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Provinces

• A Province consists of multiple regions on the Royal Continent
• There are 20 Provinces in total [list]
• 15 non-lethal Provinces
• 5 lethal Provinces

• Faction Chests and Raided Camps can spawn (more on these below)
• Outposts can be captured by either attacking or defending Provinces [list]
• During the Bandit Assault, Outposts in those regions can be captured by any Faction, as before

• Controlling Outposts [list]
• This generates Supplies for the controlling Faction over time

• This generates Supplies only for the first Faction who opens the chest

• This generates Supplies only for the first Faction who opens the chest

• Attacking Faction is victorious: [list]
• Supplies are no longer generated in that Province by any side
• A Fortress fight begins (see ‘Faction Fortresses’ below)

• The conflict ends in that Province
• The defending side declares an attack on a neighboring Province

• If an attack on a Faction Fortress has been successful, the victors will then begin to attack another Province
• If an attack on a Faction Fortress has failed, the defenders begin an attack on a neighboring Province
• If a Faction has too few active conflicts, they will begin a new attack [list]
• At any one time, a Faction should have two attacks on non-lethal Provinces, and one attack on a lethal Province

• No Fame, Silver, and loot bonuses are granted to the controlling Faction
• Faction Camps and Faction Chests do not appear
• There is no contest for Supplies
• Fortresses can be attacked at any time by a Faction which controls all regions within the Province, and an adjacent Province that is not cut-off

Faction Fortresses

• Each Faction Fortress is owned by a Faction
• The Faction which controls a Fortress also controls its Province
• If an attacking Faction wins the supply battle in a Province, they will begin a Siege on the Fortress

• All players who do not belong to the defending Faction are removed from the Fortress
• The Fortress gates are closed
• Guards man the Fortress

• Members of an attacking Faction can attempt to destroy its walls and gates using Siege Hammers
• Members of a defending Faction can repair its walls and gates using Siege Hammers

• A ring around the tower displays the progress of this capture
• A capture will only progress when every player within the tower belongs to the attacking Faction
• When this process begins for the first time, a number of Guards appear in a Last Stand against capture [list]
• These must all be killed before the Fortress can be captured

• If the defenders capture a Weapons Cache, they receive a boost to their Fortress Defense Progress
• If the attackers capture a Weapons Cache, the defenders lose some Fortress Defense Progress
• The Faction which captures the Weapons Cache also receives a stacking buff to their damage and defense [list]
• This buff applies to all players of that Faction in the Fortress region until completion of the Fortress fight

Faction Chests

• Faction Chests exist in different rarity levels
• Only Faction-flagged players can open them
• Loot is divided amongst all players of the same Faction within a certain radius, even if they are not in the same Party
• When not actively being looted by one Faction, members of an opposing Faction can also loot the chest
• After a period, the chest can be looted by anyone, regardless of Faction status

Faction Camps

• Faction Camps can appear in any Province that is in conflict
• They appear in two sizes: [list]
• Small Camps for solo players and small groups
• Medium Camps for medium-sized groups

• This chest functions in the same way as Faction Chests

Faction Transports

• In each Royal City, close to the Faction Leader
• In Yellow Zone Faction Fortresses

• A Province that is in conflict
• An open party currently in a Province that is in conflict [list]
• If a Faction flagged Party leader selects the option to "Open Party for Faction Warfare", their Party can appear as a Faction Transport destination

Faction Warfare Mounts

• Saddled Moabird/Elite Terrorbird [list]
• Injured Escape: Activates when you take damage, increasing your move speed by 100% for 1.5s [list]
• Cooldown: 20s

• Charged Gallop: After 4 seconds of gallop, increases gallop move speed by 15%

• Camouflage: Activates when you take damage, turning you invisible for 2s [list]
• Cooldown: 45s

• Winter Lord: Gain Winter Lord Charges each time you take damage; once you have 10 Charges, you become immune to crowd control for 4s [list]
• Cooldown: 90s

• Boar Sprint: Activates when mounting up, increasing your move speed by 30% for 2s [list]
• Cooldown: 60s

• Feral Intimidation: Activates when you dismount, reducing the resistances of mobs in a 15m radius around you [list]
• Cooldown: 30s

Other Faction Warfare Changes

• Faction Points can be earned from the new Faction Warfare features [list]
• Faction Points generated from controlling regions and Outposts have been rebalanced to fit with the new Province system
• Faction Point to Faction Standing ratios have been adjusted to account for the new sources of Faction Points and keep higher Faction ranks prestigious

• Existing Faction Warfare missions have also been reorganized

• As a result, repair costs are 30% lower

• These are turned off by default to not impact the gameplay experience of non-Faction Warfare players, and to collect more feedback about this feature.  We encourage players to opt-in to this feature and leave feedback for us on our official forums!

