8/16 Season 2 Part 3 Update

• Akemii wrote on 2012-07-21 21:44

  Quote from Aryiane;914722:

  Well it lifts them into the air but not like evie's RG, so semi-rg. I couldn't think of the name of her skill right off the top of my head. :<
  
  Oh I see the name now--Typhoon Smash.

  
  
  I'm not online right now. What level do you get that?
• Invertex wrote on 2012-07-21 21:50

  Quote from Akemii;914734:

  I'm not online right now. What level do you get that?

  
  
  This is the S2 thread, Vella isn't even on test server right now.
  
  Anyways, it'll probably be like Scythe's drag effects. Won't work on raid bosses.
• SakuraFarron wrote on 2012-07-26 15:50
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  • The first update on August 2nd will be the new town Morban and the two new combat areas Crescent Island and Tomb of Ships. The second update on August 9th will be 4 new raid bosses and Vella.
    
    
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  • Token system will be replaced by a new Fatigue system. This will be recharged each day and if you haven’t spent all your fatigue for a day than you will exceed the initial amount you started with [in other words the amount is not limited like how tokens were limited to 50]. The Devs claim that players will be able to sail out for battle up to twice as more compared to the Token system. Fatigue is used once a party boat sails off.
    
    
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  • Combat will be staged on non-linear maps where players are free to roam and monsters will regenerate [though the mobs will give less experience and loot the more they are regenerated]
    
    
  • Players can choose which bosses they want to hunt so it is not required to clear out a whole region for every battle. There will also be random elements like Macha’s Trail which will have you solve certain challenges like killing monsters of the same color, Pirate’s treasure, and Altar of the Goddess which will give you additional rewards if you bring your loot.
    
    
  • The new combat regions will have areas where low levels can participate as well yet no detail has been given on how [or if they have plans at all] the low levels will not be a deadweight for the higher level party members.
    
    
  • One of the main focuses on making the raid bosses was presenting a new form of challenge. For example, if players fail to prevent a certain attack from the Kraken, their boat will be destroyed and thus resulting in a wipe. So it will be more important to prevent this attack than relying on revive counts.
    
    
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  • Max level increased to 80 and the level curve has been smoothed out to ease the pain of leveling.
    
    
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  • New graphic effects added; Light rays and Focus. Not really sure what they mean by this
    
    
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  • It has been stressed once again how Vella will play differently from Lann
    
    
  • Episodes will be updated every 6 months. But the amount of content of each episode will be increased and there will be around 3 to 4 additional updates in between.
    
    
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  • The story of Season 1 and Season 2 are not related but staged at a similar time. Season 2 will end in 2 years and a half. It is said that Season 3 will start where we left off with Season 1
    
    
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  • Character Creation Screen has been changed
    
• H4kurei wrote on 2012-07-26 16:31
  Guessing they meant Light Scattering effect by 'light rays' and Depth of Field effect by 'focus'
  Didn't know S2 dates were so close
  The character creation screen is charming but I wish they hadn't made the lighting so flat
• H4kurei wrote on 2012-07-26 16:32
  Guessing they meant Light Scattering effect by 'light rays' and Depth of Field effect by 'focus'
  Didn't know S2 dates were so close
  The character creation screen is charming but I wish they hadn't made the lighting so flat
• Aryiane wrote on 2012-07-26 16:35
  I love all of the pictures, especially the character selection screen. I'm really looking forward to this.
  But for the fatigue system, does that apply to NA as well? Considering we haven't had the token system in a while now, I didn't know if we would have a 'replacement'.
• TLCBonaparte wrote on 2012-07-26 16:36
  Between season 2 and Dragon Nest update, I am sensing a trend here...
• Invertex wrote on 2012-07-26 16:37
  I love the new character creation screen. :3
  
  Seems a bit ambitious to schedule a Season to take two and a half years to finish, but I suppose that's about how long it took S1 to finish. Not even sure if I'll still be playing at that point.
  
  

  •The new combat regions will have areas where low levels can participate as well yet no detail has been given on how [or if they have plans at all] the low levels will not be a deadweight for the higher level party members.

