GvG Season 17

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General Information

Season seventeen starts on 17th September 2022, This season brings changes to crystal arena and quality of life updates.

Season ends 1 week earlier than usual, which is rewarded by having triple points during the final weeks.

Season 17 Schedule and Changes

Season Schedule

Season 17 follows a similar schedule to past season.

  • 17.09.2022 (Saturday): Season starts, Invasion Day #1, all Territories Reset
  • 18.09.2022 (Sunday): Scoring starts (by time zone)
  • 19.09.2022 (Monday): Territory Battles Start
  • 15.10.2022 (Saturday): Invasion Day #2 - Energy/Season Point Storage Payout, all Territories Reset
  • 12.11.2022 (Saturday): Invasion Day #3 - Energy/Season Point Storage Payout, all Territories Reset, Territory scoring triples, Might and Favor for killing Siphoning Mages triples
  • 03.12.2022 (Saturday): Scoring of Territories Ends, Energy/Season Point Storage Payout
  • 04.12.2022 (Sunday): Final 5v5 Crystal League Matches
  • 05.12.2022 (Monday): Season Ends at 9:59 UTC, Offseason period begins

Season Rankings - On going

Hideout HQ Qualification for the next Season

Season Point Threshold Max Zone Quality Level Max Zone Tier
200,000 6 8
120,000 5 8
80,000 4 8
40,000 3 7
20,000 3 6
10,000 1 6

Conqueror's Challenge Rewards

Might Requirement Reward Item
1,500,000 Crystal Avatar Set
1,000,000 Crystal Ancient Ent
650,000 Gold Avatar Set
430,000 10% Fame Buff (90 days)
330,000 Gold Ancient Ent
260,000 8% Fame Buff (90 days)
200,000 Silver Avatar Set
145,000 6% Fame Buff (90 days)
100,000 Silver Ancient Ent
60,000 4% Fame Buff (90 days)
30,000 Bronze Avatar
10,000 2% Fame Buff (90 days)

Bracket Rewards

Rank Requirement Avatar Ring Might Multiplier Favor Multiplier Direct Might reward
Crystal 250,000 Season Points Crystal Rank (+ all lower borders) 1.5 1.25 50.000
Gold 80,000 Season Points Gold Rank (+ all lower borders) 1.4 1.2 25.000
Silver 25,000 Season Points Silver Rank (+ all lower borders) 1.3 1.15 15.000
Bronze 7,500 Season Points Bronze Rank (+ lower border) 1.2 1.1 10.000
Iron 1,000 Season Points Iron Rank 1.1 1.05 5.000

Additional Top 3 Rewards

Rank Requirement Avatar Ring Furniture Item Statue in Conqueror's Hall
1st 1st place overall 1st Place Copy of the Conqueror's Hall statue as placeable furniture item Statue in the Hall + choice of design
2nd 2nd place overall 2nd Place Copy of the Conqueror's Hall statue as placeable furniture item Guild banner included in statue
3rd 3rd place overall 3rd Place Copy of the Conqueror's Hall statue as placeable furniture item Guild banner included in statue

