RIFT 2.3 Hotfix #9 – 07/10/13
GENERAL
* The Storm Legion Fishing artifact sets now pay out a
higher amount of experience.
* Automatic tweeting is back for achievements and
discoveries!
* Tweeting from in-game is now more reliable.
RIFT STORE
* Buying a REX and getting disconnected immediately
afterwards will now result in players logging on to find a REX in their
mailbox. Gotta love same day delivery!
* You can now gift Storm Legion Souls to other players!
* Using a Faction Changing Scroll now resets any points
spent in the Planar Attunement of War.
Any players that have already switched factions will have these PA
points refunded!
* Stats on the level 50 Ascended's gear has been increased.
* The "send gift" dialog now closes after your
present has been mailed!
* Relic Apothecary recipes now sort correctly on the RIFT
Store.
PVP/WARFRONTS
* Conquest Power Decay now begins after 48 hours, instead of
after 23 hours.
* Conquest Power Decay
This is balanced such that you still lose fewer points over your first
week of not gaining conquest power, but more once you haven't gained conquest
power for over a week.
* Daily PvP Quests have been added to Warlord Mal Laborema
and Lasumin Batik Porvi in Tempest Bay. Each day they will offer 4 quests for
either Steppes of Infinity or Dendrome.
BLACK GARDEN DOMINATION
* Now has 3 control points – each with its own name.
* Control points furthest from your side are worth 5 per
tick, mid and your side are worth 3 per tick.
* The cap is still 500 points.
ZONES
* Traveling the roads of Telara has been improved with the
removal or relocation of agressive NPC's. However, Invasion NPC's will still
wander the highways, so watch out!
* Quest: Daily Tempest Rising quests have had their payouts
increased. They now grant a higher amount of Empyreal Sourcestone.
SANCTUM
* Quest: A Snake in Sanctum: Players can now interact with
Abbess Katia normally during the interrogation of Cealhaidh.
STEPPES OF INFINITY
* Zone Event: The Craft of Conflict: Stomping on pies while
stealthed will no longer remove you from stealth. Stomp away!
TEMPEST BAY
* Quest: Hunting Heralds: Now correctly grants 600 Empyreal
Sourcestone.
THE DENDROME
* Questgivers in The Dendrome that lingered near wardstones
have been moved closer to their nearby hubs as a safety precaution.
* Scout Batosi has moved off that one rock with questionable
structural integrity.
* The puzzle in this zone now gives items of the correct
level.
SOULS
Mage: Chloromancer: Healing Torrent now has a stack size of
1 per caster. Previously it had no stack size set.
CRAFTING
* Quest: Workorder: Repaired Platemail: Now turns in to
Merecenary Margaret, instead of Merecenary Hicks.
DIMENSIONS
* Gloamwood Wall Small Kit now contains the stairs it says
it does!
* Reduced prices on curved connector dimension items.
* Some building blocks have had their draw distances
increased, so that they are visible at longer distances.
ITEMS
* Freelancer and Warlord upgrades are now available from
Mercenary Hicks and Margaret in Tempest Bay.
* All Fireworks now have a sellback price.
* Nefarious Shadesource now procs correctly from appropriate
healing, such as Bard healing.
* Hunt Legend Mender's Greater Deepstone now sproc from
absorbs and healing from the Chloromancer's Lifegiving Veil and Lifebound Veil.
* Nefarious Shadesource and Hunt Legend Mender's Greater
Deepstone now proc correctly with area of effect absorbs.
DUNGEONS AND RAIDS
GRIM AWAKENING
* Several of the Awakened have learned to see through the
guise of stealth.
* Salvarola:
- Has been centered on his platform.
- Empowered Warped Fanatics will no longer explode as they
run out of Salvarola's room as he summons his demonic minions.
UI/SETTINGS
* The Achievements window will no longer show achievements
for the other faction.
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RIFT 2.3 Hotfix #8 - 07/02/13
GENERAL
* Animations have been added to the inventory when a player
picks up an item from a Dimension or claims a Loyalty Reward.
* The number of /saveequip and /loadequip slots have been
increased from 9 to 20!
* Transfigured weapons should no longer sometimes play the
unarmed attack animation instead of the weapon's attack animation.
* Twitter functionality has been restored!
* Looting Planarite from corpses is now less annoying.
* Guest registration has better support of extended
characters.
RIFT STORE
* Fixed some cases where parts of your character might
disappear when previewing certain items.
* If a player disconnects in the middle of a purchase, an
in-game mail will be sent with the status of the purchase.
* When reporting feedback, there is now an option for the
RIFT Store.
* The Custodian set now previews accurately.
* Purchasing dimension upgrades for your alts with credits
should now work correctly.
* Fixed an issue causing the Neophyte bundles to give out
incorrect gear.
SOULS
ROGUE
RIFTSTALKER
* Shadow Stalk: Can no longer be used on pets.
MAGE
HARBINGER
* The bonus from the Harbinger synergy crystal is now
removed if the Lightning Charge buff is removed.
* Lightning Charge: Can no longer be purged.
ZONES
ARDENT DOMAIN
* Dawnkeeper Vale: Onslaught Quest Giver Darvik has been
moved down the ramp a bit.
ASHORA
* IA: Kah'Tqq, Sk'Krii, and Zza'xx have had their difficulty
significantly decreased.
EMBER ISLE
* The creatures in Ember Isle have been weakened over time.
Their difficulty and rewards are now the same as mobs from the old world.
SANCTUM
* Quest: A Snake in Sanctum: Fixed an issue that would
sometimes prevent Cealhaidh the Corrupter from being targetable in combat.
THE DENDROME
* Quest: Treasures of the Achyati: The items required for
this quest will now drop from the proper mobs.
DUNGEONS AND RAIDS
* Fixed an issue with some chronicle, dungeon, raid, and
dimension instances spawning with unshakable lag.
GRIM AWAKENING
* Ultane:
- Spirit Shackle no
longer attaches to pets.
- Mark of the Damned
no longer damages pets.
* Salvarola
- The achievement
"Three's Company" has been replaced by "Fire on the Dance
Floor".
- The adds in phase 2
should no longer get stuck.
- No longer punishes
players who use their pets to tank him after they've left the encounter.
Instead of killing the pet repeatedly, he now only kills the pet once. He
considers it a warning shot.
HIVE KAAZ’GFUU: QUEEN’S GAMBIT [Chronicle]
* Quest: Kaaz Boom: Fixed a text error.
* Inyr’Kta: Fixed an issue that could cause fight to reset
when two players are involved.
* Och and Krok: Fixed an issue that could bar players from
reentering the chamber.
PVP/WARFRONTS
* Storm Legion PVP sets have been converted to upgradeable
items.
* Mercenary gear can now be upgraded to Freelancer gear with
Freelancer's Empowered Cell, Freelancer's Empowered Small Cell and Freelancer's
Empowered Large Cell.
* Freelancer gear can now be upgraded to Warlord's gear with
Warlord's Empowered Cell, Warlord's Empowered Small Cell and Warlord's
Empowered Large Cell.
* Freelancer's gear
can still be purchased outright with Credits, but is no longer available for
in-game currency. (Use the upgrade components to upgrade Mercenary gear!)
* Warlord's gear is no longer available on the store or from
vendors in Tempest Bay. (Use the upgrade components to upgrade to Freelancer
gear!)
* Upgrade components can be found on the RIFT Store under
PVP Upgrade Components.
* The upgrade components obtained from Freelancer's Conquest
Marks have been renamed to "Freelancer's Conquest Cell" and
"Freelancer's Conquest Small Cell".
CRAFTING
* Snapper Hatchlings in Tulan are no longer skinnable.
* Auction House recipes will now start showing up under the
correct tradeskill subcategories. This only applies to new auctions, so it may
take some time to fully take effect.
* Artisan store vendor windows now let you sort recipes by
skill level.
DIMENSIONS
* The dialog for swapping dimensions now clarifies what's
being replaced.
ITEMS
* Hunt Legend Mender's Rough Greater Rotward now works with
Chloromancer Veil healing.
