THRONE AND LIBERTY Update 2.10.0 downtime will begin at 10:30 p.m. PT (5:30 a.m. UTC) on May 14 and last approximately 3 hours. Queen Bellandir has been defeated countless times, but they’re ready for revenge from May 15 through May 29. Conquer new mechanics and discover altered loot tables as you take on a trickier variant of this familiar foe. Bonus weapon mastery points and expedited fishing progression will also be available from May 15 through May 22.
Find the full list of changes below.
Guild Call to Arms: Archboss Guild Raid Event
- Between May 15 and May 29, guilds will have access to a special version of the Queen Bellandir fight as a Guild Raid.
- The Guild Raid version of Queen Bellandir has adjusted mechanics and is balanced for a smaller group of players to tackle.
- Guilds may enter the Queen Bellandir guild raid up to twice per week while the event is active!
- Defeating the Guild Raid version of Queen Bellandir will always drop a Tier 2 armor, a Tier 2 accessory, a non-boss Nebula Island accessory, and may drop Arch Boss Weapons or Accessories.
Fishing Bonuses: Special Bait Event
- Pick up special Fishing Bait from event NPCs in Kastleton, Vienta Village, and Herba Village between May 15 and May 22 and get to your nearest shoreline to put it to use!
- Anglers of all levels can benefit from this bait, as it can catch special fish that provide bonus Fishing experience as well as additional items when reeled in.
War Games - Spectator Mode
This update adds Spectator Mode cameras that allow anyone to watch the action during a War Games match.
- Browse the list of upcoming War Games and join public matches as a Spectator. Match owners retain control over whether matches are public or private, and the access of individual participants including spectators.
- Both Free Camera and Target Follow Camera options are available in Spectator Mode.
- Free Camera allows you to fly around the match space to view any part of the action that most interests you, or set up to view critical map points.
- You can also save specific camera angles to function keys and quickly swap between them later.
- Follow Camera lets you select the player you wish to follow from the list of active players in the match to lock the camera to their movement.
General
- After reviewing player feedback and gameplay data, equipment drop rates will be slightly increased across a variety of content, with an emphasis on increased accessibility of Tier 2 equipment.
- Boss-type content: Guild Raids, Field Bosses
- Dungeon content: 3-Star Dungeons, Hall of Illusion
- Open-world Content: Abyss Dungeons, Nebula Island (Blessing Pouches and Conquest Chests)
- Material Transmutation rewards
- All Things Workshop: Added a variety of miscellaneous crafting recipes that exist on other crafting merchants to the All Things Workshop.
- Guilds: Added the option to teleport to zones currently controlled by the guild through the Guild UI.
- Map: Added the ability to share your map pins to others via chat link, by either selecting the link button on the pin or by Alt-Left Clicking the pin.
- Chat: Added a category for recently used stickers to make them more quickly accessible.
- Party Board: Added the ability to Favorite individual Party Board categories and view them through the shorter Favorites list.
- Codex: Players will no longer be stuck in an invisible state when exiting the instanced area during the One-Eyed Hawk Exploration Codex in Urstella Fields.
- Crimson Manor: Adjusted the event area of 'Best Way to Prevent the Worst' so it no longer overlaps with the waypoint.
- Grayclaw Forest: Wolf King Hill: Fixed a spot where players were blocked by unexpected collision.
- Localization: Updated tooltips on several abilities for clarity on how they function.
- Vanguards: Fixed an issue where the previous Vanguard leader would still be labeled as such after changing Vanguard leadership.
- PlayStation 5: Controllers will now vibrate again when playing on PlayStation 5.
- Controller: Cooking: Results are now immediately shown when using the search bar in the Cooking menu.
- Morphs: A Swim Morph will no longer be entered when using a Dash Morph in shallow water.
- HUD: Removed the red dot notification from the Upcoming Schedule widget.
- Party: Party invitations are now automatically declined upon changing instances.
Combat
- Removed the camera shake effect when being hit by broad area effect abilities.
- Staff: Fixed an issue causing the Mana Regen effect from Inner Peace to be lost upon receiving a CC effect while the Immune to CC Specialization was active.
- Crossbow: Fixed an issue causing the incorrect icon to be shown in various locations when the Wild Barrage Specialization was active on Merciless Barrage.
- Wand: Ray of Disaster now deals damage to moving targets.
- Greatsword: Mastery: The Reckless Assault Mastery Node now grants the described effects.
Cosmetics
- Fixed an issue causing the VFX on the Dawnlight Crossbows weapon skin to be displayed in the incorrect position.
- Fixed an issue causing lightning VFX to not be shown on parts of the Stormcaller Shroud outfit.
- Fixed an issue causing the book to be held upside down when the Abyssal Wand weapon skin was equipped.
- The Adventurous Pioneer outfit can now be dyed.
Thanks for your support! We'll see you in Solisium.