Divergence

Divergence is a balancing mechanic for hunting areas to have spells behave differently in the affected areas. The abilities impacted are in a state of flux. Refer to the [Dev team Divergence proposal document] for more information.

Spell	Change
Bard Spellsong Hindrance	Drains mana and incurs CastRT
Song of Sonic Disruption (1030)	reduced damage (similar to Grimswarm)
Song of Tonis (1035)	Enforces a 2 second minimum RT with exceptions for certain weapon types which are limited to 1 or 3 seconds, including aimed attacks. Does not affect groups. Standard flare rates are reduced.
Spirit Slayer (240)	"60" second cooldown (shows up as 90 since it's applied when the spell is cast and runs concurrent with the base 30 second duration of the spell).
Rapid Fire (515)	When CAST, it lowers the caster's cast roundtime down to 2 seconds and has no cooldown. When EVOKEd, it lowers the caster's cast roundtime down to 1 second, and applies a 2 minute cooldown to the base spell and a 10 minute cooldown to the evoked version. The evoked cooldown is lowered by -1 second per EMC rank, down to -300 (making it a 5 minute cooldown).
Core Tap (950)	5 minute cooldown Can still be activated multiple times during the cooldown with EL:E training.
Minor Steam (1707)	Increased mana cost to 5 mana.

Area Name	Level Start	Level End
Atoll	94	103
Crawling Shore	55	61
Forgotten Vineyard	58	66
Hinterwilds	96	114
Moonsedge	??	??

See Also

• Spell sever
• Spellburst
• [Dev team Divergence proposal document]