PvE Class Balancing Wave 16a

/\c55\Dark Summoner

DS is still strong, but the limited numbers we have show room for improvement

[Shadow Euphoria] Magic attack increase 5% --> 15%

/\c99\Vena Plaga

VP still sees top dps in rdn parties sometimes, but its average dps could be higher

[Vena Plaga] Dark Element attack increase 0% --> 10%
[Class Mastery II] Physical attack increase 15% --> 25%

/\c56\Soul Eater

Class brings enough to the party that its damage should not be this high. Flow is in this patch as well.

[Class Mastery] Additional damage 20% --> 10%

/\c15\ Acrobat

Party buffs are OP, stacking them is OP

[Spirit Boost] 18s --> 15s

/\c18\Mystic

Party buffs are OP, stacking them is OP

[Fast Forward] 15s --> 12s

Project Flow

Project Flow is a series of class gameplay improvements/smoothing to PvE. See background info and all changes here

/\c56\Soul Eater

[Soul Breath] CM3 Faster
[Puppet] Reduced lockout
[Phantom Avenger] Reduced lockout/Camera lock
[Dragon Bite] Reduced lockout/Camera lock
[Unholy Ground] Reduced end lag
[Chain Claw] Reduced end lag/Camera Lock
[Begrudge] Reduced end lag
[Rampage Claw] Removed Camera Lock/Reduced end lag
[Summon Totem] Reduced lockout
[Soul Shriek CM3] Removed Camera Lock
[Awakened Beast Spirit/Beast Spirit Instant] Reduced end lag
[Spirit Snakes] Reduced lockout
[Ghost Gate] Reduced lockout
[Awakened Specter of Torment] Faster Input
[Soul Liberation] Removed Camera Lock/ Reduced end lag

/\c51\Physician

[Awaken Toxic Spill] Removed end lag to match old EX Toxic Spill flow
[Poison Strike] endlag increased so as to not cancel the final hit

PvP Class Balancing

/\c14\Sharpshooter

[Guided Missiles] Added 10 frames of hit lag to projectile (like Stalker EX).

/\c30\Warden

[Guided Missiles EX] Added 10 frames of hit lag to projectile (like Stalker EX).

/\c80\Hunter

• [Flamingo] SAb changed from 200*2+100+50*2 to 100+150*2+100*2
• [Deluge Bolt] SAb reduced from 120*5 to 80*5, cooldown increased from 12 to 15 seconds.
• [Freeze Trap] max freeze duration decreased from 4 to 3 seconds.

/\c81\Silver Hunter

• [Enhanced Freeze Trap] max freeze duration decreased from 6 to 4.5 seconds.
• [Moment Evasion] cooldown increased from 15 to 30 seconds.

/\c20\Paladin

• [Goddess Relic] Tumble useability timing changed from frame 80 to 90.

/\c42\Crusader

• [Goddess Relic EX] Tumble useability timing changed from frame 80 to 90.

/\c57\Dancer

• [Abolisher] Flow removed from PVP
• [Abolisher] camera lock changed to skill lock.
• [Illusive Gaze] iframe nerfed from 110 frames to 60.
• [General Dawnblade] Tumble useability timing changed from frame 40 to frame 100.
• [General Dawnblade] skill lock added to last hit.
• [General Dawnblade] cooldown changed from 28 to 25 seconds.
• [Mist Caper] max cooldown changed from 10s to 14s
• [Illusion Dance] Final Damage increase changed from 30% to 20%.
• [Windcall Twirl] Final Damage increase changed from 30% to 20%.
• [Dusk Hunter] Camera Lock added on 2nd hit
• [Whirling Dervishes] cooldown changed from 17 to 25 seconds.

/\c59\Spirit Dancer

• [Sting] changed to give 35% damage buff for GDb/Praetor on hit, not 90% crit.
  Note: Description says 35% crit instead for now.
• [Sting] Cooldown changed from 15 to 20 sec.
• [Sting] buff duration increased from 10 to 12 seconds.
• Added Left Click attack to [Sting] to use end atk for less damage.
• [Stalker EX] SAb nerfed from 400 to 300.
• [Abolisher EX] Flow removed from PVP
• [Abolisher EX] camera lock changed to skill lock.
• [Dusk Hunter EX] camera lock added to projectile shot, projectile and effects made more accurate.
• [General Dawnblade EX] Tumble useability timing changed from frame 40 to frame 100.
• [General Dawnblade EX] skill lock added to last hits.

/\c73\Dragoon [Bug Fix]

• [Awakened Hornet’s Touch] disabled in PVP (uses regular version)

/\c74\Valkyrie [Bug Fix]

• [Awakened Double Somersault] disabled in PVP (uses regular version)

PvE Progression Adjustments

Daidalos Nest Hardcore

HP also nerfed by 15%

	Old	New
Steve Fiend Coupon	0	1
Gold	5000	3500

Third Core Nest

	Old	New
Clear Count	3	5
Dark Stone	60% chance	Removed
Garnet	0	5
Kavasnacks	15	0
Gold	0	1000

Black Dragon Memoria I ~ III

	Old	New
Kavasnacks	20	0
Slayer Points	100	150
Gold	0	1000

Arendel Trial Nest

	Old	New
Parchments/Stage	2	4
Magic Grade Talismans	1	0

Zeke's Shop Adjustments

• Dark Stone added to Crystal Point Shop for 500 CP

Final Damage

• Final damage on Ardent crests increased from 264 --> 281
• Final damage cap increased from 4,520 --> 5,767
• Final damage rates on Ardent crests increased from 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 5,000
• Ardent crests with 3rd FD now have a "(Heroic)" suffix

UI-String Adjustments

More fixes to stuff in #temp-ui-report. Please continue to report them as we run into more issues. I'll note some bigger changes below

• Shinobi skills renamed/fixed to the same localization
• Machina skill description fixes
• Ray Mechanic skill description fixes
• Dragoon skill description fixes
• Knightess skill description fixes

Miscellaneous Changes

• Title screen logo changed to Project Duck.
• Velskud spirit stats updated to match other spirits.
• Removed even more unused items from cash shop packages
• Removed Skill Up Crest from cash shop (available via GM.X)
• Colorized death screen added to lower quality settings (used to only work on high settings)

Resolved Bugs

• Gerrant skill crest is now tradeable.
• Anniversary shop is back at Kylie until the end of the month.
• Ultimate Ardent talisman is now back in Zeke's Item Exchange shop.
• Fixed an issue where circumstances allow for Alchemist [Slime Shakes] CDR to be applied twice
• Lencea's should now see Twilight Luna weapons in the crafting menu (sorry!)
• Fixed an issue where previous patch buff to Chaos Mage's [Gravity Well] did not apply
• Fixed an issue where Ruina's [Exploding Palm EX] would hit more than once.