Origins Beta: Fundamental Era Update Overview

With this Origins beta we are testing an early stage fundamental era update. What this means is that the fundamental underlying systems and content have all been updated to a new era to just before the launch of Sentinel’s Fate. This is an early stage test, while a lot of the migration to the new data has been done, a lot of the validation testing has not yet been completed.

What’s changed?

• Ability Naming: Consolidated redundant tier names into a unified base ability name and roman numeral version format.
• Abilities: All profession abilities, including Alternate Advancements have been updated.
• Primary Stats: Shifted every class archetype to rely on a single primary attribute (e.g., Agility for Scouts) for damage scaling.
• Critical Hits: Merged separate melee, spell, ranged, and heal crit stats into a single, global Crit Chance metric.
• Dungeon Access: Deleted lengthy, mandatory key and attunement quests required to enter high-level and instanced dungeons.
• Character Progression: Deepened the Alternate Advancement (AA) system trees to shift endgame focus away from vertical gear progression.
• Tradeskill Quests: Work Orders and Rush Orders have gone through a full revamp.

…And more