[Server Maintenance (http://boards.lineage2.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=332092)]
Patch Notes:
During the maintenance period on Tuesday, January 30, between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM CST, the following changes will be made:
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> Santa's Hats have been unequipped and placed in the inventory. The Fishing Championship Tournament has started.
Previous Patch Notes:
February 6, 2007
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> An issue with placing Santa's Hat in the warehouse has been corrected. An issue with non-US keyboards being unable to log into the game has been corrected.
January 9, 2007
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> The Santa Trainees are no longer appearing in the villages.
December 5, 2006
Items<ul type="square"> Only the castle lord can now obtain the ‘Lord of the Manor’s Certificate of Approval’.
Skills<ul type="square"> An issue with the Betray skill has been corrected. An issue with the skill icons not displaying the refresh time when they are moved from shortcut window to a different shortcut window has been fixed.
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> Various text corrections have been made. An issue with Mystic classes being unable to get the Recovery Scroll after finishing the tutorial quests has been fixed. An issue with some characters being unable to enter the inner castle has been fixed. The four doors located near the top bridge in Aden Castle are now closed. Players can no longer enter the inner castle through these doors. An issue with the clan hall ownership transfer to the next winner of the Rainbow Springs clan hall battle has been fixed. An issue with the monster spawn rate in the Dimensional Rift has been fixed. All clan hall doors in Rune Township are now working properly. The incorrect tax rate for NPC Cema in Hardin’s Academy and the Feed Seller in Beast Farm has been corrected. The Fall Harvest event has concluded.
November 21, 2006
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> An issue that affected the Heroes for the month of November has been corrected. Heroes who have not yet claimed their Olympiad Passes should speak to the Grand Olympiad Manager. The December Olympiad should also be running correctly. An issue where non-English language operating systems could not log into the game has been corrected.
November 14, 2006
Items
The effect of herbs (instant items) on servitors has been changed as follows:<ul type="square"> An herb buff will affect both master and servitor, but the buff duration will be 60 seconds, half of the normal duration. If a servitor is not summoned, the master will receive the full buff duration (120 seconds). Recovery herbs will affect both master and servitor.
An issue with herb buffs stacking with regular buffs has been fixed.
An issue where Echo Crystals 6th Carol – 10th Carol could not be used has been fixed.
The Seven Signs
An issue where players were unable to buy items from the Seven Signs Priest in Hunter’s Village has been fixed.
NPCs
When Frintezza appears, characters who are located in the hallway will be teleported to the nearest town.
An issue where two Chapel Guards would stack in the first Chapel entrance of The Pagan Temple has been fixed.
The difficulty of Antharas and Valakas has been adjusted slightly.
An issue where the Queen Ant minions would not disappear when the Queen Ant was defeated has been fixed.
An issue with being unable to attack NPCs located on top of the outside gate in Aden Castle has been fixed.
Gatekeepers and Teleportation
The Monster Race Track has been removed from the teleport location list in the 2nd level teleport options for the Fortress of Resistance clan hall.
An issue with characters being able to teleport to Schuttgart Castle by using the Gatekeeper during a Schuttgart castle siege has been fixed.
The character who owns the Demonic Sword Zariche can no longer teleport to inside of the Monster Race Track.
An issue with teleporting to the Anteroom after entering the Raid Boss area in Dimensional Rift has been fixed.
Quests
In the quest An Arrogant Search, characters are no longer able to advance to the next step by just delivering 10 Blooded Fabrics to Sir Gustav Athebaldt, Hardin, or Iason Heine. The White Fabric must be deleted, or made into Blooded Fabric in order to advance.
Miscellaneous
Various text corrections have been made.
The “Chase” button in the mini-map has been renamed to “Find”.
The Community Server is now available.
October 24, 2006
Changes to Player Death Penalties
The following changes have been made to death penalties of player characters.
<ul type="square"> Unchaotic character: No items are dropped at death. Chaotic character: Items are dropped at a lower rate than before. PK count still determines item drops, while Karma influences susceptibility to the combat penalty.
When characters die, they will now receive a penalty of reduced combat capability at a certain rate (about the same rate as the previous item drop rate).
The penalty for death is applied cumulatively. If you die again after the penalty has been applied, the new penalty is applied on top of the existing penalty.
The penalty can be viewed in the Status window and it has a permanent duration.
You can recover from the death penalty by using Scroll: Recovery items.
There are recovery scrolls for each level and each character must use one appropriate for his level (per expertise skill). Chaotic characters cannot use recovery scrolls.
You can also recover your combat capability level through Black Judge NPCs for a fee, including chaotic characters. The Black Judges are in Floran Village, the Wastelands, and Hardin's Academy.
Charms of Luck have been changed to have the effect of preventing this new penalty to combat capability.
Skills
New Skills
Skills that summon party members have been added.
<ul type="square"> The “Summon Friend” skill, which enables a Summoner to summon party members, has been added. Elemental Summoners, Phantom Summoners, and Warlocks can acquire this skill at level 56. Spellbooks can be acquired as drops from monstersand at the Magic Store of Rune Township and the Town of Goddard. These items are sold at a certain time at a certain rate. The character summoned must have the Summoning Crystal. Summoning Crystals can be purchased at a town grocer. You cannot summon party members to battle grounds, certain raid boss regions, and the Olympiad Stadium. You cannot summon party members who are engaged in combat or dead. More party summoning classes will be added in a later update.
Skill Changes
The Fortune of Noblesse skill has been changed to have the effect of preventing reduced combat capability if killed by a Boss or a Raid Monster. Consumes 4 Lucky Charms: A Grade.
The Clan Death Fortune skill effect has been changed to reduction of the rate at which the clan's Experience Score is reduced and the rate at which the character suffers a death complication when killed by PK/Monster.
The Lucky skill has been changed to have the effect of preventing the penalty of reduced combat capability on death. The Lucky skill now applies to characters up to level 9.
Items
Instant Effect Potions
New instant effect potions have been added.
