Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures preliminary patch notes for August 6

The preliminary patch notes for Funcom‘s August 6 Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures update are now out on the game’s test forums and it looks like we’re going to be getting quite a number of changes. All the classes have been updated with a number of new animations as well as some changes for tradeskills, combat, and instances. See the full patch in the full article.

Preliminary Patch Notes for August 6th Patch

**These notes do not necessarily reflect the final version that will be deployed on Live**

GENERAL

• Removed the Miss Chance from Shield of the Risen.
• You will no longer be zoned after speaking to a Feat Fixer.
• Several combat related animation issues – such as sheathing and unsheathing spears, holding swords – have been tweaked.
• Added a male animation for the dance_sexy_f emote, and renamed it to dance_sexy.
• Many typos corrected in quests and dialog.

CLASSES

• MAGE (General)
• Dark Meditation will now properly expire.
• Dark Meditation should now be removed from the spell list after untraining feats.
• The description for the general feat Purge no longer refers to multiple targets.
• The feat “Purge” has been renamed to “Spell – Purge”.
• Mirrored Iron’s proc, Set’s Shield, now hits using the correct damage type based on the Magic Rating buff running.
• Mirrored Iron’s proc, Set’s Shield, has had its damage readjusted to the proper amount.
• ROGUE (General)
• Ambush ability will no longer increase the damage of the next strike.
• Mountaineer feat’s decrease to the duration of the Bruised Body debuff has been changed from 50%/100% to 45%/90% per respective rank.
• Mountaineer feat’s decrease to the duration of the Broken Bones debuff has been changed from 25%/50% to 30%/60% per respective rank.
• Quick Dismount will not go on cooldown unless you are mounted.
• Cheat the Reaper will now work 25%/50% of the time per respective feat point spent.
• Cheat the Reaper can now only activate once every 5 minutes.
• SOLDIER (General)
• Brutal Enraging Wound and Enraging Wound will now always tick 3 times.
• Brutal Enraging Wound now displays the proper damage over time value in the combo tool tip.
• Assassin
• Grim Corruption I’s debuff will now stack with the other Grim Corruption debuffs.
• Grim Corruption will now debuff Unholy and Poison Invulnerabilities by 5% at each rank.
• Barbarian
• All the Savage Rage combos now use the same animation as Savage Rage IV.
• Impale’s cooldown has been increased to 40 seconds.
• Impale’s bonus damage will now scale consistently with feat points invested.
• Bear Shaman
•  Aspects – Blood Fever, Skulk, and Untamed Regeneration will no longer be removed after zoning.
• Claws of Life will no longer be removed after zoning.
• Spirits of the Debased proc buff now uses the proper icon in the buff GUI.
• Spirit Totem: Profane will now always give Unholy Invulnerabilities with each rank of Spirits of the Debased trained.
• Conqueror
• Conquest’s bonus to One-Handed weapon damage has been increased across all ranks.
• Deep Wounds will now stack properly.
• Deep Wounds’ proc rate has been slightly increased.
• Deep Wounds now displays a stack count in the target’s debuff GUI.
• Deep Wounds’ DPS has been increased slightly.
• Feint Attack I will no longer scale past Feint Attack II at any level.
• Frostbite will now debuff magical damage in addition to melee damage.
• Frostbite will now have an additional larger debuff component versus PvP targets on top of the normal debuff.
• Frostbite’s chance to apply off of a Hoarfrost proc has been doubled.
• Hail of Furious Strikes II will no longer scale past Hail of Furious Strikes III at any level.
• Lacerate will now proc off all non-unarmed melee attacks.
• Lacerate’s proc rate has been slightly increased.
• Lacerate now displays a stack count in the target’s debuff GUI.
• Lacerate’s DPS has been increased slightly.
• Lingering Wrath’s damage has been slightly reduced.
• Lingering Wrath will now always tick 5 times.
• Offhand Precision’s bonus has been doubled at all ranks. It will now increase Offhand Chance by 2%/4%/6%/8%/10% per respective rank.
• Rend Flesh’s duration has been increased to 15 seconds. The cooldown has also been increased to 1 minute.
• Rend Flesh’s damage over time effect will now last 5 seconds.
• Rend Flesh now displays a stack count in the target’s debudff GUI.
• Rend Flesh’s damage over time effect will now scale better with more feat points invested.
• Improved Rend’s direct damage hit will now scale better with more feat points invested.
• Two-Handed Master’s bonus to Two-Handed weapon damage will now scale more consistently.
• Dark Templar
• The name of the feat “Spell – Dooming Presence” has been changed to “Combo – Dooming Presence”, since it actually does grant a combo and not a spell.
• Pact of Malacodor should now be removed from the spellbook after untraining feats.
• Reaper of Malacodor should now be removed from the spellbook after untraining feats.
• Covenant of Arms will no longer be removed after zoning if you have the appropriate feat.
• Demonologist
• Chaotic Blast’s damage component can now perform critical hits.
• Demonic War will no longer be removed when zoning.
• Guardian
• Guard I will no longer scale past Guard II at any level.
• Lowered the damage of Stagger I slightly.
• Increased the damage of Stagger II slightly.
• Herald of Xotli
• Undying Glory of Xotli should no longer be removed when zoning.
• Fixed a tool tip issue causing the wrong information to be displayed in the Burning Words feat.
• Necromancer
• Despoil the Soul will now show the proper duration when viewing the tool tip of the spell.
• Despoil the Soul duration has been increased to 1 hour.
• Spellweaving buff ‘Death God’ duration has been reduced to 20 seconds.
• The cabal debuff will now use the proper icon in the target’s debuff window.
• Ranger
• Incapacitating Stabs I will never scale past Incapacitating Stabs II at all levels.
• Marked Target will now stack properly when 2 points are invested in the feat.
• Piercing Stance, Shattering Stance, Sniper Stance, and Fire Stance will no longer be removed when zoning if the appropriate feat is trained.
• Shattering Shots will now properly remove the directional shielding in the target GUI.
• Tempest of Set
• Lightning Cast will now properly put Lightning Strike on a 5 second cooldown.
• A book in your offhand will no longer spin during attack animations.

