Zenith: Nexus News

See the full blogpost with images: https://zenithmmo.com/blogs/news/patch-1-3-notes-skyward-summit

Patch Type: Major
Patch Name: Skyward Summit
Patch Number: 1.3
Release Date: 5/11/2023

Patch 1.3: Skyward Summit is our biggest patch yet! We're introducing hours of early and end game content, interactive systems, storylines, quality of life improvements, bug fixes and addressing a big batch of Player Top Issues.

Patch 1.3 comes with brand new systems & content for all levels:

• The introduction of Zenith's third class: the Cyber Ninja!
  
• A brand new area to explore - Skyland - filled with new quests, enemy types, events and much more.
  
• New physics system to help make the world of Zenith more immersive.
  
• Player vs. Player
  
• Player Housing
  
• and much more! Read on for details.
  

Starting with patch 1.3, all new Cyber Ninja’s will go straight to the brand new area coming with this patch - Skyland - after the Academy. On the other hand, for all Blade Master’s and Essence Mage’s created after 1.3, 50% of accounts will be funneled into the old quest progression and the other 50% will go to Skyland. If you got funneled into the old questline and want to play in Skyland instead, see directions below in the "New Content" section.


Patch 1.3: Skyward Summit introduces a ton of brand new features and systems into the world of Zenith.

• 🤖 Cyber Ninja - New playable class – a fusion of magic and technology with the sole purpose of taking down enemies with stealth and precision. Simply create a new character and select the Cyber Ninja class to get started! Currently, only the DPS spec is available.
  
• ⛏️ New Life Skills (available in Skyland) - Mine ore and chop wood around Skyland, as well as craft yourself armor and weapons! You will acquire the multi-tool soon after starting the new Skyland questline, giving you access to the gathering tools and grappling hook. Note that the grappling hook currently works in Skyland only.
  
• ⚔️ PVP - Challenge other Zenitheans to duke it out in a variety of game types! This can be found in the menu that comes up when you interact with another player (same menu to add friend, etc).
  
• 🏡 Player Housing - Purchase and decorate your own home in Zenith. Invite friends over, throw a party, paint the walls! Houses can be purchased inside of the city; follow the signs near the Nexus District crystal - you can't miss ‘em!
  
• 👊 Combat Updates - Improvements on moment to moment gameplay with dodge, crouch, blocking, etc. Several settings related to the updated combat system can be found in your comfort settings. In Skyland, there are also several new combat mechanics (such as headshots) and new enemy AI.
  
• ⚛️ New Immersive Physics System - We ripped out our old physics and replaced it entirely with a new one! Benefits include swapping items without dropping, hand poses, not being able to push your hands through stuff, finger tracking improvements, better zip lines, two handed interactions (read: use two hands on the harvesting tool!), and more.
  

Patch 1.3 Skyward Summit has a brand new area to explore, with tons of new challenges to tackles and adventures to get into!

• 🌎 Skyland - Beautiful floating island with mysterious advanced ancient technology and mobs. If your character didn’t get sent to Skyland after the tutorial, go through the portal on the bridge outside of the city, and it will send you to Skyland and start you on the new questline.
  
• 🤖 The Cyber Ninja will have all new sets of armor and weapons to acquire.
  

• Gliding sound no longer plays directly in your ears when another player is gliding nearby [Multiple Community Sources]
  
• Disabled grass on Quest 2 by default
  
• You can now create private parties with the option of voice moderation being turned off. When joining an unmoderated private party, you'll be warned prior to joining. [Multiple Sources]
  
• Added a new, full-color world map which includes academy, the celestial throne, and skyland
  Improved the feel of throwing items.
  
• Changed the default setting for Comfort Loading Screen to be disabled, which means there will be noticeable stutters instead of the black Freeing Memory loading screen. Players can easily restore the old setting if this being disabled causes VR discomfort / nausea.
  
• Added in the Booster referral cosmetic gear and Brimm's hat cosmetic.
  
• Added in new daily Agent Rank quests for PvP.
  
• Cursed hounds have improved enemy detection.
  
• Raised the floor level in the pond under the bridge in Academy
  
• Added a quicker login flow that skips the user to their last Shard and/or Character selection.
  
