Patch Notes Version 2.4.0

Changes: Rarity System

• The Attack+ bonus on equipment (Weapon, Shield, Armor, Cloak, Mask) has been removed.
• A new rarity system has been added.
  • Weapons, Armor, Cloaks, Masks, and Jewellery Pieces will now receive a random rarity (Common ~ Legendary) when acquired, along with a random stat from the following:
    • STR
    • DEX
    • INT
    • Haste
    • Crit. Chance
  • The value of the stat is determined by the rarity of the item, as well as its Base Item Level.
  • The rarity of an item will now affect its Item Level (from +0% (common) of the base Item Level, to +10% (legendary) of the base Item Level).
  • The stat can be rerolled by selecting the Rarity Management option at Peach, in Flaris. Each Rarity Re-Roll will cost a certain amount of Scrolls of Rarity Re-Roll, based on the item's Item Level.
  • The rarity can be upgraded by selecting the Rarity Management option at Peach, in Flaris. This require a copy of the same item with a higher rarity. Using the upgrade option will sacrifice the copy of the item and set the rarity of the main item to that of the sacrificial's.
  • The following updates have been applied to the obtention methods of Scroll of Rarity Re-Roll:
    • Can no longer be purchased from Peach.
    • The amount obtained from Shade's Realm and the Shrine of Life has been massively increased.
    • Can now be obtained from any monster, at a low rate.

Changes: General Equipment Progression

• The amount of Sunstones, Moonstones, and Shining Orichalkums required for upgrading items of iLv.120 and above has been slightly increased.
• The drop rate of crafting materials for Guardian, Historic, Angel, and Legendary Golden Weapons has been increased.
• The drop rate of Guardian, Historic, Angel, and Legendary Golden Weapons has been increased.
• The drop rate of dungeon equipment has been massively increased, especially for iLv.120 and above.
• The crafting requirements for dungeon equipment have been massively decreased, especially for iLv.120 and above.
• The items "Mechanical Cloak" and "Mechanical Mask" can now directly be obtained by defeating Rogue Mining Machine.
• It is now possible to dismantle the following items:
  • Cloak of the Meteonyker
  • Mask of the Meteonyker
  • Mechanical Cloak
  • Mechanical Mask
• Upgrading from Weapon Grade C to B will no longer require 2 Ankou's Claws for items of iLv120 and below.
• Upgrading from Weapon Grade B to A will now require an additional 2 Ankou's Claws for items of iLv120.

Changes: Professions and Gathering Materials

• The amount of Legendary profession materials obtained from the Spiritual Forest has been increased.
• Alchemy recipes to transmute Epic profession materials into Legendary profession materials have been added.
• The amount of Nuggets obtained from bosses within the Spiritual Forest has been increased.
• Level 75 Catchers will now be spawning around Madrigal, yielding Profession and Upgrade Materials, as well as Penya, to those who defeat them.
• Profession resource spawns have been updated. Nodes no longer follow a simple respawn logic anymore, but instead will also depend on other Nodes being gathered in order to respawn. The node location themselves remain unchanged.
• Larger bodies of water will now have a random chance for more fish to appear once every so often, for a few minutes at a time. Fishing in such an area increases Collecting Yield, as well as the chance of obtaining fish of higher quality.
• After not being gathered for a while, Profession nodes will start gaining stars, up to 5. Stars increase Collecting Yield, as well as the chance of obtaining resources of higher quality.

Changes: Movement Speed Calculations

• The algorithm behind Move Speed calculations has been updated, resulting in the following:
  • Player base Move Speed has been reduced very slightly (5.5% difference).
  • The Move Speed shown in the Character Window (H) should now correctly function as a multiplier.
    • For example, prior to the changes, having 110% Move Speed did not mean being 10% faster.
    • Please note the Move Speed at maxed gear is roughly the same (0.75% difference).
  • The Move Speed shown in Mount Tooltip should now be correct. Mounts did, in fact, not have 250% Move Speed, but something closer to 167%.
  • The Move Speed percentage provided by Quick Step and Fast Walker has been slighly reduced. Please keep in mind that the actual speed provided by them remains the same.
• Base Mount Move Speed has been increased slightly.
• Mounts now benefit from the player's Move Speed.
  • Mounts' tooltips will now show their speed as a Speed Multiplier instead, as they effectively multiply speed with this change.

