[NOTICE] Changelog / Patch Notes 26.05.2020

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The maintenance will take place on 26.05.2020 at 18:00 GMT+0 (server time).
The duration of the maintenance will be between 15 - 30 minutes.

Changelog 26.05.2020 (Part 1 of 2, click here for Part 2)

• General Changes
  • Patcher and Game Client are now officially available in Chinese language, start the game by using "Granado Espada (Chinese).exe".
    • Credits for translating go to player "WatchMan", more information can be found here.
  • Removed Color Quality option "16 Bits" since it is causing game crashes when used with Intel HD or AMD graphic cards & drivers.
    • Crashes aren't specific to our server but occur on every server so they can't just be fixed.
  
  
• Following problems have been solved:
  • Second Boss Monsters didn't spawn on maps "Poison Yard" and "Secret Temple" at 08:00 and 10:00.
  • Using "Karin's Vital Potion" while buff "Karin's Elixir" is active shows a warning but it shouldn't, has been corrected.
  • Effect "Allows evade Shooting attack" from skill "Dodge" for Resistance Heyran didn't work on PVP, has been corrected.
  • Description for skill "Dagger Felt" from Resistance Heyran was wrong, has been corrected.
  • Buff description for skill "Oblivion" from Doom Slave didn't show AR+1 on level 11 and higher, has been corrected.
  • Item "Upgraded Maketau Ring" couldn't be enhanced, has been corrected.
  
  
• Changes to Weapon Enhancement
  • Before the server was announced to public it was planned on our roadmap.
  • We believe the current system with the usage of Valeron's Blessings instead of Anti-Destroy items is a huge mistake and we tried to undo it.
    • This and this blog article from Starstorm GE Blog document all issues with the official weapon enhancement system.
    
    
  • Unfortunately after 90 work hours we have decided to cancel our efforts to make Anti-Destroy work again, we present a different solution.
  • The maximum amount of Valeron's Blessings being used from +6 to +7 can be increased to a maximum of 3.
    • Examples
      • Default: Maximum of Enhancement Boosters + 1x Valeron's Blessing = 50% Success / 50% Failure (Item Loss)
      • New: Maximum of Enhancement Boosters + 2x Valeron's Blessing = 75% Success / 25% Failure (Item Loss)
      • New: Maximum of Enhancement Boosters + 3x Valeron's Blessing = 100% Success
    • The maximum amount of Valeron's Blessing for +7 to +8 or higher will remain unchanged.
    • This means that there is still a high possibility to lose the weapon when enhancing to +8 or higher.
      • Success chance from +7 to +8 will remain at 25% with Valeron's Blessing, reducing/increasing would be harmful.
    
    
  • We are aware this change is controversial as it was discussed. We kindly ask skeptical players to consider:
    • Majority of PVE content is centered around players having +7 Weapons and Armors.
    • Introduction was officially made to milk players on official servers, since they provide weapons/recipes on cash shop.
    • Losing a weapon, especially ones that require long-term effort to RNG feels bad and unrewarding.
  
  
• Changes to items "Valeron's Blessing - Grade 33-38"
  • As a result of the changes about the Weapon Enhancement system, the accessibility to Valeron's Blessings must be decreased.
  • Measure is required to ensure that +8 or higher weapons stay rare and we reserve rights to add further changes later on.
    • Token Rank Shop
      • Rank 3/4/5: Purchase limit has been decreased by 1.
      • Rank 6: Purchase limit has been decreased by 2.
      • Rank 7: Purchase limit has been decreased by 5.
    • Family Level-up Gift Boxes
      • Valeron's Blessings have been replaced by Valeron's Blessings (Event).
  
  
• Pioneer Journal called "Premium Pioneer Journal (Veteran)" added to cash shop. Price is 10,- EUR while value is above 15,- EUR.
  • Item is temporary and can be used for 15 days. Contains 10 items, you need to login for 10 days to claim 1 item daily.
  • Monthly purchase limit is 3 pieces.

