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PVM Skill Mechanics Update Part 1

Many of these updates have little to no impact on gameplay currently, as most monsters don't use these skills in the ways listed below, and those that received minor changes that are listed below. These changes simply allow for the possibility of greater PVM variety in future releases.

Arrow Shower
From Lv 11 to Lv 13, the area range of the skill has increased.
• Lvl 11 - Hits all targets in a 7x7 area
• Lvl 12 - Hits all targets in a 9x9 area
• Lvl 13+ - Hits all targets in an 11x11 area
  
  Fire Pillar
  Beyond the normally-usable player levels, the skill will now place multiple pillar units.
• Lvl 11 - 9 Fire Pillars placed in a 3x3 square
• Lvl 12 - 25 Fire Pillars placed in a 5x5 square
• Lvl 13 - 49 Fire Pillars placed in a 7x7 square
• Lvl 14 - 81 Fire Pillars placed in a 9x9 square
• Lvl 15 - 121 Fire Pillars placed in an 11x11 square, lag-bombing the heck out of everyone on screen upon exploding.
  
  Comparison Image
  
  Storm Gust
  At Lvl 11 and beyond, the skill behaves slightly different. Please note that damage also increases per level, as this part is hardcoded.
• Lv 11 Storm Gust now has an increased freeze duration of 20 seconds up from the usual 12 seconds.
• Lvl 12 has twice the normal area range (though the visual effect remains the same).
• Lvl 13 has an increased freeze duration of 20 seconds, and twice the normal range.
• Lvl 14 will not freeze the target (0s freeze duration), allowing for the skill to deal all hits.
• Lvl 15 will not freeze the target, and has twice the normal area range.
  
  Comparison of increased range
  
  
  Quagmire
  Area of Effect increases beyond Lv. 5, and the latter levels have varying durations. Please note that stat reductions also increase per level, as it is hardcoded.
• Lvl 6 - Covers a 7x7 area
• Lvl 7 - Covers a 9x9 area
• Lvl 8 - Covers an 11x11 area
• Lvl 9 - Covers an 11x11 area and lasts only 1.8 seconds, serving as a wide area speed buff remover.
• Lvl 10 - Covers an 11x11 area and lasts 60 seconds instead of the usual maximum of 25 seconds.
  
  Comparison Image
  
  Hunter Traps, Ground Drift, Thorn Trap and Hell's Plant
• At Level 6, hunter traps (with the exception of Talkie Box), and thorn trap, now show 9 trap units around a 3x3 area. However, this only counts as one large trap and activating or using spring trap on any of the 9 ones "remove" the rest, contrary to the changes to fire pillar listed above. Strangely enough, using "remove trap" will disable a single trap unit but not the rest.
• At Level 11, Ground Drift covers a 3x3 area and behaves as described above.
• For every level past Lv 5, Hell's Plant's area increases by 1 but behaves the same as other traps described above.
  
  Comparison Image
  
  Venom Dust
  This is so far the only change that required tweaking on the actual player-usable levels, but it's ultimately a negligible one. This skill will now cover a 3x3 area instead of a "cross" (like Flip Tatami and Gospel), allowing us to increase its range for higher, player-unusable levels.
• Lvl 11 - Covers a 5x5 area
• Lvl 12 - Covers a 7x7 area
• Lvl 13 - Covers a 9x9 area
• Lvl 14 - Covers an 11x11 area
• Lvl 15 - Covers an 14x14 area but the "dust" units disappear quickly (0.1s after casting), functionally serving as a "Wide Poison" skill.
  