Changes: Rendering Engine

• The following graphical improvements have been applied:
  • A big part of the rendering engine has been overhauled.
    • We have ran a lot of tests to ensure it doesn't cause issues, however please let us know if rendering issues are appearing.
  • Shadow quality has been massively improved.
  • Fog color will now adapt better to the environment.
  • The effects of the day/night cycle on the environment have been improved.
  • The visibility of telegraphed indicators have been improved.
  • Real-time lighting will now be applied using the position of the sun and moon. This applies to all objects, terrain, and water.
  • The day and night cycle has gotten several improvements.
  • A small effect will now appear on characters when hovering them.
  • The quality of water has been massively improved.
    • A "water quality" setting has been added for performance reasons.
  • Some post-processing effects have been added.
    • Please note that the Depth of Field can be disabled in the options.
    • Additionally, due to technical restrictions preventing it from working with our changes, the MSAA setting has been replaced with a housemade FXAA. While this should improve performance, the antialiasing is also not as good.
• The experimental options "Day/Night Cycle" and "Directional Lighting" are now permanently added into the game, and as such, are no longer options.
• Objects will now load into the game asynchronously, which should greatly improve performance and loading times.
• Further performance improvements have been applied to the rendering code, specifically regarding Item Effects.
• The visuals and performance of Yo-Yo Basic Attacks have been improved.

Changes: Dungeons

Quality of Life

• In order to make Assists less mandatory in parties due to their Resurrection, Ethereal Crystals will now appear in dungeons.
  • Upon using the Lodestar inside of an instanced dungeon, players will now respawn next to the closest Ethereal Crystal.
  • Ethereal Crystals will appear upon reaching certain checkpoints in dungeons, such as starting a Mid-Boss or Boss battle.
  • The Lodestar delay in dungeons has been increased from 3 to 8 seconds. Please note that dungeons that had a delay of 10 seconds have had it reduce to 8 seconds.
• The option "Dungeon Instance Messages" has been added. It can be found under Settings->Interface->Display->Others.
  • This option, enabled by default, allows the user to select if they wish to see messages from dungeon instances, such as monster or teleport spawns, at the top of the screen.

Item Level Requirements

• Due to the introduction of the Rarity System and its effects on Item Level, we have reviewed some of the entry requirements for certain dungeons. Additionally, we have lowered the item level requirement for Forgotten Ruins and Palace of Darkness in order to provide a smoother transition from mid-game to end-game.
• The Item Level requirement has been increased from 65 to 70 for the following dungeon(s):
  • The Savage Wilds
• The Item Level requirement has been increased from 80 to 85 for the following dungeon(s):
  • Molten Core
• The Item Level requirement has been increased from 90 to 95 for the following dungeon(s):
  • Catacombs of Anguish
• The Item Level requirement has been increased from 95 to 100 for the following dungeon(s):
  • Cursed Aminus
• The Item Level requirement has been increased from 110 to 120 for the following dungeon(s):
  • Ankou's Asylum
  • Kalgas's Cave
  • Contaminated Rhisis Trails
  • Katara Island
• The Item Level requirement has been increased from 115 to 125 for the following dungeon(s):
  • Shade's Realm
• The Item Level requirement has been decreased from 150 to 135 for the following dungeon(s):
  • The Shrine of Life
• The Item Level requirement has been increased from 135 to 140 for the following dungeon(s):
  • Razgul's Crypt
• The Item Level requirement has been decreased from 155 to 150 for the following dungeon(s):
  • Forgotten Ruins
  • Palace of Darkness
• The Item Level requirement has been increased from 165 to 170 for the following dungeon(s):
  • Pyramids of Anhur
  • Enchanted Library
  • The Abyss
  • Forgottten Garden
• The Item Level requirement has been increased from 185 to 190 for the following dungeon(s):
  • Abandoned Factory