<ul type="square"> Elixir of Life – HP Recovery Elixir of Mental Strength – MP Recovery Elixir of CP – CP Recovery
There are No Grade - Grade S instant effect potions and one can only use portions corresponding to expertise level. For example, a character of level 76 can only use Grade S potions.
The instant potions can be obtained from stores and through common crafting.
<ul type="square"> Elixir of Life: No Grade - Grade C can be purchased at stores. Elixir of Mental Strength: No Grade - Grade D can be purchased at stores. Elixir of CP: No Grade - Grade S can be purchased at stores.
There are potion grade restrictions depending on the size of the town. For example, all grades of Elixir of CP are available at the NPC stores; No Grade - Grade S are available in the Town of Aden, and only No Grade - Grade A are available in the Town of Giran.
The common crafting recipes can be obtained through clan hall production.
Instant Effect Items (Herbs)
New instant effect items have been added for more convenient solo hunting.
The effects of buff-type herbs and common buffs are not both applied. For example, if you acquire Herb of Power or Herb of the Warrior when you are under the effect of the Might buff, the effect of Might doesn’t apply as long as the herb effect is active. The existing Might buff effect starts only after the herb loses its effect.
Luxury Shop
Items have been added to the Luxury Shop. Soul Crystals Stage 7 through Stage 10 are now sold at the Luxury Shop in the Town of Giran.
Other Changes
The weight of the following items have been significantly reduced.
<ul type="square"> Spirit Ore: From 10 to 5 CP Potion: From 110 to 25 Greater CP Potion: From 500 to 100
The re-use time for CP Potion and Greater CP Potion has been significantly reduced.
You can exchange B Grade weapons (Sword, Bow, Blunt, Polearm) for fist weapons through Blacksmith of Mammon. However, you cannot exchange the fist weapons for another type of weapons. (Arthro Nail and Bellion Cestus are the applicable B Grade fist weapons.)
Quests
The number of quests that can be simultaneously taken has been significantly increased to 25 from 15.
You receive Dimension Diamonds that enable you to purchase a Scroll of Escape to Town when you start the second class transfer quest. If you are in the middle of a quest, then you receive it at the end of the quest.
In the “Enhance Your Weapon” quest, more power has been added to the blade to eliminate the possibility that the Soul Crystal might break during the Stage 1- Stage 10 soul collection process.
Interface
Changes to the Buff Window
A “de-buff” window has been created, separate from the buff window, where de-buffs inflicted by danger areas or NPCs are displayed. There are a maximum of 10 de-buffs and 10 toggle skill buffs that can be displayed.
The maximum number of buffs visible in the general buff window has increased to 24 from 20.
In order to increase the maximum number in the general buff window, one must have the Ancient Book – Divine Inspiration and learn the Divine Inspiration skill. There is one buff slot increase every time the skill level improves.
Clan Window
The clan affiliation change function has been added.
A clan member no longer has to be dismissed in order for his affiliation to be changed. For example, a clan member who is affiliated with a Royal Guard can change his affiliation and join a direct clan, Royal Guard or an Order of Knights without having to leave the clan and re-join.
This function is available only for clan lords and changing the affiliation of the Academy members is not allowed. In addition, it is not allowed to change the affiliation of a direct clan member by making him an Academy member.
Party Matching Window
One can view, invite, and whisper by going to the party matching waiting list. Party members as well as a party leader can now invite others.
Mini-Map
The Adventurer’s Guide Book functions have been integrated with the mini-map. The Adventurer’s Guide Book items are no longer usable and can be sold to the NPC store at the original price.
The location of the cursed weapon Zariche can now be identified on the mini-map.
Shortcut Window
The shortcut window can now be expanded to three levels. Click the arrows at the top of the shortcut window to control the levels. The expanded shortcut window (levels two and three) can be used only by mouse. The shortcut expansion functions are not supported for the game pad.
Miscellaneous
Useful tips for game playing can be viewed on the loading screen. Tips can be turned on and off in the game option window.
A new function to hide dropped items on the ground has been added. Turn this function on and off in the game Options window. If you turn this function on, because the items that are dropped on the ground are hidden from your screen, you can significantly reduce lag arising from the client. Because the items dropped on the ground are hidden, you cannot obtain them by mouse but only by using the Pick Up button.
Changes have been have been made so that all the windows can be displayed again by pressing ALT+H after they have been hidden by ALT+H.
An issue where the shortcut bars could not be used when the interface was hidden (ALT+H) has been corrected.
An issue with the clan hall buff windows have been corrected.
The Seven Signs
The following effects have been added when the winning side has the Seal of Strife.
CP Gauge Change
<ul type="square"> When owned by Dawn: A CP gauge of a player who belongs to the Dawn side increases by 10%, and the CP gauge of a player who belongs to the Dusk side decreases by 10%. When owned by Dusk: A CP gauge of a player who belongs to the Dusk side increases by 10%, and the CP gauge of a player who belongs to the Dawn side decreases by 10%. When Strife is not owned: Same as before (No changes incurred).
Returning to Town in a Siege
<ul type="square"> When owned by Dawn: Same as before (no changes are incurred); player restarts in the second nearest village. When owned by Dusk: A clan that has participated in a siege restarts from the first town at the time of escape and death. When Strife is not owned: A clan who has participated in a siege restarts in the first town at the time of escape or death.
The Grand Olympiad
The Olympiad Stadium has been reduced in size.
The match schedule has been changed. The Olympiad is now 6 hours long starting from 6:00 PM CST and ending at 12:00 AM midnight CST (6:00 PM GMT+1 to 12:00 AM GMT+1 on the Teon and Franz servers). The schedule was previously 8:00 PM – 12:00 AM, a total of 4 hours.
Other schedule changes:
<ul type="square"> Announcement of the start of the match: From 30 seconds to 120 seconds Match preparation: From 50 seconds to 60 seconds Match Sessions: From 180 seconds to 360 seconds (The announcement of the remaining time will start from 2 minutes before the end of the match through the system message.) End of Match: From 20 seconds to 40 seconds
At least 9 applicants are required for the non-class specific matches. (Matches between classes require only 5 applicants as before.)
