We published an event update to PTS today, patch notes are here.
What I would like to do is give some background on some of these changes.
Changes to cloaks of freedom
This one should be self explanatory. :P
Removed Killer Rabbits from Dungeons
Stunts like this require more observation than I was able to give over the course of making event adjustments. Meanwhile real players are setup to suffer. I may try something like this again in the future but, for now, I won't 'mess'.
Reduced the radius of Event Grim's Circle spell
With that much rump kickin' all ready going on, there's no need for him to assault everyone on screen. I brought it down a good bit so as to mostly only affect those attacking him.
Removed the magic gem cost of life stream
This was brought up on the Lineage boards and I felt it was a reasonable request. Enjoy.
Removed fluffy bunnies from Event Island 2
If you need carrot parts, there should be plenty on Event Island 1.
Changed drop probs on Public Test to match Live Servers
Yes, increased drops are an incentive to play on Test and surely some may be upset at this change. It is only temporary! With an event like this we really felt it was in everyone's best interest to get an exact view of the event before going live.
Balanced out event monster stats and drops
I'm sure this is the change that will get the most talk. Compared to how it has been, some of you may scream "nerf bat!", especially now that the PTS drop multiplier is disabled. How it has been, however, is absurd.
My goal with the drops was to make the adena payout constant, the consumable payout very frequent, enchant scrolls common, and then uber drops uncommon to rare.
All the bosses have a chance of dropping the same items, so you all might see a DK sword drop off a phoenix, or a bapho staff drop off of Baranka. With this in mind I also tweaked the Boss stats to match each other more. I boosted the hp of some of the squishier bosses and brought down the hp of the sturdier guys. Baranka, for example, had 4x the hp of some of the other bosses. No wonder nobody bothered with him, eh? Well that isn't the case anymore.
Dragons are still mean as hell but they should be worth the effort.
I tried to squeeze Glarielle on the islands but that turned into a journey of feature creep. Having abandoned that idea I did add some of Glarielle's drops to the current roster of monsters.
Overwhelmed Looking Boy and Island 3
There was a good amount of feedback regarding how it seemed very crowded on Event Island 2. I hoped to resolve this a few ways:
1. Keeping the carrot part farming to event island 1.
2. Sweeping the island and checking my spawn regions. I found one bug that caused two regions to overlap significantly. That is now fixed. I also added several new regions so, ideally, you should be able to encounter boss monsters almost anywhere on the island.
3. Adding a third island as a fail safe.
I hope you all enjoy this publish! As always, feedback is welcome, both here and on the Lineage boards.
Overwhelming issue... Anyway
Overwhelming issue...
Anyway you can keep the furry rabbits on island 2, and not on island three? I was hoping to get to kill some of them during my boss killing sprees. As they appear to be whats dropping the most dragon scales.
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Also.... The cloak is
Also.... The cloak is good... But not worth spending hours hunting furry rabbits instead of hunting the bosses. Thats why I want the furry rabbits on the second island. Because I was planning on getting the key, and hunting the bosses, and making my cloak while I hunt bosses. Now, I do not think I will even get the event cloak. Its a great cloak, and if I was keeping it, I would spend hours making it. But since its a temp item, I would really rather use those 3-4hrs itll take to make the cloak to make millions killing bosses.
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For what it's worth, I don't
For what it's worth, I don't think it will take four hours for the average player to make and doubt it will even take 3. Two seems about right.
I did a brief test on test. With a level 32 mage using a +6 SoF (no arobe, lesser cloak, -11 ac, 54MR and no holy walk) I got in 20 minutes 16 of the 50 fiber, 5 of the 50 root, 3 of the 30 Greens and 2 of the 10 essence. Also keep in mind, I was working with a limited spawn because I can't even hit the higher level rabbits yet.
Assuming a level 45 player with average gear can double my output, they would have 96 fiber, 30 root, 18 Greens and 12 essence in an hour. That would leave them needing 20 root and 12 greens to finish the cloak.
I'm a little confused... You
I'm a little confused... You said that the drops for all the bosses are the same. Does that mean they all POTENTIALLY can drop the same items, but some more than others? (ie, they all have the same drop list but you would be more likely to get a DK sword off a DK rather than say a phoenix) OR does that mean that they all drop exactly the same? (ie killing a phoenix will give you the same probability of getting a DK sword as does killing a Death Knight.)
if its the latter, then there would be no point to killing the harder bosses, seeing as how you could just as easily get destroy off a mambo rabit as you were a grim reaper.
could you clarify what you meant by "All the bosses have a chance of dropping the same items" please Fracas?
oh and awesome job with the event, its shaping up nicely :D
and one more thing..... add the "mummy lord crown" to the list of possible drops please!!!! >.< You'll make royals VERY happy. (we have no personal drops so far, so mummy lord crown would be great!)
wooooo! now we need to know
wooooo! now we need to know wut date its coming out is it Wednesday? i hope so v.v!
wow a 3rd island and each
wow a 3rd island and each boss with balanced stat that has same chance to drop all the items!!! and with addition of glarielle drops, now elves got chances at sayha! :) fair game for all classes i believe. this is turning out to be everything we'd hope for ^^ can't wait till the update!!
Soomyung
Dark Elf
Ken Rauhel
http://soomy.blogspot.com
the 3rd island was a good
the 3rd island was a good idea!!! It was getting very crowded in certain areas where the bosses spawned. As for the drop rate i think that was a good idea also to do what you did....it really seens to be working very well.... After the reset today and the patches put in i did very well in the drop department.... got a K-EDO...MERKYOR CAP.....and DARK ELDER SANDALS...WOOT for ME. Now when it comes live my drops will blow...hehe....WAY TO GO FRACAS KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!!!!
