PATCH: November 19 – Map Updates, PvP/PvM Integration, Housing Changes and Much More

11 / 19 / 2022

Armor Rating

When a player becomes Flagged in PvP and takes Damage from Creatures, their Armor Rating will reduce damage as normal (still factoring AR bonuses from Aspect Armor)
When a player becomes Flagged in PvP and takes Damage from Other Players, the Armor Rating used will be adjusted to not factor in any AR bonuses from Aspects

Example:
A player has a set of Platemail Armor that has a base 50 Armor Rating and is increased to 119 Armor Rating through their current Aspect Tier

While Flagged in PvP the player will reduce Damage from Creatures based off a 119 Armor Rating
While Flagged in PvP the player will reduce Damage from Players based off a 50 Armor Rating

PvM Bonuses During PvP
By default, nearly all PvM Bonuses will now remain in place while a player is Flagged in PvP, so long as the bonus *does not apply against players*

Swing Speed
Bonuses to Swing Speed will remain in place while a player is Flagged in PvP, so long as the player’s current target/combatant is a Creature and not a Player

Effects Always Disabled During PvP
Some effects by their nature have an inherent chance to affect PvP, and therefore these effects will ALWAYS be disabled when a player Flagged in PvP, including the following:

Mana Regen or Mana Restoration
Mana Refund
Health Regen or Health Restoration
Healing Dealt or Healing Received
Cure Chances
Resurrection
Aggro Radius
Stealth Steps
Smoke Bombs

Examples
The Mana Refund bonus from Aspect Spellbooks is disabled during PvP due to its Mana Refund
The Noble Sacrifice Ability from Chivalry is disabled during PvP due to its Health Restoration
The Wither Ability from Necromancy is disabled during PvP due to its Mana Restoration
The Overlooked Upgrade from the Thieves Codex is disabled during PvP due to its affect on Aggro Radius
The Cure/Arch Cure Upgrade from Wizard’s Grimoire is disabled during PvP due to its affect on Curing targets
The Healing Amounts Received Mastery Chain Link is disabled during PvP due to its affect on Healing Dealt
And so on…

Additionally, some Aspect Armor has special handling how their effects are handled (explained later)

Primary PvM Bonuses and Secondary PvM Bonuses
PvM Bonuses are now categorized as either being a Primary PvM Bonus or a Secondary PvM Bonus

Primary PvM Bonuses
Primary PvM Bonuses are effects that come from the following:

A PvM Bonus coming from having a Skill in their Template (Chivalry/Necromancy Abilities, Arms Lore Weapon Special Chance, etc)
A PvM Bonus coming from a Group PvM Effect (such as Barding Songs, Taste ID Herbal Poultice, Camping Group Comfort, etc)
A PvM Bonus coming from a Consumable/Activated item that does not require a Skill to use (Magic Resist Potions, Arcane Runes, etc)

Secondary PvM Bonuses
Secondary PvM Bonuses includes all other PvM Bonuses not considered Primary PvM Bonuses, such as the following:

Aspect Gear
Mastery Chains
Codexes / Grimoires / Tomes / etc
Aspect Weapon Oils/Foci/Ammunition

Note: Bonuses coming from Magical or Crafted Weapons, Spellbooks, Armor, Barding Instruments are not considered PvM Bonuses for the purposes of these mechanics, with the exception of Mana Refund from Spellbooks

Handling of Primary and Secondary Bonuses

Primary PvM Bonuses and Secondary PvM Bonuses are always disabled in the Arena, Stygian Rifts, or during special PvP events such as Stalag Grotto Battle
In some unique scenarios, Primary PvM Bonuses may be allowed but Secondary PvM Bonuses will disabled (such as in upcoming Faction-based Classic Dungeons)

