Today we want to take a look at the basics of combat. When deciding which cards to play, it's important to consider the opponent's intent and status. This is information is displayed below each opponent.
In the example image above, the opponent intends to deal 1 damage 3 times. The icon in the top left corner indicates a modifier, in this case the damage is unblockable.
We also see that the opponent has 7 HP and 2 Block. You will have to reduce the opponent's block to 0 before your attacks will damage HP.
Finally, note that there is a hidden effect indicated by the ??? icon. If you have the Discernment skill then you'll be able to see the details of the hidden effects.
In the next article, we will touch on the skills available to improve your character.
We hereby inform you of the return of the event ‘Legendary Magic Stone Challenge Event’.
Do not miss out this great opportunity to obtain a Legendary Magic Stone from September 11th (Mon), 2023, 00:00 (UTC+8) to September 13th, 2023 (Wed), 23:59 (UTC+8)!
Please refer to the information below for further details.
If you are a Dragonian who is willing to challenge this great opportunity, do follow the guideline below to summon Magic Stone through the firecracker-shaped tab > Event Summon! You will certainly get Legendary Magic Stone upon accumulating 300 points in the Event incense burner!
■ Period - September 11th (Mon), 2023, 00:00 (UTC+8) to September 13th, 2023 (Wed), 23:59 (UTC+8)
■ Participation 1. click the event menu (Firecracker-shaped icon at the top left) after logging in. 2. Challenge for Summon on Event Summon > Legendary Magic Stone Challenge Event tab
-110 Summons per day (counted as 10 times if summoned through 10+1) as a maximum, 330 Summons (Total 30 times if proceeding with 10+1 summons) will be available in total (1 Free Summon will not be included in the daily Summon count.)
-Daily count will be reset at 00:00 every day. -Daily Free Summon will be provided 3 times (in total) during the event period.
3. Obtainable items from the Summon will be as follows: - Legendary Magic Stone Box - Epic Magic Stone Box - Epic Sealed Magic Stone Box - Rare Magic Stone Box - Rare Sealed Magic Stone Box
■ Cautions -You can certainly obtain Legendary Magic Stone/Spirit Treasure by accumulating 300 points in the Event incense burner if you failed to summon Legendary grade items. -Accumulation will be counted for the Event Summon tab and will be increased per 1 point when summoning items graded below Legendary. -Upon accumulating 300 points, touch(Click) the Event incense burner to obtain Legendary Magic Stone after deducting all accumulated points. -The Event incense burner will not be affected by the point obtained from Combine Failure through Craft > Combine > Magic Stone. -Event incense burner point will not be accumulated after summoning the Legendary Magic Stone box. -Event incense burner point will not be accumulated for Free Summon. -Accumulated Event Incense burner points will be deleted after the event gets finished. (No effect on general Mystic Incense burner point) -Please be notified that all Event Incense burner points accumulated from previous Legendary Magic Stone Challenge events have been reset when newly begun.
We’re excited to share the details of the update scheduled for Tuesday, September 5th, 2023.
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[Main Updates]
◈In-Game Updates◈ 1. Legendary Magic Stone Challenge Event - The Legendary Magic Stone Challenge Event is making its triumphant comeback! Don’t miss this opportunity to have a chance at acquiring a Legendary Magic Stone! 2. New Appearance Equipment - Prepare to transcend the boundaries of fashion and elevate your character’s style to new dimensions! 3. New Mounts - Unleash a thunderous roar as you venture into battle upon the new Starry Night Sky Unicorn Lion and the Netherworld Blue Unicorn Lion! 4. New Legendary Party Leader Spirit: Luminous Empress Candela - Empower your party’s critical strike resilience with the regal benediction of Luminous Empress Candela! ====================
[September 5th Patch Note Details]
◈In-Game Updates◈ ■ System ● GDPR Agreement (General Data Protection Regulation) - To comply with the EU user consent policy reflecting the requirement of GDPR, the procedure of collecting users' consent for the use of ads, cookies, and other local storage will be required for the European Economic Area (EEA) and UK users based on their personal information. - This only applies for users located in the EU.
