RIFT 2.6: Hotfix #6 2/26/14

RIFT 2.6: Hotfix #6 2/26/14 == FEATURES == The Carnival Returns! For the third year in a row, the Carnival is in Telara! The festivities start on February 27th at 3:30PM server time, and it runs until March 13th. GENERAL * Radiant Infinity Cells are now Bind on Account! * Fixed another bug that could cause the chat systems to go offline. * Work done on Conquest chat to make it more reliable. * Fixed a bug that would cause the player's location to not update. * Fixed a bug that would prevent players from properly passing lockout barriers while play cross-shard. * Fixed a bug with the translation of "the Speechless" title in French and German. * Fixed a rare crash that could happen when equipping helms. * City guide NPCs can now direct players to Dream Weaver skill trainers. RIFT STORE AND SERVICES * Bundles of Raid 1 Weapons are now available under Equipment > Bundles! * Bundles of Raid 1 Armor are now available under Equipment > Bundles. * Escalating versions of Eldritch Steeds, Vaiyuus, and Yarnosaurs are now available in the mount section of the store. SOULS CLERIC DEFILER * Link of Agony: Now intercepts 20% of damage in PVP. It still intercepts 30% damage in PVE. * Link of Suffering: Now intercepts 15% of damage in PVP. It still intercepts 20% damage in PVE. MAGE NECROMANCER * Soul Bond: Now intercepts 20% of damage in PVP. It still intercepts 30% damage in PVE. WARRIOR * Brothers in Arms: Now intercepts 10% of damage in PVP. It still intercepts 15% damage in PVE. ZONES SERATOS * Thinned the population of the Mired Convoy. * Reduced the agro range of Storm Legion Gun Emplacements in the Mired Convoy. * Thinned the population of Camp Talon. STEPPES OF INFINITY * Bloodfire Incursion raid rift: - The quest has been converted into a collect quest. - Thralls now despawn when Korag resets or dies. - The Bloodfire Rager's Blast Off ability can no longer be reflected. * Thinned the population of Storm Legion soldiers, Leach Handlers, and constructs in The Infinity Gate. * Quest: Overcharger: Reduced the respawn rate of Storm Legion Capacitors. * Quest: Overcharger: Storm Legion Soldiers guarding the Capacitors no longer despawn when the Capacitors explode. THE DENDROME * The Hell's Insurgents raid rift quest has been converted into a collect quest. DUNGEONS AND INSTANCES * Storm Legion dungeons now have a minimum level required to enter. * Dominance leaderboards have been added for the big bads of Storm Legion. Compete to achieve the fastest kill time on Crucia, Regulos, Ultane, Volan (Infinity Gate), and Planebreaker Abominus. INFINITY GATE * Volan: No longer damages players after he has been defeated in phase two. REALM OF TWISTED DREAMS * Atrophinius - Now resets when brought out of his fight space. - Flask of Dreamshine now travels much slower. CRAFTING * Added two new leaderboards for the Dream Weaver under Crafting! ITEMS * For the sake of convenience, as well as your bag space, upgrade components can now be stacked. * Relic Tanking Weapons from Infinity Gate and Planebreaker Bastion have received some stat rebalancing, giving more Endurance to Warrior and Cleric versions. * A Raid 1 DPS sword has been added for Rogues - the Ascended's Sublime Sword. * Reinforced Ascended's Sublime Sword and Reinforced Ascended's Eternal Sword are no longer unique equip.

RIFT 2.6: Hotfix #5 2/20/14

RIFT 2.6: Hotfix #5 2/20/14 == FEATURES == Bloodfire Raid Rifts There are new raid rifts in Steppes of Infinity and The Dendrome. Try your hand against Hell's Insurgents, or put an end to the Bloodfire Incursion! GENERAL * Addressed an issue that would cause ability lag to be worse than normal. QUESTS * Air Saga: The following quests now reset more reliably. - Revenge of Yor - A Royal Summons - Chasing the Wind PVP AND WARFRONTS * Conquest: - Both the final boss and the conquest chest have been moved to the Eye of Regulos!

RIFT 2.6: Hotfix #4 2/19/14

RIFT 2.6: Hotfix #4 2/19/14 GENERAL * No longer will hostile NPCs pay extra close attention to anyone that tries to resurrect their slain prey. IE: That pesky resurrection aggro bug has been fixed! * Server broadcasts no longer require the chat server to be online. * Possibly fixed a crash that could occur when loading or playing cutscenes. * Putting a player on ignore will now prevent their /yell, /say, and /emote chat from showing. * Players will now correctly have their ascended mentor level set to an appropriate level when entering a dungeon through the LFG queue. * Fixed a bug that would soemtimes prevent the game from properly updating player locations. * Zone Events will no longer be so confused about their life choices, and will opnly open rifts of the appropriate elements. RIFT STORE AND SERVICES * Good news, everyone! Mounts acquired from lockboxes are now tradable. * Mounts that are acquired from lockboxes, as well as mounts that are purchased off the store directly, are now unlocked for all characters on the account once learned. - We will be retroactively granting mount unlocks to players that have previously obtained or purchased these premium mounts. Stay tuned for more info! * Patron Changes: - Patron Boosts now stack with all other boosts! - Weekly Patron Gifts now drop Budgie Supply Crates instead of Greenscale's Supply Crates. * The generic World Event Vendor NPCs have been removed from the game. PVP AND WARFRONTS * Conquest Power version number increased to 3 – this means that people joining conquest after it is turned back on will have 100,000 power added to that character. * Updated how the conquest reward chest works to prevent exploitation. QUESTS * Air Saga: - All Air Saga quests should now say "Cult Saga" above the quest text. - Quest: Rite of the Mind: Archivist Aristoi will no longer quiz any and all about the history of Iron Pine Peak. - Quest: Nothing Stays Lost: Greatly increased the loot rates of Useful Discarded Parchments. * Water Saga: - Quest: Unworking the Ritual: Now drops for players higher than level 50. MORBAN * Shaper Defenders no longer grant loot or XP when killed. CRAFTING DREAM WEAVER * Certain book page artifacts (those purchasable at special vendors) are no longer salvageable.

RIFT 2.6: Hotfix #3 2/16/14

RIFT 2.6: Hotfix #3 2/16/14 GENERAL * Guild chat now works more reliably for transferred guilds. * Faction based chat now works correctly on PVP servers. * Fixed two issues that could cause the chat services to crash. * When the chat services restart, all players are now correctly notified when basic and full functionality is restored. * Slightly increased the drop rate of Bounty Artifacts. * Fixed a crash that could occur on 32-bit operating systems that were low on memory. CRAFTING DREAM WEAVER * Good news! Reva Song has trained a pair of Grandmaster Dream Weavers who have left Tempest Bay to share Dream Weaving with Mathosia. Halucinacio has set up shop on Bahralt Street in Sanctum, and Imagi Song has found a spot in the Manufactory in Meridian.