Jan 14 2024 Changelog

Balance Changes

heRO Permanent Rate Update

heRO will be moving from a 5/5/3 server to a 5/5/5 server. Here are the details.

• All items are at 5x, up from 3x
• All OCA cards are at 10x, up from 5x
• All Non-OCA cards are at 5x, up from 3x

Non-OCA card includes all MVP cards, plus 7 selected miniboss cards: Angeling, Deviling, Ghostring, Maya Purple, Grayphon, Muspelite Aranea, Muspelite Golem

Selective changes are applied so that the best zeny generating spot does not run out of control due to the rate change, while other locations may also catch up to the amount of zeny generated by the best locations. These changes are:

Assassin

• Left Hand Mastery now gives a passive 2.5% damage boost when there is a weapon equipped in the left hand (max of 12.5%). This bonus applies at the end of damage calculation, similar to Advanced Katar Mastery. This boost does not apply to Soul Breaker.
• Right Hand Mastery now gives a passive 2.5% damage boost when there is a non-Katar weapon equipped in the right hand (max of 12.5%). This bonus applies at the end of damage calculation, similar to Advanced Katar Mastery. This boost does not apply to Soul Breaker.
• Meteor Assault range increased from 2 cell to 3 cell (AoE increased from 5x5 to 7x7)
• Meteor Assault is now affected by damage% cards in weapons from both hands

Why make these changes?
Even though we buffed a lot of Assassin skills, it turns out dual wield is still woefully insufficient compared to katars and grimtooth. Even with the dagger bonus boost, because of the heavy restrictions on Meteor Assault, a Katar still out-damages dual wield when both use Meteor Assault. Advanced Katar Mastery allows katars to out-damage and overcome the initial first round of changes for sinx dual-wield builds. Advanced Katar Mastery is only 5 skill points, while left/right-hand mastery collectively needs 10 points so it’s a total waste of skill points to do less.

We’re buffing left/right-hand mastery so that if you are going down a path that costs more skill points, there needs to be a pay-off. With this 2nd wave of changes, MA has a niche where if you are willing to invest in it, it has the potential to be a powerful mobbing ability because it’s scaling off of potentially 7 cards together (such as a Scalpel + a 4 carded Main Gauche; or Red Twin Edge of Naght Sieger in the main hand for more attack power for veterans; then classic ice pick in the def-ignore scenario as needed). If you are willing to invest in 7 proper cards and handle the expense, then Sinx dual-wield Meteor Assault should be the highest damaging AoE available to an Assassin Cross.

Costume Update

A new Schematic item is now available: the Love Bubble Schematic, dropped by Kokomo Octopus, will allow you to craft the following:

• Costume Love Tentacle Bubble (Rank 1)
• Costume Love Bacon Bubble (Rank 1)
• Costume Love Cake Bubble (Rank 1)

The following new costumes have been added to Faeheim.

• Banana_Hat (Rank 1)
• Cherry Blossom Bell (Rank 4)
• Cherry Twig In Mouth (Rank 3)
• Cow Hat (Rank 1)
• Crow Tengu Mask (Rank 4)
• Hat of Fortune (Rank 3)
• Mystic Rose (Rank 2)
• Strawberry Hat (Rank 2)

The following new costumes have been added to Lutia.

• Red Christmas Jester (Rank 1)
• Green Christmas Jester (Rank 1)
• Minstrel Song Hat (Rank 4)
• Pingvi Cap (Rank 3)
• Raccoon Hat (Rank 1)
• Resting Swan (Rank 4)
• Satanic Bone Helm (Rank 3)
• Shafka (Rank 1)
• Winter Hat (Rank 1)

The following new costumes have been added to Nobility Costumer.

• Antler (Rank 1)
• Bandit Hat (Rank 2)
• Black Framed Glasses (Rank 4)
• Ceremonial Hat (Rank 2)
• Circlet of Survival (Rank 4)
• Egg Shell (Rank 1)
• Link Hat (Rank 3)
• Blue Sunday Hat (Rank 1)
• Green Sunday Hat (Rank 1)
• Purple Sunday Hat (Rank 1)

The following bugs regarding costumes should be fixed:

• Phoenix Crown should be costumeable in Faeheim (Rank 3)
• Blue Christmas Jester should be costumeable in Lutia, and lowered from Rank 2 to Rank 1

The following headgear has been retired and will not be obtainable anymore. If you have the following items, you may trade with a GM for its costume version.

• Love Rainbow Carrot Bubble (the quest will now create the costume directly)
• Love Tentacle Bubble
• Love Bacon Bubble
• Love Cake Bubble

Monster Update

• Kokomo Octopus no longer drops Advanced Heroic Backpack or Love Tentacle Bubble. Now it drops the Love Bubble Schematic at 100%

Bugfixes

• Meteor Assault and Venom Splasher properly recognize the dagger skill bonus when you are dual wielding with 1 dagger + 1 sword/axe
• Fixed a bug where Left Hand Mastery was looking at Right Hand’s weapon instead of Left Hand weapon; causing it so dual wielding actively lowered your overall damage (due to ASPD drop) for no reason compared to a single weapon with a shield.
• Sabbath's item effect has been fixed to its heRO custom effect in the item description
• Equipment that causes Coma effect states their activation rate stated plainly, or updated in activation % to reflect the script. Note that the coma activation rate did not change)