Return of Reckoning

Highlights

Weekend Warfront: Spirit of War



It has long been said that the souls of the violent dead cannot rest when fresh blood decorates their graves. A saying that appears to be more than mere superstition to those that battle within the cemetery atop High Pass. Strange and frightening figures form from the cloying mists to tower above the clashing armies.

This weekend Spirit of War will be the weekend warfront from 12:00 on Friday to 12:00 on Monday Altdorf time. You get +50% XP and Renown in the Highpass Cemetery scenario, and extra rewards from completing the event tasks.



Realm versus Realm

Open World Campaign

- The invader and royal shards in white RvR bags are now excluded from higher tier bags.


Scenarios

- Doomfist Crater will be the next Pug Scenario (you can vote for pug scenario monthly here)

- Mourkain Temple and Twisting Tower are back in the scenario rotation (which updates Monday weekly)



Combat and Careers

General Changes and Fixes

- Fixed an issue that was causing immunities to be removed incorrectly while a chapter 22 PQ boss was active in Dwarf/Greenskin or Empire/Chaos pairings.



Bug Fixes

- Napalm Grenade can be defended again



Bug Fixes

- Dissolving Mist can be defended again



Contents

General

- The door to Sigmars Hammer will no longer open to a pit.

- Fixed issue which caused Cloak Heraldry to appear incorrectly when toggling "Show Heraldry"


Dungeons

- Sigmar Crypts barriers for the subsequent bosses has been removed and has now the gates behind them will automatically open when the boss has been killed. This will also now persist through server reboots and instance closures.


Quests

Greenskin Chapter 13
- Humie Shinies: You will now have to collect the Shiny Silver Comets, and the quest rewards have been added

- Drums of War: You will now have to take some Humie Skins for Gubgub's drums

- Unchained Malady: You will now receive Skulkin's Rot Stuff to pour into the well bucket, and the quest rewards have been added



Items

General

- Items or Talismans which should expire but somehow haven't should now start to expire.


Armor Talisman Rebalance

This has been on the backburner to-do list for a long time. We're dropping the values on these talismans by approximately 25% across the board (the formula is a bit fiddly, so it's not perfect). This will bring it much closer into alignment with the defensive benefits of Toughness talismans, and make the world a more dangerous place for many light armored classes that have been relying on them. All levels of talisman will be affected, but here are some of the most common ones before and after values.

Greater Talisman of the Armorer R28 - 124 > 97
Superior Talisman of the Armorer R32 - 137 > 106
Potent Talisman of the Armorer R36 - 149 > 116

Greater Talisman of the Mastersmith R28 - 150 > 114
Superior Talisman of the Mastersmith R32 - 164 > 124
Potent Talisman of the Mastersmith R36 - 180 > 136



User Interface

Crafting

- Apothecary will now switch to other item stacks of the same type in your backpack when you have consumed one stack of materials.



Bug Fixes


- [18531] The Orbs in Elven Ch22 PQs once again spawn in their intended positions.

Great talisman change!

so are you going to refund the gold i spent on 180 talis?

lyncher12 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 5:13 pm so are you going to refund the gold i spent on 180 talis?

You still have the best armor talisman available.

I honestly don't get why you are messing with the core balance of the game. Why in hell is this

"and make the world a more dangerous place for many light armored classes that have been relying on them."

a good idea???

Awesome news.
Lovely changes about the dungeon barriers.
Cool changes for armor talismans, now diversity is possible.
WHY THIS BATTLEFRONT ? WHO VOTED THIS ? i do not understand players

WPs and DOKs get another buff/advantage over all the other healers once again.

gglan0uille wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 5:15 pm Awesome news.
Lovely changes about the dungeon barriers.
Cool changes for armor talismans, now diversity is possible.
WHY THIS BATTLEFRONT ? WHO VOTED THIS ? i do not understand players

there wasn't a vote. i personally believe its a troll by the gms to give us what? the 5th F tier sc WW in a row?

zumos2 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 5:15 pm I honestly don't get why you are messing with the core balance of the game. Why in hell is this

"and make the world a more dangerous place for many light armored classes that have been relying on them."

a good idea???

To add to that, since when are light armored classes overperforming? They already are the weak links in high level of play, mdps already reign supreme. There is once again zero logic.

ReturnOfReckoning wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 4:40 pm and make the world a more dangerous place for many light armored classes that have been relying on them

Yes, because before it was super easy for light armored classes to stay alive...
Have any devs played City recently, lets say, as a light armored Zealot who has to stay in place to cast 2,5 second AOE heal (with massive setback)?