Patch 18.7: New Passive/Attribute Skills, Battle Improvements, New Content, and more!

PATCH NOTES

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Coming Soon -> Network Improvement for Ark + DK Channel

• We've gathered a lot of valuable data thanks to help testing.
• We thank you for your patience, especially our players in Asian countries who have helped us test and been patient while we improve the network architecture.
• We are still working on the upgraded network accelerator setup for Ark and DK-Channel, but we have made significant progress.
• There are two major network updates that are planned for fairly soon. One has already been  implemented, the second, and more drastic, will later this week/weekend or early next week.

Battle System Improvements

• DK-Square
  • Reward System --> Recoded from scratch
    • Fixed an issue that resulted in prizes not being sent at all.
    • Fixed an issue that resulted in prizes not being sent if a match ended early (due to communication)
  • Fairness / Abuse-Prevention
    • Prize requirement added: the fighter must be present for at least 50% of the match to receive prizes.
    • Abuse Prevention:
      • Characters that disconnect or leave prematurely will not receive prizes.
      • Entering with multiple characters or accounts will either be disconnected or disqualified from receiving prizes
      • AFK detection system (AI based) has been added and will be enabled slowly as it is trained with live data.
  • Resolution of Errors --> Fallback system
    • In the case of errors that result in prizes not being sent, we have set up a system that captures and saves the data and allows us to send the prizes in most cases.

• Draco Battle
  • Fairness / Abuse-Prevention
    • Entrance will be CLOSED 7-10 minutes after each round STARTS to prevent anyone from entering late for prizes. There may be a 60 second warning before the round entrance closes, but not always.
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• Zuto Battle
  • Mode Updates
    • Stone Capture Time Increased:   15 seconds --> 30 seconds
      • The time it takes to capture a stone
    • 5-Stone Win-Time:  80 seconds --> 120 seconds
      • The time it takes to win after capturing all 5 stones.

D-Shop Additions

• Permanent Infinite Perpetus 
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• New 2023 Guild of Glory Effects | 新的 2023 公会荣耀效果
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• Bunny Aquanic V EXP Emblem
  • Same stats as Aquanic V, +50% EXP 

• 200% Enhanced Incar EXP Rune
  •   This emblem gives +200% exp when triggered. In comparison, basic runes only give +67%.

NEW Attribute + Passive Skills

•  The addition of these skills will improve balance, help certain classes with their shortcomings, and create new competitive possibilities and unique builds.
• Important: Some of the skills have levels that are higher than what is currently obtainable. This is intended and will be adjusted later.
   
  • Attribute Skills                                            Rondow Passives

New Notification System

• Rising Notification Banners V1
  • Added a new banner-style notification system that allows us to place dynamic banners when events are ongoing. This is more useful than existing announcement systems because it is flexible and can be a source of information related to specific events, such as when it is time to apply for a Colosseum PTM round.
  • Note: Our designers & translation team are working to translate these to other languages soon.
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Other Improvements / Fixes

• General
  • Improved client performance and prepared for network upgrade.
  • Fixed an issue that caused some crests to error when being put into costumes.
• Item / Buff Stacks
  • Buff items (such as ABCD buffs) now stack to 1,000 and 9,999.
• Awakened/Infused Swap
  • Swapped some awakened items that were missed previously