| Patch | ||
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| Release date (US) | 3 Mar 2011 8:00am PST | |
| Version | 28-9a | |
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RIFTS AND INVASIONS
- 'Seal' and 'Close' Rift quest objectives will now be obtainable even in large groups of players participating in the Rift.
COMBAT
- Increased the damage reduction bonus to players from Toughness against Expert Dungeon and Raid mobs.
- Increased the amount of Critical Hit bonus damage for Expert Dungeon and Raid mobs.
ARCHON
- Mental Flare: Now returns 30% of the caster's maximum mana pool over 10 seconds.
ZONES
- Newly Ascended Defiants who die near the wall between Freemarch and Silverwood will no longer respawn in Silverwood.
- Scarwood Reach: Defiants should now be able to activate the Ancient Wardstone in the Shatterbone Mountains.
WARFRONTS
- Improved AFK kicking in Warfronts.
ITEMS
- Adjusted the Plaques of Achievement drops for second tier Expert dungeons. Individual bosses now drop fewer Plaques, while completing the zone quest awards additional Plaques.
- Several Greater Essences had their effect disabled due to a bug. These no longer heal for the entire amount per tick, and their effects have been re-enabled once more: Glowing Planar Seed, Gleaming Life Crystal, Crystal Vine, Cauterizing Crystal, Gleaming Stone Seed, Spring Rain Crystal, [Cauterizing Shard], Glowing Water Droplet, and Sparkling Extraplanar Gem.
UI/SETTINGS
- You may now use group member portraits as targets when casting a spell that requires you to select a target ('glowy hand' mode).
- Hovering over group member portraits will cause their character to become highlighted in the game world.
- Item discovery messages now display the discoverer's guild.
- Guild logs will correctly show the name of server first achievements earned.
Undocumented Changes
- Runebreak has been temporarily disabled due to an exploit.