Game Update 55

Test Server Notes

Season's Greedings
Larfleeze is back! Find and recover the stolen gifts in Metropolis and Gotham City before it's too late! Look for "Yuletide Fear" (Villains) or "Winter Plunderland" (Heroes) in your Mission Journal. Players must be at least level 10 to participate.

Larfleeze's greed can't be satisfied so he is taking advantage of a heated battle between the Green Lanterns and the Sinestro Corps. Look for "Ring in the Holidays" in your Mission Journal. Players must complete "Yuletide Fear" or "Winter Plunderland" and "Season's Greedings" in order to receive the "Ring in the Holidays" Daily Mission. Each day of the event, look for "Season's Greedings" and "Ring in the Holidays" in your Mission Journal to complete the mission and earn Holly Leaves.

New Feats
Don't forget to shop at Skeets' Workshop to get the latest winter clothing, holiday goodies, and festive base items! Skeets' Workshop is located in your HQ and inside the Secret Research Facility.
 * Who brought the fruitcake?
 * He's an ANGRY elf

Blackest Day (Elite)

 * Fixed an issue where the Black Lantern Corrupter was perpetually controllable. He's now controllable for a period before he snaps to his senses.

Gadgets
Significantly improved the functionality of the Gadgets Advanced Mechanic. This should resolve the issues and edge cases that could result in not triggering the full Advanced Mechanic damage when you should have. You will notice the following improvements to Gadget's AM functionality:
 * You can now play and clip powers as aggressively as you like without fear of AM damage not triggering.
 * For example, clipping your first PI application with multiple buffs before continuing with your second and third PI won't sometimes cause AM damage to fail.
 * Clipping Distract into a combo early won't prevent AM damage burst from triggering later.
 * You can reliably use Distract or Stealth to re-trigger AM damage back-to-back without one interfering with the other or future PI 1-2-3 combos.
 * The cooldown of Paralyzing Dart has been reduced to 1.0 second down from 1.5. This matches EMP Pulse, and allows the same back-to-back AM damage re-triggering potential using Distract and Stealth.
 * And much more! Pretty much if you use EMP Pulse or Paralyzing Dart within three seconds of your third PI application attempt, using Distract or Stealth you'll trigger AM damage.
 * EMP Pulse may now be included in Stealth loadouts, like Paralyzing Dart.
 * Although you must still attempt to apply three different Power Interactions (PIs) in a row, you no longer have to hit the same target, or any target really, to do so.
 * The above no-target requirement also applies for conditional Burning such as from Fear Gas or Cryo-Foam. So whether you really set someone Burning or not, you'll get credit for doing so when you use Fear Gas immediately following Taser Pull for example.
 * Increased the window of time you have to apply the next PI to allow a better chance at being able to successfully reposition or recover from a knockdown without breaking your combo and missing the final AM damage burst.
 * EMP Pulse and Paralyzing Dart will no longer trigger combat log spam saying you were revealed out of Stealth, unless you're actually in Stealth when you activate them.
 * Battle Display - The Power regeneration effect of Battle Display will apply properly again from Stealth. Quickly switching from Stealth into Damage role after activating Battle Display will leave the power regeneration effect intact as before.

The Demon's Plan
Ra's al Ghul's madness is greater than it's ever been. He has captured Star City's hero, Green Arrow and Central City's nefarious rogue, Captain Cold! Fight alongside Black Canary or Heat Wave against Ra's forces in the infamous mountain fortress of Nanda Parbat. Will Ra's succeed in his attempt to recruit these powerful leaders to his cause? Find out in the final chapter of the League of Assassins' story arc, The Demon's Plan.
 * To play this 4-player Alert, your character must be level 30 and have a minimum Combat Rating of 134.
 * Open your On Duty Menu and look for the new Alert under Tier 7 of the 4-Player Tab.

Deep Desires
Head back to everyone's favorite interdimensional realm in the first part of the Trigon/Raven epilogue. Now that Raven has banished Trigon for good, her brothers are in a panic, scrambling for power and turning on each other. Jesse made the first move and has caused the hungriest brother to envy their brother Jacob! As a result, Julius has become insatiable in his desires for food AND power. He will no longer be confined to the hellish kitchen; he wants to gobble up the Tunnel of Lust, the Wastelands, and then the world! Raven has asked you to reinstate the concept of brotherly love in the new solo, Deep Desires!
 * To play this solo Challenge, your character must be level 30 and have a minimum Combat Rating of 134.
 * Open your On Duty Menu and look for the new Challenge under Tier 7 of the 1-Player Tab.