The following improves rules will apply in order to prevent cheating.
The following rules apply if an Olympiad participant has failed to participate in a match due to conducts such as restarting, sub-class change, possession of more items then allowed, possession of Demonic Sword Zariche, and death status.
<ul type="square"> Before being summoned to the stadium: The match is annulled and has no impact on the opponent’s record. The player who cannot participate has his score reduced by 1/5 of his points. After being summoned to the stadium: The player who cannot participate is deemed to have lost, the opponent is deemed to have won, and these results go on record. After the match has started: The player who cannot participate is deemed to have lost, the opponent is deemed to have won, and these results go on record. When the participants ended the match without attacking: When the cumulative damage 0, the match is deemed a tie and the result goes on the record. When the participants inflict the same damage on each other: It is considered a tie and the result goes on record.
The transferable point for the non-class specific matches has been changed from 1/3 to 1/5. No changes to the matches between classes The gate pass amount given to winners of the non-class specific matches has been reduced.
<ul type="square"> Non-class specific matches: 30 Matches between classes: 50
These items cannot be used in Olympiad matches.
<ul type="square"> Blessing of Fire, Blessing of Water, Blessing of Wind, Blessing of Earth, Blessing of Darkness, Blessing of Sanctity Fire Crystal, Water Crystal, Wind Crystal, Earth Crystal, Dark Crystal, Sanctity Crystal Elixir of Life, Elixir of Mental Strength, Elixir of CP
The Olympiad settlement points has been raised from 40 to 50.
The Olympiad point maximum compensation limit has been adjusted from 2, 000 to 1, 000 points.
The bonus points the Hero received has been significantly increased from 100 to 300.
The minimum number of times the character has participated in the Olympiad required to be selected as Hero has been changed from over 5 times to over 9 times.
Enchant D/C Grade Weapon/Armor scrolls have been removed from the list of items sold by the Olympiad Manager.
The prices of the items sold by the Olympiad Manager have increased.
Pets and Servitors
The duration of the servitors who are acquired after the second class transfer (Warlock, Elemental Summoner, Phantom Summoner) has been increased threefold. The maintenance cost and the number of times it is consumed have also proportionately been increased. The 12 servitors affected are as follows.
<ul type="square"> Kat the Cat, Mew the Cat, Kai the Cat, Cat Queen Unicorn Boxer, Unicorn Mirage, Unicorn Merrow, Unicorn Seraphim Shadow, Silhouette, Soulless, Nightshade
Changes were made so that the Attack/Skill command doesn’t work if the level of the pet is over 20 levels higher than the owner. However, Pickup, Move, Unsummon commands still work.
Changes were made so that the Alpen Cougar, Kookaburra, Buffalo in the Beast Farm can now be raised to "Item Type Reward" rather than the existing "Adena Type Reward” using Crystal Spice.
The area around Tower of Insolence has been designated as a restricted area for wyvern riders.
NPCs
Boss Monsters
The difficulty of the battle with Frintezza has been decreased.
<ul type="square"> The physical P. Def of Scarlet van Halisha has been reduced. Scarlet van Halisha’s speed has been reduced. The rate Scarlet van Halisha uses the levitation skill has been significantly reduced. The rate Frintezza plays his hypnotic song has been significantly reduced.
The following adjustments have been made to the difficulty level of Antharas and Valakas.
<ul type="square"> The total HP, basic P. Def., and M.Def. of Antharas have been decreased. The total HP, and basic P. Def. of Valakas have been decreased. M.Def. of Valakas has been increased.
The area where the herb items are dropped has been re-designated among the hunting grounds.
For example, monsters can now drop herbs in some of the areas such as Blazing Swamp where no herbs used to come from whereas herbs no longer come from Dragon Valley.
Miscellaneous Changes
In the Frozen Labrynith, many changes were made to the monster posts, and the the re-appearance of the monsters has been slightly reduced. The experience rewards of some monsters have been re-adjusted to the level similar to that of other monsters.
Changes have been made to the posts of the monsters at the outposts of Varka Silenos and Ketra Orc. Solo hunting is allowed around the entrance and the party type monsters are posted inside.
A higher number of monsters are appearing at the Cemetery.
Some of the monsters appearing around the Raid Bosses (Gludio, Dion, Oren, Innadril, Aden territories) have been removed.
An issue where the Mysterious Box didn’t appear when a character enters Four Sepulchers and has been fixed.
An issue where the player used to bleed even when the Triol’s Revelation in the back room of Pagan Temple is dead has been fixed.
Changes were made so that the all other monsters disappear when High Priest van Halter, Raid Boss of Pagan Temple, disappears.
A problem where Gatekeeper Zombies posted at Pagan’s Temple would not attack players without a mark has been fixed.
An issue where Master Anays, Raid Boss of Monastery of Silence, didn’t attack first when he became aware of a player has been fixed.
A problem with The Weathermaster of the Ruins of Pavel Research Center has been fixed.
A “cut scene” has been added when a character enters the third floor of Pagan’s Temple where High Priestess van Halter is found. Immediately after the scene ends, the combat with the raid boss starts.
The Monster Race Track is no longer viewable in the Broadcasting Towers.
Other Changes
The Gatekeeper’s general teleport fee is discounted at 50% from 8:00 PM to 12:00 AM midnight CST (8:00 PM GMT+1 to 12:00 AM GMT+1 on the Teon and Franz servers). Sundays and Saturdays are exceptions.
All freight can be picked up through any Warehouse Freightman in the area.
All the characters under level 25, regardless of whether they are new or not, are eligible for newbie benefits: <ul type="square"> Weapons and armor exchange Newbie buffs Soulshots/Spiritshots for Novice
The arrival coordinates used to be identical with those of the gatekeeper when teleported to Giran Castle Town and Schuttgart Castle Town.
Some Noblesse teleport arrival points have been moved to safer areas.
From the teleport list of the Orc Village gatekeeper, Northern Immortal Plateau has been renamed The Immortal Plateau.
An issue where points acquired from some successful raid and boss monster raids were not recorded in the Adventurer Guide has been fixed. (The Raid total score has always been correctly calculated.)
