PWI v1038 Patch Notes - Released August 29th, 2017
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PWI v1038 Patch Notes - Released August 29th, 2017
NEW FEATURES
*A new world boss, Changeling Commander Haspon, has been added at the Path of Sorrow in the Western Steppes. Haspon will spawn every two hours between 15:00 and 24:00 from Thursday to Sunday.
*The Character Simulator has been added to the Functions tab of the menu, allowing you to see how your attributes would change based on different gear and skill setups.
*Faction Battles have been added, allowing you to challenge other Factions to PvP combat! Leaders of Level 2 or 3 Factions can access this functionality in the Faction pane.
*Transmutation Master Xolo has been added in South Archosaur. Transmutation can be used to convert certain unwanted items into more useful ones. Speak to Xolo to see a full list of items and what they can be converted into.
DUNGEONS
*Uncharted Paradise now only requires one trial to be completed before facing the Lord of Paradise, rather than three.
*The requirements to enter Undercurrent Hall have been reduced to the First Reawakening and Arcane Sky I.
*Faction Base Trials have been temporarily removed.
*The Twisted Nightmare boss has been removed from Dawnlight Halls.
*Heavenfall Temple now rewards additional Star Chart items.
*Bosses in the Quicksand Maze now drop additional materials at level 95 and below.
*HyperEXP Stones can once again be used in Frostcovered City.
*Completing Lv100+ Phoenix Valley will allow you to enter the Phoenix Sanctum. Talk to the Phoenix Aura there to summon a Golden Toad, which can be killed for a large amount of XP. The Phoenix Aura can only be activated 10 times per day.
EVENTS
*The Arigora Colosseum is now only available between 00:00 and 12:00 CET.
*City of Abominations, Temple of the Dragon, Forest Ruins, and Celestial Tigers have been removed.
*Nation Wars has been moved to Monday and Tuesday nights at 20:20 server time.
*Cross-server Nation Wars has returned, starting on Sunday at 20:20 CET.
*Territory War times have been adjusted as follows:
**Saturday 17:00
**Saturday 20:00
**Friday 22:30
**Sunday 17:00
**Sunday 18:30
ITEMS
*All Rank 8 gear upgrades now use Fortification Essences instead of the previous materials. Old Rank 8 upgrade materials can be exchanged for Fortification Essences at the Fortifications: Engrave forge in Archosaur.
*Rank 8 Bracers and Shoes are now purchased for 1,000,000 coins instead of Wedding Candies.
*Merchant NPCs now sell Mystical Pills, Holy Pills, and Perfect Stones.
*You can now batch craft any stackable item, creating the entire stack at once instead of crafting each item one at a time.
*The Primordial Blood cost at the Undercurrent Guardian has been reduced from 6 Undercurrent Coins to 1.
*The Undercurrent Guardian now sells Barbaric Blood for 2 Undercurrent Coins.
*Reduced the number of materials required to upgrade Aerogear in the City of a Thousand Streams.
*Items crafted at the Spirit of the Forge or Dustfall: Spirit of the Forge no longer require Chienkun Stones, but the coin cost has been increased.
*Perfect Tokens of Luck can no longer be exchanged for Mysterious Pages or Advanced Mystical Pages. Mysterious Pages now drop from the final bosses in Seat of Torment and Abaddon.
*Level 1 glyphs are now purple in color instead of orange.
*Martial Arts Scrolls, Old Book Pages, Pages of Fate, and Wraith Officer's Badges now stack up to 9999.
*Wishful Wing Tokens now stack up to 100.
QUESTS
*Title Quests have been added in the Valley of the Hidden Orchid, Peach Blossom Grove, King's Feast Swamp of the Wraiths, and Stairway to Heaven.
*XP, Spirit, and Item rewards have been increased for Bounty Hunter quests. Level 40-99 quests now also award items such as Mystical and Holy Pills.
*XP, Vitae, and Item rewards have been increased for Primal World daily quests.
*Increased XP and Spirit rewards for the Paperclip for Villa quest chain.
*Increased XP and Spirit rewards for the Crazy Stone quest. This quest now also rewards items such as Mystical and Holy Pill at level 40+.
*The quest Dark Emperor's Fate Star Chart now rewards 5 Starglade Chests, up from 1.
*The quest Coming of Age: Warriorhood now awards 10 Mirage Celestones, up from 5. These stones are now bound and can only be used to refine your own gear. Refinement will use bound celestones before unbound ones.
*You can now spend 6 Silent Sea Sandgrains to take a weekly quest to kill the Lord of Paradise in Uncharted Paradise.
