Throne and Liberty release notes: Everything new in the Global Launch version

After many months of waiting, Throne and Liberty is finally launching in the West this October. Following an unflattering reception in Korea, this launch gives the game the chance for a second wind from the brand-new Western player base. To utilize this opportunity, NCsoft is launching several new features and making some QoL adjustments based on feedback from beta participants.

While the controversial Lucent will still be purchasable in the Western version, there will be a good amount of balance changes and adjustments. If you've played the Throne and Liberty open beta, some of these things will feel new going into the full launch.

Note that these changes will also apply to the Early Access version that goes live on September 26.

All new and streamlined content in Throne and Liberty Launch build

Skill Specialization: A System that expands combat and build diversity. It includes over 250 specializations across all skills and allows for deep customization to add upgrades or even change the skill entirely.
Fishing: Use a fishing rod and bait next to any body of water. Fish that are caught can be used for recipes needed for the Cooking Lifestyle Content. Fishing also provides a small chance to obtain bags that have greater rewards.
Cooking: Players can craft food with special effects using cooking ingredients that are either purchasable from NPCs or can be obtained through hunting, gathering, and fishing. Players can also cook feasts which provide buffs for the entire party.
Amitoi Expeditions: Players can now send their Amitoi on expeditions to gather various items required for their growth and the new cooking system. Collecting various Amitoi will also allow players to choose the one they want to send out. Do note that certain Amitoi will increase the chance of a reward for specific expeditions.
Weekly Missions: Each week, a series of missions will be available to players across a variety of content. Rewards for completed missions can be checked at the start of the following week and players can choose one reward from the available options.
Dynamic Event: Co-op - In this new version of Dynamic Events, players will work together to achieve a common goal and progress to the next stage of the event. If all stages are completed, a Boss will be summoned for everyone to defeat.
3v3 Arena: Players may enter the newly added PvP 3v3 Arena mode through "solo queue" or "party queue." One can only choose the second option when they are in a party of three.

Throne and Liberty Global Release patch notes: All changes and fixes

As mentioned earlier, the free-to-play MMO is also getting a patch deployed alongside the release candidate:

Players who finish all the content in a chapter of the Adventure Codex before reaching the recommended level for the next chapter will get supplementary content to help them continue progressing their character level. This will help prompt the player to complete Contracts, work on the Exploration Codex, or participate in Co-op Dungeons.
Adjusted the timing for several quests to distribute better when systems are introduced in response to player feedback that too many systems were introduced too early.
Adjusted the Milestone system pacing to find a balance that serves both hardcore and less hardcore audiences.
During Open Beta, leveling was sped up to allow players more time to test endgame content. These changes have been reverted to ensure that the leveling speed and power progression will be at the intended pace for launch.
Updated the minimum level to engage with the Auction House from level 15 to level 40.
PvP: Introduced power scaling in lower-level zones to help newer players experience dynamic events in their designated areas.

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Item updates

The following items were adjusted:

Tevent’s Warblade of Despair

Base damage decreased by 20%.
Base Strength decreased from 5 to 4.
Base Dexterity decreased from 4 to 3.
Base Stun Chance decreased from 50 to 42.

Queen Bellandir’s Languishing Blade

Base damage decreased by 20%.
Shield Block Chance decreased from 19% to 15%.
Base Strength decreased from 6 to 4.
Base Collision Chance decreased from 50 to 48.

Tevent’s Fangs of Fury

Base Damage decreased by 20%.
Base Off-hand Damage decreased by 22%.
Base Dexterity decreased from 8 to 6.
Base Critical Hit Chance decreased from 33 to 32.

Queen Bellandir’s Toxic Spine Throwers

Base Damage decreased by 20%.
Base Off-hand Damage decreased by 22%.
Base Dexterity decreased from 7 to 5.

Tevent’s Arc of Wailing Death

Base Damage decreased by 20%.
Base Attack Range Increase decreased from 4% to 3.4%.
Base Dexterity decreased from 4 to 3.
Base Perception decreased from 5 to 4.

