Atlantica Online: Patch Update Of August 18

Optimizations
Loading speed has improved. Loading time for high population areas should be noticeably decreased.

New Mercenary: Hwarang

• The quest for recruiting Hwarang has been added.
• You can start this quest with NPC [Hwarang Kim Yoo Shin] near Bulguksa (level 112).
• Skill Books for his magic, Hwarang’s Aura, Seal Instrument, and Hwarang’s Fury, have been added. - These books can be obtained from monsters in Bulguksa.
  - They can also be attained from boxes given by NPC [Goncourt].
  - [II] and [III] books can be crafted with Book Crafting skill.
  

Free League

• Holy Guard’s healing and physical defense have been decreased.
• Main characters’ physical defense has increased.
• Max skill level of Lighting Spear is now 70 with the use of Charms.
• Damage from Officer’s Shotgun’s ‘Lightning Bullets’ has decreased.
• Free League Auto-Battle rewards have been decreased.

Battle

• Monk’s AI has been improved in Free League Auto-Battle. - Monks will now use Holy Guard.
  - Monks will use Awakening when the combo count is 1.
  
• When using Auto-Battle, mercenaries will now attempt to use a potion when out of magic power.
• The amount of magic power used during Auto-Battle has been increased for players above level 100.
• The bug that caused items to not be looted correctly when using Seth’s Will magic has been fixed.
• In PVE, the weapon’s magic chance rate has been increased for the following: Valhalla’s Bow, Sealed Dragon’s Fang, Storm Bringer, and Officer’s Shotgun.
• During battle, other players can no longer perform a Trade Request or Repair Request from you.

Magic

• The Maniac’s Storm Blast magic skill has changed to passive, similar to the Pirate’s ‘Toxic Sword’ skill. The effect of Storm Blast skill has also been improved. - The duration will remain the same and higher Storm Blast skill levels will increase the casting chance rate.
  
• Maniac can now learn the Guard Dispel magic skill.
• In PVE, Princess’ Order magic skill has been improved. - Princess’ Order’s defense will increase as the skill level increases.
  - Amount of defense and accuracy added by Princess’ Order has been increased.
  
• Graphical effect of War Cry has been modified.
• Graphical effect of Hell Flame has been modified.
• Graphical effect of Freezing Axe has been modified.

Item

• The Thoroughbred can now be purchased at a fixed price from the Market.
• The Unicorn and Prismatic Unicorn have had their models improved.
• Graphical effects have been added to weapons grade +4 and above.
• The grade of items has been changed from [Beg], [Int], [Adv], [Pre] to , [II], [III], [IV].
• Some materials have been removed and replaced by others: o Mercury -> Crystal
  o Sharp Tooth -> Sharpened Claw
  o Horse Hoof -> Horse Hair
  o Deer Antler - >Green Mold
  o Peppermint -> Green Mold
  o Laurel, Willow Bark -> Jasmine
  o Energy of Soil -> Energy of Atmosphere
  o Energy of Ground -> Energy of Wind
  o Energy of Cloud -> Energy of Wind
  o Energy of Earth -> Energy of Hail
  o Energy of Continent -> Energy of Sky
  
• The fee for exchanging boxes with De Mere has been increased for certain boxes.
• The required Elements for the crafting of Divine, Depraved, and Phoenix equipment have been increased and other required materials have been decreased.
• Monster Item Info bonus to looting additional items has been decreased to 80% from 90%.
• The amount of gold attained from battle has been decreased.
• The gap between the minimum and maximum number of Elements that can be attained from dismantling Freezing equipment has been reduced. - The average amount of elements attained has not changed.
  
• The icons for Officer’s Shotgun, Life Potions, and many consumable items have been changed.

Item

• You will now receive a message when your Jackpot License expires.
• The following Individual Dungeon items can no longer be obtained through the Jackpot system: Water Dragon Scale, Insect Shell, Dust of Death, Torn Page, Poisonous Fang

Monster

• Monster [Leviathan] has been placed in Southern Europe on the Titan Server. [Leviathan] will change his location every 30 minutes.
• A Bandit area has been added near Northeast Asia.
• Poison-Horned Python’s magic skill will now hit all mercenaries; however, damage and action power reduction have been reduced.
• Experience from monsters in Bulguksa, Ghost Town, and Mysterious Saloon has been increased.
• Mutated Spider King’s magic graphical effect has been changed.
• Admirer of Shiva’s magic has been changed to Ranged type.
• The following boss monsters’ defense has been decreased: Giustiniani, Constantinus XI, Sedna, Machine Gun Brooks, Reckless Control System, Tlaltecuhtli King
• Ignorant Savage’s difficulty and experience have been increased and Enraged Savage’s attack power has been increased.
• The magic skills of the Enchanting Warriors in Mysterious Saloon have been changed.
• The attack type of the following monsters has been changed from Bow to Sword: Fire Hound, Hell Hound, Evil Wolf, Hell Wolf, Young Cerberus, Cerberus, Hell’s Watchdog, Blazing Lizard
• A bug which caused Bulguksa monsters’ levels to display incorrectly in Monster Info has been fixed.
• A bug related to the Health Points of transforming monsters has been fixed.
• Monster Info for non-existent monsters has been removed.
• It is now possible for players to achieve 100% Monster Info.
• Guild and Nation Dungeon monsters’ locations will now display properly in Monster Info.
• You can now share Tainted Unicorn Monster Info.
• The graphic models of Crystal Guards, Crystal Safeguards, Dark Crystal Safeguards, Lone Guardsmen, and Bloody Safeguards have been changed.
• Head Miners’ magic skill effect bug has been fixed.