*You can now spend 6 Dawnlight Feathers to take a daily or weekly quest to kill Natya Veda in Dawnlight Halls on Judgment Mode.
*Completing daily quests for Endless Universe will reward a random Sage or Demon skill book for your class.
*Completing daily quests for Advanced Endless Universe will reward a random Aware of Vacuity, Celestial Sage, or Celestial Demon skill book for your class.
*The first time you complete Flowsilver Palace each day, you will get a Flowsilver Prince or Princess Token. These tokens can be combined with 5 Golden Splendors to create a Flowsilver Prince or Princess Treasure, which give extra rewards when turned in after completing the dungeon.
NPC
*Local Rich * Keman has been renamed to Keman the Wealthy.
*The Eye of the Jungle now appears next to the Reasure Seeker of the Jungle in Archosaur and outside the Forest Ruins.
*Assistant Wang Tsai now sells several additional items for Lucky Coins.
*The PW School Teacher now sells Aerogear for 7 Attendance Sheets each.
USER INTERFACE
*Two new Interactive Actions have been added, Show Affection and Adore and Love.
*You can now save and load additional hotbar layouts by clicking the S icon next to your hotbar.
*Duke Blacke no longer announces when players receive Ancient Emblems.
*The tooltip for the Spirit stat has been rewritten to clarify its effects.
*The Cultivation System has been renamed to the Reflection System to avoid confusion with Spiritual Cultivation.
*Duke Blacke will now announce to the server when a piece of gear is refined to +9 or higher.
*New Meridians now unlock at every level above 40 instead of every other level.
WORLD ENVIRONMENT
*The requirement to enter Morai has been reduced to level 85. All quests and monsters in Morai have had their levels reduced to match.
SKILLS
Archer
*The Argent glyphs of Lightning Strike, Thunder Shock, and Thunderous Blast have been reworked. Charging now deals 70-120% of total damage, with the glyph level increasing total damage by a percentage of weapon damage.
Assassin
*The tooltips for Death Link and Death Chain have been rewritten slightly to clarify their effects.
*Focused Mind and Tidal Protection now share a 120-second cooldown (up from 90).
*The Sage/Demon versions of Focused Mind now grant 35% Evasion (up from 25%).
Barbarian
*All glyphs of Armageddon can no longer miss.
*The Sanguine glyph of Cornered Beast now lasts 10/15/20/25 seconds (up from 9/11/13/15).
*All glyphs of Raging Slap now generate an absorption shield for 5 seconds equal to 10% of your max Health.
*The Verdant glyph of Devour can no longer miss.
Blademaster
*The Golden, Verdant, and Sanguine glyphs of Myriad Sword Stance now properly reduce the Chi cost of your other skills.
*The Sanguine glyphs of Ocean's Edge, Army Crusher, Drake's Ray, and River Avalanche now increase Accuracy by 10% per point of Chi spent.
Duskblade
*Divine Moonlight's cooldown increased from 15 to 30 seconds. Chi cost reduced from 30 to 10.
*Umbral Stalker's cooldown increased from 90 to 120 seconds. Chi cost reduced from 50 to 30.
*Quadrature's Chi cost increased from 30 to 50.
*The Stun effect of ΨRelentless Drift now properly has a 100% chance to trigger.
Mystic
*ΨVital Herb now functions properly in the Arigora Colosseum.
*The Verdant glyph of Storm Dance now lasts for 10 seconds (up from 8).
Psychic
*Soul of Silence and Soul of Vengeance can now only be cast on yourself.
Seeker
*The Bloodletting effect of the Ethereal glyph of Gravel Blade now lasts 1.5/2.0/2.5/3.0 seconds (up from 0.5/1.0/1.5/2.0).
*The Disarm effect of the Verdant glyph of Glowing Blade now lasts 2.5/3.0/3.5/4.0 seconds (up from 1.5/2.0/2.5/3.0).
Stormbringer
*The Argent glyph of Ice Bullet now properly stuns the target for 4-5 seconds.
Venomancer
*The Maddened effect of ΨParasitic Nova now properly has a 100% chance to trigger.
Wizard
*The Argent glyph of Frozen Flame can no longer miss.
*The Ethereal and Argent glyphs of Blade Tempest now properly reduce the Chi cost of your other skills.
*The Ethereal and Argent glyphs of Mountain's Seize now properly reduce the Chi cost of your other skills.
*The Sanguine and Argent glyphs of Black Ice Dragon strike now properly reduce the Chi cost of your other skills.
NEW FEATURES
*A new world boss, Changeling Commander Haspon, has been added at the Path of Sorrow in the Western Steppes. Haspon will spawn every two hours between 15:00 and 24:00 from Thursday to Sunday.
