[SIZE="3"]6/19 Season 2 Test Server Patch Notes[/SIZE]
Translated by AFKalmighty - Complete
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Quickslot
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- The number of quickslots have been increased to 10
- SP skills can now be assigned to quickslots
- Consumables except for feathers can be switched on the quickslot during battles
Character Balance
[General]
- Character action percentiles have been adjusted
- The majority of Lann/Fiona/Evie(scythe)/Karok skills have been buffed and Kai skills nerfed
- Pulling evil cores can be canceled with evasion techniques
- Recoil rate for certain attacks have been reduced
- SP gain for action skills have been buffed
- Max SP gauge has been increased to 5
- Numerical value is now displayed for SP [the previous 4 unit SP gauge equaled 1000]
- The required SP amount is now displayed on each skill’s tooltip with the exception of certain Kai skills
- The following skills are now grouped as SP skills : 1st and 2nd trans for Paladin and Darkknight and each respective 2nd trans active skill.
[Lann]
- Liberate has a new icon and is now grouped as a SP skill
- SP skills can still be used the old fashion way or through the quickslot
- (premiere) spear lann evasion is now faster and has invincibility frames
- ‘Thousand Needles’ can be used in any direction
- The range for Slip Slew has been increased
- The following SP skills now have a cooldown : Spirit of Berserker, Slashing High, Fury No7
- Damage bonus for each rank of skill has been increased: Gut stinger, Bear Blower(eviscerate), Thousand Needles, Windmill, Gliding Fury, Lightning Fury, Double Crescent, Moon Splitter, (XE)XE move
[Fiona]
- (premiere) Long sword attack speed has been buffed
- (premiere)Evasion speed increased.
- Counter attack can be used two times in a row
- Down Counter can be used two times in a row
- Heavy Stander Counter can be used two times in a row
- Certain SP skills now have a cooldown : Shield Bash, Slashing High, Shield Repair, Shield Charge
- Damage bonus for each rank of skill has been increased:
Spike Rose, Fatal Blow, Happy Blossom, Ivy Sweeper, Amaranth Kick, Down Counter, Heavy Stander Counter, Honey Bee Sting, Grand Slam Cala, Butterfly Swing, Stigma Hammer, (XE) XE move
[Karok]
- Evasion speed for Battle Pillar increased
- Timing for Damage Absorb is now more lenient
- Certain Smashes for Blaster now procs Weaving
- Burst: Destruction now counts the number or crits the player procs instead of the number of crits proced on monsters
- Certain SP skills now have a cooldown : Earthquake, Whirlwind[?], Howling, Unleashed Strength[?], Fury
- Damage bonus for each rank of skill has been increased: War Stomp, Drop Kick, Earthquake, Whirlwind[?], Weaving Attack, (XE)XE Move
[Evie]
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- New SP skill ‘Sacrifice’ added : This will cause the summoned wisp to explode dealing damage to nearby monsters.
- Drains for Spirit Bind, Death Label, and Blood Thread can now be sustained simultaneously.
- Monsters applied with Death Label will take damage over time.
- Motions speed for ‘Turtle Leg’ increased.
- The following skills are now grouped as SP skills: Firebolt, Blind Arrow, Healing Pearl, Mana Mine, Ice Spear, Ice Blast.
- These skills can be used in it’s previous fashion and also by the quickslot
- Certain SP skills now have a cooldown : Firebolt, Blind Arrow, Healing Pearl, Mana Mine, Ice Spear, Ice Blast, Reverse Gravity, Regenerate, Insane Reaper, Turtle Leg, Sacrifice.
- Damage bonus for each rank of skill has been increased: Death Label, Bloody Thread, Demon Splitter, (XE) Xe move
[Kai]
- Kai’s skills are now grouped as SP skills
- Skills can be used in it’s previous fashion and also by the quickslot: Arrow Storm, Multi Sniping, Dual Link, Wire Evasion, Bending Shot
- (XE)Damage bonus for each rank of XE Move has been increased.
Character HP balance Revamp
- The amount of HP increased for each level has been greatly increased.
