Travel form cast time reduced
Quest Panel from NPCs will now close out totally when you click "OK" when it was the only option available on the NPC
Dungeon Objectives and Completion text will now broadcast to the chat window
Sellback prices of items are now shown on the hover tooltips
XP now rolls over to the next level (note: XP gained once level cap has been reached is not 'saved' and will not roll over the next time the level cap is raised)
Chat window and font tweaked slightly to be more visible
Fixed Party Invites so that No means No
Can no longer add yourself as a Friend

+ 1.6.7b5

- 1.6.7b5

Classes
Dragonslayer (PTR) Updated

Third PTR

+ 1.7.8b0

- 1.7.8b0

Classes
Paladin (PTR)

Fourth PTR

+ PTRb4

- PTRb4

Classes
Paladin (PTR) Updated
Necromancer (PTR)

We have implemeted item multi-stacking in this build:
-this means that stackable items can now be acquired in multiple stacks (this feature can be turned on or off for select items)
-what needs to be tested: items should stack up to their max stack and then create a new stack(edited)
-this should happen when items are acquired via loot, buying in shops, buying from DC shops, acquired from quests
-also to test:  that items get SUBTRACTED from stacks and multistacks properly
-this should be tested when items are subtracted via selling, deleting, quest turnins
-multiple stacks should be able to be moved to and from the bank

+ PTRb2

- PTRb2

-item stacks should merge properly now when moving stackable items in and out of the bank
-items over the max stack should now create a new stack below the first full stack; additional items will be added to the subsequent stacks until they reach max stack size and so on.

+ PTRb3-4

- PTRb3-4

 - Soul costs adjusted
 - Summons don't lose health over time (health lowered instead)
 - Soul Siphon now gains lifesteal and extra damage when used on an enemy that was recently attacked by one of your minions
 - Skeletons now give ult charge
 - Skeletons now last 9 seconds, up from 8
 - Armor Break from Dark Decay no longer stacks

+ PTRb5

- PTRb5

 - Added spawn particle to Summon Undead (known bug: currently plays twice)
 - Nameplate visibility and click-to-target distance is now based on player location instead of camera
 - Nameplate settings now work properly
 - NPCs can now cast friendly spells on nearby allies (if they have any)

+ PTRb6

- PTRb6

 - Fixes related to obtaining/using items
 - Summoned minions now die if the Necromancer dies
 - Summoned minions will now re-aggro when the Necromancer attacks something new
 - Enemies killed entirely by a minion will now count for the Necromancer (they drop loot, etc)
 - Item spells will no longer crit (eg - Health Potions)
 - Spell damage/healing variation lowered from 20% to 15%
 - Item damage/healing variation lowered from 20% to 5%

Fifth PTR

+ PTRb0

- PTRb0

Shops
Basic Guns

Items

Classes
Alpha Pirate (PTR)
Pirate (PTR)

Weapons
Akriloth's Fire Gun

 - Pirate and Alpha Pirate are available to everyone
 - Cysero sells some basic guns at different levels
 - Some art is still WIP (class selection, icons, etc)
 - Sounds are not in yet

+ PTRb3

- PTRb3

 - Self-cast spells no longer make you run when targetting an ally
 - Damage from Bullet Storm is spread among all hits more evenly instead of showing the majority of damage on the final hit
 - Possible fix for odd Auto Attack timings
 - Possible fix for bullets flying to Akriloth's hands

+ PTRb5

- PTRb5

    - Several improvements to tab targeting
    - Shift-tab now moves backwards through the target list
    - Sounds added to Pirate classes
    - Minor adjustments to Pirate animations
    - Using Flak Shot no longer puts Reload on cooldown

+ PTRb6

- PTRb6

    - Shift+Tab changed to Ctrl+Tab for previous target
    - Feathered Doom and Release the Braken now Snare the target
    - Flame Bullet chance to refresh Bullet Storm increased from 33% to 50%
    - Flak Shot slow duration 2.5s -> 1.5s, power 200 -> 180
    - Bullet Storm power 130 -> 125
    - Status effects now sort more consistently
    - Debuffs from other players that only do damage are now filtered out (Poison, Burn, Bleed, etc)

+ PTRb7

- PTRb7

Items

Classes
Ninja (PTR)

    - Another attempt to fix odd AA timings
    - Ninja!

