PRE-SEASON 2 Update Notice : Part. 2

[h3]▶PRE-SEASON 2 Update Notice : Part. 1[/h3]

Greetings from the Warhaven team!
Today we would like to introduce to you the PRE-SEASON 2 update content that will go live on 12/13 (Wed) at 8:00 PM PST.

[h2]▣ Events[/h2]
- 5 events will be taking place. Please check [Events] on the homepage for update details.


[h2]▣ Quests[/h2]
- The requirement to unlock Bard has been reduced from 35 wins to 5.
- Daily Quest rewards have been changed.

- Weekly Quests will now change with each season.
: Week 1's Weekly Quests unlock when the season begins.
: Weekly Quests for each week are unlocked every Thursday onwards.
: Players can progress quests from the previous weeks.
: Bonus quests can only be completed within the current week.
: Weekly Quest slot expansions from World Pass Federation ranks have been replaced with Daily Quests.

- Weekly Quest completion rewards have been changed.

- The expiration period for unclaimed Daily/Weekly Quest rewards has been changed from 30 days to 7 days.

[h2]▣ World Pass[/h2]
- A new World Pass season has begun.
: The previous season's records will be reset.
- The progress route for each Federation will be reset.
- Instances of earning 0 kills during an Exploration or Patrol will be reduced.
: Even if multiple attempts are made based on Combat Power chances, the side that has the most wins will be victorious.
- Allied average Combat Power information has been added when participating in an Exploration or Conquest.
- The top 3 players during an Exploration will be displayed.
- Exploration and Conquest Rankings will now be based on number of kills instead of contribution.
- Explorations end when 50% or more of the enemies remain undefeated within a 24 hour window.
- World Pass EXP acquisition has been adjusted.


[h2]▣ Boot Camp[/h2]
- Basic Training
: Training lessons teaching players to utilize features such as the attack advantage after blocking, Superior Blocks, attack canceling, and defending against cannon fire have been added or improved.
: Players can replay Basic Training.

- Advanced Training
: The Help button visible during training has been moved to the top left of the screen.
: The cooldown reduction button can be turned on and off without having to tap it multiple times.
: A control key guide has been added to the Boot Camp description.

- Relic descriptions that were viewable through the profile menu are now viewable from the Basic Training menu.
- The Advanced Training lessons for each character can be accessed from the Barracks.

- The following has been added to Bard's Roll & Roll training:
: Combo Melody of Resilience during Roll & Roll.

[h2]▣ Item Storage[/h2]
- Item storage has been added.
: View your stored items from Storage > Item Storage.
: View the number of tickets and boosters you own, and your bound emblems in Item Storage.
: Bound emblems can be used directly from Item Storage.

- Your Exemption Tickets can be viewed on the right side of the screen from PLAY > Game Type.

- Consumable Items
: The way consumable outfit items are deducted has been adjusted.

: Only 1 use will be deducted, even if the character is used multiple times.
: Consumable items will display their remaining uses and descriptions as a tooltip.
: If you own a permanent version of a consumable item, you cannot obtain more copies of the consumable version.

- The names of certain items have been changed.
: The profile card background previously named 'Dragon Hangar' has been changed to 'From Beneath the Hangar.'
: The profile card frame previously named 'Dragon Hangar' has been changed to 'Wyvern Master.'

[h2]▣ Emblems[/h2]
[h3]■ General[/h3]
- Instances of emblems looking warped when placed between the front and side of a character have been alleviated.
- Resetting an emblem places it in the center of a character's chest.

[h3]■ Bound Emblems[/h3]
- Bound emblems can be used on outfits of all ranks.
: They cannot be bound to consumable outfits and outfits locked behind quests.

- Bound emblems can be obtained as Ranked Battle rank rewards.
- Emblems are consumed upon being bound, and cannot be bound to other outfits or be unbound.
- Your bound emblems can be viewed through either [Barracks > Outfits >Emblems (V)] or [Storage > Item Storage].