* Coruscating Powerstone now displays the correct amount of
Spell Power in its description.
* Fate of the Wind now grants a chance for your single
target healing spells to heal for an additional amount and heals from
Lifegiving Veil or Lifebound Veil a chance to heal your Synthesis target for
additional health.
* Rend the Heavens now grants a chance for your single
target healing spells to heal for an additional amount and heals from
Lifegiving Veil or Lifebound Veil a chance to heal your Synthesis target for
additional health.
* Achyati Rune of Dexterity, Achyati Rune of Minor
Dexterity, Empyreal Rune of Dexterity and Empyreal Rune of Minor Dexterity
should now show up when filtering for Rogue runes.
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RIFT 2.3 Hot Fix #7 - 6/26/13
GENERAL
* Soul Presets are correctly working again if you have the
Storm Legion souls. For real this time!
* Becoming a RIFT owner now appropriately adds 2 additional
bag slots to all characters, instead of just to new ones. Characters that were
stuck at 3 bag slots even after becoming a RIFT owner have had their slots
upgraded from 3 to 5.
* Crafters rejoice-- Empyrean Assault crafting dailies now
give appropriate notoriety!
* You can now delete mail after taking the last attachment
without having to close and reopen the mail.
* Lure of the Eye and Lure of the Unseen now share a
cooldown, and will only open the appropriate rift for your faction.
* Performance has been improved for characters standing near
lots of merchants. In capitol cities, for instance!
* Fixed an issue that caused the tutorial zone quests to
randomly auto-complete.
* Hunt Legend Mender's Rough Greater Rotward now works with
absorption spells.
* PVP shards just got a little more dangerous: the safe
zones have been removed from Pelladane and Cape Jule. There's nowhere to run,
and there's nowhere to hide...LET THE PURGE COMMENCE!*
RIFT STORE
* All mounts that lack faction requirements on the store can
now be gifted to your friends!
* Level 50 Armor, Essences and Weapons found in Deeps' Lock
Boxes and Supply Crates have been increased in power.
* Bundles of Deeps' Supply Crates are now available in
Chests & Keys!
* Fixed an issue causing previewed items or bundles to show
incorrect color tints.
* Some locked items in the Rift Store were not displaying
their locked icon status though you were unable to purchase them; fixed so you
can again see that they are locked.
* Storm Legion lures are now available under the Rifts
category.
* Updated the description on Raid and Elite Portrait Loyalty
rewards.
* Orb of Loyalty, Fragment of Loyalty and Shard of Loyalty
now display how much Loyalty they will grant when consumed.
* Flare: Hailol, Flare: Empyreal Alliance and the new
Stronghold Summoner can now be purchased with Credits!
DIMENSIONS
* You now earn rest experience from hanging out in
dimensions. Welcome home!
* A few dimension items have had their prices adjusted,
mostly for the cheaper.
* Some dimension items have been renamed to more accurately
reflect what they are.
* Corrected the zone-in location for Empyrean Mill.
* The Brevane Jar dimension item is now resizeable.
SOULS
MAGE
HARBINGER
* Lightning Charge: A new ability that imbues your weapon
with electrical energy. Damaging attacks have a 5% chance to deal additional
Air damage. Lasts 1h. This is a 0 point root ability. Does not stack with
Harbinger weapon buffs.
ROGUE
ASSASSIN
* Subterfuge: The extra combo point from Nightblade
"from stealth" attacks is now granted more reliably.
MARKSMAN
* Decoy: The Ranger's Dismiss Pet is no longer activated
when Decoy is summoned.
WARRIOR
PARAGON
* Balance of Power: Now properly affected by damage
modifications. It now causes attacks that follow a block to deal an additional
20-60% of your Endurance as Life damage, down from 30-100% of Endurance.
* Way of the Mountain: Fixed a bug that caused the buff that
made the Warrior to take 5% more damage instead of 5% less damage.
* Deadly Parity: Now properly affected by damage
modifications. The additional damage dealt has been adjusted to 1 Physical
damage every 12/8/4 Attack Power, from 1 Physical damage every 5/3/1.5 Attack
Power.
RIFTBLADE
* Storm Blade: Now properly affected by damage
modifications. Damage has been reduced.
* Burning Blood: Now properly affected by damage
modifications. Now deals 6% of Attack Power as Fire damage when struck in Melee
combat, down from 20%.
* Scald: Now properly affected by damage modifications. Now
deals 4-12% of Attack Power as Air damage based on Attack Points used, down
from 10-30% of Attack Power.
* Elemental Touch: Now properly affected by damage
modifications. Now deals an additional 3% of your Attack Power as Air damage,
down from 15% of Attack Power.
BEASTMASTER
* Strike to Maim: Now properly affected by damage
modifications. Now causes melee critical hits to deal damage based on 10-50% of
your strength or your pet's strength over 8s, down from 20-100%.
CHAMPION
* Take No Prisoners: Now works on all damage finishers,
including bleeds.
VOID KNIGHT
* Destructive Forces: Now properly affected by damage
modifications. Reckless Strike and Ragestorm now deal weapon plus 0.6-3% of
Attack Power as additional Air damage for each active pact, down from 1-5% of
Attack Power. Devouring Blow now deals 0.3-1.5% of your Attack Power for each
Attack Power used per Pact as Air damage, down from 0.3-1.66%.
ZONES
* Some zone events in Storm Legion will drop less Empyrean
Sourcestone.
* Lure of the Eye and Lure of the Unseen now share a
cooldown, and will only open the appropriate rift for your faction.
* The immunity buff applied to invasions when they spawn now
displays as a Buff.
ASHORA
* The achievements "Hold the Line" and
"Insecticide" from the
Empyeral Assault in Ashora are now Legacy achievements. The remaining
achievements have been moved to the Ashora zone category.
FREEMARCH
* Saving that Which is Sacred: Removed the cooldown from the
objectives.
* Wild Growth: Quest updates are now shared with all members
of a party.
IRON PINE PEAK
* Iron Pine Peak zone events are back to being level 44, down
from 50.
SHIMMERSAND
* IA: Gnar Gems: Will once again spawn high gem amounts when
there are more players present during the adventure.
THE DENDROME
* Quest: Momentous Motes: The map indicators are now more
accurate.
* Quest: The Council of Batua: The map indicator for
borrowing the Boar Spear is now more accurate.
* Torvan Hunter Decree notoriety items are now awarded upon
the completion of Hunt zone events.
* Increased the Torvan Hunter notoriety awarded for killing
level 62 stronghold bosses from 900 to 1300.
* Conduits in Great Hunt rifts now broadcast warnings when
their health is low.
* A new Stronghold Summoner item is now available from flare
merchants in the Dendrome! This item can be used to summon your group/raid to
your location when you are near a stronghold.
* Zone Event: Swarm of the Century: Has seen a few
optimizations to reduce possible server latency.
* Onslaught: The Place of Dogs: This area is now more
attractive to invaders! This should help anyone completing their daily kill
quest.
* Daily quests in The
Dendrome now properly pay out appropriate amounts of coin and experience. The
Satyrs of Hailol are done messing with players...for now.
* World Raid Boss: All:
- Players should more
reliably get credit for kills in very high population situations.
- Even during high
strain situations, these NPCs should no longer disappear in an attempt to
improve performance.
* World Raid Boss: Ahkane the Eternal:
- Eternal Wrath will
now be cast less frequently.
- Eternal Sacrifice
now causes more raid damage if left uninterrupted.
* World Raid Boss: Kaaz'Ra:
- The duration for
the ability Catastrophic Sandstorm has been reduced from 120s to 90s.
UI/SETTINGS
* The rollover tooltip for the two unlockable bag slots now
display the correct hotkey.
* By popular request, Crucia has had her loading screen
replaced with a new glamor shot.
* Fixed a bug in the Rift Store that was causing filter text
to not display correctly.
* The vehicle bar will now display correctly after a relog
or /reloadui.
CRAFTING
* Improved crafting reagent vendor store windows.
* Apothecary: New relic-quality Exceptionally White Dye and
Exceptionally Black Dye recipes have been added to the Rift Store! The recipes
can only be purchased with Master and Grandmaster Marks.