• Added regular and dazzling Twilight Jellypuff catchable pets in Skyland.
  

• Enhancement Station in Emerald Desert fixed.
  
• Fixed Pet Stamina Regeneration perk.
  
• Fixed critical power and critical chance godstone and gear modifiers. [Multiple Community Sources]
  
• Fixed quest list not refreshing when re-opening it after completing a quest.
  
• Fixed the issue where Divine Favor gives the player and not the ally hit an AP boost. [Multiple Community Sources]
  
• Aggro-based HP scaling is now applied properly to enemies when initially engaging them, before applying the first hit.
  
• Implemented checks so that if an agent rank mission is unavailable to the player (cannot be tracked or completed), it will be repaired.
  
• Fixed blazing barrier not doing damage due to an incorrect hitbox. [Multiple Community Sources]
  
• Prevented eating cooked ingredients
  
• The first hit on an enemy now correctly takes into account HP scaling based on the number of players nearby.
  
• Fixed godstones not being enabled on login. [Multiple Community Sources]
  
• Primal modifier fixed and is now working properly, for example with Sunder and Vorpal Strike.
  
• Fixed issues where certain parts of players wont load in properly.
  
• Reduced cursor jitter on some parts of the world map. [Multiple Community Sources]
  
• Fixed some memory leak issues.
  
• Fixed an issue with Queen-side castling in chess. [Multiple Community Sources]
  
• Fixed issues with Scythe godstone not behaving as described [Multiple Sources]
  
• Fixed fully-levelled pets always being sad :( [Multiple Community Sources]
  
• Fixed divine favors always triggering instead of being a 20% chance as described [Multiple Community Sources]
  
• Optimized waterfall effect on Quest 2
  
• Fixed a few ability hitboxes which didn't match their visuals
  
• Improved performance with a lot of capturable creatures nearby
  
• Improved performance on quest 2 with multiple nearby players
  
• Improved performance with multiple enemies nearby
  
• Improved performance when the celestial throne is loaded
  
• Fixed several places where godstones that would normally have modifiers could be dropped without any [Multiple Community Sources]
  
• Fixed visual issues with the agent rank rewards UI
  
• Fixed a public event in radiant coast that never worked
  
• Optimized performance and memory usage of UIs
  
• Fixed an issue where your own player name appeared as [BLOCKED] sometimes in list UIs [Multiple Community Sources]
  
• Fixed audio spam when out of ammo on EM blasters [Multiple Community Sources]
  
• Fixed very low performance on Quest 2 in Infernal Core since system software update version 50. [Multiple Community Sources]
  
• Fixed stamina replenishing modifiers, e.g. breathstealer, fighting spirit, second wind, sprinters rush. [Multiple Community Sources]
  
• Fixed heal over time modifiers that should apply to yourself, e.g. fatebreaker, shelter, everflow, saint. [Multiple Community Sources]
  
• Fixed incoming damage modifiers like crimson overflow, forgehearts flame, shredding storm, icepiercer, godslayer, no escape. [Multiple Community Sources]
  
• Fixed the Firebrand god stone perk to last the proper duration. [Multiple Community Sources]
  
• Fixed issues with Arboruht's poison projectile not being visibile. [Multiple Community Sources]
  
• Fixed the gap in the mountain next to the Forsaken Reliquary dungeon.
  
• Fixed the issue where a player could possibly get stuck in an instance which has already been completed. [Multiple Community Sources]
  
• Fixed an issue with the water in Radiant Coast.
  
• Improved the world map resolution on Quest.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused scout quest locations to always be active.
  
• Fixed account creation not working for those with very very long emails [Multiple Community Sources]
  
• [PSVR1 only] fixed Amara's Children quest keys appearing invisible [Multiple Community Sources]
  Made graphics settings persistent [Multiple Community Sources]
  
• [PSVR2 only] Added settings for HMD Haptics and Adaptive Triggers and removed setting irrelevant for the platform
  
• [PSVR2 only] Re-activated Grass Density Settings
  
• [PSVR2 only] Improved throwing objects
  
• [PSVR2 only] Guild tags show for players now
  
• [PSVR2 only] Restored higher render distance
  
• Fixed issues with multiple Guild Leader causing issues, and improved Guild Leader functionality overall. Guild Leaders can now demote themselves if there is another Guild Leader. Leaders can leave a guild if another Leader exists. Leaders can now pass the Leader role to another member. Removed the ability for Leaders to promote an additional Leader. [Multiple Community Sources]
  
• Fixed some visual issues in Outlaw Grove.
  
