If Fire ring: Shadow of the Earth TreeThe first patch of should makes the DLC easierthis second one is out for blood again. In fact, Patch 1.12.3 is releasing a series of balance changes that address a number of Shadow of the Earth Treethe new weapons and Ash of War abilities, including a popular build that players used to defeat the expansion’s difficult final boss.
While the latest update includes a whole host of nerfs, the most impactful changes involve the new Perfume Bottles and the special Ash of War called Rolling Sparks. When paired with the Lighting and/or Frenzyflame Perfume Bottle, the build could vaporize enemies pretty quickly and even one-shot them in some cases.
Spoilers for Shadow of the Earth Tree‘s final boss follows.
This build became a particularly popular tool for players who were stuck in the last boss fight of the DLC against Promised Husband Radahnthat hits like a damn truck and somehow requires you to use a cheese strategy – which are often referred to as cheap tricks because they rely on overpowered builds or exploit flaws in the game.
Now players have to go back to defeating Radahn the good old way. The update also weakens the Swift Slash Ash of War (thank goodness) due to his above-Effectiveness in PvP as well as the new shock shield weapons that were becoming increasingly popular. Defending while attacking with them did not consume The a lot of stamina, allowing players to spam attacks on the shock shields without fear of major consequences.
While many new weapons have been nerfed, the Carian Sorcery Sword’s Intelligence has actually been increased, although its overall attack damage has been lowered somewhat. This should make it more powerful to use spells via the sword while appropriately nerfing its raw damage, as this is rarely the right move for someone who prioritizes Intelligence stat.
Although the balance changes in this patch are focused on weapons, it also makes life a little easier during two of the DLC’s more challenging boss fights. Both Commander Gaius and the Golden Hippo have a fixed spawn point. Now they should start at a fixed point some distance from the Mist Gate entrance so as not to wipe the player out too quickly, which has become a common complaint from players most years. Shadow of the Earth TreeBoss Encounters.
And so BySoftware gives, but it also takes. Given the frequency of these updates, I would expect a few more balance changes over the next few weeks before the developer decides everything is in its right place. So if you have a broken build and want to get going, I would advise you all to hurry up a bit. The full patch notes follow below:
PvP-exclusive balance adjustments
- The damage and damage animation of the shear vacuum effect of the Swift Slash skill have been reduced.
General balance adjustments
- The Carian Sorcery Sword’s intelligence scaling has been increased and its base damage has been slightly reduced.
- The range of throwing attacks has been increased for the following weapons:
- Smithscript Dagger / Smithscript Cirque
- The boss placement in the rematch against the Golden Hippopotamus and Commander Gaius bosses has been changed so that they are in the same position as in the first battle.
Troubleshooting
- Fixed a bug that caused the Rolling Sparks skill to deal more damage than expected.
- Fixed a bug that caused the Rolling Sparks and Wall of Sparks skills to not deal damage while some special effects were applied to the player.
- Fixed a bug where some special effects from a right-handed weapon were also applied to the following weapon skills when cast with the left hand:
- Weak Lord’s Rapid FlameDiscus Slingshot
- Fixed a bug where a successful block during an attack with the Shock Shield weapon consumed less stamina than intended.
- Fixed a bug that prevented players from canceling attack recovery from strong two-handed attacks by rolling dice for certain Backhand Blades weapons.
- Fixed a bug that caused the Lightning Perfume Bottle and Frenzyflame Perfume Bottle weapons to deal double damage under certain circumstances.
- Fixed a bug where the Bloodfiend’s Arm weapon’s arcane scaling was higher than intended when setting an affinity. The Heavy Attack’s status build has also been reduced.
- Fixed a bug where the Gazing Finger weapon’s faith scaling was not being applied correctly.
- Fixed a bug where the damage animation of some Fire Knight Greatsword attacks against players was different than expected.
- Fixed a bug where the attack affinity of some Fire Knight Greatsword attacks was different than expected.
- Fixed a bug that caused some affinities for the following weapons to be higher than intended:
- Smithscript DaggerSmithscript CirqueSmithscript AxeSmithscript GreathammerSmithscript SpearGolem FistSmithscript Shield
- Fixed a bug that caused enemies to be healed when the gradual HP reduction effect applied by Black Knife Tiche wore off the maximum HP reduction.
- Fixed a bug that caused summoned NPCs to behave differently than expected under certain circumstances.
- Fixed a bug where the Golden Hippo boss’s unblockable bite attack hit players more easily than intended.
- Fixed a bug that caused text to display differently than expected.
- Several other performance improvements and bug fixes.
Possible unstable performance corrections
- On the PS5 version of the game, an unstable frame rate may be able to be improved by using the “Rebuild Database” option in the device’s Safe Mode.
- On some PC versions, Ray Tracing may be inadvertently enabled and cause unstable performance. Please check the Ray Tracing setting under “System” > “Graphics Settings” > “Ray Tracing Quality” on the title screen or in-game menu.
- In the PC version, the message “Inappropriate activity detected” can appear without cheating.
To resolve this issue, please verify the integrity of the game files before restarting the game.
- In the PC version, unstable frame rate may be caused by third-party applications that control mouse behavior. Disabling these third-party applications may improve performance.
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