[img]//assets.albiononline.com/uploads/media/default/media/b600e134d677a8c7cea00e91848e05798b263ad8.jpeg[/img] The [url=https://albiononline.com/news/energy-surge][b]Energy Surge Season[/b][/url] starts September 25, featuring a shorter 6-week structure, accelerated point multipliers, and unique one-of-a-kind rewards for the top guilds. In anticipation of this unique standalone season, today's patch brings changes to Guild and Faction Warfare, quality-of-life improvements including new Nametag options and better Usage Fee notifications, and new artifact drops in the open world. [h3]New Artifacts Added[/h3] As part of the brand-new [b]War Gloves[/b] weapon line coming with the next major content update, new artifacts have been added to mob and chest drops in the open world. [img]//assets.albiononline.com/uploads/media/default/media/9c7357c4978fb08e9a5102e86242108125a97171.jpeg[/img] These artifacts cannot yet be used for crafting, and only appear in limited quantities for now, but they already offer economic and PvE players a new item line to start collecting and trading. For more on War Gloves and these new artifacts, watch the latest [url=https://albiononline.com/news/devtalk-war-gloves-hq-hideouts][b]Dev Talk[/b][/url]. [h3]Guild and Faction Warfare Changes[/h3][list] [*]Entering Hideouts now requires a channel for players who have not set the Hideout as Home[/*] [*]Removed doors of Castle Outposts to make them easier to conquer by smaller groups, reduced warning messages when outposts are under attack[/*] [*]Level 6 Crystal League Tokens (5v5 and 20v20) are now non-tradable[/*] [*]Decreased penalties for enlisting with Factions with low recruitment rates, increased value of red zone Faction kills[/*] [*]Increased values of areas previously owned by non-Caerleon Factions during Bandit Assault[/*][/list] [img]//assets.albiononline.com/uploads/media/default/media/817348698287c66736db119ef15733a27550e389.jpeg[/img] [h3]Quality-of-Life Improvements[/h3][list] [*]Added option to display guild names of other players without displaying player names, and players flagged to the same Faction now appear as allies[/*] [*]Added "Tomes" category and "Mount" subcategories to Marketplace[/*] [*]Popup message now displays when the Usage Fee of a crafting station was recently changed[/*] [*]When both players in a Corrupted Dungeon are knocked down, get-up time is greatly reduced[/*][/list] [img]//assets.albiononline.com/uploads/media/default/media/1282f912f22332ac9db77cab28e5cc306ecd0c11.jpeg[/img] On top of the changes listed above, there are also numerous [b]Combat Balance Changes[/b], [b]bugfixes[/b], and other improvements. As always, you can read the complete list of changes in the [url=https://albiononline.com/changelog/CALL%20TO%20ARMS%20PATCH%2010][b]official patchnotes[/b][/url].