This patch focuses on making adjustments to new features introduced with the Abyssal Depths update, along with important fixes to a few gameplay issues.
Changes
The Depths Changes
Gift of Wrath, Dominion, and Cruelty buff durations have been extended from 5 minutes to 10 minutes
Demonic Ferocity stacks now persist after death and resurrection
This update focuses on instanced PvP content and on introducing new players to Albion. It brings a brand-new PvP mode, a new staging ground for Hell-themed instanced content, a reworked early-game experience, a new Albion Journal category, and much more.
The Depths
The Depths are an entirely new type of dungeon aimed at small groups of players. Players must battle mobs and each other to earn loot, and escape before the dungeon collapses. The Depths have three levels, with greater risk and...
These changes aim to address the power of highly repeatable Q mobility spells, alongside minor QoL adjustments to many abilities.
Arcane Staffs
Astral Staff has been hard to deal with in large group fights, so its resilience penetration has been reduced to keep its top-end damage potential comparable to alternatives.