Release NotesNote: We may have included patch notes for issues that were never present on Preview.
Note: This is not an all-inclusive list of fixes, but a snapshot of the many fixes we are doing. Content and EnvironmentGeneral
- Numerous tuning changes to dungeons and bosses.
- Svardborg leaves his throne and engages the player properly.
Combat and PowersItem Power and Set Bonuses.
- Defender’s Banner - Standing in the area gives a different amount of Power and Accuracy depending on the activated artifact's rank.
- Green Dragon Heart Artifact damage output reflects the tooltip stated damage.
- Red Dragon Heart artifact tooltip no longer has “refine other items” text.
- Serene Runestones now function properly and have the correct values for each rank.
- Significant pass at updating artifact descriptions in the Tooltips to reflect their usage.
- Tymora's Spinning Coin Artifact damage adjusts when it ranks up.
Classes and BalanceGeneral
- Heroic feats for Cleric, Paladin and Fighter no longer display as locked when you meet the level requirement.
- Number of class icons have been added.
- Smooth out the unlocking of powers for Fighter, Barbarian, Paladin, and Cleric.
- Under certain circumstances when blocking stamina, it could spontaneously refill the stamina that was depleted from the last block.
Barbarian (Blademaster)
- Adamantine Strike now pivots to face the direction you are aiming the camera like most other attacks, or the nearest enemy.
Cleric
- Cleric class features have been heavily reworked and adjusted.
- Magnitude of Bastion of Health for non Devouts has been increased from 500 to 600 and the tooltip correctly indicates the healed amount.
- Righteousness mechanic is now only listed under Devout.
Cleric (Arbiter)
- Feats have been overhauled.
- Focused Light now makes daunting light actually single target for targeting purposes.
- Hammer of Fate benefits from Burning Judgement as designed.
- Hammer of Fate now indicates its entire combo magnitude and grants 3 stacks of radiant judgement.
- Prophecy of Doom visuals have been updated to better communicate the effect. An effect persists over the target for the duration of the power, and a new effect accompanies the damage at the end of the power.
- Restrain effect applied by Chains of Blazing Light could be broken by the restrained enemy dealing damage.
- Searing Light has been renamed Searing Javelin and now deals fire damage, generates radiant judgement, and benefits from burning judgement. The radius of this power has also been updated to 8' from 5.5'.
Cleric (Devout)
- Blessing of Battle has been reworked into Blessing of Light. This at-will no longer deals damage to an enemy or requires a target. It instead increases the effect of your next healing spell by 10%.
- Final 2 columns of feats have been adjusted.
- Guardian of Life tooltip has been updated to clarify it only heals party members.
- Healing Word heals nearby allies, not just Party members.
- Persistent Guardian summon a guardian when used with Guardian of Faith.
- Righteousness decreases the cost and increases the magnitude of pre-paragon healing abilities (Bastion of Health) and decreases all threat generated from healing.
- Swift Prayers is no longer a feat but a class feature, and allows movement at a reduced rate for both Channel Divinity and Astral Shield.
Fighter
- Several small balance adjustments to the fighter class features.
Fighter (Dreadnaught)
- Into the Fray tooltip displays Increased Run Speed.
- Richochet damage is reduced correctly Shield Throw.
Fighter (Vanguard)
- Counterattack effect granted to Dig In by the feat Shake it Off is now a core class mechanic called Retaliate which deals magnitude 300 damage with added threat and the damage is not based on remaining stamina.
- Knight's Challenge persisted for 2 seconds shorter than indicated in the tooltip.
- Knight's Valor redirects 100% of damage dealt to your party member.
- Knight’s Valor transfers all threat generated by the covered party member to the fighter.
- Shake it Off now enhances the magnitude of Retaliate by up to 300 based on remaining stamina.
- Sharpened Senses causes Bladed Rampart to grants immunity to combat advantage damage.
- Shield Throw buff icon is applied to enemies when stunned.
Paladin
- Radiant Charge indicates that it knocks down targets, not stuns them.
- Smite's FX would often stutter or play twice.
Paladin (Oathkeeper)
- Aura of Life displays a buff icon on anyone within range of the effect.
- Divine Vessel tooltip correctly reflects that it increases healing and healing spells can be casted as if they had no divinity cost.
