ASTRA: Knights of Veda News

Masters of the Book,

We have identified an issue where players can repeatedly receive guild contribution rewards through re-inviting after expulsion from a guild.

We have completed identifying the cause and are in the process of making corrections. A patch will be applied immediately once the fixes are completed, and we will update you through a separate notice.

Furthermore, we plan to investigate the game data of accounts that have exploited this issue. If repeated exploitation is confirmed, actions may be taken in accordance with our operation policy. We urge all Masters of the Book to refrain from exploiting this issue to maintain fair content play and a healthy gaming environment.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this has caused in your game experience. We will inform you as soon as the issue is resolved.


※ As a temporary measure to prevent exploitation of this issue, we have made it impossible to receive guild contribution progression rewards. (Updated: 4/11 5:56 AM PDT, 12:56 PM (UTC))

Hello, Masters of the Book,

Are you enjoying your unique and joyous adventure across the continent of Planis?

Through in-game messages, social media, and our official website, we've tried to keep you informed about the content and event schedules of ASTRA: Knights of Veda.

Based on user metrics and trends from various communities since launch, we aim to offer you more special and diverse experiences. As such, we kindly ask for your understanding as we plan to change the update cycle for future content and events as follows:

[Changes]
Dates for various events and content updates will be altered.

- The first regular update scheduled for April 25th will now take place on April 18th. This adjustment has been made to swiftly improve aspects of the game you may have found inconvenient.

- The renewal dates for the Tower of Trials and the Quest Reset will be extended by 7 days. To allow more players to enjoy and sufficiently prepare for the Tower of Trials, its renewal cycle has been changed to 4 weeks. We will inform you in advance if there are adjustments to the renewal cycle in the future.

- The Arena season renewal date will be reduced by 7 days. With the "Crowns of Victory" acquisition amount increasing more than twofold and new content being added, we anticipate a lower difficulty in acquiring Crowns of Victory, prompting us to shorten the Arena season from 9 weeks to 8 weeks.

- The duration of the "Fateful Encounter" event will change from 6 weeks to 4 weeks. Following the end of this "Fateful Encounter" event, the next event will begin immediately. The event cycle has been adjusted so you can acquire attendance rewards more swiftly.

- The summoning periods for the Call of the Stars events "Black Sun" and "Veda's Gear" will be extended by 7 days. The period to acquire Xanthia will change from 3 weeks to 4 weeks, and the Call of the Stars event period will be set to 4 weeks thereafter.

- The "Journey in Memory" event period will be extended by 7 days. Corresponding to the Call of the Stars event period change, the Knight of Veda trial event period will also be adjusted to 4 weeks.

We apologize for any confusion caused by the changes to the content and event update schedule of ASTRA: Knights of Veda and commit to doing our best to meet your expectations moving forward.

Thank you.

Hello, Masters of the Book,

I am Youngmo Kim, the director of ASTRA: Knights of Veda.

We apologize once again for the delay in addressing the various issues that have inconvenienced your gameplay experience since our launch.
The volume of issues and the potential side effects they could cause have necessitated careful and thus time-consuming corrections.

The maintenance on April 11th focused on addressing the most urgent issues and critical errors that could impact game balance, identified since our launch.

Despite our previous notice, we've had to make difficult decisions regarding errors causing some Knights of Veda to operate differently from our development intentions. These changes, we know, affect the gameplay you've become accustomed to, and after much deliberation, considering the long-term service of the game, we found it necessary to proceed with these corrections. Once more, we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Going forward, we are committed to resolving errors as swiftly as possible and will continue to offer satisfactory service through regular character balance patches and updates.

We will announce the regular update schedule and further details shortly. We're closely examining all community feedback and game data related to character balance to align with a direction that you, our players, find reasonable.
Moreover, we will intensify our internal testing to prevent balance issues caused by bugs.

