Anything new for me?

Hmm, there is Nation Wars now. That's probably the biggest change that occurred in your absence.

Three major changes, although not all apply to a level 85: Tier 3 (and the duty badges required). Nation Wars. And new advanced trueforms for level 89+ with new bonuses.

So, Nation Wars came out. The first week it happened people were getting 500+ Supply Tokens in 2 hours, each worth 1 rapture or 5 cannies. Since the rap price then was around 1.3 that was around 650m in 2 hours... effectively crashing the vana market since farming raps and cannies in NW is about 75x more effective. So raps and cannies have dropped to almost nothing, cannies are worth about the same prices as mirages now. Prior to NW Nirvana first and second tier were pretty hard to farm and took players weeks to month to do. Now the raps/cannies portion can be done in 2 hours. And the 1200 cannies+300 raps required for Summerwind Tokens to make r9r gear were only for the super rich. Again, it takes people 3-6 NWs to get them now.

So endgame gear became much more available to everyone, but it kind of killed all other farming markets like TT. When 95% of your weekly profit is made in 2 hours on Friday and Sunday night people tend to only play then.

Nationwars are 4 nations competing in multiple 20 v 20 capture the flag events. You enter maps in wars that can last anywhere from 3mins to 15 mins with the goal of getting the flag and delivering it to the enemies capture point. You get points by doing... anything. Dealing damage, taking damage, buffing, running the flag... For each battle you gain contribution points (more if you win the battle) and at the end the proportion of lands your nation owns is factored in with your contribution to recieve tokens.

Edit: I wanted to throw in that even though NW is still very decent profit the market has dropped to the point that it barely pays for charms costs and is at a more normal profit rate now.


Second is G16 and r9t3 gear. With N2 (Nirvana second cast) and r9r (r9 recast) becoming so much easier to achieve people moved onto the third tier equipment, N3 and r9t3. To craft these you need Duty Badges, which you get from killing "Vile" bosses in Lunar and Warsong. You also need the mold for these, which each boss drops a specific part (ie Warsong Metal boss drops boot molds, Warsong Fire boss drops wrists molds...) So a new form of farming is farming for Duty badges. Some people also sell crafting services and charge per Duty Badge used.

Third is the new veno form. You have to be level 89 and have your culti up to date to start about a 2 hour long quest chain. Once completed you get 2 new skill books. One is advanced true form and gives your sage/demon veno a new skill bonus, the other is an appearance change so you look like a ninetails fox and costs 5m. For both sages and demons it no longer costs mp to change into fox form or lowers your total mp. Sages gain 35 chi each time they go into fox form and 35 chi when they come out. Demons gain -5% chance of enemy attacks being crits.

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Sakubatou - Sanctuary wrote: »

Second is G16 and r9t3 gear. With N2 (Nirvana second cast) and r9r (r9 recast) becoming so much easier to achieve people moved onto the third tier equipment, N3 and r9t3. To craft these you need Duty Badges, which you get from killing "Vile" bosses in Lunar and Warsong. You also need the mold for these, which each boss drops a specific part (ie Warsong Metal boss drops boot molds, Warsong Fire boss drops wrists molds...) So a new form of farming is farming for Duty badges. Some people also sell crafting services and charge per Duty Badge used.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't they called Basic Badges?