March 25 (Fri) Update Details

Here are the updates made to Shadow Arena during the maintenance on March 25 (Fri).

* Patch Size: Approx. 538.95 MB

Check out the details below, and we will see you in the Arena!



[h3]■ Deathmatch [/h3]

- Added Deathmatch as one of the main game mode.





| How to Play

- The match will begin when 2 players enter the arena.
> A total of 10 players can enter after the match begins.
> Players can no longer join if a team scored more than 100 points or if 8 minutes have passed since the match began.
- Players will be assigned to Red/Blue team based on the order they have joined.

- Players will be able to respawn after 8 seconds even if they lose all their HP and collapse.
> Players can change their hero while waiting to respawn.
- Players will be in Black Spirit form when they respawn, and they can move around for 5 seconds in invincible form. Press LMB to disable Black Spirit form.
- The shop (B) will not be available to purchase items.

- 5 points are obtained when you defeat an opponent player.
> If you defeat an opponent player consecutively, you obtain 2 bounty points and those bounty points reset if you die. (E.g. If you kill an opponent player with 3 consecutive kills, you’ll earn a total of 11 points. Base Points (5 pts) + Bonus Points (6 pts) = 11 pts.



| Objects

- Tree Spirits appear in four directions (north, east, south, and west) and you can recover up to HP +3,000 if you go near a standing Tree Spirit.
- As a player’s HP is recovered, the NPC falls to the ground due to losing its power. It can then recover a player’s HP again after a minute has passed.


| Victory Requirements

- The team that wins the required points first or achieves more kills at the end of the match wins.
> If the winning points are tied at the end of the match, the team that defeats an opponent player from the opposing team will win the match.



| Rewards
[Dev Notes]

As mentioned previously from the Developer Notes, Deathmatch will now be available as one of the main game modes.
In Deathmatch mode, teams will be assigned, and they’ll fight each other in a small arena. Players won’t be as frustrated from dying in Deathmatch compared to Solo/Trio mode. We believe this mode is also beneficial since it’ll allow players to hone their skills by trying out different heroes in a short period of time.
We hope you look forward to this unique Deathmatch game mode!




[h3]■ Hero

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| All

- Adjusted the HP of all heroes to the following.



- [Kick] Changed the skill command key from F to X.

- [Sit/Prone] Changed the skill command key from Z, X to [S + Space].



- Added “Quick Reflexes” as a general skill for all heroes.

> Skill Command Key: Z
[Dev Notes]

The number of inherent skills for heroes have increased to 5 leading to an increase in combo duration and damage as well. As a result of that, we’ve increased the HP of all heroes.
Quick Reflexes was added as a general skill to allow players, who are not familiar with combos, to evade dicey situations during battle. However, this isn’t limited to inexperienced players, as seasoned players can also can use this skill to get out of unfavorable situations.
The defining feature of Quick Reflexes is that it can be used even when a player has been knocked down. We believe this skill, which is similar to Dark Shift, can be used as a survival skill to turn around a situation in one’s favor.

| Skill Reworks


- Combat/Sub mastery has been temporarily removed.

- Adjust the number to 5 inherent skills for each Hero.

> With this, key command for skills pertaining to each hero have been changed.



| Black Spirit Skill

- Changed the effect of Black Spirit skills to the following.

[Dev Notes]

The Black Spirit skills were changed to diversify options in game play.
Taunt was removed since it was a skill that wasn’t used often. We changed how Dark Shift works that make it a more suitable as a survival skill, and made various changes to other skills as well.



| Stamina

- Decreased the stamina used when sprinting (Shift) by 90%.

- Decreased the stamina required to perform sprinting from more than 50 to 20.





- Added non-combat sprinting.

> Requirement: 50 stamina or more

> Non-combat sprinting will activate if sprinting (Shift) for more than 5 seconds.

> Sprinting will stop if there is less than 10 stamina.



- Changed to no longer use/restore stamina when performing basic attacks or skills.

> However, some skills (charge, movement, gathering) will use stamina.




[h3]■ Content[/h3]


- Added two spawn locations of Light of Ascension.

> The spawn location of the Dark Fog, Ancient Relic, and Shadow Lords has been changed as a result of the changes made to Light of Ascension.

> Light of Ascension location are as follows.



[h3]■ Monsters [/h3]


- Changed so Margord dissipates when the Light of Ascension appears.

- Fixed the unnatural motion of Margord being applied natural damage.

- Decreased Margord’s HP by approximately 12%.
[Dev Note]

Margord (Shadow Lord) was conceived with the purpose to create unexpected events such as by intervening in a situation where only players are fighting each other or to provide a powerful buff that’ll determine the victor of the match.
But because of Margord’s high HP and defense, Margord would continue intervening battles even after the Light of Ascension appeared.
As a result, Margord will now disappear when the Light of Ascension appears, and its HP was also reduced making it slightly easier for players to defeat Margord.


[h3]■ Item [/h3]


- Changed the price of Essence of Ornette from 300 Tokens to 800 Tokens.
[Dev Note]

Although Essence of Ornette cannot be overlapped with the HP Potion, it did not disappear even if was used, and for this it was considered at high value due to its advantage of being able to sell the HP Potion.
However, if you obtained duplicates, its effects could not be overlapped, resulting in players having to sell it at a relatively low price.
With this, we adjusted the selling price of Essence of Ornette so that a larger number of tokens can be acquired for players even if duplicates are obtained.


- Changed the below item effects to the following.




- Added a new item Catalyst to the Shop (B).

> Price: 300 Token
[Dev Notes]

In the last update, bombs were added to bring diversity in game play. But the effectiveness of the bomb fell a little short in terms of its usability. The reason for this is because it took some time before the bomb automatically exploded, a.nd the one who planted the bomb found it difficult to determine when the bomb would explode.

For those reasons, improvements were made to the bombs, and a new item Catalyst was added to increase its usability.


[h3]■ UI

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- Changed the location of alert notifications that appear at the top.




[h3]■ Fixes & Improvements

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- Fixed the issue where certain Blackstar Fragments and Monsters would appear in abnormal locations.

- AI bots can now use Quick Reflexes (Z).

- AI bots can no longer use Mastery skills.

- [Orwen AI Bot] Changed to no longer use Explosive Trap (F) in combat.




[h3]■ Fixes and Improvements to the Pearl Abyss Website [/h3]
* The fixes and improvements listed below were applied during the March 23 (Thu) maintenance made on the Pearl Abyss website.

- Fixed an issue where authentication would fail intermittently.



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Thank you.