  Comparison Image
  
  Deluge, Volcano and Tornado
• Lvl 6 - Covers a 9x9 area
• Lvl 7 - Covers an 11x11 area
  
  Comparison Image
  
  Magic Rod
  Higher levels of the skill now last longer, allowing for the possibility of future monsters to become immune to single target spells
• Lv 6 has a 2.5s duration
• Lv 7 has a 5s duration
• Lv 8 has a 7.5s duration
• Lv 9 has a 10s duration
• Lv 10 has a 30s duration
  
  Bard & Dancer Songs
• Lvl 6 Dissonance and Ugly Dance cover a 9x9 area.
• Lvl 7 Dissonance and Ugly Dance cover an 11x11 area.
• Lvl 11 individual songs (Bragi, Service, Apples, Idun, etc.) cover a 9x9 range.
• Lvl 12 individual songs cover an 11x11 range.
• Lvl 2 Ensemble Songs with a player-usable Max Level of 1 (Eternal Chaos, Loki's Veil, Etc) now cover an 11x11 range.
• Lvl 6 Ensemble Songs with a player-usable Max Level of 5 (Siegfried, Battle Drums, Etc) now cover an 11x11 range.
• Lvl 6 Wand of Hermode covers a 9x9 area.
• Lvl 7 Wand of Hermode covers a 11x11 area.
  
  Dissonance / Ugly Dance Comparison Image
  Regular Song Comparison
  Ensemble Song Comparison
  
  Basilica
  For each level after Lvl 5, additional basilica area created around the skill "epicenter", granting protection around a wider area, and possibly causing the IRL blind status.
• Lvl 6 - Covers a 7x7 area
• Lvl 7 - Covers a 9x9 area
• Lvl 8 - Covers an 11x11 area
• Lvl 9 - Covers an 13x15 area
• Lvl 10 - Covers an 15x15 area
  
  Comparison Image
  
  Warmth of the Sun, Moon and Stars
  Each skill level after Lvl 3 increases its range. Note that monsters using this skill only drain SP with no visual indication, so this skill mostly serves as a more intense version of Ugly Dance.
• Lvl 2 - 5x5 Area
• Lvl 3 - 7x7 Area
• Lvl 4 - 9x9 Area
• Lvl 5 - 11x11 Area
• Lvl 6 - 13x13 Area
• Lvl 7 - 15x15 Area
• Lvl 8 - 17x17 Area
• Lvl 9 - 19x19 Area
• Lvl 10 - 21x21 Area
  
  Gravitation Field
  Higher levels past the player-usable ones increases the area of effect. Please note that damage also increases by 200 per level, as this part is hardcoded.
• Lvl 6 - 7x7 Area, 5s Duration
• Lvl 7 - 7x7 Area, 9s Duration
• Lvl 8 - 9x9 Area, 5s Duration
• Lvl 9 - 9x9 Area, 9s Duration
• Lvl 10 - 11x11 Area, 5s Duration
• Lvl 11 - 11x11 Area, 9s Duration
  
  Comparison Image
  
  Crimson Fire Formation
• Lvl 11 - 7x7 Area, 30s Duration
• Lvl 12 - 9x9 Area, 30s Duration
• Lvl 13 - 11x11 Area, 30s Duration
• Lvl 14 - 11x11 Area, 40s Duration
  
  Comparison Image
  
  Water Escape Technique
• Level 11 and beyond now cover an 11x11 Area.
  
  Comparison Image
  
  Evil Land
• The range remains the same, but the evil land units are now placed in a higher area then the usual 3x3 to help make higher levels easier to tell apart from the lower ones. As usual, however, the actual AoE extends well beyond the evil land units/visual effect.
  
  Change Undead
• Lvl 1 has a 30s duration
• Lvl 2 has a 20s duration
• Lvl 3 and beyond has a 10s duration
  
  
  Epiclesis
• Lvl 6 - 11x11 Area
• Lvl 7 - 13x13 Area
• Lvl 8 - 15x15 Area
• Lvl 9 - 17x17 Area
• Lvl 10 - 19x19 Area
• Lvl 11 - 21x21 Area
  
  Earth Strain
  The skill now covers a lesser area in order to cause less lag. The interval between hits has been increased as well so that the skill is brought to normal damage levels.
• Lvl 1~5 - 5x5 Area
• Lvl 6 - 7x7 Area
  
  Comparison Image
  
  Stasis
• The skill now has a duration of 5s per skill level.
  
