Changelog: Percival Patch 2

✦AI summary4d

Percival Patch 2 introduces significant changes to Guild Season 7, including new Castle Outposts, IP softcaps for city fights, and various quality-of-life improvements to access rights and inventory sorting.

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Guild Season 7
- Guild members can now earn Challenge Points through various activities to provide Season Points to their guild.

Castle Outposts:Castle Outposts now appear in the open world; they appear 4x more often than regular castles but provide 1/4 of the points.→Added

City Tax:The maximum city tax level that a controlling guild can set has been reduced from 25% to 10%.25%→10% %

Siphoning MagesSummoned Guardians:Summoned Guardians now drop an area that replenishes player energy.→Added

EarthdaughterThunderslam:Thunderslam cast time increased from 1.84s to 2.5s, but it now strikes the indicated position more accurately.1.84→2.5 s

Loot Tables

Castle Chests:Castle chests can now drop Level 1 Artifacts.→Level 1
Treasure Sites:Treasure sites (chests/lockers) can now drop Level 2 and 3 Artifacts.→Level 2 & 3

GeneralBattle Frenzy:Battle Frenzy no longer removes shrine buffs.Removes→Keeps

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Guild Season 7
- Mercenaries:Mercenaries have been disabled for regular GvGs, though they remain available for Crystal Realm Battles.Enabled→Disabled
- City Fights (20v20):Item Power softcaps introduced for 20v20 city fights: 1000 IP for Thetford/Bridgewatch/Martlock and 1200 IP for Fort Sterling/Lymhurst.→1000-1200 IP
GeneralTime Freeze:Time Freeze can no longer circumvent an immunity bubble.Circumvents→Blocked

✚Bug fixes1

EarthdaughterSummoned Pebbles:Summoned Pebbles are now of the correct tier.

◆Other changes10

Guild Season 7
- Crystal Realm Battle:The number of tower levels in the Crystal Realm Battle system has been increased from 3 to 7.3→7
- GvG:GvG attack times are now consolidated to prevent a single player from participating in multiple GvGs per day.→Consolidated
- Castle Capture:The time between castle mob spawns has been reduced from 15 minutes to 3 minutes, shortening the capture window.15m→3m m
Siphoning Mages
- Ice Block:The channel duration of the Siphoning Mage's Ice Block has been increased to 20 seconds.→20s s
- Summoned Guardians:Three Summoned Guardians now appear when the channel is started.→3
- Summoned Guardians:Guardians are normal mobs if fewer than 8 players attack, and Veteran mobs if 8 or more players attack.→Veteran
- Siphoning Mage:A tornado is now summoned that deals damage and throws players into the air.→Added
General
- Access Rights:Alliance members can now be granted access rights to chests and islands similar to guild members.→Added
- Inventory Sort:The inventory sort button now follows a specific hierarchy of item type, name, tier, item power, stack size, and durability.→Updated
- Tomes of Insight:Added a confirmation message when attempting to use Tomes of Insight without wearing relevant gear.→Added