Update General Patch Notes: November 26th, 2023

Welcome to the general Patch notes for the Thanksgiving Event 2023 patch!

This post will contain a comprehensive list of fixes, changes and new implementations for the server side of things. Because this patch includes less client (v1.21) changes, they will be included here.


General Changes

• The Thanksgiving Event is now active! Click here for details.
  • Halloween event content has been disabled; however, you will still be able to redeem Halloween prizes with the Pumpkin Coins and Raffle Tickets at your disposal. With the !points command interface, you can still keep track of how many of those currencies you have left.
  • Cassandra will once again let you enter the Haunted Mansion area, with the event NPCs to redeem from.
  • Halloween prizes can now be redeemed until December 1st, 23:59:59 servertime.

• Our Party Quests rework has officially begun!
  • This is the main focus of this patch.
  • The "rework" will generally include a complete recode of the affected PQ / Expedition / Event, potential balance changes, bug fixes, mechanic improvements.
  • The first PQs affected by this rework are Amoria PQ and Crimsonwood Keep PQ: you can find all the information about their changes here!
  • While we did our best to ensure that every mechanic works as intended, please do report any bugs you may encounter during gameplay!

• Our Islander quest to obtain a new cosmetic style has been reworked!
  • The quests parent name has changed, from "MapleLegends Anniversary 2019" to "Make Your Style!".
  • Quest 1 "The time has come..." has been renamed to "I'm not Satisfied...".
    
  • Repeatable quest 2 "Not Satisfied!" has been renamed to "A Fresh New Look!".
  • The quests have been moved to the Maple Island section of the quest log.
    
  • The quest log now correctly counts the current vs total monsters defeated.
    
  • The quests will correctly show in the In Progress tab when they're being attempted, and in the Available tab when they can be attempted.
    
  • Dialogs have been fully rewritten.
    
  • The list of random haircuts and faces has been cleared of all duplicate entries. The lists have not been altered.
    
  • Choosing to change haircut will now preserve the player's original hair color.
    
  • Choosing to change face will now preserve the player's original eye color.
    
  • New prize options have been added: random hair color, random eye color, random skin tone.

• "Lucas' Reply" quest now has a chance to give the player a Red Skullcap.

• The leftmost position at which a Piece of Cracked Dimension can trigger Papulatus' spawn has been extended by a few pixels, and is now slightly more forgiving.

• [client] accepting or declining a Party invitation can now also be done via the shortened commands /pa and /pd .

Spoiler: A list of more technical changes

• The handling for Crimsonwood Keep PQ sigils has been recoded.
  • This has zero impact for gameplay; however, it should make the trigger mechanism more efficient.
  • As v62 does not have innate support for skill-triggered reactors, our way of registering skill procs has always been custom made.

• Portal script evaluation for collision portals has been optimized, to hopefully be less intensive overall.

• Event instance general-purpose value counter is now atomic, for ease of synchronization.
  • This system is now also adopted by CWKPQ elements such as active sigil counter, and restored statue weapon counter.

• Various functionalities have been ported to stateless scripting system, as they are now actively in use:
  • Monster summon via Monster Sack-like effect;
  • Player skin tone change;
  • Experience gain with auto-applied server exp rate multiplier.

Bugfixes

General:

• Rosa will no longer display negative MP gain values at later Challenge tier levels, in some cases.
• The event prize pool NPC will now correctly check player's inventory space, when awarding an equipment bundle (such as Rings bundle).

Items:

• "Ragged Green Cape" now has its correct name, instead of "Ragged Red Cape".
  
• Pink Zakum Arms cape is now actually pink in every animation frame.
  
• "Hov's Shorts" have been renamed to "Hobi's Shorts", and the description has been fixed to match.
  
• "Pin Hov's Charm" have been renamed to "Green Hobi's Charm", and the description has been fixed to match.
  
• Description for the "Scroll of Secrets" no longer breaks the word "ancient" in two.

Skills:

• [Night Lord] Shadow Web skill description now correctly states "Master Level" as 20, instead of "Spider Web".
• [Corsair] References to "Air Strike" in mastery books have been corrected to "Aerial Strike".

Maps:

• Fixed the compression on the background sky gradient in Mysterious Path maps.
  
• Fixed the compression on the background moon in APQ "Stage 5 - Fluttering Hearts".

Quests:

• "Catch Arel!": Arel's chase now correctly auto-forfeits if the player fails to reach Arel in time.