* Fishing: Junk, when fished from pools of wine in Hailol,
is now more amusing than previously-fished junk.
* The Stellar and Prime Prismatic Wellsprings are now
sellable to vendors.
DUNGEONS AND RAIDS
EXODUS OF THE STORM QUEEN
* Thedeor’s Last Stand: Fixed an issue where the storm
legion troopers would not aggro on players that are far away from the quest
location.
GRIM AWAKENING
* Ultane:
- Spirit Shackle
checks twice as quickly to determine if the end of the tether is in range.
- Spirit Shackle is
no longer only cast on the highest agro target during the second Hellspawn
phase.
HIVE KAAZ'GFUU: QUEEN'S GAMBIT [Chronicle]
* Och and Krok: Riftstalkers can no longer get stuck in the
collision around the pillars.
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RIFT 2.3 Hot Fix #6 - 06/20/13
GENERAL
* Purposes with Storm Legion souls can now be properly
selected by players who own them! You may need to create a new character to see
them.
* During character select, those that own Storm Legion souls
can now select Purposes with those souls.
* The faction requirement on applying runes has been
removed! In its place is a new system: runes that are Bound to Account can now
only be applied to items that are Soulbound or Bound to Account.
RIFT STORE
* Fixed an issue that sometimes caused bag slot purchases to
fail with an error saying that you didn’t have enough credits, when you
actually did.
WORLD EVENT
* The Foundry Order quests no longer remove Bolts of
Empyrean Silk upon completion.
DUNGEONS/INSTANCES
GOLEM FOUNDRY
* UV-315: Fixed situation where UV-315 would become stuck
casting End Time.
* Manslaughter: Fixed a situation where Goo Shot &
Rotary Cannon would not function if there were no targets in range.
HIVE KAAZ'GFUU: QUEEN'S GAMBIT
* Fixed an issue that could cause Inyr'Kta to reset partway
through her fight.
* Awakened Golems will now respawn after the instance resets
from inactivity.
ZONES
FREEMARCH
* Into the Ark: Now grants credit to all players in the
immediate area, even if they're not grouped.
* Point Taken: Added a missing quest marker at Warden's
Point.
* Reduced the number of quests needed for the Achievement
"The Long March" from 95 to 88.
THE DENDROME
* Ragairn no longer drinks himself under the floor in
Hailol, and should now be available for your daily questing.
* The Green Faerie’s location has been corrected on the map.
The previous cartographer was told to go home, they're drunk.
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RIFT 2.3 Hot Fix #5 - 06/18/13
GENERAL
* Fixed a bug with stacks of NPC loot not always being
awarded (most often seen with high level cloth).
* Fixed an issue with world bosses not always awarding kill
credit when attacked by huge numbers of players at once.
RIFT STORE
* You will no longer have to open up the Rift store and
manually claim the Account Functionality Extension; the moment your account
acquires enough loyalty to unlock the extension it will be applied to your
account!
* Rift Exchange is now "REX: Rift Exchange" to
makes searches on the Auction House easier.
ZONES
THE DENDROME
* The Blackthorn Trolls in Shok Forest will no longer float
above players when pulled.
* The Jungle Wildlings in Savage Wilds will no longer float
above players when pulled.
* Missing Acolytes: The Stone of Cunaan will now be
triggered after the player has looted it instead of when it's first used.
* The Council of Batua: Hugo will now part with his namesake
spear no matter what order the quest objectives were completed in.
* Zone Event: Swarm of the Century: Sylver and the Ether
Cannon now have significantly more health that scales with player population.
* Zone Event: Swarm of the Century: the ability name for
exiting the cannon now matches the effect reported for blocking immediate
re-entry.
* Zone Event: The Awakening: Optimized so that it should now
cause less latency when large numbers of players are actively attempting to
complete it.
* Kaaz'Ra's spawn puzzle will now properly reset after 1
hour.
* Kaaz'Icht, Kaaz'Krrch and Kaaz'Eckt will now respawn every
15 minutes instead of every 1 hour.
SERATOS
* Fixed Seratos Uncommon Artifact spawns
PVP
* Black Garden Domination now has a point cap of 500
ITEMS
* Architect Carapace and Architect Grub are now Common
quality items and stack to 20.
DUNGEONS/INSTANCES
GRIM AWAKENING
* Reawakened Defilers are now properly interruptible.
* Kyzan will always cast Necrotic Torrent no matter which
way he is facing.
* Salvarola's abilities in Phase 2 will now work regardless
of his ability to see the target.
* Salvarola: Fix to prevent Salvarola from moving in Phase
1.
* Fixed Salvarola's adds in Phase 2 so that most AOEs will
trigger the boss to heal.
ENDLESS ECLIPSE
* Regulos: Sicaron will no longer freak out when
player-controlled pets are near him.
STORM BREAKER PROTOCOL
* Telephalon: Reset range is slightly shorter – can no
longer be pulled around the corner of the bridge.
EMPYREAN CORE
* Slightly reduced the damage of the population at the
entrance of the zone.
EXODUS OF THE STORM QUEEN
* General Grim: Players challenged by Grim can no longer use
teleportation abilities.
UNHALLOWED BONE FORGE
* Necrotic Throne: Blood Torrent fires at more locations.
TRIUMPH OF THE DRAGON QUEEN
* General Typheria: Due to changes to this boss' enrage
state the kill count for the achievement "Typheria's Angels" has been
lowered to 10 from 15 in order to make it possible to achieve again.
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RIFT 2.3 Hot Fix #4 - 06/17/13
== FEATURES ==
* 2 new Warfront modes have been added!
DOMINATION: THE BLACK GARDEN
* Available to players between level 10 and level 60.
* Fight for the control of The Black Garden by dominating
the 2 control points.
DOMINATION: KARTHAN RIDGE
* Available to players between level 50 and level 60.
* Take Karthan Ridge by storm with this 5 control point
variant.
* Capture Points on your side of the map give 3 points.
* Capture points on the enemy’s side of the map give 5 –
high risk, high reward!
GENERAL
* Character Transfers: We now use the correct maximum number
of characters per shard, including any extra character slots you may have
purchased.
* PVP: The wine in Hailol’s fountains has been replaced on
PVP shards with the blood of your enemies. The hubs have had the grace of the
gods and our coding lifted from them: they are no longer safe zones.
* Your hidden dimension slots are back!
ZONES
* Adjusted damage on a number of Hunt Rift, Stronghold, and
Dendrome Zone Event bosses, including Commander Jorina, Orgathor, Ikaras, and
Tuveran.
* Great Hunt rifts from ranks IV and V will now have more
interesting invasions.
* Fixed an issue that caused player corpse markers to be
misplaced after a stronghold.
* The invasion commander Architect Diviner now snares
instead of stuns.
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RIFT 2.3 Hot Fix #3 - 06/14/13
GENERAL
* Queues: Fixed a display bug for players waiting in the
queue. Previously, after 15 minutes of waiting, a player's position in queue
could appear to get stuck. It will now more reliably read the correct position.
* Offhand items that have been Transfigured, and are
equipped and steathed, should no longer have animation problems.
* The Random Storm Legion Expert now shows the correct
rewards. This was purely a display issue.
ITEMS
* A number of costume pieces have been flagged as Bind on
Account: Harbinger's, Reaper's, Savant's and Vanquisher's
* Fixed the names of the Majestic Half Cape and the Majestic
Cape.
* The Mercenary's, Legionnaire's, Protector's, and
Tactician's Longsword now cost the same as other 1 handed weapons in the same
tier.
ZONES
THE DENDROME
* Zone Event: Swarm of the Century: 'You cannot do that
while Shell Shocked' will no longer mistakenly appear in Tempest Bay. It will
now properly display for players attempting to use a cannon while, well. Shell
Shocked!
* Zone Event: The Awakening: Will now more reliably give
credit to players that have completed it.
* Zone Event: The Awakening: Infuse Spirit ability now
restores 2% of the target's health per tick.
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RIFT 2.3 Hot Fix #2 - 06/14/13
GENERAL
* Friend-to-All should now work properly. Now even
friendlier!
