MapleStory Reboot is an update to re-balance skills of all classes and also to adjust the current Star Force Enhancement System to make it less PITA. This patches are added to test server first before being released in the official patch. Credit’s to OrangeMushroom.net for the translation and details. Below is the compilation of updates of MapleStory Reboot for convenience.

Table of Contents

MapleStory Reboot Update 1
MapleStory Reboot Update 2
MapleStory Reboot Update 3
MapleStory Reboot Update 4
Star Force Enhancement System Updated
MapleStory Skill Updates

Update #1 (June 15, 2015)

The first patch of this update will be released to the official server on June 25 and will include the character balancing which has been going on in the test servers so far.

Hello Maple users. It’s SY.

Today, since a lot of people have been asking for more information about our summer update after our plan was released, I will be talking about some of the large variety of content and events which will be added in MapleStory’s summer 2015 update “Reboot”.

Maple has already celebrated their 12th year and summer. Including this winter, over 20 large updates have been made for the game. Many people have been asking “can you think of any more updates?”, but our updates are from our imagination, leaving an infinite number of possibilities.

But the most important thing is listening to requests from our users. It is very difficult to decide what we should develop with our limited resources given so many different users’ circumstances and wants. There are many, many factors which affect our decisions.

This summer update “Reboot” is based on two things: things users want and some attempts at a new Maple.
1. Character reboot (balancing)
2. Level up frame 2.0
3. Equipment frame 2.0
4. New job “Kinesis”
5. 2D skeleton animation introduction.
6. Reboot server
7. New Mu Lung
8. Korean Folk Town reorganization
9. Giant boss raid “Urs”

Each day of this week, we will be giving out detailed information about each piece of content by talking to the development team. Today we will be talking with Wonky of the development team about character balancing, level up frame 2.0, equipment frame 2.0, and related details.

1. Character Balancing

SY: Everyone would like to become stronger. However, relative balance between characters is very important to keep an RPG fun. Right now, with this in mind, we looked at all of our previous developers’ notes and saw that we tended to simply buff characters again and again. Our goal now was to bring down some characters’ damage. Depending on the job, we may have even buffed them, and we know there is lots of discussion among users about our decisions. Believe us when we say that we are putting great importance on users’ opinions and our test server patches have and will be taking these into consideration. In addition, for further balancing, we will be continue to ask for user input as well as use our own collected data.

2. Level up frame 2.0

SY: Collecting stronger equipment and leveling are the most basic parts of an RPG but as users get higher and higher, it becomes more difficult. We want to work on increasing the feedback users receive as they level up to make it more fun and so they can feel actual growth.

Wonky: First of all, the new Hyper Stat system will be available starting at level 140. The Hyper Stat system is different than the regular stat system and allows you to raise various combat stats. After level 140, you’ll receive Hyper Stat Points which you can use to increase your combat stats. In particular, you can get stats that previously could only be acquired through equipment, Inner Ability, and other skills, depending on your character’s level. And after the Hyper Stat system is added, the Hyper Skill system will be integrated within it. Other changes include the amount of Honor you receive per level up. Currently, you get 500 Honor every time you level up, but after this update, you’ll get even more Honor based on your level.

3. Equipment frame 2.0

SY: Last summer, we introduced the new enhancement system Star Force, and this summer we will be reorganizing it again. As I mentioned in a previous Developers’ Note, together with an overall cost adjustment of enhancements we will be adding the Toad’s Hammer system which lets you move an equipment’s enhanced stats.

Wonky: Some updates to the Star Force enhancement system were added to the test server last week. To increase the cost efficiency of enhancing, we have decreased the costs of the 10th~14th stars. And to reduce the risk of enhancing items which have more than 12 stars, destroyed items will now give Item Traces which hold up to 12 stars of that item. Through these changes, we hope that users’ needs of a less risky enhancement system are fulfilled.

And a new system which allows you to transfer enhanced stats of equipment to the next level of equipment called Toad’s Hammer will be added. Now, you will be able to upgrade to higher level equipment constantly without losing the merit of enhancements to your current equipment. The Toad’s Hammer system allows you to move over an item’s Star Force enhancements, potential, additional potential, and Soul Weapon information to another item which is +1 ~ +10 levels above it. Although the details may change during testing, currently the Toad’s Hammer system’s cost is that 1 star from your item will be taken away and only potential/additional potential up to Epic rank can be carried over. Your Soul Weapon stats will stay the same.

SY: Because of this change, you will now be able to start enhancing your equipment at a low level and inherit those stats as you upgrade your equipment, making it fun to continue to become stronger with every single weapon.

That’s it for today’s information about the Reboot update. Check back tomorrow for more information about the new content. Please look forward to it. Thank you.

Update #2 (June 16, 2015)

Hello Maple users.
It’s SY.

Today we will be talking about the introduction of 2D skeleton animations and also a bit more of the new class Kinesis which we have mentioned before.

1. 2D Skeleton Animation

SY: MapleStory’s 2D graphics are definitely part of Maple’s signature, but it does have limitations. In order to fix this, we will be updating to a new graphics engine which will allow better 2D graphics scenes.

Kobo: Hello! I’m the designer in charge of concept art, Kobo. The introduction of a new graphics engine is very exciting to a designer~

Our current sprites require many resources in order to create realistic animations and movements, and it is hard for us to make what we imagine, but with the introduction of this new graphics engine, we will be able to create more natural motions and use our character illustrations better. For example, making wind swept grass and trees, fast moving vehicles, and other moving objects. Overall, this will allow us to make movement much more vibrant.

Kobo: You can expect MapleStory’s graphic style to evolve.

Sutber: Hello. I am the designer in charge of pixel art, Sutber.

In the past, skeleton animation was used in 3D games and more recently, online games, console games, mobile games, and a variety of different platforms. With the addition of skeleton animation to MapleStory, monsters’ animations can become much more natural and vibrant.

Sutber: In addition to monsters and some of the new job’s skills, NPCs, items, and other categories of art will be able to be more visually pleasing to all the users playing MapleStory.

2. New Job

SY: When you hear Maplestory and summer, the first thing you would think of is a new job. But for the past 1 year and 6 months, we have not released any! This summer, the new job you have been waiting for is coming.

MapleStory has 35 jobs but other than their effects, their combat patterns tend to be similar and not very unique.

Taking this into consideration, rather than actually hitting enemies, the new job “Kinesis” will use the weight of objects and monsters around them to showcase an exciting battle.

Wave: Hello, this is my first time speaking with you. I’m Wave.

After the last Developers’ Note was released, many users have been curious about the new job and as many of you have guessed, the new job will use telekinesis.

Kinesis uses telekinesis to pick up or throw monsters, lift themselves up, and after collecting a certain amount of Psychic Points, they can use powerful ultimate skills which use giant objects. This will create a different play pattern than other existing jobs.

This will also be the first job which begins in Friends Story. Starting in the modern background of Friends Story then moving into the huge Maple World, we would like to give a movie-like experience to users.

This summer, armed with new skills and a new story, this new job is coming to find you.

The things we have shown today are still prototypes and we are working hard to develop them more in order to meet your high expectations.

Please look forward to it and check back tomorrow for more information about the new content.

Thank you.

Update #3 (June 17, 2015)

Hello, it’s SY.

Today, we will be talking about the identity of the “Reboot world” which a lot of users have wondered about.

1. Reboot World

In this summer update, the new Reboot world will be born. The Reboot world is a server focusing on the fun of an RPG’s natural growth, collecting items and becoming stronger. This is done through the removal of selling items which significantly affect strength and reducing the reliance on Cash items through mesos.

Wonky: Hello, I’m Wonky.

In the Reboot world, in order to bring back the RPG’s original fun, game play will be significantly changed. Sufficient items and money needed in the growth process will be acquired through regular gameplay. This reduces the burden of keeping track of money, allowing you to relax and enjoy the RPG. In addition, we will be simplifying enhancing equipment in order to reduce the gap between equipment items. We also want to make levelling up more fun and not just killing monsters repeatedly, so we will be making significant changes to monsters to make battling more interesting.

All trading will be blocked in the Reboot world. Currently, in MapleStory, you can buy all the equipment you need through regular trading or the auction house. Although collecting money through trading is an important factor in MMORPGs, we think it is more important to fight against monsters and collect your own equipment and items. By acquiring equipment through your own gameplay instead of through a shop, we think it will make it a more fun RPG.

Mind Reading Robot: Hello, I’m a mind reading robot.

To reduce the burden of Cash in the Reboot world, a new Cash Shop will be utilized. Because this server is designed to give you the items and money you need as you hunt and level up, there is not as much need of various item strengthening systems and thus, related Cash items will not be sold at all or will be available through mesos. Cosmetic items which do not affect game play will be sold for Cash like usual. These changes will reduce the burden of Cash items and allow you to enjoy the game whether or not you spend money on Cash.

Through the implementation of the Reboot world, we want to show our true Maple’s original intentions, and because of various limitations in existing worlds, we will do it with the Reboot world. We will continue to develop Reboot world based on these policies and listen to the opinions of users to make more changes.

Please look forward to it.

Thank you.

Update #4 (June 18, 2015)

Hello, it’s SY.

Today marks the 4th day of our update introductions. We will be talking about the reorganization of some content to be more fun and the reopening of content which has previously been unavailable.

1. Enter the Dragon Mu Lung Dojo

The existing Mu Lung Dojo is mainly used by high level users with high damage. However, for lower level users, it feels like it is too difficult of a goal to try and challenge them. This summer, starting from level 105, Mu Lung Dojo will be divided into 3 Leagues. Please enjoy aiming for number 1 in your League and progressing to a higher one.

Wonky: In the Reboot update, users will find that the existing Mu Lung Dojo has been changed to Enter the Dragon: Mu Lung Dojo. The current Mu Lung Dojo only allows some users to clear it and reach the top of the rankings but now, starting from level 105, users will be able to participate in the new competition.

Among several changes to Mu Lung Dojo, the biggest is that the current modes will be combined into one. In this mode, the rankings will be split into 3 groups based on character level. Depending on your ranking in the group, you can receive high quality equipment items. Based on the ranking percentage (?), you’ll also receive points in the new Enter the Dragon: Mu Lung Dojo. These Mu Lung Dojo Points can be traded in for various items that will help you in regular game play, including the items which can be acquired from the current Mu Lung Dojo.

And in this single mode’s stages, the monsters’ difficulties have been changed significantly. Instead of being a simple speed race where you mindlessly hit monsters, the neemies have become more powerful in different ways, creating fun gameplay and more interesting competition. Through these change, all users will be able to challenge Enter the Dragon: Mu Lung Dojo and become stronger to enter the rankings.

2. Renewed Korean Folk Town

Currently in Maple, there are many theme dungeons and areas which are closed. In the past, we promised to reopen them after reorganizations but our speed was not fast enough for users’ needs. So this summer, for the users who were looking forward to them, we will be releasing a renewed Korean Folk Town. With a new story and battle patterns, you will able to enjoy a more interesting Korean Folk Town.

