NA Shards will be down for about 30 minutes this afternoon.

At 1:00pm PST on Monday, February 13, 2012, the NA region shards will be coming offline for a brief update. In addition to general fixes it also includes some needed backend prep for upcoming events and world events! The estimated downtime is 30 minutes.

The patch notes are available after the jump.

RIFT 1.7 Hotfix #4 - 1:00am PDT 2/13/11 [NA] - 2:00am GMT 14/2/12 [EU]

GENERAL

• Target Nearest Enemy and Target Nearest Friendly now do exactly that, instead of conflicting with the normal targeting area.
• Wedding instance items are no longer used up if you choose to not enter the instance.
• A married character that transfers shards is now automatically divorced on transfer.
• Sacred Heirloom of Eth, Sunken Heart of Eons: Effect no longer hits NPCs.
• Older versions of Twitching Spider Leg can be traded again.
• Trial: PvP: Trial characters can now enter the Library of the Runemaster when available.
• Additional server-side preparation for tomorrow's wedding event and future World Events.

ZONES

• Ember Isle: Increased the number of Rift tears available, and increased the delay before they automatically open into Rifts.
• Ember Isle: Rifts now award Sourcewell Fragments.
• Caduceus Rise: Expert/Master: Reduced the movement speed bonus from each stack of Coalgut's Simmering Rage.
• Caduceus Rise: Master: Reduced damage from Faultwalker Alraj's Wicked Eruption.
• Chronicle: River of Souls: The treasure chest awarded for subjugating Gaurath now appears at the dungeon entrance - where you are teleported to via Zareph's portal - rather than next to Alsbeth and her impenetrable bubble of death.