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Patch Notes & Update Dates – Patch 1.62 (New Heroe + Artifact)

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Here you will find the latest patch notes for live and test servers as well as their release dates.

Patch 1.63

The upcoming patch will be a rather small one compared to the previous ones

Release Test Server: May 6th, 2021

Release Public Server: May 10th-12th, 2021 (not confirmed, yet)

New Heroes

  1. Added the new Graveborn hero: Desira – The Sinister Siren

  2. The new hero Desira – The Sinister Siren will be available

  3. The Bountiful Trials event will be available for Desira – The Sinister Sire

New Additions and Optimizations

  1. Added a new feature called Bard Tales, wherein players can view status updates and news about what their friends, guildmates as well as other players are doing in-game.

  2. Added the adventure “Price of Rebirth” to the Voyage of Wonders feature

  3. Added “Track of the Sands” to the Wandering Balloon, which can be unlocked by completing Stage 26-20 of the Campaign and by completing 60% of “The Echoing Valley”

  4. Reduced the difficulty of certain floors between 851 and 900 of the King’s Tower, and also added more floors, bringing the total number of floors to 950.

  5. Players can now climb up to 540 floors within each respective faction tower within the Towers of Esperia feature, while the difficulty of some already existing stages has also been reduced.

  6. Optimized the animations of the Medal Details page.

Hero Adjustments and Changes

  1. Theowyn – The Wailing Widow
    Fixed an issue that would sometimes prevent the visual effects of the ability “Spectral Divergence” from disappearing as intended. Ability’ s actual effects remain unchanged.

  2. Tasi – Dreamhopper
    Fixed an issue that was triggering the ability “Teleportation ” at the incorrect time.

  3. Elijah & Lailah – Celestial Twins
    Fixed a bug that was allowing the ability “Hope” level 1 to incorrectly remove all debuffs from allies. The ability’ s effects now correctly match its description.

Patch 1.62

A major patch is coming, including several interesting new things and 2 new heroes.

Release Test Server: April 22nd, 2021

Release Public Server: April 27th-29th, 2021 (not confirmed, yet)

New Heroes and Unions

  1. Added the new Celestial hero: Morael – Queen of Stars

  2. The Bountiful Trials event will be available for Morael – Queen of Stars

  3. Added the new union story “Brains & Brawn”.

New Additions and Optimizations

  1. A new event called the Chasmic Altar is now available. Players can assail the boss “The Devourer” daily in return for rewards. When players on all servers have dealt a certain percentage of damage to the boss, the difficulty of Campaign Stages will be permanently reduced. For more specifics please refer to the in-game rules.

  2. Players can enroll for the Abyssal Expedition which shall open up again after they have completed Stage 15-40 of the campaign.

  3. A new Misty Valley round is about to commence and will be available!

  4. Added the adventure ‘The Hunting Trail” to the Voyage of Wonders feature.

  5. Added the adventure “The Hazy Timberland” to the Trials of God feature. Players can unlock this adventure by completing Stage 33-60 of the campaign and by completing 100% of the same adventure found within the Wandering Balloon.

  6. Added a new Warrior Class-Exclusive Artifact called “Pauldron of Burning Fury”, which can be acquired from the Trials of God – The Hazy Timberland instance.

  7. All three Battle Pass (Twisted Bounties, Regal Rewards, Champions of Esperia) Perk Levels have been raised. The initial level has been raised to 3, with the maximum level now being 6. When reaching the unlock requirements after this update goes live, players that possess level 1 and 2 Battle Passes will be able to directly unlock a new level 3 Battle Pass. Players that already possess a Battle Pass between levels 3-5 will be able to respectively unlock a new Battle Pass with levels of 4-6. Battle Passes that are labeled as “(Old)” will exist alongside the new Battle Pass, but shall no longer be refreshable. All other rules for this feature remain unchanged.

  8. Gwyneth and Skriath will now play their instruments along to the background music when you view their respective skins via their Portraits – Skin page.

Hero Adjustments and Changes

  1. Cecilia – Fixed an abnormal visual effect caused by the ability “Symbol of Sin” that would occur in certain circumstances. Changes made will not affect the character’s battle performance.

  2. Tidus – Fixed an issue that would cause the ability ” Savagery” to target the hero Thoran again after he 2. Tidus – Shadowmane Fixed an issue that would cause the ability ” Savagery” to target the hero Thoran again after he was resurrected.

Patch 1.60

A major patch is coming, including several interesting new things and 2 new heroes.