The clan name changes colors in the character target window according to your clan reputation score.
Alliances composed of four or more clans have been dissolved. Normal penalties for alliance dissolution should not apply.
The From Beyond event has started.
October 3, 2006
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> The Chronicle 5 Launch Event has concluded. The Adventurers' Guides are no longer appearing in the starting villages. The newbie weapons are yours to keep and have not been removed from player inventories. Medals are no longer dropping from the monsters of Aden and Elmore. The Heavy Medal Event Managers will remain in the villages until October 10.The Community Server will remain offline. We apologize for the extended downtime and any inconvenience this may cause.
September 19, 2006
NPCs
<ul type="square"> A raid boss named High Priest van Halter has been added to the Pagan Temple. The 2nd and the 3rd floors of the Altar where the Pagan Temple raid bosses appear have been designated as no re-start zone. If a player doesn't connect within 10 minutes after disconnecting, they will be moved to the closest town. Because some of the skills of monster Ol Mahum Transcender have been removed, the acquired Exp/SP/Reward have slightly decreased. Corrected an issue where the Guardian of the Holy Land in the Monastery of Silence occasionally stopped attacking. Fixed a problem where an NPC sometimes failed to receive the Ice Fairy's Blessing buff after hunting the Freya's Gardener during the Ice Queen's Castle encounter. Corrected a problem where the Guardian of the Grail sometimes failed to self-destruct after recognizing the player and teleporting. Some skills used by Spiked Stakato Sorcerer, Spiked Stakato Shaman, Solina Lay Brother, Silent Brother, and Guardian of the Holy Land have changed. In order to ensure smooth raid boss hunting, changes were made to prevent regular monsters from appearing around the raid monsters Turek Mercenary Captain, Greyclaw Kutus, Tirak, Wizard of Storm Teruk, Red Eye Captain Trakia, Nurka's Messenger, Partisan Leader Talakin, Earth Protector Panathen, Retreat Spider Cletu, and Meanas Anor.
Teleportation and Gatekeepers
<ul type="square"> The arrival location at Grave Robber Hideout in the Schuttgart Castle Town Noblesse teleport list has been changed. The arrival location at the Shrine of Loyalty, the Center of the Wall of Argos, the Center of the Hot Springs in the Goddard Castle Town Noblesse teleport list have been changed. The arrival location at the Shrine of Loyalty in the Rainbow Springs Clan Hall teleport list have been changed. The Ivory Tower area on the Noblesse teleport list of the Town of Aden and Hunters Village has been removed.
Items
<ul type="square"> It is now possible to obtain A Grade armor recipes with the Spoil skill. It is now possible to obtain A Grade helmet recipes (60%) through monster hunting. Sealed Majestic Circlets and Sealed Helm of Nightmare recipes can be obtained through the Spoil skill as well.
Clan Halls
<ul type="square"> Fixed a problem where the clan hall door didn't open properly after the occupation wars of the Devastated Castle and the Fortress of the Dead. When there are an insufficient number of participating clans in the Rainbow Springs Clan Hall Battle, i.e. when there are fewer than two, changes were made to make the result a tie as soon as the game registration period is over. When entering the Rainbow Springs Clan Hall Arena, changes were made to make any summoned cubics disappear and they cannot be re-summoned afterwards.
Olympiad
<ul type="square"> Corrected a problem where Heroes couldn't be selected based on the number of victories first, and then second on the win/loss record when the Olympiad points are the same. Changes were made to display first, the overall stats, second, the wins, third, the losses, and fourth, the points, when Noblesse characters use the "/olympiadstat" command. (The overall stats have been added.)
Clans
<ul type="square"> Changes were made so that, even under the condition of mutual war declaration, no clan reputation score transfer occurs when you kill an enemy clan member whose level is 4 or below.
Quests
<ul type="square"> The number of rewards and required items for The Zero Hour quest have changed.
Before:
10 Durable Metal Plates - 131 Stakato's Fangs
5 Mithril Alloy - 123 Stakato's Fangs
10 Oriharukon - 150 Stakato's Fangs
After:
10 Durable Metal Plates - 150 Stakato's Fangs 10 Mithril Alloy -131 Stakato's Fangs
5 Oriharukon - 123 Stakato's Fangs
Miscellaneous
<ul type="square"> Various text corrections have been made. The Heavy Medal event begins today. The Event Gatekeepers portion of the Chronicle 5 launch event has concluded.
August 15, 2006
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> Buzz the Cat will be in the villages of Aden and Elmore until 12:30 PM CDT on Wednesday, August 16. Be sure to trade in your pollen from the Summer Squash event during this time period.
July 11, 2006
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> Various text corrections have been made. Event items will no longer drop from monsters. The event managers will remain in the villages until July 18.
June 27, 2006
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> Various text corrections have been made.
June 21, 2006
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> The NPC Jaradine has been temporarily removed from the Elven Village.
May 16, 2006
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> The Event Gatekeepers are no longer appearing on the Bartz server.
May 2, 2006
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> Players can no longer teleport to Ivory Tower during the Oren Castle siege. Players can no longer teleport to Hardin’s Academy during the Giran Castle siege. The Event Gatekeeper will be appearing on the Bartz server until May 16.
April 20, 2006
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> An issue with not being able to enter the Sepulcher of Rulers in Four Sepulchers has been fixed. An issue with the Hatchling’s pet window showing incorrect passive skill information has been fixed. Damage is no longer reflected from a petrified target. Various text corrections have been made.
April 4, 2006
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> The Event Managers for the L2 Day event are no longer appearing in the villages.
March 30,2006
NPCs<ul type="square"> HP, P. Atk, and HP regeneration of Antharas and Valakas have been adjusted. The number of monsters in Devil’s Pass at night has been increased. The levels of Raid Bosses Cherub Galaxia, Galaxia’s Guards, Messenger of Angel, and their minions have been adjusted. Issues with self-destructing monsters in Dimensional Rift have been corrected. Corrected an issue with the name of Treasure Chests.Quests<ul type="square"> The Antique Brooch is no longer deleted when the Four Goblets quest is canceled.Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> Various text corrections have been made.
