Guide Ability Tree Live Changelog Thread

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This thread is just going to be a simple way to keep track of the changes to the ability tree over time, similar to the item team patch notes thread. Most of the time, this thread will maintain parity with the live server, and upcoming changes can be read in the main update threads posted in the News & Patches subforum. However, in certain circumstances this thread will have more up to date information on upcoming changes, namely when a Hero Beta is active.

This is something I should have definitely made earlier, but I'm still learning and I appreciate you all bearing with me as I try and improve at this position.

Please let me know if this format is good or should be changed in any way!

Spoiler: 2.0.3 Initial Changelog (May 16, 2023)

General
Altered the colours of various nodes
Added missing information to various ability descriptions

Mage
Added a new boss bar to help track Ophanim health and healing percentage over 10s
Ophanim can now trigger Burning Sigil
Arcane Transfer can now trigger Sunshower
Arcane Restoration now connects to Stronger Ophanim
Increased Diffusion’s radius (6 -> 8 blocks)
Adjusted element conversions for the following abilities:
-Meteor (Neutral: 300 -> 330%, Earth: 100 -> 70%)
-Stronger Meteor (Neutral: 30 -> +90%, Earth: 90 -> +30%)
-Burning Sigil (Neutral: 15 -> 25%, Fire: 25 -> 15%)
-Wind Slash (Neutral: 50 -> 75%, Air: 50 -> 25%)
-Ophanim (Neutral: 60 -> 90%, Thunder: 30 -> 15%, Water: 30 -> 15%)
-Breathless w/ Meteor (Neutral: 21 -> +25%, Earth: 9 -> +5%)
-Breathless w/ Thunderstorm (Neutral: 7 -> +8%, Earth: 3 -> +2%)
-Explosive Entrance (Neutral: 50 -> 60%, Fire: 30 -> 20%)

Archer
Rebuilt the entire Archer Ability Tree from the ground up to swap the positions of the Sharpshooter and Trapper archetypes
Added 7 new abilities:
-Phasing Beam
-Coursing Restraints
-Recycling
-Ivyroot Mamba
-Murder Flock
-Beast Lore
-Cheaper Arrow Shield 2
Fixed an issue where Guardian Angels would continue attacking enemies that had left its effective range
Fixed an issue where the Sorcery Major ID would stack multiple copies of Guardian Angels on top of each other
Reduced Grappling Hook’s travel time (6 -> 4 ticks)
Increased Minefield’s Trapper archetype requirement (10 -> 11)
Reduced Arrow Bomb’s recoil damage (25 -> 10%)
Rocket Jump now reduces Arrow Bomb’s recoil by -9%
Increased Rocket Jump’s radius (4.2 -> 5 blocks)
Increased Snow Storm’s radius (2.5 -> 3 blocks)
Reduced the ability point cost of Arrow Rain (2 -> 1)
Reduced the ability point cost of Escape Artist (2 -> 1)
Reduced Escape Artist’s total arrows (180 -> 100)
Reduced the ability point cost of Grappling Hook (2 -> 1)
Reduced Frenzy’s walk speed per hit (5 -> +3%)
Reduced Frenzy’s walk speed cap (120 -> 70%)
Reduced Frenzy’s walk speed decay (-20 -> -10% per second)
Adjusted element conversions for the following abilities:
-Basaltic Trap (Neutral: 190 -> 210%, Earth: 30 -> 20%, Fire: 30 -> 20%)
-Nimble String (Neutral: -10 -> -5%, Thunder: 0 -> -5%)
-Windstorm (Neutral: -10 -> -9%, Thunder: -2 -> -3%)
-Arrow Hurricane (Thunder: -4 -> -1%, Air: 2 -> -1%)
-More Shields (Neutral: -18 -> -13%, Air: 0 -> -5%)
-Shocking Bomb (Neutral: 0 -> +20%, Thunder: 40 -> +20%)

Warrior
Adjusted the page 5 layout of the Warrior Ability Tree to allow the Paladin archetype access to Ragnarokkr, Comet, and Boiling Blood
Added 2 new abilities:
-Sacred Surge
-Cleansing Breeze
Fixed an issue where Iron Lungs would fail to buff Air Shout if it was unlocked first
Fixed an issue where Provoke would sometimes fail to hold aggression for its full duration when provoked enemies were hit many times
Renamed Ambidextrous to Riposte
Removed Burning Heart
Manachism is now an optional node between Aerodynamics and Provoke, and connects to Counter
Increased Bash’s damage (Neutral: 130 -> 150%, Earth: 20 -> 30%)
Increased Double Bash’s damage (Neutral: -50 -> -40%)
Reduced the ability point cost of Flyby Jab (2 -> 1)
Adjusted War Scream’s element conversion (Neutral: 50 -> 75%, Fire: 50 -> 25%)

