Storm King's Thunder Preview Patch Notes: NW.65.20160801c.18

terramak

Content and Environment
Storm King's Thunder

• Additional changes have been made to the fog in Bryn Shander. It is now less dense closer to the player character.
  
• After defeating the trolls in the Shrine of Mielikki, the dialog timing is now improved.
  
• Bryn Shander: Certain yetis no longer spawn within giant blocks of ice. Gee, are they glad that they're out here!
  
• Bryn Shander: The quest path now leads through terrain less frequently.
  
• Campaign: Liberate Bryn Shander no longer awards an unused currency; this currency no longer shows up in the Wealth tab of the Inventory.
  
• Campaign: The tutorial quest is now properly offered during the course of the first day of play, rather than needing enough supplies to require a second day.
  
• Cold Run: Out of Supplies: The objective location for this quest has been clarified in the quest tracker.
  
• Defending the Dale: The quest now properly displays text in the Quest Journal.
  
• Fangbreaker Island: This dungeon now properly requires 28% Everfrost Resistance to enter.
  
• Red Ice: Ice sticking out of the boss arena can no longer damage players before they enter the arena.
  
• Red Ice: Enemies no longer chase players through certain obstructions.
  
• The volume of various voice-over has been adjusted to be more consistent.
  
• Various text throughout Storm King's Thunder has been adjusted, generally to better match the voice-over or address typographical errors.

General

• A certain bridge in Rothé Valley no longer causes griffon mounts to jitter when walking over it.
  
• Defending the Sword Coast: Players with an objective to collect ritual components in Pirates' Skyhold are no longer directed to go to the Chasm to do so.

Combat and Powers
Classes and Balance

• Certain class powers no longer cause certain bosses to give up on their dedication to violence.
  
• Great Weapon Fighter: Steel Defense now grants Everfrost damage immunity during its effect.

Companions

• Remorhaz: Line of Sight no longer prevents the Remorhaz from helping excavate extra Ostorian Relics.

Items and Economy
Storm King's Thunder

• Archaeologist's Trowel: This item now requires both "Secrets of Ostorian Relics" and "Restore Bryn Shander's Economy" to purchase.
  
• Items in the campaign store are now properly visible even before they're unlocked, allowing players to better plan out and strategize their campaign progress.
  • This also reveals sources of Everfrost Resistance that previously appeared hidden.
• Prestige Body Armor now properly has Defense values competitive with similar items in its Item Level range.
  
• Relic gear icons have been adjusted to better match their in-game appearance.
  
• Relic and Frostborn equipment now grant the same stats when in a fully discharged state that they would grant in Tier 1.
  
• Scourge Warlocks can now properly purchase pants and shirts in the campaign store.

General

• Players with Artifacts that were previously stuck in a permanent "cooling down" state will now see those artifacts' cooldowns tick down again.

Zen Market

• Frostborn and Warborn gear now shows their locations in Collections.
  
• Frostborn armor set bonuses now apply on entering a Storm King's Thunder map, rather than having to unequip and re-equip set pieces to apply them.
  
• Shared Bank Slots: The maximum value of Shared Bank Slots in the purchase description has been updated to match a previous increase.
  
• To alleviate confusion, the 20 Keys and Frostborn / Warborn Gloves purchases have had their text updated to clarify the behavior on opening.

User Interface
Sword Coast Chronicle

• Currency counters in individual campaign tasks no longer occasionally project a subtle line that draws to the corner of the screen.
  
• Icons for currencies now consistently load in the footer of individual Campaign screens.
  
• Storm King's Thunder now has an updated campaign image.
  
• Well of Dragons now appears after Dread Ring in the campaign list.

Graphics, Effects, and Animation
Enemies and Allies

• Certain Dwarf beards that had changed with the Storm King's Thunder release have been re-restored.
  • The new version of this beard has been made available in Character Creation and the Tower of Alteration.
• Frost Giant Runewielders now properly hold their shields, rather than levitating them.
  
• Frost Giants now consistently have blue or white beard colors.
  
• The warlock in Lonelywood is now wearing more weather-appropriate clothing.
  
• Yetis no longer slide instead of running when they charge.

Performance and Stability
General

• An occasional crash in the Quest Journal UI has been addressed.

Localization
General

• Much of the localized voice-over audio that was missing on release of Storm King's Thunder has now been implemented.

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sorce

@terramak - is the Steel Defense change also going to be applied to GFs that currently aren't getting immunity from EF damage when they have Steel Defense?

Also - Combatant's Maneuver (new insignia bonus) does not work, no proc or buff in the bar at all. Are you able to have it added to the list of bugs to check?

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asterdahl

metalldjt said:

I heard none of the 5 new insignia bonuses are working?

We are currently aware of two insignia bonuses that are broken: Victim's Preservation and Combatant's Maneuver. After speaking with the team it looks like those issues are fixed on our end and we'll be getting them out at the earliest opportunity. I apologize for the inconvenience these issues have caused.

sorce

asterdahl said:

metalldjt said:

I heard none of the 5 new insignia bonuses are working?

We are currently aware of two insignia bonuses that are broken: Victim's Preservation and Combatant's Maneuver. After speaking with the team it looks like those issues are fixed on our end and we'll be getting them out at the earliest opportunity. I apologize for the inconvenience these issues have caused.

Whoohoo! Many thanks! :D

Now - Steel Defense for GFs not stopping EF damage. Annnnnnnd go!

sorce

(Yes Lag more and double post)

sorce

(Yes Lag more and triple post) - mods feel free to shoot these to the Lower Depths.

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hustin1

Question: is there a way to see what your total everfrost resistance is? So far I haven't been able to find a way to tell short of manually adding individual items up.

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bitt3rnightmar3

hustin1 said:

Question: is there a way to see what your total everfrost resistance is? So far I haven't been able to find a way to tell short of manually adding individual items up.

I've asked for this as well on the feedback thread. It's something I'd really like to see.

kitkathd

asterdahl said:

metalldjt said:

I heard none of the 5 new insignia bonuses are working?

We are currently aware of two insignia bonuses that are broken: Victim's Preservation and Combatant's Maneuver. After speaking with the team it looks like those issues are fixed on our end and we'll be getting them out at the earliest opportunity. I apologize for the inconvenience these issues have caused.

Now if only you could fix banishment with Oath of Devotion paladins. It does not boost damage resistance whatsoever.

hastati96

so no changes in fbi loot?
The current loot is still pretty unrewarding for the dungeon on preview .

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theycallmetomu

asterdahl said:

metalldjt said:

I heard none of the 5 new insignia bonuses are working?

We are currently aware of two insignia bonuses that are broken: Victim's Preservation and Combatant's Maneuver. After speaking with the team it looks like those issues are fixed on our end and we'll be getting them out at the earliest opportunity. I apologize for the inconvenience these issues have caused.

I don't pay a lot of attention to the math, so I wasn't even aware that Combatant's Maneuver was bugged, but let me say this:

I spent 1.5 mil on a Giant Bettle mount on the AH to get this particular bonus, so I very much appreciate your fixing it.

(Also, it'd be really nice if there was an official place we could go to have game rules answered? Like, what constitutes a "control effect," eg, chill/freeze etc)