The March update is now complete and will be patched in on Saturday 28th March. Not the best of days to do an update but it should not take very long - maybe an hour of server downtime. I will reply here with exact times when I know them myself.

CLIENT & INTERFACE
Data Optimisation
The client data files have been reorganised and optimised which should hopefully reduce the amount of problems we have with corrupt dat files on patch days and will mean I can feel more comfortable making smaller patches with bug fixes when needed instead of waiting until the next major update.

The reorganisation of data should hopefully speed up map loading times and possibly slightly less delay loading player armor and costumes too for those on older computers.

It is not necessary to redownload the client - it's been done in such a way that you can just patch as usual, but the patch for this update is quite huge since it contains a new zone and dungeons, monsters, etc. and I highly recommend you just redownload instead of patching since it will probably be faster, especially for anyone with a slightly unstable internet connection or those of you far from the server. I am uploading the new client and will post links when it's done so you can download and have it ready.

New: Dynamic Range Setting
A new setting to adjust your viewing range of dynamic objects like other players, NPCs, monsters, chests and gatherable items has been created. The default viewing range has been set slightly higher than you are used to but can easily be turned down to less that what it is currently which should be very useful for players that suffer from lag in built up areas like Terminus. Turn it right down and you will only see players that are very close to you, turn it right up and you can nearly see the whole map.



Note: When you first login you will find your resolution has changed and Window mode has been set as default, and other settings put to default, so just go into Settings and put back your previous resolution and other settings.

Other Stuff
The client is now restricted to two copies open at once which matches our server rule of two accounts online at once.

The incoming healing numbers you see above your character when you get healed or use a potion have been reduced in size. Damage number size remains unchanged. Now your damage numbers don't get obscured by incoming HP Absorb heals etc.

Bugfix: Shortened a lot of tooltip texts of armor items when they have 5 cards, set effects, enhance effect and whatever else making them incredibly long and making the client emo and crash.

Bugfix: Fixed incorrect footstep sounds when porting from some maps to Terminus.


ITEMS
Equipment Cards
New "dual stat" equipment cards that are cheaper than All Stats and allow you to focus on your main stats, as well as All Hit, All Crit and All Protection cards.

IV - Available from the Magic Tower shop for Tokens and drop from Von Stein's Mansion final boss and Catacombs minibosses and Von Steins Mansion bosses.
Lion Card IV (O) Wisdom and Stamina +18
Bear Card IV (O) Strength and Stamina +18
Tiger Card IV (O) Agility and Stamina +18
Snake Card IV (O) Intellect and Stamina +18
Dragon Card IV (O) Wisdom and Intellect +18
Monkey Card IV (O) Strength and Agility +18
Phoenix Card IV (O) Strength and Intellect +18
All Hit Card IV (A) Physical and Magical Hit +12
All Crit Card IV (A) Physical and Magical Crit +12
All Protection Card IV (A) Physical and Magical Protection +12

V - Available from the Moolah vendor & drops from Catacombs bosses, Namazu, Frigid, Enraged Tundro and Sakun, and Cruel Cletus
Lion Card V (O) Wisdom and Stamina +28
Bear Card V (O) Strength and Stamina +28
Tiger Card V (O) Agility and Stamina +28
Snake Card V (O) Intellect and Stamina +28
Dragon Card V (O) Wisdom and Intellect +28
Monkey Card V (O) Strength and Agility +28
Phoenix Card V (O) Strength and Intellect +28
All Hit Card V (A) Physical and Magical Hit +18
All Crit Card (V) (A) Physical and Magical Crit +18
All Protection Card (V) (A) Physical and Magical Protection +18

VI - Available from the Moolah vendor
Lion Card VI (O) Wisdom and Stamina +34
Bear Card VI(O) Strength and Stamina +34
Tiger Card VI (O) Agility and Stamina +34
Snake Card VI (O) Intellect and Stamina +34
Dragon Card VI (O) Wisdom and Intellect +34
Monkey Card VI (O) Strength and Agility +34
Phoenix Card VI (O) Strength and Intellect +34
All Hit Card VI (A) Physical and Magical Hit +22
All Crit Card VI (A) Physical and Magical Crit +22
All Protection Card VI (A) Physical and Magical Protection +22