* Warfront Equipment Cache should no longer be empty for
players under level 50.
* The extremely low caps on Planarite and Favor have been
removed for any player with a registered email address. Guest players will need
to register their account to remove these limits.
THE DENDROME
* Moltiest Motes Quest: The Green Faerie has been moved away
from a stronghold that was preventing players from completing their quest.
* Some mobs were not properly sharing credit, this has been
fixed.
GRIM AWAKENING
* Salvarola: Fixed the damage of his Curse of Magma ability.
* Salvarola: Foul Blessing can now be interrupted.
* Salvarola: Blood Siphon heals will no longer be triggered
by items or pets that use an Area of Effect ability.
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RIFT 2.3 Hot Fix #1 - 6/13/13
GENERAL
* All player accounts with registered email addresses no
longer have their chat restricted. Guest players still have some restrictions
to help combat farmers and spammers.
* Auction House restrictions have been lifted from accounts
with registered email addresses. Guest accounts are still restricted from
purchasing items.
* The Barbershop has been re-enabled, bringing with them the
ability to change your Race and/or Faction.
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RIFT 2.3: EMPYREAL ASSAULT - 6/12/13
== FEATURES ==
FREE TO PLAY
No trials. No tricks. No traps. We've made all of Telara
free while adding exciting new Loyalty rewards and benefits for the most
dedicated Ascended. Learn more on our Free to Play page where we cover new
free-player and Patron options plus the RIFT Store, Gifting, and REX.
DENDROME
Home to lush jungles and windswept dunes, Dendrome is the
heart of Update 2.3. Explore its vast reaches and battle the Architects and
Awakened where new threats rise and burrow. Along the way you'll find unrivaled
artifacts, events, and challenges, meet and drink with old friends in the
riotous town of Hailol, and seek the egg of an unhatched dragon god ... one
whose fate is yours to decide!
OPEN-WORLD RAID BOSSES
Energy from the shattered Blood Storm has given rise to
terrifying creatures across Dendrome. The greatest of these menaces – Kaaz'Ra,
Senbora the Devourer, and Ahkane the Eternal – stalk the open world, battling
Ascended in dynamically-scaling raid encounters. Defeat each boss in new weekly
quests that offer a chance at raid gear plus guaranteed tokens, infinity
stones, and more.
Ahkane the Eternal must die in the Venific Locus, Kaaz'Ra
must die in Hive Kaaz'Gfuu and Senbora the Devourer must die in Greenscale's
Crater, or players will not receive credit for their deaths!
CHRONICLE: QUEEN'S GAMBIT
Mistress Inyra and her Awakened cult are harvesting the
Architects' ancient knowledge in a misguided bid for Ascension. Brave a
merciless new Chronicle to stop their schemes before the Architects turn the
tables on the Awakened and summon a far greater danger to Telara.
SLIVER: GRIM AWAKENING
What would have happened to Kingsward had Salvarola
prevailed? Find out as you lead the charge into a timeline where the Awakened
have formed a demonic pact in return for the secret to Ascension. Battle past
the infernal strength of a fallen Prince Kaliban and Salvarola himself before
facing Ultane, demon lord patron of the Awakened.
STRONGHOLDS
The war against planar invasions takes to the skies in new
player-summoned Strongholds, multi-tiered fortifications manned by a variety of
friendly forces. Fight off new threats to Telara while flying between jump pads
and platforms. Just remember to bring friends, as the most daunting invasions
will lay siege to Strongholds tuned for 10-70+ players!
RIFT STORE SERVICES
* There are a large number of new Services available for
purchase in the RIFT Store!
- 3/15/30 Day Patron
Pass: Get all the benefits of being a Patron (Subscriber) from the convenience
of using the in-game store. Learn more about the benefits of being a Patron in
RIFT!
- Rune Unsocketing
Apparatus: Runes can now be unsocketed from your equipment! Right-clicking this
new item from your inventory makes the magic happen.
- Planar Essence
Removal Device: Like Runes, you can also safely unsocket Planar Essences from
your focus.
- Transfiguration Bauble: Customize your weapon with the
appearance of any other as long as it's the same weapon-type! Be sure to read
the instructions carefully when using.
- Brevanic Portal
Generator: Allows remote access to a Porticulum for one character. can be
bought for your account via the Collectors Upgrade available in the Services
category.
- Brevanic Portal
Battery: this item Allows you to reset the cooldown on your Brevanic Portal
Generator.
- Trade Skill Extension: Use this item to unlock an
additional trade skill slot, up to a maximum of 9.
- Character Slot Extension: Allows you to make an additional
character per shard on all shards, up to a maximum of 12.
- Faction Change
Scroll: What it says on the tin!Does not Change your race.
- Mass Soul Mend:
Restore Soul Vitality to all raid members with this one consumable.
* There are other services available for purchase throughout
the rest of the game as well!
- Role Slots: There are now a maximum of 20, and can be
purchased with Credits from your Class Trainer.
- Wardrobe Slots: There are now a maximum of 19, and they
can be purchased with Credits or Coin from your Character window.
- Race/Gender Change:
Explore the new you for a handful of Credits at the Barbershop.
- Bank Vaults:
Additional Vaults can now be purchased at the Banker.
- Bag Slots: The bag
slot bar now supports up to a maximum of 7 bags. Additional bag bar slots are
available for purchase by right-clicking on them.
LOYALTY
* Loyalty Points are gained by consuming REX, buying and
spending Credits, and special promotions. There are 5 tiers of Loyalty Rewards
to unlock, with a few extra rewards in-between tiers. Claim your Loyalty
Rewards on the Home page of the Rift Store!
* Players who were previously or are currently subscribed to
RIFT will get a one-time allotment of 7,000 Loyalty Points multiplied by the
number of months they have paid for.
* The old Veteran Rewards have been rolled into the Loyalty
system.
* The old Guardian and Defiant specific achievements for
Veterans Rewards have been replaced by Loyalty versions.
* Jarvis and Cadbury are now summoned by a new ability,
Summon: Veteran Vendor. When used, Jarvis will spawn for Defiants, and Cadbury
will spawn for Guardians. This new ability is acquired at 7,000 Loyalty, which
is equivalent to one month's subscription.
* Patron abilities start with 1 Charge. Charges are gained
at a rate of 1 per day, with a maximum of 7. Note: if you let your Patron
status lapse, all accumulated charges will be lost.
GUIDE SYSTEM
Guards in Meridian, Sanctum, and Tempest Bay can now help
lost visitors find their way. Simply speak to one and select a point of
interest to put a waypoint on your main map.
* Fire up your Omen/Quantum Sight: Twisted artifacts are now
available in all Storm Legion zones with a new title for collecting the full
rare set in each one!
* Play as Guest: New users wanting to try out RIFT can
download the patcher and start playing with very little hassle up to 1
experience away from level 10. Chat restrictions do apply to keep spam and
abuse at bay.
GENERAL
* Daily Quest turn-in limit is now 30, increased from 25.
* Storm Legion zones, except for Tempest Bay now require a
minimum level of 45 to enter.
* Ember Isle now requires a minimum level of 45 to enter,
down from 48.
* Factional Quartermasters for the crafting dailies have
been moved to Tempest Bay.
* New characters on non-Owner accounts will now only have 3
open bag slots on their bag bar. Additional bag bar slots are available for
purchase by right-clicking on them.
* Most Carnage quests now require fewer kills by 20-25%. If
your current progress exceeds the new totals the quest will be autocompleted
for you.
* Mounts, companion pets, and recipes can now be previewed.
* Guild Perk: Cache Finder is now percentage based!
* Level ranges for each zone are now visible on the main map
so that you can easily decide which zone is best for you.
* Porticulum masters in all zones except Meridian &
Sanctum can now be used by both factions. The guards in the towns might still
hate you though, watch out!
* The World Event Merchant will no longer be caught day
dreaming when initially clicked on.
* Longer broadcast messages from the server are no longer
cut off.
* Companion pets can no longer be attacked by other players
during a duel.
* Auto-Follow no longer cancels when alt+tabbing out while
in full screen mode.
