Patch Note [Beta 3]

Part 1 re-tuned every skill around a normal character (+0 gear, Pang buffs, party Link Attack). Part 2 finishes the job: monsters, experience, dungeons and the Tower now follow that same character, so your gear stays a bonus everywhere you go.

What changes today

• ChangedMonsters are re-tuned at every level, with a clear number of hits to kill per level range. From level 60 to 119, their HP and defense now rise smoothly level by level: no more jump around level 60.
• ChangedSkills and monsters are re-checked with Pang buffs applied at every level, so kill speed stays consistent as you level.
• ChangedMonster damage is re-tuned too: open-world monsters no longer hit far too hard, as they did since Part 1.
• ChangedGiants are re-tuned against their family and are now much tougher to bring down.
• ChangedExperience: every basic monster of the same level now gives the same XP, captains included, and a higher-level monster always gives a little more XP.
• ChangedA monster below your level (giants included) now always gives less XP than one of your level, and the level penalty works again, in a party too.
• ChangedMonsters above your level now give only a little more XP than those of your level, so hunting far above your level no longer pays off.
• ChangedLevelling to 130 takes about the same time as before. From 130 to 150, each level now takes a bit longer than the last, instead of getting faster near the cap.
• ChangedPandemonium deals less damage, most of all at high level, and no longer out-damages Blade Dance.
• ChangedEvery dungeon and every Infernal Tower floor is re-tuned for the new character. The Four Elements bosses are tougher, and the tickets show their new HP.
• ChangedCasters (INT builds) now cast faster: fastest with a wand, then a staff, then a stick. Their spells hit a little lower per hit, so their overall damage stays in line.
• FixedMerkaba Hanzelrusha, Burningfield, Arrow Rain and Flame Arrow no longer deal far more damage than intended: their damage is now spread over their ticks.
• NewDEX now lets you block melee hits again, against monsters and players: a blocked hit deals half damage.
• ChangedSURGE or Critical: Magician, Elementor, Psykeeper and Ringmaster land SURGE! hits with their magic skills and wand attacks. Every other hit lands a Critical, so Blade-line players now see red Criticals.
• FixedThe character sheet now shows the Critical and SURGE values the server really uses.
• ChangedPvP: the 3-hit rule is re-fitted for every class, and Asalraalaikum and Penya Strike now use their own damage in PvP.
• ChangedCursed Mind now lowers the target's defense by 20% for 8 seconds, instead of removing magic resistance.
• ChangedAssist and Ringmaster buffs (Haste, Cat's Reflex, Protect, Holyguard, Geburah Tiphreth, Heavens Step and the others) now last 3 hours.
• NewThe skill tooltip now shows your Estimated Damage per hit, for your current gear, instead of the old base damage lines.

What comes next

• Part 1: skills, HP and PvP.
• Part 2: monsters, XP, dungeons, Tower and PvP ultimates.This patch
• Fine-tuning from your feedback, starting with melee vs caster damage.