• Fixed an issue to ensure Spirit Burn chains attach to the caster, not to all players.
  
• Fixed an issue to ensure other players' Spirit Burn chains show up.
  

• Virtual desktop is currently not working with the Oculus version of Zenith.
  
• Some players on Oculus desktop may not see load screens.
  
• Not all enemies outside of Skyland will have Kama Cadence patterns.
  
• Tutorial videos in Outlaw Grove are currently disabled
  
• [PSVR2 only] Yellow textures in Outlaw Grove. The team is currently working on a fix for this.
  
• Fallen Friend pets may ignore collision and move away from their name tag.
  
• Fallen Friend catchable creatures are different colors from the summonable version. We are currently exploring alternative solutions to distinguishing the catchable creature version from enemies.
  

For the full version of patch notes, visit: https://zenithmmo.com/blogs/news/minor-patch-1-2-2

Patch Type: Minor
Patch Number: 1.2.2
PTR Date: Feb 2, 2023
Release Date or Window: Feb 9-15, 2023

We're excited to announce our latest patch - Minor 1.2.2! This patch is focused mainly around bug fixes and in-game moderation tool improvements, but we're also introducing new pets and a brand new limited time event foreshadowing the content of our next major update. The foreshadowing event and its rewards will only be available until the launch of 1.3, so get out there, Agent!
Play on the Minor 1.2.2 PTR for 4 hours to earn the character title "Support Star". Note: when playing on PTR character titles are not synced with Live, so you may not see all your titles on PTR.

[h2]New Content[/h2]

• Added the Amara's Wings capturable creature & pet.
  
• Added the Mecha Dingbo pet for users who pre order Zenith on PS VR2 to use later.
  
• Added the Baby Arboruht pet.
  
• Added the Celebration Cake for Zenith's birthday celebration!
  
• Added the Lovely Cupcake in celebration of Valentine's day and the upcoming login event.
  
• Added in new Skyward world boss event.
  
• Added Fallen Friend, Dazzling Fallen Friend, and Precursor Fallen Friend pets
  
• Added in new Fallen monsters for the world boss event.
  

[h2]Feature/System Updates[/h2]

• All Dazzling creatures now grant XP to their non-dazzling counterparts.
  
• Updated the Invasion cutscene during Day 4 of the Academy
  
• Implemented new voice moderation tool to improve community safety, see full blogpost here: https://zenithmmo.com/blogs/news/improving-community-safety
  
• Updated our Terms of Service (ToS) in relation to ToxMod. All players will have to re-accept the ToS to
• play once 1.2.2 releases.
  
• Re-tuned Arboruht to be a more difficult challenge.
  
• Updated pet perks to be more balanced
  
• Reduced speed gain from the Speedy pet perk
  
• Reduced rage gain from the Gladiator pet perk
  
• Updated the Zenith game credits to reflect new staff.
  
• Updated Agent Rank rewards to include new recipes.
  
• Added in a new lifeskills icon to replace the cooking pot.
  

[h2]Resolved Issues[/h2]

• Fixed a bug that could cause a player's friends list to appear blank [Player Top Issues]
  
• Fixed weekly quest reset timer to avoid issues where it was incorrect for certain timezones.
  
• Fixed an issue with player loading if you logged out or crashed while in a portal. [Player Top Issues]
  
• Fixed Obsidian Shroud Godstone modifier, as well as any Culling Beam modifiers that triggered on hitting enemies. Multiple sources.
  
• Fixed Fastball weapon modifier. Multiple sources
  
• Fixed Mortal Skewer Blademaster Legendary Weapon perk. Multiple sources
  
• Fixed how weapon modifiers are triggered when attacking. Weapons will now properly use the modifiers that are equipped and not other weapons you have.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Agent Rank UI so it now returns to the previously selected screen when re-opening it.
  
