Fractured Online Buffs Several Class-Specific Skills But Nerfs Assassins In This Week’s Patch

Fractured Online has amped up player damage and rewards but knocked Assassins down a peg or two in the early access MMORPG’s latest update. The update mostly focuses on buffs to various class-specific skills including the freeze duration for Cryomancers and the damage dealt by the Aeromancer’s area-of-effect shock ive.

“The shocked status was problematic for game servers, since a single shocking AOE applied on a large group of already shocked targets could generate hundreds of damage instances,” the developers explained. “Game clients also struggled to keep up. Moreover, the effect was weak to totally useless if one wasn't hitting A LOT of targets at the same time.”

As a fix, the devs have significantly increased the skill’s damage and its range to make it more effective against single targets or smaller groups of enemies. You can also now stock up on Shocking Arrows from the Bandit Agitator NPC.

Unfortunately for Assassin s, the build has just been nerfed because of complaints that it was “too oppressive” in PvP. Players with Detection stats greater or equal to a hidden player’s Stealth stats will now be able to see the player as semi-transparent along with all the of his party. The Assassin’s Shadow Dash, Shadow Step, and Coup de Grace skills have also been slightly nerfed in addition to a reduction in the magic resistance granted by Assassin gear sets.

You can dive into the dirty details on the Fractured Online official forums.