[RIFT] Patch Notes - Alpha 26-15-C (02/14/2011)

Alpha 26-15-C [The 'Be My Valentine' Edition!]
2/14/2011


GENERAL GAMEPLAY
* Fixed Soul Recall issues!


SOULS

RIFTSTALKER
* Scatter the Shadows: Now lasts 3 seconds and only removes Curses, Poisons, and Diseases.

SHAMAN
* Call of Ice: No longer increases the power stat contribution by 100x the advertised value!
* Heart of the [X]: Each of these actually appear in the root abilities now.
* Bitter Wind: Off of global cooldown for real.
* Courage of the Bear: Now a Strength buff that actually buffs Strength, rather than Endurance!


ZONES

MOONSHADE HIGHLANDS
* Light Upon the Void: Improved spawn frequency of the runebound vessels.


ITEMS
* It's no longer possible to purchase puresource from planar vendors. Added a 20% chance to get planarite as a reward from puresource.


GRAPHICS AND AUDIO
* Witnessing Rifts open no longer results in some of the visual effects remaining left behind.


UI/SETTINGS
* Crash fixes and improvements to the new Soul Tree window.


CLIENT
* The opening cinematic has been disabled.
* We now time out attempted connections to character selection servers after 5 seconds, and display progress messages for each attempt.