Greetings once again Freelancers,

Welcome to Week 5 of the Cataclysm. I hope you all enjoyed the new weapons added last week to the War Chests and experimenting with various combinations to maximize your DPS and various builds. Or, maybe you just liked shooting Wyverns in the face with lighting bolts… that’s cool too.

This week, we are not taking away the Weapon War Chests… or the Melee War Chests… And we’re adding back in all the other previous War Chests (Gear and Support) plus adding 4 brand new War Chests, detailed below. We think this will give you the freedom to spend Crystals however you want. We know many of you were hoping to have another chance at those War Chests, and now you will! So let’s jump into this week’s update details...



Cataclysm “Echoes of Reality” Changes:

“ Sea of Takaro ” Event - This week, we introduce the final arena into the Cataclysm, which is located in the “Dark Passage” district. The main goal of the “Sea of Takaro” event is to carry 3 echoes to the echo consoles at the top of the water tunnel to disable the emitter field. Similar to other events, you’ll want to keep an eye on the light solutions in the puzzle to see if you’re going about it the right way. Pressure plates, echoes, a water tunnel and spawns of Wolves and Dominion Soldiers are all part of this one. These arenas are all optional before you take on Vara, but you’ll definitely need to complete them if you’re looking to put up a high score and top the leaderboards.

Inversions Changes - You’ll want to take to the skies with this week’s Inversion changes:

From the Skies: Heat build-up while hovering is decreased.



Air Support: Defeating an enemy while hovering grants increased damage while on the ground for a short time; stacks up to 5 times.

Seasonal Store Refresh:

War Chest: Ranger, War Chest: Interceptor, War Chest: Storm & War Chest: Colossus (New) - These new War Chests will cost you more Crystals to open (2 Major + 100 Minor), but eliminate the possibility of getting a piece for a non preferred suit by granting a javelin specific item. Each chest will include 1 Gear, Support or Melee piece for the javelin of that War Chest . As a reminder, all War Chests allow you to trade in Crystals for a Masterwork item (with a chance to roll Legendary). The chests are also the only way to acquire the lvl 66 MW and lvl 80 LEG items.

War Chest: Weapon (Returning) - Grants one item from the new pool of weapons (which include MW and LEG variants): Pulse Accelerators, Volt Casters and Blade Slingers. These weapons are not javelin specific, so they can be used across all suits. (If you’re just jumping in or want more details on the new weapons, check out the 1.3.0 Update Notes )

War Chest: Gear (Returning) - Grants one Gear piece for a random javelin.

War Chest: Melee (Returning) - Grants one Melee weapon for a random javelin.

War Chest: Support (Returning) - Grants one Support gear piece for a random javelin.

Also Returning to the Seasonal Store:

Fragmenter Armor Pack (Ranger)



Piercer Armor Pack (Interceptor)



Shatter Armor Pack (Colossus)



Shard Torrent Armor Pack (Storm)



Drummer Boy (Ranger Arrival Emote)



Kung Fu Bring It (Interceptor Arrival Emote)



Triple Axel (Storm Arrival Emote)



Entry Roar (Colossus Arrival Emote)



Wrap: Royal Fragment



Wrap: Fractured Twilight



Graphic: Radiant Burst



Graphic: Emerald Husk



Graphic: Harmonic Crest



Graphic: Night Lattice



Decal: Crystal's Rage



Decal: Crystal's Strength



Decal: Crystal's Grace



Decal: Guard Sheen



Decal: Parry Sheen



Decal: Strike Sheen



Leather: Shark Skin



Painted: Shiny Acrylic

Daily Cataclysm Challenge:

Daily Cataclysm Arenas Challenge: Javelin War Chest - These challenges granted a Weapon in week four, and now they will reward you with a new javelin specific War Chest (Storm, Ranger, Colossus and Interceptor). Once again, these items within the Chests will be Masterwork (lvl 66) with a chance to roll Legendary (lvl 80). Each one of these can be repeated daily.

Power of the Storm (Daily) - Complete 3 Cataclysm arenas using the Storm javelin and be rewarded with one Storm War Chest.



Heart of the Ranger (Daily) - Complete 3 Cataclysm arenas using the Ranger javelin and be rewarded with one Ranger War Chest.



Strength of the Colossus (Daily) - Complete 3 Cataclysm arenas using the Colossus javelin and be rewarded with one Colossus War Chest



Speed of the Interceptor (Daily) - Complete 3 Cataclysm arenas using the Interceptor javelin and be rewarded with one Interceptor War Chest.

NOTE: These are in addition to the other rotating Daily, Weekly and Monthly challenges, so keep an eye on your Path to Glory tab in the Challenges menu.

Leaderboard Refresh

The Leaderboards will refresh weekly, but let’s have a look at the Freelancers that had the top scores for Week 4 of the Cataclysm

Here are the Week 4 Leaderboard Winners:

PC (16,466,310 total points):

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Grayfenix

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Elijin1

Xbox One (16,197,962 total points):

SWIFTJUSTICE

CrypticModz2246

TokimoriCow

HenryBrosapian9

PlayStation 4 (16,069,766 total points):

Nitro-0407

a-falcon-i

mero2-lemon-529

yuusanman

This update comes with our scheduled server downtime, as well as the 1.4.0 Patch.

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