GVG Seasons

Related Patch Notes

Patch LinkDatePatch NamePatch Notes
Version 22.040.113 February 2023Beyond the Veil Patch 4The statue honoring Take-off-Wuhu, winners of Albion's 17th Guild Season, can now be seen in front of Conquerors' Hall in all Royal Cities. The statue also includes the banners of second- and third-place winners Dancing on the Grave and EQMS EQMS. Congrats to these guilds on their accomplishments!
Version 21.000.121 November 2022Beyond the Veil UpdateDiminishing Returns have been reworked for knockbacks and knocking enemies into the air, to prevent players being stun-locked by repeated knock-ups:
  • Knocking enemies into the air is now affected by Diminishing Returns
  • Knocking enemies into the air now counts as knockback for DR, with individual adjustments applied to various abilities
  • Knockback DR Factor: 0.04 → 0.08
  • Knockback DR Time: 15s → 10s
Version 18.000.117 March 2021Call to Arms Update
  • Players can no longer be debuffed to the point where Healing Output is entirely nullified:
    • Minimum Value of Healing Received Bonus: -70%
    • Minimum Value of Healing Cast Bonus: -70%
    • Version 18.000.117 March 2021Call to Arms Update
    • Instanced areas (i.e. Hideouts) and tunnel zones are now included in the queue functionality, meaning players can now skip overcrowded zones outside their Hideouts and can skip into tunnel zones
    • Cluster Skipping is now possible when relogging into an overcrowded cluster
    • The Smart Cluster Queue now also activates in all Royal Continent zones:
      • This change makes large-scale Faction Warfare battles possible on the Royal Continent
      • Each Faction counts as its own contingent
      • Cluster Access Priority settings do NOT impact Faction-flagged players
      • The queue assigns at least 50 spots per Faction, even if they are vastly outnumbered
      • 50 spots are also reserved for non-Faction-flagged players, to prevent Faction players from completely blocking zones for other players
    • Improved the UI for cluster skipping:
      • Now all available zones are immediately selectable
      • Opening the world map will no longer cancel cluster selection
      • The cluster selection screen now provides more info about the cluster:
        • Tier and danger level (i.e. red or yellow) of the target cluster
        • Distance to the selected cluster (i.e. how many zones will be jumped)
    Version 1.17.410.1844512 February 2021Rise of Avalon Patch 13 (Balance Patch)Consumable items that commonly collect in large stacks can now be used in a single click via the new Use All Button in the item UI.
    • Stacks of Silver Bags will be consumed instantly and grant you the full amount of Silver
    • Tomes of Insight and chests use a channeled spell, meaning the items are still consumed individually and the channel can be canceled at any point.
    • The following items now have a "Use All" option:
      • All Silver Bags
      • All Tomes of Insight
      • All Reward Chests (will display an additional window showing accumulated loot): Adventurer's Challenge Chests, Crystal League Chests, etc.
    Version 1.17.406.18130710 December 2020Rise of Avalon Patch 11
  • Skip Overcrowded Cluster Cooldown: 30s → 125s
    • Version 1.17.406.17709621 October 2020Rise of Avalon Patch 7 / Brimstone & Mist Midseason Update and Hotfix 7.1
    • AoE Escalation:
      • Escalation now increases by 8% for each additional target hit and caps at 40% extra damage:
        • 2 Targets hit = 8%
        • 3 Targets hit = 16%
        • 4 Targets hit = 24%
        • 5 Targets hit = 32%
        • 6+ Targets hit = 40%
    Version 1.17.406.17709621 October 2020Rise of Avalon Patch 7 / Brimstone & Mist Midseason Update and Hotfix 7.1New Disarray parameters ensure the ZvZ meta plays out in a similar way across a wide range of fight sizes, while still offering smaller groups protection from large armies:
    • Disarray is no longer a flat debuff
    • Instead, it reduces damage output and CC Duration when attacking targets with a lower Disarray level
    • Against targets with the same or higher Disarray level, Disarray has no impact on your stats
    • Damage reduction depends on the difference of Disarray levels between attacker and target - the higher the difference, the greater the effect
    • Increased Disarray player cap; debuff now caps at Level 50 for 450 players
    Version 1.17.406.17709621 October 2020Rise of Avalon Patch 7 / Brimstone & Mist Midseason Update and Hotfix 7.1The following changes give players more control over how they set up armies for the queue. Player sorting is now done on a per-party level, meaning the system will attempt to keep existing parties together:
    • Party leaders can now assign a Party Cluster Access Priority for their party as well as for individual members in the Cluster Access Priority UI (accessed via the party leader's player context menu)
    • Priority Access determines the order in which parties will enter an overcrowded cluster
    • This gives alliances more control over which forces are moved into the cluster and keeps party structures intact
    • The Preferred Cluster Access Guild Right has been removed
    • The queue now moves players from a single contingent either in or out during a given cycle, so players of the same contingent no longer replace each other
    Version 1.17.403.17236912 August 2020Rise of Avalon Update and Hotfix 1, 2
  • AoE Escalation max bonus: 100% → 70%
  • Maximum Ability Damage Increase from buffs: +150% → +100%
    • Version 1.16.393.1613554 March 2020Queen Patch 6
    • Patch 5 introduced a 3-day cooldown for leaving and rejoining the same alliance. (This existed alongside the 7-day cooldown on joining a new alliance that was already in the game.)
    • With today's patch, the duration of this cooldown has been updated:
      • Alliance Rejoin Cooldown: 3 Days → 7 Days
    Version 1.16.393.1613554 March 2020Queen Patch 6Introduced a feature that will delay players from leaving a Hideout set as "Home" after respawning there multiple times. The effect has a 10-minute cooldown, meaning after 10 minutes without dying and respawning in a Hideout the counter returns to zero.

    Time penalties:

    • First Respawn: no penalty
    • Second Respawn: 30 seconds
    • Third Respawn: 60 seconds
    • Fourth Respawn: 120 seconds
    • Fifth Respawn or more: 240 seconds
    This is intended to prevent overuse of repeated-suicide defense strategies when defending Hideouts.
    Version 1.16.393.1613554 March 2020Queen Patch 6Items without a durability stat will no longer be destroyed upon knockdown.

    Previously, the following behavior occurred:

    • Items with durability: 5% durability loss
    • Items without durability: 10% destruction chance

    After Patch 6:

    • Items with durability: 5% durability loss (no change)
    • Items without durability: immune to destruction

    This change is intended to help introduce newer players to combat without item loss (i.e. in yellow zones), and to avoid situations where players were confused about what happened to items. It should also improve the overall loot experience in Elite Dungeons, where a large percent of loot was previously destroyed by being knocked down repeatedly.

