Weekly Update - March 3

✦AI summary2d

Balance adjustments to Tier 1 and Tier 2 Guardian Raids and Abyssal Dungeons to smooth the progression toward Tier 3, alongside general bug fixes and matchmaking improvements.

▲Buffs19

Necromancer’s OriginSigmund Stage 2:Players have more leeway during the orb phase when fighting Sigmund in Stage 2.→Increased
Hildebrandt PalaceEphernia Stage 3:It is now easier to trigger the stagger phase for Ephernia in Stage 3.→Decreased
Sea of Indolence
- Omen Attack Stage 2:Players have more time to react to the omen attack in Stage 2.→Increased
- Sentinel Akam Stage 2:Sentinel Akam's attack in Stage 2 no longer instantly wipes the party, but deals high damage instead.wipe→high damage
Vertus
- Tail Swing:Getting hit by Vertus' tail swing no longer stuns the player.Applied→Removed
- Ice Jump / Ice Fire:Reduced damage from Vertus' ice-based jumping and breathing attacks.→Decreased
NacrasenaTail / Jump / Lightning:Reduced damage across several of Nacrasena's primary attack patterns.→Decreased
Flame Fox Yoho
- Flame Ground:Flame Ground attack now lasts for a shorter period of time.→Reduced
- Base:Flame Fox Yoho has less total health, making the fight shorter.→Decreased
- Burning Soul:The impact of the Burning Soul ability has been weakened.→Reduced
- Fox Fire / Claw:Reduced damage from fox fire projectiles and jump-claw attacks.→Decreased
Tytalos
- Circle of Spalling:The Circle of Spalling rock attack now lasts for a shorter duration.→Decreased
- Sand Energy Explosion:The sand energy explosion is no longer an instant wipe, but deals high damage instead.wipe→high damage
- Earth Explosion:Reduced damage dealt by Tytalos' earth explosion attacks.→Decreased
AchatesWeak Point:It is now easier to trigger the Weak Point mechanic on Achates.→Decreased
Lava ChromaniumLava Eruption (Berserk):Reduced damage from the lava eruption attack used when the boss becomes Berserk.→Decreased
LevanosWeak Point:It is now easier to trigger the Weak Point mechanic on Levanos.→Decreased
Alberhastic
- Heat Orb:The buff Alberhastic receives from the Heat Orb has been weakened.→Reduced
- Wipe Mechanic:The instant wipe mechanic has been replaced with a high-damage attack.wipe→high damage

▼Nerfs2

Hall of the Twisted WarlordIllusion Sword:Illusion Sword summons now kill the player upon reaching three stacks of the associated debuff.→3 stacks stacks
Hildebrandt PalaceMeteor:The Phantom Energy effect from the Meteor mechanic now covers a larger area.→Increased

✚Bug fixes4

General
- Fixed an issue where some party member debuffs were not showing in the Battle Effects Display.
- Corrected the top-left clock to show the correct time zone during daylight saving time.
- Fixed a bug preventing an object from being interactable during the Nineveh's Aura of Chaos quest chain.
- The Abyss Trader is now correctly appearing in Rothun.Missing→Present

◆Other changes7

Necromancer’s OriginSigmund Color Wave:The visual effect of Sigmund's color wave is now clearer for players to identify.→Improved
Hall of the Twisted WarlordPhantom Legion King:The Phantom Legion King's attack patterns and the way Phantom Cut debuffs stack have been modified.→Changed
Hildebrandt PalaceMeteor:The second Meteor mechanic now attacks in front of the boss instead of in a circle.circle→front attack
AchatesSummon Statue:Achates now consistently summons four Guardian Statues.→4
General
- Implemented updates to reduce the frequency of players being disconnected while logging in.→Improved
- General improvements to the matchmaking system to reduce errors and issues.→Improved
- Corrected the description of the Weekly Battle Item Bundle to show a limit of once per week instead of 10.10 times→1 time