Release Test Server: March 25th, 2021

Release Public Server: nA

New Heroes

  1. Added the new Wilder hero: Raku – The Rascal (more about the new hero here)

  2. Added the new Lightbearer hero: Peggy – The Precious Perl (more about the new hero here)

  3. The Bountiful Trials event will be available for Raku – The Rascal

  4. The Bountiful Trials event will be available for Peggy – The Precious Perl

New Additions and Optimizations

  1. Added a new spring.themed appearance to both, Ranhorn and the Dark Forest
  2. Added the adventure “Roamers’ Rhapsody” to the Voyage of Wonders feature
  3. A new Misty Valley round is about to commence
  4. Added the adventure “The Depths of Time II” to the Trials of God feature. Players can unlock this adventure by completing Stage 33-30 of the campaign and by completing 100% of the same adventure found within the Wandering Balloon
  5. Added a new Ranger Class Exclusive Artifact called “Verdant Longbow”, which can be acquired from the Trials of God – The Depths of TIme II instance
  6. The max trial level for the Trials of God instance – Fallen Souls has been increased from 45 up to 60
  7. Added a new game mode called “The Hunting Fields”, which players can enroll for after completing Stage 19-40 of the campaign
  8. Added new T3 gear: T2 gear with factional bonuses that are enhanced to grade 5 can now be raised to T3. Players can acquire T3 stones from AFK Rewards and the Guild Store after entering Chapter 30.
  9. Added a new item called “Bounty Chest”, which players can claim from the “Quests – Campaign” page after having completed Chapter 8. Bounty Chest will gradually unlock as the player progress through the campaign.
  10. Added a new item called “Swap Scrolls”, which can be acquired from “Bounty Chests”. Using a Swap Scroll allows for two heroes to swap their hero levels, Ascension Tiers, Signature Items and Mythic Furniture
  11. The standard hero level within the Legends’ Championship is now Level 240.
  12. Improved the experience of changing formations within multi-team campaign stages.

Hero Adjustments and Changes

  1. Gwyneth:
    1. Fixed an issue that was preventing the ability “Flaming Arrow” Lvl 2 from correctly reducing its target Health Recovery.
  2. Ice Shemira:
    1. Fixed an issue that allowed for enemies to normally recover health even when Shemira’s Blizzard weather effect was occurring on the battlefield.
    2. Amended the description of Blizzard. The Blizzard weather effect can be obscured by other weather effects, however, its actual effects remain unchanged.

 

Patch 1.59

The upcoming patch will be a rather small one compared to the previous ones

Release Test Server: March 21st, 2021

Release Public Server: March 24th, 2021

  1. Added the adventure “The Depths of Time III” to the Voyage of Wonders feature

  2. Added “The Depths of Time II” to the Wandering Balloon, which can be unlocked by completing Stage 25-20 of the Campaign and by completing 60 % of “The Hazy Timberland”.

  3. Adjusted the enemy formations in stages 37-49 through to 37-52.

  4. Added a new Honorable Rewards Medal feature Players that exceed within the Legends’ Championship, Fabled Realm and Campaign will b awarded Medals for their efforts. Players can find more details about the rules and their own progression within the feature itself. Players will be able to start acquiring Medals after the results of the next Legends Championship Tournament are calculated.

  5. The Legends’ Championship has adopted ” Martial Rating” rules which will take effect as of this update. A player’s Martial Rating is used to participate in this event. Heroes shall retain their ascension tier, and every hero’s level is set to 240. A hero’s level may be increased by a number that is based upon the Resonating Crystal’s level. For specifics please view in-game rules.

  6. Players can spar with their guildmates using the Legends Championship sparring mode, which uses “Martial Rating” rules.

  7. Orthros, Zolrath, Gwyneth, Anoki, Tasi, and Nara can now be exchanged at the Legends’ Challenger Store, which will be refreshed after the update has been implemented.

  8. Players can now sell Dura’s Tears within their bags.

  9. Added a new feature called “Garrisoned Mercenaries”, which can be unlocked after players complete Stage 6-40 of the campaign. Players can make use of a new item called “Dimensional Stones” to hire long-term mercenary heroes from their friends.

  10. Arcane Labyrinth

– Fixed an issue preventing the Relic “Rope of Calamity” from working as intended in certain situations.
– Strengthened the attributes of several Dismal Maze relics. For specifics please view in-game descriptions.

Hero Adjustments and Changes

  1. Isabella – The Taken Soul

– Optimized the visual effects of Isabella’s animations and increased her character model’s resolution.

– Reworked some of Isabella’s abilities. Please view her in-game skill descriptions for specifics.

– Reduced the difficulty of stages within the King’s Tower and main campaign which include Isabella.

– The Bountiful Trials event will be available for Isabella

– The Taken Soul as of Local Time: 12/03/2021

2. Grezhul – The Corrupted – Fixed an issue that was causing the ability ” Shadow Shield” to target the wrong enemy when it exploded and reduced their energy.

3. Thoran – The Fallen King – Optimized the description of the ability “Taint”. Effects remain unchanged.

4. Ezizh – Hellborn – Optimized the description of the ability “Feeble Mind”. Effects remain unchanged.

5. Zolrath – Voidbinder – Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause an abnormal invisibility issue when the ability “Time Rift” was used.

Patch 1.58

Release Test Server: February 25th, 2021

Release Public Server: March 2nd, 2021

New Heroes

  1. Added the new Lightbearer hero: Eluard -Protector of Souls (more about the new hero here)

  2. The new hero Eluard – Protector of Souls will be available to test play from Local Time: 03/03/2021

  3. The Bountiful Trials event will be available for Eluard – Protector of Souls as of Local Time: 03/03/2021

New Additions and Optimizations

  1. Players can enroll for the Abyssal Expedition which shall open up on Local Time: 03/03/2021 after they have completed Stage 15-40 of the campaign.