Wave: After a long time, Korean Folk Town will finally be reopened. Along with its unique country based fairy tales, we will not be changing it significantly but we will be making it a more serious area. By performing a smaller reorganization, it has become possible to focus our changes and create more high quality content.

The current Korean Folk Town has a variety of stories which some users may have already played and new ones that all users will enjoy. A lot of people already know the folk tales behind the area and one of the main points of this reorganization is to enrich the story and make it fresh.

Wave: We were not satifisfied with the excitement of the material itself, so we looked closely with the gameplay to create a better experience. One of the factors which cannot be overlooked is hunting. To make local hunting grounds interesting, a few things have been added such as being able to use kilns as hunting cools.

Maple World’s Korean Folk Town has a creative concept. Users have shown some interest in it, what is the most interesting thing in Korean Folk Town for you?

Mu Lung Dojo and Korean Folk Town are existing content which many users have enjoyed, and we are looking forward to showing you guys their renewed look. We hope these changes will make these contents more popular and interesting for all users.

See you tomorrow for the final news.

Thank you.

Update #5 (June 19, 2015)

Hello, it’s SY.

Finally today, after a long time of preparing, we will be introducing the large scale 18-person raid boss “Urs”.

1. Urs

SY: When you think of online RPGs, you also think of massive raids. However, it is true there are complicated steps which are made difficult due to the large gap between users. Urs will be using the 2D skeleton animation which we introduced on Tuesday, allowing all users to participate more actively in the fight against him. He will use power compensation and hot skills to make playing against the boss more fun and require true cooperation.

Im Chajang: Hello! I’m Im Chajang. Greetings after a long time~ I am happy to showcase Urs to all you users, we have been working on him for a while.

“Urs” is a giant boss monster, and also the first boss in MapleStory to use skeleton animation.

Im Chajang: By replacing our current sprite animation scheme, we were able to surpass our limits and implement something that was bigger and had more diverse behaviour.

In the case of traditional sprite images compared to the new skeleton animation for boss monsters, we were able to reduce the memory footprint of Urs to up to 1/100th of the original.

Another thing which has become possible by the usage of skleton animation is that we can add dozens of actions such as being eaten, thrown, or burned which allowed us to add a wide range of interactions between Urs and the characters fighting him.

Im Chajang: With 18 players all fighting together, the power compensation system has been added to make sure that dealing damage is not the only thing that matters. Unlike traditional bosses, users will need to work together to fight the boss and this will make it much more fun for everyone. Up until now, fighting monsters in Maple has never been this entertaining.

Speaking of large bosses, we are working very hard to develop a pleasant environment to fight the boss in which reducing lag is our highest priority.

18 people giant boss raid!
Please look forward to it!!!

This is the core content which our development team is preparing for this summer. The Reboot update will begin on June 25 and continue until August, with about 5 parts. Some of the information which we have talked about may be changed slightly from now until release.

When developing a game, there are always surprises. Our developers hope to surpass all of your expectations. This update is very ambitious and we do not know if we can meet the expectations of all users but we will try our best.

We hope that we can continue to provide updates to Maple which users have been asking for.

2015 summer. The Reboot update will begin soon.
We really appreciate your support.

Thank you.

Star Force Enhancement System Updated

• The cost of the 10th~14th stars has been decreased.
• In order to reduce the risks of destruction when using Star Force enhancements, Item Traces will now store a destroyed item’s enhancement count (up to 12 stars).
• The above changes do not apply to Superior item enhancements.

MapleStory Reboot Skill Updates

The major changes to most jobs are as follows:

Balancing jobs with low and high combat efficiency

• Jobs with low combat efficiency is increased. Jobs with high combat efficiency is decreased.
• To the best of our ability, changes are being made without affecting each job’s characteristics and fun.

Utility ability adjustments

• Jobs with multiple utility based skills have had their effectiveness and cooldowns adjusted.
• Draining skills will now be based off of your character’s maximum HP instead of the damage dealt to monsters.
• Binding skill abilities and binding skill resistances have been changed to follow the same logic. (I believe this means there are no longer different ‘types’ of binds to disallow stacking)
• Jobs with a low number of utility based skills have had their effectiveness increased.

Combat pattern improvements

• Some jobs’ combat patterns have been changed slightly.
• Many cooldowns have been adjusted to create equality.
• The performance differences between weapons for jobs which can use more than one have been mitigated.

Inconvenience improvements

• Buff skills’ casting delays have been decreased.
• Jobs’ buff skills have had their durations normalized.

Skill damage increases’ text explanations clarifications

• Skills that increase damage, increase attack, or both have had their descriptions clarified. (note: this is probably only an issue in Korean because the words for damage/attack have been used in place of each other sometimes)
• Skills that increase damage additively will now state ‘%p damage increase’, skills that increase damage multiplicatively will now state ‘% damage increase’, skills that increase your damage multiplicatively but are multiplied last will now state ‘% final damage increase’.
• ‘Damage increase when attacking bosses’ has been renamed to ‘Damage increase when attacking boss monsters’.

Final Attack Skills’ Logic Changes

KMST 1.2.013

In some situations, Final Attack skills would not activate correctly, especially when it is triggered multiple times in a short amount of time. After the addition of the Battle Analysis system, our development team which was previously unaware of the issue found out and promptly fixed it. There may still be some errors so please contact us if a similar situation occurs.

• Final Attack: intermittent error where this skill would not activate has been fixed
• Advanced Final Attack: intermittent error where this skill would not activate has been fixed
• Meteor: intermittent error where this skill’s extra attack while on cooldown would not activate has been fixed
• Blizzard: intermittent error where this skill’s extra attack while on cooldown would not activate has been fixed
• Dark Genesis: intermittent error where this skill’s extra attack while on cooldown would not activate has been fixed
• Battleship Nautilus: intermittent error where this skill’s extra attack would not activate has been fixed
• Captain Dignity: intermittent error where this skill would not activate has been fixed
• Dragon Sparking: intermittent error where this skill would not activate has been fixed
• Noire Carte: intermittent error where this skill would not activate has been fixed
• Enhanced Exceed: intermittent error where this skill would not activate has been fixed

All Jobs

Sometimes, even if you stop attacking in time to avoid Damage Reflect, your Final Attack type skills would activate, leading to unavoidable deaths so we have fixed that. In addition, we have increased the maximum damage of summons.

• Final Attack skills: these skills will no longer activate Damage Reflect
• Summon skills: maximum damage limit has been increased to 1 billion (1,000,000,00)

All Adventurers

The Decent skills available through equipment potential have been changed so that they can be debuffed like all other jobs and we fixed a Drain skill which we missed in previous patches.

• Decent skills: error where these skills could not be debuffed has been fixed
• Icarut’s Vampire Icarut’s Vampire: HP healed has been changed from % of damage done to monsters to % of your maximum HP

All Adventurer Magicians

KMST 1.2.012

• To mitigate the differences between Staves and Wands, you will now gain attack speed when using a Wand.
• MP Increase: in addition to existing effects, your attack speed will be increased by 1 stage while wearing a Wand

KMST 1.2.013

We have removed the attack speed boost while equipping a Wand and replaced it with a critical rate boost.

• MP Increase: attack speed boost while equipping a Wand has been removed, now you will gain 3% critical chance while equipping a Wand

Gaming Probabilities to be Revealed

KMST 1.2.013

On June 30, Korea MapleStory will be releasing the probabilities of their items to comply with the new law has been passed in Korea which requires all companies to disclose the probabilities of gambling-type items. Hopefully we will get to know the probability to get items from things like Philosopher’s Books, Miracle Cubes and their chances to upgrade/get certain lines.

Paladin

Paladin’s combat pattern was to use their Elemental Charges then a powerful Blast to receive a buff, but since Elemental Charge’s buffs were not being consumed, users simply used Blast until the buff ran out. Using Blast continuously did not fit the pattern of an elemental fighter so we have added a cooldown to Blast while increasing its damage. In addition, to achieve our job balancing goals of lowering the effectiveness of jobs with many high utility skills, some skills have been adjusted. When using blunt objects, you will receive extra effects.

KMST 1.2.010

• Weapon Booster: cast delay has been decreased
• Restoration: the effectiveness reduction of the heal when used consecutively has been increased from -5% per usage to -10%
• Combat Orders: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 200 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Blast: damage has been increased from 318% to 488%, buff duration has been decreased from 45 seconds to 10 seconds, in addition to existing effects Blast now has a 10 second cooldown
• Paladin Expert: bonuses when using a blunt weapon have been increased from 5% defense ignore to 10% defense ignore and 5% maximum critical damage
• Guardian Spirit: invincibility duration after being revived has been decreased from 20 seconds to 10 seconds
• Elemental Force: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 200 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 2400ms to 1080ms, in addition to existing effects Elemental Force can now go past level 30 with the effects of Combat Orders

KMST 1.2.011

In the previous test server patch, we gave a cooldown to Blast so that Paladin’s combat pattern would be different. However this cooldown had adverse effects so we will be removing it.

• Iron Body: duration has been decreased from 300 seconds to 200 seconds
• Blast: buff duration has been increased from 10 seconds to 60 seconds, damage has been decreased from 488% to 318%, cooldown has been removed

KMST 1.2.012

Paladins do not use Sanctuary very often so we have updated it a bit, and their hits per second are low so we have increased Blast’s number of hits.

• Sanctuary: cast delay has been decreased from 2760ms to 1380ms
• Blast Blast: damage has been decreased from 318% to 290%, number of hits has been increased from 7 to 8, buff duration has been increased from 60 seconds to 90 seconds

Hero

KMST 1.2.011

Hero has different skills and damage calculation procedures compared to other characters, so we adjusted Chance Attack. We also changed Combo Attack’s effect to be more stylish.

• Iron Body: duration has been decreased from 300 seconds to 200 seconds
• Weapon Mastery: in addition to existing effects, Weapon Mastery now gives 5% damage if you are equipping an Axe
• Rage: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 200 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1920ms to 1080ms
• Weapon Booster: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 200 seconds, cast delay has been decreased
• Combo Attack: effect has been changed
• Chance Attack: damage calculation order has been adjusted
• Enrage: duration has been removed (now an on/off skill)
• Rage Uprising: cast delay has been decreased from 2520ms to 2010ms

KMST 1.2.012

Hero’s Combo Attack ability did not have much use in 2nd job and so we have added some functionality. And their hits per second are low so have increased Raging Blow’s hits while Enrage is active.

• Combo Attack: in addition to existing effects, Combo Attack now gives 2 attack per Combo Count
• Enrage: fixed an error where Enrage could be used without any Combo Count
• Raging Blow: instead of Raging Blow’s damage being increased while Enrage is active, Raging Blow will now deal 215% damage 7 times while Enrage is active (last two hits will still be critical hits)

Dark Knight

KMST 1.2.011

Dark Knights have a narrow attack range so we adjusted Dark Impale’s range accordingly. In addition, although it has a small usage window, Gungnir Descent has a relatively low number of hits per second so we increased its number of hits.