[h3]■ Unique Emblems[/h3]
- Unique Emblems can only be purchased and equipped once you own certain Legendary outfits.

- The method of purchasing unique emblems linked to Legendary outfits has been improved.
: When purchasing 2 unique emblems separately, they will convert into a set purchase, and the purchase price will be granted the set discount.
: (Example) Price of All Unique Emblems: 400 WP
: (Example) Price of 1 Unique Emblem: 200 WP
> On the second purchase, all remaining emblems can be purchased for 200 WP each. (400 WP Total Cost)

- A purchase confirmation window will display upon purchasing a unique emblem.

[h2]▣ Player List[/h2]
- The 'Team Communication Settings' menu has been renamed to the 'Player List', and can be accessed by opening the ESC menu during a match.
- The Player List contains a list of the players that are participating in the current match.

- Select a player name from the Player List to do the following:
: Ally
> Block Chat or Voice Chat
> Report Player
: Enemy
> Report Player

- After the match is over, you can see the Player List from the scoreboard.

[h2]▣ Custom Games[/h2]
- The spectator system has been improved.
: Up to 4 people can enter as spectators.
: Spectators can turn the UI on or off.
: Spectators can save a camera position while in free camera mode with the 'Shift + Shortcut' command, and then move the camera's position to the saved location immediately. (Camera positions are only saved for the duration of the match.)
: Set the camera sensitivity for spectating from 'Game Settings - Controls.'
: A UI to let spectators know when the battle is ready has also been added.
: The map no longer closes when the character being spectated dies.
: Spectators will always see the winning team's Play of the Game spotlight, rather than just the Alliance team's.
: Spectators will not see the spotlight sticker entry UI.

- Teams cannot be changed when the match is in progress.
- The command for leaving custom games has been changed to ESC.

- Winter and Soulsdance weather options have been added to custom games.
: Winter weather can be selected for all battlefields.
: Soulsdance weather can only be selected for Team Deathmatch battlefields.

[h2]▣ General[/h2]
[h3]■ General[/h3]
- The F1 play guide has been updated.
- Reinforcement status now displays on the 6 vs. 6 scoreboard.
- Players can now aim at their allies and send them a message to pull back using markers.
- Your background color will be marked red in the kill log upon death.
- The lobby background has been changed to the winter background.

- Winter weather will appear on the battlefields.

- The chat window area will no longer be clickable when the chat window is hidden.
- Players can now hear certain character voice lines during a spotlight.

- The following causes of death will be displayed:
: Instant death due to fall damage.

- The warning pop-up that previously displayed at the start of each match before the desertion penalty was applied has been replaced with a message on the top left.

- The current locations of party members and players on your friends list will be displayed in the following ways:
: Displays Current Location
> Players in a Party with You
> Players Not in a Party
: Displays as In a Party
> Players in a Party with Another Player

- When selecting an unequipped character pose while editing a profile card, the pose's position, rotation, and zoom settings will be set to default.
- When inviting a friend from the Recent Players list, invitations will be made immediately without additional confirmation.
- The currently selected player will be shown when checking the player list with a gamepad.
- Players can now leave a party with the gamepad.

- Abbreviations for large numbers have been changed.
: Abbreviations will now be made with 3 characters instead of 4.
: When abbreviating a number, up to the first decimal number will be displayed.
: The abbreviation for numbers in the billions has changed from G to B.

[h3]■ Game Settings[/h3]
- A setting been added to allow Smoke's 'Healing Smoke' and Bard's 'Melody of Resilience' skills to be used with a single button.
: It can be changed from [Game Settings - Controls - Input Method].

- Right Shift has been added to the key board controls.
- Combo button control descriptions have been added when changing the game pad controls.

- The following categories have been moved from game settings to the accessibility settings.
: Color blindness, motion sickness, weapon trail display, and camera height.

