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Major Changes - Release Notes - 2012.04.2
Release note for April 2 - 3, 2012.

Source: Official Playdom Forums Announcement

Hero Adjustments
Many heroes' abilities have been adjusted for balance.

Black Cat
 * Unlucky Strike now has a 100% chance to apply Unlucky
 * The increase in stats given by Stroke of Luck lasts until the next round
 * Stroke of Luck's cooldown has been fixed to prevent using it back-to-back

Captain America
 * New passive: Lead the Charge - Captain America usually takes the first turn
 * Inspiring Leadership: After his first action, Captain America grants Inspiring Leadership to all party members, increasing all stats
 * Shield Throw: Now causes Lock-On, which increases damage dealt by ranged attacks
 * Shield Guard: Now can protect allies against AOE attacks as well as single-target attacks
 * Shield Guard: Counters using Shield Bash instead of Leading Strike

Cyclops
 * Exploit Weakness is now available at level 2. Evasive Maneuvers is now available at level 6.
 * Using Evasive Maneuvers now grants Cyclops Combat Expertise, allowing him to counter attacks for 1 round
 * This is addition to granting Agile to all party members

Daredevil
 * Snap Kick now has a 100% chance to apply Weakened
 * Manrikigusari now has a 100% chance to apply Exposed

Invisible Woman
 * Invisible Woman should no longer lose Invisible if she counter-attacks while Invisible
 * The cooldown for Invisibility has been reduced

Kitty Pryde
 * Kitty Pryde should no longer lose Phased if she counter-attacks while Phased

Mr. Fantastic
 * Tumble damage and stamina cost increased
 * Bifurcator stamina cost reduced
 * Bifurcator now deals more damage
 * Bifurcator now restores some Stamina to all party members

Phoenix
 * Telekinesis now gained at level 2. Mind Link now gained at level 6
 * Mind Link now grants "Mind Link" to an ally, allowing them to protect allies from single-target attacks
 * This is in addition to granting Focused to all party members
 * Stamina cost for Mind Link greatly reduced
 * Phoenix Fire now removes debuffs from allies and buffs from enemies (not currently reflected on the tooltip)

She-Hulk
 * Stamina cost and damage for Punch increased
 * Stamina cost for Burst of Speed reduced

Sif
 * Now has the "Asgardian" passive ability, preventing burning, chilled, poison, and radiation effects
 * Now gains: Leaping Slash at level 2, Inspire Courage at level 6, and Flying Sword at level 9
 * Leaping Slash now has Deadly Crits, causes Tenderize, and deals extra damage against targets with Tenderize (not currently reflected on the tooltip)
 * Inspire Courage now grants Sif "Honed Edge" which makes her next attack a guaranteed crit
 * This is in addition to granting Fortified to all party members
 * Flying Sword now causes Weakened and Ravaged

Spider-Man
 * Web Shot now causes Webbed, which reduces an enemy's Attack and Defense
 * Web Slingshot now deals a guaranteed hit and crit against targets that are Webbed

Spider-Woman
 * Fear Pheromone can now be removed with items that cleanse debuffs

Thor
 * Now has the "Asgardian" passive ability, preventing burning, chilled, poison, and radiation effects
 * Now gains: Empowering Strikes at level 2, Inspire Bravery at level 6, and Summon Thunder at level 9
 * Damage for Thor's attacks have been increased
 * Inspire Courage now grants Thor a stack of "Might of Mjolnir"
 * This is in addition to granting Strengthened to all party members
 * Might of Mjolnir now only stacks twice
 * The damage increase of Might of Mjolnir has been increased
 * New animation for Might of Mjolnir!

War Machine
 * Minigun Barrage has had its damage corrected to match other similar AOE attacks
 * The cooldown for Minigun Barrage has been reverted to 2 turns
 * Overcharge stamina cost greatly reduced!

Classes Changes

 * Bruiser's Enrage now gives a bonus to Attack and Defense. Previously this was a hidden damage reduction.

Items Changes

 * Stats granted by the Commander Trench (level 65 gold uniforms) have been fixed
 * Fixed tooltip descriptions of many items and agent equipment
 * Damage for many Agent weapons normalized across the board
 * The crit bonus given by the Gamma Gadget is no longer consumed by defensive actions
 * Mirror Field Generator should now work as expected
 * The Web Blaster now causes Webbed and has a chance to Stun
 * The Tesla SP-Arc no longer has 100% stun chance
 * The Momentum Generator now only buffs the Agent and not all allies
 * Tactical Strikes should now properly give an extra turn when attacking enemies other than Blasters
 * The Digital Spotter no longer deals damage, but is now Quick Action and Stealthy
 * PVP bonus for most items have been recalculated:
 * Gear and uniforms provide the highest bonus at a given quality level
 * Iso-8 and Power-ups provide lower bonus at a given quality level
 * Gold prices for high level Iso-8 have been reduced. This is so players don’t have to pay more in order to re-equip for Iso-8 that is appropriate to their level

Actions

 * Base damage dealt by attacks that cause Bleeding, Chilled, Burning, Poison etc. increased slightly
 * Tooltips for character hit chance are now showing more accurate Hit % and Crit % chances
 * The actual chance to hit for moves such as Motion Granite have not changed
 * Abilities that are tagged with "Exploit" mechanics no longer remove the debuff in question but still deal extra damage
 * For example, the "Exploits Slow" on Thing's Clobberin' Time no longer removes Slowed from enemies he attacks

Status effects Changes
Blind
 * Increased reduction in hit chance
 * Can now be removed using items that clear debuffs

Stun
 * When Stun wears off it now grants Recovering, preventing the character from being stunned for 1 round. This is to prevent cases where characters are stunned indefinitely
 * Characters who are stunned cannot dodge attacks. This effect of stun has been clarified on the tooltip. Note that effects like Storm's protective shroud can still cause an attack to miss, even while stunned.
 * Other sources of stun (such as the Electrostunner) now interact correctly with She-Hulk's stomp attack

Morale is now correctly recognized as a buff

Villains Changes

 * Green Goblin’s [[Image:Effect Icon 031 Green.png]] Goblin Serum now has a visible effect.