Game updates/2020-03-31

March 31, 2020

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Late Notes - March 31, 2020

World Polish

• Fixed a bug that could prevent the Moving Up the Ranks achievement in the Forging Steel mission from being awarded to players.

Update - March 31, 2020

World Polish

• Mounts are now allowed in the main hall of Eye of the North, with a restriction on flight height.
• Added a repair anvil to Eye of the North.
• Added a map marker to the asura gate in Eye of the North.
• Fixed a bug that prevented several NPCs in Cragstead from appearing.
• Fixed an edge case bug that caused the "Prove your mettle to Cinder by defeating Sons of Svanir within the time limit" event to stall in the Forging Steel mission.
• Fixed a rare bug that caused the "Participate in Ranoah's combat training using the TT6-B Devourer's artillery" event to stall in the Forging Steel mission.
• Fixed a bug that prevented players from earning gold participation on Vishen's sniping events in the Forging Steel mission.

General

Mounts

• Mount movement abilities are now displayed on the skill bar while players are mounted.

Fractals

Nightmare

• Reduced the duration of the Exposed effect on bosses after their defiance bars are broken.
• Ensolyss of the Endless Torment's defiance bar can no longer be broken twice in a row during phase transitions.

Items

• The Icebrood Saga Portal Tome now has an option to travel to the Eye of the North available by default.
• Fixed a bug that caused several gathering tools to fail to gather materials in raids or Strike Missions.

Profession Skills

General

• Taunt will convert to 3 seconds of stability instead of 2 seconds of resistance.

Engineer

•  Purity of Purpose: Fixed a bug that prevented this trait from affecting taunt.
•  Reactive Lenses: The description of this trait has been updated for accuracy.
•  Flame Blast: This skill is now considered an explosion for the purposes of traits.
•  Electro-whirl: This skill is now considered an explosion for the purposes of traits.

Ranger

•  Whirling Defense: Updated the description of this skill. Increased the number of targets from 3 to 5.

Revenant

•  Coalescence of Ruin: This skill is now ground-targeted and the attacks from it are timed further apart to allow better telegraphing.

Thief

•  Signet of Malice: Fixed a display bug that prevented the tooltip from reflecting the thief's healing power.

Warrior

• Banners: Fixed a bug that caused banners to combo twice.

Black Lion Trading Company Gem Store

New Items and Promotions

• The new Dreamwalker Scythe Staff Skin is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 600 gems.
• For a limited time, the Dreamwalker Dagger Skin returns to the Style category of the Gem Store for 600 gems.
• For a limited time, the Aviator's Memory Box, Bobblehead Laboratory, and Water Fight Balloon Bucket are available in the Toys category of the Gem Store for 40% off.
• Last day of March sales! Today's sale item is a selection of mount skins at 25% off including the Shrine Guardian Jackal skin, the Sun Temple Gecko Springer skin, and the Magnificent Hummingbird Skimmer skin, among others.
• For 7 days, a Heroic Booster (quantity of 1) is available for free via the Gem Store for all accounts. Press "o" to open the Gem Store and claim it for free today.

Bug Fixes

• The Whale Spirit Glider's unlock hint in the Wardrobe was inaccurate and has been updated.
• Glacial Mining Tool: Fixed an issue with visual effects when this tool was used underwater.

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