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• [p]SSF mode for the first two weeks of the mini season. The marketplace and trading post opens on September 9, 2025. We have drastically reduced the cost to unlock additional stashes to accommodate this change.[/p][/*]
• [p]All character levels, items, stashes, inventory, reward tokens, karma, quests, and affinity have been reset.[/p][/*]
• [p]Quest difficulty and content has been tuned slightly to adapt to the condensed season. The rewards for several quests have also been updated including the final quests giving ‘Artifact’ gear as a reward.[/p][/*]
• [p]A new Adventure Rank mini season with new rewards will commence immediately.[/p][/*]
• [p]A new religion mini season with new rewards will commence immediately.[/p][/*]
• [p]A new Arena mini season with a new map pool will run every weekend until the end of the mini season. Equipment will be limited to ‘Rare’ grade gear for this mini season to encourage maximum participation.[/p][/*]
• [p]Triumph levels have been reset, allowing you to earn additional Bluestone shards until the start of the next season.[/p][/*]
• [p]Seasonal Pack DLC bonuses will remain active until the start of the next season.[/p][/*]
• [p]A small ‘Welcome Delivery’ pack will be given to all players who log in for this Semi-Semi-Wipe that gives an array of starting items to help with your adventures. Please collect your ‘Welcome Delivery’ pack from the Expressman’s ‘Post Express’ service tab.[/p][/*]

Bugfixes:

• [p]Fixed an issue where the Sorcerer’s Mud Shield sphere appeared smaller than intended.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed an issue where weapons could become invisible when equipped while under the effect of a skill or potion that grants invisibility.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed an issue where some walls could flicker in the Mimic Lair module of The Ruins of Forgotten Castle.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed an issue where Chests that were actually mimics in the Bandit Camp module of The Ruins of Forgotten Castle would sometimes fail to properly attack.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed an issue in the Graveyard module of The Ruins of Forgotten Castle where monsters could not enter certain areas.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed an issue where Druids in rat form could fall into a specific hole in the Staircase Hill module of the Ice Abyss.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed an issue where attacking some training dummies in the dungeons would result in the attack being blocked.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed an issue where Silver Coins could sometimes not be picked up.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed an issue where item names that were too long would be displayed as “…” in the chat window.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed an issue where an 'Uncommon' grade cloak could be incorrectly given as a quest reward.[/p][/*]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the ‘claim rewards’ button from the previous season could disappear.[/p][/*]

Game Updates:

• [p]EA6.9 Season has begun! All character levels, items, stashes, inventory, reward tokens, karma, quests, and affinity have been reset.[/p][/*]
• [p]Receive a special ‘‘Welcome Delivery’’ pack from the Expressman when you login.[/p][/*]
• [p]SSF mode will be in action for the first two weeks of the mini season. The marketplace and trading post opens on September 9, 2025. We have drastically reduced the cost to unlock additional stashes to accommodate this change.[/p][/*]
• [p]The ‘Normal Dungeons’ have been changed so Solos/Duos/Trios can now select from all map locales.[/p][/*]
• [p]The ‘High-Roller Dungeons’ have been changed to a random dungeon pool.[/p][/*]
• [p]Special Keys (Mystical Gem, Frozen Iron Key, Golden Key, Old Rusty Key, Skull Key) can only be used inside dungeons during the session they are found. Special Keys will disappear upon escape or death.[/p][/*]
• [p]The drop rate for special keys have been significantly improved and will now drop from specific sub-boss and boss monsters.[/p][/*]
• [p]Special locked rooms have been added to both Adventure Mode and Normal Mode.[/p][/*]
• [p]The Arena map pool has been updated with new maps.[/p][/*]
• [p]Quest requirements and difficulty has been adjusted to match the shorter season.[/p][/*]
• [p]Weekly Sales for cosmetic items will be available during the shortened season.[/p][/*]
• [p]The display time for the recent chat window has been increased from 10 seconds → 15 seconds.[/p][/*]
• [p]Improved LOD for the 'Low' graphics settings.[/p][/*]
• [p]A new feature has been added that automatically displays the remaining maintenance time as a system message when maintenance begins.[/p][/*]

Balance Updates:

• [p]Name tags for allies are now displayed in all dungeons and game modes.[/p][/*]
• [p]The spell casting speed curve has been adjusted to become much flatter at the mid to upper end of the curve.[/p][/*]
• [p]The action speed curve has been adjusted to give slightly more action speed in the beginning and give less in the mid to upper end of the curve.[/p][/*]
• [p]The maximum Health curve has been adjusted to give less HP per VIG/STR at the mid to upper end of the curve.[/p][/*]
• [p]The maximum Health curve has been further adjusted to provide a static +15 Health across all sections.[/p][/*]
• [p]The Barbarian’s default Vigor has been changed from 25 to 20.[/p][/*]

• [p]Random modifiers have been updated to include a larger variety of possible stats.[/p][/*]
• [p]All primary modifiers for gear have been reduced by 1 starting from the ‘Uncommon’ grade. For example, ‘Uncommon’ grade Cloth Pants used to give +4 dexterity but now give +3 dexterity.[/p][/*]
• [p]Primitive attributes can no longer be enchanted via socketing gems. Since this means the ‘Diamond’ gem is no longer useful for socketing, players can exchange their diamond gems to the ‘Treasurer’ for an equivalent grade gem of their choice.[/p][/*]
• [p]'Unique' grade gems have been re-added to the loot pool.[/p][/*]
• [p]The Rapier’s base damage has been increased by 1.[/p][/*]
• [p]The Void Blade has been updated to add +2 True Magical Damage.[/p][/*]
• [p]The Felling Axe’s weapon animation speed has been slightly reduced.[/p][/*]
• [p]The Plate Boots primary modifier has been changed from Strength to Vigor.[/p][/*]

• [p]The duration of Taunt has been reduced from 10 seconds to 8 seconds.[/p][/*]

• [p]The damage of the Bear’s Swipe attack has been reduced from 32 to 29.[/p][/*]
• [p]The damage of Bear’s Bash attack has been reduced from 46 to 43.[/p][/*]
• [p]The animation has been slowed down, a 2-hit sequence has been added, and the recovery delay has been increased for the Panther’s scratch attack.[/p][/*]
• [p]The damage of Panther’s Scratch attack has been increased from 16 to 21.[/p][/*]
• [p]The damage of Panther Neckbite attack has been increased from 18 to 23.[/p][/*]
• [p]The cooldown of Shapeshift stack has been increased from 9 seconds to 10 seconds.[/p][/*]

• [p]The duration of Mud Shield has been increased from 4 seconds to 6 seconds.[/p][/*]
• [p]The duration of Wall of Fire has been reduced from 12 seconds to 10 seconds.[/p][/*]
• [p]The magical damage bonus per stack of Mana Flow has been changed from 10% to 5%.[/p][/*]
• [p]Time Distortion has been updated as follows:[/p][list]
• [p]Applies a Magic Damage Bonus of –25%.[/p][/*]
• [p]Move Speed Modifier has been changed from –1% to –3%.[/p][/*]
• [p]It now removes only a single stack instead of clearing all stacks.[/p][/*]