Changelog

[New]

• healing magic will now increase in power based on how much water resistance the target has. Does not work on self or anywhere else except player to player
• setup new GM room
• increase Frozen Cloud damage slightly
• Ice Dagger, Wind Shuriken, Chill Touch, Fire Arrow, Stalac, Lightning, Frozen Cloud, Fireball, Vampiric Touch, Earth Jail, Call Lightning, now scale better with Spell Power by about 2x
• fix issue where a bad/slow HTTP request could stall the entire launcher api
• add launch day countdown to launcher

• players must now be level 55+ to appear on the Ranker leaderboard
• Absolute Barrier mp cost down 30 -> 20. Duration down 12 -> 8 sec.
• fix inverted damageable weapon flag, bows/Damascus/etc will no longer break on hard skin (Thank you Ban)
• fix learning Spirit Crystal (Striker's Gale), Spellbook (Tame Monster)

[Dark Elf] Rework

• Burning Spirit and Double Break not proccing without the other
• Double Break and Burning Spirit proc independently at 33% plus Destiny bonus.
• Both can proc on the same swing
• Burning Spirit applies 1.5x final attacker-side damage
• Claw and Edoryu proc chance now decreases with weapon durability damage
• PvP and PvE blessing damage ordering aligned
• PvP critical attack packets aligned with PvE
• Armour Break change (dmg + 48 x (18%)) to (dmg + 50 x (17%))

[MP Regen]

• MP regen now applies to pure/committed Wisdom recovery bonuses
• Pure Wisdom bonuses now use base Wisdom rather than total Wisdom from buffs, spells, equipment, etc
• Added pure Wisdom (MPR) bonuses to the MP regen calculation
• WIS 25+: +1 MP recovery
• WIS 35+: +2 total
• WIS 45+: +5 total
• WIS 55+: +10 total
• WIS 60+: +15 total
• updated the player (MPR) display to use committed + base Wisdom
• updated .stats to show total and base MPR

[Quality of Life]

• change .advcharinfo to .stats
• server score chart is now off by default

[Technical]

• improved MP Regen performance server side, was instantiating variables and calling player locations every tick.

• add item Grandpa's Cane
• re-write entire quest system and database :slight_frown:
• correct spider spawns on TI, increase count and area
• add Stone Golem to Talking Island, new npc with proper stats
• adjust exp values for all monsters in map 9. They are now as close to live as possible. Needs testing before applying to the rest of the game world.
• remove excessive Gremlins from Doll Racing
• add Ring of Knowledge (Revival) to Arpier (5%)
• reduce Blessed Zel/Dai, Pure Elixer drop rate from Arpier 50% -> 25%
• increase starting Food Gauge 17 -> 50%
• reduce Black Knight damage slightly
• add Elite Black Knight (Mini Boss) to Northern Talking Island
• remove client pings, no longer necessary to enforce scheduled events
• fix Elder not giving credit in Monster Encyclopedia

[Magic]

• Rework! hit chance spells like Cancel/Decay/Silence now scale with expected DND logic
• set min/max success chance to land
• replaced the old hard coded MR break points
• magic resistance scaling is now more rewarding. Every 1% MR gives a bonus in some way
• fix issue where Erase Magic was double dipping
• fix: turn undead failure message being sent to the monster not the player
• fix Burning Spirit proc-ing when the player didn't have the buff (Thank you TROJANGUARD)
• fix Spirit Crystal (Dancing Blaze), Spirit Crystal (Pollute Water) not being learned (Thank you Ban)

• move .advcharinfo out of the chat window and into its own popup
• fix bug with TimeStamps using new libraries
• players 75+ can no longer hit players 74 and below on maps: Talking Island Caves 1/2 and Black Battleship 1/2/3
• add Corroded Skeleton Knight to Talking Island 2f

[Items]

• increase Troll Belt weight reduction 500 -> 900
• fix Mithril Dagger sale count
• new item Aegis Support Package gives Light Quick Advanced Healing Potion x100 [Quest System]
• feat: new quest system

[Server]

• update Test Server to latest dev release
• increase Test Server adena/lawful rates 100x

[Templar]

