Notes On Patch Update of Feb. 18

[boomsticky]

Details on the patch update are listed below:

New Main Character Classes

Musician

* The Musician, armed with a guitar and light armor, can play music to strike two enemies in a line.
* The Musician’s Ravaging Melody magic helps players’ attack by decreasing enemies’ Attack Power, defense, and health.

Maniac

* The power saw-wielding Maniac can attack enemies in a row.
* The Maniac’s Storm Blast magic causes severe damage and lowers enemies’ might.
* The Maniac can only be created after you have reached Lv. 100


New Mercenary

* The Elementalist is a new B-Class mercenary, and when upgraded becomes Pocahontas.
* The Elementalist can be recruited from NPC Wise Orenda near the Eternal Ravine in North America; must be at least Lv. 100 to take on this quest.


Mercenary Lease System

* Players can now lease up to 2 mercenaries for Free Leagues, from NPC Proximo in Rome, near the fountain.
* When leasing mercenaries, can give them all skills for a set fee.


New Main Character-Only Magic

* Sword: [Chaos Edge]: Damages an enemy with a blade of darkness; enemies who are affected by Brutal Will or Seth’s Will takes additional damage.
* Axe: [Warrior’s Rage]: Overpowers enemies in a burst of rage.
* Spear: [Flame Spear]: Cause severe damage in a cross pattern.
* Cannon: [Devastation Shell]: Devastates enemy formations with a deadly cannonball.
* Gun: [Scorching Bullets]: Burns enemies with scorching bullets; enemies who are affected by Deep Insight or Smoke Bomb takes additional damages.
* Bow: [Arrow Cascade]: Strikes enemies with a volley of arrows.
* Staff: [Flame Blow]: Burns enemies with a scorching flame.



Equipment Exchange

* NPC Wild Cat in Rome will exchange your grade 10 equipment of Lv. 70 or higher for a higher level equipment at grade 7 or higher.
* A Oriharukon Enhance stone is required for the exchange.


New Quests

Jiuzhaigou Ghost Town

* A new dungeon for the main storyline, Jiuzhaigou Ghost Town, has been added for players Lv. 115-plus.
* To begin the quest, players must go to the NPC Wuma near Chang An.

Lijiang Women’s Village

* This main storyline quest for players Lv. 108-plus starts with the NPC Cheng-Lin located southwest of Central Asia.

Sea of Clouds Tower

* This main character upgrade quest for players Lv. 100-plus has been added so that players’ main characters can learn a main-only skill.
* This quest can be obtained through NPC Monk Dingxian.

Human Heritage I

* This sub-quest for players Lv. 65-plus in the Valley of the Kings is to help the NPC Dispatcher Francis, located near Cairo.

Additional Quest Info

* Sima Quan’s Greeting quest has been added for players Lv. 20.
* NPC Chu Lian and NPC Tai Hua Gong quests have been added.
* NPC Dispatcher Hughes’ quest has been added.
* Lost Saqqaq Tribe has been added for Lv. 98-plus players.
* The title of Terminator has been added from NPC Thalia.
* NPC Mystery Acong has been added in front of Rome.

**Smoked Salmon (from the item mall) is used to exchange various items from Mystery Acong.
**Players, who must be Lv. 70 or above, can exchange Smoked Salmon only once.


New Dungeons

Alcatraz Prison

* This 7-character Nation Dungeon, located near Vancouver, is now available to the King who controls Vancouver; the King will receive the Key of Alcatraz in his/her mailbox.
* The rewards for this dungeon include the Prison Officer’s Safe, from which the rare Officer’s Shotgun can be obtained.

Valley of Oblivion

* This Guild Dungeon is in North American and can be activated with the Cube of Amnesia, which can be purchased from the NPC Pointry with guild points.
* The rewards for this dungeon include the Evil Protector’s Box, from which Elementalist quest items and the rare Storm Bringer can be obtained.
* To enter the Eternal Ravine, players must first obtain the Cube Shard from the monsters in the Room of Cubes sub-dungeon in the Valley of Oblivion.

Sealed Tower of Darkness

* This Individual Dungeon for Lv. 101-plus players must be activated with the Sealed Black Key, obtained from NPC Pointry with battle points.
* The entrance is through Bran Castle: 2F; the time limit is 40 hours.
* The Sealed Tower of Darkness is connected to other dungeons, so when players kill a boss, they can obtain a key for another dungeon.
* The rewards include Nosferatu’s Equipment Box.


Birthday System

* A character’s birthday can be found in My Info > Character > Birthday Info.
* A birthday notice mail will be sent 15 days, 7 days, and 1 day before, as well as the day of, your main character’s birthday.
* The NPC Birthday Gift-giving Acong near Bordeaux will give you a Gift Box the day before and on your main character’s birthday.
* Your main character and mercenaries will automatically level up to the next level on your main character’s birthday.


PvP

* All monetary rewards have been doubled.
* Lower division XP book rewards have been increased.
* The reward for participating in a Weekly Championship has been increased to 1 Atlantis Gold Coin.
* Players will no longer receive Power-Up licenses for winning in the Free Leagues.
* Rewards for observers have been added.
* Turn time limit has been reduced from 30 seconds to 25 seconds.