New Faction Vanity Items

Season 28 Winner Statues Unveiled

New Player Experience

• A new cinematic now plays after the tutorial, accompanying players on their voyage to the Royal Continent and showcasing the adventures that await
• Players can now sell all obtainable items during the tutorial at the Marketplace in the Cove, except Soups and Mules
• Added new tutorial hints

UI Changes

• Marketplace UI ‘Sell’ tab now displays the estimated sell value after repairs of damaged items
• Default minimap zoom in cities for fresh accounts is now 10%
• Exit icons on region maps are now clickable, opening the map of the connected region
• Double-clicking the region map now pings that location [list]
• CTRL+ click pings to attack
• Shift + click pings to defend

Changes

• Explosive Salvo [list]
• Launch a salvo of explosive bolts at the targeted position, dealing 135 damage in a 4.5m radius
• Creates corrosive fumes for 3.5s, decreasing enemies damage resistances by 0.14
• Cooldown: 12s
• Range: 11m
• Hit delay: 0.25s (+ projectile time)
• Stand time: 0.5s

• Always unlocked: Auto Fire, Explosive Bolt, Explosive Salvo
• Level 6: Sunder Shot
• Level 15: Caltrops
• Level 40: Knockback Shot
• Level 70: Noise Eraser

• Capes and Bags are now separate top-level categories
• Gathering gear category names now match their corresponding item names: [list]
• Armor → Garbs
• Head → Caps
• Shoes → Workboots
• Accessories → Backpacks

• All furniture items from the Showroom Island are now available to purchase for Player Islands

• Doubled Adventurer’s Challenge points for gathering to better align with the PvE rate
• Tomes of Insight can now be combined into higher tiers at the Artifact Foundry [list]
• This process is irreversible

• Players must now select a Category and Subcategory when submitting a report

• This is now enabled by default for all players

Combat Balance Changes

• Starfall (Astral Staff) [list]
• Resilience Penetration while channeling: 30% → 20%

• Relentless Assault (Crystal Reaper) [list]
• Dash end stand time: 0.3s → 0.25s
• Damage to mobs: 105 → 95

• Whirlwind (Greataxe) [list]
• Added 20% bonus move speed for 0.75s on hit

• Demon Arrow (Wailing Bow) [list]
• Now always deals 391 damage to mobs

• Raging Storm (Bow of Badon) [list]
• Damage per tick: 24.20 → 23

• Vicious Barrage (Siegebow) [list]
• Added 33.333% defense vs players while channeling
• Added 33.333% defense vs mobs while channeling

• Cursed Beam (all Cursed Staffs) [list]
• Damage per tick with 1+ stacks: 68 → 72

• Chain Slash (all Daggers) [list]
• 2nd target damage: 125 → 140
• 3rd target damage: 140 → 200
• Removed 4th chain hit

• Eye of the Storm (Dreadstorm Monarch) [list]
• Stand time per cast reduced by 0.1s
• Hit delay: 0.3s → 0.25s

• Ground Shaker (all Maces) [list]
• Knock-up duration: 0.6s → 0.4s
• Damage: 200 → 219

• Guard Rune (all Maces) [list]
• Resistance increase: 0.225 → 0.2

• Cartwheel (all Quaterstaffs) [list]
• Resistance increase: 0.1 → 0.2

• Whirling Strikes (all Quarterstaffs) [list]
• Damage per tick: 38 → 40
• Cooldown: 4s → 3s
• Removed cooldown refund based on stacks

• Airborne (Lightcaller) [list]
• Movespeed bonus is now removed when transforming back to human form

• Cripple (all Spears) [list]
• Changed debuff type: attack speed reduction → decrease all damage

• Charge (Claymore) [list]
• Cast range: 11m → 13m
• Dash end stand time: 0.8s → 0.5s

• Hamstring (all Swords) [list]
• 1st cast damage: 78 → 86
• 1st cast cooldown: 8s → 6s
• 2nd cast max dash range: 7m → 8m
• 2nd cast cooldown: 8s → 10s
• 2nd cast no longer requires or consumes an Heroic Charge

