Introducing the 2023 Skill & Item game balance update!
We've prepared a set of buffs, nerfs and QoL changes for your characters & items.
We've been looking at various statistics, tests and gameplay concerns when both farming, PvPing and general concerns with your class. 
Based on everything we've collected over the last year, and our own prudent tests & testers, we've released a large update which will make your gameplay experience better than before!

Credits & Information
Special thanks to Hexr#9649 and his team for providing a large amount of changes, ideas, tests and dedication towards a better World of Chantra. 
Thanks to everyone who also additionally participated in Test Server PvP tests and discussions, helping us see different point of views to ultimately come closer to total balance.
Over-all this was a huge team effort from both the staff, developers, players and the community.
Even though this is the official patch of the changes, we still have a period of up to 2 months where additional smaller changes may be made, although this is the over-all idea of the balancing changes for 2023. The period for choosing a class is as good as can be now. 

Skills

Human - Knight

Faith Defender
Reduced block / skill block gained. Starting from 6, maxed out at 20.

Swing Shot
Removed block debuff.

Human - Archer

Languish
Set max cooldown effectiveness to 70%.
Duration reduced to 15 seconds, down from 25 seconds.
No longer does damage. (Bug fix)

Enervate
Set max cooldown effectiveness to 70%.
Duration reduced to 15 seconds, down from 25 seconds.

Helpless
Removed ignore defense debuff.
Added critical damage debuff, maxing out at 110% at rank 15.

Restrain
No longer increases attack speed of targetted player.

Hurricane of Death

changed to

Chain Action
Changed movement speed debuff to 66% at rank 15, down from 85%.
Changed attack speed debuff to 66% at rank 15, down from 85%.

Human - Mage

Penetrate Defense
Removed mana consumption debuff.
Added heroic defense debuff, maxing out at 300 heroic defense at rank 15.

Antimagic
Will not remove debuffs anymore.
Will not remove cooked food anymore.

Orc - Berserker

Wild Barrage
Added block debuff, maxing out at 36% at rank 15.

Vital Charge
Cooldown changed to 116 (s) on all ranks.
Set max cooldown effectiveness to 70%.
Will not miss when casted on a lower rank than your currently buffed rank.

Tribal Venom
Changed elemental resistance debuff to 50% at rank 15, down from 70%.

Faith Defender
Reduced block / skill block gained. Starting from 6, maxed out at 20.

Swing Shot
Removed block debuff.

Orc - Hunter

Enemy Bane Stance
Redesigned skill, previous stats have been removed.
Increases min/max heroic damage, starting from 300, maxing out at 1700 at rank 15.
Increases maximum health, starting from 5%, maxing out at 19% at rank 15.
Increases skill block, starting from 5%, maxing out at 19% at rank 15.

Explosive Bodkin
Added dimensional resistance debuff, maxing out at 15% at rank 15.

Evade
Removed maximum health increase, down 52% at rank 15.

Chain Action
Changed movement speed debuff to 66% at rank 15, down from 85%.
Changed attack speed debuff to 66% at rank 15, down from 85%.

Nightwalk
This skill is now a self buff skill.
Removed elemental damage increase.
Removed movement speed increase.
Added dimensional damage increase, maxing out at 15 at rank 15.

Cure
Will no longer remove Halt, Restrain and Mutation.

Hustler
Set max cooldown effectiveness to 75%.

changed to

Orc - Sorcerer

Power Wand
Removed all elemental damage increase, down 52 at rank 15.
Added a physical damage increase bonus, maxing out at 30% at rank 15.

Mass Snare
Increased duration, maxing out at 32 seconds at rank 15.

Quagmire
Reduced duration, maxing out at 32 seconds at rank 15.
Increased movement speed debuff, maxing out at 52% at rank 15.

Wind Quake
Increased duration, maxing out at 32 seconds at rank 15.
Reduced movement speed debuff, maxing out at 52% at rank 15.

Geo Shard
Reduced duration, maxing out at 32 seconds at rank 15.
Increased movement speed debuff, maxing out at 52% at rank 15.

Firestorm
Increased movement speed debuff, maxing out at 52% at rank 15.

Narcolepsy
Reduced duration, maxing out at 30 seconds at rank 15.

Life Restore
Removed all elemental resistance buff.

Halt
No longer restricted to one person actively having the debuff.
Set max cooldown effectiveness to 0%.
Static cooldown set to 10 seconds.

Shroud of Darkness
Removed damage increase bonus, down 15% at rank 15.
Increased dimensional damage, maxing out at 80 at rank 15.
Added heroic damage, maxing out at 2500 at rank 15.

Deadman Awaken
Removed movement speed debuff, down 100% at rank 15.

Ethereal Impale
Reduced physical damage bonus, maxing out at 30% at rank 15, down from 47%.

Moon Elf - Swashbuckler

Explosion Image
Reduced total amount of skill block debuffed when the skill's condition is met, maxing out at (17 + 13) at rank 15.
Changed secondary skill condition to Fierce Blow instead of requiring invisibility.

Invisibility
You are no longer able to stay invisible with buffs when using Unseeable. This was a bug caused by Hide in Sight.

