Patch Notes 52.03 – Rise of the Warrior

Warriors in particular will jump for joy starting Tuesday, 7^th February: Patch 52 holds a revision of their class in store for them. In addition, you'll also find simplified use of noctenium infusions, new equipment for your head, and a few changes to guild missions.

Harrowhold

• Fixed problem triggered by removing an effect too fast in Phase 4
• Fixed problem that caused the Dust and Flame Warning effects not to be triggered in Phase 3
• Removed the Velik's Blessing effect, which increased the damage of the Scythe warrior skill

Classes

Warrior

Like the Archer and the Sorcerer, the Warrior has now also been reworked!

• Edge
  • Stacking is shown under your own health bar by default for better visibility. It can instead be shown under the enemy's health bar as before in the game options.
• Torrent of Blows
  • Increased skill damage by approx. 300%, no change to PvP damage
  • Protects against attacks from the front
• Rain of Blows
  • Increased skill damage and PvP damage by 6-7%
  • Reduced cooldown from 7 to 6 seconds
• Poison Blade
  • Grants 2 edge per use
  • Noctenium infusion effect removed
• Leaping Strike
  • Can be used with Scythe as a chained skill
• Mangle
  • Removed
• Charging Slash
  • Increased skill damage by 10%, no change to PvP damage
• Combative Strike
  • Increased skill damage by 20%, no change to PvP damage
• Rising Fury
  • Increased skill damage by 20%
  • Removed protection against damage during use
  • Increased effectivity: The lower your HP, the more damage is inflicted
• Deadly Gamble
  • The following skills are enhanced for its duration:
  • [Rain of Blows XI] +10% additional damage and double edge stacking
  • [Blade Draw XI] +10% additional damage and double edge stacking
  • [Scythe II]: +10% skill damage and +20% range
• Smoke Aggressor
  • Sacrifice 20% of your HP to summon a spirit for 20 seconds. This spirit contains 15 times the HP sacrificed.
  • You suffer 50% less damage (20% in PvP) for the duration
  • Increased effect/summoning speed
• Traverse Cut
  • Attack speed increases by 0.9% (max. 13 stacks) with each direct hit
  • Removed reduction of enemy endurance
• Blade Draw
  • Increased skill damage by 10%
• Scythe
  • Increased skill damage by 10%
  • Carving Scythe [Rare]: Triples the chance to crit against monsters (previously only doubled)
• Assault Stance
  • In this stance, Warriors deal more damage to monsters
• [NEW] Head On
  • Increases your crit damage 1.18-fold when you attack monsters from the front

New Items

You will find details about circlets, noctenium infusions and new jewelry in this preview.

• Items that could be equipped in the previous head position are now declared costume items, and can be worn as adornments.

Guilds

• The member list now shows when a guild member was last online again.
• New emergency missions to defeat Anansha, Frygaras and Sabranak added. Time limit set to 2 hours.
• When available, these missions are shown in the list regardless of the filtering.
• A message is sent when one of the three opponents appears.
• The monster is only available on Channel 1.
• Every guild can accept the quest and participate in it.
• The enemy disappears again after 2 hours. A message is also sent when this happens.
• Days and times at which guild quests can be issued:

User Interface

• Added new window for refining noctenium infusions
• A banner regarding the revision of the Warrior is shown at character selection.

Regional Changes

• Content in the Balderian Bivalve Token has been removed.
• Focused Diadem added as potential loot into Banyaka’s Rootlocked Treasure.