PWI Content Update: Primal Warfare (v978) Patch Notes - Released October 25th, 2016

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PWI Content Update: Primal Warfare (v978) Patch Notes - Released October 25th, 2016

NEW FEATURES
*New Boundary: Twilight Sky! Continue to improve your Boundary level and rank up your passive skills as you progress through an all-new quest chain in the Primal World. Players who have reached Shifting Sky X can talk to Twilight Sky Envoy Irien in Kirin Town to progress.
*New Feature: Homestead Minions! Raise minions in your Homestead to operate your workshops while you are away, and battle other players' minions in the Colosseum to earn Star Chart items, War Avatar cards, and more!
*New Feature: Uncharted Paradise, Deicide Mode! An even more difficult challenge awaits you, but those who succeed will reap even greater rewards!

HOMESTEAD
*You can now change the terrain type of your Homestead. Options such as desert, sky, and sea are available.
*Additional options for manipulating your Homestead's terrain have been added.
*You can now take quests from the Tulin Bunny in Avalanche Village to get additional vegetation items for your Homestead.
*Once your Homestead reaches Level 20, you can upload a copy of your Homestead to the Homestead Ranking List for other players to visit and rate.
*Players can now manage their spouses' Homesteads.
*Several new items have been added to the Homestead.

DUNGEONS
*The fire circles created by the Lord of Paradise have had their visuals updated.
*You can no longer duel in Uncharted Paradise.

ITEMS
*The daily number of Mystical Ascents now increases by 2 per day instead of 1, to a maximum of 10.
*The daily number of Holy Ascents has been increased up to 200.
*A second Cupboard Stone can now be used to extend your Cupboard from 80 slots to 120.
*The items available from the Fortune Key have been updated.
*The cost for combining Celestones of Heaven, Earth, and Human into Mirage Celestones has been increased.
*The Six Candleflame Sovereigns War Avatar set has been renamed to Dark Lords of Morai.
*The tooltip for Iceshard Coins now properly tells you to turn them in at the PWI Iceshard Agent, rather than the PWI Inventory Master.

QUESTS
*Reduced the coin rewards for Level 60 to 89 quests.
*A new title quest has been added for the Great Lake.
*Rewards for most daily quests in the Primal World have been increased.
*Rewards for all Shifting Sky quests have been increased.
*The Resistance Force Leader in Kirin Town now offers a new daily quest to players who have reached Shifting Sky X.
*Certain Primal World daily quests are no longer available past certain Boundary levels:
**Stronghold Assault is only available from Arcane Sky I to Arcane Sky X.
**Search for Energy is only available from Arcane Sky I to Mirage Sky IX.
**Rescue Raccoons is only available from Arcane Sky I to Astral Sky IX.
*Fixed a variety of typos.

SKILLS
*Coins are no longer required for learning non-Sage/Demon skills below Level 100.
*Two new Passive Skills can be purchased once you reach the Twilight Sky Boundary:
**Cosmic Blessing increases your Defense Level.
**Ward of Bane reduces incoming damage from Critical Strikes.

Archer
*Fixed a bug in which many Archer skills did not activate the Dragonbreath Weapon's God of Frenzy effect.
*Fixed a bug in which the Primal World version of Leap Right did not last for the correct duration.
*Ataraxia's channeling time has been reduced from 0.8 seconds to 0.1.
*Blackwing Arrow now increases Physical Penetration for 20 seconds, up from 5.
*Feather Armageddon now also knocks back player targets.
*Frost Splash's cast time has been reduced from 2.5 seconds to 1.0.

Assassin
*Cursed Jail now deals double base physical damage.
*Sage/Demon Deaden Nerves' channeling time has been reduced from 1.5 seconds to 0.4.
*Sage/Demon Knife Throw's cast time has been reduced from 1 second to 0.9.
*Master of Shadows now also increases your damage by 50% while out of Stealth.

Barbarian
*Cornered Beast is now usable in Tiger Form.
*Surf Impact now generates a large amount of threat.
*Sunder now generates a large amount of threat.
*Violent Triumph is now usable in Tiger Form.

Blademaster
*The Primal World version of Farstrike now deals additional base physical damage to targets within 10 meters.
*Flame Tsunami now has a 100% chance to Stun.
*The Primal World version of Spirit Chaser now deals 100% of weapon damage, up from 80%, and is guaranteed to make your next Farstrike a critical hit (up from a 40% chance).
*Valkyrie's Might has had its channeling time reduced from 0.6 seconds to 0.1.

Cleric
*Guardian Light now increases speed by 50%, up from 30%.
*Heaven's Wrath now increases bonus damage by 200%, up from 150%.

Duskblade
*Night Howler's range has been increasd from 12 meters to 30.
*Umbral Stalker now also increases your speed by 100%.

Mystic
*The Sage/Demon version of Energy Leech is now instant cast.
*Nature's Barrier now reduces damage by 70%, up from 50%.
*Sublime Transfusion's redirected healing has increased from 30% at equal Soulforce and 70% and higher Soulforce to 45% at equal Soulforce and 75% at higher Soulforce.
*Warp Shield's absorption is now increased by a percentage of weapon damage.

Psychic
*Furious Ocean's range has been increased from 8 meters to 10.
*Psionic Infusion's duration has been increased from 30 seconds to 40.
*Spirit Phalanx's channeling time has been reduced from 2.0 seconds to 1.0.
*Shroud of Shadow now costs 2 Sparks instead of 3.

Seeker
*Avatar of the Blade now increases weapon damage by 500%, up from 200%.
*Darkcloud Bolt now deals 110% of base physical damage plus a percentage of weapon damage plus bonus damage, up from base physical damage plus bonus damage.
*Sacrificial Slash now reduces Defense Level by 60% (up from 40%) and increases Attack Level by 60% (up from 50%). The minimum reduction in Defense Level has increased from 20 to 30.

Stormbringer
*The Primal World version of Call Lightning now costs 60 Chi, down from 75.
*The Primal World version of Lunar Blessing has had it's channeling time reduced from 1.0 second to 0.1.
*The Sage version of Monsoon now increases damage by 20%, up from 10%.
*The Demon version of Monsoon now reduces incoming damage by 50%, up from 30%.

Venomancer
*Grudge Strike's damage has been increased by 200% of weapon damage.
*Dark Taboo's damage has been increased by 200% of weapon damage and now heals for a minimum of 2000 Health based on Soulforce, up from 800 to 2000.
*The Primal World version of Malefic Crush has had its damage increased by 400% of weapon damage.
*The Primal World version of Stunning Blow has had its damage increased by 200% of weapon damage.
*Ultimate Summoning's now deals double base magic damage.

Wizard
*Elemental Invocation's Earth attack now deals base magic damage in addition to 150% of your maximum Mana.
*Frozen Flame's channeling time has been reduced from 2.0 seconds to 1.0.

USER INTERFACE
*Fixed a bug in which attempting to delete the Foe header from an empty Foe List would crash the game.


KNOWN ISSUES
*Some text does not display properly in the launcher when running the game through Steam.
*The GM button opens in an external browser window rather than the overlay when running the game through Steam.
*Arc Bypass Login does not function in the French or German versions of the game.
*The tooltip for the Assassin's Master of Shadows skill is not formatted properly.
*The HyperEXP Stone tooltip incorrectly says to activate it through the Public Relations menu.