+ PTRb8

- PTRb8

Items

Classes
Ninja 2 (PTR)

- Major update to the newest version of Unity!
    * Please report any issues you see with maps looking funny or not loading, or any other odd problems

- Area of Effect abilities now deal 10% less damage or healing to their 2nd target, 20% less to their 3rd target, down to a minimum of 50% damage to their 6th or more targets. 
    * To compensate, AoE abilities have had their base power increased. The result should be that these spells do nearly the same or more damage to 3 or fewer targets, but less to a larger number of targets.
    * Targets are damaged in order of highest aggro.
    * Targets are healed in order of lowest percent health left.

- Warrior
    * Whirlwind power: 90 -> 100
- Dragonslayer
    * Final Descent power: 275 -> 310
- Paladin
    * Holy Shield damage reduction 35% -> 25%
    * Divine Judgement power: 175 -> 200
- Guardian
    * Guardian's Hope base power: 40 -> 55
- Necromancer
    * Soul Transfer: Souls on kill 10 -> 15
    * Soul Siphon power: 70 -> 60
        + Enhanced power: 90 -> 80
    * Grand Summon taunt duration: 5s -> 3.5s

+ PTRb9

- PTRb9

 - Fix certain combat sounds not playing
    - Necromancer
        * Soul Siphon: No longer needs a minion out to do full damage.
        * Grand Summon: Big Bones attack stat lowered by ~13%.
    - Guardian
        * Bulwark: Defense boost 5% -> 10%
        * Dragon's Breath: Damage dealt generates 50% more Aggro than normal.

+ PTRb10

- PTRb10

 - Whole mess of changes to Ninja 2.
        * Now uses Energy as a resource
        * Shuriken and Bomb Toss visually swapped
        * Smokestep now decreases Aggro (not yet working) and grants some Energy
        * Number changes all over the place

    The intention here is to establish two primary rotations: Tempered Blades -> Wind Slash -> Shuriken -> Repeat as the damage rotation, and an occasional Smokestep -> Bomb Toss -> Poison Dagger rotation to refresh your energy, debuff the enemy, and apply a long Poison. Flowing between the two regularly should be the key element of playing well.

    Numbers certainly still need tweaking, but I wanted to get the changes out before leaving for the day to see if this puts Ninja closer to being fun and interesting.

+ PTRb11

- PTRb11

- Ninja Ultimate -> Thousand Cuts
    * Now has enhanced effects if imbued with an element
    * Metal increases damage
    * Wind makes you Dodge all attacks briefly
    * Energy adds a powerful Bleed
- Fixed typos referring to Ninja's resource as Energy instead of Spirit
- Fixed resource costs in tooltips
- Fixed Necro passive not being updated as mentioned in b8 patch

- Many, many fixes to map and particle issues
- Ninja
    * Ninja and Ninja 2 are now the same.
    * Resource costs per spell: 15 -> 20
    * Smokestep now returns 60 Spirit over 6 seconds
    * Thousand Cuts: Imbuing Energy now refreshes all Spirit

- Known issues:
    * Thousand Cuts visually does too much damage

- Fixed incorrect damage on Thousand Cuts (Tooltip is now off)
- Certain spells were adding more aggro than intended:
    * Paladin: Radiant Blade
    * Dragonslayer: Final Descent

+ PTRb12

- PTRb12

- Fixed Thousand Cuts tooltip

+ PTRb13

- PTRb13

- Ninja thematic update
    * NOTE: Icons are still WIP. Trying to get a feel for changing colors first.
    * Heavily updated skill names, icons, descriptions
    * Mechanics mostly unchanged
    * Metal -> Earth
    * Energy -> Fire
    * Spirit -> Chi
    * Element stance durations: 5 -> 3 seconds
    * Aggro reduction from Smokestep now working

