Get ready to feel the behemoth’s fury – Vergos is back and he’s badder than ever! He returns in patch 57 with new attacks and tactics to push you to the brink. Some other familiar instances are also opening their doors once more to offer some extra spice to your dungeoneering. Meanwhile, the newly introduced dual effects system gives you an opportunity to further fine-tune your gear.
Instance Changes
The following dungeons are making a reappearance:
- Harrowhold
- Now playable as a 20-man raid
- New items added as loot to convert VM9 into VM9.5 gear
- Bathysmal Rise (Hard)
- Akeron's Inferno (Hard)
These dungeons are closing their doors:
- Timescape
- Demokron Factory (Hard)
Balancing
Brawler
- Growing Fury
- Increases power by 45 (previously 30)
- Increases crit factor by 50 (previously 30)
- Uses 250 rage per sec. (previously 300)
- Quick Dash
- The skill can be used a second time within 8 sec. The cooldown starts after the second use.
- Increased cooldown from 5 to 8 seconds
- Persistent Quick Dash (cooldown reset) changed to Energetic Quick Dash (cooldown reduction)
- Energetic Quick Dash (common, 3 glyph points): Cooldown reduced by 15%
- Energetic Quick Dash (uncommon, 3 glyph points): Cooldown reduced by 20
Changes to Civil Unrest: Velika
Changes to the way points and places in the rankings are being determined:
- 100.000.000 Points if your tower is the last one to stand
- 10.000 for destroying a tower
- 1.000 points for each 1% of your remaining tower HP
- 1 point per killed enemy player
- 500 points each minute your own tower still stands
Rewards changed
- Rank 1: Rank 1 Emblem + 50% of the Taxes + Civil Unrest Tanner Reward + Guild EXP
- Rank 2: Rank 2 Emblem + 30% of the Taxes + Civil Unrest Reward 1 + Guild EXP
- Rank 3: Rank 3 Emblem + 10% of the Taxes + Civil Unrest Reward 1 + Guild EXP
- Rank 4 - 5: 5% of the Taxes + Civil Unrest Reward 1 + Guild EXP
- Rank 6 - 10: Civil Unrest Reward 2 + Guild EXP
- Rank 11 - 20: Civil Unrest Reward 3 + Guild EXP
Other Changes
- Dual effects now available – check out the full details in this preview!
- Blocking other players now requires confirmation
- Smart boxes open faster
- It is now possible to give up after 30 mins. in GvG
- A new GvG can only be started after 3 hours
- Vanguard Initiative quests can be displayed in an easier to read list view
- Items for returning players have been updated
- Entrance to SCEM gets removed
- Guile Armor added to the store for Fashion Coupons
Known Issues
- Items related to the „Star Gifts“ event display confusing cooldown times
- Glowing Chests display a cooldown which does not exist (can still be opened)
- Astral Gifts do not display a cooldown, even though they have one applied to them
Notes
- Patch 57 includes the Korean updates from 2nd March to 23rd March 2017
- Patch 58, which features the return of Manglemire, is planned for August and includes the Korean patches from 30th March to 20th April 2017