• Fixed infusion costs for Twilight Athenaeum sets.
  
• Fixed an issue where Winter Coins & Winter Nog could not be equipped to a quickslot [Player Top Issues]
  
• Fixed an issue with the BladeMaster Foeseeker VFX that would cause an overly-intense flare.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Beetle pet's skills sometimes showing incorrect icons.
  
• Fixed an issue with certain actions in game giving you duplicate popups
  
• Fixed an issue with comfort settings causing other settings to reset.
  
• Added a mechanism to free memory for PS5 and PS4.
  
• Added an instant teleport back to the Academy starting point if user falls off.
  
• Updated the Essence Mage Tank Blocking tutorial to clarify that they can do it in Academy training, and it unlocks permanently at level 7. [Player Top Issues]
  

[h2]Known Issues[/h2]
Edit 2/16: Issues below were fixed during PTR

Furnaces do not function in Neowear events in Skysong
Rasken is invisible at first and then spawns in abruptly during the Academy fight with Cato.
Last row of pets in the life skill menu can only be partially scrolled.
Description for the Fallen Friend pet in the summoning tab overlaps with the rarity text.
Ingredients in the cauldron for the Celebration Cake overlap the UI window.
Effects from Rasken's departure from the Academy invasion cutscene linger after he leaves.
Subtitles for Cato and Lyra during the invasion sequence are placed incorrectly.
Bushes in the "Neowear - Sapping the Forest" event become plain fog from a distance.
Summoned "Dingbo" pet is missing animations and has broken eyes
Description for Celebration Cake overlaps stats text when highlighted in Inventory.
Players are currently unable to track the "Catch Fallen Friends" activity in the "Skywards Mysteries" season

For the full version of patch notes, visit: https://zenithmmo.com/blogs/news/minor-patch-1-2-1-winter-festival

Patch Type: Minor
Patch Number: 1.2.1
Patch Name: Winter Festival
PTR Date: 12/15/2022
Release Window: 12/21/2022 - 12/22/2022

We're excited to announce our very first Winter Festival patch that comes with winter themed content like quests, food, toys, snowballs (!), presents, a chained Public Event against icy mobs and a boss. The Winter Festival will only be in Zenith for a limited time -- *three weeks from launch! -- so get out there, Agent! *Edit 1/5: the Winter Festival is extended until January 25th. Enjoy!

[h2]New Content[/h2]

• Winter Festival World Event
  
• Winter Festival Agent Rank Challenges: earn Winter Coins, toys, and valuable rewards
  
• Winter Festival Public Event in Fractured Plains: summon and defeat Faminus, the Hunger
  
• Speak to Wynty near the Nexus District entrance to cash in Winter Coins for new toys, improved recipes, cosmetic pandowl-themed winter headwear, and a Frosted Stripetail pet
  
• Toys: give out "mystery" Presents with random rewards, throw Snowballs, build Snowfriends
  
• New Creatures & Pets:
  
  • Royal Scarab
    
  • Stripetail Cub 🐯
    
  • Dazzling Stripetail
    
  • Frosted Stripetail (Winter Festival)
• When fast traveling around the map you'll now find Winter Festival themed decorations in familiar places and Winter Spirits roaming the zones.
  

[h2]Feature/System Updates[/h2]

• New Player Experience:
  
  • Reduced overall difficulty of Blossom Village area
    
  • Updated Academy gliding tutorial to mention stamina use
    
  • Adjusted first Fractured Plains quest to not require gliding
    
  • Fractured Plains respawn point moved closer to the bridge
    
  • Removed enemies from outsides mines area to make it safer
    
  • Increased size of mines boss quest location and moved to center of room
    
  • Minor quest text typo fixes
• Slightly re-increased Arborial Serpent HP
  
• Added ability to swap stick inputs for left-handed users
  
• Added controller-oriented locomotion option which uses the direction of the hand rather than the head for smooth locomotion
  
• Updated model for the Dazzling Pandowl
  
• Inventory icon for Transponder quest item
  
• Added a new pulsing material for all spires and updated location marker visuals
  