The following cards were reduced in price:
All Defense Card IV/V/VI
All Eva Card IV/V/VI
All Regen Card IV/V/VI

There is also a VERY small chance that the following Card Master recipes will produce an All or Dual variant:
[Recipe] Evasion Card III (B) > All Eva CardIII(B)
[Recipe] Resistance Card III (B) > All Eva CardIII(B)
[Recipe] Wisdom Card IV (O) > Lion Card IV (O)
[Recipe] Defense Card III (B) > All Defense CardIII(A)
[Recipe] Magic Defense Card III (B) > All Defense CardIII(A)
[Recipe] Power Card IV (A) > Bear Card (IV) (O)
[Recipe] Agility Card IV (A) > Tiger Card (IV) (O)
[Recipe] Intelligence Card IV (A) > Snake Card (IV) (O)
[Recipe] Evasion Card IV (B) > All Eva CardIV(B)
[Recipe] Resistance Card IV (B) > All Eva CardIV(B)
[Recipe] Hit Card IV (O) > All Hit Card (IV) (O)
[Recipe] Magic Hit Card IV (O) > All Hit Card (IV) (O)
[Recipe] Defense Card IV (B) > All Defense CardIV(A)
[Recipe] Regen Card III (B) > All Regen CardIII(O)
[Recipe] Mana Regen Card III (B) > All Regen CardIII(O)
[Recipe] Magic Defense Card IV (B) > All Defense CardIV(A)
[Recipe] Protection Card IV (O) > All Protection Card (IV) (A)
[Recipe] Magic Protection Card IV (O) > All Protection Card (IV) (A)
[Recipe] Crit Card IV (A) > All Crit Card (IV) (A)
[Recipe] Magic Crit Card IV (A) > All Crit Card (IV) (A)
[Recipe] Regen Card IV (B) > All Regen CardIV(O)
[Recipe] Mana Regen Card IV (B) > All Regen CardIV(O)
[Recipe] Wisdom Card V (O) > Lion Card V (O)
[Recipe] Evasion Card V (B) > All Eva Card V (B)
[Recipe] Resistance Card V (B) > All Eva Card V (B)
[Recipe] Hit Card V (O) > All Hit Card (V) (A)
[Recipe] Magic Hit Card V (O) > All Hit Card (V) (A)
[Recipe] Power Card V (A) > Bear Card V (O)
[Recipe] Protection Card V (O) > All Protection Card (V) (A)
[Recipe] Magic Protection Card V (O) > All Protection Card (V) (A)
[Recipe] Agility Card V (A) > Tiger Card V (O)
[Recipe] Crit Card V (A) > All Crit Card (V) (A)
[Recipe] Magic Crit Card V (A) > All Crit Card (V) (A)
[Recipe] Regen Card V (B) > All Regen Card V (O)
[Recipe] Mana Regen Card V (B) > All Regen Card V (O)
[Recipe] Intelligence Card V (A)> Snake Card V (O)
[Recipe] Wisdom Card VI (O) > Lion Card (VI) (O)
[Recipe] Power Card VI (A) > Bear Card (VI) (O)
[Recipe] Agility Card VI (A) > Tiger Card (VI) (O)
[Recipe] Smart Card VI (A) > Snake Card (VI) (O)
[Recipe] Evasion Card VI (B) > All Eva Card VI (B)
[Recipe] Resistance Card VI (B) > All Eva Card VI (B)
[Recipe] Hit Card VI (O) > All Hit Card (VI) (A)
[Recipe] Magic Hit Card VI (O) > All Hit Card (VI) (A)
[Recipe] Defense Card VI (B) > All Defense Card VI (A)
[Recipe] Magic Defense Card VI (B) > All Defense Card VI (A)
[Recipe] Protection Card VI (O) > All Protection Card (VI) (A)
[Recipe] Magic Protection Card VI (O) > All Protection Card (VI) (A)
[Recipe] Crit Card VI (A) > All Crit Card (VI) (A)
[Recipe] Magic Crit Card VI (A) > All Crit Card (VI) (A)
[Recipe] Regen Card VI (B) > All Regen Card VI (O)
[Recipe] Mana Regen Card VI (B) > All Regen Card VI (O)

