Following the maintenance of November 11, the update 1.5.3 was published, mainly focused on fixing bugs that occurred following the deployment of Major Update 5 and in particular, the problem of gaining experience for Veteran characters.
FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS
Alliance War
- General
- Grand Soulstones can now be purchased from Siege Engine Vendors for Alliance Points.
Combat and Gameplay
- General
- Fixed an issue where switching weapons would lose stealth.
- Fixed an issue where you could end up raising your fists instead of holding your weapon after equipping certain weapon types.
- Templar
- Illuminated recovery
- Repentance (Restoration Aura morph): Fixed an issue where, if you were affected by this skill, black textures would still appear on the face and body.
- Illuminated recovery
- Arms
- Recovery stick
- Healing Protection (Steadfast Defense morph): Fixed an issue where this skill was receiving shield healing every time it was re-rolled. The healing is now only applied when the shield expires.
- Recovery stick
- Two hands
- Momentum: Fixed an issue where the healing of this skill could be blocked or avoided.
- Monsters
- In preparation for the Champions system, we've adjusted the level of XP granted when killing low-level monsters:
- You will receive full XP for monsters 1-3 rank (s) below you.
- You will receive 75% XP for monsters with 4 ranks below you.
- You will receive 30% XP for monsters with 5 or more ranks below you.
- Note: This does not affect levels 1-50.
- Note: This will adjust the experience received with Update 5.
- In preparation for the Champions system, we've adjusted the level of XP granted when killing low-level monsters:
Crafts and Economy
- General
- Fixed an issue that prevented talking to one of the Crafting Trainers after talking to another Trainer.
- My Orders
- Fixed an issue where Nirn's Temper Feature Stones would drop much more frequently in Raidelorn Ore Inspection Reports and too rarely in Raidelorn Cloth Inspection Reports.
- Fixed an issue that prevented items from being traded correctly during some Crafting Order quests.
- Fixed an issue where high level Sewing Order rewards were not granting the correct level of repair kits. Tailor's Saddlebags VII - IX now grant Grandiose Repair Kits.
- Increased the gold rewards granted for crafting orders.
- Crafting orders will no longer require you to deliver in other dimensions unless you have the ability to access them in a reasonable way (like Ice Haven).
- There will now be only one Hazzeine in Belkarth.
Exploration and Objects
- General
- Collectibles found in urns, crates, bags, or cupboards in dens will now respawn more quickly when moving from one den to another.
- It is still possible to exhaust the amount of lootable items, but the respawn interval and recovery rate have been increased
- Collectibles found in urns, crates, bags, or cupboards in dens will now respawn more quickly when moving from one den to another.
Dungeons and Groups
- General
- Increased the Indomitable reputation reward after completing the Indomitable Oaths at Silver and Gold levels.
- Veteran Dungeons
- Veteran Dark Shadow Caverns
- This dungeon now grants the quickness achievement if you kill all bosses and mini bosses in the dungeon within 20 minutes.
- Veteran Dark Shadow Caverns
- hardship
- holy Ophidia
- Restored the health of the Serpent Image of Sanctum Ophidia to its normal level.
- holy Ophidia
- Raidelorn
- Monsters that had become much too weak after the release of Update 5 have now returned to their usual power level.
- Dragonstar Arena
- Monsters that had become much too weak after the release of Update 5 have now returned to their usual power level.
Quests and Zones
- Scree
- Perilous Pools: You will no longer find yourself stuck in dialogue with Dedras.
- Storm Haven
- Haltevoie: Grigitte Dailon is no longer naked and bald.
- March of the Camarde
- Bad Pass: Shazah will no longer stop cleaning up corruption if an enemy gets stuck.
- Towards Dune: You will no longer be stuck when completing this quest if it was shared with you by another player and you also completed the Fires of Dune quest.
User interface
- General
- Combining items in piles in your inventory no longer prevented your quests from updating correctly, including certifications and orders.
- The UI window experience bar tooltip will now correctly display XP and more VP.
- Fixed an issue where Guild Merchants would incorrectly display your last Guild Shop search instead of their normal Guild Shop.
- Reinstatement of controls during conversations. You can now press E to select the first option and X to say goodbye.
Graphics and Animation
- Animation
- Fixed an issue where the emote / leanbackcoin animation would not display correctly.
Diverse
- General
- Paid on delivery messages and attachments will now expire even if the recipient does not sign in.
- Fixed an issue where the game could crash when in a group with other players.
- Fixed an issue with particle effects causing crashes during combat.