Patch 19.5: Fall 2023 Balance, Colosseum/DKSQ Improvements, QoL Changes

Colosseum Changes

• IMPROVEMENT --> Ranking Tier System
  • Division system may not be activated immediately after update.
  • Characters will be divided into two categories when participating in Colosseum
    • Tier 1: Top 30%-40% --> will be able to enter Colosseum PTM first
    • Tier 2: Top 40%+ --> will be able to enter Colosseum PTM after the first tier

      Note: During off season, characters will be divided based on either level, previous season SR, or off-season SR.

• IMPORTANT --> RETURN LOCATION
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  • Due to the new division system, we had to make Colosseum PTM send each character back to their return location after a match.
  • To remedy this, we've added an option in Colosseum PTM NPC to set your return location to Colosseum.

• Other Changes
  • Party teleport has been disabled in Colosseum Lobby map.
  • Relog/reclient --> sent to return location

DK Square / Zuto Battle

• DK Square
  • We understand that DK Square is not as fun when the teams aren't equally balanced. We are working on improving the matchmaking in DK-Square. For now, we've made some minor improvements. Thank you for your support and patience.
  • We've enabled a new system that hopefully gathers data on which team is stronger than the other. This will help us develop a way to balance the teams better.

• Zuto Battle
  • Stone Capture Time Decreased:   30 Seconds --> 15 Seconds

Bug Fixes / Improvements

• Guild Skill Improvements
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• Attendance System
  • Will start on September 11th, 2023 at 00:01 server time.
  • All characters will start on day 11 to compensate.
• Fixed error that occurred when purchasing the White Skin from D-Shop'
• Fixed issue with White Skin items not being tradeable (from ghost event and from dshop box)
• Fixed White Skin floor efaaaafect that was supposed to be removed in previous update
• Fixed animations on Rising Helion NPC.
• Updated some game UI

Optimizations + Performance

• Optimized a bunch of files so that the client loads quicker and uses less memory and other resources
• Prepared files for future update
• Updated anti-hack to improve an issue causing the game to close

Balance Changes

1) Overall Balance

• After this update, all classes will see their Meister skill damage increase after this update.
  • This was supposed to happen in Patch 19.0 but did not due to a bug.
  • After this update, all Meister skills will have latest DMG values from KR.

2) Skill / Class Specific Balance