• Iron Body: duration has been decreased from 300 seconds to 200 seconds
• Weapon Mastery: in addition to existing effects, Weapon Mastery now gives 2 attack speed boost if you are equipping a Spear
• Weapon Booster: cast delay has been decreased
• Iron Will: duration has been decreased from 240 seconds to 200 seconds
• Hyper Body: duration has been decreased from 300 seconds to 200 seconds
• Chain Cross Over Chain: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 200 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1260ms to 1080ms
• Dark Impale: attack range has been changed to match its effect
• Gungnir Descent: damage has been decreased from 312% to 250%, number of hits has been increased from 8 to 10
• Sacrifice: cast delay has been decreased from 2280ms to 1080ms
• Dark Synthesis: damage has been increased from 300% to 330%, number of monsters hit has been increased from 8 to 10, cooldown has been increased from 8 seconds to 10 seconds
• Dark Thirst: HP healed has been changed from 100% of damage done to monsters to 6% of your maximum HP, attack boost has been increased from 60 to 80

KMST 1.2.012

We wanted to reduce the performance differences between the two weapons by letting Weapon Mastery increase attack speed while equipping a Spear but it was a large buff so Polearms became useless. We think Spears should still be buffed so we have decreased the attack speed boost but added a damage boost. We fixed some Drain skills which we missed in previous patches.

• Lord of Darkness: HP healed has been changed from % of damage done to monsters to % of your maximum HP
• Beholder’s Revenge: HP healed has been changed from 10% of damage done to monsters to 5% of your maximum HP
• Weapon Mastery: attack speed boost while wearing a Spear has been decreased from 2 stages to 1 stage, you will now gain 5% damage while wearing a Spear (in addition to the attack speed boost)

KMST 1.2.013

Dark Knight’s drain skills’ effectiveness have been raised in order to take full advantage of Cross Over Chain’s damage boost.

• Lord of Darkness: chance to heal has been increased from 20% to 100%, HP healed has been decreased from 10% max HP to 5% max HP
• Dark Thirst: HP healed has been increased from 6% max HP to 9% max HP

Archmage (Fire/Poison)

KMST 1.2.010

Archmages (F/P) combine the effects of 5 DoTs to increase the power of Mist Eruption but after the addition of Mist Eruption – Cooltime Reduce, their damage became too high. Therefore, we have decreased the cooldown reduction from that Hyper Skill but we have increased the strength of Megiddo Flame.

• Magic Guard: duration has been decreased from 600 seconds to 240 seconds
• Magic Booster: duration has been increased from 200 seconds to 240 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Meditation: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 240 seconds
• Elemental Adapting (F/P): cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Elemental Reset: duration has been decreased from 300 seconds to 240 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Ifrit: duration has been increased from 160 seconds to 260 seconds
• Meteor: cast delay has been decreased from 1800ms to 1140ms
• Mist Eruption – Cooltime Reduce: cooldown reduction has been decreased from 100% to 50%
• Megiddo Flame: number of hits has been increased from 6 to 9, cooldown has been decreased from 90 seconds to 50 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1080ms to 900ms

KMST 1.2.011

After the last test server patch where we increased the cooldown of Mist Eruption, we found that Archmages still had very high damage. Therefore by slightly increasing the cast delay of Paralyze and reducing the duration of Ignite, we have slightly reduced Archmage’s damage.

• Ignite: duration has been decreased from 6 seconds to 4 seconds
• Elemental Reset: cast delay has been decreased
• Paralyze: cast delay has been increased from 800ms to 870ms

KMST 1.2.012

In the previous test server updates, Archmage’s number of hits per second were decreased too much so we have reverted that change. But in order to reduce their damage, some of their damage boosts have been decreased.

• Ignite: duration has been increased from 4 to 6 seconds
• Paralyze: cast delay has been decreased from 870ms to 800ms
• Infinity: final damage boost has been decreased from 10% to 8%
• Paralyze – Reinforce: damage boost has been decreased from 20% to 10%

Archmage (Ice/Lightning)

KMST 1.2.011

Archmages had high damage over time with the use of Chain Lightning and Freezing Effect. In order to reduce their damage without changing their attack pattern, we have reduced Freezing Effect’s damage boost and increased the delay of Chain Lightning slightly.

• Magic Guard: duration has been decreased from 600 seconds to 240 seconds
• Magic Booster: duration has been increased from 200 seconds to 240 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Meditation: duration has been increased from 200 seconds to 240 seconds
• Freezing Effect: damage boost per Freeze counter has been decreased from 8% to 6%
• Elemental Adapting: cast delay has been decreased from 2160ms to 1080ms
• Elemental Reset: duration has been decreased from 300 seconds to 240 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Thunder Storm: cast delay has been decreased from 2760ms to 1050ms
• Chain Lightning: cast delay has been increased from 780ms to 840ms, hit sound has been changed, the hit sound and effect will now be played for every hit instead of once per cast
• Blizzard: cast delay has been decreased from 1710ms to 1140ms
• Elquines: duration has been increased from 160 seconds to 240 seconds
• Freezing Breath: this skill can now be affected by Combat Orders
• Lightning Sphere: damage has been decreased from 700% to 300%, number of hits has been increased from 1 to 7, finish damage has been increased from 1000% to 1500%, cooldown has been decreased from 90 seconds to 60 seconds, this skill no longer activates Damage Reflect

KMST 1.2.012

After the last test server update, Archmage’s number of hits per second became low. To keep their damage similar but increase the number of hits, we increased Chain Lightning’s hits but decreased its damage boost.

• Thunder Storm: storm’s speed has been increased
• Chain Lightning: damage has been decreased from 300% to 255%, number of hits has been increased from 6 to 7, cast delay has been decreased from 840ms to 780ms, hit sound and hit effect have been changed
• Chain Lightning – Reinforce: damage boost has been decreased from 20% to 10%
• Teleport Mastery – Reinforce: damage boost has been decreased from 20% to 10%

Bishop

KMST 1.2.010

Bishop has many utility skills, which is intended, but because they do not have cooldowns, they can be used continuously and undermine the suspense of battle. Therefore, certain skills have had cooldowns added with conditions which allow you to reduce them. In addition, to fix some complaints from users, elemental resistance ignore has been added to Vengeance of Angel.

• Magic Guard: duration has been decreased from 600 seconds to 240 seconds
• Magic Booster: duration has been increased from 200 seconds to 240 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Invincible: duration has been decreased from 300 seconds to 240 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1800ms to 1080ms
• Heal: Heal now has a cooldown of 4 seconds, for each party member healed the cooldown will be decreased by 2 seconds
• Dispel: Dispel now has a cooldown of 8 seconds, for each party member whose statuses are treated the cooldown will be decreased by 4 seconds
• Holy Symbol: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 240 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms, bonus experience rate will now be shown in the skill description
• Divine Protection: cast delay has been decreased from 2880ms to 1290ms
• Genesis: cast delay has been decreased from 1800ms to 900ms
• Resurrection: users being revived will now receive 3 seconds of invincibility
• Vengeance of Angel: in addition to existing effects, you will now gain 25% elemental resistance ignore while this skill is active, you can now use Beginner skills and Epic Adventure while this skill is active

KMST 1.2.011

Bishops use Angel Ray continuously as their main attack and it heals even more than Heal so we have decreased its HP healing abilities slightly. In addition, Big Bang’s effect has been changed.

• Heal: damage boost from debuff has been decreased from 20% to 10%, debuff duration has been decreased from 6 seconds to 2 seconds
• Big Bang: effect has been changed
• Angel Ray: HP healed has been changed from 90% of your damage to 15% of your (or your party member’s) maximum HP
• Vengeance of Angel: Angel Ray’s HP healing reduction has been changed to apply to its new maximum HP healing

KMST 1.2.012

Big Bang’s effect was very annoying because it blocked users, so we have moved it behind the character. Also, when you use Vengeance of Angel, you lose the ability to Teleport while using Angel Ray so we have fixed that.

• Big Bang: effect will now appear behind the character
• Angel Ray: maximum HP healed has been increased from 15% to 20%
• Vengeance of Angel: you can now use Teleport while using Angel Ray

KMST 1.2.013

• Big Bang: effect has been changed

Bowmaster

KMST 1.2.011

Although Bowmaster has many hits per second, their actual damage was very low. Overall, we increased some of their numbers.

• Archer Mastery: the ability to use skills without arrows has been removed
• Bow Booster: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 300 seconds, cast delay has been decreased
• Soul Arrow: Bow: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 300 seconds
• Quiver Cartridge: Poison Arrows’ DoT damage has been increased from 90% to 150% , Drain Arrows’ HP healed has been changed from 20% of your damage to 3% of your maximum HP
• Marksmanship: damage boost has been increased from 15% to 35%
• Arrow Blaster: installed Arrow Blaster’s damage has been increased from 125% to 140%, installed Arrow Blaster’s duration has been decreased from 30 seconds to 15 seconds, this skill now has a cooldown of 30 seconds, this skill no longer activates Damage Reflect
• Hurricane: damage has been increased from 300% to 330%
• Uncountable Arrows: damage has been decreased from 380% to 350%, number of hits has been increased from 4 to 5
• Bow Expert: attack boost has been increased from 30 to 60
• Illusion Step: duration has been increased from 240 seconds to 300 seconds
• Armor Piercing: chance to activate has been increased from 10% to 20%, maximum number of stacks has been decreased from 10 to 5, extra damage based on enemies’ defense has been increased from 100% to 400%
• Wound Shot: number of hits has been increased from 4 to 6
• Advanced Quiver: Poison Arrows’ DoT damage has been increased from 110% to 220%, Drain Arrows’ HP healed has been changed from 30% of your damage to 5% of your maximum HP, cast delay has been removed
• Preparation: this skill can no longer be debuffed

KMST 1.2.012

In order to make Arrow Platter more efficient, we have decreased its cooldown. And Hurricane – Reinforce’s damage boost will now apply to Arrow Platter’s turret. Armor Piercing’s skill description was very long and did not state the delay between activations, so we have improved it. In addition, because of this delay combined with its activation rate it was inefficient, so we have changed the skill a bit.

• Arrow Platter: installed turret’s duration has been decreased from 15 seconds to 10 seconds, installed turret’s cooldown has been decreased from 30 seconds to 15 seconds
• Armor Piercing: final damage boost based on enemy’s defense rate has been decreased from 400% to 100%, activation rate and stacking system have been removed, this skill now has a 100% activation rate but has a reactivation cooldown of 1 second (hard to explain but basically, it will let you ignore defense and deal extra damage based on the enemy’s defense rate on one attack then go on cooldown for 1 second)
• Hurricane – Reinforce: damage boost has been increased from 20% to 25%, damage boost now applies to Arrow Platter and it’s installed turret

KMST 1.2.013

Bowmaster’s Marksmanship’s boost has been changed and Arrow Platter’s cooldown has been removed.

