Patch 2.9

Notes, in no particular order (Part 1):

• Base movement speed has been increased by 12.5% to reduce sluggish gameplay
• Updated UI scaling slider to have a max value of 125%, up from 115%
• Irumesa tree overhaul is nearly complete - many t1-t3 trees were re-placed over the past month
• Various locations now contain resources which do not require combat to harvest
• Celestial Dust icons updated
• Netherscale, Valehide, & Celestialhide icons updates
• Sickles (Herbalism tools) are now craftable at the blacksmithing table
• XP loss on death corrected for previously missed zones
• T3, T4, & T5 Enchanting materials now drop from enemies around Irumesa
• Imp damage output and health reduced slightly
• Lvl 36 Yetis can be encountered in the Eternal Mountains
• Lvl 34 Superior Arcane Elementals can be found in game
• Lvl 39 Naga Warriors have been discovered on Jade Island... as well as a Dungeon Entrance for a future instance
• Successfully harvesting an ore, plant, or tree has a chance to grant crafting-related Enchanting material
• Dual-wield armed run animation has been updated
• T8 Duskroot trees have been added
• T8 Duskthorn plants have been added
• T8 Leysilver has been added
• T8 Cloth Armor, Leather Armor, & Jewelry is now craftable
• T8 Potions are now craftable
• Hellhounds, Paragons, Superior Elementals, and Moonspawn enemies are rigged and are nearly ready to be implemented into the game
• Various monster spawns have been updated to use fixed spawn locations, such as the Imp cave SW of Edrivine. This should reduce unpredictable and unfair 'over-pulling' due to bad spawn RNG
• Many elemental spawns have been converted to host a specific tier of enemy. For example, the Wildland Fire Ele spawn only has greater elementals now
• Misc QoL updates, such as a log bridge north of edrivine to more easily access fire elementals
• Training Grounds teleport location updated
• Ebonshade self-healing output reduced
• Wasps updated to level 11, from level 6
• Rubberbanding while moving should be nearly eliminated
• Density of rabbits, hornbucks, deer, and other wildlife slightly reduced
• Earthguard cooldowns, status effects, tooltips, and animations slightly adjusted to improve the polish of the class
• Assassin cooldowns re-worked significantly, to improve damage output relative to other DPS classes
• Removed misplaced lamps south of Marshdale
• Demon Tyrants added to taskboards
• Taskboard tasks no longer have a maximum level
• Hurry spell is now granted to players who interact with Hawizz on the Edrivine Docks
• Shadowgrowth added to more Shadow Manifestation spawns
• Occlusion updated when the character is behind a tree, which will make gameplay less cluttered when objects are blocking the player's view
• T8 Bags are now craftable
• T8 Backpacks are now craftable
• Backend update: The Development Server is now hosted in the US and we will move the Live Server over soon.
• Gloves have been corrected to properly equip when double-clicked
• Login Screen reverted to standard environment
• New stylized cursor has been added to the game
• Goblins now talk in chat much less frequently