+ PTRb14

- PTRb14

- We're trying some more drastic changes to combat to see if a stronger emphasis on aoe combat is more fun. None of this is balanced or guaranteed to stay, we want to see how it feels and go from there.
   * More interesting aoe abilities are now possible, including cone and line aoes.
   * Warrior Auto-Attack, Sever, and Earthbreaker are now hit all enemies in a cone
   * Mage Fireball and Meteor Shower now hit all enemies near the impact point
- Pirate and Alpha Pirate ultimates no longer require the user to stand still for the duration
   * Cast lock lowered from 4 seconds to 1.5
- Rogue now dual wields weapons to test the system

+ PTRb15

- PTRb15

- Fixed Necromancer summons not appearing in some instances
- Updated Unity version to potentially fix several crashes
- Mage ult switched back to single target for now

+ PTRb16

- PTRb16

- Synchronized accounts from Live back to PTR (You may have to re-unlock the new classes)

- Lowered all NPC  Health and Attack stats by 25% to test fighting multiple mobs at once
- Note that this will throw off boss stats as well. If this generally feels better we'll fix it to only apply to non-boss enemies.

+ PTRb17

- PTRb17

- Up to speed with Live now, including new Quest Tracker
- Settings menu overhaul, including manual control of graphics settings, several new hotkeys, and better organization

+ PTRb18

- PTRb18

- Some of these changes actually went out with b17, but that's okay!
- AoE Updates
   * Warrior 
      + Sever: Now a cone attack. Power 115 -> 100
   * Mage 
      + Fireball: Now hits all enemies in a small area around the target. Power 110 -> 100
      + Ice Lance: Power 30 -> 40'
   * Rogue
      + Scorpion Sting: Power 75 -> 90
   * Guardian
      + Dragon's Breath: Now hits all enemies in a line. Power: 75 -> 65
- Can now press and hold a hotkey to cast the spell as soon as it's available.
- New setting to turn off autorun to target on spell cast
- New setting to show all buffs/debuffs (By default debuffs you didn't cast that only do damage, such as Poison or Bleed, are hidden on enemies)
- [Desktop] Hotkeys are now properly updated on spell bar when changed from defaults
- [Desktop] New Setting to adjust turn speed on keyboard

+ PTRb19

- PTRb19

- Press and hold hotkey should no longer kick players
- Press and hold hotkey should no longer cause aoe spells to miss when auto-running
- Bloom no longer stacks when applying graphics settings
- Toggle UI is no longer bound to a hotkey by default
- Potential fix for huge damage numbers on multihit attacks like Whirlwind

+ PTRb20

- PTRb20

 - [Desktop] Default window size is now smaller than max
 - [Desktop] Camera sensitivity should no longer change with framerate.
 - New settings to customize Health and Resource displays
 - New setting to adjust maximum framerate (Vsync must be off)
 - New setting to adjust the maximum number of particles to show at once
 - All particles can now be shown, up to particle limit. Previously some would never be shown if you weren't the target or caster of a spell.
 - Fix Depth of Field stacking
 - Fix grass not initializing properly

+ PTRb21

- PTRb21

- Fix to certain abilities not triggering player respawn
 - Removed ability press and hold spell buttons/hotkeys

+ PTRb22

- PTRb22

- New Feature: Telegraphed attacks. Area spells can now show where they will hit.
    * Spell tooltips will show telegraph
    * Spells will show telegraphs during their cast time
    * For testing, we added a bunch of new spells to mobs in Camp Gonnagetcha. Please use "/join campshrade" to go to the map.
- New Feature: Pets
    * Pets are equippable and will follow you around, looking adorable
    * Pets do not participate in combat, they're here for morale. And to look adorable
    * Twilly is available on Dottie in Camp Gonnagetcha and Gaz in the town of Battleon
    * Other players' pets can be hidden with a new General setting
- Ninja Updates
    * Several new effects and animations added
    * Ultimate is still work in progress
- Other changes
    * If autorun is disabled, show a warning when out of range
    * Only autotarget enemies in range if autorun is disabled
    * Option to disable profanity filter. Note that rules about harassment are still in effect. For more details see https://aq3d.com/news/whatthe/
    * Allowed resolutions down to 600 pixel width
- Bug fixes
    * Music volume wasn't initializing properly
    * Fixed NPCs getting stuck casting in some situations
    * Fixed inputs not working while options menu is open

