In case you missed the Age of Conan August 19th patch notes leaked last week, we have them for you again. See what the Funcom worker bees have created.

PLAYFIELDS

* The Catacombs in Tarantia Nobel district offers a host of new quests and encounters to challenge you in this group instance.

CLASSES

MAGE (General)

* Dark Meditation will now properly expire.
* Dark Meditation should now be removed from the spell list after untraining feats.
* The description for the general feat Purge no longer refers to multiple targets.
* The feat "Purge" has been renamed to "Spell - Purge".
* Mirrored Iron's proc, Set's Shield, now hits using the correct damage type based on the Magic Rating buff running.
* Mirrored Iron's proc, Set's Shield, has had its damage readjusted to the proper amount.

ROGUE (General)

* Ambush ability will no longer increase the damage of the next strike.
* Mountaineer feat's decrease to the duration of the Bruised Body debuff has been changed from 50%/100% to 45%/90% per respective rank.
* Mountaineer feat's decrease to the duration of the Broken Bones debuff has been changed from 25%/50% to 30%/60% per respective rank.
* Quick Dismount will not go on cooldown unless you are mounted.
* Cheat the Reaper will now work 25%/50% of the time per respective feat point spent.
* Cheat the Reaper can now only activate once every 5 minutes.

SOLDIER (General)

* Brutal Enraging Wound and Enraging Wound will now always tick 3 times.
* Brutal Enraging Wound now displays the proper damage over time value in the combo tool tip.
* Spell damage will now properly trigger Cunning Deflection.

Assassin

* Grim Corruption I's debuff will now stack with the other Grim Corruption debuffs.
* Grim Corruption will now debuff Unholy and Poison Invulnerabilities by 5% at each rank.

Barbarian

* All the Savage Rage combos now use the same animation as Savage Rage IV.
* Impale's cooldown has been increased to 40 seconds.
* Impale's bonus damage will now scale consistently with feat points invested.

Bear Shaman

* Aspects - Blood Fever, Skulk, and Untamed Regeneration will no longer be removed after zoning.
* Claws of Life will no longer be removed after zoning.
* Spirits of the Debased proc buff now uses the proper icon in the buff GUI.
* Spirit Totem: Profane will now always give Unholy Invulnerabilities with each rank of Spirits of the Debased trained.

Conqueror

* Conquest's bonus to One-Handed weapon damage has been increased across all ranks.
* Deep Wounds will now stack properly.
* Deep Wounds' proc rate has been slightly increased.
* Deep Wounds now displays a stack count in the target's debuff GUI.
* Deep Wounds' DPS has been increased slightly.
* Feint Attack I will no longer scale past Feint Attack II at any level.
* Frostbite will now debuff magical damage in addition to melee damage.
* Frostbite will now have an additional larger debuff component versus PvP targets on top of the normal debuff.
* Frostbite's chance to apply off of a Hoarfrost proc has been doubled.
* Hail of Furious Strikes II will no longer scale past Hail of Furious Strikes III at any level.
* Lacerate will now proc off all non-unarmed melee attacks.
* Lacerate's proc rate has been slightly increased.
* Lacerate now displays a stack count in the target's debuff GUI.
* Lacerate's DPS has been increased slightly.
* Lingering Wrath's damage has been slightly reduced.
* Lingering Wrath will now always tick 5 times.
* Offhand Precision's bonus has been doubled at all ranks. It will now increase Offhand Chance by 2%/4%/6%/8%/10% per respective rank.
* Rend Flesh's duration has been increased to 15 seconds. The cooldown has also been increased to 1 minute.
* Rend Flesh's damage over time effect will now last 5 seconds.
* Rend Flesh now displays a stack count in the target's debudff GUI.
* Rend Flesh's damage over time effect will now scale better with more feat points invested.
* Improved Rend's direct damage hit will now scale better with more feat points invested.
* Two-Handed Master's bonus to Two-Handed weapon damage will now scale more consistently.
* Renamed Auras & Battle Crys, and included level up info in descriptions.

