December 4 Patch Notes

General Changes

• Players may now enter Duct Island during the Nation War.
• Fixed an issue where players who were already inside an instance when it began would not see anything until they teleported out and back in.
• As mentioned in the latest in-game poll, Islands/Turfs on non-season channels have been re-restricted until the poll ends on Monday.
• Item descriptions have been adjusted so that they break into a new line if they reach 75% of the games current window width.
• The help menu and website game-guides have been updated for the Coliseum Event and Augmenting.

Localization Changes

• We've completed a substantial number of localization updates that make translating into Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese much easier.
• Everything that is currently translatable has now been fully translated for all of the languages listed above.
  • Please note that some complex systems and dialogs, such as quests, cannot be translated yet, but we will be adding support for them too.
• Pet hunger and feeding messages are now localized. We've also added several new messages that appear when your pet is hungry or being fed.

Eonic & Void Weapons

• Fixed an issue with Eonic and Void weapons where slow effects from different weapon grades could incorrectly stack.
• Higher-grade slow effects can no longer be overwritten by lower-grade slows.
• Fixed an issue with the Void Stick that prevented its effect from stacking with Black Touch.
• Increased the Void Claw's base Human damage by 200 AP.

Catastropha Cavern Changes

• Based on player feedback, we have swapped the drop tables between Vice Eggs and non-egg bosses.
  • Some players believed these two drop table sets were identical, they were not. Vice Eggs previously had higher drop rates and the potential for additional drops, which have now been moved to the non-egg bosses.
• Additionally, Vice Eggs now have one less chance to drop Sephiroth or Imperial Jewelry.
  • Previously, they had four chances to drop 1–2 jewelry items. After the above mentioned swap, they had three, and we have now removed one of those remaining chances.
  • As a result, non-egg bosses now have four chances to drop 1–2 jewelry items.
• With this new setup, the difficulty of defeating Vice Eggs versus other bosses should now be reflected more accurately with their respective rewards.

Colisem Event Changes

• Custe, the teleporter NPC in Vylock, now offers a direct teleport to the Coliseum, and a Portal Station has been added at the Coliseum.
• The stairs leading up to the Coliseum platform have been replaced with ramps.
• Players who win the Coliseum Event now receive 6 Conquest Badges (previously 3), while players who lose or draw now receive 3 Conquest Badges (previously 1).
• Players will no longer be disqualified when teams are uneven. This will now only occur if a single player registers for the event and has no opponent to challenge them.
  • Players that are assigned to an uneven team AND manage to win will receive 8 Conquest Badges instead of 6.
• Fixed an issue where Nation War participants were unable to view their own Coliseum Battle during the war.
• Fixed an issue where Coliseum Event participants were not being teleported into the Coliseum if they were in the Nation War or Hau at the time.
• Registration Process
  • Players can now register for the Coliseum Event at any time, except while the event is currently running.
  • Once registered, a player remains registered for the next 28 Coliseum Events (approximately one week).
    • Players may unregister and re-register at any time to reset this count.
  • Beginning 10 minutes before the event, and continuing until the event starts, players will receive notifications every minute reminding them that the Coliseum Event will begin soon.
    • When the first notification appears (at the 10-minute mark), registered players will receive a confirmation pop-up asking whether they wish to participate in the upcoming event.
    • Selecting Yes or No determines whether the player will or won't participate in that specific event. This does not unregister them, they remain registered for future Coliseum Events.
    • If a player was not registered and registers during this 10-minute window (by speaking to a Coliseum Registrar NPC), they will automatically be marked as participating in the current event.
    • If a registered player is offline when the 10-minute countdown begins, the confirmation pop-up will appear as soon as they log in, so long as they log in before the countdown ends.

Sacred Rune Changes

• Players can now upgrade runes that have already been augmented onto an item by using another rune of the same type on that item.
  • When upgrading an augmented rune using another rune of the same type, its new level is determined by the combined effort value of both runes.
  • These effort values are pre-calculated at server startup using a series of complex formulas based on each rune's upgrade rates and levels.
  • Because the resulting level is known ahead of time, the game will display the exact final level for you to confirm before upgrading.
• Players may also upgrade augmented runes by using Sacred Ash directly on the item.
• Please note that using a different rune type on an already augmented item will fully replace the existing rune, and the old rune cannot be recovered.
  • This behavior existed before; we are simply reiterating it for clarity.
  • For example, if you have an item with Level 50 Fortification and you apply a Level 1 Scavenger Rune, the Fortification rune will be lost.
• Using Sacred Ash or Sacred Runes directly on an item will lock the item from being traded.
  • The item can be unlocked using a Trade Item Unlocker from the Turf Shop.
  • This trade lock prevents players from passing items around to quickly upgrade runes through multiple characters (the same reason runes already lock when directly upgraded).

Post-Patch Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused team names to localize in the language of other players instead of your own.
• Fixed an issue with Coliseum that made the countdown happen within 10 seconds instead of 10 minutes.
• Fixed an issue with the Fortification Rune that caused it to provide 0 bonuses at most levels.