Minstrel
Anthem of the Wizards now has FX, and how!
Lay/Lyric of the Hammerhand has had its cooldown reduced from 600s to 300s.
Using any of the “Tale” skills while mounted will no longer caused the Minstrel's shield to appear on their back. Thanks for the bug, Lalaeth!
The skill “Call to Greatness” is no longer limited to members of your Fellowship.
“Soliloquy of Spirit” and “Fellowship's Heart” can now stack once per caster.
“Fellowship's Heart” is now grouped with 'Healing and Motivation' skills and thus now receives the benefits of the Legacy “Healing and Motivation Skills Morale”.
The skill “Piercing Cry” can now interrupt inductions.
The skill “Anthem of the Valar” now removes a Corruption from each enemy hit.
War-speech skills (Call of Orome, Call of the Second Age, Call to Fate, and Timeless Echoes of Battle) can now be used during the War-speech tailing-off effect. Also, the bonuses to Piercing Cry and Ballad damage remain for the duration of the War-speech tailing-off effect.
The trait “Power of Song” now has an additional benefit: When you use any Healing skill there's a 10% chance your War-speech Calls are temporarily unlocked for a single usage with no power cost. This only applies when NOT in War-speech.
The benefits from the trait “Improved Cure Fear” have been removed from the trait and added to the skill directly.
The trait “Improved Cure Fear” has been repurposed and is now “Improved Raise the Spirit”. This trait eliminates the Cooldown (from 1.5s to 0s) and cuts the Induction time in half (1s to 0.5s).
The skill “Gift of the Hammerhand” is now useable while moving.
The skill “Lay of the Hammerhand” is now useable while moving.
The skill “Lyric of the Hammerhand” is now useable while moving.
The skill “Chord of Salvation” is now useable while moving.
The skill “Call to the Fellowship” has had its cooldown reduced from 10m to 3m.
The skill “Song of Aid” has had its cooldown reduced from 10m to 5m.
The skill “Anthem of Wizards” has had its cooldown reduced from 10m to 5m (the Warrior-skald 3-set bonus has been updated to support this change, it now reduces the cooldown by 2.5m).
The trait “Lyrics of Bravery” now adds Shadow Defence to the skill “Ballad of Composure”.
There is a new Major Legacy for Weapons that decreases the duration of the War-speech tail effect by up to 5 seconds.
The 'glowy hands' are back while the Minstrel is in War-speech. (They also properly go away when the Minstrel is no longer in War-speech.)
The Legendary Skill “Song of the Hopeful Heart” has been changed to “Symphony of the Hopeful Heart”. Numerous changes have been made to this skill:
--Cooldown has been reduced from 10 minutes to 5 minutes
--Size of the hotspot has been reduced from 10 meters to 5 meters
--Duration of the hotspot has been reduced from 5 minutes to 2.5 minutes
--While standing within the hotspot, in addition to the existing +4 hope bonus there is now a +10% Incoming Healing bonus.
--If a player remains standing within the hotspot for a few seconds and then exits the hotspot, they receive a 30 second buff to Resistance Penetration and Avoidance Penetration for all applicable skills.
The “Ballad Healing Bonus” provided by the “Ballad Tier” effect has been removed and replaced with new (harder, better, faster, stronger) functionality, see below.
When a Minstrel plays a Ballad (of any tier) they receive a “Ballad Healing Bonus” buff. Each time a Ballad is played this buff is upgraded to the next tier (to a maximum of three, see below). Important Note: When the Minstrel uses a Heal skill this buff is decremented a Tier. ie; If you have “Ballad Healing Bonus (Tier 3)” and use a heal, the buff changes to “Ballad Healing Bonus (Tier 2)”.
Ballad Healing Bonus (Tier 1): +3% Healing on next heal skill, -3% Power cost on next heal skill
Ballad Healing Bonus (Tier 2): +6% Healing on next heal skill, -6% Power cost on next heal skill
Ballad Healing Bonus (Tier 3): +9% Healing on next heal skill, -9% Power cost on next heal skill
The 3-set and 4-set bonuses of the “Watcher of Resolve” Trait Line each provide a +1% bonus per Tier to these buffs.
For example, if a Minstrel has the 3-set bonus from the “Watcher of Resolve” Trait line, their buffs will look like this:
Ballad Healing Bonus (Tier 1): +4% Healing on next heal skill, -4% Power cost on next heal skill
Ballad Healing Bonus (Tier 2): +8% Healing on next heal skill, -8% Power cost on next heal skill
Ballad Healing Bonus (Tier 3): +12% Healing on next heal skill, -12% Power cost on next heal skill
While if a Minstrel instead had the 4-set bonus, their buffs would look like this:
Ballad Healing Bonus (Tier 1): +5% Healing on next heal skill, -5% Power cost on next heal skill
Ballad Healing Bonus (Tier 2): +10% Healing on next heal skill, -10% Power cost on next heal skill
Ballad Healing Bonus (Tier 3): +15% Healing on next heal skill, -15% Power cost on next heal skill
Modded versions of “Ballad of War” (via the Legacy) will no longer be overwritten by un-modded versions.
“Gift of the Hammerhand” now converts ALL Morale damage to Power damage at a ratio 2:1 (Morale -> Power). [For a frame of reference: “Gift of the Hammerhand” previously only coverted Common damage at a ratio of 1:2.]
The armor set “Armour of the Wandering Bard” obtained in N?rz G?shu now improves the Morale -> Power ratio of “Gift of the Hammerhand” to 3:1 (Morale -&> Power) [For a frame of reference it was previously only a 2:3 ratio.]
The cooldown of “Gift of the Hammerhand” has been reduced from 15m to 5m.
The trait “Tempo of Bravery” has been changed to “Improved Echoes of Battle” which increases the damage of “Echoes of Battle” (as well as “Timeless Echoes of Battle”) by 10%.
A new skill is available at level 28:
“Anthem of The Third Age”
Increases your Outgoing Healing and reduces the Induction time of your skills. While in War-speech, this skill instead increases the damage of your Call skills.
+10% Outgoing Healing
-25% All Skill Inductions
Duration: 10s
Cooldown: 1m
“Anthem of The Third Age (War-speech)”
Anthem: Increases the damage of your Call skills.
+10% War-speech Call Damage
Duration: 10s
Cooldown: 1m
The skill “Ballad of Flame” now provides an additional buff to Tactical damage for the Minstrel and nearby fellows.
There is a new Major Legacy for Class Items to increase the magnitude of the Tactical damage buff on “Ballad of Flame”.
The skill “Ballad of Unshakable Will” is now “Ballad of Compusure”. It now provides an additional buff to Ranged damage for the Minstrel and nearby fellows.
There is a new Minor Legacy for Class items to increase the magnitude of the Ranged damage buff on “Ballad of Composure”.
The trait ""Lyrics of Bravery"" now adds Shadow Defence to the skill ""Ballad of Composure"".

+ в Update 3

“Echoes of Battle” will no longer be toggled off when the trait “Power of Song” procs.
Mentor skills can no longer be used on players who have already received the instrument trait.