Update 41 Patch 2 Release Notes

= Update 41 Patch 2 Release Notes =

Here are the Release Notes for Update 41 Patch 2, released on Tuesday, January 15th.

Classes

 * Bard visual and sound effects no longer cause client lag and other visual stutters.

Enhancements

 * Animations for the following Vistani Knife Fighter dual-dagger animations now properly scale with attack speed: Attacking while sneaking, mobile attacks, Cleave, and Whirlwind Attack.
 * Eldritch Knight Orb Saves now properly grants its Spell Power, and no longer grants effects it was not intended to.
 * Eldritch Knight Mystic Wards no longer give out unintended levels of elemental resistance.
 * Eldritch Knight Spellsword no longer drops Dwarven Axe Proficiency from Dwarves when your genus changes (for example, when you become Undead.)

Hirelings

 * Bard hirelings have received work to prevent locking up under certain combat conditions.

Items

 * Killing Time raid loot can now be properly updated by the.
 * Fixed the flavor text for the kamas found in Lost at Sea.
 * Armors with so-called "skirt" appearances no longer ignore their color data. This will update the colors of several armors, including Temple of Elemental Evil medium armors.

Quests and Adventure Areas

 * The green slime in White Plume Mountain can once again be destroyed by a Fire Ball.
 * Work has been done to prevent erroneous red Dungeon Alert in several quests.
 * Fixed an issue that was causing twice as many monsters to appear on Epic Hard and Elite difficulty in Tharashk Arena.
 * Fixed an encounter in The House of Death Undone that caused orange/red alert to occur without appropriate provocation.
 * Fixed an issue that was causing multiple wave spawns to overlap in In the Belly of the Beast.
 * Fixed numerous Dungeon Alert issues in Thrill of the Hunt due to monsters being aggro'd behind closed doors.
 * Fixed a bug with Aloysius Cornwall that made his rescue fire early in Thrill of the Hunt.
 * Fledren Hull in Thrill of the Hunt has more hit points.

UI

 * Several retired trophy and bounty-related messages no longer appear in the /quest completion command.

Miscellaneous

 * The base body texture of Bladeforged characters is now back to its intended look.
 * Fixed an effect issue that was causing decreased game performance.
 * Corrected an issue that was causing the item Buy Back repository to not properly clean itself over time.