• Arrow Platter: installed Arrow Platter’s duration has been increased from 10 seconds to 30 seconds, cooldown has been removed, installed Arrow Platter will no longer activate Final Attack
• Marksmanship: 35% damage boost has been changed into 25% attack boost

Marksman

KMST 1.2.011

• Marksman’s Sniping – Cooltime Reduce’s level requirement was too high and created a high barrier of entry to the job. Therefore, we have swapped its level requirements with Sniping – Limit Canceller.
• Archer Mastery: the ability to use skills without arrows has been removed
• Crossbow Booster: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 300 seconds, cast delay has been decreased
• Crossbow Soul Arrow: Crossbow: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 300 seconds
• Illusion Step: duration has been increased from 240 seconds to 300 seconds
• Painkiller: cast delay has been removed
• Sniping – Cooltime Reduce: level limit has been decreased from level 195 to level 177
• Sniping – Limit Canceller: level limit has been increased from level 177 to level 195

Night Lord

KMST 1.2.011

Night Lord’s Showdown Challenge’s extra experience and drop rate effect gave it a large advantage over other jobs while hunting to level up. Therefore, we have lowered its effectiveness while buffing Sudden Raid and Bleeding Toxin a bit.

• Haste: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Spirit Throwing: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 200 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Shadow Partner: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 200 seconds
• Sudden Raid: cast delay has been decreased from 3150ms to 900ms, this skill will no longer activate Damage Reflect
• Showdown Challenge: extra experience and item drop rate has been decreased from 30% to 10%
• Purge Area: cast delay has been removed
• Dark Serenity: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 200 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Four Seasons: cooldown has been increased from 8 seconds to 10 seconds
• Bleeding Toxin: DoT damage has been increased from 190% to 1000%, this skill can no longer be debuffed

KMST 1.2.012

Night Lord’s cast effect for Quadruple Throw has been changed to match the sense that you are throwing so many stars.

• Quadruple Throw: cast effect has been changed
• Purge Area: error causing a cast delay has been fixed

KMST 1.2.013

• Quadruple Throw: hit sound has been changed

Shadower

KMST 1.2.011

Shadower’s Boomerang Step has a small attack range and Assassinate has a low number of hits per second so we increased both of those. We also increased some of their skills’ effectiveness.

• Haste: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Meso Guard: duration has been increased from 190 seconds to 200 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Karma: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 200 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Shadow Partner: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 200 seconds
• Meso Explosion: now has a cooldown of 5 seconds
• Sudden Raid: cast delay has been decreased from 3150ms to 900ms, this skill will no longer activate Damage Reflect
• Boomerang Step: attack range has been increased
• Smokescreen: cooldown has been decreased from 300 seconds to 240 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1440ms to 1080ms
• Assassinate: final attack’s damage has been decreased from 1320% to 700%, final attack’s number of hits has been increased from 1 to 2, this skill can now be used while jumping
• Shadower Instinct: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 200 seconds
• Veil of Shadows: cooldown has been decreased from 90 seconds to 30 seconds

KMST 1.2.012

The change made to Shadower’s Veil of Shadow skill in the previous test server update made it a bit strong, so we have increased its cooldown.

• Veil of Shadow: cooldown has been increased from 30 seconds to 65 seconds

Dual Blade

KMST 1.2.011

Dual Blades were penalized greatly if they died while Final Cut’s damage boost was active so we changed it. In addition, we increased Sudden Raid’s utility a little bit.

• Karma: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 200 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Sudden Raid: cast delay has been decreased from 3150ms to 900ms, this skill will no longer activate Damage Reflect, this skill now decreases Final Cut’s cooldown by 20% when used
• Final Cut: the damage boost no longer depends on your charge time
• Thorns Effect: duration has been decreased from 210 seconds to 200 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Asura: damage has been decreased from 500% to 380%, number of hits has been increased from 3 to 4, intermittent error where this skill would activate Damage Reflect has been fixed

KMST 1.2.012

We have fixed a Drain skill which we missed in previous patches.

• Vital Steal: HP healed has been changed from 10% of damage done to monsters to 20% of your maximum HP

Viper

KMST 1.2.011

Viper needed some buffs to make up for the fact that it is a job which is always high risk due to its melee attacks. In a previous test server update, we added the ability to use Double Spiral during other skills but removed it because there were many fatal errors. This time, we would like to fix the problem by bringing it back and increasing the effectiveness of Nautilus with a new effect.

• Mental Clarity: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Knuckle Booster: duration has been decreased from 200 seconds to 180 seconds
• Double Spiral: this skill can now be used during other skills but if you do, it will go on cooldown for 10 seconds, this skill now passively increases Screw Punch’s damage by 100%
• Lucky Dice: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Willow Defensive: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Battleship Nautilus: damage has been increased from 520% to 1020%, cast delay has been decreased from 3420ms to 900ms, this skill no longer activates Damage Reflect, cooldown has been changed to 60 seconds at all levels, after using this skill your attacks will have a 50% chance to have an additional hit of 200% damage for 40 seconds
• Time Leap: cooldown has been decreased from 1500 seconds to 180 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1440ms to 1080ms, this skill is no longer affected by cooldown resets, while this skill is on cooldown you cannot be affected by another Time Leap
• Counter Attack: now passively increases Screw Punch and Double Spiral’s damage by 100%
• Dice Double Lucky Dice: duration has been decreased from 200 seconds to 180 seconds, cooldown has been decreased from 200 seconds to 180 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Vipercision: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Wind Booster: duration has been decreased from 300 seconds to 180 seconds

KMST 1.2.012

The cooldown which we added to Viper’s Double Spiral if used during another skill was too long so have decreased it. Fist Enrage’s attack range was increased slightly and Counter Attack has been changed to activate from any type of attack to reduce inconvenience.

• Double Spiral: cooldown when used during another skill has been decreased from 10 seconds to 4 seconds
• Counter Attack: damage reduction has been decreased from 70% to 40%, Counter Attack will now activate on % HP attacks
• Fist Enrage: attack range has been increased, attack range when fully charged has been greatly increased
• Guard Crush: this skill now has a chance to activate per hit instead of per attack
• Unity of Power: damage has been decreased from 800% to 650%

Captain

KMST 1.2.011

Captain’s utility skills cause a high penalty when they die due to Summon Crew and Lucky Dice, so we reduced their cooldowns. We also adjusted some of their numbers upward and improved on the low utility Nautilus skill.

• Gun Booster: duration has been decreased from 200 seconds to 180 seconds
• Summon Crew: cast delay has been decreased from 1440ms to 900ms
• Infinite Bullets: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Octo Quarterdeck: damage has been increased from 140% to 300%
• Lucky Dice: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Fullmetal Jacket: in addition to existing effects Fullmetal Jacket now increases your damage by 20%
• Hollowpoint Bullet: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Battleship Nautilus: damage has been increased from 520% to 1020%, cast delay has been decreased from 3420ms to 1020ms, this skill no longer activates Damage Reflect, this skill now decreases Summon Crew and Lucky Dice’s cooldowns by 50%% when used, now while this skill is on cooldown Captain Dignity’s damage will be increased by 30%
• Captain Dignity: in addition to existing effects Captain Dignity now increases your attack by 30
• Head Shot: damage has been decreased from 500% to 475%, number of hits has been increased from 8 to 9, cast delay has been decreased from 1050ms to 870ms
• Fusillade: cast delay has been decreased from 1110ms to 960ms
• Double Lucky Dice: duration has been decreased from 200 seconds to 180 seconds, cooldown has been decreased from 200 seconds to 180 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Pirate Style: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Unwearying Nectar: this skill can no longer be debuffed

KMST 1.2.012

Captain’s Counter Attack will now activate from any type of attack, and Rapid Fire’s damage has been increased for better boss fighting.

• Counter Attack: Counter Attack will now activate on % HP attacks
• Rapid Fire – Reinforce: damage boost has been increased from 20% to 30%

KMST 1.2.013

We fixed one of Captain’s skill descriptions.

• Pirate Style: error where the description and the actual % damage boost given were different

Cannon Shooter

KMST 1.2.011

Cannon Shooter’s weapon speed was extremely low which was hard to compensate for so we have increased their attack speed as well as other improvements to low effectiveness skills.

• Monkey Magic: duration has been decreased from 300 seconds to 180 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1350ms to 1080ms
• Cannon Booster: duration has been decreased from 200 seconds to 180s econds
• Lucky Dice: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Monkey Furious: debuff duration has been increased from 20 seconds to 30 seconds
• Roulette Oak Barrel Roulette: duration has been decreased from 240 seconds to 180 seconds
• Battleship Nautilus: damage has been increased from 520% to 1020%, cast delay has been decreased from 3420ms to 1020ms, this skill no longer activates Damage Reflect, this skill now decreases Oak Barrel Roulette and Lucky Dice’s cooldowns by 50%% when used
• Hyper Monkey Magic: cast delay has been decreased from 1350ms to 1080ms
• Overburning Cannon: in addition to existing effects, Overburning Cannon now increases your attack speed by 1 stage
• Double Lucky Dice: duration has been decreased from 200 seconds to 180 seconds, cooldown has been decreased from 200 seconds to 180 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Pirate Spirit: duration has been decreased from 300 seconds to 180 seconds
• Support Monkey Twins – Split Damage: damage has been increased from 50% of original damage to 60% of original damage
• Rolling Cannon Rainbow: damage has been increased from 400% to 600%, number of hits has been increased from 2 to 3

KMST 1.2.013

To increase Cannon Shooter’s boss fighting abilities, we have increased Buckshot’s damage.

• Buckshot: damage has been increased from 40% to 45%

Mikhail / Mihile

KMST 1.2.011

Mikhail’s battle pattern was overly simplistic. By adding new skills and changing the numbers of others, we would like to create a new pattern matching a knight that uses his shield.

