Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance Update 1.07 Patch Notes

Stability Improvements

• Fixed out-of-memory crashes after extensive playtime on both PlayStation and Xbox consoles
• Fixed occasional crashes on Xbox One consoles
• Resolved disconnects during progression through Act 3 missions
• Fixed a crash when returning to Basecamp after idling in the Pause Menu during an encounter
• Fixed an issue in which a hang would occur after the player opens the menu right before a cinematic

Balance Improvements

• Increased loot chances for higher rarities across all difficulties
• Increased Act completion rewards
• Increased chance of per-Act preferred sets from 20% to 33%
• Reduced effectiveness of the Burn status effect which made higher CR bosses too easy to defeat
• Tundra Raptor Stamina Cost Reduction from 10%/15% to 15%/20%
• Wearer of the Mask Execution Chance of Dropping Stamina Fragments from 25%/50% to 40%/50%
• Goblin Bane Taunted Monster Damage Reduction from 20%/30% to 30%/45%
• Horde Raider Legendary Resistance Buff HP threshold raised from 15% to 20%
• Bruenor Shield Master Feat Blocking Stamina bonus from 15% to 30%
• Condition Penetration per INT point increased from 1% to 1.5%
• Grenade damage increase from 150/175/200/225/250 to 175/200/225/250/300
• Reduced Duergars, Gnolls and Icewind health by 10%
• Monster hit points reduced by 33% in single player
• Monster Physical damage reduced by 25% in single player
• Elemental damage reduced by 12.5% in single player
• Buffed Frenzy: from -50% to -70% stamina cost on actions
• Buffed Frightened: from -50% to -60% physical damage output
• Buffed Critical Strikes: from 50% to 75% Critical Damage Boost
• Buffed Precision Strikes: from 30% to 50% Critical Chance Boost
• Buffed Sapped: from 30% to 40% Stamina Cost Increase
• Buffed Thorns: from 30% to 50% Damage reflection
• Faerie Fire: Cooldown reduced from 150sec to 120sec
• Taunt: Cooldown reduced from 240sec to 120sec
• Heavy Armor Master feat buffed from 25 to 30 %
• Medium Armor Master feat buffed from 10 to 15 %
• Light Armor Master feat buffed from 7 to 10 %
• Danger Sense Armor feat buffed from 10 to 20 %
• Savage Attacker Stamina Damage feat buffed from 15 to 20 %
• Steel Will Condition Resistance feat buffed from 10 to 20 %
• Precision Shot Critical Damage feat buffed from 40 to 50 %
• Precision Attack Critical Chance feat buffed from 8 to 10 %
• Second Wind feat buffed, Stamina cost from -5 to -10 %
• Defender Armor feat buffed from 15 to 20 %
• Reduced the stamina usage for Catti-Brie’s moves by 5-10%
• Added a short invincibility duration when Tethering to Party Leader

AI Improvements

• Enemies no longer keep walking in place when attempting to return to an area
• Large enemies can no longer be interrupted from Turn-on-Spot animations and are much harder to stun-lock
• Enemies now respond more quickly to the player’s presence, move more quickly and are generally more aggressive
• Monsters no longer change target too frequently in co-op which resulted in them being stuck in a turn state

Gear Set Improvements

• The Underdark Camo 3 and 5 pieces set bonus now poisons enemies upon a critical strike

UI Improvements

• Upgrade gear now has cost displayed in consistent locations in the UI
• Resolved an issue in which Objective markers sometimes disappeared when player falls off the map during The Fury of Icewind Act 3 boss fight
• Damage over time numbers are now displayed in multiplayer
• Players can now rejoin a friend’s previous session from the Steam overlay
• Lock-on target reticle is no longer placed below Hagedorn in the Crystalline Dreams Act 3
• Preview now updates when sorting of gear is changed
• Invite-only game session now swaps to public or friends after new party leader changes it
• Fixed an issue in which the controller loses functionality in Journals Tab
• Corrected a ‘Hexed resisted’ string being shown when an enemy resists to a Sapped condition
• Ability cooldowns now have numerical values in the UI
• Updated Recommended Combat Power scores according to new balancing and feedback
• Stamina now refills immediately after a Short Rest
• Quickplay Bonus is now shown consistently from different party members’ point of view
• Updated the estimated act length icons on the World Map
• A button prompt is now present for an exhausted execute on Akar Kessell
• Tether is no longer activated in Boss Fights with large arenas
• Muted players remain muted after returning to Kelvin’s Cairn or when another player joins the server
• Trial of Tempus intro banner displays the correct location
• Fixed an issue in which the Short Rest UI would sometimes remain stuck on-screen
• The ‘Hold Ability’ button now displays an animation of input while using Preset 2 Control Scheme
• Characters no longer get deleted without player input when going back to the Character Selection screen after confirming changes in the Options Menu
• The ‘M’ key no longer causes a conflict when it is rebound in the keybinding menu
• Escape key can nolonger be bound in the Keybinding Menu
• Windows key can no longer be bound in the Keybinding Menu
• Fixed an exploit in which Attributes could be increased indefinitely without spending Attribute Points when exiting the Character Sheet while in the process of allocating an Attribute Point using a controller
• Voice chat UI pop up no longer remains visible on screen even when the microphone is muted.