Queen Bellandir’s Hivemind Staff

Base Damage decreased by 20%.
Base Wisdom decreased from 7 to 5.
Base Cooldown Speed decreased from 1.4% to 1.3%.

Tevent’s Grasp of Withering

Base Damage decreased by 20%.
Base Wisdom decreased from 5 to 4.
Base Critical Hit Chance decreased from 80 to 60.
Base Cooldown Speed decreased from 2% to 1.9%.

Weapons

Aelon's Rejuvenating Longbow

Updated the effect:
Before: Has 5% to restore 110 health upon landing an attack. Health Recovery is boosted during rain.
After: Restores 110 health per second for 6s upon landing an attack with a Longbow skill. Cooldown 30s. Health Recovery increases by 100% during rain.

Toublek's Shattering Quarterstaff

Updated the effects:
Critical Hit Chance increase value has been decreased from 30 to 20 for each 1m distance between the target.
Hit range +11.4% changed to Skill Cooldown speed 5.7%.

Lequirus’s Wicked Thorns

Updated the effects:
Base damage increase upon using mobility skills has been decreased from 50s to 25s.
Off-hand Double Attack Chance decreased from 30% to 26%.

Lequirus's Coveted Tome

Updated the effect:
When your health goes below 20%, stealth duration has been decreased from 7.5s to 3s.

Minzerok’s Daggers of Crippling

Updated the effect:
Before: On hit with a dagger, has an 8% chance to apply Weaken: Curse, which decreases Melee Defense by 410.
After: On hit with a dagger, has an 8% chance to apply Weaken: Curse, which decreases Melee, Magic, and Ranged Defense by 150.

Malakar's Energizing Crossbows

Off-hand Double Attack Chance increased from 20% to 28%.
Adentus’s Gargantuan Greatsword
Updated the effect:
Base damage bonus while attacking with Greatsword per 1000 health has been decreased from 6 to 3.

Aridus's Gnarled Voidstaff

Updated the effect:
Before: After staying in the same place for 5s, become immune to collision effect one time. Cooldown 45s. Deactivated when moving.
After: Damage increases by 30 if you stay in the same place for 3s. Lasts for 2s upon moving. Cooldown 45s.

Ahzreil’s Siphoning Sword

Updated the effect:
Before: Restores 101 mana whenever attacking with Shield Throw. Restores up to 5 times per cast.
After: Restores 8 stamina whenever attacking with Shield Throw. Restores up to 5 times per cast.

Chernobog’s Blade of Beheading

Updated the effect:
Chernobog’s incubus cooldown increased from 17s to 30s.

Kowazan's Sunflare Crossbows

Off-hand Double Attack Chance increased from 20% to 28%.
Updated the effect.
Attack speed is now also increased by 6% at night.

Kowazan’s Twilight Daggers

Updated the effect.
Melee Critical Hit Chance is now also increased by 125 during the day.
Rex Chimaerus's Crossbows
Off-hand Double Attack Chance decreased from 35% to 25%.

Excavator’s Mysterious Scepter

Updated the effect:
Excavator’s Breath now triggers on allies with less than 15% health instead of 40%.

Talus’s Crystalline Staff

Updated the effect:
Talus’s Cold Stone effect cooldown increased from 51s to 60s.

Set Bonus Updates

Death set name updated to Shadow Harvester.
2 set bonus: Critical damage decreased from 21% to 14%.
Ghost Wolf set name updated to Phantom Wolf.
2 set bonus: Bonus damage decreased from 22 to 18.
Grand General set name updated to Shock Commander.
2 set bonus: Damage reduction reduced from 22 to 18.