• Day	Item	Amount
  1	Pioneer Premium (15 days)	1
  2	Field Manual - Master (15 days) (20% Droprate)	1
  3	Appreciation Plaque of Crusade (Base EXP +20%, Stance EXP +20%, Droprate +5%) Information: Stacks with all manuals and Boosting Packages.	1
  4	Blue Lollipop	10
  5	Pink Lollipop	10
  6	Black Lollipop	10
  7	Karin's Vital Potion	12
  8	Madrid's Artifact Box	5
  9	Weapon Costume Crystal	3
  10	Rare Character Chest of Heaven (Contains a random character, see below.) Jane, Jin, Loretta, Cadet Leonel, Elizabeth, Dolores, Lorraine, Divine Hammer Bryan, Bane, Silver Flash Lynn, Kevin, Code name L, Reaper Sariel, Empyrium Judith, Risky Juliana, Consul Dietrich, Vanessa, Jaina, Blood Navy Cano, Aclla, Vanshee Natalie, Daisy, Becky, Kay, Scarlet, Ciel, Hermes, White Wolf, Queen Sereni Joshua, Scavenger Yeganeh Lady Rachel, Crusader Daria, Rubiana, Lada, Arbitrator Berthe, Executor Anis, Doom Slave, Mercenary Captain Calyce, Misa, Guardian CoA, Kiss, Sakura, Aisha, Navas, Guardian Ru Zaved, Miho, Miha, Sergeant Barrel, Cassandra, Moon, Nike, Archbishop, Canna, Charlotte, Cadet Romina, Hildegard, Freya, Resistance Caisse, Resistance JD, Resistance Heiran, Chungha	1

  
  
• Improved Shop "Lucia Merchant Union, Nuoz" (Prurio)
  • Purchase limit has been changed from 15 to 30 days to match interval of shops like "Token Rank Merchant".
  • Weapon Shop
    • Grade 34 (Evil & Elemental & Artistocrat), reduced price from 500 to 400 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 10.
      • Weapon Series "Elemental" and "Aristocrat" have been added.
    • Grade 35 (Elite Constellation), reduced price from 2000 to 1500 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 5.
    • Grade 35 (Strata Devil), reduced price from 2000 to 1500 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 5.
    • Grade 36 (Armonia & Elite Bristia), reduced price from 4000 to 3000 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 3.
      • Weapon Series "Elite Bristia" has been added.
    • Grade 37 (Valeron), reduced price from 6000 to 5000 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 2.
  • Armor Shop
    • Grade 32 (Elite Le Noir) Armors, reduced price from 1000 to 700 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 10.
    • Grade 33 (Greek Croma) Armors, reduced price from 2000 to 1700 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 5.
    • Grade 34 (Evil) Armors, reduced price from 1500 to 1200 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 8.
    • Added item "Strata Devil Armor (Every Type)", price is 2500 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 4 per type.
  • Accessory Shop
    • Added "Advanced Accessory Summon Stone (Event)", price is 5.000 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 10.
    • Item "Zodiac Accessory Recipe Piece" replaced by "Zodiac Accessory Recipe Summon Stone (Event)", price is 7.500 CN, purchase limit is 10.
    • Added item "Evil Accessory Summon Stone (Event)", price is 10.000 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 10.
    • Item "Strata Devil Accessory Recipe Piece" replaced by "Strata Devil Accessory Summon Stone (Event)", price is 15.000 CN, purchase limit is 5.
    • Item "Bristia Accessory Recipe Piece" replaced by "Bristia Devil Accessory Summon Stone (Event)", price is 20.000 CN, purchase limit is 3.
    • Item "Armonia Accessory Recipe Piece", price reduced from 4000 to 3000 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 10.
    • Item "Valeron Accessory Recipe Piece", price reduced from 8000 to 7000 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 9.
  • Consumables Shop
    • Added item "Valeron's Blessing - Grade 34/35/36/37/38", price is 400/500/600/700/800 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 20 each.
    • Added item "Karin's Vital Potion", price is 200 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 30.
    • Added item "Elemental Jewel", price is 100 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 10.
    • Added item "Growth Stone", price is 100 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 40.
    • Added item "Period Wing Exchange Coupon", price is 100 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 18.
    • Added item "Custom Wing Exchange Coupon (7 days)/(30 days)", price is 200/800 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 12/3.
    • Added item "Stance Ring Box", price is 100 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 30.
    • Added item "High Master Pet Box Summon Stone", price is 10000 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 1.
    • Added item "Lyndon's Medal Summon Stone", price is 12000 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 1.
    • Added item "Lyndon's Artifact Summon Stone", price is 12000 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 1.
    • Added item "Weapon Costume Crystal", price is 400 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 30.
    • Added item "Extra Rewards Coupon (Event)", price is 50 Crystallized Nucleus, purchase limit is 20.