March 28, 2006
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> Letters are no longer dropping for the L2 Day event. The Event Managers will remain in the villages until April 4.
March 7, 2006
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> The Event Gatekeeper and Adventurer's Guide are no longer appearing in the villages of Aden and Elmore.
February 28, 2006
NPCs<ul type="square"> Chaotic players can now interact with the Fisherman’s Guide NPC in Floran Village. The NPC tax has been adjusted. A raid boss will now attack back regardless of the damage it receives. (Previously, the raid boss did not attack when the taken damage was too low.) If the character misses the first attack, the raid boss will not attack. The tax rate of the Pet Manager in Oren Castle Town was adjusted for consistency. A description of the ship from Rune to Gludin has been added in the Gludin Wharf Manager’s dialogue.Grand Olympiad<ul type="square"> The Grand Olympiad competition begins on March 1. Resurrection or related skills can no longer be used during the Olympiad competition.Items<ul type="square"> The icon for Sealed Zubei Gauntlets was changed because it was same as the unsealed one.Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> Various graphical issues have been fixed. Various text corrections have been made. The server status list has been adjusted to better reflect the current capacity of each server. The commands for clan wars have changed to /clanwarlist, /attackerlist, and /enemylist.
February 23, 2006
Skills<ul type="square"> The issue where the skill Rapid Shot could not be used if the player was silenced after enchanting the skill has been fixed. The problem where the effect of the Chant of Spirit buff could not be seen after replacing the effect of Arcane Protection, has been fixed. The problem where the Warlord’s Provoke skill was applied to party-type cubics has been fixed. Holy Blade and Holy Armor skills have been changed from passive skills to active skills. The effects of the following skills have been adjusted: Wisdom, Balance Life, Fire/Ice/Wind/Light/Dark Vortex, Song of Renewal, Bluff, Shock Blast, Armor Crush, Song of Meditation, Touch of Life, Touch of Death, Focus Death, Focus Chance, Focus Power, Curse of Abyss, Seal of Despair, Arcane Chaos, and Evade Shot. The effect to remove attack desire of monsters has been added to Bluff skills. When using a Bluff skill against a monster that attacks, it has a chance to remove the monster’s attack desire. Also after using the Bluff skill, an attack action is not automatically set. The duration time of Rage has been changed from 60 seconds to 90 seconds. Focus Force (Fist) and Focus Sonic (Dagger/Blunts/Duals) have been changed so that they can only used only when the proper weapon is equipped. The problem where the enhancement of the equipped weapon was not properly applied when using beneficial magic on oneself has been fixed. The problem where a summoner was unable to control a servitor while under effects in which actions cannot be made (such as Sleep or Stun) has been fixed. The crashing issue that sometimes occurred when Spoil/Sweep was used in a party has been corrected.
NPCs<ul type="square"> The incorrect description for teleport regions of the Gatekeeper Tamil in the Orc Village has been fixed, and the Entrance of Cave of Trials has been added into the teleport region list. Antharas and Valakas will no longer be affected by debuff magic. The range of Valakas’ breath attack has been increased. It has been changed so that the magic store traders in Goddard Castle Town and Rune Castle Town can sell mineral type items as well as consumable items. It has been fixed so that the minions of the raid boss monster Hekaton Prime will be spawned normally. When the Mark of Ketra Orc/Varka Silenos’ Ally is at level 3, it has been changed so that rewards list of special products sold by the Ketra Orc/Varka Silenos traders is the same. The re-spawn time of the raid boss Flame of Shine Barakiel, related with the quest ‘Path of a Noblesse, Precious Soul – 3’, has been increased from 3 hours to 12 hours or more. Minions of the raid monster Eva’s Spirit Niniel have been changed from healer type to fighter type. Fishermen’s Guild Member Eindarkner is now affected by Goddard Castle’s tax rate. The level of some treasure chests placed in the Lair of Antharas have been raised. The location of the raid boss Ikuntai has been moved to the south of the Ruins of Despair. The raid boss Taik High Prefect Arak now only spawns at the Forsaken Plains. The raid boss Doom Blade Tanatos that had been located at the Tower of Insolence has been relocated to the Fields of Massacre. The problem where some NPCs were appearing above the ground has been fixed. It has been changed so that Baium can attack the player who wakes him a bit faster. Some of the teleport areas for Talking Island, Dark Elven Village, and Elven Village gatekeepers have been removed and added, and some of the areas have changed the fee.
Castle Sieges and Olympiad<ul type="square"> If a clan that registered to siege both Saturday and Sunday takes over a castle on Saturday, it has been changed so that it is removed from Sunday’s siege registration list. After entering the Olympiad Stadium, the Baby Cougar, Baby Kookaburra, and Baby Buffalo can no longer be summoned. During the Grand Olympiad competition, it has been changed so that the alliance buff effects do not affect a competitor that is an alliance member. The conditions for Hero selection have been changed as follows. Grand Olympiad points are the only way to select a Hero. Those with 0 Grand Olympiad points cannot be selected as Heroes. Therefore, if there is a tie for the first place between two players with the same Grand Olympiad points, that class will not have a Hero. When there is a tie in the Olympiad competition, the same rank will be shown.
Items<ul type="square"> When equipping the Hero’s weapon, the problem where buff skills were reflected has been fixed.
Interface<ul type="square"> When trying to forcibly kick a party member from the party room, a proper system message will now appear. Proper system messages will be shown when one or party member obtains items while hunting in a party. Proper system messages will appear when trying to exchange without putting anything in the trade window and the trade window will be closed. The server selection list has been corrected.
Quests<ul type="square"> The name of NPC Master Kaspar (Fate’s Whisper quest) has been changed to Magister Kaspar. Classes that have completed the third class transfer can now receive the ingredient item rewards when repeating the An Arrogant Search quest by oneself.