- With the reorganization of the accessibility settings, all of the convenience categories under the gameplay settings have been moved to the player interface.
- The 'Display Ally Outlines in 6 vs. 6 Matches' setting will now be on by default.

- 'System Default' has been added to the sound output device which can be set from the game settings.
: When the 'System Default' is selected, any change to the user's sound output device will be reflected in the game.

[h3]■ Character Skills[/h3]
- Descriptions for some character skills (F1) have been edited.
Raven: Basic attacks deal more damage to closer enemies.
Smoke: Become unstoppable while teleporting to a Smoke Clone's location and take less damage.
Bard: 'Swing & Swing' can be comboed by making the right input at the right time during a combo attack.

[h3]■ Voice Chat[/h3]
- Party Voice Chat
: A message saying you joined the party voice chat will now display upon joining a party.
: A player's mute status will be displayed in the bottom right of the screen when the party is waiting in the lobby.

[h3]■ Shop[/h3]
- The 3 types of weapon packages that were added to the shop on 9/26 (Tue) 5:00 PM PDT are now permanently available. If and when they are removed from the shop again in the future, a separate notification will be released.

[h2]▣ Bug Fixes[/h2]
[h3]■ Characters[/h3]
1) General
- Fixed the issue of the guard break feedback displaying when guard breaks were impossible due to the player being unstoppable.
- Fixed the issue of Superior Blocks not activating after attacking while blocking.
- Fixed the issue where a player would be unable to dash when blocking after making a sprint attack, but the dash skill would still go on cooldown.

2) Blade
- Fixed the issue of jumping when making an Ox Slash attack on an enemy using mountable equipment.

3) Smoke
- When teleporting with 'Smoke Clone,' teleportation will now be disabled when characters overlap.
- Fixed the issue of not being able to dash when comboing a dash after a Thrust or Smoke Blast.
- Fixed the issue of randomly being unable to make inputs other than movement when healing allies in the air after jumping.
- Fixed the issue of fall damage occurring when moving from a high position to a lower position using 'Smoke Clone'.

4) Spike
- Fixed the issue of being able to air dash while charging Impale.

5) Guardian
- Fixed the issue of the next attack randomly starting faster upon failing to break a guard with Breaking Charge.

6) Bard
- Fixed the issue of sprint attacks going through some structures that can take siege damage.

[h3]■ Game Modes[/h3]
- Fixed the issue of Overtime gauge freezing momentarily when the losing an Onslaught match.
- Fixed the issue of Divine Stone acquisition score being higher than intended in Reclamation.
- Fixed the issue of the War Machine not moving during Arms Race.

[h3]■ Feats[/h3]
- Fixed the issue of displaying in certain Feat Cards.
- Fixed the issue of Resurrections made as an Immortal displaying as having been made as a regular soldier.

[h3]■ Boot Camp[/h3]
- Fixed the issue of 'Wind Lance' displaying as if it was not charged at the start of Darkgale's Advanced Training.

[h3]■ General[/h3]
- Fixed the issue of next matchmaking randomly not progressing during the Play of the Game spotlight at the end of the match.
- Fixed the issue of the camera randomly tilting while waiting to respawn.
- Character will now face straight ahead after being revived following a hit that turned the camera.
- Fixed the issue of characters not displaying on the scoreboard while entering the battlefield.
- Fixed the issue of the incorrect revival time displaying when mashing the space bar after dying in during pre-match Warm-Up.
- Fixed the issue of the incorrect anticipated matchmaking time displaying when exiting to the lobby during pre-match Warm-Up.
- Fixed the issue of the Overtime gauge and effect location looking incorrect when the selected language is English.
- Fixed the issue of characters being unable to rotate in the photo room after resetting with the gamepad's Y button.
- The PS5 DualSense gamepad will now be recognized.
- Custom Game Tickets that were deleted after expiring have been reissued, and can be claimed from the mailbox.
: Some players with preexisting login records may receive additional tickets in order to guarantee that no game tickets have been lost.