Solo/Party Dungeons

• In an effort to make some of our higher end dungeons that are grinded a lot by players a bit more interesting and fun to run, we've updated the following dungeons with either map improvements or mechanical improvements
• The following changes have been applied to Ankou's Asylum:
  • The dungeon "Ankou's Asylum" has been shortened.
  • [Violent Soul] Ghed now has two new attacks and slightly updated pattern sequence.
• The following changes have been applied to Shade's Realm:
  • Shade will no longer close her realm if she defeats all of the players.
• The following changes have been applied to Kalgas's Cave:
  • Kalgas minibosses no longer use the exact same attacks/sfxes to make them more unique.
  • [Kalgas Guardian] Malphas has received two new attacks and reworked patterns.
  • [Kalgas Guardian] Astaroth has received two new attacks and reworked patterns.
  • Kalgas now spawns his Eggs on his first attack instead of his last attack of his rotation to make the fight more challenging and interesting.
  • Kalgas Egg spawn attack now can only happen once per fight.
  • Kalgas 'Seismic Barrage' attack has slightly more iterations and chases slightly faster.
  • Small monsters have their HP reduced slightly to make AoE clears go faster.
• The following changes have been applied to Contaminated Rhisis Trails:
  • Meteonyker no longer does 'Basic Attacks' instead he uses it's 'Ice Breath' as his main basic Attack.
  • Ice Breath attack has been sped up slightly and moved so that it always hits the target player
  • Glacial Storm Attack has been removed and turned into the 'Glacial Storm Passive'
  • Added "Glacial Storm Passive": Every 60 seconds Meteo pulls all players near him and instantly creates a damaging storm for a short duration. the 60 second interval is shortend every time a player gets hit by a non-curse attack.
  • Added "Frost Curse Passive": Whenever a player is hit by an attack a 10s Curse is placed on the player. Dealing damage to the player and any nearby player once a second. If a non-cursed player is hit. They also get the 10s curse on themselves.
  • Updated some of the debuffs and timings of other Meteo Attacks
  • Shuffled its pattern cycle a bit to match the changes.
• The following changes have been applied to Forgotten Ruins:
  • Created new attacks and passives for the Golem Mini-Bosses (they share the same AI).
  • Added new attacks for the Emerald Dragon King.
• The following changes have been applied to Palace of Darkness:
  • Added a new attack for the Chess Guardian fight.
• The following changes have been applied to The Abyss:
  • Added a new attack to Ralam, The Spiked Bull.
• The following changes have been applied to Pyramids of Anhur:
  • Added various attacks in a randomized pattern to Bentaresh The Protector.
  • Updated the pattern cycle of The Last Guardian slightly.

Competitive Dungeons

• When we first conceptualized additional competitive dungeons together with the Secret Room, we had some grand ideas of elaborate dungeons and mechanics for group play. However due to time constraint we couldn't really make the other competitive dungeons as developed as Secret Room's mechanics. Which is why we are taking the time with this new cluster to revamp the other competitive dungeons where appropriate. Adding more fights and more mechanics!
• We recommend you read our Developer Log (on our Discord Server) for more details on how to approach these new changes.
• All competitive dungeons will now have a 30 seconds start delay, in which monsters will not spawn. This is intended to reduce the effect of longer loading times for players with lower-end computers.
• The following changes have been applied to Leren Cavern (Master):
  • The Leren Cavern (Master) has received a map update, featuring thin paths leading to three seperate boss arenas.
  • New Bossfight: Mountain Lawolf Duo. You fight the Alpha leader of the Lawolf-Pack together with its female companion and their never ending supply of lawolf grunts. In this fight you'll have to balance fighting multiple bosses and small enemies between your party.
  • New Bossfight: Chained Serus Uriel. In this fight you'll see a Chained (unmoveable) Serus Uriel that has an unending hunger for anything within its range. As it eats its spawns it will grow in strength and size, can you stop her from regaining her full strength in time while dodging the chaining attacks of the 3 Statues around her?
  • Big Muscle tweaks: Big Muscle has received a few small adjustments to increase its difficulty, namely slightly less auto attacks between patterns, a debuff for failed jump-dodges on the stomp and some new SFX explosions for the self destructing rock and rock falls!
• The following changes have been applied to Fantasy Grotto (Master):
  • Now is a wave-style dungeon where waves of small aggro monsters are spawned on an automatic timer every X seconds with bosses in between.
  • A Red Otem boss fight has been added.
  • A triple-Leanes boss fight has been added.
  • The flow of the dungeon will be as follows:
    • 30 second start delay
    • A wave of monsters
    • 60 second delay
    • A wave of monsters
    • 50 second delay
    • A wave of monsters
    • When all 3 waves are fully defeated, a Red Otem Mini-Boss is spawned
    • When the Red Otem is defeated, the next wave of monsters spawns immediately
    • 40 seconds delay
    • A wave of monsters
    • 30 seconds delay
    • A wave of monsters
    • When these last 3 waves of monsters are defeated. Three Leanes Mini-Bosses will be spawned
    • Once all 3 Leanes Mini-Bosses are defeated, Krrr will take his chance on you.
    • Krrr has unchanged mechanics from its old competitive version.
• The following changes have been applied to Moldy Cave (Master):
  • Moldy Cave (Master) has been reworked into a proper swamp style dungeon with a multitude of paths to take. Players are to figure out the best path to spawn the end boss by defeating all 5 relics. We recommend you read our dev log on exact details of the dungeon!
  • Moldy Cave has received a new swampy map!
  • Added 5 Relics that give a unique buff to all participants no matter their location on the map. These need to be defeated before Mushmoot can be challenged.
  • Added aggro guardian monsters that are not required to progress but serve as a hinderance for players.

