I've heard this patch might be controversial, so let us hear what you really think after checking out everything.
Instances/Dungeons/Quests
- Illusion Dungeons: MVPs have a much higher chance to drop dungeon related loot
- new dungeons Varmundt Biosphere Soul, Venom, Temple added:
• lvl requirement 240
• here you can farm materials for Varmundt Biosphere related accessories (Melee, Ranged, Magic)
• some material's drop chances have been increased
- Varmundt Biosphere Plain, Flame, Ice, Death:
• increased HP and EXP for ALL monsters
• increased lvl requirement to 240
• new drops added "Essences"
• Equipments from these dungeons can now be upgraded via reform, upgraded equipment can get a 3rd enchant and the 2nd can be upgraded
- Niflheim Dungeon F1
• increased HP and EXP and reduced DEF/MDEF/RES/MRES of all monsters
- Niflheim Dungeon F2
• increased HP and EXP of all monsters
- Rudus Dungeon F4
• increased HP and EXP and reduced DEF/MDEF/RES/MRES of all monsters
- Amicita Dungeon F1/F2
• increased HP and EXP of all monsters
- Clock Tower Underground Basement
• increased HP and EXP of all monsters
• some material's drop chances have been increased
- Abyss Glast Heim: monsters and cards have been renamed according to their card images (most are now "Polluted")
- increased rewards for completing Episode 15-18 quest lines:
• Episode 15/16: 2x Attendance Egg
• Episode 17.1: +150x Cor Core / Unknown Parts
• Episode 17.2: +500x Varmeal Tickets
• Episode 18: +320x Amethyst Fragments
- Hey Sweety daily instance coin reward reduced to 4.
Items/Item handling
- fixed all Oriental Sword's (Normal, Patent, LT) Sonic Wave proc, chance and lvl
- Varmundt Biosphere MVPs have been removed from Bloody Branches
- Episode Clear Tickets are now available:
• Episode 15 and 16 Tickets do not have any requirements and can be used on any character
• Episode 17.1, 17.2, 18 Tickets can be used as long as at least one character among your main account has completed the quest. Episode 17.2 requires 17.1 to be completed and Episode 18 requires 17.2 to be completed on the same character.
• You have to login at least once on a character with finished quests to set the conditions correctly
NPC
- removed cooldown from all (non-gathering) Daily Hunting Board quests (15x item reward limit per master account per quest per day is unchanged, exp rewards are unlimited)
- fixed Mage Nillem in Glast Heim to not provide quests wrongly
- almost ALL Para Market (go 40) item prices have been reworked / reduced
- Advanced Paradise Shadow Sets renting time increased to 7 days
- Advanced Paradise Shadow Items prices have been reduced
- Build Manager skill builds have been fixed
- new NPC Beta added near the other Varmundt Biosphere related NPCs, which provides Reform services
- added new Varmundt Biosphere Equipment options to reform NPCs
- added new Varmundt Biosphere Equipment options to enchant NPCs
- added new materials to Rune Stone Exchanger Omega
- added new Varmundt Biosphere Rings to Varmundt Biosphere Exchanger Ellie
- Warper now has two Varmundt Biosphere options (A for the old ones, B for the new ones)
- new NPC Temporal Tina has been added to prontera at 169,172: she sells Episode Clear Tickets for zeny
Donation Shop
- added Episode Clear Tickets
Special Channels (Discord <=> Ingame)
- added a new channel #event to discord - ingame events will be announced here
