Most of the changes this time around are focused on fixing, finishing and polishing the level 50 content. These changes will go live with our next major patch, probably sometime in March.

Adventure Reward Structure Changes:

We’ve changed the way Adventures distribute their rewards in a number of big ways.

First, there is no longer a reputation grind associated with Adventures. All reputation rewards have been moved into the Adventure loot drop tables; certain vendor items such as AMPs have been moved to the appropriate zone Reputation vendors instead.

Second, you are no longer given loot only at the Medal stage of the Adventure. Rewards will be given out at multiple points within the Adventure based on that particular Adventure’s pacing and mechanics (usually 2-3 points in each one). This will bring them more in-line with the reward structure of our dungeon content.

Third, rewards are no longer personal. When an item is dropped, the group will roll on it instead of each individual player being rewarded a single item at the end of the Adventure. This will also bring them more in-line with the dungeon content.

Level 50+ Reitemization:

All of the level 50 content has been reitemized.

Items will have new stats with better distributions. This will affect your existing items. Many of your items may have their stats adjusted. In most cases, this should be an improvement on the existing role of the item.

Many item display IDs for these items have been updated. They should now have the correct level 50 item displays. Enjoy!

More items! Essentially all reward avenues (zones, veteran dungeons, veteran adventures, etc.) now have more rewards. It should be easier for all players (of any class or spec) to find all item slots and find more variance in the available items (i.e. side-grades).

Better items! All items from level 50 content should see a noticeable increase in budget and power.

A ton of new Gadgets are available in all level 50 content.

The Elder Gem vendor has new rewards available at multiple content tiers!

PvP End-of-Match Rewards:

You will now get a loot bag whether you win or lose any PvP match. The winner’s bag remains unchanged. The “participation” bag has significantly less currency rewards, consumables, and a much lower chance to reward a random PvP item.

Crafted Items:

All crafted items should see a bump in overall power. Crafted item budget has been increased by 2 item levels.

Stat Changes:

Due to Itemization changes, a number of items have had their stat distribution changed. This will affect your existing items. In most cases, this will only affect the percentage of budget the stats will receive. In some cases, this change will actually change the existing stat on the item.

The following items have been changed from Tech to Moxie:

Tombmaker

Captain Onghr's Thermal Pants

Superior Veneer of the Northern Wastes

Veneer of the Expedition

Kinetic Bolster

Voreth Astral Blade

Challenge Rewards: