Zone: Well of Dragons
• New Raid: Temple of Tiamat
• Extended Tyranny of Dragons campaign.
• Includes access to new Boons.
• New quests, gear and other awesome rewards.
Performance
• Significant frame rate improvements throughout the game.
• We identified and fixed a multi-second stall that was occurring intermittently throughout the game.
Vote Kicks
• Some background changes to how queues work to alleviate the frequency of players kicking others from dungeons.
• An in-progress instance now respects roles when trying to fill new players. If you’re missing a healer, you’ll get a healer.
• Players can no longer be kicked immediately upon entering a dungeon.
• Changed the vote kick confirmation button to the X button.
Minimap
• A minimap on the main user interface, making it easier to navigate the world.
• This can be toggled in the Options menu.
PvP Stats
• PvP Stats is a new section in the menu.
• A PvP leaderboard now exists, displaying top players and your rank amongst all players.
• A match history section has been added, containing data of your last 20 matches.
Reporting Content
• A “report player” feature to make it easier to report players with inappropriate names or behavior.
• Stricter profanity filtering has been implemented.
Change Instance
• Implemented sorting in the Change Instance interface.
• Full instances can now be viewed in the Change Instance interface.
• An option has been added to move to a player's instance through the guild roster.
Auctions
• Sorting added to auction search results.
• Auction listings now compare with equipped gear where applicable.
• Improved messaging when searching auctions too frequently.
Misc.
• Players can now customize the channels that appear in each tab of the chat window.
• Quest rewards now display in the Quest Log.
• Players can now navigate to specific quests on the right-hand side of the screen.
• Improved fade-in of distant objects drawn in the world.
• An error is now shown when trying to send guild mail when one was already sent within the last 24 hours.
• Navigation to inventory has been enabled when looting while inventory is full.
• Players can now navigate to the hourly events in the game menu.
• Jewelcrafting assets and tools have been added to the professions booster and asset packs.
• Lore messages will no longer disappear when focused.
• Overview task slots in the professions window will behave like the rest of the professions window and no longer auto-focus.
• A new option exists on player portraits to view scoreboards when there is a relevant board to show.
• The quest path can now be hidden.
• Buffs and debuffs on bosses will now only show nine icons before truncating the list.
• The Honey Badger will now behave similar to other companions when dying and reviving.
Bug Fixes
Chat Log
• Fixed an issue where the chat log would clear too soon causing messages to disappear rapidly when in high combat zones like dragon fight areas.
Quests
• Quest names no longer truncate in the Quest Log.
• Removed tooltips from quests in the quest-giver windows.
Gameplay
• Fixed a display issue with XP boosters not showing the remaining boost on Overflow XP.
• Improved handling for navigation of multiple loot rolls that appear at the same time.
• Multiple lore notifications showing at the same time will now properly queue.
• Fixed a flicker on the character portrait when mounting and dismounting.
Character Sheet and Companions
• Shortened the tooltip comparison information for artifact weapons to fit on the screen.
• Comparing companion equipment will now correctly compare to the companion's equipment instead of the character's equipment.
• Fixed an issue in the Inspect Companion window where the cursor would always jump to the top of a category when moving between them.
• Fixed some shifting UI on the Character Sheet when selecting a piece of armor.
• Fixed the erratic bouncing arrows on the Character Sheet gear.
Misc. Interface
• LT and RT buttons are now disabled when only one banner is shown in the large space of the Home screen.
• It is no longer possible to attempt additional refinement when an item is max level.
• The full mailbox warning will now stay visible until you navigate to the mail list.
• Removed the confirm button prompt when trying to go to a teammate's instance that is full.
• Fixed some cases where text was being truncated when it had enough space to display.
• Fixed several places where text was wrapping unexpectedly.
• Fixed a rare issue that caused some players to have unusable inventory slots.
Environment, Effects and Animations
• Closing the Heroic Encounter details will now correctly return players to their previous navigation state.
• Fixed dragon-entry cinematic sequences to play correctly.
• Fixed some effects that were drawing white boxes.
• Fixed an issue where mobs in the Orc Assault skirmish would stutter while walking.
• Fixed the high ponytail female hair to no longer pop when viewed at a distance.
• Fixed some issues with drawing lens flares.
• Fixed a blinking sigil on the floor of Lair of the Mad Dragon.
• Fixed an issue that prevented enchantment effects from playing on the Dragon Bone Scepter.
• Removed a mysterious blinking red sphere from the Armored Ghost Horse mount.
Marketplace
• Fixed some scenarios where reclaimable unique items that were destroyed couldn't be reclaimed.
• Players who unlock the Menzoberranzan Renegade will now properly unlock the 6 renegade tattoos that come with it.
• Region support expanded to Australia and New Zealand. Welcome new players!
Performance
• Fixed a stall that caused the game to be unresponsive for several seconds at a time.
• Fixed some memory leaks that were causing lag after several hours of play.
• Fixed an issue with voice chat support that was causing performance issues for grouped players.
• Changed how we render effects for some performance gains.

tellistorterra

Cool beans

theapostle

While I love the changes, I'm concerned that I don't see the Dungeon Master achievement listed. I will never stop complaining about it until it's fixed.

woody440

Noooooo, I can't believe u fixed the floating hair. I thought that was the best glitch in gaming history. When it happened I used to call the whole family to come have a giggle at it with me. My partner and kids will be heartbroken, lol...

badmrfrostyxxx

No fix for the broken achievements?

cptoscar

What about the broken achievements? Have they been addressed on this patch?

dreampagehun

Awesome, that's all I can say. Can't wait for the update!

dubbedtheking

So this isn't actually up yet. Presumably I'll try after 9 am and it will be?

nonameduu

Set your egg timers to 3 minutes

zeek43

To help with the kicking problem (and yes its a problem!) maybe add a cool down timer if a player has initiated a kick, they will think twice if it's worth it to kick this player. Also the mushroom event in ebony downs I think.. if I get first it says I get a "heroic encounter reward" but I have never gotten even tho I have earned dozens

moutherton

WAH it's not available yet. Server, where art thou?

Stoked for the performance stability.

sircarrlton

This game would be a million times better if they actually listened to the player base. The fixes to the vote kick are not real fixes and the boot and loot will continue. What needs to happen: Disable vote kick during loot rolls (for obvious reasons), also disable kicking during boss fights. This is so that during the fight no one can get kicked before the loot drops and lose the chance to get gear.

fullmetalbkm

Anyone else having problems with the game freezing in dungeons? Game froze on me and everyone in my group several times yesterday after patch. Had to restart the game just to continue and would be dead by the time I was able to get back in. Happened 3 times in one dungeon alone.