GENERAL
* Fixed the spamming of multiple Fae Yule mails.
* Candy Cane weapons now remain visible when sheathed.
* Warrior-type NPCs using Sweeping Strike, Cyclone Strike, and Promise of Steel will no longer hit with these abilities in a full circle - players standing behind them will be safe.
* Greenscale's Blight: Treants are 100% more treant-y and may be foraged.
* Client stability improvements!
EMBER ISLE
* The Magma Hounds at Obsidian Shore are now skinnable.
* Karris will now fight much more fiercely for his life when confronted during the quests 'Protect the People' and 'The Wanton Unbound'.
* Omen and Quantum Sight artifacts now respawn more reliably.
* Look Again: Added additional instructions for the use of the Shimmering Orb Shard.
* Pyrkari at Large: All steps of this quest now grant credit to all members in a group when completed.
* Stopping the Swarm: There are now proper quest location icons for both steps of this quest.
EMBER ISLE
* Fixed a timer issue with the zone events Ithkus' Rise and In Golden's Grasp so the events won't time out or fail prematurely.
* Zone Event: Fires of Rebirth: Scerrion should more reliably transform during this event.
* A New Threat: Moved the location of one of the Sourcewater Basins away from Fort Zarnost.
* An Unexpected Revelation: Fixed a case where the Pyrkari Altar could become unusable.
* Clear a Path: Objective text now refers to the correct object name.
* Lurking in the Mist: Moved one of the summoning circles out from beneath a tricksy rock.
* Dissection, Look Again, Mindtwister: Increased the respawn rate for these quests' targets.
* The Miasmic Tide: Reduced the damage dealt by Diseased Keepers to the Miasmic Conches.
* Target Practice buffs won't stick around forever anymore.
* Several general cases of quest objects and mobs with slow respawns have been addressed.
* Players completing the twisted artifact collection for Ember Isle now receive a title for their efforts!
* All mobs brought to Telara through the new Ember Isle Raid Rifts should now properly despawn when the Rift is closed.
* Corrected the new water reflections on Ember Isle so they no longer show objects that shouldn't be reflected.
* Fixed an issue causing the Fell Fields lava to disappear on low video settings.
== FEATURES ==
* Welcome to EMBER ISLE, a new zone where the cults of Laethys and Maelforge work to restore their masters to power, and the history of both the Farclan Dwarves and Kelari is being re-discovered.
* Caduceus Rise, the largest dungeon to date, is now available on Ember Isle in both Normal and Expert modes. See CADUCEUS RISE for more info.
* In the newest Sliver, the Wanton have corrupted the Titan Gate into a portal for Maelforge's entry to Telara. Prevent this fate in RISE OF THE PHOENIX! Details below.
* World Event: As winter descends on Telara, Grandfather Frost and the Yulemother arrive to celebrate the season. Keep an eye on the World Event UI for the start of THE FAE YULE event in the days following the arrival of 1.6!
* The second tier of Planar Attunement is now unlocked!
* We've made some additions and updates to the Ascend-a-Friend system, and friends can now be Ascended from the new in-game UI! See ASCEND-A-FRIEND UPDATES, below.
* A new alternate version of the Black Garden Warfront enters the weekend rotation; see details under STOCKPILE: BLACK GARDEN!
* The 'start menu' buttons on the UI have been reorganized and put into a new layout; look below under UPDATED 'START MENU' BUTTONS for more info.
RIFTSTALKER
* Guardian Phase: Now gives the Riftstalker a chance to Deflect attacks, reducing their damage taken by the Riftstalker's Deflect rating. Deflect rating is increased by Dexterity.
GENERAL
* Players with old Sourcestone vouchers in their inventory can once again use them to create Sourcestone tokens.
* Iron Pine Peaks: If you completed the quest 'The Missing Link' in Dayblind Hollows without immediately accepting the followup, 'Collecting Threads', you can now resume that quest chain.
* All pre-existing Harbinger of Regulos items that haven't yet been added to your Companion list are no longer Soulbound (much like newly acquired Harbingers of Regulos).
* Achievements: King's Breach [Expert]: Dogs of War should properly trigger once again. Hunter Suleng's Ethereal Warhounds are back to spawning at the correct level.
* Enemy faction Wardstones should no longer have friendly Invaders camped out at their location.
* Fixed a rare bug that could cause your Action Bars to stop saving properly, resulting in disappearing icons.
RIFTS AND INVASIONS
* Hammer and Flame (level 45+) is now considered a Major zone event and has increased Inscribed Sourcestone and Crystallized Insight payouts.
* Corrected an issue with certain Earth and Fire Rift creatures that weren't awarding experience though they were at least green to your character.
* Resolved some lingering issues with Wardstones not appearing in some spots.
GENERAL
* PVP: Increased the experience payout on world kill quests and weekly quests.
* Marksman: Rapid Fire Shot: Fixed a bug where Rapid Fire Shot was doing more damage than normal when two or more Marksman characters used it on the same target at the same time.
* Personal Bankers are now friendly to both Guardian and Defiant characters.
* Updated the item description on Heroic and Veteran's Experience Vials to indicate that they only increase experience gained from killing creatures and players.
* Increased the experience reward from the weekly Zone Event quests.
* Fixed a case where sometimes invisible footholds would try to take over wardstones.
* Optimized a number of visual effects.
* Fixed a bug where the 'Copy to PTS' function would periodically show as disabled.
ZONES
* Notoriety in all leveling zones has been heavily revised. Many equipment items are easier to obtain, and there are multiple paths for gaining Notoriety outside of just doing dungeons.
* The Planarite reward vendors in leveling zones have been overhauled.
- All Sourceshard (rare) planar currencies have been converted into Sourcestone (epic).
- Rare Planar Merchant gear in all leveling zones has been re-evaluated so it is easier to obtain for leveling characters.
- Some items have had their minimum usage requirements lowered to match the usage requirements of other items from the same vendor.
* Gloamwood: The Hag's curse will now be removed if the cursed player logs out of the game.
* Hammerknell: The Achievement 'Vengeance is Mine' now requries seven Runic Vengeances to be active when the King and Prince are defeated, down from nine.
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