• Heroic Strike (all Swords) [list]
• Movespeed buff duration: 3s → 3.5s

•  Limitbreaker (Infinity Blade) [list]
• Channel can now be interrupted

• Splitting Slash (all Swords) [list]
• Root duration: 1s → 1.25s

• Block (Soldier Helmet) [list]
• Cooldown: 30s → 40s

• Hush (Demon Helmet) [list]
• Is now a ground-targeted spell
• Range: auto-attack based → 11m
• Radius: 4m
• Hit delay: 1s → 0.45s
• Silence duration: 4.86s → 3.3s
• Cooldown: 40s → 30s

• Ice Block (Cleric Cowl) [list]
• Cannot receive healing while channeling

• Dynamic Defense (Jacket of Tenacity) [list]
• Resistance increase: 0.5 → 0.8

• Mist Cloud (Mistwalker Jacket) [list]
• Self-slow strength: 20% → 30%

• Frost Walk (Druid Sandals) [list]
• Always slows for full value while in the area
• Slow is removed when leaving the area

• Hover (Sandals of Purity) [list]
• Movement speed: 60% → 50%

• Swift Cut (Assassin Shoes) [list]
• Interrupting the dash now prevents damage

• Shield of Protection (Martlock Cape) [list]
• Defense buff is no longer purgeable
• Base cooldown: 225s → 245s
• Cooldown reduction per 100 Item Power: 5s → 8s [list]
• Cooldown at 700 IP: 190s → 189s
• Cooldown at 1600 IP: 145s → 117s

• Zig (Elite Terrorbird) [list]
• Now starts galloping after use

• Now stuns after five Winter Lord Charges, instead of rooting

• Range: 16m → 12m

• Defense vs mobs: 5.66% → 33.333%
• Defense vs players: 10.714% → 33.333%

• Cooldown: 30s → 20s
• Crowd control immunity duration: 2s → 3s

• Saddled Wild Boar/Elite Wild Boar [list]
• Base move speed: 60% → 55%

• Saddled Swamp Salamander [list]
• Carry weight: 195kg → 391kg

• Carry weight: 396kg → 791kg

• Blessing of Compassion [list]
• 4% less health recovered instantly at all stack counts
• 1 stack: 10% → 5% (total heal: 15% → 10%)
• 15 stacks: 24% → 19% (total heal: 32.5% → 27.5%)

• Broadsword [list]
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• Players (unmounted) now experience slightly lower Resilience starting from 5 or more attackers. As a result, melee weapons are less affected by the Resilience Penetration reductions, while ranged weapons gain improved performance against targets with 5+ stacks of Resilience. Example comparisons: [list]
• Against targets with 7 attackers’ worth of Resilience: ranged weapons deal 6.4% [i]more[/i] damage, and melee weapons (on average) 4.6%[i] less[/i]
• Against targets with 12 attackers’ worth of Resilience: ranged weapons deal 18.8% [i]more[/i] damage, and melee weapons (on average) 2.8% [i]less[/i]

• Slowing Charge (all Hammers): No longer interrupts movement input

Fixes

• Gale Dance (all Quarterstaffs): Fixed inaccurate spell indicator
• Flaming Phoenix (Dawnsong): Fixed issue where the area VFX did not match the spell effect’s duration
• Groundbreaker (Polehammer): Fixed incorrect range values shown in the ability description and tooltip
• Shrinking Curse (Incubus Mace): Fixed incorrect tags displayed in the ability description
• Tectonic Shift (Earthrune Staff): Fixed issue where the ability could move in the player’s facing direction instead of the cursor’s aim when crowd-controlled
• Block (Soldier Helmet): Fixed issue where the ability was interruptible in the first 0.25s of the channel

• Fixed issue where node icons on the Destiny Board could display incorrectly when hovered over with a controller
• Fixed issue where trade invitations would still appear when Hide HUD and GUI mode was enabled [list]
• Invitations are now automatically declined in this mode

• Fixed issue where Faction-flagged players would not see members of their own Faction as friendly in unrestricted PvP zones
• Fixed issue where crafting a Hideout Construction Kit would not contribute progress to Tinker Journals
• Fixed issue where furniture could not be placed near the Travel Planner on Brecilien islands
• Fixed issue where chopping certain fish at the Butcher was faster than intended
• Fixed issue where Fisherman Skills on T8 Fisherman Garb had a delayed activation
• Various additional graphical, animation, terrain, audio, UI, and localization fixes