Patch Notes 19/9/2018

 

1. Expanding the Resonance Grade Window

 

A page will be added to the resonance grade window on which you can decide where to put your resonance grade points.

  • You can upgrade the window by a max of 2 pages per character.
  • Can be traded and stored in the Account Bank.
  • Can be bought from the item shop. / Using it in your inventory will add a page.
  • Elia's Blessing will be applied 1x per resonance grade window page.
  • Each newly added resonance grade page starts off with 0 invested points.
  • You cannot open the resonance grade window in dungeons or while on a field.

 

2. Free/Practise Channel: Added Spectate Battle Mode

 

  • A Spectate Battle mode has been added to the Free/Practise Channel, with which you can watch PvP (max. 16 people at once).
  • You can select Spectate Battle mode upon entering, and you can also swap between taking part and watching inside the PvP room.
  • Click on the number given to a player (1 to 8) to change the time.

 

 

3. Changes to PvP and The Start of the 6th PvP Season 

 

During maintenance on 19/9 (Wednesday) the 6th PvP season will begin, along with some changes to PvP.

The previous season's ranks will be reset once the new PvP season has started.

 

Improvement

Contents

Details

Rank Renovations

Using percentages for the Star Rank

 - The top 20% of characters that reach S++ rank will be given the Star Rank.
 - The Star Rank resets each day at 9 AM.

Added Guild Grade

 - Added the (Guild Grade) to guild information.
 - Added (PvP Contribution Points) to guild members' information.
 - You can look at the guild grade underneath rankings on the Bulletin Board.

Group Play

Revival of Group Matching

 - The Group Matching function has been added so that groups can also use PvP Matching.
 - For a certain amount of time, matching will preferably match together groups with the same number of players.
You can receive double the amount of rewards when a 1-person group is matched with a 2- or 3-person group.
 (If you are not victorious, your ranking points will only drop by half.)

Preventing Abuse

The 'Cancel' function will be removed as soon as matching confirms an opponent for you.

 - This change has been made so that if matching is successful and the countdown is complete, PvP can begin straight away.

NPC Matching

- If 180 seconds pass after a matching request and matching has yet to be successful - provided the matching requirements have been met - you will enter NPC matching.

    (excludes 1 vs. 1 (best of 3) and 2 vs. 2 winner match)
 - The PvP reward for fighting an NPC will be changed to make it identical to a normal PvP battle reward.

Changed time for a draw

 The time for a draw in PvP (DRAW) will change from 15 sec. to 10 sec.

Revised Stats

Revising PvP Stats

 - PvP stats will be altered so that critical hit or skill damage will be increased or MP required or cooldowns will be decreased depending on what titles or items there are. (Only 40% of these stats will be applied.)

Improvements to the Rewards

Adding rewards at the end of a league depending on rank

 - After a league is complete, rewards will be given out based on the rank you achieve.

'View Records' Ability

You can view your personal best scores from each season via 'View Records'.

 - Will add the ability to see all seasons via PvP Information.

Mode Selection Ability

Choice between Item PvP and Power PvP

 - An ability will be added under PvP start > Unwanted Modes that will allow you to select a PvP mode.

 

 

4. Improving the Free Training Ground 

 

  • Adding the ability to view the amount of damage dealt by the top 5 skills in the sequence of damage dealt.
  • The usual PvP map can also be selected for the training ground.
  • The human NPC Lou will be added for when you want to train your combos.
  • You can drag the combo/skill damage window around the screen using your mouse.
  • Adding the ability to switch between dungeon and PvP stats (PvP Stats and skill damage are applicable).

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