We hope that this new monster zone gives ambitious adventurers a fresh new challenge. Just like how the difficult Aakman and Hystria Ruins monster zones were eventually bested by many of you, we eagerly anticipate you eventually mastering this new monster zone.
We were not satisfied with the number of suitable Succession versus Awakening skills the Berserker could use during the cooldown of Raging Thunder and Feral Rage skill. Therefore, we reworked Succession skills such as Prime: Ancient Wave and Prime: Devastation so they can be used instantly after certain skills. We also reworked the Prime: Raging Thunder skills. Instead of simply increasing the movement speed, which might make the skills trickier to use, we decided instead to allow you more control over how Prime: Raging Thunder moves.
We have noticed that many still use the Tamer's Main Weapon skills due to the relatively low damage dealt by her Awakening skills. Therefore, we have adjusted the damage stats of Awakening skills such as Legendary Beast Dance, Flow: Intimidation, and Flow: Ascension skills to be comparable to Main Weapon skills such as Heilang: Whiplash. We have also changed how Echo Pierce skill works. We have increased the casting speed of Ultimate: Echo Pierce so the only remaining difference between it and the regular Echo Pierce skills should be the amount of damage and attack range. If you want a skill with higher damage we recommend you choose regular Echo Pierce and if you want to concentrate on forward attacks we recommend Ultimate: Echo Pierce.
We wanted to add more ways for the Valkyrie to approach her opponents in Awakening mode. Therefore we added the possibility to combo Death Line Chase, Hastiludium, and Promptness. We also changed certain skills so you can combo them with Sanctitas de Enslar skills.
Our concept for Lahn's Succession skills was that her attacks will get stronger the longer she continues certain skills. However, even though Prime: Blade Dance and Prime: Cymbidium skills do get stronger when maintained, the risk taken when continuing the skills is so great it was a deterrent from using these skills as we designed. Therefore we adjusted the amount of damage that can be done with these skills, to make using these skills continuously more worth it. We also added more skill combo options so you can choose to combo certain skills instead of continuing the skill you are currently casting.
With Succession, Guardian can use her battle axe and shield for even more ferocious skills. Not only will she be able to overpower her opponents, but she will also be able to take the brunt of their attacks for her allies and change the course of the battle.
Together with Kamasylvia Part 2, Gyfin Rhasia Temple was the first Monster Zone to be released in Black Desert that required 5 players to cooperate.
At the time of its release, it required very high combat skills, with a Recommended AP of 240, and its befitting highly compensating reward, Tungrad Belt, motivated the adventurers to jump into this monster zone.
However, the rough topography, the large distance between monsters, and the inconvenient flow for defeating monsters didn't allow the players to get the most of this monster zone before they could get used to it.
Moreover, as Mirumok Ruins was updated to be a monster zone for a party of 3 and became more approachable, players who visited Gyfin Rhasia started to decrease.
Gyfin Rhasia Temple has now become a monster zone that requires even higher combat skills than before, with a Recommended AP of 270.
Its monsters are now stronger and their number has increased. Instead, we have adjusted the placement of the monsters and the flow to defeat them so that the players could enjoy their party play without necessarily having an experienced party member.
The number of monsters per area has increased significantly, the time that it takes for a monster to reappear has decreased, and the reaction speed of the monsters has increased, therefore decreasing the flow length and the fatigue caused for defeating monsters. The number of the majority of the Junk Items obtainable from these monsters has increased too.
Nevertheless, given that the Combat EXP gain per defeated Gyfin Rhasia Temple monster was the highest among all Black Desert monsters, the increase in the number of Gyfin Rhasia Temple monsters was balanced with a decrease in the Combat EXP gain, and the comparably low Skill EXP gain has increased.
Additionally, we expect the application of the Item Collection Increase Scroll effect will make this monster zone more enjoyable.
We are making preparations to present you more varied and special goods with the Sea Coin Shop.
Our plan is to add Sea Coin acquisition locations so that there are other ways available for you to obtain the Sea Coins, apart from bartering. So you can now exchange Level 4 trade goods for Sea Coins. Instead, the parley consumption in certain regions was adjusted to keep the overall balance.
We will keep paying attention to all your opinions and continue doing our best to create a more enjoyable game.
Once she achieves Succession, the Mystic can perform combo attacks by which one attack is connected to the other most fluently and deal a power strike using the charged Fighting Spirit.
At the beginning, she has to perform a combo with several skills until she can charge the Fighting Spirit, but once the combo persists for a certain level, she will recover the Fighting Spirit in tremendous amounts. The Mystic then cannot only perform combo attacks more easily but also deal Fighting Spirit-consuming strikes relentlessly.
Lahn succession focuses on combo attacks, based on mobility and stability. However, we concluded that, in order to firm up such a characteristic, it was necessary to adjust the damage of some skills first.
Firstly, we increased the PvP damage of Prime: Blooming Nether Flower and Prime: Salp'uri Purge.
Prime: Bleeding Hearts was changed from being a forward-moving attack to a focused attack. Hence the attack range decreased, but the damage dealt to the point of attack increased.