[h2]Resolved Issues[/h2]

• Fixes for various interactions that you can mistakenly do while dead [Multiple Sources]
  
• Fixed being unable to upgrade Lich’s Bane (blaster from Twilight Athenaeum dungeon) at synth stations [Player Top Issue]
  
• Fixed icon behavior when dragging items in inventory
  
• Fix cleaning up of quest drops, also a flag to make items placed by users despawn on logout [Multiple Sources]
  
• Fix for Agent Rank rewards showing up as empty and cannot be redeemed [Player Top Issue]
  
• Fix for fireseeds and firestarters not working to activate triggers in public events
  
• Improved waterfall materials and VFX

Edit (12/21):

• Set boss doors in Infernal Core to not close during the fight so players do not get locked out upon death anymore [Player Top Issue] Updated Vulkane Boss room respawn point to be on boss platform and set gates to close during combat again
  
• Reduced chance of waypoints not appearing in the new player experience
  
• Fixed spells not working when joining an instance with Agent Rank menu open
  
• Fixed Agent Rank menu staying open when joining an instance
  
• Fixed confirmation prompts rendering behind the main menu UI
  
• Fixed laser pointer cursor rendering behind section icons
  
• Fixes to Agent Rank UI
  
• Fixed bugs with networked VFX
  

[h2]Hotfix 1[/h2]

• Fixed winter cookies, nog, and noodles recipe quests bug that took coins instead of the required items
  
• Fixed Tome Keeper raid occasionally not granting rewards
  
• Improved stability of public events, we are continuing to monitor shard performance
  
• Fixed weekly Winter banshee quest not completing
  
• Fixed hearing other players Blade Master sword SFX
  
• Fixed Amara's Tears reappearing for some players who have already collected them
  
• Adjusted Winter Festival Agent Rank duration to run approximately ~21 days from launch instead of ~20 days
  
• Updated icon for Gemcrusher creature
  

[h2]Hotfix 2[/h2]
Hotfix 2 focuses on reducing crashes and improving stability. We are continuing to monitor stability and looking into bug reports

• Optimized performance when there are lots of entities nearby
  
• Optimized performance when there are lots of other players nearby
  
• Optimized memory usage during shard connection process
  
• Fixed an issue which would cause memory usage to slowly increase (and so decrease stability) over time as more and more status effects were used
  
• Changed the order in which things load to prevent freezing and reduce memory spikes during shard connection
  
• Reduced the memory usage of certain textures (including Skyboxes) on Quest devices
  
• Made abandoned items despawn when their owner logs out
  
• Fixed entities with lots of status effects on them causing framerate drops
  
• Fixed enhancement stations to show the correct 3D model for what is being enhanced
  
• Added a safety check to prevent the rare case where a player's inventory got wiped when losing internet
  

Join the new generation of heroes and fight the corruption.

Our biggest update yet is out today: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1403370/Zenith_The_Last_City/

Legends Untold reimagines the leveling experience and brings refreshing new systems and content for players of all levels to enjoy. Watch the new opening cutscene: https://youtu.be/swxGC_zibw0

Full Body Tracking support for Steam VR


Creature Catching


Pets


New Boss Raid


We listened deeply to player feedback and addressed what the community wants to see the most. Legends Untold is jam-packed with quality of life improvements. See the full release notes: https://zenithmmo.com/blogs/news/patch-1-2-notes-legends-untold

See you out there!
Andy

See the full blogpost with images: https://zenithmmo.com/blogs/news/patch-1-2-notes-legends-untold

Patch Type: Major
Patch Name: Legends Untold
Patch Number: 1.2
Release Date: 11/17/2022

Patch 1.2: Legends Untold is our biggest patch yet! We're introducing hours of early and end game content, interactive systems, storylines, quality of life improvements, bug fixes and addressing a big batch of Player Top Issues.

Patch 1.2 comes with brand new systems & content for all levels:

• Create a new character to experience a completely revamped intro storyline with a memorable cast of new characters and new early game dungeon. Highly recommend veteran players roll a new character and try this out too!
• Try out the new Creature Catching system. Master catching a creature and unlock them as a Pet to join you on your journey!
  