- Healing another player will not grant double Divine Barrier.
- Oath of Devotion description displays it is a Level 30 Mechanic.
Ranger
- Hunter’s Teamwork drop properly grants AP/Health/Stamina to allies.
Ranger (Hunter)
- Thorned Roots now does damage based on the stance you're in.
Ranger (Warden)
- Call of the Storm will only fire once per power usage.
- Fox’s Cunning buff icon contains a description.
- Rain of Arrows now functions properly with Aspect of the Serpent.
- Seeker’s Vengeance no longer helps Rain of Arrows unless the feature is slotted.
Rogue (Assassin)
- Gloaming Cut give 20% stealth meter on a kill.
Rogue (Whisperknife)
- Disheartening Strike correctly applies only on DoT.
Warlock
- Healing powers apply Lingering Sustain.
Warlock (Soulweaver)
- Essence Drain affects the targeted enemy.
- Essence Drain does specify a magnitude in the Tooltip.
- Transfusion Tactics triggers for the healing given to the caster of Shatter Spark.
- Wraith's Shadow DoT also restores health.
- Wraith's Shadow healing lists the range in the description.
Wizard (Thaumaturge)
- Combustive Action description states correctly a non-smolder power has to kill the target to make it fire.
Items and EconomyProfessions
- Rewards have had a significant text and icon pass.
Companions
- Influence has been updated to reflect the design intent.
- Number of abilities are correctly reflected on the character sheet.
User InterfaceGeneral
- General UI polishing.
- Numerous placeholder icons have been replaced with final art.
Character Art, Effects and AudioEffects
- Numerous FX polish pass on class powers.
Audio
Comments
No drops from runic encounters, which means no master expedition
Only one more week to go
Empowering Flames is now removed and it is replaced by Frigid winds for Thaumaturge.
Arcanist have a new feat :
Iced Lightning:
Storm Pillar, Lightning Bolt(New name of Sudden Storm), Storm Spell and Storm Fury do 10% more damage to target affected by chill.
Thank you for those change.
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers
I am however disappointed that there has been Magnitude reductions to:
Lashing blade, Deft strike, wicked reminder, dazing strike and assassinate.
When @noworries#8859 said that AOE needed buffing a bit, i didn't anticipate that it would be at the cost of single target powers. I feel this is unreasonable!
I'm a little unsure what to make of the 0.1s reduction to cooldown on some of these powers. Seems insignificant
Obsidian Oath - Warlock
A whole lot of other Obsidian toons as well.
I have clocked up thousands of hours and have every toon levelled up and several BiS characters. I class Neverwinter as my main game and have done for years, but I will 100% be walking away if the game releases as is when 95% of the content is broken. If a dedicated player is willing to walk away what chance do you have of keeping casual players
#SaveNeverwinter
"Note: This is not an all-inclusive list of nerf, but a snapshot of the many fixes we are doing." AH. AH. AH.
Warlock
- Curse bite now deal 150 magnitude down from 175.
- Soul Scorch initial hit now deal 6 magnitude per spark down from 10 per spark.
- Soul Scorch DOT now deal 1 magnitude per spark down from 2 per spark.
Warlock (Hellbringer)180magnitude down from 220. Still bugged and deal 131 magnitude.have ask to enchant exchang. in mod will i bee able to exchang Rank 13 Brutal too Black ice enchatment ? or no bcs atm i dont see this option
where did MAd Dungeon go?
Scaling is broken as hell too.
Will mod 16 be delayed.. cos so many bugs and stuff missing..
At level 10 you are told that a 2nd Daily has unlocked, but that doesn't happen until level 12 now.
Obsidian Oath - Warlock
A whole lot of other Obsidian toons as well.
Then again, maybe the BtA enchant exchange is just gone. I mean, you continue to be able to exchange obsolete stuff like Eldritch runestones and Insignia of Vigor/Leeching, but a general exchange for any weapon/armor/regular enchant...*shrug* Maybe it will be back, maybe it will get redesigned and maybe it will not show up.... no official comment on that yet.
Quite frankly, it's not such a big deal.
I agree with @adinosii , though - not a huge deal if it's not there, though it'd be nice if the new enchants were available, as an option.