Patch notes: 2023-12-04

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The Supreme Arbiters finally arrives, along with the brand-new feature - Gear Recast and various updates and optimization on Guild War and other stages!

Update Duration: 12/04/2023 19:15 - 12/04/2023 21:15 (UTC-8) 

Compensation: Diamond x100

Faction & Heroes

Balance and order shall be maintained by utmost power. - Introducing the new Faction: The Supreme Arbiters on 12/09 00:00 (UTC-8)

Fighter - Valkyra, Godblade of Northfrost 
New Faction: The Supreme Arbiters
Added Passive: Arena Cost Reduced - Reduces Costs in the Arena by 5.

Defender - Constance, Hammer of the Holy Light 
New Faction: The Supreme Arbiters
Added Passive: Arena Cost Reduced - Reduces Costs in the Arena by 5.

Fighter - Gnash, Marauder 
Skill Enhancement
[Assault] Unleashes a furious flurry of 5 consecutive chops, striking up to 3 targets within 2 tiles ahead. Each strike deals DMG equal to 110/115/120/130/130% ATK. Rage required: 1000/1000/1000/1000/900. --> Unleashes a furious flurry of 5 consecutive chops, striking up to 5 targets within 2 tiles ahead. Each strike deals DMG equal to 130/135/140/150/150% ATK. Rage required: 700/700/700/700/600.

[Bash] Increases ATK by 10/15/20/30/30% and extends ATK Range for 8 sec, allowing the hero to attack up to 3 targets within 2 tiles ahead. Cooldown: 25/25/25/25/20 sec. --> Increases ATK by 10/15/20/30/30% and extends ATK Range for 8 sec, allowing the hero to attack up to 5 targets within 2 tiles ahead. Cooldown: 20/20/20/20/15 sec.

Defender - Ghorza, Spinebreaker 
Skill Enhancement
[Bone Cracker] Every 8 sec, the hero attacks all enemies in front, dealing 150/150/170/170/195% DMG and inflicting a 10% DEF Reduction. Additionally, the hero's DEF is increased by 15/25/25/40/40% for 4 sec. --> Every 8 sec, the hero attacks all enemies in front, dealing 200/200/225/250% DMG and inflicting a 10% DEF Reduction. Additionally, the hero's DEF is increased by 15/25/25/40/40% for 4 sec.

Guild war

1. Refined the Battle Power (BP) calculation for affiliating Demon Soldiers to heroes. The new calculation now uses the hero's total BP (with gear and Artifacts equipped) instead of the base BP (without gear or Artifacts equipped). The boosts granted by affiliating Demon Soldiers to Lord heroes are also adjusted.
2. Added the Quick Affiliate feature. Now you can affiliate the 5 deployed Demon Soldiers to the 5 heroes with the highest BP with one tap, and replace any Demon Soldiers that were previously affiliated to these heroes.
3. Added new Epic Demon Soldiers: Shadowcaster (obtainable from the Guild Shop) and Necromancer (obtainable from the Guild Boss Chest).
4. Adjusted some Demon Soldiers for improved balance:
   • Decreased the ATK of Demon Soldier - Soulbone Archer and the HP of Demon Soldier - Fallen Reaper and Demon Soldier - Skeleton Guardian.
   • Slightly increased the attributes of Demon Soldier - Knight of Destruction, Demon Soldier - Uncommon Destroyer, and Demon Soldier - Lightning Guard.
5. Added the Battle Report Sharing feature, which enables Guild members to share Guild War battle reports to the Guild channel and watch recordings.
6. Introduced guides for Demon Soldiers, which can be viewed on the Attribute page of each Demon Soldier.
7. Added the Message Board feature, where Guild Leaders and Vice Leaders can post updates for all members to see on the Guild War interface.
8. Optimized the Demon Troops screen for better navigation. You can check whether a Demon Soldier is affiliated to a hero on the Troops interface. The location of the map info on the Troops interface is also optimized for easier access. In addition, after you've saved your Demon Troops, all the selected Demon Soldiers will be displayed on the left when you return to this screen again.