■ Event ● Legendary Magic Stone Challenge Event 1) Period - September 11, 00:00 ~ September 13, 23:59 (UTC+8) 2) Cost
Type
1 Summon
10+1 Summons
Magic Stone
100,000 Darksteel
1,000,000 Darksteel
※ 1 Free Summon will be provided daily.
3) Precautions - You can participate in the event by tapping the firecracker-shaped icon found in the top left corner in-game (Legendary Magic Stone Challenge Event tab). - The maximum limit for Event Summons per day is 110 Summons (10+1 Summon x10) and the total limit for the entire event period is 330 Summons (1 Free Summon per day excluded). - The daily summon count will reset every day at 00:00 (UTC+8). - Accumulated Event Incense Burner Points will be removed after the event is finished (this does not affect the general Mystic Incense Burner Points). - Please be aware that all Event Incense Burner Points accumulated from previous Legendary Magic Stone Challenge events will be reset every time this event starts.
Increases Max HP by 2000, Max MP by 700, PHYS ATK by 80, and Spell ATK by 80.
Brilliant Wings
Increases Accuracy by 80, EVA by 80, Monster ATK DMG Boost by 15%, and Monster DMG Reduction by 15%.
Empress' Guidance
Increases Hunting EXP Gain by 20%, Antidemon Power by 10%, and Basic ATK DMG Boost by 30%.
Luminous Spear
Upon attacking, reduces the enemy's CRIT by 100 for 8 sec. Cooldown 40 sec.
[Party Leader] Empress' Benediction
Upon attacking, increases the party’s CRIT EVA by 150 for 15 sec. Cooldown 60 sec.
■ Shop ● Special Summon for Legendary Spirit <Luminous Empress Candela> - Legendary Special Summon Spirit Target Changed: Fairy King Pepo → Luminous Empress Candela - Summon Period: After September 5th Update ~ October 4th, 2023, 23:59 (UTC+8) - Upon obtaining a Legendary Spirit, there is a 100% chance to obtain the ‘Luminous Empress Candela’ Spirit.
● Resale for Mount Exchange Ticket - You can re-purchase the ‘Hedgehog’ mount exchange ticket from the in-game Shop.
■ In-Game Bug Fixes & Gameplay Improvements 1. Fixed an issue where the Clan Storage distribution feature would not function properly for users who had not joined a clan. 2. Fixed an issue where characters were warped to Bicheon Castle upon Air Walking toward a specific location in Hidden Cliff Path. 3. ‘Old Silvers’ will no longer be dropped from Darksteel nodes in Hidden Valley, Magic Square, and Secret Peak. 4. Fixed the issue where fullscreen mode functioned abnormally in the PC version. 5. Fixed various in-game typos.
The big feature of this update is difficulty swapping! If you begin a file in "retro" mode, you may now switch to "newcomer" mode at any point. Please note that this conversion is one way. There is no bumping up the difficulty from an easier file!
Misc.
You may now swap the difficulty to "newcomer" from a "retro" file. This can be done from the "file select" screen.
Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug where the boomerang sound effect would play for far too long.
Fixed a soft lock in Act 2 where the player could leave behind the Bellion, locking themselves in a pit.
Fixed a bug in Act 3 where Belle and all of the enemies would disappear.
Fixed a couple of background inconsistencies corresponding to Act 3.
Fixed a soft lock in Act 4 where the player could defeat the boss prematurely.
I apologize that this update came so soon after 1.3.2. Thank you once again to all of the new players! Feel free to reach out with any further bug reports and suggestions.
Another round of bugfixes and a few relics changes (mainly buffs) and fixed some values that were a tenth of the intended size.
Many of these bug fixes were aimed at fixing the bug where the game could sometimes crash after a run. I'm not sure if this will totally fix it as I was not able to replicate the crashing bug myself.