Why havent the mage cloaks
Why havent the mage cloaks changed?? they are still the same => -8 ac 30 mp and 20 hp or vice versa- and +10 to each element. but no mr and my other question was.. why do the knights and everyone but the mages get better ac. i understand that the mages are mostly healers but the ac for them really stinks x.x.. id play mine alot more if she had better ac. anyway im likeing the evnet on test!!!! i dont get many drops but... its still fun i cant wait for it to go live so i can play with my Elf v.v!!! u guys come up with some great ideas hey drop me a kx-bow v.v i'll love ya forever lol!!!!
Fracas you are DA MAN! Thanx
Fracas you are DA MAN!
Thanx for all the work. I really appreciate you taking the time to give us the behind the scenes look.
Can't wait for it to go live. I may even have to call in sick a few days ;)
Thx for the update Fracas,
Thx for the update Fracas, Much appreciated, especially the removal of the cost of an Mgem for LifeStream
I believe drop rates on
I believe drop rates on weapons and armors are fine on test. Most of them will be blown in 6 months. And in a year many +9 will be lost going +10. After this event, finally there will be a +8 & 9 kweapon or sayha on Ken and will be wielded by non bot users. And maybe even a +7 merkyor cap and +8 dark elder sandals. But I am uncertain about SB Destroy. Test population is by far larger than Ken.. If 3 Dropped on first day on Test.. I donno how many will drop on Ken. Thats something to consider..
Lastly, still no sign of Baranka items T_T..
Soomyung
Dark Elf
Ken Rauhel
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The only thing that we got
The only thing that we got from barankas was just about every charm. None of his armor has dropped to us ,but it may have dropped to another group. We hunted in a fairly big group and did real well against baranka. Its going to take a group and ITH for the hitter, then everyone else join in on the bashing.
ToI Charms?
ToI Charms?
Yes, Baranka is dropping
Yes, Baranka is dropping charms.
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I donno where people are
I donno where people are getting the idea that items are dropping alot on test... It seems as though bosses take whole lot longer to kill now.. and the drop rate is really bad. You'd have to be "lucky" to get a rare item.. and it means like hunting 4-5 hrs with nuttin.. with this rate i'm certain we won't be seeing a lot of blowing spree on rare items that most people were hoping for. but dai/zel seems to be dropping quiet often enough to make the hunt fun. it would be nice if boss hp would be tad bit lower.
lastly, still no word on baranka items.. but from multiple sources i've confirmed that mummy crown seems to have made the list as with many other items such as sword of silence, dk items, tarak items, ant queen items, kweapon, charms, sayha, and every mage item except demon and beleth staff.. (sandals, caps, lich robe, baph staff)
Soomyung
Dark Elf
Ken Rauhel
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I donno if it was intended
I donno if it was intended but it seems like Tarak Cloak isn't part of the drop in Tarak Items. Either that the drop drate for Cloak must be extremely low cause none of the people I know has yet got a cloak.
Soomyung
Dark Elf
Ken Rauhel
http://soomy.blogspot.com
Fracas how long is the boss
Fracas how long is the boss event and the fancy cloaks? any time-frame settled about or still under-going judgment about the event schedule?
Announced today it will
Announced today it will start next Wednesday. Announced previously it will run for two weeks on both the cloaks and bosses.
Anyone know if Baranka items
Anyone know if Baranka items drop yet from Baranka or any other boss? Its strange that Baranka is there but its not dropping its own items..
Anyhow, the following are confirmed drops as I know it organized by classes usuable.
Mage: Lich Robe, Cap of Caspa/Merk/Balt/Sema, Sandals of DE, SB Disintegrate Absolute Barrier, Bapho Staff
Knight: Silver/Gold Wing of AQ, b/n Tsu, DK Sword, Tarak Glove, Sword of Silence, Bounce Attack / Reduction
Elf: Silver/Gold Wing of AQ, Sayha bow, Kxbow, Tarak Boots, Sword of Silence
DE: Silver/Gold Wing of AQ, Kedo/claw/xbow, Sword of Silence
Royal: Crown of Mummy Lord
All Class: COI, TOI Charms
If I'm missing anything pls feel free to point them out. While I can't be certain, I think mambo set and Ronde Edoryu has been removed from the list of dropped item.
As a DE, I had high hopes that Baranka Items would drop seeing Baranka was in the event map.. and when I saw Tarak Items drop, I thought I had chance at the Tarak Cloak but apparently it isn't part of the drop. But I realize I can't really be complaining cause the Royals really had it bad. or maybe they got what they reeeaally wanted.. I donno.. :)
Soomyung
Dark Elf
Ken Rauhel
http://soomy.blogspot.com
COI?!?! wootooottttt I hadnt
COI?!?! wootooottttt I hadnt heard of any of those! *drool*
Disintegrate=destroy right?
Im glad no more mambo sets. Now real rabbit is still worth killing! (and getting nothing!)
Can royal not use SoSilence?
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tarak boots are for a royal
tarak boots are for a royal too soomy v.v just thought i would let u know, me and Mrhood did get a [air of those along with the gloves v.v well he got the drop i just healed him the add 100hp, powergloves are better, because u will lose 2 strength but gain 100hp.. its a tough choice there huh. we did some testing with those gloves, and mrhood decided that he liked the power gloves better!! lol i dont blame him..
pg are good when ur below 65
pg are good when ur below 65 for a knight because when u have 25str i think its good enough just to use cg for the more ac money wise +8cg & +8pg same price but why pay the same amount of money to lose-4ac and gain 2str? unless u got ag ring beleth boots str ammy and buff then the pgs are worth it