Trion has updated RIFT with RIFT 3.2 Hotfix #7 as at 5/20/15 7:30 AM PDT (NA) and 5/21/15 1:00 AM GMT (EU).
Summary/Additional Info:
- HK IA Upgrade. Level 65 gear dropped from Hammerknell Instant Adventures can now be upgraded to the same level as Expert/Crafted upgrades introduced in 3.1. Below are two examples of the new upgrades:
Vestments of Divination Upgrade
Ward of Certitude Upgrade
(oddly, the Ward of Certitude (a shield) has spell power and no Tank stats)
- HK IA Adjustments. Various Estrode, Zilas, Vladmal Prime and Akylios boss adjustments for the HK IAs. HK IA Caches can now drop cosmetic items from the old RIFT 1.3: “Waves of Madness” world event.
- Chronicle: Hammerknell: Runes of Corruption. Achievements are back for the HK chronicle found under Achievements (default key “h”) -> Chronicles -> Hammerknell: Runes of Corruption. You’ll have to redo them even if you’ve done them before.
- Amender Cost Reduction. The costs of the highest two tiers of Amender recipes has been reduced.
- Strands now Bind on Pickup. Strands of Draum and Strands of Arak are now Bind on Pickup. Any old versions you have can be converted to the new versions (for recipe purposes) by right-clicking on them.
| RIFT 3.2 Hot Fix #7 – 05/20/15 UPGRADE YOUR HAMMERKNELL INSTANT ADVENTURE GEAR! * Many Hammerknell instant adventure items can now be upgraded to be more powerful! – These items are the equivalent of the expert and crafted upgrades from 3.1: Storm at Sea. INSTANT ADVENTUREHAMERKNELL FORTRESS* Estrode: – Now changes souls every 60 seconds, up from every 20 seconds. – There is now a broadcast indicating what soul Estrode has when she switches. – The Soul Oblivion area of effect now spawns 30 seconds after the encounter starts, up from 10 seconds. – Soul Oblivion has had its damage reduced. – Healing Rain now has a 3 second cast time and can be interrupted. – Neddra’s Grasp has had its damage greatly reduced. * Zilas: – Upon first entering the room, there is now a broadcast indicating that if no one is close to Zilas, he will cast Soulrender’s Rage and kill everyone – Soulrender’s Grasp no longer pulses in a 5 meter point blank area of effect. * Vladmal Prime. – When casting Positive or Negative Energy Overload, the broadcast now indicates what shield to run into. * Akylios – Waves during the fight with Akylios will now always travel in one direction. No longer will you get assaulted by waves from both sides on occasion. HAMMERKNELL INSTANT ADVENTURE CACHES DUNGEONS AND INSTANCES CHRONICLE: CEREMONY OF ATTUNEMENT * CHRONICLE: HAMMERKNELL: RUNES OF CORRUPTION * CHRONICLE: SHADOW FROM THE BEYOND HAMMERKNELL FORTRESS CRAFTING UI AND SETTINGS ITEMS HAMMERKNELL INSTANT ADVENTURE |
You can check out previous patch notes here.
RiftGrate 
The change about strands really sucks
As a farmer I protest about the changes about strands,
Looks like they’re making another change. This time they will become craftable! Gone from a bad change to a good one!
Late question: does the upgraded level 65 armor count for the synergy crystal? If not, it’s quite useless or are the stats that much better?
It’s just a slightly-better-than-starter 65 gear. Not sure if it counts for synergy crystal. Probably not.