+ PTRb23

- PTRb23

- Adjusted telegraph colors
- Fixed errors when dying with a pet out
- Fixed telegraphs staying after spell was canceled
- Fixed spells not being castable in some cases
- Fixed telegraphs not properly scaling on large NPCs
- Told pets to obey gravity instead of teleporting to the floor
- Disabled annoying sound on Ninja's Exploding Shurikens

+ PTRb24

- PTRb24

- Possible fix to scroll wheel zoom not working
- UI will be enabled if turned off in situations where it is required

+ PTRb25

- PTRb25

- Fixed inaccurate telegraph distances. Large enemies such as Doomed Shrade were hitting targets outside the intended range.
- Draw Distance setting now controls the max distance that particles are visible
- Telegraphs will no longer show past a max distance

+ PTRb26

- PTRb26

- Unity engine update
- Reverted NPC stat nerf

PTR Restart:
- Fix to intro tutorials
- Re-enabled Camp Gonnagetcha for testing
- Re-added aoe spells on Camp Gonnagetcha enemies

+ PTRb27

- PTRb27

- Major update to combat and AoE range calculations to fix issues. One side effect is that you can hit spells from slightly further away and it looks a bit weird. This will be addressed in the next update.
- Fixed a small chat click dead zone
- Fixed DoT effects that do no damage from showing '0' damage each tick (Fixes Ninja's Shadowstep)
- Adjusted minimum pet distances
- Told pets to stop spinning in place. They were getting sick all over the carpets
- Fixed issue with game not loading after switching back to live in some cases

+ PTRb28

- PTRb28

- Lots of backend updates to AoE hit detection and telegraphs. Need testing to make sure nothing broke before next release
- Telegraphs are now hidden while UI is toggled off
- NPCs now attempt to run to combat distance when attacking, instead of right on top of the player
- Fixed combat ranges being increased more than intended
- Fixed telegraphs projecting onto particle effects
- Fixed spells casting on click down, preventing mobile tooltips
- Fixed 'Area Spells Face Target' setting not working properly when disabled
- Fixed NPCs shifting slightly before attacks when not moving

+ PTRb29

- PTRb29

- Fixed Warrior passive missing when fighting very large targets
- Fixed error related to multiple telegraphs being created on the same target

+ PTRb30

- PTRb30

- Increased the effectiveness of Haste and Evasion
- Current target's name is now bolded for better visibility
- Target circle no longer clips into walls, terrain, etc
- NPC area spells now have cast times by default, based on the size of the area
- New setting to hide/show your own nameplate
- Changed Autorun on Spell setting: if off, area spells will now always cast, even when out of range of your target
- Small visual adjustments to Ninja
- Fixed camera tilt after sitting
- Fixed nameplates being blocked by invisible walls
- [Desktop] Fixed FPS cap not being applied at startup

+ PTRb31

- PTRb31

- Ninja sound effects added
- Ninja ultimate animation cleaned up
- Updated telegraphs to be more consistent on lighter surfaces
- Updated screen shake system to allow more flexibility. It should feel the same as before if nothing broke. Something probably broke.

Currently having an issue loading spells on startup. Investigating now

+ PTRb32

- PTRb32

- Fixed hang when loading spells

+ PTRb33

- PTRb33

Now matches 1.17.0 on Live
Paladin
    - Radiant Blade
        * Mana cost lowered from 50 to 25

Guardian
    - Guardian Strike
        * Mana cost lowered from 30 to 25
    - Dragon's Breath
        * Mana cost lowered from 90 to 60