Character Wearing Cards
Bugfix: Fixed wearing cards with debuff immunity from removing debuffs above efficiency 10.

Azure, Ruby, Emerald, Peridot, Trick and Diamond wearing cards have been retired (they will no longer be available in game to drop or buy, but existing cards in your inventory or equipped to your character remain the same).

New cards have been introduced offering a wider choice of stats and the usual Debuff Immunity chance effect has been replaced on all but one type of card - this new chance effect doubles the stats of the card itself.

Citrine Card III/IV/V/VI
Grants HP
Chance when taking damage to remove Poison, Magic and Physical debuffs of efficiency 10 and below, and gain immunity for 3s/5s/7s/10s.
Each level of card has an increased rate of activating.

Amber Card III/IV/V/VI
Grants All Attack, All Hit and HP
Chance when taking damage to double the stats of the card for 3s/5s/7s/10s.
Each level of card has an increased rate of activating.

Aquamarine Card III/IV/V/VI
Grants All Defense and HP
Chance when taking damage to double the stats of the card for 3s/5s/7s/10s.
Each level of card has an increased rate of activating.

Obsidian Card III/IV/V/VI
Grants Physical Defense and HP
Chance when taking damage to double the stats of the card for 3s/5s/7s/10s.
Each level of card has an increased rate of activating.

Malachite Card III/IV/V/VI
Grants Magic Defense and HP
Chance when taking damage to double the stats of the card for 3s/5s/7s/10s.
Each level of card has an increased rate of activating.

Pyrite Card III/IV/V/VI
Grants Aggro and HP
Chance when taking damage to double the stats of the card for 3s/5s/7s/10s.
Each level of card has an increased rate of activating.

Jade Card III/IV/V/VI
Grants All Attack, All Crit and HP
Chance when taking damage to double the stats of the card for 3s/5s/7s/10s.
Each level of card has an increased rate of activating.

Garnet Card III/IV/V/VI
Grants Physical Protection, Magic Protection and HP
Chance when taking damage to double the stats of the card for 3s/5s/7s/10s.
Each level of card has an increased rate of activating.

Sapphire Card III/IV/V/VI
Grants Physical Evasion, Magic Evasion and HP
Chance when taking damage to double the stats of the card for 3s/5s/7s/10s.
Each level of card has an increased rate of activating.

Amethyst Card III/IV/V/VI
Grants Physical Protection, Physical Evasion and HP
Chance when taking damage to double the stats of the card for 3s/5s/7s/10s.
Each level of card has an increased rate of activating.

Opal Card III/IV/V/VI
Grants Magic Protection, Magic Evasion and HP
Chance when taking damage to double the stats of the card for 3s/5s/7s/10s.
Each level of card has an increased rate of activating.

Pearl Card III/IV/V/VI
Grants Attack Speed and HP
Chance when taking damage to double the stats of the card for 3s/5s/7s/10s.
Each level of card has an increased rate of activating.

Onyx Card III/IV/V/VI
Grants Healing, Casting Speed and HP
Chance when taking damage to double the stats of the card for 3s/5s/7s/10s.
Each level of card has an increased rate of activating.

Agate Card III/IV/V/VI
Grants Casting Speed and HP
Chance when taking damage to double the stats of the card for 3s/5s/7s/10s.
Each level of card has an increased rate of activating.

