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Game Patches

05 August 2008

Version: 17.20080723.3T

COMBINED NOTES

Chat

  • Fixed an issue where a player would not receive tells or see team chat messages as they were zoning.

Invention

  • Stupefy: Chance for Knockback: This recipe’s description should now be consistent with the enhancement’s description, describing both as being knockback not knockdown.

  • Gaussian’s Synchronized Fire-Control should now properly be a Unique enhancement.

  • Location targeted powers slotted with Pacing of the Turtle, Dark Watcher’s Despair or Induced Coma enhancement sets chance for -recharge will no longer affect the caster.

  • Fixed several typos in IO Set enhancement descriptions which stated “this enhancement my be”, which should have been “this enhancement may be.”

  • Set bonuses that state they increase “Movement Speed” will now boost the base movement of the character instead of enhancing movement speed boosting powers.

Powers

  • Fire Control / Cinders - This power was allowing for range enhancements even though it’s a PBAoE power, this has been corrected. Cinders can no longer be slotted for range enhancements.

  • Updated info description of Minotaurs.

  • The Omega Device is no longer targetable by players

  • Plant Control/Entangle: This power will now correctly knock flying targets out of the air only if they are close to the ground.

  • Plant Control/Roots: This power will now correctly knock flying targets out of the air only if they are close to the ground.

  • The Warburg Nuke Chemical Burn power now correctly states that it reduces the target’s defense and not accuracy in its long help.

  • Adjusted the animation for Energy Transfer.

Tasks

  • Ouroboros missions will now issue a gold star and the proper badge upon completion

Badges and Accolades

  • Changed the name of the badge granted from Flashback challenges by buffing enemies from Valorous to Fearless.

  • Demonic Aura and Eye of the Magus: These powers had their short help changed. They previously stated these powers had a self debuff, however this was incorrect. The erroneous data in the short help was removed.

Compatibility

  • Resolved issue of certain geometry displaying black textures with Nvidia GeForce 8+ series video cards.

Gameplay

  • Fixed rare crash when rapidly transferring salvage to Base Storage.

  • Fixed rare crash when chatting in a Supergroup channel.

CITY of HEROES

Powers

Blasters

  • Blasters / Psychic Blast / Psionic Dart - This power’s long help should now accurately state that this power deals moderate damage.

  • Blasters / Psychic Blast / Mental Blast - This power’s long help should now accurately state that this power deals high damage.

  • Blasters Secondary Powers now give the correct Defiance Bonus. Honest.

Defenders

  • Cold Domination/Heat Loss: The endurance recovery buff portion of this power was granting ten times greater recovery than was intended. This has been corrected.

Scrappers

  • Martial Arts/Dragon’s Tail: Corrected the critical hit portion of this power so that it is equal to the power’s normal damage.

Peacebringers

  • All Peacebringer attacks that have a -def component will now show the debuff defense effects.

  • Luminous Blast/Radiant Strike: This power’s long help stated it dealt high damage, this was corrected to state that it deals Superior damage.

Warshades

  • Warshades / Umbral Aura / Eclipse: Use of inspirations of damage buffs will no longer increase the resistance granted by this power.

CITY of VILLAINS

Powers

Arachnos Soldiers

  • Bane Spider Armor Upgrade should no longer have brief “double application” of the Health bonus applied. This means you won’t have your Max health fluctuating any longer.

  • Wide Area Webgrenade: This power should now have target and caster hit messages.

Brutes

  • Super Reflexes/Evasion: The brute version of this power will no longer have its defense affected by attacker’s level.

  • Brute Invulneraiblity/Invincibility: This power was generating substantially more threat than was intended. It has been brought down to generate a similar amount of threat as generated by a tanker.

Masterminds

  • Masterminds / Ninjas / Call Genin - Removed Quiver FX from Mastermind Genin pets when upgraded.

  • Improved damage of Mastermind Genin Shuriken powers. They now recharge more slowly, and take slightly more endurance, as well.

  • Mastermind Ninja Jounin should work as they did with I12 Launch—all changes to their AI since have been reverted out.

  • The Ouroboros Portal will now have a description in its info if selected by a Mastermind.

  • Robotics/Pulse Rifle Blast: This power can no longer be slotted with knockback enhancements as it doesn’t have a knockback component.

  • Mastermind Soldier Medics now lose their Brawl attack when their Tier 1 upgrade is applied.  This makes them less likely to rush forward into combat.

  • Mastermind Soldier Medics no longer throw their frag grenades. Instead, they are launched from their submachinegun.

  • Mastermind Necromancy Liches Torrent power should now only do Knockdown, unless slotted with Knockback Enhancements or otherwise buffed.

Tasks

  • The Find and Assist Barracuda mission in the Temple of Waters strike force will fail if you let Barracuda get defeated.

  • Dr. Vimes will now appear in the “Kidnap Dr. Franklin Vimes” Mission.

  • The contact Darrin Wade now sells enhancements