Maintenance 2013-02-12

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• Prontera has taken down its festive decorations and put them back up in the attic for another year. The Midgard-wide enveloping snowstorm has ended also. Prontera will be changed back later tonight with a further patch.
• Santa Claus and the 13 children would like to thank you all for helping them find the Pesky Smokies.
• Items from the 2012 Christmas Event are now storageable. Sorry about that!
• Winter Scarf from the event has been renamed Warm Scarf in order to prevent confusion.

Loki

• Custom Episode - I.i A Glast from the Past (& Kraken's Lair)
  • 16 new maps have been implemented, most of which are completely custom and never-seen-before.
    • Two new maps north of cmd_fild03 to do with the new quest.
    • Six new field maps - called the Faroe Islands - leading off these maps.
    • A new dungeon - called the Thulean Plateau - can be found on far_isld05. It comprises of three levels.
    • One new town - whose name is secret (but you may have already worked it out).
    • Three indoor maps about the new town.
    • One new instanced map used in a quest - for both solo and parties.
  • 20 new mobs and two new MvPs - Skoll - who can be found within the Thulean Plateau - Verdadyr AKA Fluffy - fought in the final story quest.
  • Over 70 new items, including cards for each new mob, equips, useables and others.
  • Over 15 new quests - three of which are main storyline; one is an instanced boss fight, which after completion, allows the fighting of a super-strong version of the same boss with a party. Also introducing the long awaited Golden Wings slotting quest.
    • A Glast from the Past - Initial story quest; grants access to the new maps.
    • Sticky Situation - Second story quest; grants access to the whole of the town.
    • Shadow of the Raven - Final story quest; grants access to a party-MvP instance.
    • The Return of Fluffy - MvP instance. Quite a few rewards.
    • Matchsticks for Food - Allows trading of matchsticks for food items.
    • Grave Diggers - Headgear reward (Kranio).
    • Ghost Busters - Prerequisite of Grave Diggers. Headgear reward
    • Heaven's Sword - Weapon reward (Gramr).
    • Cursed Ring Quest - Accessory reward (Der Ring Des Nibelungen).
    • Holy Ward Quest - Headgear reward (Holy Ward).
    • The Morocc Traveler - Headgear reward (Chung Hairband).
    • Rice Cake Party! - Headgear reward (Moon Bunny Headband).
    • An Opuntia by any Other Name - Headgear reward (Opuntia Pot).
    • A Final Farewell - Headgear reward (Golden Wings[1]).
    • Nobby the Novice's Maritime Adventures - Kraken's Lair instance.
  • Test trialling a new NPC talk system in order to increase immersiveness (please leave feedback regarding this!).
  • To start, talk to Haeroditus at yuno_in03, 120, 188 (this is the Sage's guild, entrance to which is at 323, 280). Pre-requisites: Onward to the New World quest.
  • Also introducing the Kraken's Lair instance:
    • This instance will see you help hapless Nobby the Novice on his search for riches and fame!
    • The instance will take place on the official Izlude Dungeon F6 map, but the instance and quest is entirely custom.
    • Six new mobs and one new MvP - the Kraken.
    • The instance itself has no inherent reward; rather, you are rewarded upon the completion of special, secret objectives which you will have to find out for yourself!
    • The instance has a 2 hour cooldown. You may PM NPC:Nobby the Novice to check how long you have until re-entry.
    • You may find Nobby the Novice on iz_dun04.
  • This update will be coming to Eir and Tyr after the relevant balancing takes place.
• An error wherein the Cat Hand Agents would not accept investment certificates for the Halls of Abyss under certain circumstances has been fixed.
• Mapflags for the HoA are now correct.
• TAGRAS NPCs have been added to Yuno and Rachel's castles' convenience centres.
• HoA mob changes:
  • Elvira - Will now lead with Charge Attack before using Desperado.
  • Daehyon - EDP can no longer be interupted and will only use this at HP<30%.
  • Kades - Will no longer cast Earth Quake after using Wide Stun. Will now properly lead into Wide Hell Dignity -> Wide Stun combo.
  • Rudo - Will no longer cast Abra; chance to cast Soul Burn has decreased drastically (0.1%); will now cast Earth Spike.
  • King Tristan II - Will only activate Reflect Shield if he is rude attacked.
  • Mortus Vivens - Is now Ghost property.
  • All four mini-bosses have had their chance to drop Gold reduced.
