Design Notes

August 26, 2022

New Class Balance Updates

Class Updates

The AQWorlds Balance team has been hard at work reviewing your feedback and the in-game performance our live classes. Just released: another round of class balance updates!

Various Class Changes

Small changes to many classes that don’t significantly impact base performance, but balance around synergy with builds.

Royal Battlemage + variants’ third and fourth skill switched.
Daimon’s second and third skill switched.
Vampire Lord + variants’ second and third skill switched.
Shaman and Evolved Shaman’s Ancestral Teachings passive effect increased (15% INT -> 30% INT and WIS)
Abyssal Angel’s Shadow + variants
- Flight now targets the enemy (but all the mechanics still work the same)
- Abyssal Alacrity cooldown reduced (12s -> 4s)
- Aghast stun moved to Flight, duration reduced (3 -> 2), but no longer requires Vantage Point
Archfiend’s Blood of the Abyss now reduces Magical Boost by 75%, and Fiend Leech heal doubled. This does not affect Archfiend’s current damage output.

Various Changes

Several other miscellaneous changes.

Void Highlord bug fixed wherein Insolent Fools sometimes gave unintended effects.
Evolved Leprechaun’s Soilsigh description updated to be accurate.

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Various Class Changes

Small changes to many classes that don’t significantly impact base performance, but balance around synergy with builds.

Royal Battlemage + variants’ third and fourth skill switched.

Daimon’s second and third skill switched.

Vampire Lord + variants’ second and third skill switched.

Shaman and Evolved Shaman’s Ancestral Teachings passive effect increased (15% INT -> 30% INT and WIS)

Abyssal Angel’s Shadow + variants

Flight now targets the enemy (but all the mechanics still work the same)

Abyssal Alacrity cooldown reduced (12s -> 4s)

Aghast stun moved to Flight, duration reduced (3 -> 2), but no longer requires Vantage Point

Archfiend’s Abyssal Lineage now reduces Magical Boost by 75%, and Fiend Leech heal doubled. This does not affect Archfiend’s current damage output.

Various Changes

SSeveral other miscellaneous changes

Void Highlord bug fixed wherein Insolent Fools sometimes gave unintended effects.

Evolved Leprechaun’s Soilsigh description updated to be accurate.

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