Boss Improvements

• Garnn has been made more challenging during the boss fight in Companions of Icewind Dale Act 3
• Icewind Phase transition during boss fight is no longer delayed
• Icewind doesn’t receive debuffs from being Frightened by Drizzt abilities
• Kelvin’s Pillars of Ice now properly spawn around each non-downed players in the arena
• Fixed an issue in which Akar Kessell could rarely teleport under the map in The Order of the One Light Act 3
• Bosses are more difficult to stun-lock
• Players can no longer escape certain boss rooms
• Bosses no longer aggro downed players (unless there are buffs active which override this)
• Icewind no longer loses her invincibility when a player is revived beside her in The Fury of Icewind Act 3
• Icewind no longer becomes unresponsive after a Total Party Down
• Icewind no longer flickers above elevator before flying in multiplayer
• Icewind’s Bite attack now correctly causes a hurt reaction
• Beholder boss can no longer teleport out of the level and be defeated instantly
• Kelvin is now able to hit the player character when performing an Upward Slash during The Mask of Kelvin Act 3
• Icewind no longer constantly uses attacks that cannot reach the player character
• Murdunn no longer teleports repeatedly after becoming exhausted while teleporting during Companions boss fight
• Fixed a rare issue in which Icewind’s invulnerability buff would not activate between phases in The Fury of Icewind Act 3
• Fixed a rare issue in which Icewind’s final phase shifts do not occur after the player fires the last ballista in The Fury of Icewind Act 3

General bug fixes

• The player character can no longer get stuck out of bounds jumping off the shrine area into a wall in The Goblin’s Shard
• Added physical damage components to moves which were previously only dealing elemental damage
• Players can no longer stunlock Hagedorn with light attack while in teleportation animation
• Hagedorn now receives debuffs from magic abilities
• Resolved an issue in which Large Chest gear would sometimes spawn in the floor of the level out of reach of players
• Player no longer become stuck after jumping onto a specific ledge in Crystalline Dreams Act 2
• Viper Fang Kick move now correctly triggers the Elemental Adept buff
• Stonegrinder boss no longer instantly dies when knocked into the siege weapons at the end of Companions Act 2
• The Short Rest now correctly spawns for an encounter in Beholder Act 1
• Elemental Fire Damage buff from Bruenor’s Anvil of Clanggedin now deals Fire damage in multiplayer
• Player characters can no longer clip through a specific wall into an out-of-world area near the death plane in Beholder Act 2
• Interacting with a campfire is no longer prioritized over reviving an ally
• Climbing a ladder is no longer prioritized over reviving an ally
• Fixed an issue in which a Total Party Down would sometimes occur with one player still alive
• Goblins associated with each ballista no longer have a noticeable delay in aggro to the player
• Collision has been added to a wooden wall to prevent players moving their character outside the bounds of the level in The Goblin’s Shard Act 2
• Allies revived with Cattie-Brie’s Resurrections ability are now counted towards total revives during the tally screen
• Resolved an issue in which players are sometimes unable to join from the Friend’s List
• Players can no longer get around the magical barrier in a side area in Verbeeg Jamboree Act 1
• 3D model no longer displays previously selected item when switching pages of a specific gear type in the Equip panel of the Character Sheet menu
• Fixed an issue in which the player is presented with a white loading screen when searching for a Public session before walking on the portal to start an act in Kelvin’s Camp
• Characters are no longer able to jump to an area in Verbeeg Jamboree Act 3 which renders them stuck and unable to escape
• Enemies no longer jitter when moving during a Multiplayer session in Verbeeg Jamboree Act 2
• The correct pressure plates now remain active after being activated in the Puzzle room of Verbeeg Jamboree Act 2
• Quickplay bonus is no longer awarded in single player
• Monster rotations and flying animations are no longer erratic in multiplayer throughout the title
• The buff ‘Elemental Weapon Cold’ from Bruenor’s Stomping Quake now adds cold damage to attacks while in MP
• Steel Will feat now gives 10% condition resistance
• Goblin’s Flee reaction is no longer interrupted prematurely
• Stats no longer reroll after changing the skin of a weapon
• Added missing barks and banter throughout the title
• Fixed an issue in which downed players would occasionally fail to get revived after using a Short Rest
• Abilities now correctly adjust to terrain when cast
• Team attack window has been increased to five seconds
• Reduced the harshness of the VFX from Akar Kessell’s Thunderwave move in The Order of the One Light Act 3
• Fixed an issue in which player would occasionally fail to Connect to/Create a Session with no error message
• Fixed an issue in which some users would disconnect after completing a mission in an invite only lobby
• Switching profiles on Xbox now updates the Trophies assets in Kelvin’s Cairn
• Starting any act in Multiplayer while alone no longer resets difficulty to level one
• Players no longer fail to join session via invitations when the host cycles to an Invite-Only Multiplayer session
• Fixed issues involving enemies not respawning when backtracking through levels
• Players no longer respawn at the start of certain levels when force respawning
• Full Roundhouse move now triggers Elemental Adept buff
• Fixed issues in which players could get tethered inside walls
• Online sessions can no longer be searched after activating the teleportation circle at basecamp
• Improved Catti-Brie’s ranged attacks to address attacks not registering when performed in quick succession while moving
• Players are no longer sometimes tethered into thick fog in Crystalline Dreams Act 2
• Improved sync of Monster attacks and animations
• Fixed an issue in which some players would remain stuck on a loading screen in multiplayer
• Intelligence now increases elemental damage dealt by abilities with innate elemental damage
• Purple ability cooldown fragments now drop from defeated monsters
• Cinematics now run more smoothly on Xbox One
• Character models and gear now load more quickly in Kelvin’s Cairn
• Improved dodging and aiming responsiveness
• Fixed an issue in which players could not re-enable Voice Chat after disabling it
• Cloud save data no longer overwrites character data when joining a multiplayer session
• Enemy health bars now correctly display when using lock-on mode
• Fixed an issue in which players would be disconnected when returning to Kelvin’s Cairn
• Characters no longer fall through environment after holding the Block or Aim button while attempting to descend ladders in Goblin at the Gates
• Frostwave grind move now grants the Vampiric buff and fills the Ultimate on hit