Quartz Card III/IV/V/VI
Grants PvP Damage and HP
Chance when taking damage to double the stats of the card for 3s/5s/7s/10s.
Each level of card has an increased rate of activating.

III are available for Magic Tower Tokens and also drop from Snow Mountain Normal.
IV are available for Scrub's Tears and also drop from Snow Mountain Hard.
V & VI are available for Moolah.
All versions of Quartz are available for Battlefield Points.

Mounts
Bugfix: Fixed the character animation when using a 0s cast mount.

9 new reskinned instant cast 100% mounts available for Battlefield Points and Moolah
Ice Cold Saberwolf
Prestigious Saberwolf



Righteous Mystic Lycan
White Mystic Lycan
Corrupt Mystic Lycan



White Jurassic Stalker
Green Jurassic Stalker
Yellow Jurassic Stalker
Sea Green Jurassic Stalker



3 new reskinned instant cast 100% mounts available for Moolah
Golden Manta
Little Red Tiger
Thundercat of

*thanks to Treat/Hydroxie for the Saberwolf, Lycan and Golden Manta reskins - awesome job and freebies will be on there way to you when the update is live

3 brand new race restricted instant cast 100% mounts that drop from the 2nd boss in Catacombs.

Human


Hybrid


Elf


Note: These 3 mounts are bugged for female characters - they mess with your armor and some hairstyles - it can be semi-ok if you wear a costume though. The only downside for male characters is they give you freakish fingers, but no biggie really

HP Absorb changes
Since HP Absorb is percentage based, it has scaled with the massive damage you can output at endgame granting massive amounts of self healing, so it has been reduced on the majority of items that provide permanent HP Absorb, such as armor, accessories and weapons. Items and skills that provide temporary HP Absorb and titles will not be changed.

All weapons that have the HP Absorb stat have been reduced to 2-3%.
All armors that have the HP Absorb stat have been reduced to 1%.
All accessories that have the HP Absorb stat have been reduced to 1% with the exception of Lustrous Earrings and The Water Crystal which both have 2%.

Moolah Costumes
Plate 5-part Moolah costumes with Physical Attack changed to All Attack to make them more desirable for Myrmidons.

Armor Sets
Armor sets no longer provide an All Stat bonus - all have been converted to Stamina.

Increased Physical and Magic Defense on all parts of Enraged Tundro/Sakun armors - they are now on par with CQ85.


TITLES
Limited Edition
This months titles are finally here in the usual 3 flavours, Rage, Agile and Devoted.







Mansion Conqueror
New title Symbol of the Mansion Conqueror available from the new dungeon, Von Steins Mansion.

Other
Witch's Elixir can no longer be used in battlefields just like the other % based HP/MP potions. I believe the only % based pots that remain working in battlefields are over-time potions which will remain that way.

Power, Fast, Magic and Healing Bless are no longer sold by Kristin Owens.

Bugfix: Fixed [Recipe] Vortex Candy, [Recipe] Haunting Soul Drink and [Recipe] Sweet Chocolate Recipes - they are now learnable by Beginner Cooks.

Bugfix: Corrected the cast reduction stat on Shadow Sorcerer's Molten/Obsidian Staff.


GATHERING
Ore Vein spawns on Sandfall Desert have been regrouped which will make them slightly more random.

Ore Veins and Desert Orchids added to new zone Sandstorm Desert.

Silver and Gold Ore Veins that have a higher chance of giving Platinum/Obsidian Ore added to Catacombs.


QUESTS
Quests requiring you to hunt monsters now credits everybody even in a raid group. This fixes the quests for Crystalisk and the new Catacombs quests.

Many lower level dungeon quests and dailies have been unlocked for higher level players to do if they wish.

Some of the level 80+ quests on Pandan Cove and Pandahama Island now reward Desert Rock level 85 rare armors.

Bugfix: Fixed issue with the additional Speed Demon Box from ToA Insane and Golden Temple Insane daily quests.