* Players who have an Adventurer's Backpack in their bank
and upgrade to the Collector's Edition will now automatically upgrade into the
Collector's Satchel. At the First Bank of Telara, it's all about what we can do
for you.
* All mobs from levels 1 to 15 no longer have Resist and can
no longer Parry or Dodge.
* Players who have reached a platinum cap are restricted
from selling items back to merchants
* Players from PvP shards wishing to join cross-faction
groups on PvE shards can now do so without being kicked out of the group upon
their arrival.
* Players visiting PvE shards from PvP shards can now
properly send party invitations, and are no longer missing any portrait menu
options.
* Made improvements to the chat system's spam filter.
Sometimes silence is golden!
* Experience potions now also benefit experience gains from
quests.
* Changed text of the Close Ticket button in our customer
service window and added a confirmation message box when clicking on it.
* Improved performance for players experiencing lag when
they have many friends and one goes online or offline.
* Fixed a crash that occurred when players had a very large
number of active quests.
* Fixed a crash that occurred when players were loading.
CURRENCIES
* There is now a cap on how many of a certain currency can
be earned in a week: Frozen Eclipse Stone: 4,600, Warlord's Mark: 8,700.
* All Storm Legion Currencies: Item costs and currency gains
have both been increased.
* As a result, all players have had their currency totals
multiplied by a set amount.
* The following currencies have been multiplied by 100:
- Plaques of
Achievement
- Mark of Ascension
- Greater Mark of
Ascension
- Freelancer's Marks
- Warlord's Marks
- Empyreal
Sourcestone
* The following currencies have been multiplied by 60:
- Infernal Mark of
Ascension
* The following currencies have been multiplied by 50:
- Frozen Eclipse
Stone
- Inscribed
Sourcestone
- Empyreal Slayer's
Mark
* The following currencies have been multiplied by 30:
- Infinity Stones
* Random Expert
Dungeons now give both Frozen Eclipse Stone and Empyreal Slayer's Marks.
* Reduced Planarite costs for Hunt Rifts and Greater Hunt
Rifts.
* The Planarite cap has been increased to 200,000.
* Increased the number of Infinity Stones given for all
Daily Torvan quests.
* Added Infinity Stones as an option to the "Hunting
Heralds" daily quest.
* Increased the cap for Freelancer's Marks and Warlord's
Marks to 10,000.
* Increased the number of Freelancer's Marks awarded in the
Ascended Storm Legion Treasure to 300.
* Increased the number of Freelancer's Marks and Warlord's
Marks granted from daily and weekly quests.
SOULS
* Removed confusing reference to Class Trainers in the
tooltip for low level pets.
* Toggled abilities are now properly marked in the UI as
deactivated when their effects end.
CLERICS
DEFILER
* Fixed an issue where the caster's link to their Beacon
would stop functioning if they got more than 35 meters away from their beacon.
* Fixed an issue where resummoning a Beacon of Despair could
cause the existing Beacon to despawn without spawning a new Beacon.
SHAMAN
* Ageless Ice: Updated the ability description to clarify
that the snare effect applies to the caster.
MAGE
ARCHON
* Updated the ability description of all Archon Auras to
include the radius of the aura.
DOMINATOR
* Void Wall: The DoT now falls off when the target dies.
ELEMENTALIST
* Pets can no longer have both Elemental Armor and Stone
Armor at the same time.
NECROMANCER
* Deathly Calling: Fixed an issue with stacks applied by
Putrify. Previously these stacks did not include the damage buff granted by the
Deathly Collusion talent until the pet applied another stack of Deathly
Calling.
PYROMANCER
* Extinguish: Now works when casting on target's target.
WARLOCK
* Warlock Armor: The heal portion of this buff no longer
triggers when the caster damages themselves.
ROGUE
ASSASSIN
* Serrated Blades: The chance to trigger Serrated Blades has
been increased to 50%, up from 40%.
* Malicious Poison: Proc chance has been increased to 30%,
up from 20%. Damage has been slightly reduced.
BLADEDANCER
* Blade Hustle: The buff no longer persists if you switch
out of the Bladedancer soul.
* Combat Culmination: Your Finishers now cause Physical
attacks to ignore 2-6% of your target's armor per Combo Point, up from 1-3%.
MARKSMAN
* Decoy: Cooldown is now 60 seconds, down from 120 seconds.
* Decoy: Ranger abilities that affect pets, like Rejuvenate
and Divert Rage, will no longer be activated when Decoy is summoned.
* Rending Munitions: Updated the tooltip to indicate that
ranged weapon attacks also ignore 25% of the target's Resist.
* Master Archer: Now increases the damage of Marksman
attacks by 4-12%, up from 3-9%.
NIGHTBLADE
* Ignited Weapons: The damage effect is no longer
overwritten by other players.
* Dark Descent: Now causes the next 3 Finishers to not
consume Combo Points, up from 2.
* Flame Blitz: Now tagged correctly as an AE attack. As
such, its damage will be changed by any AE damage modifiers.
RANGER
* Animalism, Feral Aggression: Cooldown is now 30 seconds,
down from 45 seconds.
* Shadow Fire: Damage bonus from Shadow Fire has been
increased from 3% to 5%.
SABOTEUR
* Rapid Setup: Is no longer affected by the Global Cooldown.
* Spike Bomb: Now deals damage per second to enemies in the
target area. Requires an enemy target and the effect persists at the initial
position of the targeted enemy.
* Spike Bomb: Now also applies Thistle Spike to affected
enemies, increasing damage taken from the Rogue by 1% per stack. Thistle Spike
stacks up to 15 times.
* Cloud Maker: Damage has been increased.
WARRIOR
* Dark Thane Preset: Updated the preset description to
indicate that Plague Bringer causes the Reaver's DOT abilities to affect 7
other enemies and not 9 other enemies.
BEASTMASTER
* Flesh Rip: The bleed effect now ignores the target's armor
and its damage no longer varies.
* Twin Cuts: The bleed effect now ignores the target's
armor. Cooldown reduced from 20s to 15s.
* Cutting Slash: The bleed effect now ignores the target's
armor.
* Cunning Ruse: Now lasts 20s, up from 15s.
* Enrage: Updated the tooltip to indicate that its damage is
a bleed effect.
* Primal Lucidity: Damage has been increased.
* Fury Unleashed: Its bonus effect now be multiplies up to a
max of 5 times instead of 6 times.
PALADIN
* Reverent Protection: Now applies absorption to group members
with the lowest HP by percentage. The amount absorbed has been increased.
* Pacification: Now causes Pacifying Strike to reduce damage
taken by 1-3%.
* Protector's Fury: Now also causes Righteous Fury to reduce
damage taken by 1% per stack.
* Light's Benediction: Now deals Life damage and reduces
damage taken by 7%.
* Unyielding Defense: Now also reduces damage taken from
spells by 3-9%.
PARAGON
* Double Jeopardy: No longer has an internal cooldown
between triggers.
* Swift Finesse: Now increases the damage of Flurry and
Reaping Harvest by 15-30%.
* Strike Like Iron: Now increases all damage by 25%, lasts 1
hour, and is no longer a finisher.
* Flurry: Now deals the right amount of damage over 6s.
REAVER
* Crest of Consumption: No longer increases healing done by
Soul Feast by 20%. Now, it increases healing received by 20%.
* Binding of Shadow: Now also reduces damage taken from
spells by 3%.
* Power From the Masses: Now reduces damage taken by 1-5%.
* Ethereal Bond: Now also reduces damage taken from spells
by 1-3%.
* Crest of the Shadow: Amount absorbed has been increased.
* Walks with Death: Now also reduces damage taken from
spells by 2-6%.
RIFTBLADE
* Planar Blade: Increases the damage of Riftblade attacks by
5%. Fixed a typo on the tooltip to no longer reference Rift Summon.
* Rift Implosion: Updated the ability tooltip to clearly
indicate what the "Implosion Surge" effect does.
* Flamespear: Updated the tooltip to not include its max
damage.
