The US servers will come down on Thursday, August 8 at 7:00am Pacific for an update. The expected downtime is one hour.  EU servers will also come down on Thursday, August 8 at 9:00pm Pacific for an update. Estimated downtime is two hours. Patch notes are available after the jump.

POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION
The Cavern of the Crustaceans

• The zone is now on a persistent timer instead of a lockout timer.

ITEMS

• The Sentinel: Rewards from the quest , The Crook Cook, are now tradable.
• AA respec cards can now be destroyed.
• Vision of the Tranquil will now persist through death.
• The Orb of Theer can no longer proc in PVP combat.
• Celestial Motes are now classified as Fabled items.

TRADESKILLS

• Celestial Pie and Celestial Cake should now correctly accept dough as a component.

PLAYER HOUSING

• Corrected an issue where the housing UI would fail to open in city zones. The housing UI can now be opened regardless of zone, though typical restrictions apply for entering a house.

PvP ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT
Class Balance

• Accuracy, Strikethrough, and Multiattack now convert more favorably in PVP.

Warrior

• Unyielding Will now heals Berserkers for 50% and Guardians for 100% in PVP combat.

Berserker

• Ward of Rage now wards for less in PVP combat.
• Battle Frenzy now lasts for 20 seconds and can be dispelled in PVP combat.
• Blood Rage's healing amount has been slightly reduced in PVP combat.
• Wall of Force's stoneskin trigger threshold is now 15% in PVP combat.

Shadowknight

• Reaver's Mania now heals for less in PVP combat.
• Bloodletter now heals for 50% per trigger in PVP combat.
• Bloodletter now siphons less health from the group when triggered in PVP combat.
• Blood Siphon now siphons less health from the group members when cast in PVP combat.
• Blood Siphon now wards for slightly less in PVP combat.

BATTLEGROUNDS
Gears of Klakanon

• The amount of damage caused by the murderball now scales up much quicker.

LIVE EVENTS
Tinkerfest

• Redd will now properly update the quest, The Reticent Tinkerer, even after firing all of his cannonballs