Server Updates (Jan 16, 2020)

[Perry the Platypus]

Hey everyone, we've got some changes to Freyja's Ascent again! Based on the feedback we received it sounds like a number of players felt that the instance was more effort than it was worth, so the rewards have been improved pretty significantly to make it more appealing to run, and we've also updated the reroll system to make it more useful for players that only want specific weapons. Overall this should make it a lot more likely that you'll get something worthwhile from the instance, so you can spend less time cursing the RNG gods while running it.

 

We've also got a few balancing changes, primarily addressing Creators as their rework is on hold at the moment and they needed some adjustments sooner rather than later.

 

Server Updates

 

Update: Updated Freyja's Ascent enchantment values
-Atk/MAtk range has been increased from 30-100 -> 30-125 in normal mode, 40-110 -> 50-150 in nightmare mode
-Resist enchant range has been increased from 1-5% -> 3-5% in normal mode, always 5% in nightmare mode
Update: Updated Freyja's Ascent loot mechanics
-Completing the instance now gives double rewards once per day
-Added Long Mace to the rare weapon table
-Increased base rare weapon rate from 15 -> 20% for normal mode, 20% -> 25% for nightmare mode
-Increased rare weapon rate party bonus from 0.5% -> 1% per party member for normal mode, 1% -> 2% for nightmare mode
-Increased chest count from (4-6 + partySize/2) -> (4-5 + partySize)

--In case anyone reads that wrong while skimming, this means 5-6 chests for solo runs, not 4-5
--The requirement to open a chest is now capped at 50 kills
-Increased the rates for some of the rare weapons
-Fixed a bug that caused rare weapon rates to be slightly lower if certain weapons weren't unlocked
Update: Rerolling Freyja's Ascent weapons now includes the option to reroll to a random weapon instead of the same one
Update: The base unlock time for rare weapons has been increased from 3 -> 5 days when handing in weapons for Freyja's Ascent
Bugfix: Fixed a rare bug that could cause false positives with the PvP ladder's force disconnect detection

 

Balancing

 

Nerf: Reflected damage will no longer proc skill autocasts and autobonuses
Nerf: Increased Acid Demonstration's cooldown from 175ms -> 200ms
Nerf: Reduced Acid Demonstration's Vit factor from 0.7 -> 0.6

[Vyra]

1 hour ago, Perry the Platypus said:

Nerf: Reflected damage will no longer proc skill autocasts and autobonuses

old vyra secret meta of +10 vmant on valkyrie card rip

 

1/17/2020 Justin will rmb this F

[shin]

12 hours ago, Vyra said:

old vyra secret meta of +10 vmant on valkyrie card rip

 

1/17/2020 Justin will rmb this F

Impressive