Season 3 Mid-Season Update Highlights
Release time: 2024-08-14
Howdy, Adventurers!
After the launch of Season 3, we received feedback and suggestions from some of you. To provide a better gaming experience, we'll be rolling out balance adjustments for the classes soon. Additionally, a new prestige class—the Lifebinder—along with Insane-quality gear and new affixes will be introduced!
S3 mid-season adjustments will be applied in a quick update on August 22, 2024, at 11:00 AM (UTC+8). Please note the update time to prevent data loss.
Important Reminder: The update may vary by platform, and players in-game will see a pop-up notification. Clicking "Exit" will close the game; reopening it will complete the update.
Class Balance Adjustments
Based on the in-game performance of each class, and the feedback and suggestions we received, we've made the following adjustments:
Initial Classes
Tempest Mage: Increasing skill effect damage
(1) Increased the debuff effect of Shatter on enemies' Cold and Shock Resistances, from "-6% Cold Resistance, -6% Shock Resistance" to "-15% Cold Resistance, -15% Shock Resistance." (2) Increased Ball Lightning's damage frequency from 0.5 seconds to 0.3 seconds.
Pyromancer
Increased the debuff effect of Conflagration on enemies' Fire Resistance, from "-6% Fire Resistance" to "-15% Fire Resistance."
Archer
Adjusted the effect of Sphaera Sagittantis from "Mark enemies 3 times when the skill is activated" to "Mark enemies once every 0.25 seconds for 3 seconds after activation."
Animancer
Increased the Damage Reduction of Minions of Thanatosis from "+5%/+10%/+15%/+20%" to "+15%/+20%/+25%/+30%."
Prestige Classes
Bastion
Adjusted the effect of Aimbot from "When Deadlock enemies, their Damage Reduction -25%" to "When Deadlock enemies, their Physical Resistance -10%/-15%/-20%/-25%."
Soulkeeper: New Skill Effects
(1) Added new effect to Animated Phalanx: "Each minion increases damage by 20%." (2) Added new effect to Semper Fidelis: "Damage Reduction of Minions +5%/+10%/+15%/+20%."
Farstrider
Increased the effect of Chokevine Seeds in reducing enemy's Poison Resistance, from "When marking enemies, each stack reduces Poison Resistance by 5%" to "When marking enemies, each stack reduces Poison Resistance by 10%."
Stormblade: Increased Skill Damage
(1) Increased the damage of Ice Boomerang from "90%/110%/130%/150% Cold damage" to "90%/120%/150%/180% Cold damage"; also increased the additional fragment damage from "30%/40%/50%/60% Cold damage" to "60%/80%/100%/120% Cold damage." (2) Added new effect to Cold Blood: "When enemy life is below 25%, damage increases by 20%/30%/40%/50%."
Artillerist
Increased the effect of Pyrostigma in reducing enemy's Fire Resistance, from "When marking enemies, each stack reduces Fire Resistance by 5%" to "When marking enemies, each stack reduces Fire Resistance by 10%."
Heretic: New Skill Effects
(1) Added new effect to Immolation Ward: "Each minion increases damage by 10%." (2) Added new effect to Incinerating Vortex: "Each minion increases damage by 20%." (3) Added new effect to Entropic Dilation: "When Fire Ailment is applied, each minion increases the damage from Fire Ailment by 10%/20%/30%/40%."
Stormshaman
Increased the damage of Trinity Traveler from "Cold/Shock/Poison Damage +10%/+15%/+20%/+25%" to "Cold/Shock/Poison Damage +10%/+20%/+30%/+40%."
Necromancer: New Skill Effects
(1) Adjusted the revival time for Ghostrider from "When you take fatal damage, recover 9%/18%/27%/36% of max life over 3 seconds" to "On taking fatal damage, recover 12%/24%/36%/48% of max life over 2.5 seconds." (2) Added new effect to Lazarus Wave: "Each minion increases damage by 20%." (3) Added new effect to Atrophic Torrent: "Each minion increases damage by 20%." (4) Added new effect to Possess: "Each minion increases soul eruption damage by 40%."