• Put your end game skills to the test and face off against the challenging boss raid, the Tome Keeper.
  
• & much more! Read on for details
  

Huge shoutout to the 1.2 alpha and beta testers. Thanks to you we knocked out a massive list of bugs and feedback before this patch goes live!

• Creature Catching
  • Catch and collect new creatures out in the wild. A whole new immersive way to enjoy the beautiful world of Zenith! See it in action: https://youtu.be/EpyMHXOdNL0 and watch the full tutorial: https://youtu.be/Pycp_JxKdjo
  • Look for Blake in the Fractured Plains to get started on your catching journey
    
  • Master catching a creature to unlock them as a Pet
    
  • Check out your collection in-game through the Menu > Life skills > Creature Catching
    
• Summoning Pets
  • Summon a creature as a friendly companion to join you on your quests. Pets follow you around and grant buffs. See the adorable pets: https://youtu.be/bv26z8cEHTg
  • Check out your pet collection in-game through the Menu > Life skills > Summoning
    
  • Any catchable in-game creature can be turned into a pet once you master catching them, including the super duper rare ones.
    
  • A few pets that can be obtained out-of-game:
    
  • Get an exclusive Essence Pup pet through our new Referral System!
    
  • Play through the Skywave Transmissions to get an SNC-Bot pet.
    
  • Pre-order Zenith on PS VR2 to get a Mecha Dingbo pet.
    
  • Note: The original Dingbo was a pre-order reward starting in 2019 as part of the Collector's Edition. We are planning to add more creatures and pets available for all over time!
• Agent Rank
  • New challenge system that helps you level up faster and earn rewards like Zen, gear, reroll materials, crafting materials, and more! See how it works here: https://youtu.be/ZF2-FadZ19Q
• Full Body Tracking support on SteamVR [Player Top Issue]
  • This is the first of many steps we’re taking towards making Zenith more immersive than ever before. We’re improving network sync and inverse kinematics over time. As of now you can kick chests to open them, pots, and ragdolled enemies. Look at these legs! https://youtu.be/Quyap6Gf7Oo
• Board Games: Chess and Four in a Row
  
• Handheld Streamer Camera (desktop only)
  
• Character Titles
  • As promised, Amara's Aide and Telos Technician titles will be granted to folks who helped with PTR on Minor 1.1.8 and Minor 1.1.9. You can equip them from the inventory screen. There will be more opportunities in the future to get character titles!

• Watch the fly-through of new areas like the Zenith Academy, Outlaw Grove, and Twilight Athenaeum: https://youtu.be/naNYzYUsyuo
• Story Rewrites & New Zenith Academy (Level 1) - Join the new generation of heroes at the Zenith Academy. Experience an epic new introductory storyline, learning to control your essence and become the hero of Zenith you were meant to be. *We are slowly testing the experience and will be enabling it for everyone slowly over the next week
  • A new safe zone in which to learn the basic of Zenith
    
  • Brand New Cutscenes and voiced Characters
    
  • Fractured Plains and Galian Valley Story Rewrite
    
  • New Tutorial Flows and Revised Quests for Level 1-10
• Outlaw Grove (New Instanced Dungeon; Level 10)
  • Your first major mission after the Academy against the Exiled on hidden floating lands.
    
  • Players with the new storyline will unlock it through normal gameplay, players with the old storyline can unlock it via a side quest in Galian Valley
• Twilight Athenaeum (New Boss Raid; Level 40)
  • In a shadowy chamber filled with long forgotten knowledge lies the Tome Keeper, an unyielding protector of ancient knowledge, trapped and twisted by dark knowledge.
    
  • Check out the behind the scenes devblog of the Tome Keeper: https://imgur.com/gallery/7tCAkFM
• New elevated areas to explore in the Galian Valley as part of the new progression
  
• Armor Sets & Weapons:
  • Blade Master:
    • Battlemaster - Armor Set
      
    • Eternal Rest - Weapon
      
    • Empowered Falling Star - Upgraded Weapon
  • Essence Mage:
    • Tome Keeper - Armor Set
      
    • Lich's Bane - Weapon
      
    • Empowered Nova Trigger - Upgraded Weapon
  • New Cosmetic set:
    • Creature Catcher's Set

• Ability to reroll enhancements gained from the enhancement stations [Player Top Issue]. New reroll currency can be earned through Agent Rank and public events.
  
