[Annonce] Patch 1.21

Les développeurs ont posté hier soir
des informations sur la version 1.2.1 qui devrait arriver sur les
serveurs de test publics la semaine prochaine.

C'est Mark Jacobs qui, fidèle à son
habitude, à posté les "Points principaux" de la version 1.2.1. Sans
plus attendre, un résumé en français :

1. Amélioration du système de combat :
   les latences entre les actions et les problèmes d'affichage des barres
   d'incantation devraient être résolus. Les combats devraient redevenir
   plus fluides.
   
2. Système d'upgrade des forts :
   un fort réclamé par une guilde sera plus puissant en fonction de ce que
   la guilde paie. Un tel système existait déjà sur le précédent titre de
   Mythic, Dark Age of Camelot.
   
3. Changements de l'interface : notamment pour les fenêtres de guilde et d'options.
   
4. Récompenses en RvR : les personnages
   qui participent à la capture d'objectifs et de forts RvR obtiendront
   des bonus à leurs capacités (buffs) et gagneront plus de renommée si la
   zone est capturée (lock).
   
5. Un nouveau scénario, la Bataille pour les Portes d'Ekrund, fera son apparition. Il est destiné aux niveaux 19 à 24.
   
6. L'événement Au-delà des sables, acte deux de l'expansion live l'Appel aux Armes, est lancé.
   
7. Corrections de bugs (en espérant que cela n'en suscite pas plus).
   
8. Préparation d'un événement d'un week-end.
   
9. Des changements sur les classes dont les détails seront communiqués peu à peu.
   

Le changement des GTAoE

Ces sorts, qui affectent une zone en
ciblant le sol (ground target area of effect), posaient problème depuis
la version 1.2 en particulier. Il suffisait en effet d'une
demi-douzaine de Sorciers flamboyants ou de Sorcières pour décimer un
tas d'attaquants (voire de défenseurs) dans les forts. Les développeurs
avaient reconnu ce problème lors du récent Dev Chat avec les joueurs européens.

Adam Gershowitz, responsable des carrières, a signalé des changements importants des GTAoE
du Sorcier flamboyant (Pluie de feu), du Magus (Tempête de feu de
Tzeentch) et de la Sorcière (Puits des Ombres) : désormais ils ne s'empileront plus,
c'est-à-dire qu'un ennemi ne pourra être affecté que par un seul GTAoE
à la fois. Ce système avait déjà été mis en place pour l'Igénieur nain
et son fameux "napalm".

Concrètement, un GTAoE affecte
désormais neuf personnes qui ne sont pas touché par un autre GTAoE. Un
mage isolé ne verra pas de changement. Trois mages qui tirent sur une
grosse masse toucheront toujours des joueurs, les dégâts seront
répartis. En revanche si trois mages essaient de tuer un groupe d'une
dizaine de personnes, il faudra que deux d'entre eux utilisent un autre
sort.

Adam signale que les sorts à effet de
zone (AoE) classiques et les PBAoE (centrés sur le lanceur) ne seront
pas modifiés ; en effet les premiers demandent de disposer d'une ligne
de vue et les seconds amènent le mage à s'exposer et à prendre des
risques.

Un équilibrage qui devrait rendre les combats en structure plus intéressants pour tous !

Here are some standard Keep upgrades, which are pretty self explanatory:

* Door Hit-Point Increase: Hit Points are upgraded 20% per upgrade Rank, up to 5 Ranks.
* Door Repair Merchant: An NPC that sells door-repair wood.
* Guard Numbers: More guards for your Keep by 2 guards per Rank, up to 5 Ranks.
* Patrol Guards Upgrade: Upgrades all patrolling guards to Champion-level guards.
* Static Guards Upgrade: Upgrades all stationary guards to Champion-level guards.
* Standard Merchant: An NPC that sells guild standards.
* Siege Weapon Merchant: An NPC that sells Siege Weapons.
* Healer: An NPC that cures death penalties.
* Banker: An NPC that allows players to access their Personal Vault.
* Guild Vault Keeper: An NPC that allows players to access their Guild Vault.

Here are the non-traditional Keep Upgrades, new to WAR:

Ritualists!