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> When escaping from some regions of Oren, it has been fixed so that the proper system message will appear. During the battle for the Devastated Castle, if a character that owns a clan hall dies in the battle field, the problem where the character could not return to the clan hall has been fixed. The maximum number of parties to enter the Dimension Rift at the same time has been changed from 8 to 7. When one has been paralyzed while riding a strider, the problem where he/she dismounts and the paralysis is removed has been fixed. Graphic issues of some regions have been fixed. To prevent from deleting subclass by accident, it has been fixed so that it is not possible to change subclass to be the same one that is currently being played. For example, when playing with Prophet subclass, it's not possible to delete the Prophet subclass and add a new Prophet subclass. The problem where the re-use delay was not displayed properly for some skills has been fixed. The problem where the alliance penalty expiration date was not properly displayed in the Clan Penalty window has been fixed. When a non-chaotic player dies and drops an item, it has been changed so that the player’s party members or clan members have priority to pick up the item for 15 seconds. The time for item looting is 2 to 15 seconds after the drop. This is not applied to items dropped by chaotic characters. The limit to countable items to be traded (by exchange or in a store) or dropped at once has been changed from 99,999 to 1,000,000. The Mausoleum of Rulers cannot be entered at this time. The “stuck” issues with the Dimensional Rift and Monster Derby Track have been corrected. Various text corrections have been made.
February 14, 2006
Items<ul type="square"> Dice can now be used, but are still not available from NPC stores. Christmas Trees, Special Christmas Trees, Pumpkin Seeds, and Large Pumpkin seeds will be removed from player inventories and warehouses.Please note that this week's server maintenance is scheduled for approximately three hours.
January 3, 2006
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> The Deck the Halls event has concluded and the Santa Trainees are no longer appearing in the villages.
December 20, 2005
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> Corrected event information in the Santa Trainee dialogue.
December 6, 2005
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> Miscellaneous bug fixes. Fixed a possible client crash resulting from AMD dual core CPUs. Puss the Cat no longer appears in the villages.
October 19, 2005
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> Prizes from the Arrowhead Run event will be awarded and placed in the warehouse.
October 11, 2005
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> Removed all event medals and glittering medals from the inventory and warehouse. The Badge of Rabbit, Badge of Hyena, Badge of Fox, and Badge of Wolf will remain in the Quest inventory. Roy the Cat, Winnie the Cat, and Louie the Cat are no longer appearing in the villages.
October 4, 2005
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> Fixed an issue with weapon exchange with the Blacksmith of Mammon. Miscellaneous text corrections for items, system messages, NPCs, skills, and quests.
September 29, 2005
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> Fixed the sliding that occurred while using the arrow keys or WASD keys to move. Corrected miscellaneous NPC text. Corrected the slowness in a hatchling and strider’s animation that sometimes occurred when using skills. Resolved an issue with the Broadcasting Tower in Elven Village. Players that leave a party during the Seven Signs Festival will now take damage and cannot be healed.Known Issue<ul type="square"> The weapon exchange with the Blacksmith of Mammon is not working properly at this time.
September 13, 2005
Items<ul type="square"> Fixed an issue where players were unable to delete a mail that was addressed to themselves and stored.
August 30, 2005
NPCs<ul type="square"> Reduced the probability of the Orator of Revelation and Preacher of Doom verbalizing when casting on a player. Fixed a problem with the Newbie Guide on Talking Island providing an incorrect location for Darin.
Items<ul type="square"> Fixed an issue with the icon for the quest item Neruga Axe Blade (Test of the Lord) displaying improperly.
Miscellaneous<ul type="square"> The Broadcasting Tower can no longer be used when the player is in combat mode. Fixed a problem where players were occasionally moved to Aden upon re-login after restarting inside the Disciples Necropolis. Corrected various in-game text.
August 22, 2005
Items<ul type="square"> The descriptions on various dyes have been changed to provide better information.
August 15, 2005
Subclass
<ul type="square"> Corrected a problem with the Expertise skill that occurred if a player de-leveled after switching to a new subclass. If the player's main class is Warsmith and one of the subclasses is Bounty Hunter, previously it was possible to initiate a Personal Manufacture store with the Bounty Hunter. This is no longer possible. Previously when a Sin Eater was summoned and a player switched, changed, or dismissed the subclass, the Manacle of Penitent was not deleted. This has been corrected. Corrected a problem that occurred when a Dark Elf male character switched over to a subclass and the effects and animations of some skills would not display correctly.
NPCs
<ul type="square"> Dusk Priestesses and Dawn Priests in Gludio had "Neutral Zone" displayed in the teleport list twice. This has been fixed. The Newbie Guide in the Elven Village now gives location information for Treant Bremac. Corrected a problem with the Newbie Guide in Talking Island giving the wrong information about the locations of Guard Chiperan, Magister Harrys, and Darin.
Quests
<ul type="square"> The quests Pursuit of Clan Ambition and Proof of Alliance have been changed to repeatable, party-type quests. In the Trial of Guildsman, Blacksmith Duning’s text did not display correctly after he received thirty Duning’s Keys. This has been corrected.
Miscellaneous
<ul type="square"> Fixed a problem where a non-chaotic character (white) turned aggressive (purple) after killing a chaotic character with low karma. The resulting death removed the karma from the previously chaotic player and inadvertently caused the non-chaotic character to turn aggressive in the process.
Wednesday, July 27th
During our maintenance period tomorrow (Thursday, July 28) between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 (noon) p.m. PST, the following changes will be made:
<ul type="square"> Dueling Zones:
In arenas, party members were regarded as enemies. They could be attacked without a force attack needed (ctrl key being pressed). Also, the ctrl key needed to be pressed or /forceskill had to be entered for beneficial spells to be cast on party members. This bug was a pain for those who liked to group in the arenas. Party members are not longer considered enemies in arenas. Holding down the ctrl key is required to make an attack on a party member. Extra keys or commands are no longer needed to cast beneficial spells on party members, in an arena. Note: this does not apply to clans or alliances but, Overlord clan/alliance buff effects will extend to clan/alliance members.
Sub Classes:
You're now allowed to alter your choice for an existing sub class(es). Basically, you can dismiss the current one(s) to make a new choice for a class to start all over from scratch (level 40). A sub class level 40 or higher is eligible for this option. Change-over can be accepted by the training master NPC of the class you wish to change to.
