Volcano Nest

  • Phoenix flame tornado no longer ignores iframes and parries
  • Phoenix no longer does flame dash if under 3% HP
  • Volcano Nest boss 1 totems should now be cleared if the bar mech gets interrupted

[PvE] Class Balancing

/\c24\Lunar Knight

This doesn't increase any raw damage but there are some animation speed increases for gameplay smoothness. Lunaris gain should help you get back into [Ascension] more often as the class is most fun in this state. Previously, Lunaris gain was fairly slow and would hamper your rotation or [Ascension] duration. We'll be watching this to see if it does too much damage or not as usual and reactively slap a Dynamic Balance on it as necessary.

[Awakened Moonlight Splitter] Lunaris gain on cast increased: 10 --> 15 and time between slashes reduced
[Awakened Sword Flurry] Lunaris gain on cast increased: 10 --> 15 and cast time decreased
[Awakened Blade Storm] additionally reduces the cooldown of [Ascension] by 3 seconds for every hit
[Thousand Moon Waltz] can now be chained by pressing or holding the [Special Attack Button] to use it in place instead of having to dodge with W/A/S/D to chain casts
[Remove Ascension] skill now changes icon so you don't go "oo shiny" only to get disappointed

/\c26\Destroyer

No damage increases. This fixes several issues where you think you're tanking a mech with the damage reduction during those skills but server is like nope I'm beating your ass

[Crash Mode Enhanced Skills] now have infinite super armor while casting

/\c29\Sniper

Sniper has been in a weird spot in terms of gameplay. It was a little too stiff and not as dynamic as we wanted it to be. We may make some additional changes to spice up the class in the future. This is mostly a significant increase in your cast speed of skills and some additional movement control.

We'll be watching this to see if it does too much damage or not as usual and reactively slap a Dynamic Balance on it as necessary.

[Mortar Strike] now does the sliding shot animation but still keep its old cast animation if holding S (but much faster), super armor decreased, and can chain into [Awakened Siege Stance] by holding the [Regular Attack Button] if you have enough Ammo
[Rain of Arrows] has a new firing animation (concentrated version remains the same)
[Blink Shot] now has an S input to move backwards, W/A/D inputs movement has been reduced
[Awakened Siege Stance] actions can be input faster (W/A/S/D movement and time between shots decreased)
[Awakened Deathbloom] now chains into its explosion if it collides with enemies instead of just the floor, has new skill FX, and its hit distribution is changed to tick several times before exploding (overall damage the same)
[Class Mastery II] PATK decreased: 20% --> 15%

/\c32\Windwalker

Windwalker's weakness is supposed to be mechanics that interrupt the fight. They should be at peak performance during long DPS windows but this has proven to be virtually ALL THE TIME considering how long the window is to maintain it

Momentum expiration timer decreased: 5s --> 3s

/\c41\Guardian

Guardian has been very strong during its burst rotation which is as intended but its sustained DPS is higher than we'd like it. [Divine Barrier]'s Vanguard effect also liked to bug out and remove allies' bubbles without refreshing a new one on them.

[Awakened Passive Heart of Glory] cooldown reduction of [Awakened Heart of Glory] on successful Vanguard reduced: 8s --> 6s
[Divine Barrier] no longer has a Vanguard effect while in [Awakened Heart of Glory]

/\c97\Lustre

Playing Lustre as a full DPS class with insane burst when played without ever using [Eternal Light Might] is way too strong as it still additionally provides several other buffs. This should reduce the burst and overall DPS of Lustre while minimizing the damage loss of support focused Lustre as DPS Lustre uses [Countdown] far more often than support Lustre.

[Countdown] damage per wing decreased: 30% --> 20%

Systems

  • Looting now prioritizes items bound to you instead of getting stuck on rollables
  • Linked items now include their enhancement level
  • Added an outline glow when you have infinite super armor
  • Removed the white outline glow after you clear content

Combat Panel

(Formerly known as the DPS Meter) the DPS meter window has a lot of information on it and we'd like to add to it to improve gameplay clarity and more. Here are some new features.
  • Now sorts by total damage and not DPS
  • Now shows who has a mark
  • Now shows who has main aggro
  • Now has a colored bar underneath to view your damage and DPS relative to the highest DPS member (bar size is full for top DPS player, everyone elses' bar scales relative to how high their DPS is to the top DPS player
  • If you DC and reconnect, the Combat Panel will merge your entries so you dont appear on there twice
things to note: aggro target in red, current gate displayed, damage/dps bars

Misc

  • Glacial Chunks are now tradable
  • Starlight Cells are now tradable
  • Live to Die, Die to Live title now has a color

Bugfixes

  • Fixed [Assault Crash] not properly applying its super armor during the start of the skill
  • Fixed [Divine Punishment EX] tooltip understating its damage
  • Improved Volcano Nest boss 1 phase 3 start detection so you don't have to dance around
  • Fixed Rune Dragon Nest Hardcore not giving Social Credit
  • Fixed [Magma Monument EX] being unusable or always usable
  • Fixed players not always being fully healed after killing a boss in IDNVC
  • Fixed Combat Panel using the wrong name when going to BTG after running content
  • Fixed Combat Panel getting stuck in no-pad mode sometimes
  • Fixed Rune Dragon Boss 2 clone mech not wiping the party when failed
  • Attempt to reduce [Summon Meteor] fizzling