Food Satisfaction Exemption

The Food Satisfaction Chance for Additional Mana Regen effect receives a unique exemption in that it IS allowed while a player is Flagged in PvP, unless the player is inside the Arena (will not apply during Duels/Tournaments)
However, the Chance for Additional Mana Regen effect while a player is Flagged in PvP will NOT factor in any bonuses from the player’s Taste ID Skill
Food Satisfaction Bonuses will now persist through player death

Maximum Damage Resistance

Normally, players have a Maximum Damage Resistance against creatures of 80%
If a player has a Heat of Battle currently active, their Maximum Damage Resistance against creatures is reduced to 60%

Aspects in PvP

When a player becomes Flagged in PvP, nearly all of their Aspect Armor Bonuses will remain in place and work as normal against creatures
However, certain Aspect Armor Bonuses will temporarily be deactivated, due potential PvP imbalances they may cause
Players can see which of these effects will be deactivated for each Aspect Armor by clicking the “PvP Mechanics” button on the Aspect Menu under the Armor section

All Aspect Armor Effects that are deactivated while a player is Flagged in PvP will be shown in a list under “PvP Deactivated Effects”
These effects will be reactivated once the player has been out of PvP for 60 seconds

If an Aspect has any PvP Deactivated Effects listed, it will then also likely have one or more “PvP Activated Effects” listed
Any bonuses listed under PvP Activated Effects will be a bonus applied to the Player against Creatures while they are currently Flagged in PvP
PvP Activated Effects are intended to act as a trade-off for the player losing Aspect Effects due to being Flagged in PvP

Below is a list of Aspects that have PvP Deactivated and Activated Effects:

Air Aspect

[Deactivated] Mana Regen Rate Bonus
[Deactivated] Damage Resistance After Swing or Cast (5 Sec)
[Activated] Damage Bonus of 1.0% + 0.5% Per Tier
[Activated] Damage Resistance Bonus of 4.0% + 1.25% Per Tier

Blood Aspect

[Deactivated] All Stats Increase
[Activated] Damage Bonus of 2.0% + 0.75% Per Tier
[Activated] Damage Resistance Bonus of 3.0% + 1.0% Per Tier

Earth Aspect

[Deactivated] Damage Resistance While Stationary (3 sec or more)
[Activated] Damage Resistance Bonus of 2.0% + 0.75% Per Tier

Shadow Aspect

[Deactivated] Chance on Stealth Step to Restore 5 Health
[Deactivated] Bonus Stealth Steps (rounded down)
[Activated] Damage Bonus of 1.0% + 0.5% Per Tier
[Activated] Damage Resistance Bonus of 3.0% + 1.0% Per Tier

Void Aspect

[Deactivated] Auto Stats Restoration (20s, 10s, 60s)
[Activated] Damage Bonus of 1.0% + 0.5% Per Tier
[Activated] Damage Resistance Bonus of 4.0% + 1.25% Per Tier

War Aspect (Explained Below)

[Deactivated] Chance on Step to Restore 2 Hits, 2 Stam, 1 Mana
[Activated] Damage Bonus of 1.0% + 0.5% Per Tier
[Activated] Damage Resistance Bonus of 5.0% + 1.5% Per Tier

Water Aspect

[Deactivated] Bonus to Healing Dealt and Received
[Deactivated] Effective Alchemy Skill Bonus
[Activated] Damage Resistance Bonus of 5.0% + 1.5% Per Tier

War Aspect

War Aspect is a new Aspect that players can only unlock and gain experience for it through PvP Events, Tournaments, and Factions (upcoming system)
War Aspect functions similarly to other Aspects, however the means of unlocking and leveling the aspect are unique
Players will only be able to receive War Aspect Cores and War Aspect Extracts as rewards from PvP Events, Tournaments, and Factions
Players do not have to have War Aspect Gear equipped in order to gain War Aspect Experience (it will automatically be applied)
Players will NOT be able to gain Experience for War Aspect from standard Creature Kills or traditional means of gaining Aspect Experience