If your game is crashing on you please contact me on the post or over in Discord with any info on what happened right before it crashed. Thanks! Aarimous
Relics
Ever Sharp Dagger: buffed to now grant +25 melee damage, but also -15 ability damage
Two of Diamonds: buffed to now also grant -30 to level rewards cost and -20 to relic chest reroll cost
Retromation's Glasses: Adjusted the attack animation to improve visibility
Staff of Chaos: Fixed values as they were all a tenth of the intended amounts and adjusted values so it now adds +20 damage for all map hazard types
Friendly Goblin: Fixed values as they were all a tenth of the intended amounts
Your Last Gloves: Fixed values as they were all a tenth of the intended amounts
Lost Diadem of the Queen: Fixed to now add +2 to pierce instead of ability damage per pierce twice
Bugs and Miscellaneous Changes
Adjusted health bar so missing health is a bit darker to help with clarity
Adjusted the floating text values to have a max scale
Decreased the spawn rates of the Firewalls as the amount spawned was a bit much compared to the difficulty of the Meteors and Lasers
Fixed a bug so the Firewalls now only start pulsing the turn before they trigger
Fixed a bug where the art of the enemies would sometime not show in the correct
Fixed a bug where the art color of the enemies would sometimes be stuck in the red attack phase
On the game over screen the “Main Menu” and “New Run” buttons are now side by side. This is so they fit better on the screen.
On the game over screen the stats no longer auto-wrap. This was causing some UI issues when the player would get large records and unlock new character/relics
Fixed a bug where the player could still input movement commands when the game was over
Fixed a bug where the games turn timer wouldn’t properly stop when the game was over
Fixed a bug where “On Death” animation would sometimes not show the characters art dissolving
Adjusted the game over screen so it slowly fades in instead of just suddenly appearing
With the new update comes complete rework of the first person view, a new threat in the water: Mosasaurus and a new pterosaur Thalassodromeus. And there’s a lot more! Read on to find all content!
Thank you for the continued feedback and ideas! Your support helps us tremendously! ːsteamhappyː
And remember to check out the patch video!
Reworked first person models and animations
First person view has gotten a complete overhaul. All characters now have their own arm models and the model reflects the chosen clothing for your character. All first person animations have been redone. Many animations have a lot more detail than the old animations.
New animations also mean that animations you’ve gotten used to have changed. Some loading animations might be shorter and some longer, take it into account! You will notice that after you change weapon all weapons are ready to use immediately without extra animations. You can no longer shoot while running.
Thalassodromeus: New flying reptile
A new pterosaur species called Thalassodromeus is now dominating the skies with Pteranodon.
Mosasaurus: The first aquatic reptile
The first fully aquatic species Mosasaurus is now living in the water. Take care when finding loot boxes in the water!
Mosasaurus cannot yet be hunted as the current equipment cannot be used underwater. We’ll be implementing it in the coming updates!
Multiplayer network improvements
We have done multiple improvements to multiplayer networking. This means that players and dinosaurs will be synced better for clients. Player vertical look sending lots of unnecessary messages was fixed.
We added a lot more debug information and improved sent message calculation. We added new debug information and more accurate message calculation. We added dinosaur message per second calculation. Improved prediction accuracy.
Fixed issues with special dinosaur states that would be incorrectly synced to clients.
Iguanodon rework
Iguanodon has been reworked with new model, textures and animations.
New distance and ambience fog
New distance fog was created to smooth out the look of the environment. New ambience fog was added which is most present in foggy weather.
Loot boxes improvement and water loot boxes
Loot boxes can be found in the water too. They can be recognized from their orange/white skin. Water loot boxes have higher chances of having more valuable items in them and can include weapons. The land loot boxes were buffed to have a chance to include all other items except weapons.
Sell items in the shop
You can now sell all the inventory items in the shop. You’ll get 50% from the buy price of the item. Find some loot boxes or sell your excess items to get credits for other purchases.
Please note that if you sell ammunition you need to have a minimum amount of that ammunition type to be able to sell it. The minimum is as many as there’s for one purchasable ammunition pack, for example pistol ammo pack has 40 rounds. The UI tells you the amount that’s sold at one go.