Gear

1. Added the Gear Recast system, which becomes available after clearing Campaign Stage N8-4.
   • Access: [Hero > Gear > Foundry] (1) Mythical gear with an enhancement level of 4 or higher is eligible for Gear Recast.
   • (2) Gear Recast will reset the stats of all secondary attributes of the gear while preserving the attribute types.
   • (3) Once you have recast your gear, you can either keep or discard the Gear Recasting result.
2. Added Sharing, Selling, and Locking features to the Gear Enhancement interface.
3. Added the Gear Swap feature which can be accessible on the Gear interface. Now you can swap the gear pieces equipped on two heroes after clearing Campaign N6-1.

Stages

1. Added Diamond, Shard: Ancient Summoning Crystal to the drops of stages 19, 20, 21 in Gear Raid II & III.
2. Adjusted the monster's HP and DEF in stages 19, 20, 21 in Gear Raid I, II, III without changing the overall difficulty.
3. Enhanced the overall art performance of Gear Raid I and adjusted some monsters and their skills. Auto-fights will not be affected.
4. Added a new themed map to the first stage of Void Rift and introduced Selene to the battlefield.
5. Tide now includes up to 160 waves, and Peak Talents are finally unlocked.

Chat

1. After switching to a new channel and sending a message, there will be a period of waiting time, during which you cannot switch channels.
2. Cooldown time has been added when messaging in non-client language channels.
3. The system now detects and limits continuous and repetitive messages. Chat restrictions will be placed on detected disruptions.
4. Increased the cooldown for Recruit Guildies to 6 hours.
5. The color of the font for shared content in the chat channel has been adjusted to enhance readability.

Achievements & Quests

1. New Achievements:
   • [Challenger of the Void]: Clear Void Rift (Elite).
   • [Conqueror of the Void]: Clear Void Rift (Hard).
   • [Dominator of the Void]: Clear Void Rift (Nightmare).
2. The "Vanquisher" achievement rewards have been enhanced, adding Legendary Hero Pact rewards. Commanders who have achieved this achievement prior to the update will obtain the added rewards via Mail.
3. Optimized the display order and the red dot logic of Achievements.
4. Optimized the performance of obtaining Honor Medals.
5. Optimized the Weekly and Monthly Progress Rewards, which will take effect in the next round of quests.
   • Weekly: The rewards for "Clear any stages 50 times." will be changed from Gold x10,000 to Shard: Ancient Summoning Crystal x5.
   • Monthly: The rewards for "Clear any stages 200 times." will be changed from Gold x20,000 to Shard: Ancient Summoning Crystal x10.

Others

1. Optimized the Hero's Visit feature:
   • (1) Added more visiting heroes and adjusted the frequency of Hero's Visit.
   • (2) Lowered the difficulty of Hero Quest stages.
2. Optimized the order of heroes in the Dismiss interface.
3. Optimized the claiming process of Campaign progress rewards. When there are several claimable progress rewards, you can claim all of them with one tap.
4. Optimized the criteria for fusible heroes and Star-up Materials. Now heroes equipped with gear are not regarded as fusible heroes and Star-up Materials.
5. Optimized the Star Up interface.
6. Optimized the art performance of the hero avatar on the right side of the Hero Fusion interface.
7. Optimized the opening performance of Hero Showcase.
8. Optimized the battle experience in Guild Boss fights by reducing the frequency of white flashes when being hit.
9. Added a reminder when reaching the Friendship Point cap. The Friendship Points obtained by completing Daily Quests will also be calculated.
10. Added ratings for Void Rift and Guild War in Hero Guides - Modes.
11. The Awakening Level of fusible heroes now shows up on the Hero Fusion interface.
12. Added Hero Showcase animation for Kineza.
13. Adjusted the trophies required for rewards in Oracle's Trial - Arrival of Heroes. Now you can earn different numbers of trophies by summoning with Diamonds, Rare Summoning Crystals, Ancient Summoning Crystals, and Legendary Summoning Crystals. Refer to the updated event description for the specific number of points awarded for each type.
14. Fixed an issue where the Quick Star Up feature may accidentally add equipped or enhanced heroes.
15. Fixed some known issues.