*The Character Simulator has been added to the Functions tab of the menu, allowing you to see how your attributes would change based on different gear and skill setups.
*Faction Battles have been added, allowing you to challenge other Factions to PvP combat! Leaders of Level 2 or 3 Factions can access this functionality in the Faction pane.
*Transmutation Master Xolo has been added in South Archosaur. Transmutation can be used to convert certain unwanted items into more useful ones. Speak to Xolo to see a full list of items and what they can be converted into.
DUNGEONS
*Uncharted Paradise now only requires one trial to be completed before facing the Lord of Paradise, rather than three.
*The requirements to enter Undercurrent Hall have been reduced to the First Reawakening and Arcane Sky I.
*Faction Base Trials have been temporarily removed.
*The Twisted Nightmare boss has been removed from Dawnlight Halls.
*Heavenfall Temple now rewards additional Star Chart items.
*Bosses in the Quicksand Maze now drop additional materials at level 95 and below.
*HyperEXP Stones can once again be used in Frostcovered City.
*Completing Lv100+ Phoenix Valley will allow you to enter the Phoenix Sanctum. Talk to the Phoenix Aura there to summon a Golden Toad, which can be killed for a large amount of XP. The Phoenix Aura can only be activated 10 times per day.
EVENTS
*The Arigora Colosseum is now only available between 00:00 and 12:00 CET.
*City of Abominations, Temple of the Dragon, Forest Ruins, and Celestial Tigers have been removed.
*Nation Wars has been moved to Monday and Tuesday nights at 20:20 server time.
*Cross-server Nation Wars has returned, starting on Sunday at 20:20 CET.
*Territory War times have been adjusted as follows:
**Saturday 17:00
**Saturday 20:00
**Friday 22:30
**Sunday 17:00
**Sunday 18:30
ITEMS
*All Rank 8 gear upgrades now use Fortification Essences instead of the previous materials. Old Rank 8 upgrade materials can be exchanged for Fortification Essences at the Fortifications: Engrave forge in Archosaur.
*Rank 8 Bracers and Shoes are now purchased for 1,000,000 coins instead of Wedding Candies.
*Merchant NPCs now sell Mystical Pills, Holy Pills, and Perfect Stones.
*You can now batch craft any stackable item, creating the entire stack at once instead of crafting each item one at a time.
*The Primordial Blood cost at the Undercurrent Guardian has been reduced from 6 Undercurrent Coins to 1.
*The Undercurrent Guardian now sells Barbaric Blood for 2 Undercurrent Coins.
*Reduced the number of materials required to upgrade Aerogear in the City of a Thousand Streams.
*Items crafted at the Spirit of the Forge or Dustfall: Spirit of the Forge no longer require Chienkun Stones, but the coin cost has been increased.
*Perfect Tokens of Luck can no longer be exchanged for Mysterious Pages or Advanced Mystical Pages. Mysterious Pages now drop from the final bosses in Seat of Torment and Abaddon.
*Level 1 glyphs are now purple in color instead of orange.
*Martial Arts Scrolls, Old Book Pages, Pages of Fate, and Wraith Officer's Badges now stack up to 9999.
*Wishful Wing Tokens now stack up to 100.
QUESTS
*Title Quests have been added in the Valley of the Hidden Orchid, Peach Blossom Grove, King's Feast Swamp of the Wraiths, and Stairway to Heaven.
*XP, Spirit, and Item rewards have been increased for Bounty Hunter quests. Level 40-99 quests now also award items such as Mystical and Holy Pills.
*XP, Vitae, and Item rewards have been increased for Primal World daily quests.
*Increased XP and Spirit rewards for the Paperclip for Villa quest chain.
*Increased XP and Spirit rewards for the Crazy Stone quest. This quest now also rewards items such as Mystical and Holy Pill at level 40+.
*The quest Dark Emperor's Fate Star Chart now rewards 5 Starglade Chests, up from 1.
*The quest Coming of Age: Warriorhood now awards 10 Mirage Celestones, up from 5. These stones are now bound and can only be used to refine your own gear. Refinement will use bound celestones before unbound ones.
*You can now spend 6 Silent Sea Sandgrains to take a weekly quest to kill the Lord of Paradise in Uncharted Paradise.
*You can now spend 6 Dawnlight Feathers to take a daily or weekly quest to kill Natya Veda in Dawnlight Halls on Judgment Mode.
*Completing daily quests for Endless Universe will reward a random Sage or Demon skill book for your class.