Added 2 new daily quests for Von Stein's Mansion and 5 for Catacombs.


PVP MAPS
Fire Pit
The Fire Pit buff is now lost on death.
The Resplendent Chest looting time has been increased to 20s and looting is now interrupted when taking damage.
Resplendent Chest now contains a max of 2 moolah as well as the Fire Pit Fragment and BFP Potion.

Fire Pit Schedule changed:
Fri 11am, 5pm, 11pm
Sat 5am, 11am, 5pm, 11pm
Sun 11am, 5pm, 11pm
Mon-Thu 11am

Molten Arena
Removed the monster transformation and mount restrictions from the Molten Arena map. It was actually never intended to add those restrictions to the map, it was meant for Archelon Temple.


CLASS SKILLS
Sharp Shooter
Bugfix: Neutralize is no longer a trap type skill since it was re-sleeping after the target was damaged, effectively turning the target into a punchbag for the full 10s which is not the intended behaviour of the skill. The range, bound distance and duration of the skill have been increased but the sleep will no longer be reapplied if the target is damaged.

Neutralize
Launch a gas canister at the target, releasing a cloud of chloroform, sending anyone in the vicinity into a deep sleep.
Range: 1000 (increased by 200)
Cooldown: 90s/60s (unchanged)
Bound distance: 500 (increased by 100)
Duration: 10s/15s (up from 10s)

Champion
Bugfix: Challenge and Counter Sweep invoked effects can no longer be stacked since it's effectively giving 100% reflect and was not intended.
Guardian's Call duration doubled to 6s/8s and Physical Defense reduction changed to -10k.

Wind Walker
Dragon Tail no longer does a knockback and so Finish Him is no longer a charge skill.

Assassin
Essence Shift is no longer a charge skill.
Phase Collision [Stun] replaced with [Immobilize].
Terrify [Stun] replaced with [Immobilize].

Sniper
Firecracker [Stun] replaced with [Immobilize].

Vanquisher
Bugfix: Overpower now acts like a buff, not a debuff, and no longer changes character size.
Bugfix: Frenzied Edge debuff fixed - it is now an unremovable debuff as intended, not a buff.

Crusader
Blood Congeal's effect now lands at 80% chance and [Stun] replaced with [Immobilize].

Myrmidon
Bugfix: Backdraft debuff fixed - it is now an unremovable debuff as intended, not a buff.

Templar
Fixed a couple of tooltips that still mentioned dismounting the target.

Defense Reduction
To reduce the amount of Physical Defense debuffs that can be stacked the following changes have been made:
Champion's Guardian Call and Templar's Armor Destruction now overwrite each other's debuff.
Soul Blader's Soul Blade: Ruin and Myrmidon's Shatter now overwrite each other's debuff.
Wind Walker/Assassin's Savage Toenail 3 now overwrite each other's debuff.
Scout/Sniper Controlled Barrage and Hunter/Sharp Shooter Manticore Sting now overwrite each other's debuff.

These changes are mostly for PvE to reduce the amount of defense removed but to a lesser extent, also for PvP. However, if you are getting attacked by more than one player, there is a very high likelihood of you dying anyway, regardless of how much defense they can remove combined.


NEW ZONE
Sandstorm Desert
Level 85
New monsters
New quests (not available yet - still writing these but no point holding up the rest of the update for a few quests).
New home to Enraged Sakun and Tundro
Entrance to Golden Temple and new location for dungeon master Lara.
Entrance to Catacombs public raid dungeon.



The portal to Sandstorm Desert can be found in Sandfall Desert.


DUNGEONS
New Public Raid Dungeon - Catacombs



Level 85, PvP enabled, No dungeon locks. Take a full raid party or two if you want, no restrictions.

Home to many new elite monsters and raid strength BAMs as well as 4 bosses. Most are on a fairly short respawn time but long enough to allow you to progress through without too many respawn problems. The last 2 bosses are spawned by killing the BAMs before them so no point trying to bypass them.