Town

• The fee for services in Rome and Chang An has been increased. Chang An’s Trading Post Fee has not been changed.
• Travel Agency’s base fee has been increased.

Guild

• Guild Activity Points have been added. Existing guilds’ Guild Activity Points will be set to 28,000. - Guild activity points are earned by each guild member’s contribution.
  - Guild members can contribute to Guild Activity Points by killing monsters.
  - A maximum of 2,000 Guild Activity Points can be earned by a guild per in-game month (1 day real time).
  - Town Control will now require a guild to have at least 28,000 Guild Activity Points to apply.
  
• Guild Initiates cannot participate in Guild or Nation Dungeons. When a guild member is added, they are automatically set as an Initiate. This guild rank cannot be changed for 12 hours from the time of joining the guild.
  
• When a guild leader is impeached, their Guild Rank is set to Initiate. When a guild leader is impeached, Initiates are not eligible to become the guild leader.
  
• When starting a guild craft, the amount of materials needed will be displayed.
• While guild crafting, a crafting progress interface has been added.
• A bug which caused a Korean-text error message to display when setting up a guild craft has been fixed to now display the message in English.
• If a guild does not reach level 20 within 45 days, the guild will now automatically disband.

Nation

• War NPC Generals have been modified in the following ways: - NPC Generals can no longer battle against other NPC Generals.
  - NPC Generals’ formation has been changed and difficulty increased.
  

Community

• An emoticon shortcut has been added to the Chat box interface.
• You can now use emoticons in Whisper windows.
• You will now be notified when you have more than 25 messages in your in-game Mailbox.
• An issue with certain players’ Friends List which prevented them from adding or removing friends has been fixed.

Community

• Forest of Spirits (Sapporo) – Naonari’s Auto-Move location has been modified.
• Jayavarman’s Quest – if your Accessory Crafting skill level is 0, it will automatically be increased to 1.
• A new “Travel Agency” quest has been added to Hu Xue-yan’s quest line.
• Prophet Quest - “Crazy Desert Eagle’s” Auto-Move location has been modified.
• Narayan’s “Important Crossroads” quest must be completed to achieve level 50.

Sotheby's Auction

• The Auction’s items and opening times have been added. - Item Types -> Power Saw and Instrument
  - Weekends (Saturday and Sunday) -> 5:30pm PDT and 11:30pm PDT have been added.
  

General

• The Exorcist’s voice sound files have been updated.
• Updated all mercenaries’ sound effects for hits, critical hits, etc.
• Independent Mercenary Adventurer job rewards have been modified. Two of the lower-value rewards have been changed to better rewards.
  
• After you report a user using the ‘Report’ feature from the right-click menu, the result of the user’s verification attempt will be sent to your in-game mailbox.
• Report verification code window will no longer appear during Free-league.
• Character portraits have been changed for female main character, Spearman, Beast Trainer, Archer, Witch, Shaman, and Gunner.
• The Hall of Fame Individual Dungeon rank bug, which caused incorrect character names to be displayed, has been fixed.
• Bank Fee bug, which caused the fee to become 1 at very high rates, has been fixed.
• If you go over the Bank limit, the gold from items sold on the Market will be sent to your in-game mailbox instead of depositing directly into your Bank.
• When you exchange items with NPC Pointry, you can now enter the quantity of items that you wish to receive.
• The rare versions of mounts (Dark Mercury Rider, Helios’ Golden Griffin, Prismatic Unicorn, and Gold Mars Rider) can now be placed in the Mount Book.
• The hospital will now display mercenaries’ names correctly when healing and reviving.
• The hospital will now display mercenaries’ levels correctly.
• Mercenary Grade system has been modified. The starting grade of a mercenary will now be 1, and each upgrade will increase the grade by 1.
  
• Automatic Graphic option has been added. - Depending on the situation, the graphical settings will be automatically changed to increase performance.
  - You can Enable/Disable this setting from System Menu -> Settings -> Graphics.
  

General

• Southern Europe has been modified. o Witch Town [Magic Library of Night Shadow] has added east of Berne.
  o [Sanctum of Clear Prophecy] has added west of Berne.
  o [Spartan Sanctum of Fighting Spirit] has added north of Athens.
  
• Northeast Asia has been modified. o [Raccoon Village] has been added near Kyoto.
  o [Land of Power] has been changed to [Chang-san], the spearman’s hometown, northeast of Beijing.
  
• Innocent Villagers have been added in a small prison near Pusan.
• [Forgotten Warrior’s Battlefield] has been modified.
• Individual, Guild, Nation dungeons’ teleport locations have been modified.
• NPCs and dungeon locations in Southern Europe have been modified. o Vivian and Novice Witch have been moved to [Magic Library of Night Shadow].
  o [Forgotten Warrior’s Battlefield] and Ancient Spartan Hero have moved to [Spartan Sanctum of Fighting Spirit].
  o Pandora, Calliope, Kleio, and Thalia have been moved to [Spartan Sanctum of Fighting Spirit].
  o Dispatcher Edward has moved to the [Parthenon] in Southern Europe.
  
• Battle map in Lijiang Woman’s Village has modified.
• Goonzu World’s teleport limit has been changed to level 90.
• NPC Philos has been moved to just inside the entrance of Coal Mine Base Camp.