Assassin
Fixed an issue where Smoke Bomb would clone Black Hole’s visuals when used with Echo unlocked
Fixed an issue where Bamboozle’s element conversion ratio would change when used with Echo
Updated Backstab’s particle effect to be easier to see in dark environments
Reduced Satsujin’s Shadestepper archetype requirement (13 -> 12)
Increased Dissolution’s damage reduction (40 -> +75%)
Increased Backstab’s range (4 -> 5 blocks)
Increased Nightcloak Knife’s duration (15 -> 40s)
Reduced Nightcloak Knife’s damage per Mark (6 -> 4%)
Reduced Weightless’ mana per hit (0.7 -> +0.35)
Reduced Diversion’s overhealth bonus (15 -> +10%)
Increased Diversion’s cooldown (6.5 -> 9s)
Forbidden Art now reduces damage while clones are active by -10%

Shaman
Adjusted the page 4 layout of the Shaman Ability Tree to allow Cheaper Aura 1 to connect to Cheaper Uproot 1
Added 3 new abilities:
-Haunting Memory
-Totemic Shatter
-Chant of the Lunatic
Seeking Totem is now active while wearing Mask of the Coward rather than Mask of the Fanatic
Seeking Totem now follows the player rather than enemies
Renamed Mask of the Awakened to Awakened
Awakened now allows the player to swap masks while it is active
Fixed an issue where Invigorating Wave would fail to restore mana to allies
Increased Puppet Master’s damage (Neutral: 12 -> 16%, Earth: 3 -> 2%, Air: 3 -> 2%)
Increased Crimson Effigy’s damage (Neutral: 55 -> 75%, Water: 30 -> 25%)
Adjusted Exploding Puppets’ element conversion (Neutral: 100 -> 150%, Fire: 100 -> 50%)
Increased Stagnation’s slowness debuff (30 -> +40%)
Removed Mengdu
Seeking Totem has been moved to Mengdu’s previous position
Reduced the ability point cost of Seeking Totem (2 -> 1)
Reversed the debuffs of the Ritualist archetype’s masks:
-Mask of the Lunatic now reduces defence by -20%
-Mask of the Fanatic now reduces walk speed by -35%
-Mask of the Coward now reduces damage by -10%
Increased Frog Dance’s damage (Neutral: 90 -> 110%, Water: 30 -> 40%)
Increased Sacrificial Shrine’s healing (15 -> 25%)
Rebound now reduces the healing of Sacrificial Shrine by 40%
Increased Sacrificial Shrine’s healing duration (1 -> 8 ticks)
Increased Stronger Tether’s damage (Neutral: 10 -> +15%)

Spoiler: 2.0.3 Hero Beta Patch 1 (~July 3, 2023)

Archer
Reduced Recycling’s mana per missed projectile (0.1 -> +0.08)
Reduced Arrow Rain’s total arrows (200 -> 150)

Spoiler: 2.0.3 Hero Beta Patch 2 (~July 7, 2023)

Mage
Fixed an issue where Burning Sigil sometimes wasn’t working when used with Ophanim

Archer
Reduced Bryophyte Roots’ damage (Neutral: 40 -> 30%, Earth: 20 -> 10%)
Reduced the ability point cost of Implosion (2 -> 1)
Removed Bouncing Bomb’s Trapper archetype requirement
Increased Call of the Hound’s attack rate (6 -> 5 ticks)
Increased Call of the Hound’s movement speed (0.5 -> 0.7)
Call of the Hound’s description now includes attack rate
Increased Murder Flock’s movement speed (0.65 -> 0.8)
Murder Flock’s description now includes attack rate
Ivyroot Mamba’s duration display has been rewritten to “<player>’s Snake”
Increased Shrapnel Bomb’s total projectiles (15 -> 30)
Increased Crepuscular Ray’s damage (Neutral: 30 -> 35%)

Warrior
Fixed an issue where Sacred Surge didn’t work on players in pvp
Added a new Stronger Sacred Surge node between Cheaper Bash 2 and Second Chance
Increased Cleansing Breeze’s area of effect (2 -> 3 blocks)