Ninja
    - General
        * When initially casting any Jutsu, GCD is lowered from 0.5 to 0.25 seconds
        * All stances should now change immediately, instead of happening when the skill 'hits.'
        * Perfect Dodge buff text now appears immediately, instead of on the first 'hit',matching the behavior of the buff.
    - Tempered Blades
        * Now increases Attack by 10%, stacking up to 3 times. Previously granted flat 20% Attack
        * Duration increased from 6 to 12 seconds
    - Fuuma Shuriken
        * Power increased from 60 to 75
    - Smokestep
        * Focus now grants 60 Chi in 3 seconds. Previously took 6 seconds
    - Fire Strike
        * Burn damage is fully applied in 8 seconds, down from 10

+ PTRb36

- PTRb36

More fixes for Treasure Chests
-updated the Treasure Shard icon
-UI should now properly be disabled on non-standard screen resolutions (will no longer be able to click behind the UI to move the character / interact with menus)
-issues that caused dupe items / dupe chests should be fixed now
-fixed consumable icon from flying away when clicking the next button quickly in succession
-transferring maps can no longer be interrupted by opening the Treasure Chest screen
-DCs have been set to 50,000 again

+ PTRb41

- PTRb41

- Fixed items not being removed properly when dusted.
- Fixed issue when chest UI was clicked during NPC interaction.

Sixth PTR

+ PTRb4

- PTRb4

- Class Ranks are here!
 - You can now gain xp and rank up each class
 - Ranking up will unlock and improve each class' skills
 - At rank 10 a new skill slot will unlock: your Cross Skill
 - Cross Skills can be used on any class once unlocked
 - Custom item slots now unlock as you level up. A new slot will unlock at level 5, 10, 15, and 20
 - XP and Gold is now subject to diminishing returns: As you kill enemies lower than your own level, they will give less XP and Gold
 - Some elements are still in progress: Cross Skill art, animations, and sounds are not complete, and some UI polish is still planned. Let us know of anything you notice that could use improvement, however!
Known issues:
 - All player data is not current with live, nor are the newest maps available right now. We may be able to fix this next week.
 - Opening chests causes the client to hang

PTR Restart:
 - Fixed Cross Skill cooldowns
 - Fixed Lucky Shot requiring class rank 10 on other classes

PTR Restart:
 - Fixed the stuff I said I fixed last restart
 - Fixed Dragonlance after reaching rank 8

+ PTRb5

- PTRb5

 - New particle effects on level and rank up
 - Alpha Pirate is now considered a "Class Skin" of Pirate. Skins' ranks don't count towards your total class rank, but are immediately rank 10 when unlocked. We'd like to improve this system in the future.
 - Lucky Shot now indicates that it came from Pirate, not Alpha Pirate
 - Enemy rewards now start decreasing when 5 levels above the enemy, up from 3.
 - Fixed class passives unlocking at rank 1
 - Fixed swapping cross skill while current skill is on cooldown
 - Fixed Necromancer summons
Known issues:
 - All player data is not current with live, nor are the newest maps available right now. We may be able to fix this next week.
 - Opening chests causes the client to hang
 - Ninja is ordered incorrectly in the class list
 - Rogue passive is still being applied at rank 1
 - Class rank on main UI does not always update properly when changing classes

+ PTRb6

- PTRb6

 - Disabled level and rank up particle effects

-all Classes are now free to unlock on PTR!  Happy testing!

Restarted server to hopefully bring content and level cap to match live

+ PTRb7

- PTRb7

 - Various adjustments to Cross Skills, especially cooldowns
 - New interface for swapping cross skills and items on hotbar
 - Temporarily increased all Class XP gains for PTR testing purposes
 - Updated passive icon in classes interface
 - Fixed class resource not regenerating in some scenarios
 - Fixed class rank on portrait not updating properly

+ PTRb8

- PTRb8

- Show error message when trying to swap hotbar items in combat
 - Fixed Ninja icons not updated
 - Sped up spell loading process
 - Fixed Pirate rank ups referring to Release the Braken
 - Fixed Meteor Shower power in tooltip after ranking up
 - Fixed a number of potential tooltip bugs involving buff duration, power, etc
 - Fixed Guardian Summon defense buff being centered around the target instead of the Guardian

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