Albion Online Path to Glory Patch Updates: Essential Weapon Changes and New Meta Insights
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If you’re keen on understanding the latest updates and how they affect your strategies and weapon choices in Albion Online, you’re in the right place. The recent Paths to Glory Patch 1 and Patch 2 have introduced significant changes that could impact your combat tactics and build preferences. Here’s a comprehensive overview of all the updates and what they mean for your gameplay.
Paths to Glory Patch 1 – Detailed Changes
1. Weapon and Ability Adjustments
- Axes
- Relentless Assault (Crystal Reaper): Damage increased from 82.5 to 90.
- Bows
- Deadly Shot (All Bows): Range increased from 18m to 20m.
- Cursed Staffs
- Enfeeble Blades (Lifecurse Staff): Damage debuff removed. Damage per tick increased from 55 to 70.
- Daggers
- Dash (All Daggers): Energy cost increased from 5% to 8%.
- Fire Staffs
- Combustion (Infernal Staff): Damage per tick increased from 13 to 16.
- Flame Pillar (Great Fire Staff): Damage increased from 190 to 200.
- Frost Staffs
- Arctic Volley (Arctic Staff): Range increased from 18m to 22m.
- Nature Staffs
- Well of Life (Wild Staff): Cast time reduced from 1s to 0.7s; Duration reduced from 5s to 4s; Total ticks reduced from 5 to 4; Healing per tick increased from 55.2 to 69.
- Quarterstaffs
- Phantom Twin (Phantom Twinblade): Damage per tick increased from 33 to 36.
- Shoes
- Spectral Run (Specter Shoes): Now reduces damage by 50% for 3 seconds after moving more than 15m (after invisibility ends), instead of disabling auto-attacks.
2. UI and Miscellaneous Changes
- Albion Journal Updates
- Various mission rewards and progression issues addressed.
- Scrolls of Repair earned as Journal rewards are now non-tradable.
- Territory Raiding
- Stored energy destruction percentage increased from 1% to 5% when unlocking Raw Energy Cores.
- Randomized Dungeons
- Enchantment VFX now persist on the minimap after entering, excluding Hideout regions.
- Combat Balance Changes
- Various adjustments across weapons to fine-tune balance.
Paths to Glory Patch 2 – Further Refinements
1. Mob Changes
- Health Regeneration Adjustments
- Avalonian Crystal Basilisk no longer regenerates health after the second phase.
- Reduced health regeneration amounts for elite and high-tier veteran mobs.
- Demonic Harbinger
- Forceful Swing: Damage per tick reduced from 350 to 250.
- Reckless Swing: Damage per tick reduced from 400 to 300.
- Raging Onslaught: Cast time increased from 1.35s to 1.5s.
- Unrelenting Slaughter: Cast time increased from 0.65s to 0.75s.
- Elite Earthkeeper Axe-Thrower
- Stun duration no longer scales with mob’s ability power or player’s crowd control resistance.
- Dynamic Spawn Rates
- Respawn chances for T6+ resources and resource mobs increased by up to 10%.
2. Armor Abilities
- All armor items now have abilities unlocked from Tier 4 upwards, aligning with the weapons update.
3. Albion Journal Updates
- Revised mission rewards and objectives, including adjustments for defeating roaming mobs and fame-related missions.
4. UI Changes
- Travel Planner and Island Merchant UIs
- Enhanced navigation with two-level dropdown menus and clear icons for quick access.
- Guild UI
- Added functionality to copy the guild member list and streamlined reward claiming.
5. Combat Balance Changes
- Arcane Staffs
- Enigma Blade: Damage increased from 180 to 190.
- Frazzle: Cast time reduced from 0.6s to 0.5s; Range increased from 13m to 15m.
- Daggers
- Merciless Finish (Bridled Fury): Damage increased across all stack levels.
- Frost Staffs
- Frost Bomb: Initial area slow increased from 20% to 30%.
- Hammers
- Powerful Swing: Damage increased from 94 to 113; Bonus damage to crowd-controlled enemies increased from 48 to 56.
- Seismic Tremor: Increased damage for all hits.
- Holy Staffs
- Generous Heal: Cast time reduced from 0.6s to 0.5s; Range increased from 14m to 15m.
- Shapeshifter Staffs
- Fireflash Orb (Hellspawn Staff): Adjusted damage mechanics.
- Seedling’s Bloom (Rootbound Staff): Reduced healing received and increased shield.
- Shoes
- Blind Spot (Shoes of Tenacity): Improved movespeed and adjusted invisibility mechanics.
6. Additional Fixes
- Various bug fixes across missions, UI, and gameplay mechanics, including fixes for mission tracking, mob spawning, and visual issues.
These updates bring a host of adjustments that could reshape the meta and influence your choice of builds. Stay informed and adapt your strategies accordingly to stay ahead in Albion Online!
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