Update Notes: 05.16.2013

These patch notes are related to the update from Thursday, May 16, 2013.

COST ADJUSTMENTS

 * Drinal’s Steward has significantly reduced the Platinum price to purchase his wares.
 * Superb Green Adornment Dislodgers have been reduced in cost to 25p.
 * Superb Prismastic Adornment Dislodgers have been reduced in cost to 250p.
 * Trichromatic Adornment Dislodgers are now created with common materials instead of rares.
 * All reforging costs have been reduced by 33%.
 * Might Elixirs no longer use dropped components and use common materials instead. *Completing a combine now rewards 1/5th as many elixirs.
 * Acerbic Elixirs no longer use dropped components and use common materials instead. *Completing a combine now rewards 1/10th as many elixirs.
 * The plat costs for purchasing and upkeeping a guild hall have been reduced.
 * Mercenary hire and upkeep costs have been reduced.
 * Guildhall Amenity plat costs have been reduced by 50%.

POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION
General
 * CoE heroic bosses now have a greater chance of dropping Greater Spirits and their essences.

Sirens Grotto: Dissension
 * The urchins in the Genra fight are now dazed in both challenge and normal modes.
 * The Arcane Disruptor adds in the Priestess Denerva fight do less damage per melee attack.
 * The siren spell "Song of the Sea" should no longer stun and the power drain has been reduced.

Siren's Grotto: Tavalan Abyss [Challenge Heroic]
 * Overlord Talan's Scorching Faith no longer has numerous ticks of damage.

Siren's Grotto: Tavalan Abyss [Heroic]
 * Overlord Talan's cloned version of himself now has less hitpoints.

Dreadcutter
 * The music in the zone should now be able to be controller by volume sliders.

Plane of War Raid
 * The power drains in the Commander and Eriak fights have been lessened.

MERCENARIES

 * Vishra no longer requires you to own Age of Discovery in order to hire him as a quest mercenary for the quest "Tears in the Grotto".

ITEMS

 * Title reward, "the Renowned" is now spelled correctly.
 * Drinal’s Steward now carries upgraded armor and weapons.

QUESTS

 * Eyes of the Forest - Gathering Gather thistlebloom roots now updates for the entire group.
 * Health of creatures in the "Tears in the Grotto" zone have been reduced.