Update 3.28.0

Throne and Liberty update 3.28.0 downtime will begin at 10:30 p.m. PT (5:30 a.m. UTC) on April 8 and last approximately 4 hours. It includes a new Battlegrounds map, the Brooch equipment slot, new Co-Op Dungeons, and balance changes. Check out the full list of changes below.

Double Archboss Spawns

Magical energy is surging across Solisium. As a result, Archbosses are becoming more active than ever. Until the start of maintenance on April 23, in accordance with the spawn schedule, 4 types of Archbosses and Ascended Archbosses will spawn simultaneously. Jump in now and take on the challenge against these even more formidable Archbosses.

• During each Archboss event, 4x Archbosses will spawn instead of 2x.

• 1x Archboss will be a Guild event and the other 3 will be Portal events.

Battlegrounds

A new map is now available for Battlegrounds: Floating Elf Garden.

• The Battlegrounds map is set to Floating Elf Garden for the remainder of the season.

• Matchmaking is now restricted to parties of up to 3 players.

• Loosened matchmaking requirements to improve queue times.

• Debuffs are now applied limiting healing and shield health depending on role type:

  • Tank: -95% healing, -95% healing over time

  • DPS: -95% healing, -95% healing over time, -95% shield health

• Added more Achievement missions for Battlegrounds.

Co-Op Dungeons

• Dimensional Circle

  • Two new Co-Op Dungeons have been added to the Epic tier: Hellfire Crucible and Deathless Queen's Lair. These dungeons require a minimum of 5500 Combat Power to enter.

  • Co-Op Dungeon difficulty has been reclassified into 3 tiers: Epic, Elite, and Normal.

    • As a result, Fighting Spirit and Loyalty Adventure Coins can no longer be obtained from lower-tiered dungeons and will be replaced with Fortitude Coins.

    • All content previously granting Fighting Spirit or Loyalty Coins will now grant Fortitude instead.

• Dimensional Trials

  • Doomrot Grove and Chapel of Madness have been added to Dimensional Trials.

  • New affixes added to customize challenge levels.

  • All tiers now grant 3000 points upon completion.

  • Reward chests will no longer spawn in Dimensional Trials.

  • Increased the Golden Chest spawn rate in tiers 9 and 10.

Brooch – New Equipment Slot

A new accessory equipment slot has been added: Brooch!

• The Brooch slot is available automatically to all characters after the 3.28.0 update.

• Brooches can be acquired through various content such as Nebula Island, Co-Op and Solo Dungeons, and Archbosses.

• Brooches support Gear Sync but cannot have runes attached.

• New Achievement missions added related to Brooches.

Balance Changes

The maximum effective range of certain stats has been capped in PvP to reduce stat disparity between players. The caps vary by content type to account for the different scales of each mode.

• General PvP

  • Hit Chance / Evasion: 4500 ~ -3000

  • Critical Hit Chance / Endurance: 4500 ~ -3000

  • Heavy Attack Chance / Heavy Attack Evasion: 4500 ~ -3000

  • CC Chance / CC Resistance: 1800 ~ -1200

• Battlegrounds

  • Hit Chance / Evasion: 3000 ~ -2000

  • Critical Hit Chance / Endurance: 3000 ~ -2000

  • Heavy Attack Chance / Heavy Attack Evasion: 3000 ~ -2000

  • CC Chance / CC Resistance: 1200 ~ -800

• Arena

  • Hit Chance / Evasion: 2250 ~ -1500

  • Critical Hit Chance / Endurance: 2250 ~ -1500

  • Heavy Attack Chance / Heavy Attack Evasion: 2250 ~ -1500

  • CC Chance / CC Resistance: 900 ~ -600

Greatsword

• FixedDuke Magna's Provoking WarbladeFixed an issue where Valiant Brawl's Shield Weakening Specialization was not applied.

Daggers

• Phantom Smokescreen: Duration is no longer affected by Buff Duration bonuses.

• FixedDeluzhnoa's BarrierFixed an issue where Freeze was applied while Fonsine's Blessing was active.

Crossbows

• Multi-Shot: