Editing Release 89 (section)

====Combat, Skills & Balance Changes:====
*The shield tree has a new passive skill, Ranged Defense. This skill will make shields significantly more effective against non-magical ranged attacks.
*Experience attenuation no longer applies to characters below adventure level 110.
*Combat block and parry are no longer capped at 75 and instead scale more slowly above that value.
*Most taming skills will advance more slowly, though they will not require more experience to level.
*Torpid Torment will now be used by many higher level enemy casters.
*The base skill in the subterfuge tree, Distract, will now start at level 40.
*A large variety of creatures now feature increased crowd control resistances.
*More creatures are now considered “hovering” which enables more resistance or even immunity to certain types of crowd control.
*More skills respect creature “hovering” to including Disabling Shot, Hamstring, Knockdown, Leg Sweep, and Trip.
*Many Episode 2 creatures have been reduced in power.
*Ghosts have gained several new abilities and also will move faster as they get closer to death.
*Spiders now have several ranged attacks and their webs now scale in strength with their level.
*Night Vision now has improved visuals.
*Draw Speed now features a soft cap.
*The Root spell can now dispel Shield of Air.
*Voice Training now has a unique icon.
*Obsidian Trials has been temporarily set to a Adventure Level and skill cap of 100.