Community

* Nations can now gain experience points to level up.
* Only Nations above Lv. 5 may use King’s Judgment.
* Nations now have a Nation Storage; storage size will depend on the Nation’s level.
* Storage can be accessed from NPC Caesar > Nation List > Nation Storage.
* Guild/Town quests now yield more experience and guild points
* New quests have been added
* Manager’s Scrolls can be used only 5 times in a day.
* When a player below Lv. 30 sends mail, he/she will expend 50% Will (does not apply to friend/guild/mentor/referrer mails).
* View your referrals from a new menu accessible via Community > Referral.
* When a friend levels up beyond 50, you will gain additional experience for up to hour( previously it was 10 minutes).
* Referrals will no longer give points upon registration; points are given after they hit level 30.


Crafting

* These ew medicines can now be crafted: Alchemist’s Stone, Origin of Darkness. and Jiuyodian.
* A new tool, Enriched Adamantium Ingot, can now be crafted.
* Skill books for the Maniac’s and Musician’s magic skills can now be crafted.


Items

* Lv. 113 equipment, Phoenix’s Equipment, has been added.
* Players will now receive a message with how many boxes they can open for the remainder of the day after every 10 box uses (Note: trading a book with Goncourt counts as a box use).
* Licenses and spell books have been deleted from the Mercenary’s Wooden Box, Mercenary’s Bronze Box, and Mercenary’s Steel box.
* The drop list of Guard Towers and Generators in Guild/Nation Dungeons have been modified to match the mid-boss drops from that dungeon.
* Buff books from Guild/Nation Dungeons Tower of Babel, Ghost Shop of the Caribbean and Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi have had their expiration times removed.
* The Immortal Hearts requirement for the Dark Archer quest has been reduced.
* Scroll of Confusion has had its casting time increased to 3 turns.
* Players must be at Lv. 20 or above to use De Mere’s Equipment Box Roulette.
* A maximum of 50,000 elements can be obtained when dismantling equipment.
* Players can now receive Flame Element Shards instead of Sea Element Shards when dismantling depraved equipment.
* Quest items now have a “Q” mark on their icon.


Monsters

* Disguised Tlaltecuhtli’s magic has been changed from Magic Defense to Resurrect.
* Bewitching Succubus Queen’s magic has been changed.
* Temptation seduces the enemies to stop attacking.
* Davy Jones’ True Form and Incarnation of Davy Jones have been changed to have their attack based on the number of mobs surrounding them.
* Ygddrasil 2F monsters’ basic attack has increased.
* Ygddrasil Seal Monsters’ critical attack has increased.
* Sedna’s maximum health points and magic defense have been decreased while her basic attack has increased.
* Giustiniani’s magic has been changed and his maximum health points have been decreased.
* Marksburg Castle’s Great Sorceress’s magic has been changed.


Interface

* The Mercenary Room has been increased from 10 slots to a maximum of 20.
* The Extended Material Bag has been increased hold 4 rows, up from 2; the interface has been changed, as well.
* Blessing Potions and Auto-Search Licenses can be turned on and off by going to My Info > Character > Effect; however, the duration time will keep running.
* You can now turn passive magic on or off, by going to My Info > Skills > Magic.
* Uncheck Auto-Battle to turn off; check Auto-Battle to turn on.


World Environment

* Vancouver has been added to North America
* New York and Vancouver are now up for bidding
* New battle maps have been added in the southern area of Northeast Asia and Valley of Oblivion near North America.
* Rome has a new place called the Library, where Shakespeare will stay.
* Plaza of the Dead, Frozen Adlivun, Terrace of Light, and Terrace of Darkness’s maps have been improved.
* Central Asia outdoors has been updated.


Mount Book

* The Mount Book is accessible through Game Info > Mount Book.
* Mounts can now be stored, just like the warehouse.
* There is a service fee of 100,000 gold per mount stored.
* Storing mounts will generate Collection Points every day.
* You can use Collection Points to purchase items from NPC Pointry.


General Changes and Bug Fixes

* 3 new hairstyles have been added: Long Wave, Afro and Rasta
* Players can now send mail in bulk to their Nations, Guilds, and Friends for a fixed price (500,000 for nations, 100,000 for guilds, and 50,000 for friends).
* The launcher has been updated.
* Betting amounts have been increased by 5 times.
* The number of items you can sell in the market increases at level 90 and every 10 levels thereon.
* Players can now choose to hide their weapon.
* The Challenge button will no longer flash while in battle.
* My Store categories are now alphabetized.
* The Experience Obtained window while in a party has been modified.
* Quiz Room management is now implemented.
* The Trading Post system has been added; with each town's Trading Post selling and trading regional products; prices will fluctuate based on the products’ availability.
* You must buy the Trade Permission item from the market for a fixed price before you can buy and sell regional products.

[Pharoe]

Wow, awesome update. However, I want musician and maniac as mercs, not main only jobs D;

Anyway, I loved this:
You can now turn passive magic on or off, by going to My Info > Skills > Magic.


That is great! +_+

[Tamiki]

This update was rather faster then expected o.o