 

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Changelog 26.05.2020 (Part 2 of 2, click here for Part 1)

• World PVP Changes
  • More time windows have been added to the World PVP schedule.
  • Updated Schedule (New ones are green)
    • Normal (1:1): 02:00 - 02:30 / 05:00 - 05:30 / 11:00 - 11:30 / 13:00 - 13:30 / 16:00 - 16:30 / 19:00 - 19:30
    • Team (3:3): 02:30 - 03:00 / 05:30 - 06:00 / 11:30 - 12:00 / 13:30 - 14:00 / 16:30 - 17:00 / 19:30 - 20:00
  
  
• Cash Shop Update
  • Monthly purchase limit for item "Pioneer's Premium Journal (Expert)" has been increased from 1 to 2.
  • Following characters have been added: Vanshee Natalie, Daisy, Becky, Kay, Snowflake Berthe and Charles
    • We would like to remind players that we add characters every week. There have been requests to instantly put all characters into cash shop.
    • We don't think that is a good idea as it would greatly undervalue Master and High Master Character Card Summon Stones.
      
      
    • There have also been questions if and how we plan to add premium characters that are meta-defining for the game.
    • We will first add all premium characters that are not meta-defining and rather for collection purposes.
    • Many players want to collect all characters and the supply of Character Card Summon Stones doesn't match that huge demand.
    • After those have been added, we will get back to this topic and hear all arguments for/against adding meta-defining characters to Cash Shop.
  
  
• Improved Shop "Certificate Merchant, Alia" on map "Prurio"
  • Item "Shiny Reward Box - Armonia", reduced price by 6 to 5 "Mission Complete Tokens", purchase limit increased to 10.
  • Item "Shiny Reward Box - Bristia", reduced price by 6 to 5 "Mission Complete Tokens", purchase limit increased to 10.
  • Item "Shiny Reward Box - Illier", reduced price by 6 to 5 "Mission Complete Tokens", purchase limit increased to 10.
  • Item "Shiny Reward Box - Vespanola", reduced price by 6 to 5 "Mission Complete Tokens", purchase limit increased to 10.
  • Item "Piece of Trust (High)", reduced price by 100 to 75 "Mission Complete Tokens", purchase limit increased to 5.
  • Item "Piece of Trust (Low)", reduced price by 100 to 75 "Mission Complete Tokens", purchase limit increased to 5.
  
  
• Game AI (Artificial Intelligence) Changes
  • New feature "Improved Keep Mode"
    • Default Keep Mode remains and is activated by pressing Spacebar or clicking the Keep Mode Button.
    • Improved Keep Mode is activated by first pressing SPACEBAR and then pressing CTRL & E. There is no combination or button available.
      • This mode increases your chances of characters staying in Keep Mode after knockbacks or running outside of the Keep Range.
      • We don't want this mode to make characters staying in Keep Mode permanently, game will stay active-play friendly.
  • New feature "Keep Range"
    • Keep Range is the distance between your character and the target. The default Keep Range is 1000.
    • If the target is within the keep range it will be locked and targeted by your character(s).
    • New feature allows players to increase by 100 up to 1500.
    • Can be used by pressing CTRL & N+ (Numpad+) to increase or CTRL & N- (Numpad-) to decrease the Keep Range.
  
  
• Feso Shop Update
  • Map "Ancient En Celar" is rather unpopular and we believe this is mainly due to high price which acts as an entrance barrier.
  • As a result we have decided to decrease the price of following items by 10%:
    • Ancient En Celar Pass (1 day), reduced from 300.000 to 270.000 Feso
    • Ancient En Celar Pass (15 days), reduced from 4.000.000 to 3.600.000 Feso
    • Ancient En Celar Pass (30 days), reduced from 7.000.000 to 6.300.000 Feso
  
