Update 60 Release Notes

Update 60 Release Notes

Here are the release notes for Update 60, released on Wednesday, July 26th, 2023.

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News and Notes:

General Balance and Gameplay Changes:

• The Legendary Curse of Agony now has a maximum duration of 60 seconds.

• The pause at the end of tumbling with the Experimental Tumble Controls has been removed, allowing for a seamless Dodge experience.

• There is now a dance for Raptor and Panther mounts!

• We've done some adjustments to the flow of the early game involving taverns in The Harbor. Tavern keepers in The Harbor can now be asked for "Quest Leads" and grant vector quests leading to the various quests around The Harbor. There is also a bit of info about favor and the compendium there. To get started, talk to the barkeeps in the Wayward Lobster or the Leaky Dingy.

• We are updating Dungeon Alert to put some bite back into the system, which has not scaled well against ever-increasing player power over the years.

• If Red Alert is maintained for 30 seconds uninterrupted, a new Purple Alert will now trigger.

• On Purple alert all enemies will gain True Seeing, similar to how bosses have it.

• On Purple Alert all enemies will gain 25% Dodge Penetration and a very large to-hit bonus while flanking (the enemy is behind you).

• On Purple Alert enemies who have been Crowd Controlled will break free in six seconds, and will break free faster for every time they are crowd controlled.

• Defeating enough enemies to leave Red alert while in Purple will cause alert to immediately shift to Orange. If you go back up to Red from Orange, maintaining Red for another 30 seconds will cause you to go back up to Purple. Don't ignore Red Dungeon Alert!

• Movement speed bonuses have been increased for all Dungeon Alert levels by about 20% for enemies that are CR 10 and higher.

• We are aware some content has some trigger issues and we are working through the feedback we've already received.

• Slaads will no longer spam throw boulders while sliding, but have now also remembered they have tongues!

• Exalted Whirlwind and Avenging Whirlwind now work with Be The Whirlwind.

• Acid volumes now scale with level and difficulty. This makes them less lethal at low level but more dangerous at high level.

• The following Favors should now Grant