* Guilds can purchase a Ritualist NPC that fires AoE abilities at
enemies on the lower levels. Ritualists are different than standard
NPCs—they will cast either an AoE Healing ability or AoE Lifetap,
depending on the type of Ritualist you chose. These NPCs are designed
to help bottom-floor defense efforts in Keep defenses.

Divine Favor Altar!

* Guilds that have reached Rank 40 can purchase the Divine Favor
Altar. This altar will be located on the Lord level and is used to
unleash pure terror on any would be-attackers in the Keep area. To
purchase an Altar, the guild must be Rank 40 and have purchased a
Ritualist NPC as well.
* The Divine Favor Altar needs to be fueled, and what better way to
appease the gods than by collecting the skulls of fallen enemies! Each
enemy player, when killed, has a chance to drop a Skull. Collecting
these Skulls in the Divine Favor Altar will build up a Divine Favor
charge. Anyone can deposit Skulls into a Divine Favor Altar.
* 500 Skulls equate to 1 Divine Favor charge. Up to 5 charges can be
stored in the Altar. Players with the appropriate guild permissions can
fire the Divine Altar, unleashing a damaging blow to enemies in the
Keep area. Once the ability is fired, it cannot be fired again for 10
minutes.

This patch also introduces a new resource material that players in RvR
can gather and trade in for deadly assault upgrades! Scattered
throughout the RvR lakes, and acquired from killing players, Ordinance
is collected and traded in for various items and weapons to use in open
RvR!

These items include the following:

* Rams that have double the Hit-points of standard Rams.
* Ballista that do twice the amount of standard Ballista damage.
* Self-only Oil Immunity potions that last 30, 60, or 90 seconds.
* Caltrops which place a small PBAoE Snare/DoT field on the ground.
* Dynamite that is a direct-target DD plus a knockback, which can be
used against players or siege weapons (deals double damage versus siege
weapons).

As you can see, the Keep Upgrades offer many great additions to Keeps,
and we’re just getting started! Stay tuned for further Keep Upgrades
coming in later patches. Some of these include the following:

* Guild Bind: An NPC that allows guild-mates to re-spawn inside the Keep.
* Door Spikes: Attaches Spikes to the Keep Doors so any melee attacks damage the attacker.
* Door Barrier: Doors get a magical barrier that absorbs a certain percentage of magic-attack damage.

Roadmap Overview



The goal for the adjustment is to allow the Shaman / Archmages to become viable healers and nukers, but not necessarily be able to excel at both at the same time, because to do so would make them entirely too powerful in comparison to the other RDPS or healing careers. In addition, we wanted to work in a way for the AM / SH careers to generally be a bit more survivable, but they will have to sacrifice a little DPS or HPS to do so.



This idea has some significant differences from the way the careers are presented currently, but we feel that it makes for a much stronger presentation without radically changing the way most players actually play (dedicated healers). Ultimately, we want to give the Archmage and Shaman more viable options than simply standing back and spamming heals. Please keep in mind that this is an early design and that your feedback at this stage is extremely important to us.


Schedule of Changes



Because of the scope of changes involved, we have split the Archmage / Shaman changes into three patches. Of course these deadlines may change, shortening or lengthening the time between updates. This depends primarily on the feedback we obtain from you, the community, as well as via game-play testing (both internal and public). Below is the general timeframe for the updates. Specific details will be supplied further in the post.



Patch 1.2.1 - "First Steps" Balance Adjustments



This includes details that we would adjust and clean up regardless of the direction we take with Mechanic or Mastery Paths. These changes focus primarily on the increase of base damage and some small adjustments to limited abilities.



Patch 1.3 - Mastery Path Re-shuffle



These changes focus around changing Mastery Paths to represent distinct play styles. This includes some replacement of less-used abilities and Tactics.



Patch 1.3.1 - Mechanic Revamp



These are the final changes that re-enforce the changes made in 1.2.1 and 1.3, and further solidify the role of each of the three Mastery Paths. This includes adjustments to the base values of abilities that make them work with the new mechanic, and the replacement of numerous Tactics that become out-of-date with the mechanic change.