Quests:
1) Pursuit of Clan Ambition: Clan leaders can now obtain quest items when a monster is killed by another clan member(s). The clan leader should be in close range to the clan member who kills the monster.
2) Silver Haired Shaman: Fixed problem with not correctly showing whereabouts of the Sairon series of monsters.
3) Spring Water of Mimir: updated the correct location to collect Sage’s Stone (Forsaken Plains instead of Silent Valley)
Misc.:
1) If a non-chaotic character pk's, regardless of them turning purple, the character's name will turn red immediately.
2) Fixed a problem with being able to attack your clan/alliance members without having to press the ctrl key during a siege for the Devastated Castle.
3) Fixed a problem with being sent to an inappropriate town not associated to your current vicinity when using a scroll of escape.
4) Fixed a problem that had two broadcasting towers (in the Oracle of Dusk) positioned at the same spot.
5) Fixed a problem with skill animations behaving abnormally for some of SSQ dungeon monsters such as Sepulcher Guardian/Guard and Tomb Guardian.
Wednesday, July 27
During our maintenance period tomorrow (Tuesday, July 12) between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 (noon) p.m. PST, the following changes will be made:<ul type="square"> Fixed various in game map text issues. Manor system dialog and display fixes.
Tuesday, July 5
During our maintenance period tomorrow (Wednesday, July 6) between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 (noon) p.m. PST, the following changes will be made:
<ul type="square"> Changes to skills
1) Spellhowler Demon Wind magic type has been changed from darkness to wind.
2) Tooltips for Fossilization and Silence cast by Raid Boss monsters will say they are incurable.
3) Skill Summon Poltergiest Cubic is now named Phantom Cubic (only the name was changed, the skill still works the same, and can now be added to macros)
Changes to Seven Signs
1) The "Orator of Revelations" or "Preacher of Doom" NPC used to move all over the villages when the victorious side in the Seven Signs competition has the Seal of Gnosis, but now these NPC have been placed in a fixed position in each village.
Changes to items
1) "Ancient Papyrus", which is a Legacy of Insolence quest item, has had its item name and icon changed to make it easier to distinguish.
Before: Ancient Papyrus -> After change: Red/Blue/Black/White Ancient Papyrus
2) The internal prices of item recipes (grade A) have been changed as follows. *The ingredient items are the same as before.
- The internal prices of Armor (A Grade), Sword of Miracle, Sealed Phoenix Necklace and Sealed Majestic Earring recipes have all risen.
- The internal prices of Sealed Phoenix Earring/Ring recipes have been reduced.
Changes to quests
1) In order to make it easier to participate in a Baium Raid, the number of Platinum Race monsters that must be killed to get "Blooded Fabric" in the Arrogant Search quest has been reduced a bit. However, if a player clicks "Say that you will come back" to Magister Hanellin while carrying out the quest alone and repeats the quest, he must hunt the same number of Platinum Race monsters as before.
2) In the process of delivering the Blooded Fabric to Sir Athebaldt/Iason Heine/Hardin when carrying out the Arrogant Search quest alone, if it is not the number of "Blooded Fabrics" that the related NPCs want, the game has been modified to have the player go back to Hanellin. Hanellin gives a reward in proportion to the number of errands run when the number of "Blooded Fabrics" that have to be delivered is not right and then the quest is ended.
3) Corrected the problem of not being able to obtain a "Stolen Infernium Ore" when hunting the "Grave Predators or Crimson Drake" alone in the Stolen Dignity quest.
4) Corrected the problem of not being able to carry out the quest if a PC's level falls while carrying out the Kail's Magic Coin quest.
5) Corrected the problem where the Repent Your Sins quest could be carried out by receiving "Manual of Manacles" from another PC, not by normal procedure.
6) In the 'Repent Your Sins' quest, if you had increased the level of 'Sin Eater' and de-leveled a PC's, you would have been able to decrease PK counts more than normal. This has been fixed.
7) Players will no longer crash when turning in the wrong number of items for the Trial of Scholar quest.
Changes to NPCs
1) Raid Bosses now only use "Silence and Fossilization" skills on PCs who are 9 levels and above their level.
2) Removed the 'Exchange equipment' link from spellbook vendors in Gludin, Asha & Colleen.
3) Among list of spoils that can be earned from 'Premo Prime', 'Dye of Strenth <str+1 con-1>' has been replaced by 'Dye of Constitution <con+4 dex-6>'
Other changes
1) [Private Manufacturing] When a PC sets up a private manufacturing store and changes the item manufacturing price, the game was corrected so that a pop-up window related to the price changes is shown to the user that was manufacturing the item. In order for manufacturing to continue, a new item manufacturing window must be opened.
2) When using a skill while riding a strider, they system has been changed so that the player cannot get down from the strider until the skill is completed.
3) Corrected the problem where the party leader could expel himself from the party.
4) Corrected the problem where the graphics didn't show normally near Einhovant's School of Magic on Talking Island.
5) The /findprivatestore search function is no longer case sensitive.
6) The newbie guides assist magic information has been corrected.
Monday, June 27
During our maintenance period tomorrow (Tuesday, June 28) between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 (noon) p.m. PST, the following changes will be made:<ul type="square"> Trader Holly in Aden no longer causes a crash when items are purchased from her. Captain Lucas now correctly directs players to SE Oren when talked to during the Trial of Scholar quest. Various other NPC dialog improvements.
Monday, June 20
During our maintenance period tomorrow (Tuesday, June 21) between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 (noon) p.m. PST, the following changes will be made:
Game Updates:<ul type="square"> Improved server stability Fixed missing terrain/texture issues on Talking Island (mainly near the Human Mystic starting area)
Monday, June 13
During our maintenance period tomorrow (Tuesday, June 14) between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 (noon) p.m. PST, the following changes will be made:
<ul type="square"> Party
1. The Party matching system has been upgraded to make parties easier to organize regardless of the distance between PCs.