New Affixes
After the mid-season update, we will introduce new affixes:
Affix Rarity Expansion
In addition to the new affixes, we will also expand the rarity of some existing affixes:
New Insane-Quality Gear
After the mid-season update, we will introduce the following new Insane-quality gear in the game, with some of them having a chance to drop in the affixed dungeons.
Miracle Seed (Focus)
Defeat the Mandragora or Elven Mandragora in Murkwood on any difficulty for a chance to obtain it.
Exclusive Fatebound Effect: You have a chance to regain a Lifeseed upon consuming one, and your sylvan allies gain enhanced stats.
Stormsong Twins (Dual Blades)
Defeat the Treasure Taffy in an affixed dungeon for a chance to obtain it.
Exclusive Fatebound Effect: Your Arc Blasts now have a dash effect, and no longer deal immediate damage but cause lightning to strike enemies after a short delay with a guaranteed chance to crit instead.
Emberstone (Ring)
Defeat the Treasure Taffy in an affixed dungeon for a chance to obtain it.
Exclusive Fatebound Effect: You have a chance to activate Pyroclad when dealing Fire Damage, and you rapidly regenerate life and gain increased stats while Pyroclad is active.
Serpent's Whisper (Staff)
Defeat the Treasure Taffy in an affixed dungeon for a chance to obtain it.
Exclusive Fatebound Effect: Your Flaming Hydras gain greater size, attack faster, and inherit a portion of your stats.
Siegebreaker (Crossbow)
Defeat the Treasure Taffy in an affixed dungeon for a chance to obtain it.
Exclusive Fatebound Effect: While the Human Bunker is active, you gain greater size and additional projectiles, and you consume all marked stacks on enemies fully marked by Aimbot to pound them from above with heavy bolts.
Rhythmia (Ring)
Defeat the Treasure Taffy in an affixed dungeon for a chance to obtain it.
Exclusive Fatebound Effect: You gain All Damage when remaining in place, and damage reduction when moving.
Blackened Heart (Necklace)
Defeat the Dieter Rottentail in an affixed dungeon for a chance to obtain it.
Exclusive Fatebound Effect: When you score a crit, you have a 100% chance to cast 1 active skill that you've already learned at X% increased mana cost.
Frostheart (Necklace)
Defeat the Noel Rex in an affixed dungeon for a chance to obtain it.
Exclusive Fatebound Effect: Icicles gain drastically increased damage and now send forth one congealed ice ball that, upon hitting frozen enemies, inflicts Frostbite on them, reducing their Cold Resistance and dealing massive damage.
Nianbane (Necklace)
Defeat the Nian, the Yearbeast in an affixed dungeon for a chance to obtain it.
Exclusive Fatebound Effect: Your Fireballs become firework bombshells that deal Fire, Cold, and Shock Damage at random, with each instance of damage giving you a buff of the corresponding element. The bombshells are further enhanced by your number of Projectiles.
Gachapon Dispenser Pool Refreshed
New Gachapon Skins
In this update, we will refresh the Gachapon Dispenser pool. New skins, back accessories, weapon skins, and other items will be added to the Gachapon Dispenser. Old items will be removed and will no longer be available for draws.
This GIF is for demo only. Please refer to the official version.
This GIF is for demo only. Please refer to the official version.
New Gachapon Packs
We are also introducing two new packs: the Initiate’s Heroic Epic Bundle and the Rapturous Heroic Epic Bundle. The details of the packs are as follows:
Initiate’s Heroic Epic Bundle
Price: 120 Fish Chips
Contents: Gachapon Coins *10, Coins *100,000
Rapturous Heroic Epic Bundle
Price: 880 Fish Chips
Contents: Gachapon Coins *66, Coins *660,000
*The Initiate's Oceanic Bundle and Krakenian Oceanic Bundle will be discontinued and no longer available for purchase starting at 11:00 (UTC+8) on August 22, 2024.
New Emote System
In this update, we've also added an in-game emote system. Emotes can be used in both single-player and multiplayer modes. When in multiplayer, you can see emotes next to the team member slots.
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New Prestige Class: Lifebinder
The Lifebinder will make its debut after the mid-season update!
A botanist and disciple of nature, the Lifebinder sows seeds of miracles and relies on their vigorous plant companions to decimate foes.
Stay tuned for the official introduction of the new prestige class: Lifebinder!