- Monster Damage(including DoTs) has been increased accordingly to this change
- Healing amount of healing skills have been increased
- Healing amount for Evie’s Regenerate has been increased
- Damage Shield for Paladin Active Skill had it’s absorb amount increased
- Healing amount for current potions increased
- Light Potion[?] increased from 400 to 500
- Cumy Potion healing amount increased for each level [1300 lv60 1500 lv70 1700]
- Heavy Potions[?] can now be purchased from vendors that sell potions for 1800 gold each.
- Exquisite Potions[?] can now be crafted. [heals for 1100]
Edit 6/23/12:
Crafting Professions
- The max proficiency for crafting skills have been raised from 299 to 350
- light/heavy armor and plate armor profession have been merged to metal armor
- metal armor profession will be taught by Barraks and the light/heavy armor profession on Arsen will be removed.
- item salvaging profession added, this profession will provide the materials needed to craft spirit stones
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- Spirit Stone crafting profession has been added
- Spirit Stones will be used for spirit merging which will can add stats to gear.
- Spirit Merging will be done by Videk in Cholhen’s magic lab.
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- Spirit Stones can only be used on gears above level 30
- Inferior Spirit Stones can be used on level 30 to 60 gear / Spirit Stones can be used on level 60 to 70 gear.
- Spirit Merging will enhance the ability of one stat on a gear but also has a change to lower it instead.
ETC
- Normal difficulty for Episode 10 battles have been unlocked
- New system for Titi’s random box added, this will provide a random item and players will be able to see a partial list of potential items before opening one.
Edit 6/21/12:
Marketplace/ Expertise Recipe Search System
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You can search the materials needed in the expertise recipe directly and buy the required material right away
Combat Related
- Excessively high drop rate of low level enchants scroll was fixed (Enchants obtained from Hero Mode remain unchanged)
- When using Pillars, after throwing your pillar, the action of setting up campfire can be cancelled by dodges
Skills Related
- Skill CD exist even when you change from one map to another
- Super annoying Kai’s Dual Link jamming bug has been fixed
- Bonus effect of drinking potions when you haven’t learned Potion Mastery has been fixed
UI Related
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- Improving the game UI
- When guild creation failed, there will be a more detailed error message
- When difficulty increases, gold reward increase from 20% to 30%
- You can reomve all unwanted rankings in ranking system
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[SIZE="3"]6/22 Season 2 Test Server Patch Notes[/SIZE]
Translated by AFKalmighty
Character Balance
- Fiona’s HP has been adjusted to match other melee characters [people are reporting that her HP was slightly nerfed]
- Kai’s HP has been nerfed
- Attack speed for Fiona’s longsword has been increased
- Percentiles for character actions have been adjusted
-Fiona Longsword and Karok Blaster has been buffed and Fiona Hammer has been nerfed.
Monster Damage and HP adjustment
- Certain high level monsters have had their damage nerfed [people were reporting that high level raids, especially keaghan, have become almost impossible due to over the top monster damage]
- HP for the Fomorian statues have been nerfed.
Skills
- Fixed the issue with Battlescythe skill Sacrifice not inflicting proper amounts of damage.
- When a Blaster Karok successfully hits Burst attack with Burst gauges up, all active Burst buff duration will be reset.
- Fiona’s SP skill Shield Bash has been enhanced:
-Invincibility frames have been added to the first hit.
-Up to two extra hits can be added by pressing the smash key
- Lann’s Liberate will now consume a fixed amount of HP of 550
- Liberate can be used while moving starting from rank F and the HP reduction effect will no longer be canceled by invincibility statuses.
- Evie’s Mana Shield and Mana Amber has been buffed to match the increase in monster damage
- Certain SP skills have had their cooldown reduced.
- Stamina costs for Fiona’s Counter Attack, Heavy Stander Counter, Down Counter have been reduced.
- Shield durability lost by Counter attack has been reduced
- The timing for Karok’s weaving while performing smashes has become more lenient and proc timing has been adjusted.
ETC
- Bug fixes and adjustments for evil cores, quickslots, item salvaging, and spirit merging
- Skills and consumable can be added or removed by right-clicking their icon in town
- Town Storage has been renamed to Character Storage.
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AFKalmighty's Scythe Evie v Controlled Black Hammer
keep in mind that my sacrifice [skill for exploding wisps] rank is low