TEST SERVER / Final Beta Preview Patch #3 / Version 1.0.296 - REV 54806 / 21 July 2016

Fixes/improvements

• The positions of the King's and Queen's continents on the world map has been switched!
• Made shipping lines visible on the world map.
• Repair stations now properly visible on cluster map.
• Removed fast travel from lawless continent.
• Added fast travel between Royal continents.
• Rebalanced offhands:
  • Book now increases cast speed.
  • Orb now increases max energy and energy regen.
  • Horn movement speed boost reduced.
  • Shield threat bonuses equalised across all types.
  • Tower Shield defense bonus increased.
• Fixed an issue with effect scales not being reset.
• Adjusted Destiny Board values a little; still not final.
• Fixed a problem with end-of-cast effects.
• Root Prison ability now works on rabbits. Sorry for the inconvenience.
• Balanced Fame and silver rewards from trash mobs.
• Added two Holy Staff abilities, and adjusted some ability positions/unlock orders in Holy Staff line.
• Taunt now properly interrupts ability casting.
• T4 enchanted resources now also require T3 refined resource to be refined; you can no longer avoid the need for T2/T3 resources.
• Fixed an issue where ability targeting markers weren't removed when mounting up.
• Improved Black zone UI indications.
• Fixed some issues with item quality on the market; among other things, selling to an order with a quality requirement will now sell lowest-quality qualifying items you own first.
• Morgana Knight's stun ability now correctly removed by abilities that remove CC.
• Fixed an issue where players did not correctly leave combat at the end of duels.
• Removed quality for tools, because it has no effect.
• Improved Destiny Board visuals a little.
• Fixed an issue where T2 items were consuming crafting capacity in crafting buildings.
• Fixed an issue where Destiny Board specialization nodes weren't giving proper bonuses.
• Made T4E3 (enchantment level 3) resources refinable.
• Reduced build times on buildings.
• Fixed an issue where some missions were incorrectly unavailable.
• Fast travel between starter zones is now free.
• Made Demon boss's lava bombs visible again. Previously they were too hard to avoid.
• Reduced bed, chest and table craft times by a factor of 10.
• (Almost) all dungeons and raid areas should now have proper names.
• Fixed an issue where tooltip damage numbers were incorrect.
• Load bonuses are now never scaled by cluster item power reductions.
• Overhauled laborer journals to be consistent with latest data.
• Fixed default Guild tax rate.
• Reduced max charges on lower-tier resources.
• Reduced units collected in one harvest on higher-tier resources.
• Fixed an issue where you couldn't use instant-cast abilities while using right-mouse move.
• Fixed an issue where average item power was being incorrectly calculated in UI.
• Improved auto-attack effects for staff weapons.
• Fixing Artifact Rapier having an additional E ability.
• Fixed an issue where the outer ring of Destiny Board nodes had the wrong requirements.
• Added a "Suspicious" reputation level between 0 and -250.
• Fixed many level design issues.

Balance Changes

Arcane Staffs

• Knockback Passive
  • Knockback Distance: 2.14 -> 5.34

Daggers

Reworked Lunging Stabs: It deal now damages one time. The damage scales up, when the target's health is below 40%. Removed the AR/MR buff.

• Lunging Stabs
  • Dash Speed: 20 -> 30
  • Dash Range: 9m -> 13m
  • Energy Cost: 14 -> 17

Frost Staffs

• Hail
  • Cast Time: 1s -> 0s
  • Cooldown: 30s -> 15s
  • Damage per Wave: 73.13 -> 131.63

• Blizzard
  • Uptime: 15s -> 10s 
  • Adjusted the travel speed: It still covers the same distance, but it moves faster)

Holy Staffs

Also note ability changes mentioned in fixes list!

• Knockback Passive
  • Knockback Distance: 2.14 -> 5.34

Quarter Staffs

• Fatal Blade
  • It now also reduces the target's Crowd Control Resistance on hit.
  • Added a mini knockback on impact.