  • All four MvPs have received a slight HP boost and anti-Asura measures installed.
• Items from the Christmas event now have the correct defence values.
• Ghostring Hat (32290) now has the correct sprite.
• Hervor has been made unrefineable. If you have a refined Hervor, please sign up for Helpdesk to get the refines removed. If after a week you are found to still have one, it will be deleted and you will be punished.
• An error wherein Marvin's Mace would use your Cedi points gained that day instead of overall Cedi points in order to determine how much % of demi-humans' defence to ignore has been fixed.
• Item changes:
  • Dark Valkyrie Helm will correctly give 6 Def.
  • Ebony Greaves now correctly give +1.5% to HP/SP per refine.
  • Orc Knight Plate's bonus flee has been reduced from 100 to 75.
  • Queen's Bells' bonus flee has been reduced from 100 + 5 per refine, to 70 + 3 per refine.
  • Dress-Up Glasses' flee has changed from +20% extra to a flat +75.
  • Demon Leather Sandals' flee has been reduced to 30 + refine*2.
  • Demon Leather Suit's flee has been reduced to 50 + refine*5.
  • Demon Leather Cloak's flee has been reduced to 30 + refine*2.
  • Jessica's Bell (Headgear) now correctly gives 35% resist to freeze.
  • The latest event's Winter Scarf will give 35% resist to freeze in order to prevent freeze immunity without using an armour card for extended classes.
  • Elunium Greaves' defence has been reduced to 3.
  • Elunium Breastplate's defence has been reduced to 5. Its bonus defence has been reduced to an extra 3+refine/2.
  • Elunium Spaulders's defence has been reduced to 3.
  • Elunium Shield's defence has been reduced to 3. Its bonus defence has been reduced to an extra 3+refine/5.
  • Elunium Mask's defence has been reduced to 4. Its bonus defence has been reduced to an extra 3+refine/2. Its reduction of Vit-based defence has been increased.
  • Drooping Amistr's defence has been reduced to 12.
  • Spiky Band (2)'s defence has been reduced to 12.
  • Variegated Vest's defence has reduced to 5. Its bonus defence has been reduced to an extra refine/2.
  • Military Ration B will now correctly give +66 Hit.
  • Tasty Rainbow Popsicle's flee has been reduced to 50.
  • Tasty Rainbow Cake and Tasty Rainbow Carrot's effect on Atk and Matk have both been reduced to 150.
  • Apple Juice Carton's flee has been reduced to 66.
  • A Whisper pet will now give +5% Flee rather than the previous 7%.
  • Two Errende Ebecee Cards will no longer stack.
  • Corvo will no longer do AoE status effects; it will only now do single-target status effects. Close Confine has been removed from the weapon completely.
  • All instances of return2 damage (x% to return all damage) have been replaced with ignore damage. Items effected include, but not limited to, Orc Knight Plate, Vigilante Shield and some Artistry sets.
  • Rata Cards will now give +220 Matk.
  • All sizes of Red Angelwings' effect on Critical value has been decreased by 10.
  • Undead Runestick now correctly casts Safety Wall on your and not your opponent.
  • Fable Silk will now increase after-cast delay by 10% and increase damage received from all sources by 20%.
• Friendly Guardians will no longer be effected by Ankle Snare. You may still Snare enemy Guardians.
• Two new commands have been added: @guildmes and @gw. @guildmes will display a broadcast-like announcement to all online guild members. @gw will allow guild leaders to set permissions for guild members based on position for use of @guildmes.
• Non-guilded people will no longer be allowed to enter a guild castle during WoE. This is to stop abuse. If you try to enter a castle three times with no guild, you will be jailed.
• The MvP, Leak, has a new armour drop: Tidon. It is slightly more powerful than the one stated at Ratemyserver.
• Skill changes:
  • True Sight has been buffed. Hit will now be increased by 5 per SkillLV and Crit rate by 2 per SkillLV.
  • Blitz Beat formula has changed to such that Dex will have five times and Int two times more of an effect on output damage.
  • Falcon Assault's damage has increased as it is reliant on the Blitz Beat formula above for output damage. It's after-cast delay has decreased by a sixth.

Eir

• Dead Branch rooms have had their price doubled and instance length quadrupled.
• A number of previously restricted Dyna sprites have been made available. Try them out!

Tyr

• Polar Bear Rucksack has had its ATK decreased by 5.

Eir & Tyr

• Pet eggs from the recent event are now hatchable.
• Their loyal effects have been halfed.
• Ignis' Cap has been given its proper sprite.