Party Travel and Clearer Chat
Follow party members, find them on the map, and use new whisper and chat controls. This update also improves spellbook training, starter rewards, dungeon continuity and character presentation.
Classes
Monk
- Rooted Stance is now Horse Stance, and Open Ground is Mending Stomp.
- Added flaming-hand effects for the Monk's Cinderfist.
Reaver
- Shatter Guard is now Batter, and Dread Bellow is Bellow.
Herald
- Shelter Clause, Pursuit Clause and Vigilance Clause are now Refuge, Free Passage and Guarantor.
Necromancer
- Spike Field is now Ossuary; Whip the Dead is Scourge; Burst the Host is Sacrifice; Feed on the Fallen is Scavenge.
Conduit
- Open Line is now Conduction; Fault Line is Overpressure; Shared Phase is Symmetry.
Defiler
- Deep Hush is now Choking Rot; Debtor's Crown is Tribute.
Echocaller
- Take the Blow is now called Surrogate.
Lorekeeper
- Shared Insight is now called Enlighten.
Primal
- Rouse the Hunt is now Wild Hunt; Bristling Hide is Bristle; Thorn Grove is Thicket.
Restorer
- Grave Case is now Rescue; Against Death is Intensive Care; Wall of Mercy is Preservation; Quiet Battlefield is Quell.
Shade
- Vanish is now Veiled Blade; Pull the Eye is Lure.
Shaper
- Rouse the Heart is now Unleash; Ready the Works is Reform; Resonant Lattice is Shatterplate.
Warden
- No Further is now Surety; Vow of Guidance is Guidance Vow.
Wayfinder
- Standing Mark is now Fixation; Hobbling Barb is Tangle.
Weaver
- Cold Reserve is now Second Winter; Chain Reaction is Fission.
Party and Chat
- Use /follow or /f to follow a party member. Deliberate movement, losing the target or leaving the party stops following.
- Party members appear by name on the world map, even when they are too far away to see in the world.
- Existing gestures and /dance now show local emote text, naming a selected target where appropriate.
- Use /r or /reply to answer your last incoming whisper. The configurable Reply shortcut starts unbound, preserving existing combat keys.
- Tab completes chat commands and known whisper names. In a whisper, it cycles recent correspondents while preserving each person's draft and links.
- Use Up and Down in chat to recall submitted messages with their destinations and links. Returning past the newest entry restores your draft.
- Pressing Escape while composing chat discards that draft.
Adventuring and Rewards
- Reading a spellbook offers skill training when your available points can meet its remaining requirements. Training requires confirmation and does not cast the ability.
- Hargan's first Outfit a Recruit rewards place Bread and Minor Health Potion in the default X and C slots when empty, preserving your existing choices.
- Leaving and returning to a dungeon no longer unexpectedly resets its progress.
- Duel victories name the winner and loser in local system chat. Fixed retaliation effects leaving participants stuck in combat afterward.
- Dungeon entrances activate when you touch the visible portal, rather than while merely standing nearby.
Interface and Launcher
- Soulbound items no longer appear in the Broker's item-listing selector.
- Loot notifications remain visible above ordinary windows, including vendor windows.
- Quest progress notices use gold for progress and green for completed objectives.
- Fixed profession choices failing to show their introductory details.
- The launcher closes after a successful automatic launch. Opening Launcher Options keeps it available; launch failures stay visible.
- Added in-game updates when a release addresses your feedback.
- Updated the Trailworn Boots icon to match the item.
Character Presentation
- Stealth and released-spirit states have distinct character effects, including worn equipment.
- Updated hairstyle, facial-hair and eyebrow labels to better describe the selected appearance.
- Refreshed sounds for quest events, learning spells, leveling up, party pings and incoming whispers.
Ability Names
- Many class abilities, Mastery choices and breakthroughs have clearer names. These are naming changes.