( 1.2.1 ) Initial Balance Updates



Overall Goal



There are a number of changes that can be pushed to live regardless of the more dramatic changes potentially in-store for the Archmage and Shaman careers further down the line. As such, we felt that it was in the players' best interests to get a smaller partial update out early that slightly improves the careers as we finalize and thoroughly test the remaining changes.


Summary of Changes



1. Increased "Base" Damage for Damage Abilities - Damage on both the AM / SH is low, even when compared to other healers. As such, a moderate increase to damage will happen regardless of further changes.
2. Replace x13 Healing Mastery Ability - Both the Archmage's "Magical infusion" and the Shaman's "Shrug It Off" will be given a more useful effect in addition to something more unique and only available to the AM / SH healers.


Example #1 - Damage improvements



Archmages and Shaman will see around a 25% increase in most damage spells. Below is an example of improved spell damage for the Archmage. Shamans will see similar gains across the board on their spells.



1.2 Radiant Lance



* Base tooltip value of 299 damage at Rank 40.
* Actual damage of 265 for an Archmage with an average of 600 Intelligence, casting on a target that has 400 Toughness and 30% Resist.



1.2.1 Radiant Lance



* Base tooltip value of 399 damage at Rank 40.
* Actual damage of 335 for an Archmage with an average of 600 Intelligence casting on a target that has 400 Toughness and 30% Resist.




Example #2 - Changes to Magical Infusion and Shrug It Off



The old effects of both of these abilities have been removed. Both abilities have been completely replaced with a new "Second Wind" healing effect that will place a buff on the target, and if the target drops below 15% HP, it heals them for a large amount and then is removed. Below are some more details on this change.



* It is instant cast, with a 30 second duration, and a 60 second cool down.
* It costs 55 AP.
* It buffs a friendly target for up to 30 seconds. If the target drops below 15% HP (and is still alive), it heals them for a base value of 1,350 (at full Mastery at Rank 40) and the buff is removed.



For comparison, the 2.5 second heal that the AM / SH have will heal for a base value of 1,125 before stats at Rank 40 with full Mastery.

• Rank 1 - Healing Energy (soin direct + hot)
  
• Rank 7 - Prismatic Shield (bouclier)
  
• Rank 8 - Boon of Hysh (gros soin direct)
  
• Rank 20 - Blessing of Isha (soin de groupe)
  
• Rank 40 - Rain Lord (debuff CT/Fo/Int)
  
• Mastery x5 - Mistress of the Marsh (gtae snare + debuff initiative)
  
• Mastery x9 - Funnel Essence (soin canalisé)
  
• Mastery x13 - Magical Infusion (buff 30 secondes, cd 60secondes. Si la cible tombe en dessous de 15% de vie, lance un gros soin puis disparaît)
  

• Rank 1 - Radiant Lance (DD cible unique)
  
• Rank 2 Law of Conductivity (Dot cible unique)
  
• Rank 6 - Searing Touch (DD canalisé)
  
• Rank 12 - Radiant Gaze (Dot/debuff cible unique)
  
• Rank 30 - Fury of Asuryan (DD cible unique instant)
  
• Mastery x5 - Cleansing Flare (DD AE bump)
  
• Mastery x9 - Scatter the Winds (Debuff spirit)
  
• Mastery x13 - Dissipating Energies (Buff, provoque des dégâts toutes les 2 secondes autour de la cible)
  

• Rank 4 - Balance Essence (DD drain de vie)
  
• Rank 5 - Shield of Saphery (buff résistances)
  
• Rank 9 - Transfer Force ([/size]Dot drain de vie)
  
• Rank 18 - Drain Magic (DD + vol PA)
  
• Rank 35 - Law of Age (Debuff endurance AE)
  
• Mastery x5 - Storm of Cronos (DD AE + debuff spirit)
  
• Mastery x9 - Law of Gold ([size=9]DD + silence)
  
• Mastery x13 - *NEW ABILITY* (DD ou Dot AE + drain de vie)
  

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* Effects which increase your Hit Point regen rate will now function while in-combat.

Bright Wizard
* Silence will now correctly affect Lurgic... each sentence while under Silence will make him lose a ward...

* The following items can now be salvaged:
o Devastator helms, gloves, circlet and shoulders
o Greater Relic of the Moon Shine
o Major Amulet of the Grave Digger