While we initially announced that the first regular update was scheduled for April 25th, we've opted to advance it to April 18th. Further details will be shared as soon as they're available.

To express our gratitude for your patience as we work through these issues, we've arranged a small token of appreciation:

• Adventurer's Shoes: 160
  
• Adventurer's Records: 20
  
• Weathered Refinement Stones: 20
  
• Starstones: 200
  

*You have until Wednesday, 4/17 to collect the rewards.

We're excited to unveil new content updates and reconnect with you on April 18th.

Thank you.

Masters of the Book,

The first ASTRA: Knights of Veda patch notes. This update will focus on improving gameplay inconveniences that our Masters of the book are experiencing, before we look ahead to adding more gameplay features. Once this update is completed, we’ll be ready to unveil some of the new content that we have in store, so look forward to that!

[h2]■ Improvements[/h2]
- The maximum number of shoes will be increased to 160, and their recharge time will be reduced to 8 minutes, allowing for more dungeon clears and rewards.
- Will add the ability to skip sections of the tutorial, so you only need to go through the sections that you feel are relevant to you.
- Difficulty of the tutorial will be adjusted to make it more enjoyable.
- The 5★ Knight of Veda ‘Eliyar’ will use her Signature Skill in auto-battle, a setting that was previously available for manual play.
- During auto-battle, it will be modified to automatically move to the statue of Veda after the battle is over. You will be able to quickly obtain rewards after the battle ends.
- The amount of Crowns of Victory earned in the arena will be adjusted, so aim for higher ranks through fierce Arena battles.
The number of Crowns obtained upon winning/losing in the arena will be doubled.
The range of ranks that provide Crowns upon defeat will be increased from Trainee Knight 3 to Knight 4.
- The rule in which matchmaking was based off the Master of the Book level will be improved to match based on the level of the Knights of Veda and equipped gear. We plan to provide a more refined and intense arena experience.

[h2]■ Bug Fixes[/h2]
- The issue/error where Knights of Veda worked differently than intended will be fixed.
👉More Details: https://astra.hybeim.com/en/news/notice/266
- The issue where the visual effects for Marthel’s “Blessing of Lightning” did not show correctly will be fixed.
- An issue where Sarka’s Signature Skills ground effect would inflict 100% interruption regardless of the target’s state will be rectified.
- Orlik - The “down” effect applied to enemies hit by “Earth Smash” will be reduced from 4 seconds to 2.5 seconds.
- An issue where the Knight of Veda “Ardor” had pierce on his first attack will be fixed.
- The error where Knight of Veda 'Albert’s' signature skill causes 100% stagger to the target regardless of their state will be corrected.
- The issue with Knight of Veda 'Albert's' signature skill, where hitting a target within the teleport range causes 100% interruption regardless of the target's state, will be corrected.
- The issue will be corrected so that the buff from Knight of Veda ‘Ardor’s’ signature skill maintains its duration normally even when transformed into another Knight of Veda.
- Andrei’s 4★ weapon, Masterpiece of the House skill effect has been fixed. [Added]


We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the Knights of Veda acting irregularly, and will be sending all Masters of the Book Starstones x200 after the 4/11 maintenance.


