Patch Notes: NW.315.20240520a.3
Release Notes
Localization Known issues
Astronautical Lockbox
Space Guppy School mount: In locales other than English, the Space Gupppy School mount's power tooltip incorrectly says the daze lasts 6 seconds. It's actually up to 4.5 seconds and is not reduced in PvP.
Flapjack companion: In locales other than English, Flapjack's power Crew Support incorrectly says its range is 50'. It's actually 80'.
Content and Environment
Vocath’s Base
The Curator of History has found his way to Vocath’s Base.
Future Events
Protector’s Jubilee – The drop rate of blue, purple, and orange insignias has been further increased when opening more Protector’s Bounty packs.
Combat and Powers
Companions
Support Companion Overhaul
Many supporting buffs from active companions have been revised to provide more consistent uptime over a larger area.
In general, most buff effects should have 100% uptime in an area of radius 80 around the companion; this is up from the 40-50 range that many companions used.
These buffs also re-apply, and stick for longer, if you move outside of the radius.
Buffs also now generally affect all allies, preferring players first, unless explicitly stated.
These changes affect the following companions:
Shadow Elemental
Vistani Wanderer
Angel of Protection
Bruenor Battlehammer
Drizzt Do'Urden
Minsc
Neverwinter Knight
Regis
Siegemaster
Wulfgar
Cattie-Brie
Rapid Shot 2 and Rapid Shot 3 no longer try to display on her powers page
Damage output overall increased
Passive power has been upgraded from 3% Movement Speed -> 5% Movement Speed
Cyclops War Drummer
Priority has shifted to Percussion, ensuring that he generally activates it whenever it's available
Drizzt Do'Urden
Damage and priority have been shifted to his Tempest Strike power, which keeps his DPS the same, but gives him more initial burst on combat start
Effect area for Drizzt's powers has slightly increased
Minsc
Rebalanced as a Multi-Target Companion
Minsc no longer needs to pet Boo for nearly as long before applying his buff
Minsc's buff is now only 2% Combat Advantage and Incoming Healing, but applies to all allies (not just party members)
Minsc no longer generates extra threat from his powers
Minsc's sword attacks are now all named 'Sword Meet Evil', instead of having 3 different names
Sword Meet Evil has a slightly larger effect area
Minsc's damage has been shifted to Three Hundred Pounds of Justice, giving him more burst damage on combat start
Regis
Our longstanding leader of burst damage is being brough slightly down, such that his burst is more in line with other high burst companions
Whirlwind of Blades cooldown has been decreased from 15s -> 12s, which lowers its burst damage by the same %
Whirlwind of Blades's radius had been decreased from 30 -> 25; even with this smaller radius, it is still one of the largest effect areas of any companion power
Regis's overall DPS should remain mostly unchanged
Sergeant Knox, Alphonse Knox
Knox's damage and priority have been shifted to his Reaping Strike power
Knox's Great Leap power is now explained on his character sheet
In general, Knox now deals more immediate burst damage with his Great Leap and Reaping Strike combination on combat start
Wulfgar
Damage output overall increased
Damage and priority shifted to Swing, giving him more burst damage on combat start
Zariel / Zariel the Redeemed
Shatterfall now gives Swordfall a 100% chance to increase the target's damage taken by 1% (rather than a 33% chance)
Item Powers
Lliira's Bell of Empowerment
Damage bonus increased 20% -> 30%
Tooltip updated to specify the buff's duration.
Lliira's Bell of Celerity
Effect changed to reduce your companion's cooldowns by 10 seconds.
Radiant Elven Hood
The item power, Spelljammer's Advantage, now properly functions as described.
User Interface
Wildspace
A bug that prevented text from displaying correctly for heroic encounters in Wildspace has been fixed.