  2. A new Misty Valley round is about to commence and will be available from Local Time: 04/03/2021

  3. Added the adventure “The Fractured Gallery” to the Voyage of Wonders feature, which will be available from Local Time: 11/03/2021

  4. Added the adventure “The Frozen Hinterland” to the Trials of God feature. Players can unlock this adventure by completing Stage 32-60 of the campaign and by completing 100% of the same adventure found within the Wandering Balloon.

  5. Added a new Support Class Exclusive Artifact called “Seraphic Tide”, which can be acquired from the Trials of God – The Frozen Hinterland instance.

  6. Added the new campaign chapter – Chapter 40 – Tidal Monuments.

  7. Reduced the difficulty of enemy teams for certain stages within Chapters 33 through to 36 of the campaign. For specifics please refer to the game.

  8. Reduced the Signature Item levels of some enemies found within Chapters 35 through to 37 of the campaign. For specifics please refer to the game.

  9. Reduced the difficulty of certain floors between 751 and 800 of the King’s Tower, and also added more floors, bringing the total number of floors to 850.

  10. Optimized the conditions required to enter the Fabled Realm. Players that meet the Resonating Crystal level or Resonating Crystal max level requirement are able to enter the Fabled Realm.

  11. Optimized the order in which Guild Contributors are sorted.

Hero Adjustments and Changes

  1. Kelthur – Plaguegrip

  • Fixed an issue that was preventing the ability “Ethereal Resurgence” from being triggered correctly, which resulted in battles ending prematurely.

  1. Silas – Augmented Death

  • Fixed an issue that was preventing the effects of the ability “Healing Haze” from dissipating when the last remaining allied hero “Talene -The Rising Phoenix” was in her “Fireball state”.

Patch 1.57

Release Test Server: February 4th, 2021

Release Public Server: February 6th, 2021

New Heroes

  1. Added the new Wilder hero: Respen – The Windchild (more about the new hero here)

  2. The new hero Respen – The Windchild will be available to test play from Februray 7th

  3. The Bountiful Trials event will be available for Respen – The Windchild

New Additions and Optimizations

  1. Added the adventure “Fields of Ice” to the Voyage of Wonders feature,

  2. Added the adventure “Blighted Highlands” to the Voyage of Wonders feature

  3. Added the adventure “Frozen Ground” to the Trials of God feature. Players can unlock this adventure by completing Stage 32-30 of the campaign and by completing 100% of the same adventure found within the Wandering Balloon.

  4. Added a new Mage Class Exclusive Artifact called ‘Warden of the Arcane’ , which can be acquired from the Trials of God – Frozen Ground instance.

  5. The maximum possible number of Oak Inn buildings has been increased to 7 buildings.

  6. Players can now quickly retrieve gifts from their friends within the Oak Inn’ s lobby.

  7. Heroes that possess Mythic 9-piece furniture sets can now sell any excess Mythic furniture via the “Storeroom” .

  8. Adjusted the number of teams needed in the Legends’ Championship. The number of participating teams shall increase based on the total number of seasons which have been played on specific regions. Please view the in-game description for specifics.

  9. Added the new Field of Stars constellation “The Obsidian Finch” . For its specific effects, please view the Field of Stars feature in game.

  10. Added a new type of item called ” Dimensional Keys” , which allows for Dimensional heroes to be placed in the same formation with their fused counter-part heroes. Dimensional Keys can be equipped via the Soul Fusion’ page, and players can acquire Dimensional Keys by unlocking Starbursts in the Obsidian Finch constellation.

  11. T1 and T2 Gear that do not possess any Factional Bonus Attributes can now be used as enhancement resources. Consuming the gear will return T1/T2 Stones.

Hero Adjustments and Changes

  1. Numisu – The All Seer – Corrected the description for the ability ” Rejuvenating Totem” , which was inaccurate. Actual effects of this ability remain unchanged.

  2. Belinda – Beam of Hope – Fixed an issue affecting the ability ” Blessing level 3, which displayed lower Attack Rating and Crit Rating values than intended in its description.

  3. Estrilda – Knight of Valor – Corrected the description for the ability Ridicule” , which was inaccurate. Actual effects of this ability remain unchanged.

  4. Zolrath – Voidbinder – Fixed an issue that was preventing the Signature Item ability ” Prey ” from correctly dealing damage to Albedo when she was in an enraged state, after it had reached level 30.

  5. Oden – Bitterblight – Fixed an issue that resulted in Oden’ s Attack Rating and Haste only being increased the first time that an eye opened, when the second and third levels of “Eye of Evil was used.

  6. Grezhul – The Corrupted – Fixed a problem that would sometimes cause invulnerable targets to suffer damage from Grezhul’ s ” Demonic Assault” ability.

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