PATCH: December 16 – Winter Dungeon Torches, Omni Boss Changes and More

Winter Dungeon Torches
From December 15th through January 8th, players will have a chance to encounter Dungeon Torches as loot

• Players can find Dungeon Torches from Killing Creatures, Lockpicking Dungeon and Treasure Map Chests, Looting NPC Ship Holds and MIB Salvage Crates
• Dungeon Torches adopt the Hue of the Dungeon they occured at (or the Wilderness or Ocean if applicable)
• Dungeon Torches are Blessed

Stygian Rifts

Gameplay

• Each player during a Stygian Rift event will now increase their Total Score by 1 for every 10 seconds they are Alive and in the Arena during the event

Reward Points

• Reward Points earned for Stygian Rifts will now be calculated on a Per Match basis (rather than ranking players on their score compared to players across “all” matches)

Each player on the Winning Team will receive 1 Reward Points

Players will then earn additional Reward Points based on their Total Pts for the match, as follows:

1st Place: 3 Reward Points
2nd Place: 3 Reward Points
3rd Place: 2 Reward Points
4th Place: 2 Reward Points
5th Place: 1 Reward Points
6th Place: 1 Reward Points

If any players are tied with the same Total Pts, tie-breaker will be calculated by their Total Damage Dealt during the match

Heat of Battle

• Fixed an issue where AoE Spells such as Mass Curse, Meteor Swarm, Chain Lightning, and Earthquake were not triggering a Heat of Battle duration for the caster when hitting other players

Meteor Swarm and Chain Lightning (AoE Spells)
For any player-casted versions of the Meteor Swarm and Chain Lightning spells that hit other players, player targets are now broken into two seperate categories: Normal PvP Players and Special PvP Players

Normal PvP Players

• Players by default are considered to be a Normal PvP Player
• When a Normal PvP player casts Meteor Swarm or Chain Lightning, it is always resolved as normal (no additional changes)

Special PvP Players
Players are considered to be a Special PvP Player if they are:

• Participating in a Corpse Creek Contest
• Participating members of a Faction (upcoming system)

When a Special PvP Player casts Meteor Swarm or Chain Lightning, and it hits any players, it resolves in a custom manner

Special PvP Player Handling For AoE Spells

• When a Special PvP Player casts Meteor Swarm or Chain Lightning, the Damage Per Player and Total Targets Hit will be tracked seperately for Normal PvP Players and for Special PvP Players

Example
A Special PvP Player casts Meteor Swarm and within the target radius there are 4 Normal PvP Players and 6 Special PvP Players

Rather than resolving the spell as having 10 players hit, instead we will have:

• The 4 Normal PvP Players will receive damage as if 4 players were hit, using normal damage resolution
• The 6 Special PvP Players will receive damage as if 6 players were hit, using Special PvP player damage resolution

Resolving Damage for Special PvP Players
Damage resolution for Special PvP Players notably will scale upwards more quickly and to a higher maximum, and there is no limit on the Max Number of Players Hit for these spells

Special PvP Player damage is resolved as follows:

Meteor Swarm (Special PvP Player)

• Base Damage: 5-10 Damage
• Damage Increase Per Player Hit: 4 Damage
• Max Damage to Player: 40 Damage
• Max Number of Players Hit: No Limit

Chain Lightning (Special PvP Player)

• Base Damage: 10-15 Damage
• Damage Increase Per Player Hit: 7 Damage
• Max Damage to Player: 50 Damage
• Max Number of Players Hit: No Limit

Note: We have chosen to leave out Town Struggles, Stygian Rifts, Dungeon Flashpoints, Ship Combat, Contested Bosses, and Omnis from being treated as Special PvP, primarily due to the often tight spaces involved with these scenarios which already amplify the effectiveness of AoE spells

Melee Defense

• Players can no longer reduce the To Hit Chance of Creatures against them to lower than 10% through bonuses to Melee Defense

Guild Prestige

• When individual players gain Prestige for completing Societies and Achievements, it will no longer announce those Prestige amount increases to the guild (this was potentially causing server-wide lag in a number of situations)

Bosses

• Bosses will now scale upwards to maximum of 30 players (the *increases in size* mechanic that adjusts Hit Points and Damage based on number of participating players)

Ocean Bosses

• Ocean Mini-Bosses and Ocean Bosses will now have the same amount of starting Hit Points as their dungeon counterparts (100,000 and 200,000)
• Ocean Mini-Bosses and Ocean Bosses will now scale up their Hit Points based on the number of participating players by the same amount as their dungeon counterparts (25,000 and 50,000 per player)

Omni Bosses

• Omni Bosses are now guaranteed to drop at least 1 Gold Mastery Chain Link
• Omni Bosses will now have a starting Hit Points of 1,500,000 (previously was 750,000)
• Omni Bosses will now drop 1 Mastery Chain Link for every 500,000 Hit Points (previously was every 1 per 750,000)
• Omni Bosses will now scale up their Hit Points by 500,000 per participating player (previously was 250,000)
• Omni Bosses will now scale upwards to maximum of 40 players (the *increases in size* mechanic that adjusts Hit Points and Damage based on number of participating players)

Ships

• Ships will no longer be able to drag Boss Corpses or Fishing Frenzies along with them
• Fixed an issue where various Tentacle creatures could potentially “pull” a player off of their ship
• Players will no longer be able to Release any Tamed creatures while on board ships (players may still release Summoned followers as normal)
• AoE Abilities from Player Followers (such as Barbed Prowler) will no longer hit Crewmembers of that player’s ship, unless the player specifically tells their follower to attack that individual NPC via the “Attack” command

Checkbooks

• Checkbooks can now be used while Locked Down or Secured, so long as the player is within 2 tiles of them

Gift Certificates

• If a player is online and is been sent a Gift Certificate by another player, they will now receive an immediate notification
• If the recipient is not online, they will receive a notification the next time they Log In

Dungeon Flashpoints

• Fixed a section of Nusero Dungeon (North East corner of level 1) that was not properly recognizing as being part of the Dungeon Flashpoint

Aspect Gear

• Fixed an issue that was causing Aspect Weapon bonuses to Tactics to remain in place for regions that have PvM Secondary Bonuses disabled (such as Stygian Rifts)

Thieves Guild

• Stealing attempts against Paragon creatures will now have a 100% chance in resulting in a Black Goods item stolen

Disguise Kits

• Fixed an issue that was causing players who were wearing a Disguise Kit to sometimes not restore their correct Gender and Skin color upon death and then later resurrection

Tomes

• Players can now single-click a Tome-type item (such as Mastery Chain Link Tomes, Dyes Tomes, Spell Tomes, etc) to see the total number of items held inside that tome

Skill Gain

• Significantly increased the rate of Skill Gain for the Parrying and Magic Resist skills
• Significantly increased the Maximum Skill Gain allowed against individual creatures for the Parry and Magic Resist skills

Potion Kegs

• Players may now use Potion Kegs while Flagged in PvP if the Potion Keg is inside of the player’s Bank Box or a House that the player is Friended to

Plants

• Lowered the required accuracy needed somewhat for players to use Plant Guides to identify Plants in Plant Bowls

Mount Token

• Mounts created via Mount Tokens will no longer play a sound when dismissed if their Rider is currently Hidden

Immaculate Bookshelf

• Fixed an issue that was causing them to rotate on server reboot