Hard mode
You can now to choose to play in normal (Difficulty level which has existed before) or hard mode. Hard mode is aimed for experienced players who want more challenge. Hard mode has it’s own leaderboard that can be toggled in existing leaderboard menu. The following modifiers apply in hard mode:
Non vital hits make less damage
50% more experience and credits for kills and contracts
Dinosaurs make double damage
Map guides (orange circles) removed for non-tracking contracts. Tracking contracts will have a larger circle than in normal mode.
Ragdoll improvements
When dinosaur dies transition to ragdoll has been smoothed out. And the ragdolls will no longer stretch. Brachiosaurus, Ankylosaurus and T-Rex ragdolls were improved.
New clothing: Gloves
You can purchase gloves that fit each of the clothing options. You can choose to go without gloves too! Your choices are reflected on the look of the first person character too.
New clothing: Boonie hat
Boonie hats are now available for purchase in all camouflage options. They can be used by all characters.
Revolver remake
A fleshed-out revolver model has replaced the old revolver model. It has completely new animations too.
50 cal heavy rifle remake
50 cal has been remade with new model, animations and sounds.
New weapon: Heavy Rifle .338
A new weapon has arrived! .338 heavy rifle is a bolt-action rifle. It costs 4000 credits so you can afford it before the other heavier rifles. You’ll need to buy .338 ammo for it. And you might notice the model looks very similar to the old 50 cal model …
Tracking improvement
Tracking system has been rewritten! This allows to display a lot more tracks on the ground. You’ll find dinosaurs leave tracks more often making tracking more viable.
We’ve fixed an error in tracking caused by other player respawning in multiplayer.
New sound effects
Some new sound effects have been added for most of the weapons. Flashlight operation sound effect was changed. We will continue to improve the sound world in the coming updates.
New localization: Brazilian Portuguese
Thanks to Joseph M the game is now available in Brazilian Portuguese.
Offline mode improvements
Missions are now loaded and saved to offline cache
Storage items are now correctly loaded and saved to offline cache
Player leveling integrated to offline with cached leveling properties
Coin and xp reward notifications now implemented to offline
Location data is now loaded from offline cache
Trophies are now correctly loaded from offline cache
Other improvements
Updated French translation (Thanks MagSouille!)
Inventory, storage etc. shows decimals for used capacity
Improved rendering of long sun shadows when source of shadow is out of view
In game menu settings now show correct values and slider positions when opening the menu.
Improved tree culling, so there are less disappearing distant trees
Optimized taxidermized trophies storage on server.
Improved error reporting when loading a mod with syntax error
Pachycephalosaurus walk animation was adjusted
Ankylosaurus has new textures
Inventory item menus can now be opened with both left and right mouse clicks
New UI icons for clothes
Bug fixes
Taxed dinosaurs now check for unique ID, so no duplicates / missing taxidermizes happen.
Contracts now check for unique ID, so no duplicates / missing completed contracts happen between sessions.
Fix for player not getting starting items when switching between development, demo and production server
Fix for getting stuck in creating a game server when having too short server name.
Fixed rounding issue in item hover info where ammo capacity would have incorrect value displayed
Fixed item duplication issue on client players due to server delay
Mission where user needs to own an item can now be completed when the item is in the equipment slots
Thank you for reading and we look forward to hearing your thoughts. What would you like to see next?
IMPROVEMENTS (Experimental): - The camera can be controlled using a controller's right joystick (Zooming in/out was moved to R1/R2). - Added a little prompt to tell people how to control the camera after the tutorial.
BUG FIXES (Experimental): - Fixed a bug where the camera would wiggle at low framerates. - Fixed a bug where highlights of monsters would appear as grey instead of white. - Fixed a bug that caused exclamation marks above monsters that detect you to be off center. - Fixed a bug that caused a cascade of footsteps when running into an object or wall. - Fixed a bug that caused characters to rotate slower than the camera.