War Aspect Weapon/Spellbook Special Effect

The Weapon/Spellbook Aspect Special for War Aspect is “War Cry”
War Cry “Increases Melee and Spell Damage by (15% + (1.5% * Tier Level)) for the next 60 seconds (can stack up to two times)”

War Aspect Armor

Provides Melee and Spell Damage Bonus of 4.0% + 1.3% per Tier
Provides a Damage Resistance of 4.0% + 1.3% per Tier
Provides a Chance Every Sec to Gain 2 Hits, 2 Stam, 1 Mana of 9.0% + 3.0% per Tier

Chance Every Sec Mechanic

Every 1 second that passes, a player in War Aspect Armor has a 9.0% + 3.0% per Tier chance they will restore 2 Hits, 2 Stam, and 1 Mana
Having stats restored by War Aspect armor will not impact a player’s natural regen rates for Hits, Stam, Mana
Regaining mana in this manner will not trigger any Food-based chances for additional mana recovery

War Aspect Items and Experience

War Aspect Items

Players will receive a War Aspect Core placed in their Bank Box for each PvP Event or Arena Tournament they participate in where they earn 1 or more Reward Points
Players will receive a War Aspect Extract placed in their Bank Box for every two PvP Events or Arena Tournaments they participate in where they earn 1 or more Reward Points
Players do not have to be wearing War Aspect Gear in order to receive War Cores or War Extracts
War Aspect Cores and War Aspect Extracts will not drop as Loot from standard sources (Monster Corpses, Dungeon Chests, Ship Holds, etc)

War Aspect Experience

If a player has Unlocked the War Aspect for their character, they will receive 250 Experience towards their War Aspect for Each Reward Point they earn from PvP Events and Tournaments
Players can earn a maximum of 750 Experience from a single PvP Event
Playres can earn a maximum of 1500 Experience from a single Tournament
Players do not have to be wearing War Aspect Gear in order to earn War Aspect Experience
Players will NOT be able to gain Experience for War Aspect from standard Creature Kills or traditional means of gaining Aspect Experience

Eldritch Aspect Armor

No longer provides “Chance to Avoid Spell Interruption”
Now provides “Mana Refund Max Cap Increase of 2.0% + 0.75% Per Tier”

Discipline Aspect Armor

No longer has seperate “Melee Damage Bonus For 10 sec After Using Mana” and “Damage Resistance Bonus For 10 Sec After Using Mana” effects
Now provides “Melee Damage + Resistance Bonus After Using Mana of 6.0% + 2.0% per Tier” which increases both Melee Damage and Damage Resistance for 10 seconds after spending Mana (does not stack)
Now provides “Chance to Ignore Weapon Finisher Cooldown of 6.0% + 2.0% per Tier”

Chance to Ignore Weapon Finisher Cooldown

Players are normally allowed to trigger a Weapon Finisher only once against a normal creature (i.e an infinite cooldown)
Players are normally allowed to trigger a Weapon Finisher only once every 60 seconds against a Boss-level creature (i.e a 60 second cooldown)
When players trigger a Weapon Finisher with Discipline Armor, they have a chance to ignore their standard Cooldown for Weapon Finishers, which would allow them to potentially trigger another Weapon Finisher immediately on subsequent weapon swings

Shelter Island and New Player Dungeon

Raised the Skill Cap for players on Shelter Island and New Player Dungeon to 80

Magic Resist Skill

Now provides players with a (Effective Magic Resist Skill / 100%)) chance to avoid Spell Interruption from Creature/Environment Damage
The Spell Absorption mechanic no longer provides a Damage Bonus to players
Now when players take damage from a Spell cast by Creatures, they will receive a “Spell Siphon” bonus towards Melee/Spell Damage against Creatures of (1% * Spell Circle) for the next 60 minutes, with a max bonus of (25% * (Effective Magic Resist Skill / 100))
Spells cast by players against other players will increase their Spell Siphon bonus, with an 100% increase in the amount of Siphon Bonus applied (i.e. a player-casted Energy Bolt would generate a +12% Spell Siphon bonus, rather than the normal 6% bonus)

