PWI Patch Notes v729 - Released June 19th, 2013

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New Systems
Soulgem Conversion:
A new feature available at the PW Boutique Agent allowing the replacement or transformation of gems inside a piece of gear.
Replacement: You can replace a gem with a new one of an equal or higher level, destroying the old gem.
Transformation: Spend Flowing Crystals and coin to transform an imbued gem into a same level or higher level gem. For now, only Attack Lv and Defense Lv gems can be transformed.
Flowing Crystals are a new item that can be purchased in the Boutique.
Please visit a PW Promotions Agent to learn more about this new function!

Meridian System:
A new system for Lv40 and up, allowing the player to “ascend” their stats much higher than before! Requires the use of Mystic Pills and Holy Pills, available in the Boutique! To reach the Meridian System Window, when reaching Lv40, open the Inventory window and click on the character figure directly in the middle. Click on the first circle, CV1, begin the ascension process!
Please visit here to learn more about this new system!

Venomancer Evolution System
Venomancers can now upgrade and evolve their pets with the use of Feral Soul Stars! The newly evolved pets are randomly assigned 1 of 40 moods which come with 2 new additional skills. In addition to these mood skills, evolved pets also obtain a unique move that only they can do!
Feral Soul Stars can be obtained in the new daily Venomancer dungeon, Unyielding Hall, which can only be accessed between 8:00am to 11:30pm server time.
To obtain entry to the new Venomancer only dungeon, please talk to Mrs. Zoologist in South Eastern Archosaur.
Please visit here to learn more about this new system!

New Items
New Fashion Weapons:
Players now have more options for their fashion weapon of choice!
The reflective 1-handed or dual-wielding Ego Bruisers, the ever-illuminating Jousting Lantern, the death inducing Devil’s Cauldron, the wiry Wildwood Longbow, or the sloshing Tsunami Bottles!
You can find these new stylish weapons in Fashion Weapon tab of the Boutique!

Venomancer Evolution Items:
There are now 2 new items in the Pet tab of the Boutique, Soulroot Stone and Harpy Plume. These can be exchanged with Mrs. Zoologist in Archosaur for one of two new Venomancer Pets!
The Soulroot Stones can be exchanged for a Monkey King while the Harpy Plumes can be exchanged for a Harpy. The Monkey King is an excellent tanking pet while the Harpy excels at area of effect magic damage.

Nation War Updates
New battlefield scenarios for Nation Wars:
1. Bridge Battle: An intense and exciting 10v10 choke-point battle with the goal destroying all of the enemies towers!
Maximum Players: 20
Please visit here for more information!
2. Crystal Contest: A strategic 20v20 battle for control of 5 point generating crystals, ending when one side has reached 99 points!
Maximum Players: 40
Please visit here for more information!

Reduced the maximum number of players allowed in Capture the Flag to 30 (15v15)　

Enlarged the map of Nation Wars:
There are now 292 territories in Nation Wars, with 10 territories attached to the Nation HQs. This will severely reduce the chance of a HQ land-lock!

Revamped Dungeons
Rebuilt Seat of Torment and Abaddon:
With the player limit increased to 10, these two dungeons now have a brand new storyline, granting a fresh experience to these two weathered dungeons. Both of the revamped dungeons also come with a new map tracking function, making teamwork much easier as it will be the deciding factor between victory and failure.
You can find Lieutenant Li in Archosaur or Moon Tidedance in the Camp of the Fallen Phoenix to get the starter quests and begin the new adventure!

New reward items for Trophy mode of Abaddon and Seat of Torment:
These two rebuilt dungeons also reward players in trophy mode with Crushed Emblems for defeating bosses. These crushed emblems can be exchanged with the Celestial Messenger outside of each dungeon for newly upgraded gems, as well as, upgraded accessories.

New Quests
Updated Seasonal Harbinger quest-line:
Conflict blossoms as Spring struggles to shrug off Winter's icy embrace. With the Harbinger of Spring, free the Oracles and usher forth a time of warmth and rebirth in Perfect World. You can find the Harbinger of Spring and his companions at any major city.

New upgrade quest for ★★Matchless Wings:
Find the Prophet Zakaresh in Advanced Endless Universe to receive the quest. It can only be received by the leader of the group with ★★Matchless Wings in their inventory! Once the quest is complete, visit White Envoy Jade Snow in Southern Archosaur to upgrade the ★★Matchless Wings into ★★★Wings of Ascension.

New Event Notice Billboards
New Notice Billboards are located at each major city:
These Notice Boards will be used to teleport players to future event locations! Please keep an eye on them for more to come!

Various Function Optimizations
-A warning window now shows when equipping a guardian charm.
-You can now Right-click to put materials into the production interface when crafting from forges.
-Added Divine Emissary at Northern Archosaur and a Banker at the entrance to the Faction Base.
-Current Quests should now organize themselves based on priority.

Guild Management optimized:
When a member's Faction Contribution reaches 5,000, if they are kicked out by the faction leader, the system will keep them in-faction for 72 hours. In this period, they can still finish quests from the faction base, and exchange materials by using contribution.

New search function for cash shop:
Players can find items by typing their name at the top-right of Boutique window.

Preview of Flyers and Mounts in the Boutique:
Similar to Fashion Preview, players can now preview Flyers and Mounts in the Boutique before purchasing them!

Bug Fixes
-An internal browser is now available for various features that previously opened external browsers.
-Light effects of Sapphire Fashion should properly go away once another gear is equipped.
-Guardian Scrolls from the Dreamchaser Pack work correctly now to protect DQ items from Assassin’s Spoils of War skill. (Tooltip will be updated in following patch).
-Perfect Flesh for Daily Jones quest should be appearing from the Adv. Grinding Machine @ appropriate chance rate.
-Added spaces as acceptable characters to the gear signature feature.
-Added spaces as acceptable characters to the Faction Slogan function.
-Game should now be more stable for older machines.
-Astral Shard quest can now be trashed.