Assassin
Fixed an issue where Dissolution had the incorrect duration
Shenanigans and Psithurism now connect to each other
Dissolution and Fatal Spin now connect to each other
Reduced the ability point cost of Pirouette (2 -> 1)
Increased Ricochets’ Acrobat archetype requirement (6 -> 8)
Increased Ricochets’ shuriken bounces (1 -> 2)
Removed Better Ricochets
Added a new Better Weightless node below Jasmine Bloom

Shaman
Fixed an issue where a Mask attached to an enemy with Haunting Memory wouldn’t return to the player if the enemy was unloaded
Fixed an issue where Haunting Memory prevented Awakened from functioning as expected
Fixed an issue where Haunting Memory would crash the server when used
Fixed an issue where Chant of the Lunatic would debuff allies
Increased Haunting Memory’s damage (Neutral: 130 -> 240%)
Increased Haunting Memory’s area of effect (1 -> 1.5 blocks)
Reduced the ability point cost of Masquerade (2 -> 1)
Removed Chant of the Coward’s Ritualist archetype requirement
Reduced Chant of the Fanatic’s Ritualist archetype requirement (10 -> 9)
Reduced Awakened’s Ritualist archetype requirement (12 -> 11)
Reduced Awakened’s mana requirement (200 -> 150)
Increased Awakened’s duration (20 -> 25s)
Increased Nature’s Jolt’s damage (Neutral: 90 -> 110, Earth: 30 -> 40)
Increased Nature’s Jolt’s area of effect (3.5 -> 4.5 blocks)
Increased Frog Dance’s area of effect (3 -> 4.5 blocks)
Increased Blood Sorrow’s damage (Neutral: 100 -> 130%, Water: 20 -> 30%)
Blood Sorrow’s description now includes how it interacts with Haunting Memory
Swapped the positions of Stronger Totem and Totemic Shatter

Spoiler: 2.0.3 Release Patch (July 12, 2023)

Archer
Fixed an issue where Ivyroot Mamba would cause the player to lose Focus
(Reverted) Reduced Focus' damage boost per Focus (15 -> +12%)

Warrior
Fixed an issue where corrupted was failing to be charged by indirect damage sources (Blood Pact, fall damage, negative life steal, negative health regeneration)
Fixed an issue where Sacred Surge was using the incorrect damage type
Increased Sacred Surge’s Paladin archetype requirement (4 -> 5)
Increased Sacred Surge’s percentage to activate (15 -> 20%)
The following abilities now properly charge Sacred Surge:
-Counter
-Manachism
-Sparkling Hope
-Generalist
-Cleansing Breeze
-Mantle of the Bovemists (when taking damage)

Shaman
Fixed an issue where Sacrificial Shrine was healing twice as slow as intended
Fixed an issue where Blood Connection allowed players to clip into the floor when Totem’s duration ran out
Fixed an issue where Crimson Effigies could not be spawned when using Flaming Tongue

Spoiler: 2.0.3 Hotfix 1 (July 16, 2023)

Shaman
Fixed an issue where Totemic Shatter failed to do damage

Spoiler: 2.0.3 Hotfix 2 (July 21, 2023)

Mage
Fixed an issue where Burning Sigil sometimes wasn’t working when used with Ophanim

Spoiler: Bonfire Festival 2023 (August 11, 2023)

Archer
Swapped the positions of Initiator and Decimator

Warrior
Increased Sacred Surge’s percentage to activate (20 -> 25%)
Fixed an issue where Sacred Surge failed to consume charge when triggered by Fireworks and Comet
The following abilities now properly charge Sacred Surge:
-Heavy Impact
-Flyby Jab
-Fireworks
-Flying Kick
-Rejuvenating Skin
-Comet
-Shield Strike
-Collide
-Armour Breaker
-Massive Bash
-Massacre
-Blood Pact
-Bakal's Grasp (when taking damage)

 

wowow so cool

 

hmm maybe we should make a better one for items and stuff too,,

 

okay this is actually epic

 

2.0.3 Hero Beta Patch 3 is now posted

 

wtfruma some form of beta patch notes

 

I love it when you log beta changes !!! Please do this for everything else as well please

 

all of the patches being on the same page is really nice. the separation is also very concise and easy to read.

 

cool stuff :thumbs_up:

 

Better weightless let’s goooo

 

Updated to add dates, as well as minor changes to the 2.0.3 release patch (formerly 2.0.3 hero beta patch 3)

 

Wait so is the update out
Btw I think you should keep the focus nerf, sharp needs a bit of a nerf

 

Updated with the small changes made with the release of this year's Bonfire Festival! (and with the small bug fixes from hotfixes 1 and 2, for consistency)
Sacred Surge finally hitting its true potential :3