Bosses are on a shorter enrage timer than world bosses (10 minutes).

Dieing and choosing to respawn instead of waiting for a healer to revive you will spawn you back at the entrance. If the entire raid group dies, you will need to fight your way back through any respawns.

Silver and Gold Ore Veins can be found that have a higher chance of giving Platinum/Obsidian Ore.

New quests rewarding Tomb Raider boxes that contain event food and a chance of Epic Catacombs armor pieces.
[Daily] Catacombs Treasures
[Daily] Clear The Path
[Daily] Tomb Raider
[Daily] The Blightlord
[Daily] The General



Catacombs Gear
375 different armor pieces have been added to the bosses, BAMs and Tomb Raider boxes. These armors have no set effects allowing you to pick and choose the pieces to make up your own sets. The stats have been increased on each part to make up for having no set effect bonuses.

Each part has the classes basic attack or heal stat, some Str/Stm/Int/Wis/Agi depending on class, some All Stats or Stamina, Boss Damage and then another stat depending on the type.

Types and the bonus stat they give
Spite: Crit
Deftness: Hit
Reach: Range
Fortitude: HP
Vitality: MP
Conjuring: Cast Speed
Haste: Attack Speed
Tenacity: Physical Crit Protection
Resolve: Magic Crit Protection
Evasion: Physical Evasion
Resistance: Magic Evasion
Duality: Physical and Magic Evasion
Substance: Healing

The idea is that you can mix and match the pieces to build sets that suit your playing style instead of being forced to wear whatever stats I give a set. Build a glass cannon set with huge damage and crit but with little in the way of defenses and HP, or a tanky set with lower damage output.

The 4 bosses drop the shoes, hats, chests and legs and the BAMs (Big Ass Monsters) drop the gloves and you can also find them in Tomb Raider boxes awarded by the new daily quests). The bosses and BAMs also have a chance of dropping some of the Golden Temple recipes and weapons as well as % HP/MP pots and Shining Trophies. The final boss also has a much higher chance of dropping the pets released in February and the 2nd boss can drop unique race restricted mounts (these mounts sometimes bug female character's hair and armor which is why they are not being sold).

The Elite trash monsters drop a range of items including % HP/MP pots, Shining Trophies etc.

The full list of Catacombs monsters and their drops can be found on nsDB here.



New Dungeon - Von Stein's Mansion



Normal Mode Level 85 - difficulty between Circus Insane and Golden Temple Normal.

Defeat Baron Von Stein and his mansion staff for a chance of looting new armor sets as well as bonus loot from his Treasure Chest if you can find the key.

The full list of Von Stein's Mansion monsters and their drops can be found on nsDB here.



Two new daily quests are available including an IDQ style timed run, even though this isn't Insane mode yet.
[Dungeon] Mysterious Chests
[Challenge] Mansion Marauder



Speak to Lucian in Terminus Fort Entrance area for quests and to enter.

Golden Temple
Typhoonus (all modes)
Encounter changed on all modes. His seek range and aggro range have been reduced so that he doesn't just stand there like a lemon whilst you run around the room. It also means he will reset if there is nobody within his range.
Quicksand circles have also been reduced in numbers around Typhoonus but increased further away.

Other
Fix for Man Eating Plant spawners in Wood Garden Hard and Insane. They will now stop spawning Seedlings after a period of time.

Many level 75+ dungeon bosses are now immune to percentage based dots and bleeds.

Fixed some spawn coordinates for Time Lost Caverns and Temple of Atlantis monsters that were causing some log spam and possibly lag.

Added a short burst of intro music when a dungeon boss or world boss encounter begins.

Dungeon monsters now drop gold more often.


NOTE:
I just noticed I have the wrong figures on the new V equip cards - they will actually be +38, not +34. I will need to patch in a fix.
Also forgot to mention that the quiz event starts 5 minutes later than before.


BUG REPORTS:
Post bugs or weirdness in this post please, not here.