Update General Patch Notes: February 28th, 2024

Welcome to the general Patch notes for the Lunar and Valentines Event 2024 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 (v1.23) changes, they will be included here.

As this is a smaller event patch, that will be followed by a bigger content one, there will be no Balance notes this time.


General Changes

• The Lunar and Valentines Event is now active! Click here for details.
  • The Freemarket Entrance received a seasonal makeover!

• Various data for the upcoming Challenges tiers 3 and 4 has been included.
  • While not yet accessible, the optional challenges for tier 3 are all functional.
    • This early inclusion allows us to verify any potential load increase pre-release.
  • Initial questline data has been imported.
  • A new custom map has been imported. It can be found (but not yet accessed) somewhere in the area where tier 3 will take place.
  • Some item crafting NPCs have been recoded to accommodate for challenge needs.

• The !challenges command has been partially reworked:
  • Players can now navigate back and forth between menus, instead of needing to close and reopen.
  • Mandatory class challenge will now show as "not started" upon beginning a new tier, for improved clarity.
    • Before, the dialog would list the previously-completed one until the player spoke with the job instructor again.

• The following maps now display [loot] notification for Prestigious Coins:
  • Singapore - The Engine Room (Capt. Latanica)
  • Zipangu - The Nightmarish Last Days (The Boss)

• The shine effects for 250NX card and for regular Gachapon ticket have been changed, to hopefully look different and more distinguishable.
  
  Spoiler

• [client] The client initial loading process has been slightly revamped, and should now be a little faster than before.
• [client] Our previous early-testing implementation of the monster teleport skill has been removed.
  • In its place, a fully functional version has been added. Monsters that use teleport skills will now be supported.
• [client] Support for a new custom skill has been added.
  • This skill is not yet accessible, and will be part of one of the future challenges.

Spoiler: A list of more technical changes

More backend features have been implemented, some of which are already in use, while some others will shine during challenge releases. Some notable examples:

• A system to use the quest kill counter for non-monster related counters has been introduced.
  • While v62 originally does not support quest menu text formatter symbols (for the more curious among us, an example is "#j") that allow tracking of special data, such as the amount of completed JQs, or the number of monsters killed around your level, we have implemented a simplified version of it.
  • In the future, its support may become more polished.

• Scrolls now support inventory space checking before usage, in case a specific item gain is required as a result of the scrolling.
  • This means that, if we'll want the player to gain an item after a scroll has been used, we're now able to do so. What uses can this have? Who knows...

• Better support for stateless quest info data management via script has been added.
  • This likely makes little to no sense to most players, but it is a positive thing that needed to happen.
  • The less JavaScript shenanigans, the better.

Bugfixes
General:

• Green eye color of Winter Blush Face and Clear Day Face has been fixed.
  
• Female version of Winter Blush Face no longer crashes the game when using the Queasy emote.
  
• Weddings attendance HP Challenge now counts right after the photoshoot timer runs out, which should fix an issue where the counter sometimes would not trigger.
  
• In the dialog for The Test of Skill (class challenge tier 2), Kyrin now correctly states that the player needs to hit 250 mobs with Homing Beacon, instead of 500.
  • The quest requirement is unchanged.

Items:

• Round Cat-Eared Glasses and Round Rabbit-Eared Glasses now appear on the correct z layer.
• "Spore Card" is now correctly called "Shroom Card".
  
• Bible of the Corrupt description has had Riche's name fixed.
  
• Attempting to scroll any ring that is not an 8-Blessing Ring, with a Blessing Charm, with the Legendary Spirit skill, will no longer lock the scrolling window.
  
• Love Ticket (Valentine's quest drop) description has been updated to a more generic "A heartfelt message shared by two lovers".
  
• "Transparent Label Ring" name has been corrected (from "Tranparent").

Skills:

• [Magician] Mana Reflection: the reflected damage is now correctly calculated at all levels.
  • An occasional double damage line will still display. This is only a visual bug, that will be fixed at a later time.

Maps:

• Reactor notifications about miniboss Riche's status alteration no longer call him "Richie".

Mobs:

• Ephenia's teleport skill has been rewritten as per the final teleport implementation.

Npcs:

• Rydole (weapon crafter in Ludibrium) no longer refers to Crossbow weapons as "Bowman" weapons.
• Duru in Ellin Forest now has the Storage Keeper tag under his name.

Quests:

• "Make Your Style!" (Islander style randomizer quest): the quest will no longer appear in the Maple Island available tab if a beginner leaves the island.