Changes: Pass Bundle

• The items "Elite Pass" and "Chronicles of the Adventurer" can no longer be removed via the Duration (J) Window.
• The "Chronicles of the Adventurer" has been updated to work similarly to how it would expected to behave:
  • Upon activation, its duration will last until the end of the month.
  • Upon activation, it will now retroactively grant rewards.
  • For example, an Adventurer of Level 20 activating the Chronicles of the Adventurer on the 21st of April will instantly receive premium rewards for Levels 1 to 20, and the item will expire 9 days later, on the 1st of May at 0:00 (UTC).

Changes: Emerald Battlegrounds

• The Emerald Battlegrounds world has been updated, reducing its size and updating strategic points.
• The Emerald Battlegrounds now has a new map in the Map Window (M).
• Bonus Move Speed will no longer be granted within the Emerald Battlegrounds.
• The following balance changes have been applied to Emerald Battleground's PvP:
  • Knight/Templar: Damage multiplier increased from 0.12 to 0.15.
  • Jester/Harlequin: Damage multiplier increased from 0.12 to 0.14.
  • Psykeeper/Mentalist: Damage multiplier reduced from 0.12 to 0.11.
  • Elementor/Arcanist: Damage multiplier reduced from 0.12 to 0.11.
  • For reference, all other classes currently have a multiplier of 0.12 applied to their damage.

Changes: Sound Effects

• Note: This is a work in progress, we know there are plenty of bosses without sound effects on the pattern attacks, we will be adding these over time.
• Added sounds to Kalgas' attacks.
• Added sounds to Kheldor's attacks.
• Added sounds to Cyclops X's attacks.
• Added sounds to General Razgul's attacks.
• Added sounds to Behemoth's attacks.

General Changes

• The Awakening Window menu has been moved to Peach for better visibility.
• It is no longer possible to move while using the Awakening, Enchant, or Pet Breeding Windows.
• Optimizations have been applied to the inventory code in order to make character saving and loading faster.
• The design of the character selection window has been overhauled in order to prepare for more than 3 characters.
  • As we've fully recoded this window, we used this occasion to make the wardrobe items apply to characters there.
  • This window will now keep your last selected character per account and per cluster in mind.
• All projectiles are now handled server-side, which should prevent delay issues with them, as well as prevent several hacking methods.
• The Lottery system has been removed as it was deemed toxic to the game's economy. Depending on player feedback, it might be brought back as an event once in a while.
• The Guild Logo can now be changed an infinite amount of times. Additionally, a "Remove Logo" button has been added to the Guild Logo Selection Window.
• Pets can no longer be targeted.
• Teleportation points to the following points of interest have been added:
  • Mars Mine
  • Ivillis Temple
  • Dekane Mine
  • Volcane
• The minimal size of the Map Window (M) has been slightly increased in order to prevent clipping.
• The rate of obtaining Berries from chopping Trees and defeating Masquerpets has been increased.
• Masquerpets in the Mystical Forest and Shelid's Resting will no longer apply EXP reduction from level difference.
• Masquerpets will now have a slight variance in colour scheme and sound pitch.
• Certain sound effects will now have a slight variance in pitch.
• The time for Tuesday's Guild Siege has been updated from 15:00 UTC to 18:00 UTC.
• The randomness in respawn timers has been decreased by a large amount.
• Our framework for handling events and server rates has been fully reworked.
• The range for obtaining ground loot has been reduced in order to reduce unintentional loot-stealing in group settings.
• Requirements of, and EXP from quests of levels 47-53 have been reviewed to provide a smoother experience.
• The amount of Berries required to craft Pet Food has been lowered from 25 to 15.
• Pet Food now requires an additional 8 Leaves to be crafted.
• The base amount of Herbs obtained by gathering Nettles has been reduced from 2~5 (scaling with level) to 1~3 (scaling with level).
• Eviltron x900 will now have a visual effect playing around it.