A player hits themself with an Energy Bolt spell, which increases their Spell Siphon Damage bonus by 12.0%

Players will receive a system message notification when their Spell Siphon max bonus is reached (but not on individual spells before that)
If a player is hit with further spells after reaching their max bonus, it will reset the duration of their current Spell Siphon bonus (60 minutes), but will not give any system message notifications (we will look at adding a Buff Icon for Spell Siphon)
Players will receive a “Your spell siphon bonus has expired” notification if 60 minutes pass without being hit by a spell and their effect expires

Wrestling

Wrestling will no longer provide a bonus to Charged Spell Chance
Wrestling will now provide a (15% * (Wrestling Skill / 100)) Mana Refund chance when casting spells
Wrestling (Fists) will no longer have a 0.75 second Sound Delay for swings (will now match all other weapons that play their Miss/Hit sounds immediately at the start of the swing)

Defensive Barding

Defensive Barding will now ONLY apply while a player is Flagged in PvP
Players will receive Defensive Barding if they do not have Heat of Battle in effect (i.e. they have not made an aggressive action against another player recently)
Defensive Barding provides an Effective Wrestling skill value of ((Discordance Skill + Peacemaking Skill + Provocation Skill) / 2) up to a maximum of 100 Skill value for defending melee attacks
Defensive Barding provides an Effective Magic Resist skill value of ((Discordance Skill + Peacemaking Skill + Provocation Skill) / 2) up to a maximum of 100 Skill value for reducing spell damage and resisting spells
The Wrestling/Magic Resist received from Defensive Barding will NOT count towards meeting any Skill Requirements needed for Codexes/Grimoires/etc and players will NOT receive any unique PvM bonuses from Wrestling / Magic Resist (such as Wrestling Mana Refund Chance or Magic Resist Siphon Spell Damage)

Alchemy

Players with 80 or higher printed Alchemy Skill may now drink Potions without a Free Hand

Alchemy now increases the Damage of Explosion Potions against Creatures by (200% * (Effective Alchemy Skill / 100)) [Previously was 100%]
Players with 80 or higher printed Alchemy skill will now have their Explosion Potions automatically stick to their target (without needing to cast Telekinesis) when thrown at Creatures (must directly target the creature)

Reactive Armor Spell

The Reactive Armor Spell will now reduce all Physical Damage, including damage from most Creature Abilities (previously only reduced damage from Melee Hits)
Now has a base Total Damage Prevention of (25 * (Magery Skill / 100)) [previously was 20]
Inscription now provides a bonus to Total Damage Prevention of (50 * (Effective Inscription Skill / 100)) [previously was 40]

Wizard’s Grimoire

Added Wizard’s Grimoire Spell Upgrades for the Reactive Armor, Protection/Arch Protection, and Magic Reflect spells

Reactive Armor Upgrade
Upgrade Cost: 1, 2, 3 pts per Tier

Description: Damage taken by creatures has a (25%, 50%, 75%) chance to not reduce the total damage prevention remaining of the spell

Protection / Arch Protection Upgrade
Upgrade Cost: 1, 2, 3 pts per Tier

Description: Caster and their followers receive an additional (5, 10, 15) Effective Armor Rating against creatures

Note: this will not be reflected in the Status Bar’s Armor display, as the bonus only applies against creatures

Magic Reflect Upgrade
Upgrade Cost: 1, 2, 3 pts per Tier

Description: Caster receives a (8%, 16%, 24%) damage resistance towards creature spells for 30 seconds when magic reflect spell is removed

Strangelands
The Magic Resist skill has been removed from all templates except for the following:

Assassin
Barbarian
Crusader
Forager
Ranger
Skirmisher
Soldier

The Monk Template now has the following Wizardry Upgrades:

Reactive Armor (Wizardry Tier 3)
Protection (Wizardry Tier 3)
Magic Reflect (Wizardry Tier 3)

The Battle Template now has the following Wizardry Upgrades:

Reactive Armor (Wizardry Tier 3)
Protection (Wizardry Tier 3)
Magic Reflect (Wizardry Tier 3)
Mind Blast (Wizardry Tier 3)

Mastery Chain Links

Added a new “Spell Damage When No Followers” Mastery Chain Link that increases a player’s Spell Damage when they have no Followers under their control (ignoring Mounts)

Spell Damage When No Followers Bonuses for each Link Material Type are as follows:

Bronze Link: +2.5% Spell Damage
Silver Link: +3.125% Spell Damage
Gold Link: +3.75% Spell Damage
Corrupted Link: +4.0625% Spell Damage

Link Upgrade Options

Players can freely Upgrade any existing Mastery Chain Links that contain any “Disrupt Avoid Chance” effects to switch them to “Spell Damage When No Followers” links
To upgrade an existing link of this type, players must double-click the link in their backpack and then confirm by pressing the “Upgrade Link” button in the resulting menu

Automatic Resurrection

When participating in systems that have players automatically resurrected after death, such as Arenas/Town Struggles/Stalag Grotto Battle, etc, players will now automatically re-equip the gear they were wearing when they died

Murderer Bounties

When a player kills a Murderer, they will now receive 33% of the Ressurection Fees that murderer pays when they resurrect (previously was 25%)

Contested Bosses

Contested Ocean Bosses will now be announced, but wont be available to fight until after 5 minutes have passed

During that 5 minute window, the Ocean Boss will be at its spawn location, but will be Blessed, Hidden, and Frozen in place

Omni Bosses

Guilds can no longer summon another Omni Boss if they have an existing Omni Event they summoned still in progress (this includes the Post-Omni Battle)
The Omni Gate Usage cooldown (5 minutes) now applies to specific Omni Realm instances, and not all Omni Realm instances simultaneously

Public Post-Omni Battle Event

Removed the guaranteed Gold Mastery Chain Link from the event
There will now be 5 Mastery Chain Links as potential loot from the event, with 2 of them being Corrupted Mastery Chain Links (previously was 1 Corrupted Link)

Houses

Banned Accounts

Houses belonging to Banned accounts will no longer automatically decay or collapse (they will be held by staff and eventually placed into a public Lottery)

Stealthing

If a player attempts Stealth Movement inside of a house they are not Friended to, they will be revealed

Lift Prevention
Players must now be Friends of a House in order to Lift the following item types from the floor of a house:

Storage Shelves
Resource Stockpile
Garden Shelves
Ship Deeds
Organization Tomes (Aspect Item Tome, Mastery Chain Link Tome, etc)

Demolition
If the owner of a house Demolishes it, there will be a 30 minute window where only the following characters can place a house on areas that were previously occupied by the demolished house, or within 3 tiles of its borders:

Characters on the same Account of the owner
Characters on the same IP Address of the owner
Characters in the same Guild of the owner
Characters in the same Party as the owner

This mechanic will also apply to placing House Boats after being Demolished, using the same criteria

House Decay Lottery
When a house would collapse due to not being refreshed (IDOC – In Danger of Collapse), there are now two random possible outcomes for the house:

50% Chance the House has a normal IDOC handling, after which it is Deleted, and an Items Collection Lottery occurs (i.e. our current handling)
50% Chance the House Remains in Place, but is placed up for House Ownership Lottery, with all Items inside the house Deleted

Items Collection Lottery (House Deletion)
This is the “current” handling for House Decay: a randomized 15-60 minute IDOC window occurs, and upon completion the house is Deleted (and players can place a new house at the location after a random delay following that)

Upon the house being Deleted, the following happens:

34% of the Items previously in the house (always including Storage Shelves) are added into an “Items Collection Lottery”
33% of the Items previously in the house will fall to the ground at their location in the house
33% of the Items previously in the House are immediately Deleted

Lottery Entry

The House Decay Lottery listing for an Items Collection Lottery will have a Treasure Chest icon next to it and display [Items Collection]
The total Number of Items and total Weight of Items in the collection will listed in the middle of the entry

The Type of House where the items came from will be listed, such as “Norse Watchtower”
Players can click the View Location button to see a World Map and Coordinates to where the now decayed house once existed (players may wish to use this information in their valuation of the potential worth of the items in the collection)

When players win an Item Collection Lottery, they receive a Blessed House Decay Claim Ticket will be placed into their Bank Box
Players can double click an Items Collection Claim Ticket to view a menu of all items belonging to the collection, and click “Claim” on the left side of the menu to claim the corresponding item (dropped into Backpack)

House Ownership Lottery (Item Deletion)
When a House Ownership Lottery occurs, the following happens:

The house remains in place (not deleted) and will no longer be subject to House Decay
The current Owner of the house is removed
The Friends and Co-Owners list of the house is also cleared
ALL Items in the house are immediately Deleted
Ownership of the house itself is now up for grabs in a “House Ownership Lottery”
Players can win a House Ownership Lottery even if they already have an existing house on their account (they need to relinquish their existing house in order to claim it, however)

Lottery Entry

The House Decay Lottery listing for a House Ownership Lottery will have a House Icon next to it and say [House Ownership]

The Type of House will be listed in the entry ( such as “Compact Stone Keep” )
Players can click the View Location button to see a World Map and Coordinates to where the house is currently located

House Ownership Ticket

If a player wins a House Ownership Lottery, they will receive a House Ownership Ticket for the house placed into their Bank Box that will allow them to claim the house
House Ownership Tickets are Blessed

Once the House Ownership Ticket is received, the winner has 14 Days to claim ownership of the house
If the house is not claimed in 14 Days, the house will be Deleted
Players can single-click the House Ownership Ticket to see how much time remains before house deletion occurs
Players can double-click a House Ownership Ticket in their backpack to launch its menu

The Type of House as well as its current Coordinates are listed at the top of the menu
Players can click the “View Location” button in the menu to view a World Map of the house’s location

In order to claim a house from a House Ownership Ticket, the following must be true:

The player is within 24 tiles of the House’s Sign
The player has the Ticket in their backpack
The player does not currently have a House on their Account (Rental Rooms do not count towards this restriction)

If the player clicks the “Claim This House” button three times in a row, they will Claim the house as their own, and the Ticket will be deleted
If has a Rental Room contract in place, the contract will be cancelled and all Items in their Rental Room placed into their Bank Box (similar to purchasing a house)

The player will then be listed as the Owner of the house as if they had purchased it
The House will immediately be Refreshed, and House Decay will operate as normal for the house going forward

Filter Modes

Players can now sort Lottery entries by “House Cost” which will order listings high-to-low in terms of the NPC Purchase Cost of the related House for the entry (i.e. Castles would appear at the top of the list and Small Houses at the bottom)
Player can also sort by “Lottery Type” to have [House Ownership] entries appear first, and then [Items Collection] entries afterwards

Guild Prestige

Prestige guilds earn from Society Jobs and Achievements will now scale based on the number of players in their guild that have completed Society Jobs or Achievements in the last 90 days (rather than just total guild population)
Prestige Earned from Achievements will now also scale based on the Achievement Reward Points of the Achievement (rather than being a flat value for all achievements)

Quivers

A new container graphic has been added for Quivers, which can also be minimized by clicking the Diamond button
The Paperdoll graphic and Inventory graphic remain unchanged

Ragged Sarape

A new animation and inventory graphic has been introduced for the Ragged Sarape
Players can shift-click and select “Restyle” from the Context Menu to swap between the original Robe animation and the new Sarape animation