Game Patch for Sept. 30, 2021.

[AluraMist]

From the Wizard101 website: https://www.wizard101.com/forum/hals...d7e7981?page=1

Game Patch for September 30, 2021

A new Game Patch has arrived! This morning we updated the following:

*Dark Sprite is now properly set to unlock with Training Points

Henchmen/Monstrology

*Fixed issue when summoning minions caused henchmen and Monstrology summons to disappear

PvP

*Shatter and Enfeeble TCs are rebalanced and now permitted in PvP (2 pip cost, remove 3 max)
*Made Enfeeble TC auctionable and tradeable and increased its availability via loot tables
*Set the following pet or item cards to No PvP: (Deadly Minotaur, Frost Minotaur, Arcticzilla, Vengeful Seraph, Medusa, Royal Triton)
*Set Reshuffle TC to No PvP

[Dylan Windwalker]

I'm still skepical that limiting everything is the best option for PvP. I wonder how 5th Age is going to change battling against one another within the battlefield

[SeptenaryRavens]

Here are the two versions of shatter and enfeeble. One is for PvP and PvE, the other is just for PvE. If you are fighting Omen, you will want to use the "remove all" version, or else that battle will be close to impossible.

[SeptenaryRavens]

Asrik does in fact drop the newly "rebalanced" version.

[JaredSpellFrost]

Whatever happened to separating PvP nerfs from PvE? Bosses like Omen (Which were designed for regular Shatter) are going to be practically impossible now!
And what about vetting these changes through the community? I feel as though KingsIsle is pumping out these nerfs with no thought to the ramifications. If they have time to release several new microtransactions per week, then these changes can be PvP only.

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@Sparck, can you please relay these concerns to the Devs?

[Pegasus Unbound]

While it was not specifically mentioned and I don't want to sound like a broken record...

They worked on Beastmoon issues, but did not fix the Badge problems that we have been asking/begging to be fixed for a very, VERY long time. I am not a programmer or developer, but I do not see/understand why something this "minor" to fix, but still so important to the players, is still not fixed.
@Eric Stormbringer and @Sparck, can you please look into this for us or bring it to the attention of "The Powers That Be"?

[Torpzun26]

Whatever happened to separating PvP nerfs from PvE? Bosses like Omen (Which were designed for regular Shatter) are going to be practically impossible now!

From what I can tell, only the non-pack TC version of Shatter was changed. This means that you can have a Myth Wizard or use a pet such as the Arcane Golem or the (bundle-exclusive! but you can just hatch with it) Forge Goblin that gives two Shatters. So it's far from impossible, but you might need more prep than going to the Bazaar and buying a single Shatter TC.

Edit: Saw some Tweets by the devs suggesting that they are looking into expanding this nerf to all variations of Shatter. Even if that happens, I think that the best way would be to have someone spam Shatter (rather than a one-time use right before the hit), which would likely require a Myth Mastery amulet and a bunch of Shatter TC. Which for a TC that isn't gardenable (the Wiki says Myth Beastmoon Seeds drop them, but I believe this is no longer true) is kinda... eeeeeeh. Maybe a cheaper alternative would be (presuming a Fire hitter) to spam Storm hits on the Sentinel and then Shatter off any remaining Fire shields for a round or two?

[Sparck]

Whatever happened to separating PvP nerfs from PvE? Bosses like Omen (Which were designed for regular Shatter) are going to be practically impossible now!
And what about vetting these changes through the community? I feel as though KingsIsle is pumping out these nerfs with no thought to the ramifications. If they have time to release several new microtransactions per week, then these changes can be PvP only.

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@Sparck, can you please relay these concerns to the Devs?

Absolutely, done!