The Secret World 1.8 Full Patch Notes

Sorry for the tardiness, here are the full patch notes for The Secret World 1.8. Enjoy!

PLEASE NOTE

• The new Scenario, Augment System and Story Missions are not yet available. These will be added when Issue 8 goes live.

GENERAL

• Adjusted the experience awarded to groups, depending on group size (awards are unchanged for solo play and for groups of five).
• Gadgets will no longer trigger the global cooldown when used.
• Updated the simple description for Sudden Return.
• Fixed an issue with the tooltip for the heal value of My Bloody Valentine.
• Resolved an issue that could leave the boss area for Aspect of the Long-Toothed inaccessible for future players when the boss despawns.
• Fixed a problem that could cause characters to drop from sprint immediately after combat.

COMBAT

• Deadly Aim now applies a debuff to all affected party members which prevents them from receiving the Deadly Aim effect for 90 seconds.
• Calling the Shots now also reduces the duration of the Deadly Aim blocker effect.
• Breaching Shot now applies a debuff to all affected party members which prevents them from receiving the Breaching Shot effect for 90 seconds.
• Breach Party now also reduces the duration of the Breaching Shot blocker effect.
• Fixed an issue where Aftershock could trigger more than once.
• Splatter should now affect Health Drone and Linked Veins.
• Misdirection can no longer be used on friendly NPCs.
• Fixed an issue where Chain Feed would not affect all healing chains.
• Sleight of Hand should be usable while silenced now.
• Groundwork will no longer erroneously build resources for your secondary weapon.
• Suppressing Fire should now add resources more reliably when multiple players are shooting the same target.
• The cooldown of Death From Above will now be properly reduced when using both Rocket Science and Double Dash.
• Fixed an issue that could cause Grand Slam’s AoE damage to occur twice per use.
• Updated the tooltip for Do or Die to more accurately reflect its effect.
• Guts and Gory should now properly trigger and benefit from Elemental Force.
• Tenacity crits should now trigger Empowerment.
• The Hinder associated with Bomb Squad should now last the correct duration.
• Corrected a problem with Damage Redirects which caused Benediction & Cold Blooded to increase damage taken.
• Reduced rubber-banding issue that occurs when certain abilities are queued.

ITEMS

• Fixed an issue that caused the reward bags from the Golem Anniversary Event to malfunction if players had the pet given by the bag stored in their bank.
• Replaced the temporary text being used by Mark of the Illuminati/Dragon/Templar/etc. in the combat log.
• It is no longer possible to stack the Signet of Salvation effect.

GUI

• Character sheet will now remember which stats were displayed when it was last closed.
• Fixed an issue where the camera would zoom in while scrolling through the Dressing Room.
• Notifications for new lore entries now disappear after the lore is read.
• Notifications for new achievements with sub-achievements now disappear when the sub achievement list is expanded.
• Lore and Achievements are now marked as “old” as soon as they are read, rather than waiting until the notification fades out.
• Added text for rarity levels to item tooltips.
• Added a new Lockout Timers GUI accessible through the main menu, pressing Shift+L, or clicking the lockout buff.
• Added a visual indication to the GUI for when players are in combat.
• The gradient at the bottom of the screen now scales properly when changing HUD size.
• Certain buffs should now always appear in the front of the buff list.
• Fixed an issue where the buy button was disabled on skills after purchasing a skill and having exactly enough AP to purchase the next skill.
• Fixed an issue where Battle Rank did not show in the character sheet for characters with maximum Faction Rank.
• Increased the default width of vendor windows so that all prices are visible.
• The broken items notification icon will now flash like other notifications.

CLOTHING

• Fixed an issue that would cause a character’s legs to disappear when wearing the Ritual Coat over certain dresses.
• Fixed an issue that would cause a character’s legs to disappear when wearing the Innsmouth hoodie over certain dresses.
• Fixed an issue that would cause a character’s legs to disappear when wearing certain coat items over the Meat is Murder – Butcher apron.
• Fixed a case where the Delta Force – Right arm wrap would not always display on characters.
• Adjusted a bad seam caused by the My Flair Lady shirt.
• Adjusted the Creepy Equine and Unicorn hats to reduce clipping with shirt collars.

MISSIONS

New York

• Training Day: Fixed a clipping issue with Kirsten Geary during her cinematic.

Kingsmouth Town

• Death and the Instruments Thereof: Fixed an issue in the cinematic that caused Sandy “Moose” Jansen’s leg to move unnaturally.
• The Meowling: Werekittens should respawn quickly if there are still players in the area with the goal to kill them.
• The Meowling: Removed temporary text from the tooltip for the Bag of Tricks and Treats reward.
• Crossing the Black Path: Fixed an issue with Siabhra’s Air where the tooltip was referring to the wrong mission.

The Scorched Desert

• Old Gods, New Tricks: Fixed a clipping issue that occurred with Tanis during the cinematic for this mission.

City of the Sun God

• The Dark Places: Fixed a typo in the opening cinematic.

The Shadowy Forest

• When the Hatchet Falls: Removed an extra period in the subtitles for this mission.

The Carpathian Fangs

• You Only Die Twice: Fixed a clipping issue with Dragan Dzoavich’s headset.
• The Sound of Children: Fixed a clipping issue with Lilith during a cinematic in this mission.

DUNGEONS

• Hell Fallen: Killing Engine Tyrant Prime before it calls Alpha no longer prevents progress through the dungeon.
• Hell Fallen: Fixed a pre-encounter animation glitch on Engine Tyrant Prime.

WORLD DESIGN

• Removed an invisible barrier that was blocking a ramp in El Dorado.
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to reach unintended areas of N’gha-Pei the Corpse-Island (Kingsmouth Lair Raid).
• Collision tightened around the Squalid Hekaturgist in The Black Ankh.
• Fixed a location in Blue Mountain where players could get stuck between some rocks.
• Fixed a location in Blue Mountain where players could get stuck under a tree.
• Fixed some missing collision in Shambhala which allowed players to reach unintended areas.
• Fixed a location on The Last Train to Cairo where players could get stuck on crates.
• Fixed a location in Fusang that allowed players to reach unintended areas.