Patch 1.5.1 preview, part 1

[Troy-Kilal]

I have played Asmo and Elyos to lvl 22 and not once did I run out of quests - you must have missed some.

I was leveling as a duo as well so kill xp was shared but had no level issues at all.

This is in response to the person talking about running out of quests at lvl 17 - please do not turn this into a "wait till you get to level 35+" cry fest please.

[Rash]

You shouldn't be short of leveling methods until you hit 30+. 1-25, quests in Poeta, Verteron, Eltnen, and Theobomos. 25-29, Training Grounds. Then do all group quests in Kaidan mines and Eracus temple, bunch of collection quests in Agairon village, as well as hunt x of mob y.

I'm 33 (almost) and the only grind I did was for Water II spirit book.

[cutcyclo]

I accept with information: [NPC]

1. Added a new function to prevent abnormal game play as a result of specific terrains in the Instanced Dungeons.
-When a player moves where a monster cannot follow, the monster will now correctly continue to attack the player.

2. You no longer receive a reward when you defeat a field boss using a specific NPC.

3. Assigned additional guard NPCs that can detect Stealth to protect allies in the main villages of Heiron (in Elysea) and Beluslan (in Asmodae).



4. Increased the eyesight and Stealth detection ability of Mau Warriors and Mau Hunters—the NPC guards assigned to the Silver Mane Village in Morheim.

5. Changed the name of the guards near the Dredgion entrance in both Elysea and Asmodae.
- Changed the name of the guard in the Teminon Bind Point to Garrison Senior Soldier .
- Changed the name of the guard in the Primum Bind Point to Garrison Senior Soldier .

6. Corrected the spelling errors in the dialog with Stigma Master Nobus in Teminon Fortress.


[Instanced Dungeon]

1. There is now a high chance of obtaining class Stigma crystals from defeating the boss in the Fire Temple, Raged Judge Kromede.

2. Changed the drop rate of class Skill Books in the Aetherogenetics Lab and Alquimia Research Center.
- Slightly increased the drop rate from monsters in the Instanced Dungeons.
- Greatly increased the drop rate from the final bosses in the Instanced Dungeons.

3. Changed the movement speed of certain bosses in Dark Poeta.
- Increased movement speed of Vengeful Spirit of Forest Protector Noah
-Increased movement speed of Vengeful Spirit of Elim Elder.
- Increased movement speed of Spaller Insect Echtra.

4. Lowered the difficulty of Steel Rake Hutkin, the final boss of the Steel Rake.
- Lengthened the summoning cycle of minion monsters.
- Lowered the level and stats of minion monsters.

5. Changed the system message that displays when the food/water supply unit inside Hutkin’s Safe in the Steel Rake fails to activate.
- Displays system message, "It will be difficult to do this alone. I need one more person to help me push it!" when a character tries to activate the food/water supply unit alone.

[AionNewsGuy]

Awesome, kromede doesnt drop anything as it is now..hope she'll really drop more, good job ncsoft, good job!

[IExiledI]

GOOD PATCH! Can't wait to see what they do for 1.6! Bots of course still need to be fixed in a major way but I'm sure this is something working in private. AION FTW!

[Sehjiro]

Well, I'm all for the buffs they're giving Assassin for this next patch. Poison damage increase, definitely needed, at 42 my poison only does like 40 damage when it manages to proc, other classes have poison that ticks for like 150 constantly over time.

Counter attack damage increase: I don't think it was bad before but it wasn't really stellar either, so I can agree with this.

Increase in the enmity reduction from Calming Whisper: most definitely, right now it almost seems like it's there for show.

Now the nerf, increasing "contract of evasion from 30 seconds to 1 min" I don't know if this is Focused Evasion or Aethertwisting, but my question is: why? This is one of the few things that really helps out in pvp and even pve, as for Aethertwisting if it applies to this instead of FE it still makes no sense, it's a STIGMA stone, which means we have to use a stigma slot for it. You already give us the most underpowered spell dodge in the world at 42. 50% less atk and a TEN MINUTE cool down? that's about 1 point up from useless. Sorc's are already OP in PVP so now you want to nerf Aethertwisting to make it even easier for them to bombard us, so lame. I hope that this one doesn't make the final cut, because that's just stupid.

[Startrance]

Very nice fixes ! thank you so much NcSoft !

<<keep up the awesome work>>

[Darkgear]

Are they freaking serius i already see many ppl quiting this game what about ranger what we don't EXIST IN THIS GAME WHY WE DONT GET FIXED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????

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Sorry for the QQ but the only ppl i see really happy about this patch are Cleric and Assasins now what about rangers our chain skills are all fcked up and i heard is been like this since beta and they give now lots of OP to classes that already can witch don't need fixing or increase of damage this is BS , a Cleric is a Healer not a dps Class so why increase the damage on there skills + Assassins Incrasing there poison Have you seen a cleric with dual Eternal Daggers with Poison Godstones i guess NCSoft did not think this patch thru all the way,The only good things i see in this are quest and exp and drop the rest is just BS.

I,m not sure if in the only 1 bothered by this Im a ranger and really Hate how our class gets pushed aside while others get fixed fast when they don't need fixing.

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Man so much wait for this game and is becoming a joke

[Ralifur]

Originally Posted by Aexrael

2. Changed the drop rate of class Skill Books in the Aetherogenetics Lab and Alquimia Research Center.
- Slightly increased the drop rate from monsters in the Instanced Dungeons.
- Greatly increased the drop rate from the final bosses in the Instanced Dungeons.

Am I the only one which read part 2. sup points as only encompassing changes for Aetherogenetics Lab and Alquimia Research Center, and not a global change?

No. You are not and I am beginning to believe people are too hyped regarding this and believe too much they will all be running around with fabled items faster than they are now without realising that the bigger drop rates from monsters and final bosses are tied together with skill books but not with equipment. On the other hand tho I still hope they are right and that they did up the droprate just a bit on items as well.

On the other hand why write the last 2 sentences if they only meant those 2 places in the first place? Sounds odd

[.Eleven.]

WTB QQEngine fix

'Far cry' from ok atm

also @ "bots don't bother me'ers"

a, bots who are botting for xp = unfair to others
b, bots who are botting for RMT = nyerking annoying
c, bots who are botting mobs needed for 'kill x of xxxx' quests = hair ripping frustrating
d, bots who plough into a 'tagged' (for want of a better word) mob for whatever reason = a + b + c

[xFenGz]

What is this "Contract of Evasion"? I don't see it in my skill list.

[Maugli]

What about Drop Rate buff? Is it only for Lab and elyps verison instance? or they are buffing drop from all end bosses, like Adma's and Dark Poeta's bosses?

[Kaldur]

WTH is "Contract of Evasion" for Assassins? Is it Aethertwisting? Anyway, if it is, why the F*ck do we have to get that timer increased 30 seconds? So Clerics, SM's, and Sorcs can have a little more fun playing with us before rooting/nuking/Dot'ng us to oblivion?

FK U NCSoft, FkU :/