* Scald: Enemies damaged by Icy Burst while under the
effects of Fiery Burst now take 10/20/30% of Attack Power as Air Damage, down
from 10/30/60% of Attack Power.
* Icy Burst: Damage has been reduced.
* Fiery Burst: Damage has been reduced.
TEMPEST
* Enhanced Conductivity: The debuff from Enhanced
Conductivity now increases damage taken from the Warrior by 2%.
VOID KNIGHT
* Accord of Shifting: Now also reduces damage taken from
spell by 0.5% per Pact.
* Unstable Void: No longer reduces damage taken from spells
by 15%. Instead, it reduces damage taken by 5%.
* Rift Distortion: Now also reduces damage taken from spells
by 4%.
* Surging Touch: Now also reduces damage taken from spells
by 1-2%.
* Protective Shield: Absorption from Protective Shield has
been increased.
* Power Shield: Fixed a tooltip error.
* Surging Touch: Now also reduces damage taken from spells
by 2-4%.
ZONES
* Relocated some floating and inaccessible artifacts.
* New players in the starting zone with access to summonable
Mailboxes or Personal Bankers can now use those abilities without restriction.
* Players in the Terminus or Old Mathosia tutorial zones
will have any outstanding quests autocompleted after leaving them.
* Players can now reset their talent trees and buy new roles
by speaking to class trainers in Mathosia and Terminus.
ASHORA
* Volan Fight: Adventurers who don't play with music on will
now have a better audio experience than they had before. Additional sound
effects have been added.
* Tomb of the Consort: Six of the Tomb Guardians now
properly path inside of the tomb.
BREVANE
* Updated images of Porticulum locations.
FREEMARCH
* Anchor Defenders will no longer chase players over great
distances.
* Quest: The Means of the Endless: Anchors now reset aggro
at a greater distance.
IRON PINE PEAKS
* Players can now use mounts in the Scriptorium.
KINGDOM OF PELLADANE
* Guardians can now find a Grandmaster Butcher trainer at
Ferric Harbor alongside the other profession trainers.
MORBAN
* Quest: Escape Artists: Players can no longer get caught in
the cages.
* Quest: Eye Spy: Fixed an issue where players who
teleported while channeling on the Spy Droids would not be able to complete the
quest without first logging out.
* Quest: Great Works: Fixed an issue that could cause line
of sight issues when attacking the Eye of the Worm statue.
* Quest: Shuttering Production: Fixed a typo in the quest
summary.
* Carnage: Bone Minions: Refuse Feeders spawned by the quest
Bone Minions now count towards the quest's completion.
* Shapers End: Fixed an issue allowing NPCs to get caught in
the terrain.
SCARWOOD REACH
* The Mushroom Soup achievement messaging should now be more consistent.
* Rabbits in some caves around Keenblade Mill act a little
less like... rabbits...
SCARLET GORGE
* Kira and Uriel will no longer chase Guardian players
across the entire zone.
* The quest reward
"Adriana's Tumbling Deflector" is now "Adriana's Enduring
Clasp" and will occasionally proc a Heal Over Time effect on hit instead
of reducing fall damage.
SERATOS
* IA: Reduced Norelth's damage across most of his abilities.
* Zone Event: Secrets of the Deep: Should now be more
forgiving about passing out rewards.
* Valley of Bones: Added a short quest line to this area.
SILVERWOOD
* Quest: Lord of the Fae: Fixed an issue that would
sometimes cause Makirn to not respawn properly.
* Added a Carnage quest to Silverpaw at Point Solitude.
* Vespid Hives no longer instantly heal when attacked by
players more than 30m away.
* Quest: Digging Up Weeds: The quest giving object no longer
sparkles deceptively for players that have completed or are currently
completing this quest.
* Erford Deeprock in Quicksilver College is now much less
likely to abandon his post and go missing.
* Removed a Mirror Conspirator out of a rock at Mirror of
Ages.
* Dolan Ashwalker at Argent Glade will no longer instantly
respawn.
SHIMMERSAND
* Zone Event: Infernal Awakening: Now displays friendly
beacons on the map again.
STEPPES OF INFINITY
* Zone Event: Champions of the Firestorm: There is now a 25
second charging period when players acquire Planar Rifles.
* Zone Event: Fortress Defense: General Blythe will no
longer become unattackable.
STILLMOOR
* The "Night Terrors" will now always contribute
to the achievement Stillmoor Defender.
DUNGEONS AND RAIDS
* The Expert Dungeon Daily now gives 783,000 Alternate
Advancement XP.
* Endless Eclipse: Audio updates to Regulos & Zareph's
encounter, including ability and ambiance.
* Frozen Tempest: Gelidra can no longer be slain while
Amrian is alive.
* Tower of the Shattered: Expert: Fixed an issue that
prevented General Thunderscar's lightning beams from appearing after he cast
Fury of the Thunder.
PVP/WARFRONTS
* Library of the Runemaster: Defiants should no longer be
facing the wall when taking the teleport down.
* Conquest: Increased the distance at which Extractors may
be engaged in melee combat.
CRAFTING
* You can now preview the item that will be crafted from
recipes!
* All dungeon-dropped recipes can now be sold to a vendor.
* All high-skill level runes now highlight the equipment
that they can enchant.
* Armorsmith: Comfortable, Thick, Heavy, Medium and Thin
Padding now reduces the time to mount by 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2% respectively.
* Fishing: The Twisted Lure now fishes up twisted artifacts
in Brevane and Dusken. Like the Rare Fish Lure, it will not work in Tempest Bay,
which has neither rare fish nor twisted artifacts to be lured.
* Most profession-related quests will now appear under the
Profession header in your Quest Log.
* Lustrous runes can now be applied to items that are
equip-level 60.
DIMENSIONS
* You can now have more than one active dimension per
character. Everyone now starts with two, and you can purchase additional
dimension slots.
* New dimensions are available: Hailol, Temple of the
Abandoned, Edge of Infinity, and Endless Eclipse!
* Dimensions can now be upgraded with credits.
* All dimensions now have a new tier of limits which doubles
its previous maximum capacity. The cost for this new tier varies by dimension.
* If you've ever wanted to live in a bogling hut or
Shimmersand dome, now you can! Dimension objects with interiors can now be
found at the new building vendor in Tempest Bay, or look in the Rift Store
under Dimensions > Buildings.
* There are now pre-made walls, stairs, doors, floors,
roofs, and windows that you can use to build your dream mansion. You can find
them under Dimensions > Building Blocks in the Rift Store, or at the vendor
in Tempest Bay.
* Added hundreds of new dimension items including fences,
garden walls, magitech items, mushrooms that create clearings, Hailol floral
trees, household items, and decorations. Browse the store to your heart's
content!
* New achievements can be earned by owning dimensions and by
placing a certain number of dimension items in your, your guild's, and your
friends' dimensions.
* Lock boxes: Dimension item lock boxes grant six or more
dimension items including at least two items of uncommon rarity or better.
* Dimension sky projectors now cover the entire dimension.
ITEMS
* All notoriety rewards in Storm Legion have been made Bind
on Account!
* Many trinkets now have upgrade paths.
* The stats on Pus-Proof Greaves have been corrected.
* Artifact Set: Telaran Wedding Mementos – Now properly
categorized as Collectibles in the Auction
* Members of the same party that are from different factions
can now share feasts.
* The original pre-order runes can now be applied to offhand
and costume held items.
* The collectible books from the starting area can now also
be found in various locations in Sanctum.
* Level 60 Epic Greater Essences are now more useful to a
greater variety of souls.
* Valmeras and Eldritch Steeds no longer have a faction
requirement.
* 2-Handed weapons in Storm Legion have been upgraded to
inherit additional stats.
AUDIO
* Added death sounds to a faerie model that previously had
none.
* The sound of snares have been improved in Morban's Pus
Swamp.
* Added sounds when opening a lootable chest or bag.
UI/SETTINGS
* Fixed an issue that prevented the intro movies from
playing properly.
* The exit button is now disabled in Dimensions for those
who are in combat.
* Dwarves should be able to preview mounts with better
results now.
* Overhead text will no longer become invisible when
Supersampling is enabled and Fullscreen FX is disabled.
