v1.5.0 Update: Build Buffs and New-Class Court Set Link Effects

Hello everyone, v1.5.0 is now live. This update buffs several builds, adds 4-piece and 5-piece link effects to the Court sets of the four new classes, and improves raid auctions, sound settings and the desktop widget. There are no nerfs in this update.

Build Buffs

• Workshop Zero: 6-piece turret damage ×5 → ×8. The 4-piece bonus now reduces the cooldowns of both Deploy Turret and Force Shield by 1 second for every 10 turret attacks.
• Heart of the Prism: 6-piece Prism Beam and Railgun damage ×12 → ×20.
• Singularity Protocol: 6-piece Gravity Well collapse damage ×12 → ×20, Railgun damage ×10 → ×17.
• Artisan Hunter: 6-piece trap and Explosive Arrow damage ×5.5 → ×11.
• Forest Shepherd: 6-piece falcon damage ×4 → ×6.5.
• Mountain Citadel: 6-piece Ground Slam damage ×8 → ×12.
• Ironwall Retribution: Thorns damage now benefits from Court gear damage bonuses.
• Bone Legion: Echo on the Necromancer Court weapon can now be triggered by skeleton attacks.

New-Class Court Set Link Effects

• Ark Oath (Machinist)
• 4-piece: On Overheat, all turrets fire 3 times in a row, Force Shield's cooldown is reduced by 3 seconds, and the Overheat explosion deals ×3 damage.
• 5-piece: +2% skill critical chance per 10 Heat. Skill damage +50% for 4 seconds after Overheating.

Embersworn Oath (Dragon Princess)

• 4-piece: Burning enemies that get stunned immediately take 3 seconds' worth of Burn damage. Gain 3 Dragon Blood per second while the Scale Harden shield is up.
• 5-piece: Skill hits on burning enemies during Dragon Form extend it (up to +6 seconds per Dragon Form). When Dragon Form ends, it deals 400% fire damage to nearby enemies.

Spirit Lamp Oath (Necromancer)

• 4-piece: Skeleton hits poison enemies for 3 seconds, and skeletons deal +30% damage to poisoned enemies.
• 5-piece: Skill damage +8% per active skeleton (up to +48%). Corpse Explosion, Soul Scythe and Bone Cage hits make all skeletons Enraged for 2 seconds.

Red Moon Oath (Cultivator)

• 4-piece: Critical hits build Sword Intent. Take 15% less damage at full Sword Intent.
• 5-piece: Attack skills cast at full Sword Intent deal +60% damage to elites and bosses. Critical damage +100% during Thunder Body.

Court Gear Changes

• Reworked the damage conditions on new-class Court affixes around each class's mechanics: Heat for Machinist, Sword Intent for Cultivator, Burn and Stun for Dragon Princess, and damage over time and skeletons for Necromancer.
• Nightwatch Pocket Watch can now also extend Scale Harden, Regulate Breath, Force Shield, Overclock, Thunder Body and March of the Dead.
• Volley Marksman and Thunderclap Sword Body now keep the set bonus you were previously wearing when you equip a full set of Court gear. You can also switch it manually under Active Effects on the Hero page.
• Court effects on item cards are now split into separate lines: always-on, conditional damage, stats and link effects.

Legendary Changes

• Ember Dragon Crown: Dragon Breath hits on burning enemies deal an extra 30% fire damage and grant Dragon Blood (up to 5 per Dragon Breath).
• Oath of Scales: Scale Harden's shield is doubled, and breaking the shield grants 30 Dragon Blood.
• Red Moon Feast 4-piece: The description changed from "−30% damage taken in normal stages" to "−30% damage taken outside Rifts". The effect is unchanged.

Raid Auctions

• Added a "Pass" button. When every player who can bid has passed, the auction for that item ends immediately. If anyone has bid, the highest bidder wins the item; otherwise, the system reclaims it.
• You can still bid after passing.

Settings and System

• Added a "Mute when in background" option, on by default. The game mutes when you switch to another app or minimize it, and restores sound when you come back.
• Switching from the desktop widget back to the window no longer returns to the title screen; combat continues.
• Added ×10 and ×100 options to the gacha's Ember Soul exchange.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Echo, Judgment and Shadowstep on new-class Court weapons, off-hands and boots not triggering.
• Fixed the skill panel not showing the reduced cooldown from the Machinist talent Rapid Deployment.

Notes

• Existing saves carry over with no action required.
• The multiplayer protocol has changed. Everyone in the party needs to update to v1.5.0; older versions cannot join rooms created on the new version.

Thank you for your support. If you run into any issues, please let us know in the comments or the discussion forums.