Thursday 8 May 2014

KTERA: May 8 patch

Corsairs' Stronghold Revamp

  • Several new features and improvements have been added to Corsairs' Stronghold
  • Explosives Specialist has been added
    • Bombs have been placed at pyres 1, 2, 3, and at the defence spawn point
    • When a player picks up the bombs they will become an Explosives Specialist
    • Once a player becomes an Explosives Specialist the following effects will be available:
      • Skill bar will change to an exclusive Explosives Specialist skill set
      • Movement speed will become 240 with increased resistance to stagger and stun
      • Max HP will be 5 and the player will self-destruct in 1 minute
    • The self-destruct skill has a 5 meter radius and regardless of player defense it will inflict 50,000 damage
  • Defensive structure has changed
    • The inner siege tank can no longer be moved to the first floor
    • Two stationary turrets have been added near the Anchorstone with twice the HP of regular turrets
  • An airship has been added for the defense team
    • An airship for the defense team has been added to move to the central pyre
  • Time Attack System has been added
    • The match will start with 7 minutes on the clock with additional time available by completing certain objectives
    • The following objectives will add more time to attack:
      • Destruction of one of the two outer gates: 2 minutes
      • Capturing the central pyre: 3 minutes
      • Destruction of the inner gate: 3 minutes
    • Additional time is only applied once (ie. recapturing the central pyre will not yield additional 3 minutes)
  • New achievements have been added
    • An achievement for killing another player as an Explosives Specialist
    • An achievement for ranking first in Corsairs' Stronghold
  • Miscellaneous
    • Increased the outer gate's defense by 180%
    • Increased the inner gate's defense by 200%
    • Increased the Anchorstone's defense by 133%
  • The match will end once a team has damaged the Anchorstone more than the first team
  • Changed the message when your team mate achieves multi-kill

Raid Party Improvements

  • Party Markers have been added
    • Raid leaders are now able to use party markers while in Battlegrounds
    • Raid leaders may open up the world map (M) to use the party markers
    • Raid leaders may clear the markers by using the reset button
    • Blue markers indicate the party you are in while green markers indicate the other parties
  • Chat Ban has been added
    • Raid leaders may chat ban players while in Battlegrounds through the Raid Composition (B) menu
    • Raid leaders may chat ban players by pressing the chat bubble next to the player's name in the raid menu
    • Player that has been chat banned may still type in chat but the other players will not be able to see the text
    • The following conditions must be met before the raid leader can chat ban:
      • There must be more than 6 players in your raid
      • Once a chat ban has been applied the raid leader may not use it again for 30 seconds
      • Up to 5 players can be chat banned
    • Chat ban may be listed by pressing the chat bubble again
  • Added the ability to quickly check which party you are in
    • The party you are in will be displayed below your main HP gauge
    • Open up the Raid Composition (B) to see your nickname in green

Quest and Map UI Improvements

  • Quest UI improvements
  • Improved the Quest List UI display
    • Added new markers for quests in progress and completed quests
  • Improved the text in the Quest List UI
    • Added titles in the quest list
    • Added required level and region for completing quest
  • Added the ability to use the action key (F) while interacting with the quest NPC
    • By using the action key (F) while talking to the quest NPC, players are now able to accept, progress, and complete quests
  • Quest Tracker UI has changed
    • Added required level and region to complete the quest
    • Quest Tracker now displays item that is required for the quest, when the icon is clicked it will open up the inventory
  • The World Map (M) and the Mini Map (N) can now display multiple quest destinations, quest markers are added automatically
    • Limited to quests listed in the Quest Tracker
    • Mouseover the markers to display the target names
    • Players may toggle the quest markers on the maps
    • Right-click on the quest markers in the World Map to remove the markers
    • Quests removed from the World Map overlay will also be removed from the Quest Tracker list
  • Changed the title over escort quest NPC
    • NPCs being escorted will now display the player's name, only visible to the player engaging in the escort quest

Meruma's Coupon Shop

  • Additional costume armours have been added to Meruma's Coupon Shop along with extended dye ability

Bamarama

  • Reduced the ticket prices for Bamarama
    • Gold Tickets are now 1 gold and Diamond Tickets are now 10 gold
  • Removed the bet limit for Bamarama

Miscellaneous

  • Equalized Fraywind Canyon is now closed for queue

Bug Fixes

  • UI Related
    • Fixed an issue where the screenshot mode (Ctrl+Z) did not go into first person mode
    • Fixed an issue where the cool down timer did not display immediately when using Goddess' Tear

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[Source: http://teratoday.com/tera-news/asia/ktera-may-8-patch-preview , by Espei; modified by KBM ]