[RIFT] Patch Notes - Alpha 27-9-A (02/18/2011)

Alpha 27-9-A
2/18/2011

GENERAL GAMEPLAY
* Expert Rifts have been re-enabled on Alpha after some tuning. They're intended for groups who have done some Tier 1 Expert dungeon runs and are starting to consider Tier 2 Experts. Give them a shot and send us your feedback!
* Public Group leaders will now have a button to combine groups if there's a group of similar or larger size nearby.
* Abyssal Precipice is once again unblocked.
* The Codex is available for play again.


GUILD PERKS
* Planar Protection: Now affects the whole raid.
* Killing Spree: Now increases critical hit chance by the proper amount.


COMBAT
* Pets in defensive mode will no longer insist on attacking Vespid hives.


SOULS

ASSASSIN
* Serrated Blades: Fixed bug so that this no longer crits, as was intended.

BEASTMASTER
* Slashing Strike: Fixed bug where this was cleaving too far.
* Enraged Companion: Fixed tooltip to read 5% instead of 10%.

PURIFIER
* Fiery Blessing: Fixed a bug where this was not removing its stacks on critical hit.

RIFTBLADE
* Enhanced Burst: Fixed an issue where this was applying itself twice.

VOID KNIGHT
* Catalyze, Fusion of Flesh, Unstable Reaction, and Shock Burst have moved to unlock 6 levels lower, to make room for Singularity.


ZONES
* Albahri Batu and Templar Delsin no longer sell the Black Garden Token (a deprecated item from many builds back).

MATHOSIA
* Fixed the skeleton army at the end of the zone not falling over when dead!


PVP
* If you have PVP Auto Flagging disabled, you can still buff faction NPCs if they are not in combat with a player.


CRAFTING
* When using a rune, the cursor will now change to indicate whether or not it can be placed on an object.


ACHIEVEMENTS
* Dwarves no longer get credit for falling half as far as they actually did for the purpose of earning achievements.


CLIENT
* Fixed an issue causing the first launch of the client to be at incorrect default video settings.