  
• Roulette Changes
  • Daily server-wide limits for "Pure Gold Bars", "Platinum Bars" and "Elemental Jewel" have been increased by 100%.
  • Daily server-wide limits for "Moon Stone", "Growth Stone", "Platinum Bar" and "Elemental Jewel" from higher difficulty missions have been increased.
    • As a result more players will obtain these items, especially on Bounty Hunt Missions.
  • Items "Valeron Recipe (Any Type)" have been removed from missions "Hard: Castilla Mines", "Hard: Castillla Relics" and "Hard: Castilla, Tower of Chaos".
    • Previous addition of these items as roulette reward was a mistake on our side and it has been corrected, we apologize for the inconvenience.
  • Item "Platinum Bars" and "Elemental Jewel" have been added to Roulette on various higher difficulty missions.
    • Examples: Armonia Daily, Castilla Tower of Chaos (Hard), Royal Road, Quiritatio
  • Improvements for Quiritatio
    • Item 1-5x "Enchantment Chip Veteran" has been replaced by 2-7x "Crystallized Nucleus"
  
  
• Changes to Item Recipes
  • Grade 35 Weapon Series (Elite Constellation)
    • Before: 1x Grade 35 Weapon Crystal, 200x Sign of Dark Shadow - D/G, 200x Mission Coupons (Type), 50x Rune of Talos (Type), 3x Ambrosia
    • After: 1x Grade 35 Weapon Crystal, 100x Sign of Dark Shadow - D/G, 100x Mission Coupons (Type), 50x Rune of Talos (Type), 3x Ambrosia
  • Grade 36 Weapon Series (Armonia)
    • Before: 1x Grade 36 Weapon Crystal, 100x Crest of K., 100x Crest of K., 20x Blue Armonium Ore, 200x Armonia Coin, 150x Holy Water of A., 5x Ambrosia
    • After: 1x Grade 36 Weapon Crystal, 80x Crest of K., 80x Crest of K., 20x Blue Armonium Ore, 175x Armonia Coin, 125x Holy Water of A., 5x Ambrosia
  • Grade 34 Armor Series (Santo de Blanc)
    • Before: 3x Grade 34 Armor Crystal, 10x Crafting Piece, 20x Blue Armonium Ore, 200x Armonia Coin, 150 Holy Water of A., 5x Ambrosia
    • After: 2x Grade 34 Armor Crystal, 10x Crafting Piece, 20x Blue Armonium Ore, 175x Armonia Coin, 125 Holy Water of A., 5x Ambrosia
  
  
• Server/Map optimizations
  • We have again optimized the servers by distributing maps among the servers equally.
  • Channels on map "Sacred Chaos Requiem" have been reduced from 5 to 4.
    • The map is on the same zone as various town and colony war maps, 5 channels causes high resource usage on the server.
    • We have decided to remove this channel we added previously since not all spots are taken on channel 1-4.
  
  
• Quest Changes
  • Quest "[Selva Sub] Selva, brought her power back.", added additional rewards: 15x Karin's Vital Potion, 5x Elemental Jewel
  
  
• Item Changes
  • Item "Bristia Armguard" has been added to Summon Stone "Elite Bristia Weapon Summon Stone (Event)".
  
  
• Changes to Character Rotation
  • Added following characters back into rotation: Moon, Charlotte
  
  
• Changes to Token Rank Shop
  • Rank 1
    • Decreased purchase limit for item "Shiny Crystal Box" from 60 to 30.
  • Rank 2
    • Decreased purchase limit for item "Shiny Crystal Box" from 60 to 40.
  • Rank EXTRA
    • Increased purchase limit for item "Extra Rewards Coupon (Event)" from 10 to 30.
  
  
• Changes to Shop "Token Merchant - General Item" (Bounty Hunters Guild)
  • Increased price for item "Shiny Crystal Box" from 75 to 125 Token B.H. Guild.
  
  
• Changes to Family Level-up Gift Boxes
  • Family Level 10
    • Replaced reward 1x "Ancient Star Orb Box" with 15x "Extra Rewards Coupon (Event)".
  
  
• Changes to Event "Begin Pioneering"
  • Rewards for Step "Advance to Istiur, Area 4" have been improved.
    • Before: 5x Potion of Steroid (Event), 10x Black Moon Cookie, 1x Estevan's Bag
    • After: 5x Potion of Steroid (Event), 10x Black Moon Cookie, 1x Estevan's Bag, 10x Extra Rewards Coupon (Event)

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