  Neutral Barrier & Stealth Field
• Lvl 2 - 5x5 Area
• Lvl 3 - 7x7 Area
• Lvl 4 - 9x9 Area
• Lvl 5 - 11x11 Area
  
  Comparison Image
  
  Dimension Door & Maelstrom
• Lvl 4 - 3x3 Area
• Lvl 5 - 5x5 Area
• Lvl 6 - 7x7 Area
• Lvl 7 - 9x9 Area
• Lvl 8 - 11x11 Area
  
  Comparison Image
  
  Severe Rainstorm
• Hits are now dealt every 0.5 seconds
• Level 6 now covers a 13x13 area
• Level 7 now covers a 15x15 area
  
  Song of Despair, Fire Walk, Electric Walk
• Lvl 2 - 3x3 Area
• Lvl 3 - 5x5 Area
• Lvl 4 - 7x7 Area
• Lvl 5 - 9x9 Area
• Lvl 6 - 11x11 Area
  
  Song of Despair comparison
  Fire and Electric Walk Comparison
  
  Psychic Wave, Cloud Kill, Diamond Dust & Poison Mist
• Now hits every second instead of every 0.5s. Please note that in the case of poison mist, the skill itself has a strange interaction in which refreshing screen (moving away and returning) makes the effect very bright, but does not affect actual damage, etc.
• Diamond Dust's crystallization status only lasts 1s per skill level, in order to ease some of its annoyance.
  
  Vacuum Extreme
• Lvl 6 - 5x5 Area, 9 Tornado Units
• Lvl 7 - 7x7 Area, 25 Tornado Units
• Lvl 8 - 13x13 Area, 49 Tornado Units
• Lvl 9 - 13x13 Area, 81 Tornado Units
• Lvl 10 - 13x13 Area, 121 blinding Tornado Units
  
  Wall of Thorns
  This skill no longer creates a wall centered around the target. Instead, it places a thorn wall on a selected area.
• Lvl 1 - Covers a 3x3 Area
• Lvl 2 - Covers a 5x5 area
• Lvl 3 - Covers a 7x7 area
• Lvl 4 - Covers a 9x9 area
• Lvl 5 - Covers an 11x11 area
• Lvl 6 - Covers a 3x3 Area, Lasts 30s
• Lvl 7 - Covers a 5x5 area, Lasts 30s
• Lvl 8 - Covers a 7x7 area, Lasts 30s
• Lvl 9 - Covers a 9x9 area, Lasts 30s
• Lvl 10 - Covers an 11x11 area, Lasts 30s
  
  Comparison Image
  
  Cast Ninja Spell
• For every level past Lvl 1, the skill's area increases by 1 cell.
  
  Lava Slide
• The skill now deals damage second instead of every 2 seconds.
• Odd numbered skill levels have a 5 second duration, while even numbered skill levels last 10 seconds.
• Lvl 1~2 - 3x3 area
• Lvl 3~4 - 5x5 area
• Lvl 5~6 - 7x7 area
• Lvl 7~8 - 9x9 area
• Lvl 9~10 - 11x11 area
  
  Comparison Image
  
  Monster Skill Changes
  These updates are in response to the changes listed above, to maintain the existing gameplay status-quo.
  
  
• Niddhoggur's Shadow now uses Lv 5 Volcano instead of Lv 10.
• Phylla uses Lv 10 Arrow Shower instead of Lv 15.
• Nightmarish Amon Ra no longer uses Fire Pillar, and uses Lv 25 Gravitation Field instead of Lv 20.
• Skoll Pup, Orcus, Amon Ra, High Wizard Kathrynne, and Gloom Under Night now use Lv 10 Fire Pillar instead of Lv 11.