2013-05-28 - Maintenance

[Rapidstorm]

Greetings! After today's maintenance, server works in testing stage.

Summary of changes:

• Dozens of server mechanic fixes
• Server rates are now returned to 1x.
• WoE skill damage reduction returned to 50% (official).
• Some stop rate tweaking.
• Advanced Classes are now available in NewbieWoE

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Some of the minor game changes. Correct me if I missed anything.

Change log:

• Added Byalan Dungeon 5
• Each account now has 12 character slots

Rune Knight:

• Rhydo, Pertz, Nosiege, Verkana runes delays updated.
• Corrected Crush Strike (Rhydo Rune) damage. Changed skill cast logic: weapon required on the begin of cast. If no weapon then rune is not consumed and skill casting doesn't begin.
• Fixed Crush Strike. It is now affected by race mod from cards in the weapon.
• Dragon Breath works against Cloaking/Cloaking Exceed/Chase Walk enemy.
• Fixed Nosiege (refresh) rune. It now gives immunity to cursed circle status.
• Turisus Rune increases the damage of Crush Strike now.
• Dragon Training: Fixed ATK bonus for spears: 5 -> 10 per lvl. Added a bonus of giving 100% damage to all sized monsters when riding dragon with a spear.
  Royal Guard:
• Devotion will now not block additional effects on original target by skills with delayed damage
• Fixed banding RG counter.
• Banding/prestige conditions corrected. Not banding cannot be used while in prestige status nor prestige cannot start in banding mode.
• Fixed banding DEF bonus. It gives hardDEF, not soft.

Guillotine Cross:

• Fixed GX Counter Slash damage.
• Fixed GX Poison Smoke. It now consumes poison from weapon.
• Fixed GX Leeches End poison damage (risen up).
• Fixed GX Pyrexia poison. Added visual effects and corrected mob behaviour under this poison.
• Oblivion Curse resistance corrected
• Fixed E.D.P. It changes skill modifier now.
• Swapping the Mainhand Weapon (Right hand) will now properly cancel Enchant Deadly Poison

Shadow Chaser:

• Fixed Bloody Lust delay. (300s -> 180s)
• Fixed Chaser masks to not apply skill delay on fail.
• Reject Sword now rejects attacks from dual-wielding attackers

Mechanic:

• Fixed Madogear license. It will be applied even if player is not riding on mado.
• Fixed Remodel Mainframe. It will be applied even if player is not riding on mado.
• Magnificat works when Mado equipped.
• (?) Update Mechanic's Neutral Barrier to its official behavior.
• Auto-casts (inc. Increase AGI) from equipment are working in Mado now
• Fixed Stealth Field. It's not blocking rolling cutter/aoe spells now.

Genetic:

• Fixed Crazy Weed (Vines) skill.
• Mandragora status duration corrected.
• Hell's Plant can no longer be stacked
• Cart Cannon no longer ignores Card reductions

Ranger:

• Fixed claymore traps. Damage no more stacks.
• Fixed Ranger Camouflage.
• Fixed Warg Strike. It now ignores target defence cards.
• Auto-warg damage does not depend on Job level
• Fixed Hunter Freezing Trap. Corrected freeze duration and chance.

Maestro/Wanderer:

• Fixed Poem of Netherworld. It no more stops party members and self.
• Fixed Reverberation. Now damage depends on skill level.
• Reverberation works only on enemies now (no longer affects the caster).
• Windmill Rush bonus corrected, also fixed skill animation skipping when cast time is 0.

Archbishop:

• Clearance can now be casted on self.

Sura:

• Windmill (Sura) will now not force character to sit if he is casting and cast not interrupted
• Fixed Dragon Combo damage.
• Corrected knockback damage for Knuckle Arrow vs monsters.
• Corrected Knuckle Arrow requirements. It requires now 1 Spirit Sphere.
• Fixed Cursed Circle: 1. Sura can use any skills but this removes CC status. 2. Trapped RKs can use any of their runes.
• Rampage Blaster: Fixed a bug with hitting hidden targets

Warlock:

• Reading Spellbook works as on IRO now:

• Sealed spells do not disappear on relogin.
• Corrected SP consumption of skill (and sealed spells) and SP drain over time.

• Release: no more requires SP greater than required.
• Tetra Vortex: fixed animation
• White Imprison duration doesn't depend on player's Vit/Luk and has 8+2*lv sec like iRO sakray now.
• Fixed Ice Wall - Volcano interactions. Ice Wall cannot be placed onto Volcano now and can be placed on free cells even while wiz is standing on Volcano field.

Sorcerer:

• Fixed Lv2 Ventus passive bonus to Varetyr Spear
• Fixed Sorcerer's Four Spirit Analyze.
• Added some missed productions to Change Material.
• Fixed Arrullo. It is now ground based.
• Lvl 3 Insignias add damage to all types elemental attacks, not only magic.
• Insignia's element have a higher priority now than another enchants on the weapon

Ninja:

• Corrected damage from Throw Kunai.
• Fixed Final Strike. It doesn't consume Mirrors now.

Soul Linker:

• Fixed Kaite

Super Novice:

• SuperNovice Steel Body autocast changed to 5th lvl and now saving +10 stats bonuses

[zALz]

It seems not to be a complete list of changes. Skills like Deep Sleep and Chain Lightening were also fixed and i suppose there are some more drastic changes.