COMBAT

• The attack at the end of a charge can no longer be aborted.
• Transitions between 2H-attacks for male & female characters should feel smoother.
• The male UP-attack animation for staves should now work correctly.

GUI

• Descriptions for Bandaging, Fast Healing, Mana Attractor, and Fast Recovery have been tweaked to be more consistent with actual function.
• Added descriptions to a few of the more obscure potions in Hyboria.

GUILDS

• The Barracks in Player Cities will now spawn the correct amount of guards after being upgraded.
• Only the guild that owns the city will be able to use the NPCs inside their city.
• Renamed some player city feats to be in line with the names of the buildings.
• Barracks should now always show up in the guild feats window after being built.

ITEMS

• Sunsteel Half-plate Vambraces now have the proper full-plate requirement to wear, and can no longer be worn by everybody.
• Basic and Advanced Riding Training items will properly be comsumed on use.
• Pyramid of the Ancients: The essence trap can now only be used within the pyramid.

MOUNTS

• Rhino Charge should no longer go on cooldown unless successfully activated.

NPC/ MOBS

• Due to popular demand, we’ve forced some of our female Derketo followers to burn their bras.
• Tavern patrons in the Armsmans Tavern should no longer play strange animations.
• Deli in the Pyramid of the Ancients now looks poor, and possibly insane.
• Spiders will no longer jump back several feet when getting hit.
• Travel NPCs should offer correct dialog options for travel.
• New and updated loot has been placed in the Catacombs!
• Acheronian Ruins – The Pict Bat Shrieker will now patrol with pets. If attacked, he will keep spawning pets so that he always has 3 pets with him. If he leaves combat, he and his pets will resume patrolling.
• Acheronian Ruins – – All picts now have a specified class, and fitting weapon to this class. Added more mobs.
• Conarch Village – Removed a loop from Rhiderch, and Ryarm’s dialog.
• Commander Zoria’s costume and weapons have been revamped.
• Kalanthes will no longer stand on chairs in his house.
• yllikki’s Crypt – The White Hand Priests will now use their healing and damage abilities.
• Lacheish Plains – Screamer Wolf, Wailer Wolf, Baying Wolf, and Whimpering Wolf NPCs now have the proper death and attack animations.
• Oasis of Zaara – Lions are no longer easy to defeat.
• Pyramid of the Ancients – The Master Torturer will no longer spawn multiple times in a row.
• Tarantia Noble District – Lady Verde’s Bodyguard now looks the same both when seen on the outside and the inside of the villa.
• Tarantia Sewers/Catacombs – Putharjath should now have more interresting abilities.
• Treasury of the Ancients – Corrected a typo in Thuthmekri’s dialog.
• White Sands Isle – Asapon will now correctly spawn at all times outside the Atlantean Cave.