- In this new party system, players can either use the 'party matching' button or the '/partymatching' command.
- Players can check the list of rooms that have been opened by players looking to form a party in game (on their server).
- Players can check the details like: the location of the PCs looking for a party, the level limitation of the party, and the number of players currently in the party.
- Players can enter a room, chat with other players looking for a party, and then form a party.
- The party leader can open a party room through the party matching system and invite additional members.
- Player can search by area and level of players from the list of rooms.
- Any player who is not currently a member of party can open party rooms.
- If a player is in a party, that player must be the leader of that party in order to open a room.
- The head of a party room can invite, kick players, and revise the setting of rooms.
2. When in a party, the party leader can delegate authority to a member of that party through the changing party head button or the /changepartyleader command.
3. Party members who are too far away from other members are excluded from the allocation of experience, SP, items, and adena.
Manor
1. The manor set time has been changed to PM 8:00 (server time) through 8:00 AM(server time) of the next day.
2. Players can check manor information through the manager npc between 8:00AM (server time) and 8:00PM (server time).
However, if the claimed amount of adena is not deposited in the manor warehouse of the castle by 8:00PM (server time), the information given by the manager may be different from the actual information of the manor.
3. The dialogue from the Grand Chamberlain and manor manager has been changed.
('Today' and 'Tomorrow' ? 'Current' and 'Next')
4. The problem of purchasing price's hiding of 'cobol of improved cool air' has been settled.
5. The sowing problem of monsters which are placed at some area of ascetic's necropolis has been settled.
Soulshot
1. An Auto-soulshot feature has been added. Soulshots will be consumed automatically with each attack.
2. Activation of Auto-soulshot: If you move a soulshot to the shortcut window and right click the related shortcut, that soulshot will be in an automatic state.
3. Releasing: Right click around the related shortcut to release.
4. You can set multiple levels of soulshots at the same time.
For example, If you set the soulshots of D,C,B,A grade to four different shortcuts, right click on each, and change weapons of different grades, the appropriate soulshot will be set automatically
5. If you set both spirtshots and blessed spirtshots to automatic at the same time, spirtshot will be set first.
Skills
1. New skills have been added to the Warcryer and Bishop classes
2. Players can get spell books for learning new skills by hunting monsters which reside in the Enchanted Valley and the Orc Barracks of Timac
3. The hit probability of the Warlord skill 'Thunderstorm' has been increased.
SSQ
1. When attempting to enter the festival of darkness, the character who is not eligible to enter the festival will be notified.
2. During a festival of darkness, if the party leader gets a blood of sacrifice, a related message will be sent to every party member.
Private Store search
1. A searching function for private store messages has been added.
2. If you input '/findprivatestore [Word to search]', private stores that matching criteria will be highlighted.
3. You can cancel this by inputting '/findprivatestore'.
Quest
1. 'the box of giant' which is needed for the quest of Testimony of Prosperity has been moved to a hallway of 1st floor from Cruma Tower of 2nd floor
2. Recommending levels for doing quests below have been changed.
- Family Honor : 42~49 -> 36~49
- Devil's Legacy : 40~56 -> 39~56
- Silver Haired Shaman : 45~58 -> 48~58
- Great Adventure: Electrifying Recharge! : 40~45 -> 37~47
- Trespassing in to the Sacred Area : 37~48 -> 36~48
- Whisper of Dreams (Part 1) : 60~65 -> 56~66
- Whisper of Dreams (Part 2) : 65~70 -> 60~74
- Exploration of Giant's Cave (Part 1) : 51~64 -> 51~63
- Exploration of Giant's Cave (Part 2) : 57~65 -> 57~69
3. The journal update error when doing 'Close Fight with Orcs' has been fixed.
NPC
1. The teleporting area has been greatly increased (by twilight & morning twilight's celebrant) when a cabal gets the Seal of Gnosis in the seven sign quests.
- The teleporting expense to some areas have been changed.
2. Some gatekeepers have had teleport locations changed or added.
- Gatekeeper in Gludio castle: Teleporting coordinates to Windawood manor have been changed.
- Gatekeeper in Hunters Village: Teleporting areas added - Necropolis in burning sand, Necropolis of ascetic, Saint's Necropolis.
3. The social action problem that some NPCs have after dying has been fixed.
4. Raid boss uses will use the 'paralyze' skill if it gets a physical attack from a PC who is 8-level or higher.
5. Chaotic characters can use the Arena Manager and Arena Director who are located at the Coliseum or the Arena near the Monster Race Track.
6. The Number of monsters in Cruma Tower who are resistant to physical attacks has been decreased.
7. For the purpose of helping some 2nd job transfer quests, 'porta' arranged room has been added to the first floor of Cruma tower.
8. The size of Orfen has been decreased by 1/2 for easier hunting.
9. The base magic defense of all pets has been increased.
10. During a castle siege, mercenaries attacked pet/summoned monsters of PCs who are on the defending side. This bug has been fixed.
11. If a gargoyle-type monster is under a spell of sleep, the abnormal state effect was not beeing shown. This problem has been fixed.
Misc.
1. The numerical value of an enchanted item (+1, +3, etc) will now show up in inventory is shown when making a dual item, enhancing an enchanted weapon, exchanging items between the same item grade, and upgrading items.
2. The lower enchanted item of the items possessed in inventory is automatically selected for making a dual item (for example, if you have both a +1 and +2 Saber in your inventory, the lowest enchanted item will be selected for dual crafting). However, please note that the enchanted value of item does not reflect on dual weapon result.
3. If a player gets killed while riding a Wyvern, and teleports to the nearest town after death, riding status will be removed.
4. Aden sign change (MAGIC ? Wild GUILD) This will be updated to "Warrior Guild" in a future patch.
5. There is a known geometry problem in the Human Magic school that should be fixed in a future patch
Crash Fixes
1. A crash in the Dark Elf starting area that would prevent players from being able to log that character back on has been fixed.
2. A crash caused by harvesting has been fixed.
Text Errors
1. Sub-class incorrect name error has been fixed
2. Castle Management (spacing issues) have been fixed