• Beginner Skills
• Journey Home: Borrow Shinsoo’s aura to return to the side of the Empress. There is a cooldown of 30 minutes.
• Elemental Expert: Your mastery over the elements increases your attack and magic attack by 10%. This skill is unlocked after your fourth job advancement.
• Guardian of Light: Stance effect has been removed, Guardian of Light now creates a shield for 15/30 seconds which absorbs the damage of up to 3/6 attacks (for % HP attacks, their damage will be reduced by 10%/20%) and increases your damage by 15%/20%. The shield (and the damage boost) will disappear after it absorbs 3/6 attacks. There is a cooldown of 180 seconds. (max level: 2) (Link Skill)
• Will of the Alliance: this skill is now unlocked by the quest “The Alliance’s Birth” instead of through a quest at level 200
• 1st Job Skills
• Royal Guard: Using the Soul Shield, completely nullify enemy attacks’ damage and counterattack. (max level: 1)
• Level 1: After being used, stand your ground and nullify and counterattack the first enemy attack within a short period of time (< 1 second). If you successfully guard an attack, you will gain invincibility for 2 seconds and your attack will be increased for 10 seconds. Consecutive successful guards will refresh this attack buff and it will also increase your counterattack’s damage and range. This skill has a cooldown of 5 seconds. [1 time] Deal 150% + 3% per character level damage 2 times on up to 6 enemies. 10 attack buff. [2 times] Deal 200% + 3% per character level damage 3 times on up to 7 enemies. 15 attack buff. [3 times] Deal 250% + 3% per character level damage 4 times on up to 8 enemies. 20 attack buff.
• 2nd Job Skills
• Cheer Rage has been renamed to Cheer: in addition to existing effects, Cheer now gives 20 attack passively
• Sword Booster: duration has been decreased from 200 seconds to 180 seconds
• 3rd Job Skills
• Advanced Royal Guard: Enhance Royal Guard to allow more consecutive guards with even stronger counterattacks. If you successfully guard 4 times in a row or more, gain the ability to ignore Damage Ignore and Damage Reflect. (max level: 1)
• Level 1: [4 times] Deal 250% + 3% per character level damage 5 times on up to 10 enemies. 30 attack buff. [5 times] Deal 250% + 3% per character level damage 7 times on up to 15 enemies. 45 attack buff.
• Soul Link: Exert a powerful strength to the souls of nearby party members. Party members within range of Soul Link will receive its effects. On/off skill. (max level: 20)
• Level 20: 15 mana per second. [Mikhail] gain 5% damage per party member, every 4 seconds heal 1% of your maximum HP. 20% of the damage your party members would take is redirected to you (this damage can be nullified using Royal Guard). [Party members] If Mikhail successfully guards an attack, gain 100% of Royal Guard’s attack boost. Mikhail also shares 30% of Soul Endure’s resistance to statuses and elements and its defense with you.
• Soul Slash: number of monsters hit has been increased
• Soul Endure: cast delay has been decreased
• Magic Crash: duration has been increased from 20 seconds to 22 seconds
• Shining Charge: damage boost has been increased from 30% to 60%, duration has been decreased from 300 seconds to 180 seconds
• Shining Buster REMOVED!
• 4th Job Skills
• Shining Cross: Attack enemies in front of you with a cross of light. This skill has a chance to blind enemies. The blind effect can affect all enemies but bosses will have half its duration. Level 30: Deals 440% damage 4 times on up to 6 enemies with a 30% chance to blind them for 10 seconds.
• Maple Warrior has been renamed to Cygnus Knights Cygnus Knights: effect has been renewed, this skill is now acquired through a quest and does not require Mastery Books
• Soul Assault: damage has been decreased from 417% to 320%, number of hits has been increased from 4 to 6, blind chance has been decreased from 40% to 20%, blind duration has been decreased from 100 seconds to 10 seconds
• Stance: Stance has been increased from 95% to 100%, effect is now passive
• Advanced Soul Shield: in addition to existing effects, Advanced Soul Shield now reduces the damage of % HP attacks by 10%
• Combat Mastery: in addition to existing effects, Combat Mastery now increases your damage on stunned, blinded, or frozen enemies by 30%
• Soul Rage: cast delay has been removed
• Shining Blast REMOVED!
• Hyper Skills
• NEW! Shining Cross – Reinforce: Shining Cross’ damage is increased by 20%. [required level: 149]
• NEW! Shining Cross – Install: After using Shining Cross, install a cross which deals 130% 2 times on up to 6 enemies damage every 0.8 seconds for 5 seconds. The cross has a 100% chance to blind enemies it hits for 10 seconds, reducing their accuracy by 30%. [required level: 168]
• NEW! Shining Cross – Bonus Attack: Shining Cross’ number of hits is increased by 1. [required level: 189]
• Sacred Cube: attack boost has been removed, duration has been decreased from 180 seconds to 30 seconds, now gives 10% damage and causes Royal Guard’s first guard to always succeed, cooldown of 210 seconds has been added
• Deadly Charge: damage has been decreased from 1000% to 600%, number of hits has been increased from 8 to 10, buff duration has been decreased from 30 seconds to 15 seconds, cooldown has been decreased from 90 seconds to 30 seconds
• Shining Blast – Reinforce REMOVED!
• Shining Blast – Extra Target REMOVED!
• Shining Blast – Bonus Attack REMOVED!

KMST 1.2.012

Mikhail’s Royal Guard buff’s duration has been increased in order to reduce the penalty of failing to guard an attack. Shining Cross – Install’s duration has been increased to make it more effective. And some other changes have been made to reduce extremely high performance.

• Royal Guard Royal Guard: duration of attack buff after successfully counter attacking has been increased, cooldown has been increased, cast sound and hit sound have been added
• Advanced Royal Guard Advanced Royal Guard: attack buff after successfull counter attacking has been decreased
• Soul Link Soul Link: % of Mikhail’s Royal Guard attack buff and Soul Endure’s resistance to statuses and elements given to party members has been decreased
• Soul Assault Soul Assault: number of monsters hit has been increased
• Shining Cross Shining Cross: cast sound and hit sound have been added
• Shining Cross – Install Shining Cross – Enhance: damage has been decreased, duration has been increased, cast sound and hit sound have been added

KMST 1.2.013

Mikhail’s Soul Attack and Combat Mastery had the same function so we have removed it in Combat Mastery.

• Soul Attack: damage boost to enemies inflicted with statuses has been increased from 20% to 40%
• Combat Mastery: damage boost to enemies inflicted with statuses has been removed

Soul Master

KMST 1.2.010

All Cygnus jobs have a skill which gives elemental resistance ignore, giving them a large advantage in boss battles over many other jobs. This skill has been changed in order to balance the Knights of Cygnus. In addition, Soul Master’s utility skills have had some of their effectiveness decreased.

• Elemental Expert: elemental resistance ignore effect has been removed, this skill now gives 10% attack and magic attack
• True Sight: elemental resistance reduction effect has been removed (True Sight – Enhance’s effect will remain the same)
• Soul Penetration: cooldown has been increased from 120 seconds to 180 seconds
• Solunar Time: cast delay has been removed
• Soul Forge: duration has been decreased from 200 seconds to 180 seconds
• Cross the Styx: when charged fully, number of hits has been increased from 6 to 15, cooldown has been decreased from 90 seconds to 45 seconds, using another skill while charging will now cancel the charge

KMST 1.2.011

After removing Soul Master’s ability to ignore elemental resistances, their damage became very low. Therefore, we have increased some of their numbers.

• Falling Moon: damage has been increased from 55% to 60%, cast delay has been removed
• Rising Sun: damage boost has been increased from 20% to 35%, cast delay has been removed
• Unforeseeable: in addition to existing effects, Unforeseeable now increases your damage to bosses by 15%

KMST 1.2.012

Soul Master has very low resistance to statuses and elements, even compared to other melee warriors, so we have increased it.

• Rising Sun: damage boost has been decreased from 35% to 30%
• Will of Steel: resistance to statuses and elements boost has been increased from 20% to 30%
• Master of the Sword: Falling Moon’s damage reduction has been decreased from 20% to 15% (damage in Falling Moon is increased from 80% to 85%), Rising Sun’s damage boost has been increased from 40% to 55%

KMST 1.2.013

Soul Master’s Falling Moon has been buffed a little.

• Master of the Sword: Falling Moon’s damage reduction has been decreased from 15% to 10% (damage has been increased from 85% to 90%)

Flame Wizard

KMST 1.2.010

Flame Wizard’s high attack speed and range combined with the effects of Elemental Expert gave them tons of damage. Therefore, we lowered Orbital Flame’s damage and range but decreased the delays of many attacks and gave invincibility while casting Cataclysm.

• Elemental Expert: elemental resistance ignore effect has been removed, this skill now gives 10% attack and magic attack
• Book of Fire: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Ignition: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Orbital Flame III: damage has been decreased from 300% to 275%, range has been decreased from 500 to 300
• Born Phoenix: duration has been increased from 300 seconds to 600 seconds, cooldown has been increased from 600 seconds to 1200 seconds, Born Phoenix is no longer affected by cooldown resets
• Spirit of Flame: duration has been decreased from 600 seconds to 300 seconds
• Infernalize: damage has been decreased from 470% to 285%, number of hits has been increased from 3 to 5, cooldown has been decreased from 60 seconds to 30 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1560ms to 1020ms
• Orbital Flame IV: damage has been decreased from 330% to 305%, range has been decreased from 500 to 300
• Orbital Flame – Split Attack has been changed into Orbital Flame – Add Range: Orbital Flame IV’s range is increased by 400. [required level: 162]
• Orbital Flame – Ignore Guard: level requirement has been increased from level 162 to level 183
• Cataclysm: cooldown has been increased from 90 seconds to 100 seconds, you now gain invincibility while casting Cataclysm

KMST 1.2.011

After the last test server patch, Flame Wizard’s damage became very low due to the changes to Orbital Flame. To fix this, we have changed around Orbital Flame’s Hyper skills.

• Born Phoenix: duration has been increased from 600 seconds to 1800 seconds, cooldown has been increased from 1200 seconds to 1800 seconds (cooldown is now the same at all levels), HP healed has been increased from 20% to 50%
• Orbital Flame – Reinforce has been changed to Orbital Flame – Add Range: Orbital Flame’s range is increased by 100. [required level: 149]
• Orbital Flame – Ignore Guard: level requirement has been decreased from level 183 to level 162
• Orbital Flame – Add Range has been changed to Orbital Flame – Split Attack Orbital Flame – Split Attack: Orbital Flame’s damage is decreased to 215%, number of hits is increased by 1. [required level: 183]

KMST 1.2.012

To mitigate the differences between Staves and Wands, you will now gain attack speed when using a Wand.

• Natural Talent: in addition to existing effects, your attack speed will be increased by 1 stage while wearing a Wand

KMST 1.2.013

We have removed the attack speed boost while equipping a Wand and replaced it with a critical rate boost.

• Natural Talent: attack speed boost while equipping a Wand has been removed, now you will gain 3% critical chance while equipping a Wand

Wind Breaker

KMST 1.2.010

All Cygnus jobs have a skill which gives elemental resistance ignore, giving them a large advantage in boss battles over many other jobs. This skill has been changed in order to balance the Knights of Cygnus. Wind Breaker doesn’t have significantly high damage like the other Cygnus so we have added some boss damage to make fighting bosses easier.

• Elemental Expert: elemental resistance ignore effect has been removed, this skill now gives 10% attack and magic attack
• Element: Storm: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 200 seconds
• Bow Expert: in addition to existing effects, Bow Expert now gives 35% boss damage
• Monsoon: cooldown has been decreased from 90 seconds to 45 seconds

KMST 1.2.011

After removing Wind Breaker’s ability to ignore elemental resistances, their damage became very low. Therefore, we have increased some of their numbers.

• Trifling Whim III: activation chance has been increased from 40% to 50%, enhanced activation chance has been increased from 15% to 20%
• Bow Expert: boss damage boost has been increased from 35% to 40%
• Sky’s Song: damage boost when hitting one enemy has been increased from 10% to 15%
• Sky’s Song – Boss Killer: boss damage boost has been increased from 20% to 30%

KMST 1.2.012

Wind Breakers received extra damage when using Sky’s Song on one target but it was a bit too much so we have decreased it.

• Sky’s Song: final damage boost when hitting reduced targets has been decreased from 15% to 13%

KMST 1.2.013

An error in Wind Breaker’s skill descriptions has been fixed and Trifling Wind’s damage has been increased.

