18.7.4 Update Release Notes

Patch Date: June 11, 2015

• General Changes
  
  • Deranged Xan should be more willing to drop certain loot items
  • Grand Armbands/Aban Fala bracers are Neutral-friendly
  • QL 160 JAME rifles can be upgraded
  • Shadow Nano Crystals should resume dropping from Shadowlands dungeons
  • Reaver, Blunt Mastery, Edged Mastery, and Bone Crusher will require the first perk to successfully execute for further perks to be used; these initial perks should land more often.
  • Unstunnable adds 60% resist to Brawl stun
  • Team Warp Time & Space: Capital City will be more reliable
  • Improved Anticipation of Retaliation has an increased stacking order
  • Improved +dmg buffs have had their stacking orders increased
  • Extended "Ambush" timer of the "Emergency Call" mission
  • The Collector has misplaced his supply of Spiritual bots
  • Increased duration of various nanos to 4 hours
  • Added floor numbers to Fixer Grid
  • Abmouth Supremus should be less prone to getting locked in place, and will pursue foes for longer periods of time
  
  

• Profession Changes
  
  • Adventurer
    
    • Single & Team heals are in separate nanolines, allowing for slightly speedier healing
    • Lowered cooldown on AoE tranquillizer debuffs
    • Moved HP component of Pitlizard auras to a separate nano which will not recast if it's already running
    • Lowered requirements for Form of Cerberus and Hide of the Cerberus
    • Removed Specialization requirements from QL 125 morph auras
    • Adventurer Morphs auras will cast more quickly
    • Furry Precision can be purchased in General Stores
    
    
  • Agent
    
    • Escape nanos cancel on zoning
    • Perk Soften Up checks AMS instead of Rifle, in line with similar perks
    • Shortened Cast/Recharge of Concentration buffs
    • Two Left Feet will act as a snare and a CritResistance debuff
    • Gan'Kar rifle has increased CritMod
    • Changed damage/execution time on Armor Piercing Shot, Called Shot, and Find the Flaw
    • Shortened The Repressor cooldown
    • Nano Crystal (Frenzy of Fur) can be uploaded by False Profession agents
    
    
  • Bureaucrat
    
    • Weird Looking Red Tape can now be purchased for 10k Victory Points
    • Increased duration of Malaise nanos
    • Slightly lowered defensive check on Special nukes
    
    
  • Doctor
    
    • Tired Limbs can be put on an attacking foe
    • Added a lesser stun resistance to Vaccine buffs
    • Lowered casting time of Shadowlands heals, while also reducing their healing amounts
    • Perk Close Call will execute more quickly with less restrictive requirements
    
    
  • Enforcer
    
    • Increased health buffs from large Essence (e.g. Mongo's Troll) buffs
    • Rage buffs will add a lesser amount of runspeed
    • Reduced Charge! stun to 1 second
    
    
  • Engineer
    
    • Lowered requirements of Mechanized Reflect Shield and renamed to "Empowered Pre-Nullity Harmonic Cocoon"
    • Reflect auras will all affect pets and teammates
    • The Widowmaker Battle Drone, as well as several higher-level Slayerdroid pets, will peck and poke at enemies with slightly more force
    • Siphon Box perk action will correctly provide all Engineer pets with the intended offensive proc
    
    
  • Fixer
    
    • Restock Special Ammo will call down ammo based on the Burst skill of the Fixer
    • Grid Armor will offer some Nano Resist
    • NCU Wiping nanos will land more easily, but can only afflict a target once every 90 seconds
    • Removed line cooldown on "Vanish into the Digital Void" and lowered cooldowns on other meep solo/team meeps
    
    
  • Keeper
    
    • Nano & Heal auras that adapt to nano skills of the keeper will correctly adjust if there is a skill change
    • Dimach reduced to 5 minute cooldown
    • Replaced "Riposte" requirement of the Perfect Replica of Excalibur with Fast Attack
    • Added Melee Energy to Knights' Ring of Honour
    • Clarion Call will use Attack Rating as an offensive check
    
    
  • Martial Artist
    
    • Lowered a few of the debuffs from Zazen stance; additional stances will be awarded from future content
    • Lowered requirements for (Team) Matrix of Ka heals
    • Added nano init to Unnoticed Strike
    • Aegis buffs will provide additional nano resist
    • Unstunnable perkline will provide some protection against Brawl Stuns
    • Four Fists of Kali will additionally buff Dimach
    
    
  • Nano Technicians
    
    • Cyberdecks will invalidate weapon skills
    • Increased casting time of Shadowlands nukes, but slightly lowered the casting cap
    
    
  • Shade
    
    • Soul Capsules will have a higher chance of having a Spirit inside
    
    
  • Soldier
    
    • Art of War increases Assault Rifle by 200
    • Total Combat Survival adds 1200 HP and 5% Healing Reactivity
    • Augmented/Total Mirror Shields will add Healing Reactivity and Root/Snare resistance
    • Augmented Mirror Shield nanos can reflect back more damage to the target
    • Removed Remedy Inhibitor from the Complete Healing nanoline
    • Added nano-based AoE "grenade" procs, doing moderate damage with a considerable taunt
    • Sped up casting speed of Empowered Reflect Shields
    
    
  • Trader
    
    • Reduced Damage-to-Nano rate for Nanobot Defense
    • Lower Nano Resist debuff line has its casting cap removed
    • Divest/Deprive nanos will land more easily
    • Increased (de)buff amount of Nanite Improved Divest/Plunder nanos
    • Added "Subprime Vitality Mortgage" which provides a powerful initial HoT, with a temporary DoT soon after