• Character deletion can now be done in Skywave [Player Top Issue]. Important: character deletions are permanent and cannot be undone.
  • You can also swap names between two characters. If you'd like to rename a character, create a new character (with the desired name) then swap the two names. We're planning to improve this over time
• Allow joining instance Raids with parties smaller than 8 people [Player Top Issue]
  
• Updated and tuned the Defiled Gardens to be completable with 4 players
  
• Updated and tuned Pillar of the Architect to be completable with 4 players
  
• Updated and tuned Infernal Core to be completable with 4 players
  
• Updated and tuned Forsaken Reliquary Instance Dungeon to allow for 2 players
  
• Updated and tuned Seething Depths Instance Dungeon to allow for 2 player
  
• Updated and tuned Vault of The Ancients Instance Dungeon to allow for 2 players
  
• Added mob kill objectives to dungeons and Raids
  
• Added cross-shard guild voice chat
  
• Guild menu improvements like adding a scrollbar and showing which shard members are on [Player Top Issue]
  
• Mini map is now accessible by tapping on your left wrist
  
• Switched daily and weekly quests [Player Top Issue, multiple sources]
  
• Allowed dailies to be completed more than once [Player Top Issue, multiple sources]
  
• Daily roulettes can now be completed 3 times a day
  
• Better ways to make Zen [Player Top Issue]
  • Sell your captured creatures to a store, and you'll be rolling in the dough in no time!
    
  • Complete Agent Rank challenges
    
  • Dungeons and Raids have increased Zen rewards
• Marks now have a weekly limit instead of a daily limit so you can play your way
  
• VFX Updates. We are planning to update more VFX over time, below is what's in so far:
  
• Essence Mage:
  
• Chilling Loop, Boulderdrop, Galeforce, Glacial Orb
  
• DPS: Searing Shot, Planar Traveler, Lightning Strike, Blazing Barrier, Pillar of Earth, Magma Orb
  
• Support: Aether Spark, Erupting Spring, Massive Icicle, Aether Tunnel, Divine Shift, Hydrosplat
  
• Tank: Spirit Burn Chains, Culling Beam, Inevitable Demise, Crimson Death, Binding Rift, Reaping Orb, Antimatter Shell
  
• Blade Master:
  
• Fast Footwork
  
• Support: Divine Blade, Protector's Vow
  
• Graphics fidelity updates for PS VR2 and PC VR such as:
  • Updated Grass Systems
    
  • Updated Clouds to be more realistic
    
  • Added technology to further improve texture and model quality in the future
• We added some tunable caps for stackable AP buffs -- we understand that this is a core part of the strategy so we tried to keep it pretty high, to reward high skillcap players, but not so high that everything in the game becomes trivial. We are testing this, and would love to get feedback from our player base about what feels like the right amount to stack.
  
• Made legendary weapon modifiers for tank weapons more relevant to role (will only roll on newly created legendary weapons)
  
• Legendary weapons can be synthesized to a new tier, while retaining the modifiers, enhancement levels, and infusion levels it had before
  
• Heavily reworked and refreshed sword throwing physics to be closer to real world physics, allowing things like putting spin on your throw, etc. [Player Top Issue]
  
• You can now start gliding while standing in an updraft without needing to jump
  
• Sensitive Gliding is now the default gliding mode when a character is created
  
• Quest beacons/locations no longer show or trigger for untracked quests
  
• Updated wording on the tooltip for the EM Tank ultimate slot to clarify that it is activated by doing the reverse motion to EM DPS ultimate
  
• Swapping godstones now resets the cooldown
  
• Stores now have scrolling windows so you can more easily sell your goods and gear
  
• Aether Spark was listed as "40% AP" damage, however a bug caused it to do 0% damage. In this patch we have fixed the bug and adjusted it to do 3% AP damage, so while the UI says the damage has been reduced (40% to 3%), the actual damage value has increased (0% to 3%).
  