Balance Changes

• In an attempt to make equipment progression feel better, the following changes have been applied:
  • The algorithm calculating Set Effects stats has been updated. Sets now grant all of their stats right away, with the values depending on how much of the set is equipped.
    • This translates into the possibility to only equip only part of a set of higher Item Level in order to gain stats.
  • The amount of stats granted by Jewellery at lower level upgrades has been increased.
    • This translates into higher Item Level jewellery with lower upgrades will overall grant more bonuses.
• In an attempt to prevent player confusion, Shields will no longer grant Attack bonuses. The following changes have been applied to keep the balance intact:
  • Psykeeper / Mentalist
    • All sets have been granted a slight increase in INT.
  • Billposter / Force Master
    • All sets have been granted a slight increase in Attack.
• In order to turn Crit. Rate and Haste further into choice stats rather than stats that are maxed without effort early on, the following changes have been applied:
  • The amount of Crit. Rate gained from investing into the character's Main Stat has been reduced from 1 per 8 Stat Points to 1 per 12 Stat Points.
    • The PvP Buff "Fierce Fighter" has been adjusted to follow this change, its Crit. Rate bonus being reduced from 30% to 24%.
  • The amount of Haste obtained has been reduced from 25% + 0.25% per level to 20% + 0.167% per level.
  • All Classes
    • The amount of Haste and Crit. Rate obtained from Equipment has been revisited.
  • Please note that Crit. Rate and Haste will still be effortlessly maxed out for all classes later in the game.
• Assist
  • On top of the Move Speed updates, the Move Speed provided by Quick Step has been lowered from 15% (previously 20%) to 10%, and its duration has been reduced from 45s to 25s.
• Skills that provide an increase in duration upon defeating an enemy will now have their duration capped at twice the original duration.

PvE Balance Changes

• In order to adjust to the previously stated updates to equipment, as well as reduce the effiency of using the same class twice in the same party, a few minor updates have been applied to most classes' damage. Please keep in mind that the resulted DPS should still be approximately the same as prior to this patch.
• Knight / Templar
  • Basic Attack: Attack Modifier increased from 1.1 to 1.13.
  • Taunt: Cooldown reduced from 15 seconds to 14 seconds.
  • Crippling Strike: Attack Modifier increased from 1.42 to 1.48. DoT increased from 12% of original damage to 15% of original damage.
  • Sky Splitter: Attack Modifier increased from 3.58 to 3.72.
• Ranger / Crackshooter
  • Basic Attack: Attack Modifier decreased from 1.18 to 1.17.
• Ringmaster / Seraph
  • Battle Wish: Cooldown decreased from 60 seconds to 50 seconds.
  • Star Call: Attack Modifier reduced from 0.49 to 0.47.
  • Moonbeam: Attack Modifier reduced from 0.68 to 0.64.
• Psykeeper / Mentalist
  • Mind Eater: Attack Modifier reduced from 0.96 to 0.88.
  • Shadow Call: Attack Modifier reduced from 2.69 to 2.53.
  • Affliction: Demonic Pact proc chance reduced from +50% to +40%.
• The amount of Defense Penetration granted by Pets has been increased by 50%.
• The formula for Defense Penetration has been updated for it to be stronger, especially against higher DEF monsters.