*Completing daily quests for Advanced Endless Universe will reward a random Aware of Vacuity, Celestial Sage, or Celestial Demon skill book for your class.
*The first time you complete Flowsilver Palace each day, you will get a Flowsilver Prince or Princess Token. These tokens can be combined with 5 Golden Splendors to create a Flowsilver Prince or Princess Treasure, which give extra rewards when turned in after completing the dungeon.
NPC
*Local Rich * Keman has been renamed to Keman the Wealthy.
*The Eye of the Jungle now appears next to the Reasure Seeker of the Jungle in Archosaur and outside the Forest Ruins.
*Assistant Wang Tsai now sells several additional items for Lucky Coins.
*The PW School Teacher now sells Aerogear for 7 Attendance Sheets each.
USER INTERFACE
*Two new Interactive Actions have been added, Show Affection and Adore and Love.
*You can now save and load additional hotbar layouts by clicking the S icon next to your hotbar.
*Duke Blacke no longer announces when players receive Ancient Emblems.
*The tooltip for the Spirit stat has been rewritten to clarify its effects.
*The Cultivation System has been renamed to the Reflection System to avoid confusion with Spiritual Cultivation.
*Duke Blacke will now announce to the server when a piece of gear is refined to +9 or higher.
*New Meridians now unlock at every level above 40 instead of every other level.
WORLD ENVIRONMENT
*The requirement to enter Morai has been reduced to level 85. All quests and monsters in Morai have had their levels reduced to match.
SKILLS
Archer
*The Argent glyphs of Lightning Strike, Thunder Shock, and Thunderous Blast have been reworked. Charging now deals 70-120% of total damage, with the glyph level increasing total damage by a percentage of weapon damage.
Assassin
*The tooltips for Death Link and Death Chain have been rewritten slightly to clarify their effects.
*Focused Mind and Tidal Protection now share a 120-second cooldown (up from 90).
*The Sage/Demon versions of Focused Mind now grant 35% Evasion (up from 25%).
Barbarian
*All glyphs of Armageddon can no longer miss.
*The Sanguine glyph of Cornered Beast now lasts 10/15/20/25 seconds (up from 9/11/13/15).
*All glyphs of Raging Slap now generate an absorption shield for 5 seconds equal to 10% of your max Health.
*The Verdant glyph of Devour can no longer miss.
Blademaster
*The Golden, Verdant, and Sanguine glyphs of Myriad Sword Stance now properly reduce the Chi cost of your other skills.
*The Sanguine glyphs of Ocean's Edge, Army Crusher, Drake's Ray, and River Avalanche now increase Accuracy by 10% per point of Chi spent.
Duskblade
*Divine Moonlight's cooldown increased from 15 to 30 seconds. Chi cost reduced from 30 to 10.
*Umbral Stalker's cooldown increased from 90 to 120 seconds. Chi cost reduced from 50 to 30.
*Quadrature's Chi cost increased from 30 to 50.
*The Stun effect of ΨRelentless Drift now properly has a 100% chance to trigger.
Mystic
*ΨVital Herb now functions properly in the Arigora Colosseum.
*The Verdant glyph of Storm Dance now lasts for 10 seconds (up from 8).
Psychic
*Soul of Silence and Soul of Vengeance can now only be cast on yourself.
Seeker
*The Bloodletting effect of the Ethereal glyph of Gravel Blade now lasts 1.5/2.0/2.5/3.0 seconds (up from 0.5/1.0/1.5/2.0).
*The Disarm effect of the Verdant glyph of Glowing Blade now lasts 2.5/3.0/3.5/4.0 seconds (up from 1.5/2.0/2.5/3.0).
Stormbringer
*The Argent glyph of Ice Bullet now properly stuns the target for 4-5 seconds.
Venomancer
*The Maddened effect of ΨParasitic Nova now properly has a 100% chance to trigger.
Wizard
*The Argent glyph of Frozen Flame can no longer miss.
*The Ethereal and Argent glyphs of Blade Tempest now properly reduce the Chi cost of your other skills.
*The Ethereal and Argent glyphs of Mountain's Seize now properly reduce the Chi cost of your other skills.
*The Sanguine and Argent glyphs of Black Ice Dragon strike now properly reduce the Chi cost of your other skills.
==/Senior QA Lead/==
Surtr from the south wielding fire
The gods' swords shine in the darkness, like stars in the night
Mountains collapse into rubble and fiends shall fall
Man walks the road to ruin as the sky splits in two
Surtr from the south wielding fire
The gods' swords shine in the darkness, like stars in the night
Mountains collapse into rubble and fiends shall fall
Man walks the road to ruin as the sky splits in two
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