Moon Elf - Ranger

Unstoppable Fierce Shot
Increased heroic damage, maxing out at 2900 at rank 15.

Elemental Defense
Removed all elemental damage increase.
Reduced dimensional resistance, maxing out at 63 at rank 15.

Elemental Favor
Changed duration, maxing out at 8 seconds at rank 15.
Changed cooldown, maxing out at 27 seconds at rank 15.

Lightning Trap
Set max cooldown effectiveness to 0%.
Changed static cooldown to 30 seconds.

Forest Soul Barrier
Increased min/max physical damage, maxing out at 152/165 at rank 15.
Increased dodge, maing out at 40 at rank 15.

Moonlight Breath
Reduced dodge/evade, maxing out at 26 at rank 15.

Moon Elf - Elementalist

Wind Shear
Removed elemental resistance debuff, down 38 at rank 15.
Added dimensional resistance debuff, maxing out at 35 at rank 15.

Absolute Territory
Added attack speed debuff, maxing out at 50 at rank 15.

Frost Armor
Changed scale of attack speed debuff, maxing out at 30 at rank 15.
Reduced duration, maxing out at 15 seconds at rank 15.

Mutation
Can be removed by debuff removal.

DragonScion - Slayer

Warding Slayer
Increases movement speed, maxing out at 52% at rank 15.
Increases melee heroic resistance, maxing out at 25% at rank 15.
Increases ranged and magic heroic resistance, maxing out at 20 at rank 15.

Rule of the Slayer
Increases min/max heroic damage, maxing out at 350/450 at rank 15.
Increases heroic defense, maxing out at 100 at rank 15.
Increases skill block, maxing out at 30 at rank 15.

Challenge the Justice
Changed heroic damage scaling rate, starting at 50 at rank 1, maxing out at 1900 at rank 15.
Changed air damage scaling rate, starting at 4 at rank 1, maxing out at 120 at rank 15.

Powerful Light
Changed min/max physical damage scaling rate, starting at 4/4 at rank 1.
Changed attack speed increase scaling rate, starting at 2 at rank 1.
Changed block increase scaling rate, starting at 1 at rank 1.
Changed heroic melee resistance scaling rate, starting at 1 at rank 1.

Legendary Slayer
Removed invicibility effect.
Changed duration accross all ranks to 134 (s).
Set max cooldown effectiveness to 70%.

Power Stunner
Removed stun effect.

Lose Faith
Increased elemental resistance debuff, maxing out at 50 at rank 15.

Body Check
Removed resistance debuff.
Added critical hit resistance debuff, maxing out at 20 at rank 15.

Ambush
Increased range from 15, to 20.
Increased cooldown, maxing out at 1.2 (s), up from 0.9 (s).

DragonScion - Orbiter

Toxic Hand
This skill is now a damaging skill, increasing physical attack damage by 370% at rank 15.
Increases poison damage done by 185% at rank 15.
Reduced success rate, maxing out at 30% at rank 15.
Removed halt effect.
Added poison damage over time effect, maxing out at 725 at rank 15.
Increased duration, maxing out at 48 seconds at rank 15.

Block Breaker
Fixed bug causing critical damage reduction debuff to not work.

Punishing Crime
Increased min heroic damage, maxing out at the same as max heroic damage (1800) at rank 15.

Smart Sniper
Added elemental damage increase, maxing out at 33 at rank 15.

Pardon of Vice
Increased movement speed, maxing out at 52 at rank 15.

DragonScion - Summoner

Obliterating Breath
Increased min/max heroic damage increase, maxing out at 600/600 at rank 15.
Reduced heroic defense, maxing out at 400 at rank 15.
Changed melee, mahic and ranged heroic resistance scale, starting from 2 at rank 1.

Mana Union
Removed skill block, down 30 at rank 15.

General & Items

Heroic Effects
Changed duration across all types of heroics attack which have a heroic effect.

From rank 1 to rank 5, the duration is 1 (s) max.
From rank 6 to rank 10, the duration is 2 (s) max.
From rank 11 to rank 15, the duration is 3 (s) max.

Pets, static summons
No longer targettable.
No longer able to die from AoE effects.

Unstable Affliction Prayer Stone
Reduced damage over time increase in regular/heroic by half, maxing out at Lv6 at 5% Heroic 20% Regular.

Damage over time Prestige
Added possibility to obtain damage over time increase via Prestige.
Starting from 10% regular and 6% heroic, up to 50% regular and 15% heroic.

Cast Lumen Shield
Introduced Lumen Shield for casters.
Stats:
Block +20%
Skill Block +11%
Ignore Heroic Resistance +5%
Ignore Elemental/Dimensional Resistance +5%
Reduces all heroic resistances by 7%.

Lumen Claymore
Added +4% Ignore Block

Naxia Ring
Removed all negative stats from Naxia.
Removed dodge.
Added 5% dimensional resistance.
Reduced bonus max health from 20% to 15%.

Flame Force, Lightning Trap
Will no longer attack surrounding enemies unless the player is an enemy.

Absolute Gauntlets for Knight
Added +15% Attack Speed