* Fixed a bug that caused item names to not display
correctly in the Upgrade Item UI.
* Added target-centered decorator for AOE macros: /cast @gtae
AOEABILITY , /use @gtae ITEMNAME.
* Increased the maximum number of Macro Slots a character
can have to 100.
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RIFT 2.2 Hot Fix #17 - 06/05/13
ZONES
FREEMARCH
* Quest: Aiding the Injured: Fixed an issue that could cause
the Defiant Medics at King's Retreat to become non-responsive, and therefore
unable to start the quest.
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RIFT 2.2 Hot Fix #16 - 6/3/13
GENERAL
* Guild Banks have been re-enabled
ZONES
* Iron Pine Peaks Quest: Emmisary to the Icewatch - Should
now work much more reliably!
* Steppes of Infinity Quest: Releasing the Flames - Infused
Storm Crystals will now respawn separately from the Cloudburst Mystics. In
addition the Embodied Living Flames will now kill the Cloudburst Mystics at a
faster rate.
* Seratos Instant Adventure: Logical Conclusion - Dead
Researchers & Research Papers can now be found in greater abundance.
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RIFT 2.2 Hot Fix #15 - 5/29/13
ZONES
* Steppes of Infinity: Move a rare spawn, The Watcher,
further away from the Drakes in Vengeful Sky.
QUESTS
* Freemarch: Worth a Thousand Words: Fixed an issue where
logging out between quest objectives would remove the Chronolink from the quest
tracker.
* Droughtlands: The Saga of the Wanton Maw: The Crystalline
Thrall spawned by Bouldergut no longer grants experience or items when killed.
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RIFT 2.2 Hot Fix #14 - 5/22/13
QUESTS
* Morban: Added additional map markers for the quest Blast
Away to help pinpoint the location of the cannons.
ZONES
* Morban: Reduced Draelock’s damage across most of his
abilities.
* Steppes of Infinity: For the instant adventure Capture
Commanders, Antapo Commanders will now despawn two minutes after being
captured. Additionally, if a Commander gets stuck in the terrain, it will
despawn if the player moves far enough away.
* Steppes of Infinity: Fixed an issue during The Craft of
Conflict zone event that could result in players not receiving credit if their
characters die fighting the Nug Battler Nug .
CALLINGS
* Shaman: Vicious Streak now increases the critical chance
of all abilities.
* Inquisitor: Radical Coalescence is now removed if the
Inquisitor dies.
* Sentinel: Damage from Wrathful Exuberance is now reduced
in PVP.
* Sentinel: Damage procs from Wrathful Exuberance now have a
35 meter range.
* Harbinger: Lucent Slash no longer requires a target in
order to use.
* Harbinger: Phantom Blades no longer requires you to be
facing your target in order to cast.
ADDONS
* Fixed a problem with Dimension "add" and
"remove" events for addons not always working properly.
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RIFT 2.2 Hot Fix #13 - 5/15/13
GENERAL
* Raid assistants can now invite instead of recommend invite
via the unit frame menu, and non-assistants can now recommend invite.
* Fixed an issue causing Hellbugs to do more damage than
intended to other NPCs in the Invasive Species rift.
* The Hellbug Monarch from the Invasive Species rift is no
longer immune to taunt.
* Fixed the Skywarped Talon mob spawning with no health in
the Runecrafting crafting rift.
CALLINGS
WARRIOR
Beastmaster
* Calliope’s Beastmaster Crystal: The 4 piece bonus buff
triggered by Messy Wounds now last 30s, up from 15s.
Tempest
* Discharged Defenses: The tooltop for Discharged Defenses
has been corrected, it now correctly reads that its buff causes Warrior attacks
to ignore some of the target’s armor and resistance.
ROGUE
Bladedancer
* Blade Hustle: Now increases the damage of your next Quick
Strike or Precision Strike by 5-15% per stack, up from 3-9% per stack.
* Blade Hustle: Now stacks up to 5 times, down from 10
times.
Nightblade
* Living Flame: Now applies Fiery Spike onto affected
enemies.
DUNGEONS AND RAIDS
* A Hero Rises – Queen Miela will no longer become stuck
before the War Machine boss appears.
* Abyssal Precipice - In standard mode, the damage from
Kaler Andrenos's Ice Geyser has been significantly reduced.
* Endless Eclipse: Kain – All eligible players should now
receive the “Cannibal Corpse” achievement per kill, instead of just one.
* Fall of Lantern Hook: Quest – Wash it Away: Quest targets
should now always appear when entering a fresh normal instance of the dungeon.
ITEMS
* Possible fix for cloak crash implemented.
ZONES
* Ashora: Onslaught: Fixed invasion mobs that wandered through
walls in the Valley of Iron
* Eastern Holding: Fixed some rift locations in Eastern
Holdings that were not displaying on the main map.
* Iron Pine Peak: Adjusted the fail-state footholds during
the Army of the Wind zone event to be less punishing to respawning players.
* Seratos: A Walk in the Park: Arlaun Merkur will now avoid
potential footholds more efficiently.
* Seratos: Instant Adventure: Reduced Ibtok's damage across
most of his abilities.
* Silverwood: Fixed a rift location in Silverwood that was
spawning Hellbugs in strange locations
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RIFT 2.2 Hot Fix #12 - 5/7/13
GENERAL
* The Hellbug companion items Phero, Blurple, and Skitt are
now Bind on Account.
* Fixed an issue causing some players to be unable to see
Sliver entrances or Twisted Artifacts when using Quantum/Omen Sight after
joining an instance on another shard.
CALLINGS
WARRIOR
Riftblade
* Rift Spear: Now an Area of Effect ability, due to this it
will be affected by any damage bonuses and penalties to AoE attacks.
CRAFTING
* Grandmaster Artificer Supply Chest no longer drops
Unerupted Teeth or Collagen Struts
* Flying fish in Silverwood have been put back underwater.
They were not cleared for takeoff.
* Stuffed Mushrooms and Chilled Octopus can now be crafted
at the same skill it takes to learn the recipes
USER INTERFACE
* NPC's (usually raid encounters) killed by an offline
player should now drop loot for the group upon their defeat. There may be a short
delay before the loot appears if the player remains offline.
* Fixed a bug causing some players to hide the NPC's in
addition to players when enabling "Hide Players" - woops!
* Using /dumpguild command will now only export data visible
to a player based on their rank in the guild.
ZONE
Ashora
* Optheron Quest - Terminal Transmission: Fixed a bug
causing only one player to get credit when completing the objective with others
who are not in your group.
Ardent Domain
* Instant Adventure: Fixed an issue that caused some
Auditorium Carnos creatures to spawn underground.
Steppes of Infinity
* Fixed an issue with a Defiant respawn point at The
Infinity Gate that could cause player ghosts to get stuck inside it.
* Static Veil Onslaught: Creatures have been repositioned
around the area to allow the invasions to have easier access. You asked for it!
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RIFT 2.2 Hot Fix #11 - 5/1/13
FEATURED
* Hungry, hungry Hellbugs have crash landed in RIFT from the
DEFIANCE universe! A new fire rift named "Invasive Species" now has a
chance to appear in all zones. Completing the unstable stages of this rift
offers a chance at acquiring any of three different types of hellbug mounts and
companions, including the extremely rare Toxic Hellbug.
ITEMS
* Fixed an issue where objects without a cooldown sometimes
displayed cooldown time left.
* Fixed a crash that occurred when comparing an equipped
item with another item that has a very large number of stats.
QUESTS
* Freemarch: Water Saga Quest - Solace Cabal: Fixed a case
that breaks scripting when players immediately aggro mobs after starting event.
* Steppes of Infinity: Ice Heart: Fixed an issue that would
cause Atos to become stuck in a cast loop
CONQUEST
* Fixed an issue with respawns which could sometimes cause
players to fall through the geometry.
CALLINGS
CLERIC
* Sentinel: Fullness of Life no longer causes Wrathful
Exuberance to proc damage
ROGUE
* Assassin: Leaping Plunge: Now roots the enemy target for
2s.