Combat & Build Diversity

Skills are acquired earlier, with the majority unlocking by level 36.
Skill Specialization will unlock at level 15 and you will acquire points until level 50.
During the process of incorporating skill specialization, many skills were adjusted to improve balance across all weapons.
Dagger Balance: In Response to player feedback, we've taken specific action to add balance to the Dagger weapon. The effect of the passive ability Destructive Fang has been changed from increasing critical hit chance to reducing a target's melee, ranged, and magical defense.
New Skills
Greatsword
Devastating Smash: Jump at the target location and deal damage to all targets within 3m with a chance to Stun.
Sword
Witty Strike: Deals damage at a 120-degree angle to up to 3 targets while also recovering mana.
Dagger
Predator Claw skill has been deleted.
Cleaving Moonlight has replaced Predator Claw. Cleaving Moonlight charges up to 3m away and attacks all targets within a radius with a chance to deal damage 4 times when your secondary weapon is triggered.
Vampiric Strike: Deals damage proportional to base damage while also restoring health equal to some percentage of the damage inflicted.
Longbow
Binding Charge Tactic has been deleted.
Earth's Blessing: Passive skill that increases your health regen and increases the effectiveness of continuous health recovery skills.
Healing Touch: Continuously heals a friendly target for 6s, stacking up to 3 times.
Crossbow
Explosive Trap: Allows placement of a trap at a designated location. The trap will explode if an enemy is within its range, dealing damage and reducing movement speed.
Staff
Fireball Barrage: Deals damage 10 times while allowing you to perform other actions after initiated.
Wand
Invincible Wall: Grants Protection to a friendly target for 6s.
Skills now all start at Uncommon Tier (Except Omnipotent Skills). All skills now grant their full effects starting at Uncommon and upgrading skills is focused on the effectiveness of the skill rather than the abilities the skill grants.
Stats
New Stats
Critical Hit Damage Reduction stat has been added, which reduces the increased critical damage caused by the Critical Hit Damage stat.
Shield Penetration Chance stat has been added, which reduces the chance the target's shield will impact your attack.
Additional stats have been modified for balance purposes.
Precious Purification Stone has been added, allowing players to remove CC effects. It is not consumed on use and has a 2m cooldown.
A CC Immunity system has been introduced for PvP. When CC is applied, a gauge will begin to fill while the CC remains in effect and the gauge will begin to deplete while no CC is in effect. Different forms of CCs will fill the gauge at different rates. If the gauge fills fully, a 1.5s buffer begins and when it ends, the player will be immune to CC for 5s. If you are under the effect of CC when the immunity begins, the CC will be cleared. Along with the CC gauge, we've also reduced the time it takes to trigger the immunity.

Player Character controls and camera

Improved the available settings to allow you more control over your character.
Reduced character inertia during movement.
Added a new setting. In response to player feedback, you will be able to enable or disable ‘Camera Smoothing’ (disabled by default).
Added a wider range of camera rotation speed options available in settings.
Healer Settings will now have 3 options instead of 2 related to auto-move and auto-use:
1 - Auto-move within range to use beneficial skills.

2 - Auto-use beneficial skills on self if you have no target.

3 - Use beneficial skills on self if the target is out of range.
This will give healers more control over when beneficial skills are or are not cast on themselves. Number 3 is only available if Number 1 is set to ‘FALSE.’
In response to player feedback, several default settings have been altered to fit the typical playstyle of a wider audience. This will help provide a more natural combat experience by default.

Miscellaneous

Improved looting rules to allow more fair loot distribution among parties and guilds.
Removed EXP and other loss penalties that occurred after dying.
Reduced the buff players receive when entering Dungeons through the Matchmaking feature to a 5% damage increase and a 5% health increase.
Added a Guild Tag system to allow players to more easily search for guilds with similar play styles.
Treasure Goblins now appear periodically on all hunting grounds, with a high probability of dropping valuable rewards, such as Abyssal Contract Tokens, materials, and gear. We wish you luck in your hunt.
Improved the Scoreboards for Conquest Battles and Castle Sieges.
Added a unique class name to each weapon combination to enhance player fantasy through dedicated archetypes in the game as a direct response to player feedback.
Multiple systems rewards have been tweaked. Most importantly, we've improved the rewards available for Dynamic Events to better reward players for the effort put into successfully clearing.
Reduced the requirements for crafting equipment chests that required Dimensional Shards and Abyss Currency.
Expanded the offerings of items available with Ornate Coins.

That is the full patch notes for the Throne and Liberty global release (and early access for Deluxe purchasers). Check out our other guides on the game:

Edited by Shraman Mitra