Testlive Patch Notes: 18.7.0.23

Patch Date: March 19, 2015

This patch's focus was aimed at more general items. I have only a couple more updates planned, which will deal more directly with professions' tools.

• General Changes
  
  • Removed total immunities from certain Trader, Doctor, Meta-Physicist, etc. buffs from all monsters; they still have some resistances to them, in addition to Nano Resist, however.
  • Starter weapons are now solar-powered again
  • Updated starter equipment to be more easily accessible after landing on Rubi-Ka
  • Updated requirements for the Perfected Diamondine Kick Pistol tradeskill
  • Fixed an empty door that appeared within a Neutral General store
  • Improved APF rewards, lowered level requirement to 201+
  • Changed (Improved)Medi-Blade's appearance
  • Reduced difficulty on several of the unique monsters encountered during the Adonis Brain questline
  • Added an upgraded version to the Angst of Xan
  • Removed the requirement of the Darren Plush quest on teleport items/nanos
  • Gold Chests should be more willing to drop Xan Weapon Upgrades
  • Recall Beacon devices will not work if under the effects of "PvP Enabled"
  • Xan Support Leg Alpha had its damage shield replaced with Dodge Ranged
  • Implemented the ability to check the right-hand weapon as a requirement; applied to the following perklines: Blunt Mastery, Edged Mastery, Reaver, Skull Crusher
  • Blunt Mastery
    
    • Bring the Pain - Shortened attack time, made AoE easier to land, increased damage, extended stun
    • Crush Bone - Extended effects while in PvM, easier to land
    • Devastating Blow - Halved recharge, lowered damage, increased def check
    • Quick Bash - Increased damage, shortened recharge, lowered def check, extended duration of "Affected by Quick Bash"
    
    
  • Edged Mastery
    
    • Quick Cut - Increased damage, reduced def check
    • Flay - Increased damage
    • Flurry of Cuts - Increased damaged, increased chance to land
    • Ribbon Flesh - Slightly decreased chance to land
    
    
  • Bone Crusher
    
    • Hammer and Anvil - Increased damage buff
    • Overwhelming Might - Raised def check, shortened recharge
    • Pulverize - Lowered Def Check, increased execution time
    • Seismic Smash - Lowered def check, shortened recharge
    
    
  • Reaver
    
    • Cleave - Lowered def check, recharge time
    • Transfix - Increased damage, lowered recharge
    • Pain Lance - Shortened recharge, increased DoT damage
    • Slice n Dice - Lowered recharge, hits for 3 times, increased individual hit damage
    
    
  • Clearsight will fire off more quickly
  • Dazzle with Lights will be visible in the target's NCU
  • Starfall perks will execute more quickly, with some damage adjustments
  
  

• Profession Changes
  
  • Bureaucrat
    
    • Blast Shield will grant more absorbs, as well as Root/Snare resistance
    • Consolidated Wasteful/Inefficient init debuffs; Melee/Phys/Ranged inits will be in the same debuff
    • Droid Damage Matrix lasts for 10 minutes
    
    
  • Doctor
    
    • Epsilon Purge will now only remove all active DoTs
    • Bone Eater and other DoTs should have lost their casting caps; some should cast a little faster
    
    
  • Enforcer
    
    • Mongo! nanos heal at the correct frequency
    
    
  • Keeper
    
    • Syndicate Brain offers 50 2he skill
    
    
  • Meta Physicist
    
    • Channel Rage lasts 2 hours
    • Beneficial/Hostility Scourge nanos have been separated into their own nanolines
    • Added "Improved Anticipation of Retaliation"
    • Shield of Zset offers less AAD
    • Sacrificial Shielding has a 4 minute cooldown
    • Notum Rejection will cancel running Nano Cost buffs
    • Spirit of Blessing/Purity have a 20 second recharge
    
    
  • Trader
    
    • Decision by Committee will correctly spawn pets for 60 seconds, with a 5 minute recharge; they've also been going to the gym.