• Sky’s Song: skill description listing damage boost when hitting less monsters twice has been fixed
• Trifling Whim III: damage has been increased from 260% to 290% (enhanced arrow’s damage has been increased from 360% to 390%)
• Trifling Whim – Double Chance: possibility of creating 2x arrows has been added to the skill description

Night Walker

KMST 1.2.010

All Cygnus jobs have a skill which gives elemental resistance ignore, giving them a large advantage in boss battles over many other jobs. This skill has been changed in order to balance the Knights of Cygnus. Night Walker has other resistance ignore skills which make it too strong so some skills have been adjusted. However, removing jump cancelling would remove a unique combat pattern so that will remain unchanged.

• Elemental Expert: elemental resistance ignore effect has been removed, this skill now gives 10% attack and magic attack
• Shadow Bats: HP healed has been changed from 5% of damage done to monsters to 2% of your maximum HP
• Rapid Evasion: cooldown of 5 seconds has been added
• Element: Darkness: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 900ms
• Bat Communion: HP recovery rate boost has been removed
• Bat Communion II: HP recovery rate boost has been removed
• Bat Communion III: HP recovery rate boost has been removed
• Radical Darkness: resistance to statuses and elements has been decreased from 30% to 10%, HP boost has been removed
• Darkness Ascension: this skill is no longer affected by cooldown resets
• Shadow Servant: maximum damage limit is now affected by the damage ratio, cast delay has been decreased from 1200ms to 990ms
• Shadow Stitch: duration has been increased from 10 seconds to 15 seconds, cooldown has been increased from 90 seconds to 210 seconds, shadow’s speed has been increased, now for every hit on monsters affected by this skill the bind duration will be extended by 1 second (up to a maximum of 25 seconds)
• Quintuple Throw: damage has been decreased from 360% to 315%, last star’s damage has been decreased from 460% to 430%
• Quintuple Throw – Critical Rate: critical rate boost has been decreased from 20% to 10%
• Shadow Illusion: maximum damage limit is now affected by the damage ratio, cooldown has been decreased from 300 seconds to 180 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1200ms to 990ms
• Dominion: cooldown has been decreased from 300 seconds to 180 seconds

KMST 1.2.011

After reducing Night Walker’s resistance to statuses and elements in the last test server patch, we found it to be too much of a change so we have increased it slightly.

• Siphon Vitality – Imbue Body: resistance to statuses and elements boost per stack has been increased from 1% to 2%

KMST 1.2.012

We fixed some inconveniences Night Walkers had with Shadow Servant.

• Dark Sight: will no longer be cancelled by Shadow Servant or Shadow Illusion’s attacks
• Shadow Servant: this skill will no longer disappear when affected by status conditions
• Shadow Illusion: this skill will no longer disappear when affected by status conditions

Striker

KMST 1.2.010

All Cygnus jobs have a skill which gives elemental resistance ignore, giving them a large advantage in boss battles over many other jobs. This skill has been changed in order to balance the Knights of Cygnus. Other than this, Striker does not have any significant changes.

• Elemental Expert: elemental resistance ignore effect has been removed, this skill now gives 10% attack and magic attack
• Knuckle Booster: duration has been decreased from 200 seconds to 180 seconds
• Whirlpool: cast delay has been decreased from 1530ms to 600ms
• God of the Sea: cooldown has been decreased from 90 seconds to 45 seconds

KMST 1.2.011

Striker’s combat pattern had many inconveniences associated with its various buffs. Without changing the pattern, we fixed some of these annoyances.

• Element: Lightning: Thunder buffs can no longer be debuffed
• Typhoon: this skill can no longer be debuffed
• Electric Charge: in addition to existing effects, when you use Thunder buffs, this skill’s cooldown will be decreased by 6 seconds

Aran

KMST 1.2.010

We want to increase Aran’s combat efficiency without significantly affecting their combat pattern. Combo Tempest has been changed so that it is more useful in battle without having such a high cooldown.

• Double Swing: cast delay has been decreased, the next skill used after Double Swing will have its damage increased by 20%
• Combo Ability: passive Stance effect has been increased from 30% to 50%, Stance per 10 Combo Count has been removed
• Combo Smash: Combo Count has been decreased from 15 to 10, cast delay has been decreased from 1200ms to 840ms
• Triple Swing: cast delay has been decreased, the next skill used after Triple Swing will have its damage increased by 35%
• Combo Fenrir: Combo Count has been decreased from 40 to 20, cast delay has been decreased from 1530ms to 840ms
• Final Charge: cast delay has been decreased from 1080ms to 930ms
• Body Pressure: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 200 seconds
• Combo Drain: HP healed has been changed from 10% of damage done to monsters to 4% of your maximum HP, duration has been decreased from 240 seconds to 200 seconds
• Snow Charge: enemies slowed by Snow Charge’s effect will now take an extra 10% damage, bosses slowed by Snow Charge’s effect will take 5% extra damage, cast delay has been decreased from 1200ms to 900ms
• Full Swing: the first swing, Double Swing, and Triple Swing’s cast delays have been decreased, Double Swing and Triple Swing’s ranges have been increased, Combo Smash’s damage boost has been increased from 50% to 100%, the next skill used after the first swing will have its damage increased by 10%
• Advanced Combo Ability: passive Stance effect has been increased from 30% to 50%, passive status resistance has been increased from 10% to 60%, Stance and status resistance per 10 Combo Count has been removed, attack per 10 Combo Count has been decreased from 7 to 3, Advanced Combo Ability now gives 40 attack passively
• Combo Judgement: damage has been decreased from 640% to 480%, number of hits has been increased from 3 to 4, range has been increased, Combo Count has been decreased from 60 to 30, cast delay has been decreased from 1410ms to 900ms
• Final Toss: you will now jump into the air after using this skill
• Combo Recharge: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Over Swing: the first swing’s damage has been increased to 550%, Double Swing’s damage has been increased from 520% to 625%, Triple Swing’s damage has been increased from 640% to 725%, and Combo Fenrir’s damage boost has been increased from 40% to 60%, now increases Combo Smash’s damage by 60%
• Boss Reverse Combo: Combo Count increase while fighting bosses has been increased from 1 to 2
• Final Blow: damage has been decreased from 380% to 300% (490% to 390% for Commandless), number of hits has been increased from 4 to 5, number of monsters hit has been decreased from 8 to 6
• Combo Tempest: this skill now leaves all monsters hit with 1,000 HP, this skill can be used up to twice in a row (second cast will consume no Combo Count), after which it will go on cooldown for 15 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 3000ms to 1440ms
• Combo Barrier: cast delay has been decreased from 2700ms to 900ms
• Beyonder: damage has been decreased from 640% to 450%, number of hits has been increased from 3 to 5 (first hit), damage has been decreased from 640% to 500% and number of hits has been increased from 4 to 6 (second hit), damage has been decreased from 640% to 550% and number of hits has been increased from 5 to 6 (third hit), number of monsters hit has been decreased from 8 to 6, now for each less monster you hit this skill will do 6% more damage

KMST 1.2.011

In the last test server patch, Aran’s utility skills were still under par so we buffed some of them.

• Combo Drain: HP healed has been decreased from 4% to 2%
• Final Charge: this skill will now move you even if there are no monsters
• Final Toss: jump height has been increased
• Combo Tempest: command has been removed
• Beyonder: 1st attack’s number of hits has been increased from 5 to 6, while casting Beyonder you cannot be knocked back by monsters
• Combo Unlimited: in addition to existing effects, Combo Unlimited now gives 10% damage

KMST 1.2.012

Aran will no longer be able to be knocked back by enemy attacks when casting Final Blow and their damage reduction while casting Beyonder will now activate on % HP attacks.

• Final Blow: you can no longer be knocked back by enemy attacks while casting this skill
• Beyonder: damage reduction while casting this skill will now apply to % HP attacks

Evan

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Evan’s number of hits per second was relatively low and their casting delays were very long. Therefore, we’ve increased the number of hits on Illusion and reduced the delays of many buffs.

• Magic Guard: duration has been decreased from 600 seconds to 300 seconds
• Magic Shield: cast delay has been decreased
• Elemental Reset: cast delay has been decreased
• Magic Booster: cast delay has been decreased
• Magic Resistance: duration has been increased from 150 seconds to 300 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1440ms to 960ms
• Onyx’s Protection: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 300 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1440ms to 960ms
• Illusion: damage has been decreased from 450% to 300%, number of hits has been increased from 4 to 6
• Maple Warrior: cast delay has been decreased from 2250ms to 1500ms
• Dark Fog – Split Attack: damage per hit has been increased from 25% to 30%
• Onyx’s Blessing: cast delay has been decreased from 1620ms to 1080ms
• Onyx’s Will: duration has been increased from 240 seconds to 300 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1530ms to 1020ms

KMST 1.2.011

Like other resurrection skills, we increased Soul Stone’s cooldown.

• Soul Stone: cooldown has been increased from 360 seconds to 900 seconds

KMST 1.2.012

To mitigate the differences between Staves and Wands, you will now gain attack speed when using a Wand.

• Spell Mastery: in addition to existing effects, your attack speed will be increased by 1 stage while wearing a Wand

KMST 1.2.013

We have removed the attack speed boost while equipping a Wand and replaced it with a critical rate boost.

• Spell Mastery: attack speed boost while equipping a Wand has been removed, now you will gain 3% critical chance while equipping a Wand

Mercedes

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Mercedes is a bit lacking in hunting efficiency. We have changed her link pattern to be more fun and useful.

• Spirit Infusion: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 200 seconds
• Leap Tornado: this skill can now be linked to Rolling Moonsault, Legendary Spear, and Wrath of Enlil
• High Kick Demolition: this skill can now be linked to Legendary Spear and Wrath of Enril
• Unicorn Spike: this skill’s cooldown is now decreased by 1 second for each linked skill used
• Ignis Roar: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 200 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Water Shield: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 200 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Elemental Knight: duration has been increased from 160 seconds to 210 seconds
• Rolling Moonsault: now has a cooldown of 4 seconds, can now be linked to Legendary Spear and Wrath of Enlil
• Legendary Spear: can now be linked to Rolling Moonsault and Wrath of Enlil
• Ancient Spirit: duration has been decreased from 210 seconds to 200 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1260ms to 1080ms
• Wrath of Enlil: can now be linked to Charge Drive, Strike Dualshot, Unicorn Spike, High Kick Demolition, Legendary Spear and Lightning Edge

Phantom

KMST 1.2.010

Phantom depends greatly on the efficiency of Adventurer job skills and thus is affected by changes to them. We would like to make Phantom’s skills a bit more comparable to other ones so we have changed a few things.

• Cane Booster: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Luck of Phantom Thief: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Misfortune Protection: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Moonlight: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Ultimate Drive: delay between attacks has been decreased from 180ms to 120ms
• Pray of Aria: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Rose Carte Finale: the explosion damage of each card has been increased from 100% to 200%, cooldown has been decreased from 90 seconds to 65 seconds

KMST 1.2.011

Like other Drain skills, we updated Phantom’s to use your maximum HP. And like other resurrection skills, we increased the cooldown of Luck of Phantom Thief.