Marksman:
* Rapid Fire Shot: Now costs 16 Energy, down from 24 Energy.
* Decoy: No longer on global cooldown.
* Electrified Munitions, Static Shock Munitions: No longer
trigger damage and healing effects like Dark Armor, Warlock Armor and Curative
Engine; similar to Assassin Poisons and Nightblade Weapon Enchantments.
* Deadeye Shot: Damage has been increased.
WARRIOR
*Paragon: Defensive Maneuver: Fixed a bug where Defensive
Maneuver is unusable when Way of the Mountain is active.
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RIFT 2.2 Hot Fix #10 - 4/14/13
GENERAL
* Players who rejoined a guild created by a different
faction than their own will now have the correct faction displayed next to
their names in the roster.
* Fixed a bug that could cause some players to crash when
loading.
CONQUEST
* Optimized respawning within Conquest maps and fixed a
problem which would cause players to get stuck when teleporting to Caer Mathos
during matches.
DUNGEONS AND RAIDS
* Endless Eclipse: Regulos - Shambling Nightmare can no
longer critically hit on normal attacks.
* Endless Eclipse: Kain (Hard Mode) - Fixed an issue that
would allow the Deathbound Bloodthieves to break their "dead"
animation before they resurrect.
* Archive of Flesh: Collision added in Cahail's room to
prevent players from completely avoiding Frenzied Embrace.
* Exodus of the Storm Queen: Fixed issue that would prevent
the "Hot Lead, Cold Steel" event from re-starting on a reset.
* Exodus of the Storm Queen: Fixed an issue that would
prevent players from using the exit portal after beginning the "Hot Lead,
Cold Steel" quest but not yet begun the fight against Dominax.
ZONES
* Ashora: The "Aquatic Blessing Statues" near
Majeric Tower should function once again.
SOULS
WARRIORS
PARAGON
* Calliope's Paragon Synergy Crystal: The additional damage
from Death Touch has been reduced to 2400 in PvP with the 4 piece set bonus.
BEASTMASTER
* Bond of Shelter: Fixed a bug where Bond of Shelter is
removed when the player zones, and removed the tooltip text that indicates it
lasts for 1 hr.
* Bond of Shelter: Will no longer remove quest disguises.
PALADIN
* Interfere: Fixed a bug where the effect tooltip of
Interfere was displaying as Kick.
MAGES
CHLOROMANCER
* Prion's Chloromancer Crystal: 4 piece set bonus now procs
off of damage ticks of Void Life and initial damage from Vile Spores and Ruin.
Duration of the buff has been increased to 15 seconds.
DOMINATOR
* Fixed an issue where casting Reflective Presence while
another Charge consumer was active, such as Arresting Presence, would cause
Reflective Presence to cost 0 Charge.
HARBINGER
* Lightning Blade, Luminous Weapon and Reaper's Blade can no
longer be purged.
PYROMANCER
* Improved Fireball: Fixed an issue where Improved Fireball
wasn't correctly affecting Ranks 11 - 14 of Fireball.
* Fireball: Reduced damage slightly.
* Removed the shared cooldown between Fusillade and
Extinguish.
* Flame Volley: Can now be channeled while moving.
* Inferno: Can now be cast on enemies below 40% health; up
from 30%.
* Spark: Now reduces the mana cost of non-instant Fire
spells by 4/8/12/16/20%.
* Spark: Also reduces the cast time of Fire spells by
4/8/12/16/20%.
* Extinguish: Reduced its cooldown to 20 seconds.
* Extinguish: No longer requires a target to cast and no
longer considers Combust stacks to determine number of procs.
* Combust: Had its damage reduced.
* Flame Rupture: Is now removed when the enemy dies.
* Glyphs of Power: Now provides its damage bonus full time,
instead of only when standing still.
STORMCALLER
* Ride the Wind: Had its cooldown removed.
* Ride the Wind: Now costs 30 Charge to cast and lasts 10
seconds, but no longer consumes Charge while active.
* Slightly increased the radius of the AOE effects of Forked
Lightning and Lightning Field.
* Prion's Stormcaller Crystal: 2 piece set bonus no longer
has an internal cooldown on the buff proc.
WARLOCK
* Contaminate: no longer blocks Sacrifice Life: Damage from
being cast.
CLERICS
INQUISITOR
* Soul Drain: Increased the movement speed of the
projectiles.
* Soul Drain: Now requires line of sight to the initial
target in order to cast.
PURIFIER
* Eruption: Now deals damage based on the Cleric's Spell
Power whenever the Cleric applies an absorb to the buffed ally.
SENTINEL
* Liberty of Thought: Now appears grayed out unless you have
an effect it will remove on you.
* Wrathful Exuberance: Now deals damage to the buffed ally's
target equal to 75% of the amount healed.
* Wrathful Exuberance: Now deals damage on both healing and
overhealing.
WARDEN
*Qil's Warden Crystal: 2 piece set bonus now procs off of
both Soothing Stream and Healing Flood.
* Reduced the cooldown of Orbs of the Stream and Orbs of the
Tide to 30 seconds.
* Healing Effusion: Mana cost has been reduced.
* Under Pressure: Now increases damage done with Call of the
Depths and Geyser by 20/40/60%.
* Ripple: Reduced the cooldown to 30 seconds.
* Overflowing Renewal: Reduced the cast time to 2 seconds.
* Dangers of the Deep: The buff from this ability now also
increases the duration of heal over time spells by 1 second per stack.
* Bosun's Blessing: Now also increases damage by 10%.
* Shared Excess: Now instant cast.
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RIFT 2.2 Hotfix #9.5 - 4/18/13
GENERAL
* The Moonshade Pools Dimension key is now available on
Woody Cook in Tempest Bay!
* Relic items have had their drop rates updated to help
normalize distribution across Callings.
* Endless Eclipse: Matriatch of Pestilence: Fixed the
Wayward Sons achievement not being granted to dead players.
* Teleporting within Conquest maps is now instant, and
should not result in a loading screen.
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RIFT 2.2 Hotfix #9 - 4/17/13
GENERAL
* Corrected the delay of your Conquest Point total being
updated on login - it no longer waits 60 seconds before updating.
* Crafting: Recipe scrolls for recipes that were previously
given from quests can now be sold to vendors (including Recipe: Reinforced
Leather). These recipes are currently taught by crafting trainers instead.
* Updates to the ability bar system to reduce the chance of
ability buttons vanishing.
* Fixes for server lag issues introduced with the last
patch.
ZONES
* Carnival of the Ascended zone events no longer appear in
Cape Jule and Pelladane.
ENDLESS ECLIPSE
* Kain - Hard Mode:
- Lowered health of
Deathbound Bloodthieves.
- Increased the time
between a Deathbound Bloodthief being killed and it self-resurrecting.
- Lowered damage
reduction of Call of the Dead to 5%.
STEPPES OF INFINITY
* Craft of Conflict: Added a visible timer to the event.
* Champions of the Firestorm: Added a visible timer to the
event. Reduced the number of Rifts to close in Phase 1 to one. Increased the
number of Infinity Stones granted from Phase 3 to five.
* Champions of the Firestorm: Slightly reduced the hit
points of Thazuls Ra, Bron, and Gar.
SOULS
* Beastmaster: Cutting Ruse, Primal Lucidity: Reduced Power
cost.
* Beastmaster: Tearing Slash: Fixed a bug where the
ability's damage and its Attack Power contribution was not included in the
final damage of the Bleed effect. The base damage of the Bleed effect has been
reduced.
* Paladin: Kick: Renamed to Interfere. The tooltip and
combat log are still showing the name as Kick.
* Paragon: Calliope's Paragon Crystal: Now instantly deals
8,000 damage when Death Touch is triggered.
* Pyromancer: Flame Rupture: Fixed a multi-stacking issue
with this ability.
* Tempest: Delayed Blast: Corrected the tooltip to properly
indicate that Delayed Blast lasts 15 seconds and not 1 minute.
* Warlord: Thick of Battle: Fixed a bug where the debuff is
being removed when applied by multiple Warlords. The debuff from Thick of
Battle should now be stackable.
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