[1.3] Ironbreaker Patch Note Preview

[AdamG_EAMythic]

Greetings,

As many of you are aware, WAR's 1.3 patch is rapidly approaching! Before we open up the Public Test Server and release the patch notes, we wanted to sit down with each career's community and give them a rough idea of what to expect from 1.3.

Patch 1.3's major balance changes focus on the balancing of direct damage vs. area-of-effect abilities. All careers should expect to see AoE effectiveness reduced across the board. This reduction can come in a change to damage/healing, AP cost, or effect radius, and will vary from ability to ability.

Tank careers are, by far, the least affected by the AoE /direct-damage changes in 1.3. This is because the vast majority of tank abilities are not AoE and do not have high base damage value. Because of the limited changes to tank abilities, we will be releasing the majority of their adjustments during the 1.3 PTS and not with the initial launch of the PTS server.

Ironbreakers will see a number of AoE adjustments including but not limited to

• Many AoE abilities have had their effective radius reduced, returning their radius to pre-1.2.1 patch values.

• A number of conical-area-of-effect melee abilities have been adjusted to a new standard melee CAoE. Range has been reduced but the arc of effect has been greatly increased. This will allow the character to more easily lash out at nearby targets without granting the career excessive range.

Below is a list of changes that are currently pending for version 1.3, but will be updated to PTS after the initial launch of the test server.

• Bonus damage from Strength will now have a much greater effect on abilities with high base damage, but a reduced effect on abilities with low base damage.

• Gromril Plating will be converted to a self-only damage absorb so it is in line with other Morale 3 damage absorb abilities.

• A number of AoE abilities have been reduced in effectiveness through reductions in damage, or increase in AP cost/cooldown.

Adam Gershowitz
Producer - Character Systems
Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning

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