• Judgement: Drain Card’s HP healed has been changed from damage done to monsters to 1% of your maximum HP
• Luck of Phantom Thief: cooldown has been increased from 600 seconds to 1800 seconds, this skill is no longer affected by cooldown resets
• Ultimate Drive: attack delay has been increased from 120ms to 130ms
• Rose Carte Finale: explosion damage no longer activates Damage Reflect

KMST 1.2.012

Phantom had unused SP in 2nd job so we have adjusted Luck Monopoly, and we have increased Ultimate Drive’s damage to make it more effective.

• Luck Monopoly: LUK boost has been increased from 40 to 60, master level has been increased from 5 to 10
• Ultimate Drive: damage has been increased from 130% to 140%
• Final Judgement: Drain Card’s HP healed has been changed from 3% of damage done to monsters to 1% of your maximum HP

KMST 1.2.013

Phantom’s Ultimate Drive’s cast delay has been reduced a little to make it more useful.

• Ultimate Drive: cast delay has been decreased

EunWol

KMST 1.2.010

EunWol has many utility skills so we toned down some of them. We also reduced the delay of Bomb Punch so that it can be used in hunting instead of just Spirit Claw.

• Summon Redemption: cooldown has been increased from 300 seconds to 1800 seconds, this skill is no longer affected by cooldown resets
• Bind Area: duration has been decreased from 25 seconds to 20 seconds, cooldown has been increased from 180 seconds to 210 seconds
• Bomb Punch: cast delay has been decreased from 480ms to 360ms
• Soul Division: duration has been decreased from 30 seconds to 20 seconds, cooldown has been increased from 120 seconds to 180 seconds
• Spirit Bond Maximum: can no longer be dispelled

KMST 1.2.011

In order to make Bomb Punch more effective, we have increased its damage.

• Bomb Punch: first hit’s damage has been increased from 260% to 300%, second hit’s damage has been increased from 270% to 310%, third hit’s damage has been increased from 280% to 320%, fourth hit’s damage has been increased from 300% to 350%

Luminous

KMST 1.2.010

Luminous’ buff skills had very long delays so we shortened them. We also made certain buff conditions easier to achieve.

• Extend Mana: cast delay has been decreased
• Magic Booster: cast delay has been decreased 1920ms to 960ms
• Bless of Darkness: interval between Darkness Orb creation has been decreased from 5 seconds to 3 seconds
• Anti Magic Shell: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Light Shadow Guard: cast delay has been decreased from 1620ms to 930ms
• Photic Meditation: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Shine Redemption: a cooldown of 5 seconds has been added
• Dark Light Mastery: Equilibrium duration boost has been increased from 5 seconds to 7 seconds
• Darkness Sorcery: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Dark Crescendo: damage boost per stack has been increased from 1% to 2%, max number of stacks has been decreased from 30 to 15, cast delay has been decreased from 2400ms to 1080ms
• Armageddon: attack range has been adjusted to match its effect

Demon Slayer

KMST 1.2.010

Demon Slayer is a job with a lot of variation, depending on the user’s level and equipment. We made Devil Cry stronger in exchange for a longer cooldown, but it is decreased during Infinity Force.

• Demon Jump: commands have been changed (Double Jump – press jump while in the air, High Jump – press up + jump, Glide – hold down + jump while in the air and use left and right to choose directions)
• Demon Booster: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Dark Revenge: cast delay has been decreased from 1350ms to 900ms
• Outrage: attack boost has been increased from 40 to 50
• Concentration: damage boost has been increased from 25% to 40%
• Dark Endure: cast delay has been decreased from 1440ms to 990ms
• Devil Cry: damage has been increased from 270% to 450%, number of hits has been increased from 6 to 8, cooldown of 16 seconds has been added, this cooldown is decreased by 8 seconds while Infinity Force is active
• Infinity Force: duration has been decreased from 60 seconds to 50 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms, cooldown has been increased from 180 seconds to 200 seconds
• Demon Impact: cast delay has been decreased from 990ms to 870ms
• Demon Explosion: Force consumption has been decreased from 25 to 15
• Advanced Weapon Mastery: attack boost has been increased from 30 to 50
• Cerberus: cooldown has been increased from 5 seconds to 10 seconds

KMST 1.2.011

After increasing Cerberus’ cooldown, Demon Slayers found it hard to keep their Demon Force up. Therefore, we have reduced the range of Cerberus but decreased its cooldown. We have also changed Demon Jump’s commands back to how they were before. In order to create a more diverse combat patter, we have made some other adjustments.

• Demon Jump: commands have been changed back to what they were originally
• Demon Trace: Force consumption has been increased from 10 to 20, cast delay has been increased from 600ms to 750ms
• Devil Cry: debuff duration has been increased from 15 seconds to 20 seconds, cooldown has been decreased from 16 seconds to 14 seconds, cooldown reduction if Infinity Force is used has been decreased from 8 seconds to 7 seconds
• Vampiric Touch: maximum heal at one time has been decreased from 50% of your maximum HP to 15% of your maximum HP, cooldown between heals has been decreased from 15 seconds to 5 seconds
• Cerberus: attack range has been decreased, cooldown has been decreased from 10 seconds to 5 seconds
• Will of Liberty: Force consumption has been decreased from 50 to 10

KMST 1.2.012

We fixed an error where using Demon Explosion continuously would cause the client to shut down and we have adjusted some of its drain skills.

• Bloody Raven: cooldown has been increased from 5 seconds to 10 seconds
• Demon Explosion: error where using this skill continuously would cause the client to shut down has been fixed
• Vampiric Touch: maximum heal limit has been increased from 15% maximum HP to 25% maximum HP

Demon Avenger

KMST 1.2.010

Although Demon Avenger can level up fast, it is difficult to reach the top rank. Since they use HP instead of AP, it is quite easy to reach the maximum HP cap so now if you would theoretically go past it, it will still affect your damage range. We also increased Execution’s number of hits to be more useful in boss battles. In addition, it was frustrating to have your Exceed stage reset if you switched between Exceed skills so we have removed that. Thousand Sword was adjusted to make it worth its long cooldown.

• Demon Jump: commands have been changed (Double Jump – press jump while in the air, High Jump – press up + jump, Glide – hold down + jump while in the air and use left and right to choose directions)
• Exceed: your Exceed stage will no longer reset if you use a different Exceed skill
• Blood Contract: your damage will now scale based off your maximum HP instead of your current HP, however it will grant less damage per HP, it will also scale if your HP passes the maximum HP cap
• Absorb Life: max HP recovery has been decreased from 5% to 3%
• Demon Booster: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Demon Strike: your Exceed stacks will no longer reset to 1 if you use this skill after another Exceed skill
• Diabolic Recovery: maximum HP boost has been decreased from 40% to 25%, cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Refract Evil: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Advanced Absorb Life: maximum HP recovery has been decreased 10% to 8%
• Execution Exceed: Execution: damage has been decreased from 620% to 475%, number of hits has been increased from 3 to 4 (4 to 6 for Exceed state), defense ignore has been decreased from 30% to 15%, number of monsters hit has been decreased from 6 to 2
• Shield Chasing: Exceed: Moonlight Slash’s damage boost has been increased from 30% to 110%
• Overwhelming Power: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Thousand Sword: now increases your Overload by 5 stacks when used

KMST 1.2.011

An error where your stats were not being increased by additional HP has been fixed.

• Demon Jump: commands have been changed back to what they were originally
• Blood Contract: error where stats were not being increased by additional HP from equipment or skills has been fixed
• Exceed: Execution: defense ignored has been increased from 15% to 30%

KMST 1.2.012

After reducing Demon Avenger’s drain abilities, it became hard to keep their HP up. We have adjusted Release Overload and made Exceed skills increase your Overload count even if you switch Exceed skills. In addition, we have increased the damage of some Exceed skills.

• Exceed: while using an Exceed skill, using another Exceed skill will now increase your Overload count
• Release Overload: cast delay has been removed
• Shield Chasing: Exceed: Moonlight Slash’s damage boost has been increased from 110% to 330%p
• Armor Break: in addition to existing effects, Armor Break now increases Exceed: Demon Strike’s damage by 155%p
• Thousand Sword: HP consumption has been decreased from 15% to 5%

KMST 1.2.013

After reducing Demon Avenger’s Absorb Life’s healing, we have realized their difficulty of play has gone up significantly so we have made some changes to return to previous levels.

• Exceed: Overload increase when using another Exceed skill during an Exceed skill has been decreased from 2 to 1
• Absorb Life: HP healed has been increased 3% to 5% max HP
• Advanced Absorb Life: HP healed has been increased from 8% to 10% max HP
• Thousand Sword: HP consumption has been increased from 5% max HP to 15% max HP

Battle Mage

KMST 1.2.010

Battle Mage’s damage is very high with good control. We adjusted some skills to balance them but we want to keep their damage potential where it is.

• Spell Boost: magic attack boost has been decreased from 30% to 20%
• Battle Rage: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 600ms
• Battle King Bar: cooldown has been increased from 9 seconds to 13 seconds

KMST 1.2.011

The delays for all on/off skills have been removed.

• Battle Rage: cast delay has been removed

KMST 1.2.012

We have decreased Battle Mage’s Drain Aura’s HP healed when killing a monster.

• Drain Aura: maximum HP healed on enemy kill has been decreased from 3% to 1%

Wild Hunter

KMST 1.2.010

Wild Hunter has extremely high damage because of Another Bite. We wanted to increase the difficulty of keeping Another Bite active so that we could tone down their damage while still allowing Wild Hunters with good control to use it efficiently.

• Summon Jaguar: chance to inflict Another Bite with the Jaguar’s basic attacks has been decreased from 25% to 15%, Another Bite’s damage has been decreased from 80% base to 60% base, HP healing has been removed
• Claw Cut: HP healed has been changed from 15% of damage done to monsters to 10% of your maximum HP, cooldown has been increased from 3 seconds to 5 seconds, chance to inflict Another Bite has been decreased from 60% to 30%
• Crossroad: cooldown has been increased from 6 seconds to 7 seconds
• Sonic Boom: cooldown has been increased from 4 seconds to 6 seconds, chance to inflict Another Bite has been decreased from 60% to 40%
• Extend Magazine: cast delay has been decreased from 1530ms to 900ms
• Jaguar Soul: duration has been increased from 10 seconds to 20 seconds, cooldown has been increased from 120 seconds to 210 seconds, Jaguar Soul now shares timings with other binding skills
• Wild Vulcan – Ignore Guard: defense ignore has been decreased from 20% to 10%
• Flash Rain: attack range has been decreased, cooldown has been increased from 12 seconds to 14 seconds
• Rampage as One: Another Bite stacks inflicted have been decreased from 3 to 1, cooldown has been increased from 12 seconds to 14 seconds
• Silent Rampage: duration has been decreased from 60 seconds to 40 seconds, cooldown has been increased from 150 seconds to 160 seconds

KMST 1.2.011

Wild Hunter’s damage was reduced through the last test server patch changes but it still had a high number of attacks per second. We have slightly reduced that by decreasing the number of hits on secondary attack skills.