Dark Templar

* The name of the feat "Spell - Dooming Presence" has been changed to "Combo - Dooming Presence", since it actually does grant a combo and not a spell.
* Pact of Malacodor should now be removed from the spellbook after untraining feats.
* Reaper of Malacodor should now be removed from the spellbook after untraining feats.
* Covenant of Arms will no longer be removed after zoning if you have the appropriate feat.

Demonologist

* Chaotic Blast's damage component can now perform critical hits.
* Demonic War will no longer be removed when zoning.

Guardian

* Guard I will no longer scale past Guard II at any level.
* Lowered the damage of Stagger I slightly.
* Increased the damage of Stagger II slightly.

Herald of Xotli

* Undying Glory of Xotli should no longer be removed when zoning.
* Fixed a tool tip issue causing the wrong information to be displayed in the Burning Words feat.

Necromancer

* Despoil the Soul will now show the proper duration when viewing the tool tip of the spell.
* Despoil the Soul duration has been increased to 1 hour.
* Spellweaving buff 'Death God' duration has been reduced to 20 seconds.
* The cabal debuff will now use the proper icon in the target's debuff window.

Priest of Mitra

* Armor of Faith will no longer be removed by Hand of Mitra.

Ranger

* Incapacitating Stabs I will never scale past Incapacitating Stabs II at all levels.
* Marked Target will now stack properly when 2 points are invested in the feat.
* Piercing Stance, Shattering Stance, Sniper Stance, and Fire Stance will no longer be removed when zoning if the appropriate feat is trained.
* Shattering Shots will now properly remove the directional shielding in the target GUI.
* Immolation should work more consistently.

Tempest of Set

* Lightning Cast will now properly put Lightning Strike on a 5 second cooldown.
* A book in your offhand will no longer spin during attack animations.

COMBAT

* The attack at the end of a charge can no longer be aborted.
* Transitions between 2H-attacks for male & female characters should feel smoother.
* The male UP-attack animation for staves should now work correctly.
* Charge, Ursine Rush, Impale (Guardian), Stunning Charge, and Hellstep can no longer be used while Hidden.
* Melee pets will now do splash damage.
* Knockback should have a proper animation again.
* Using an ability while charging (such as Cunning Deflection) should no longer lock up your movement.
* You should no longer be able to damage or heal dead targets with spells or combos.
* Fixed a cause of sliding during combat.
* Initiating chat with an NPC while performing attacks will now stop your attack animation as intended.
* You can no longer de-apprentice while in combat.

MASSIVE PVP

* If the attacking guild takes over a battlekeep, any city guards that are left will now despawn.
* Players can now only spawn a ballista while the city is vulnerable to attack.
* Catapult progress bar no longer shows Trebuchet Blast.
* Once the siege battle is finished, the siege weapons and siege camps will now be properly disposed of.
* Ballista siege weapons will no longer cycle between all targets they have. They will use the last target instead, making them more useful in combat.
* If you get teleported out of a battle you will now end up in the nearest NPC village of the connecting resource and building playfield, instead of ending up in the nearest city.
* The siege camp in Burnheim which previously spawned at the wrong location will now spawn at the proper location.
* It's now possible to get a replaced siege targeting module if you lost one. Simply target the weapon and press the use button to get a replacement.
* Only the defending guild can talk to the ballista builder NPCs.
* The siege camps will now give a message when they are used when the city isn't vulnerable.
* Player city guards are now friendly to the guild that owns the city.
* Siege Weapons should no longer fail to initialize properly.
* Ballista NPCs should always spawn when the city becomes vulnerable.
* Vendors should no longer spawn if the vulnerability window opens when the building has just finished being built.
* Members of the attacking guild should no longer get teleported out of the instance when zoning into a siege that is already in progress.
* Siege Weapons should no longer report that the target is out of range when it's not out of range. A different error message will appear if the siege weapon was unable to fire at the target for some reason.
* Massive PvP city NPCs should only be usable by the owners of the city.
* Defending players in a siege will no longer get points for character kills.
* Time left in the siege battle before it ends will now display correctly in Score window.
* If no guild applies for a battle queue before the 24h prior to the siege are over, that battle queue will be locked and no guild will be assigned the Attacker role.
* Mammoth Sweep and Rhino Sweep damage increased and changed to Siege damage to properly damage buildings.

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