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• Shields and sigils now increase M. Def. instead of magic damage resistance: Doom Shield +1.5%, Dark Crystal Shield and Shield of Nightmare +2%, Imperial Crusader Shield, Dynasty Shield, Arcana Sigil and Dynasty Sigil +2.5%, Moirai Shield and Moirai Sigil +3%, Vesper Shield and Vesper Sigil +4%. Rare Black Ore, Majestic, Tateossian, Dynasty, Moirai and Vesper jewelry now grants effect resistances (paralysis, mental attacks, hold, sleep, poison, bleed) instead of its previous MP and elemental defense bonuses; Majestic Necklace M. Def. increased from 1% to 4%.

• The enchant level of other classes’ skills taken via flasks (SE, BD, EE) is now saved: if a skill is reset and taken again, it returns with its previous enchant.

• Added the «Power» enchant route for the Prison skill of Sword Muse and Spectral Dancer: 30 levels, duration and radius grow up to 9 sec and 800 at level 30.

• The Debuff Expert talent (Dominator) was nerfed: the level bonus changed from 1/3/5% to 1/2/3%, description updated. The Imprison talent (Shillien Saint) is now a magic skill, cooldown reduced from 45 to 30 sec.

• The «News» tab in Alt+B now loads news from the Wiki («Updates», «Patch Notes» and «Events»), newest first. A new article highlights the tab; editing an old article no longer moves it up.

• The party invite window now shows the character’s current GS instead of the rating GS.

• Items from the Shadow Box list can no longer be dropped on the ground, sold on the World Market or sent by mail.

• The climb up the hill in the Halloween Nightmare event zone has been blocked.

• Fixed an issue where enchanted Battle Roar was overwritten by weaker max HP buffs (Body of Avatar, Blessed Body, Battle Cry, the cocktail buff). Unenchanted Battle Roar is still replaced by Body of Avatar; Dreadnought and the Warlord branch are unchanged.

• Fixed an issue where the PvP robe buff was overwritten by other PvP enchants: it is now in a separate group.

• Fixed an issue where Murder’s Consensus did not increase the damage of Shining Edge and Piercing Blow.

• Fixed an issue where Carnage Bow - Concentration [Critical Bleed] and Sarunga [Critical Slow] (including {PvP} versions) did not proc on critical hits at normal range.

• Fixed an issue where the Enduring Blessing talent extended limit mechanic effects, including Augment Option - Buff Duration.

• Fixed the base critical rate of one Blood Brother variant (now the same as the others) and of Claw of Destruction - Landslide (HP Regeneration).

• Fixed an issue where Duelist Mark was applied with a 100% chance: the chance was reduced to 80%.

• Fixed an issue where beginner set items could not be placed into personal storage.

• Fixed an issue where the system chat showed players’ real nicknames instead of the nicknames assigned in the Halloween event zone.

• Fixed an issue where Valakas, Antharas and Baium could start shaking again from movement and hits.

x2

• The «Forge» and «Buffer» buttons in the Alt+B menu are now highlighted.

• Blessed Freya drops the bottle for upgrading Freya to Blessed Freya again.

x5

• Big war entry is now available only to clans on the big war list.

• Fixed an issue where the top DPS clan could miss the drop after a raid boss was killed: the entrance stays open for 10 minutes after the boss dies, while the drop is on the ground. Only players from clans that entered while the boss was alive can enter.

• Fixed an issue where Purification Field could not be learned from the NPC: Bishop gets level 1 from level 56 again, Cardinal 80+ learns level 2 for 150,000,000 adena.

• Fixed an issue where Agathion buffs and loading a new shot broke Hide.

x50

• The sapphire shop has AQ back for 4000 sapphires, added Beleth for 3250 and Chaotic Frintezza for 5500; the box with top weapons was removed.

• Blessed Gem Enchant Scroll (Event) price in the sapphire shop increased from 8 to 13 sapphires; it can no longer be profitably exchanged for Double Scroll of Enchant Armor in the «Exchange».

x1000

• Removed the comeback system for division epics: Valakas, Antharas and Baium can be entered at any time, without the 75%, 50% and 25% HP thresholds; Boss Barrier is no longer applied.

• The Buff Steal talisman price was reduced to the default, and its badge price decreased from 28 to 14.

x2, x50, x1000

• Added the Hell Stalker Mask hat to the accessories shop.

The update is already live on Scryde x1000. It will be installed on the other servers on 28.10 after the morning restart.