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{{Announcement
|category=Development
|subject=Curse (715) review
|author=GS4-TAGO
|date=2024-08-31
|changelog=2024
}}
Curse (715) has received the rest of its spell disabler review update, as well as the update specified in the sorcerer review proposal (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vFQcOJVAVCMLnXD8UksBBxgFJDJE4xMVXCdVmxXPFBk/edit).

<span style="font-size:125%">'''Spell Disabler Review'''</span>

Curse's mana cost had already been reduced to 3 mana, and its cast roundtime reduced to 2 seconds, earlier in the spell disabler review. The latest round of changes align it with the rest of the spell disabler review:
* Duration of all 715 curses is now 30 seconds against players and 60 seconds against creatures (reduced with survival ranks and kroderine soul.)
* All hard roundtime is replaced with stagger (cannot stack, can refresh).
* The TD pushdown for self-casting is removed.

Previously, many curse effects were a slow burn, and so the new duration had more impact on them than many other disablers. To balance this change, all curses that previously had a chance to trigger every 5 seconds now have a chance to trigger every 3 seconds (clumsy, weakness, itch, and pox), and individual curses received additional changes as follows:
'''Clumsy'''
* The first check after a successful cast always triggers clumsiness.
* Creatures' chances of stumbling now more closely match players', and there is a minor messaging fix relating to clumsy creatures.
'''Weakness'''
* Slight boost to probability to do a crit.
'''Itch'''
* The chance of triggering itchiness has been reduced such that the average number of item drop events will remain about the same (per 30 seconds of itchiness) as before.
'''Pox'''
* The first check after a successful cast always triggers the pox.
* Boost to probability to trigger the pox on all other checks.
'''Nightmare'''
* The time from successful cast to first combat-relevant effect is substantially reduced.

<span style="font-size:125%">'''Sorcerer review'''</span>
* Curse of the star no longer has a warding check. (The target still has to die for the caster to get the bolt AS boost.)
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===tldr===
Curses act faster, and are bit stronger in some places, but they don't last extra-long any more.

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