• Claw Cut: HP healed has been decreased from 10% to 7%
• Assistant Hunting Unit: duration has been increased from 28 seconds to 31 seconds, attack time period has been decreased from 4 seconds to 3 seconds
• Drill Container: cooldown has been increased from 25 seconds to 30 seconds

Mechanic

KMST 1.2.010

Mechanic’s combat pattern involves skills with very high damage and thus we had to lower some of them. In exchange, we increased the effectiveness of some lesser used skills.

• Mechanic Dash: you can now grab on to a rope or ladder while using this skill
• Gatling Shot: damage has been decreased from 100% to 90%
• Mechanic Booster: duration has been decreased from 200 seconds to 180 seconds
• Advanced Gatling Shot: damage has been decreased from 200% to 160%
• Massive Fire SPLASH: damage has been decreased from 350% to 300%
• Massive Fire IRON: damage has been decreased from 300% to 250%
• Advanced Homing Missile: damage has been decreased from 500% to 440%
• Over Tuning: duration has been increased from 150 seconds to 180 seconds
• Massive Fire: SPLASH-F: damage has been decreased from 500% to 390%, attack speed has been decreased
• Massive Fire: IRON-B: damage has been decreased from 305% to 295%, explosion damage has been decreased from 400% to 350%
• War Machine: Titan: damage has been decreased from 1440% to 500%, number of hits has been increased from 1 to 8, monsters near the titan will now take 1300% damage 2 times every second, cooldown has been increased from 20 seconds to 30 seconds, number of key presses needed to charge the gauge has been decreased, attack range has been changed to match its effect, while using this skill you will now take 50% reduced damage
• Dice Double Lucky Dice: duration has been decreased from 200 seconds to 180 seconds, cooldown has been decreased from 200 seconds to 180 seconds
• Bomber Time: cooldown has been increased from 90 seconds to 100 seconds

KMST 1.2.011

We reduced Mechanic’s damage in the last test server patch but it is still too high so we have reduced Massive Fire: IRON-B’s number of hits. We also reduced the delays of a couple of skills we missed.

• Overtuning: now has a cooldown of 90 seconds
• Lucky Dice: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Massive Fire: IRON-B: damage has been decreased from 295% to 285%, number of hits has been decreased from 7 to 6
• Double Lucky Dice: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms

KMST 1.2.012

In previous test server updates, we reduced Mechanic’s damage but it is still to high so we have adjusted it further. And to increase Titan’s effectiveness, we have adjusted its damage formula and damage reduction.

• Rocket Booster: command has been removed
• Overtuning: cooldown has been removed
• Advanced Homing Missile: damage has been decreased from 440% to 395%
• War Machine: Titan: damage formula has been changed to use the character’s damage instead of a summon’s, damage reduction while casting will now apply to % HP attacks
• Massive Fire – Reinforce: damage boost has been decreased from 20% to 10%

Xenon

KMST 1.2.010

Xenon does not have any of the issues we are targeting with this skill balancing so no direct damage changes were made. We did change some skills to fix inconveniences.

• Xenon Booster: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Linear Perspective: Energy consumption has been decreased from 6 to 4
• Pipeline Efficiency Pipeline: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Combat Switching: Shoot Down: number of hits has been increased from 1 to 2
• Dual Breed Defensive: Energy consumption has been decreased from 10 to 7
• Offensive Matrix: duration has been increased from 180 seconds to 240 seconds, cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• OOPARTs Code: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Confine Entangle: duration has been increased from 15 seconds to 20 seconds, Confine Entangle now shares timings with other binding skills
• Meltdown Explosion: coldown has been decreased from 90 seconds to 50 seconds, defense reduction debuff’s duration has been decreased from 15 seconds to 10 seconds

KMST 1.2.012

To make Xenon’s Purge Lob Masquerade more effective, we have reduced its delays and we have also fixed some inconveniences of Triangle Formation.

• Triangle Formation: this skill will no longer activate Damage Reflect
• Purge Lob Masquerade: Snipe: cast delay has been decreased from 930ms to 900ms
• Purge Lob Masquerade: Laser: cast delay has been decreased from 1260ms to 1020ms
• Purge Lob Masquerade: Bomb: number of hits has been increased from 4 to 5, number of monsters hit has been increased from 12 to 15, cast delay has been decreased from 1440ms to 1200ms

Kaiser

KMST 1.2.010

Kaiser is a job which is pretty well balanced, except for when a certain weapon is used. We changed some skills which felt uncomfortable and we will re-examine the data later if more changes need to be made when it comes to that weapon (Ryude’s Sword).

• Blaze Up: cast delay has been decreased
• Petrified: Petrified will no longer damage monsters that use Damage Reflect
• Infernal Breath: Infernal Breath’s damage over time will no longer damage monsters that use Damage Reflect
• Robust Armor: cast delay has been decreased from 1500ms to 990ms
• Prominence: cooldown has been decreased from 90 seconds to 60 seconds

Angelic Buster

KMST 1.2.010

Angelic Buster’s biggest problem is the lack of number of hits over time. Therefore, we are increasing their main skills’ number of hits.

• Power Transfer: cast delay has been decreased
• Pink Scud: will now move you even if there are no monsters in front of you
• Soul Seeker: cast delay has been increased from 810ms to 900ms
• Trinity: damage has been decreased from 1600% to 800%, number of hits has been increased from 1 to 2
• Soul Gaze: cast delay has been decreased from 1140ms to 1080ms
• Soul Seeker Expert: damage ratio has been increased from 70% to 75%
• Trinity – Split Attack: damage has been decreased from 950% to 650%, number of hits has been increased from 2 to 3
• Super Nova: damage has been decreased from 800% to 600%, number of hits has been increased from 1 to 3, cooldown has been decreased from 90 seconds to 65 seconds

Zero

KMST 1.2.010

Zero has a high level of combat efficiency because of its high skill damages so we have tuned them down. We have also reduced the effectiveness of some of their utility skills.

• Time Distortion: cooldown has been increased, Time Distortion is no longer affected by cooldown resets
• Time Rewind: cooldown has been increased, Time Rewind is no longer affected by cooldown resets
• Shadow Rain: cooldown has been increased, Shadow Rain is no longer affected by cooldown resets
• Tachi Mastery: attack boost has been decreased from 50 to 40, defense ignore has been decreased from 50% to 30%
• Flash Assaulter: damage has been decreased from 360% to 305%
• Rolling Assaulter: damage has been decreased from 650% to 550%
• Advanced Rolling Assaulter: damage has been decreased from 800% to 680%
• Spin Cutter: damage has been decreased from 420% to 355%
• Advanced Spin Cutter: damage has been decreased from 560% to 475%
• Rolling Curve: damage has been decreased from 610% to 515%
• Advanced Rolling Curve: damage has been decreased from 760% to 645%
• Wind Cutter: damage has been decreased from 350% to 295%
• Wind Strike: damage has been decreased from 535% to 450%
• Storm Break: damage has been decreased from 510% to 430%
• Advanced Storm Break: damage has been decreased from 720% to 610%, electric field’s damage has been decreased from 270% to 230%
• Great Sword Mastery: attack boost has been decreased from 100 to 80, boss damage boost has been decreased from 50% to 30%, damage boost when hitting less than maximum monsters has been decreased from 15% to 6%
• Front Slash: damage has been decreased from 720% to 610%
• Throwing Weapon: damage has been decreased from 450% to 380%
• Advanced Throwing Weapon: damage has been decreased from 650% to 550%
• Turning Drive: damage has been decreased from 840% to 710%
• Wheel Wind: damage has been decreased from 260% to 220%
• Advanced Wheel Wind: damage has been decreased from 440% to 370%
• Giga Crash: damage has been decreased from 810% to 685%
• Jumping Crash: damage has been decreased from 720% to 610%
• Earth Break: damage has been decreased from 810% to 685%
• Advanced Earth Break: damage has been decreased from 1020% to 865%, electric field’s damage has been decreased from 400% to 340%
• Critical Bind: duration has been decreased from 5 seconds to 4 seconds

KMST 1.2.011

After the last test server patch, Zero’s Time Holding’s ability to reset skill cooldowns became ineffective so Time Distortion and Shadow Rain can once again be reset. Their damage and utility are still high so we have made a few more changes to slightly reduce them.

• Rapid Time – Detect: critical chance per stack has been decreased from 3% to 2%
• Time Distortion: cooldown has been decreased to 240 seconds, this skill can once again be affected by cooldown resets
• Shadow Rain: Beta’s damage has been decreased from 1800% to 1400%, cooldown has been increased to 300 seconds, this skill can once again be affected by cooldown resets
• Divine Leer: HP healed has been decreased from 10% to 5%, DoT damage duration has been decreased from 15 seconds to 10 seconds
• Immune Barrier: duration has been decreased from 15 seconds to 5 seconds
• Critical Bind: monsters’ resistance time has been increased from 15 seconds to 20 seconds

KMST 1.2.012

Zero’s Throwing Weapon’s damage will now use the character’s damage formula instead of a summon’s. We have also increased Alpha’s resistance to statuses and elements and fixed an error with many skills which would deal damage and activate Damage Reflect.

• Reinforce Body: in addition to existing effects, Reinforce Body increases your resistance to statuses and elements by 10%
• Solid Body: resistance to statuses and elements has been decreased from 50% to 40%
• Shadow Strike : intermittent error where the afterattack would activate Damage Reflect has been fixed
• Advanced Spin Cutter : intermittent error where the afterattack would activate Damage Reflect has been fixed
• Advanced Rolling Curve: intermittent error where the afterattack would activate Damage Reflect has been fixed
• Assaulter Advanced Rolling Assaulter: intermittent error where the afterattack would activate Damage Reflect has been fixed
• Wind Cutter: intermittent error where the afterattack would activate Damage Reflect has been fixed
• Wind Strike: intermittent error where the afterattack would activate Damage Reflect has been fixed
• Storm Break: intermittent error where the afterattack would activate Damage Reflect has been fixed
• Advanced Storm Break: intermittent error where the afterattack would activate Damage Reflect has been fixed
• Advanced Power Stomp: intermittent error where the shockwave would activate Damage Reflect has been fixed
• Throwing Weapon: damage formula has been changed to use the character’s damage instead of a summon’s, intermittent error where the weapon would activate Damage Reflect has been fixed
• Advanced Throwing Weapon: damage formula has been changed to use the character’s damage instead of a summon’s, intermittent error where the weapon would activate Damage Reflect has been fixed
• Jumping Crash: intermittent error where the shockwave would activate Damage Reflect has been fixed
• Earth Break: intermittent error where the shockwave would activate Damage Reflect has been fixed
• Advanced Earth Break: intermittent error where the shockwave would activate Damage Reflect has been fixed