PVP / MASSIVE PVP

• If the attacking guild takes over a battlekeep, any city guards that are left will now despawn.
• Players can now only spawn a ballista while the city is vulnerable to attack.
• Catapult progress bar no longer shows Trebuchet Blast.
• Once the siege battle is finished, the siege weapons and siege camps will now be properly disposed of.
• Ballista siege weapons will no longer cycle between all targets they have. They will use the last target instead, making them more useful in combat.
• If you get teleported out of a battle you will now end up in the nearest NPC village of the connecting resource and building playfield, instead of ending up in the nearest city.
• The siege camp in Burnheim which previously spawned at the wrong location will now spawn at the proper location.
• It’s now possible to get a replaced siege targeting module if you lost one. Simply target the weapon and press the use button to get a replacement.
• Only the defending guild can talk to the ballista builder NPCs.
• The siege camps will now give a message when they are used when the city isn’t vulnerable.
• Player city guards are now friendly to the guild that owns the city.

QUESTS

• Atzel’s Fortress: Kidnapping & Torture – Any leftover Flasks of Oily Pitch will be removed when you complete this quest.
• Atzel’s Approach: Revenge of the Ape God – This is now a group quest.
• Atzel’s Approach: Power Behind the Throne – Item “Orders with the Mark of Set” no longer tells the player to right click on it to get a quest.
• Conarch Village: The Downtrodden – Croiss will no longer confuse a sword with an axe.
• Khemi: The Guardian statue will no longer send you into a dialog loop.
• Kheshatta: The Grim Grey God – You will now reset to the location where you zoned in if you log out in the instance.
• Kheshatta: The Grim Grey God – Sarcophagi and pedestals will have a progress bar when theyÂ’re being used.
• Kheshatta: Heady Kaphil Liquor – The flowers to be collected now have visual effects to help identify them.
• Kheshatta: Hunting the Waste – Weapons for this quest will now have a visual effect.
• Old Tarantia: The Aquilonian Bastard – Fixed the dialogue so that the quest resolves if and only if the player has actually told Varinia about her husband’s infidelity.
• Pyramid of the Ancients – The teleport altar behind Lord Atum-Keket will now be visible at all times.
• Pyramid of the Ancients – Solving the quest “Emerald Eyes” will actually give emerald eyes to the Guardian Statue.
• Tarantia Sewers: The Orphans in the Hovel – Quest now updates for the entire party after talking to Galeria.
• Thunder River: The Kitten – The cat now correctly patrols and eventually despawns.
• Wild Lands: Old Secrets – The password has been corrected in the quest journal.

TRADESKILLS

• If you go linkdead while in the middle of a random encounter at a resource node, you will now be able to log back in with time to prepare before your next random encounter.
• Fixed a small typo that occured in an onscreen message when harvesting is interrupted.
• Vendor bought resources have been reduced in price.
• Added and adjusted drop rates of leather resources to animals residing in the Resource & Building playfields.
• Droprate for all Wild Lands of Zelata animals have increased.
• Droprate of Wild Dagga has been slightly increased in the world.

WORLD DESIGN

• Several collision fixes in Massive PvP Battlekeep playfields.
• Corrected a few areas where players could previously get stuck in the Tarantia Noble District.
• Conalls Valley night time environment has been altered to brighten the playfield slightly.

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