Bug Fixes

• Corrected an issue in which certain SFX would not render properly when Shadow Detail was set to "High". This was most visible on Dungeon Portals.
• Corrected an issue that arised when the Pet System was introduced, causing most environment effects to no longer appear.
• Corrected several rendering issues causing Z-fighting when objects overlapped each other.
• Corrected issues causing certain environment elements (mostly grass) to render improperly under certain camera angles.
• Corrected issues causing the characters' equipment to sometimes become blurry under certain camera angles.
• Corrected a visual issue causing Basic Attacks from Bow-wielding characters to not end properly when not in Combat Stance.
• Corrected an issue causing the client to sometimes crash upon confirming server selection.
• Corrected an issue causing one of the Emerald Dragon King's attacks to not trigger properly.
• The icon for the item "Ore (Legendary)" has been corrected.
• Further corrected issues with unreleased resources which were causing Neuz to require a restart after resizing.
• Corrected an issue where certain interactions while on a mount would not reset the rider's animation properly.
• Corrected an issue where the Quest Item filter included certain items that are not meant to be automatically picked up, namely items that spawn around Madrigal.
• Corrected an issue where logging out during flight would cause the player to be unable to move until unmounted when logging back in.
• Corrected an issue where the Dungeon Leaderboards would not update properly when a record was set for a Dungeon that hasn't been beaten yet.
• The legacy FlyFF feature that makes characters' eyes blink has been disabled as it is full of issues for not much to gain.
• The reset range of Clockworks has been increased in order to prevent issues where it pushes players too far and resets.
• Corrected an issue where some of the Giants in Deadwalderness were not catchable as Pets.
• Corrected an issue where Giants, Mid-Bosses, and Bosses had more defense than intended.
  • In order to make up for this, the formula to calculate monster defense has been updated, and all monsters' DEF should increase as a result of that. Please note that damage dealt should be approximately the same as before, however. DEF debuffs and Damage Penetration are now more valuable.
• Corrected several issues with the Defense Penetration calculation:
  • Defense Penetration will no longer apply when the defense is below zero, which was causing the damage dealt to lower.
  • An issue where Defense Penetration would sometimes not apply correctly has been corrected. It should now always apply, regardless of the target.
• Corrected an issue where certain elements of the Map Window would not properly disappear when transparency was on.
• Corrected an issue where Yo-Yo attacks would sometimes not appear when FPS count was below 60.
• Corrected an issue where some sounds would sometimes not play when FPS count was below 60.
• Corrected an issue where the targetting indicators would still show after a previously quest-holding character disappeared from view.
• Corrected an issue where the indicator for Red Meteonyker's attack Supernova would sometimes flicker due to clipping with terrain.
• Potentially corrected an issue where characters would, in very rare cases, not be able to attack after attempting to attack from a mount.
• Corrected an issue where peaceful NPCs and pets could be stunned by special skills such as Arcane Vortex.
• Corrected a desync issue where skills could go on cooldown server-side but not client-side, or vice versa.
• Corrected an issue where skills would not work as intended if cast too early after casting a special skill.
• Corrected an issue where the wrong weapon was being re-equipped if multiple profession weapons of the same type were in the inventory while gathering.
• Corrected an issue causing pets to have an angle applied to them while being on land.
• Corrected an issue where the light cast from certain light-casting objects was not being rendered on the correct plane, causing overlapping and flickering issues.
• Corrected an issue causing the health bars of mid-bosses from the Forgotten Ruins to not be at their intended position.

Item Shop

• From now on, voting for Chronicles of Madrigal on Gtop100 will no longer grant Loyalty Coins. As announced, all existing Loyalty Coins have been removed.
  • Please note that this does not apply to the item "Loyalty Coin" itself. These are still available, but have been disabled for a few days on the Flarine cluster in order to keep players from Plains of Bubble on equal footing.
• From now on, purchasing Madrigal Coins will grant 5% of the purchased value in Loyalty Coins.
• From now on, items purchased from the Loyalty Store will no longer be soul-linked.
• Dungeon Scroll has been removed from the Loyalty Store.
• Scroll of Wardrobe Retrieval has been added to the Loyalty Store.
• The following items have been added to/modified in the Item Shop:
  • Dark Fox: 350 Madrigal Coins / 125 Loyalty Coins.
  • Saphyryan: 350 Madrigal Coins / 125 Loyalty Coins.
  • [Price Update] x900 Eviltron: 350 Madrigal Coins / 125 Loyalty Coins.
  • Please note that the prices listed above will be the usual price for our SFX pets moving forward.