• Added ability to open chests by touching them with your hand
  
• Added icon to HUD to show other players which role you are (DPS, Tank, Support)
  
• Update the "instances" icon in the main menu and HUD
  
• (Edit 11/18) Items can be dragged across inventory pages now
  

• Performance, memory, server and stability improvements
  
• Voice chat bugs [Player Top Issue]
  • Fixed voice chat sometimes becoming permanently muted
    
  • Fixed voice chat disconnecting when user logs in after being logged out for inactivity
    
  • Improvements to voice chat getting disconnected and improved info in the status panel.
• Fixed many Godstone abilities so they work as described [Player Top Issue, multiple sources]
  
• Fixed Drift not popping up occasionally
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause instance interactions to not work correctly
  
• Fixed EM orb accidental conjure when interacting with NPCs and Info Panels
  
• Fixed Celestial Stairs and Throne waypoints position being offset
  
• Fixed SteamVR bindings for WMR controllers
  
• Fixed the Rosemary Sour Carrot Noodles recipe missing text
  
• Fixed issue where map became inverted when zooming in too far
  

• Some items given via quest may not stack with the same item acquired through other means due to an incorrectly assigned level of -1 "L-1"
  
• Tier 2 (Empowered Nova Trigger & Empowered Falling Star) Artifact weapons currently look the same as their Tier 1 counterparts.
  
• Tier 2 Empowered Nova Trigger has same Primary Stat as Tier 1. This will be fixed in the next update.
  
• Icons are not consistent in size and behavior when moving items around in your inventory
  
• A couple of pieces of VO/dialogue may be cut short by a word or two
  
• If you are not in a guild, the guild menu may show a placeholder member list in addition to the create guild button.
  
• The Sprinter modifier will be rerollable on new gear, but older gear (from before the patch) it is temporarily unable to be rerolled. This will be fixed in the next update.
  
• After unlocking the Fast Travel point for Fractured Plains, you may need to relog in order for the Fast Travel point to show up on your World Map.
  
• The Gemcrusher Pet is not currently pettable. This will be fixed in the next update.
  
• Sometimes the Treasure Hunter and Exploration pet perks don't work
  
• Voice Overs for NPCs may occasionally stop playing
  
• Referral rewards not appearing in-game for some users. Progress data is saved, we're actively working on a fix. (Edit 11/18) This has been fixed
  

• Fixed "Details" not opening for an unlocked pet
  
• Fixed the fast travel point not unlocking for Fractured Plains
  
• Fixed users to getting locked out from progressing when abandoning the Day 2 quest
  
• Fixed pet XP to sample XP curves correctly
  
• Fixed water textures from overlapping and making Agent Rank menus hard to use
  
• Fixed negative XP showing on Agent Rank
  
• Updated video for Mika video communications
  
• Made putting an item up to your stomach to put in your inventory be more reliable and easy to use
  
• Fixed a bug where Sprinters couldn't be rerolled
  
• Made Essence Mage blaster projectile trajectory more consistent
  
• Reduced the chances of Voice Overs and video communications not playing the new early game experience
  
• Made Pet Perks apply effects more reliably
  
• Fixed the Exploration Perk from not speeding up stamina regen
  
• Fixed menu from getting stuck on the complete screen during the new early game experience
  
• Fixed wooden posts not appearing in Turtletop and Ramshackle
  
• Fixed name plates not showing sometimes for other players
  
• Updated the game credits
  
• Added music to a Rasken cutscene
  
• Fixed a Rasken cutscene despawning too early
  
• Fixed roulettes to show x/4 players as the required amount instead of x/8
  

• Improved server stability and reduced crashes
  
• Fixed quests occasionally not triggering the next objective
  
• Fixed items from different sources not stacking
  
• Fixed fireseeds not activating bushes during Sapping the Forest - Neowear Rush event
  
• Fixed crafting materials occasionally disappearing from inventory during synthesis
  
• Increased stack size for Neowear synthesis materials from 20 to 50
  
• Fixed inability to synthesize T2 weapons if they were equipped