    Item destruction rate and durability loss rate upon death (killed by another player, suicide, etc.) are not affected by this change.
    Version 1.16.393.15985212 February 2020Queen Patch 3Items and Silver gained are now tracked separately in the combat log:
    • "Loot" channel now only displays items when picked up
    • New "Silver" channel created
    • Both can be enabled or disabled as desired
    Version 1.16.392.15826220 January 2020Queen UpdateItem Power progression has been streamlined and simplified, and now increases in a linear manner. More details: https://forum.albiononline.com/index.php/Thread/121085

    In addition, Mastery Modifiers have been added to the Mastery Bonuses of high-tier equipment:

    • 5% on all T5 items
    • 10% on all T6 items
    • 15% on all T7 items
    • 20% on all T8 items

    This bonus applies to all Armors, Weapons, and Offhands, and includes IP bonuses from basic Specializations as well as advanced Masteries. Enchanted gear will be calculated at the level of its base tier, i.e. T5.0 through T5.3 all receive the same 5% bonus.

    Sample case: if you get an additional 100 IP from your Destiny Board Masteries for swords, using a Tier 6.2 Sword will give you a 10% additional boost to that Mastery bonus, for a total bonus of 110 IP.
    Version 1.16.392.15826220 January 2020Queen Update
    • Adding resources to buildings during construction/repair/upgrading is now 5x faster and you can add up to 999 resources in one action (previously 30)
    • Cost of overcharge has increased from 1 Siphoned Energy to 10 to make overcharging a less clear choice on low-tier items
    • Global discount reference rate adjusted to match current gold market economy
    • Zerg debuff ("Disarray") no longer applies in red and yellow zones
    • The number of fragments needed to enchant items has been doubled as enchanting with fragments was too cheap and undermined crafting with enchanted resources
    • Trash icon updated for better visibility while looting
    • Changed main tutorial area name from "Hideout" to "Cove" to avoid confusion with the new Hideout feature
    • Changed Marketplace category for several items:
      • Dungeon Maps: Consumables/Maps
      • Chopped Fish: Products/Cooked
      • Undead, Keeper, and Morgana Mount Upgrades: Materials/Other
      • Avalonian and Siphoned Energy: Materials/Other
    Version 1.16.392.15826220 January 2020Queen Update
    • Healing Sickness:
      • Healing Received Reduction (2 Healers): 25.9% → 30%
      • Debuff Duration (2 or more Healers): 5s → 8s
    Version 1.15.382.14585510 July 2019Percival Update
    • Disabled furniture placement on entrances to random dungeons, as well as some small dungeon entrances that were missed with the last patch
    Version 1.14.381.14024110 April 2019Oberon Patch 2 / Free-to-Play Launch
    • With the launch of free-to-play, the global Silver discount has been adjusted based on a Silver-to-Gold ratio of 2000:1, which allows for lower Silver prices for actions like repairing, buying islands and seeds, re-spec, etc.
    • The "fade to red" effect when health approaches zero has been reduced, giving players a better chance of staying alive at low health
    • All visual quality settings/presets now have "Show Effects" set to "All" by default
    • Premium and Gold stats now appear on the Character Selection screen
    • Changes to dungeon immunity:
      • You cannot get a new "bubble" (immunity to damage and other effects) in dungeons within 60 seconds of last receiving the buff
      • Dungeon immunity duration: 10s → 15s
    • The Undead Knight's spell indication should now be easier to read
    • Reward for "Not a Small Fish" tutorial quest was reduced from 2 Adept's Royal Sigils to 1 Adept's Royal Sigil
    • Tier 7 Earth Elementals found in Randomized Dungeons now only have up to two charges of T7 Stone
    Version 1.14.381.14024110 April 2019Oberon Patch 2 / Free-to-Play LaunchRespawn Changes
    • The ability to respawn "in nearest city" is replaced with an ability to respawn "in last visited city"
    • The ability to respawn "at nearest territory" is removed, but you can set any territory tower as a home
    • You can still respawn at a home, however you will lose your home binding when you choose to respawn in "last visited city"

    Special Island Move

    • During a special transition period of one month, you will be able to move your personal and guild islands to a city of your choice
    • Each island may only be moved a single time, and the move is wasted if not used during this transition period
    • Islands created after the patch goes live CANNOT be moved - this only applies to islands created before the patch
    Version 1.14.381.14024110 April 2019Oberon Patch 2 / Free-to-Play LaunchAs of April 10, Albion Online will be entirely free to download and play. Existing players can continue playing as normal, while new players can create an account and play the game without purchasing a pack. The Premium system continues unchanged, and Premium status can still be purchased with either real-world money or ingame currency.
    Version 1.13.369.13651320 February 2019Nimue Balance Patch (Patch #7)General Balance Changes
    • Base Max Hitpoints: 1000 → 1200 (bonus HP from melee weapons remains unchanged)
      • This increases the general Hitpoint pool by 20%
    • Base Max Energy: 100 → 120
      • This increases the general Energy pool by 20%
    • Base Movement Speed: 4.8 m/s → 5.5 m/s
    • In-Combat Duration: 30s → 20s
    • Cap for Auto Attack Max Damage Increase: 200% → 300%
    Version 1.11.362.11997120 June 2018Lancelot Patch #9
  • Cleansing any CC effect now grants a 1-second CC immunity
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