• add Templar Bow and Arrows to Elf starting gear
• lower Templar Armours safe enchant 5 -> 4
• increase Templar Scroll of Enchant Weapon cost 35,000 -> 46,000
• increase Templar Scroll of Enchant Armour cost 16,000 -> 24,000
• reduce Templar Armours max enchant +9 -> +7
• add Templar Item shop to class shop area
• Red Knights Return Talisman - brings player back to Red Knight starting spot

• remove initiates starting gear and other items from all classes
• fix Templar Armours not being enchantable
• all Templar weapons are now safe +6
• add CON +1, DMG +1 to Templar Dagger
• lower starter potions 300 -> 100
• remove Hit +20 from Templar Supply Box
• fix insane regen on Dwarf Shaman, Dwarf Archer
• lower TI Dungeon EXP multiplier 6x -> 2x
• add Magic Gem (20) to Templar Supply Box

[Quest]

• fix: duplicate food bags dropping
• remove Giant Muryan from quest area
• increase Black Knight Scout spawns 2x
• fix many quest reward item IDs
• increase kill requirements for all Templar Quests by 3 to 4x
• clear stale quest progress when changing toons
• add new command .openquest if your quests fail to load after d/c
• increase respawn time of quest monsters
• add dwarf spawns for quest id 273

[Translations]

• too many to count, mostly system messages

[Client]

• fix: duplicate values being displayed on mouseOver

[Dodge]

• Dodge (DG) will no longer work as a flat percent to dodge
• Uncanny Dodge increased DG 30 -> 60
• Mirror Image increased DG 30 -> 60

[Database]

• feat: dedicated test server and database
• test server database is now wiped

[Launcher]

• feat: launcher option for each server
• fix: launcher not packing new files, was only updating old files
• packer will now warn the user to close the client before packing
• feat: add external connection
• add vpn support

[Pledge]

• minimum level for pledge creation is down 60 -> 30
• max pledge members up 16 -> 20
• enable self title change when in pledge
• fix: players being saved to pledge when auto join fails
• fix: duplicate calls for pledge emblems
• translate error messages

[Quest]

• fix Black Knight Scout, Apprentice Black Knight, Teleport to TI Village quests

[Core]

• corrected Magic Resistance scaling. My old values were off by 2%

[Launcher]

• now self updates
• fix issue where launcher could update itself indefinitely

[Research]

• shifting from project care to game knowledge. many hours playing and test. tonnes of translations and various other fixes coming soon.

[Game]

• fix weapon break probability rounding down

[Launcher]

• built new launcher, minimal features, launch game only

[Server]

• database connections moved to industry standard (HikariCP)
• additional logging for db connections
• new timeout settings/connection pools and various other changes thanks to HikariCP
• fix indefinite hangs from dropped connections

[UI]

• toggling PK Count window no longer requires restart of client
• replace various End Game watermarks
• spelling mistakes
• add .autohunt to player commands

[Core]

• adjust PvE range/melee hit rate to live

[Quests]

• item progress will now save between login/log out
• fix quest item count
• add database table
• correct Bats, Muryan, Dillo spawns

[Server]

• upgrade logging system to near zero alloc
• remove old logging system Log4j and custom logger from EndGame

[Official Numbers]

• bonuses now start at 0 AC, down from -100
• bonuses now apply every 20 AC, up from 10
• all melee/ranged +hit per level, per class
• target AC directly modifies Hit
• removed AC-based damage reduction
• removed database dodge/reduction from combat
• removed AC-derived DG/ER to prevent double-counting avoidance
• removed unused armor_class startup/reload handling
• explicit DR equipment, buffs, and skills remain separate
• fixed Armour Guard’s negative-AC sign calculation
• all applied to PC/NPC and companion attacks involving players, plus PC attacks against NPCs
• DEX now scales the same AC bonus for all classes
• bonus ER from -100 AC or greater, was missing and is now restored
• removed the unconditional +1% from melee, ranged, and magic critical calculations
• removed duplicate critical rolls inside PvP/PvE damage

[Monster]

• Increase Ferocious Wild Boar spawn (3x)

[NPC]

• removed Evans NPC from Talking Island

[Rates]

• reduce exp curve from 8x -> 2x
• reduce adena rate from 4x -> 2x

[Server]

• fix null reference when monsters use skills on players
• remove server manager for true headless mode
• reduce reserved memory on startup
• remove JMXRemote
• console commands for a clean shutdown

[Shop]

• fix Silver Claw buy price