  
  
  First concern is here. They've been really bad with the split level thing. The sub Level 60s in Beokros and partially Siglint are deadweight and honestly I feel like their design for these multiple level areas are just bad. It'll likely be just low levels being forced to stick to a few areas the high levels don't care about though.
  
  

  •One of the main focuses on making the raid bosses was presenting a new form of challenge. For example, if players fail to prevent a certain attack from the Kraken, their boat will be destroyed and thus resulting in a wipe. So it will be more important to prevent this attack than relying on revive counts.

  
  
  I know this is old news, but I'm still not a fan of it. It'll just mean people are going to be even pickier with parties (which most already are) since of the ease of failing a run and the difficulty of carrying a party.
  
  

  •Max level increased to 80 and the level curve has been smoothed out to ease the pain of leveling.

  
  I don't remember it being mentioned, but is there any Lv. 80 gear coming with this update? I'd like to see how they're going to beat weapons made from parts of the gods.
• SakuraFarron wrote on 2012-07-26 16:38

  Quote from Aryiane;918432:

  I love all of the pictures, especially the character selection screen. I'm really looking forward to this.
  But for the fatigue system, does that apply to NA as well? Considering we haven't had the token system in a while now, I didn't know if we would have a 'replacement'.

  
  
  AFKalmighty says it should only apply to regions that currently have the token system like KR&CN. :3
• Aryiane wrote on 2012-07-26 16:42

  Quote from SakuraFarron;918437:

  AFKalmighty says it should only apply to regions that currently have the token system like KR&CN. :3

  
  
  Ah I see, well that's a relief. I don't think I could get used to a system like that again.
• SakuraFarron wrote on 2012-07-26 16:48

  Quote from Invertex;918436:

  
  I don't remember it being mentioned, but is there any Lv. 80 gear coming with this update? I'd like to see how they're going to beat weapons made from parts of the gods.

  
  
  Yup, they mention it in this INVEN Article along with a new mount. :3 I don't think anyone on VHQ translated though, had to use Google Translate.
• iPokeYou wrote on 2012-07-26 16:48
  Could someone ask (or forward this to someone who speaks korean) if they changed anything to the engine itself to work better with newer hardware? The current engine is extremely outdated and could use an overhaul.
• Invertex wrote on 2012-07-26 17:01

  Quote from SakuraFarron;918449:

  Yup, they mention it in this INVEN Article along with a new mount. :3 I don't think anyone on VHQ translated though, had to use Google Translate.

  
  
  Ah, knew I missed it. Probably due to a lack of picture.
  
  They better not use that as an excuse to give every boss 12k Defense or something. >>
• Aryiane wrote on 2012-07-26 17:05

  Quote from SakuraFarron;918449:

  Yup, they mention it in this INVEN Article along with a new mount. :3

  
  
  A mount? Oh that's interesting.
  I hope I'll still be playing this when season 3 comes around because with all of the new stuff coming with season 2, 3 is probably going to be intense.
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2012-07-26 18:53

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  • Character Creation Screen has been changed
    

  
  

  
  Beautiful.
  
  Not sure how I feel about the openness of things. I'll need to save up for level 80 sets now.
  

  But for the fatigue system, does that apply to NA as well?

  No one can know for sure, but the answer is almost certainly no. They've messed with it in the past and ours remained unchanged.
  

  I know this is old news, but I'm still not a fan of it. It'll just mean people are going to be even pickier with parties (which most already are) since of the ease of failing a run and the difficulty of carrying a party.

  I like it ^__^
  
  Anything that lets skilled players get further and slows down crappy players, lmao.
  
  I mean, I'd just rather the game be focused on how well people can do rather than how much they spend on gear. As it is, someone with a +15 is almost always better than someone with a +10 unless they're especially terrible or the +10 is capped (like in Keaghan's first form). I'm not saying they shouldn't offer an advantage, they should, but everything after +10 is leaps and bounds better than anything below it and people who don't spend a lot of money get a pretty big disadvantage after that point, often never making it past +12 at best.
  
  So I'm excited about this, and about mounts.