- You will be able to kick offline members from a Guild.
- The issue where you could be asked to co-op in Nightmare and Sealed Dungeons, even with the “Allow Co-op Mode Invitation Search” turned to “Do not allow” will be remedied
- The issue where the remaining rubies are not automatically refreshed after recharging shoes will be fixed.
- The issue where the ‘What's the mission on vibrant Tuesday?’ quest in the Reward Decree would not count will be fixed.
- An issue will be fixed where the following achievements would not track progress correctly:
“We’re Not Alone”, “Ride Away, Knight”, “Novice Relic Researcher”, “Ancient Relic Collector”.
- The problem where the outline of a summon remains after the summon dies in Arena will be fixed.
- The issue where the system language and game language are displayed differently will be fixed.
- An issue will be fixed where the score in Arena would not be shown on the victory screen if the game language is set to Japanese.
- The issue where the description of the number of times for the Call of the Stars bonus rewards is incorrectly displayed when the game language is set to English will be corrected.
- An issue where the login authentication would be released if the login session expired will be fixed.
- The issue where canceling the age verification process when purchasing items with a Japanese national account prevents the purchase will be corrected.
- The issue where further enhancements do not proceed in certain situations after completing the Knight of Veda enhancement tutorial will be corrected.
- An issue that prevented normal game progression after expanding the formation page during the 'Beyond the Nightmare' tutorial will be fixed
- An issue where tapping the screen on the mobile reward acquisition result screen would not skip the animation will be fixed.
- An issue where selecting the 'Exit' button from the Belle menu would log the user out will be fixed.
- An issue where the camera would not operate correctly if the game was forcibly closed during the playback of the 'Day of Tragedy' video will be fixed.
- An adjustment will be made so that attempting to download additional files when there is no space on the device will not work.
- The visibility of remaining purchase days for monthly/weekly items within the in-game store will be removed.

We appreciate the support that you have shown for ASTRA: Knights of Veda, and we hope that the warming weather helps spur you on through the lands of Planis.

Thank you

Masters of the Book,
This is the development team of ASTRA: Knights of Veda. We have discovered unintended errors in some Knights of Veda that were not intended by the development team and have proceeded with corrections. We sincerely apologize for not catching these issues before launch and would like to inform you about the corrections made:

• The issue where the signature skill effect of Knight of Veda ‘Marthel’ was not displayed has been corrected.
  
• The error in Knight of Veda ‘Sarka’s’ signature skill, which caused 100% interruption regardless of the target’s condition due to ground effects, has been corrected.
  
• The down time for enemies hit by Knight of Veda ‘Orlik’s’ signature skill has been balanced from 4 seconds to 2.5 seconds.
  
• The error where Knight of Veda ‘Ardor’ had an incorrect number of primary pierces set to 1 has been corrected.
  
• The issue with Knight of Veda ‘Albert’s’ signature skill causing 100% interruption to targets regardless of their condition has been corrected.
  

In ASTRA: Knights of Veda's action system, interruption (reaction) occurs when the [Tenacity ATK] determined by weapon type * skill depletes all of a mob or Knight of Veda’s [Tenacity]. This [Tenacity ATK] and [Tenacity] are finely tuned, and the action taken also affects the [Tenacity] damage from [Tenacity ATK].

The problem with 'Sarka' and 'Albert' signature skills causing 100% interruption was due to a [forced interruption] feature intended for boss patterns, which was not properly normalized after being set for testing purposes on Knights of Veda, and was overlooked during testing and discovered post-service launch. If left as is, it could seriously affect PvP by canceling the opponent player's signature skills, necessitating an urgent correction.

Additionally, a balance adjustment has been made regarding 'Ardor’s' first normal attack arrow mistakenly set to pierce, diverging from the common specification that all ranged Knights' first hits do not pierce, and 'Orlik’s' signature skill causing a longer down time than intended in PvP when all hits connect.

We consider it a promise and principle to our players that the Knights of Veda designed at the time of the update operate as intended, preserving the value of all Knights. However, adjustments will be made as soon as possible if the following conditions apply:

For clear unintended setting errors, we will actively share information and make corrections.

For balance issues that could cause inconvenience or unfairness to many players, immediate adjustments will be made for serious matters with sufficient consensus, while for other issues, we will engage in ample discussion with players through appropriate communication channels, and adjustments will be made after a certain period of notice.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the Knights of Veda not functioning correctly. As a token of our apology, we will be sending 200 Starstones to all Masters of the Book after the maintenance on 4/11.

You have until Wednesday, 4/17 7:59 AM (PDT)/ 02:59 PM (UTC) to collect the rewards

Thank you for your patience and understanding.