Nevergrind Online News

In fewer than six months, all 14 talent trees have been completed! This is a major milestone in Nevergrind Online's development! Each class has three trees and each tree has 10 talents you can invest points into. Each class has a total of 30 talents which means that there is a total of 420 talents in the entire game! This was quite a challenge to complete, but we are thrilled to get to this point!

Check out this short video for a brief glimpse at all 14 trees!

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In the weeks ahead, we will continue to tune the talents for all 14 classes. Ideally, we want each class to have multiple viable talent trees. Class balance is often an illusion, but we certainly want to offer interesting choices that keep the game fresh and exciting to play!

After talents are tuned, we will also re-work the existing items to include bonuses to talents! This means that you could find an item with a bonus to your favorite talent, an entire talent tree, or even all talents! Any item with a bonus to all talents would certainly be a cherished find!

And of course much more is planned before full release such as a bazaar/auction house system, crafting, and much more! Check out the Nevergrind Online roadmap to stay on top of our progress!

On November 1st, Belln, a ranger, achieved what no other hero achieved in the history of Nevergrind Online! Belln hit level 99 and hit the experience cap exactly one day after being created! Belln had accrued a whopping 53 days of playtime throughout the year before the insurmountable goal was achieved.

When we originally designed the level cap, we knew that we wanted level 99 to be nearly impossible for most players. After level 90, we ramped up the required experience to nearly absurd levels. And from 98 to 99, we knew that we wanted it to be a ridiculous number, so that's exactly how it was designed. The jump from 98 to 99 requires over 47 million experience! For reference, all of 1 to 98 only takes about 21 million experience! Earning level 99 unlocks the final talent point for Belln, making for a total of 98 talent points to spend on customizing her skills.

It would be a shame if such a momentous achievement went unnoticed. Thankfully, our team of developers were eager to design two custom legendary items—one for hitting 99 first and one for being the first ranger to 99.

The first item is Belln's Yamasa Massacre, which, at this time, is the highest DPS bow in the entire game!



The second item is Belln's Serene Dahlia, a fantastic ring with unique benefits!



Notably, these two items are the first items in the entire game with "+ to All Talents". This allows talents to be boosted beyond their hard cap which makes customizing your hero with items even more interesting! In the future, many items will be re-worked to include talent bonuses such as these! For the time being, Belln will enjoy a unique bonus that others can only dream about!

525: Early Access 0.18.125
November 4, 2023 9:05 PM EST
• Cleric's Imprecatory Psalm talent will either be used to attack mobs or heal your party, not both at the same time. This is determined based on what you target after choosing the talent.
• The delayed impact of Imprecatory Psalm was reduced to zero.
• Added a ton of code to support plus to all talents, individual talents, and talent trees. This will be important when items are re-worked to include these bonuses.
• Translated several new talent-related phrases.
• Fixed a bug that caused Monk's starting tunic to be created twice which created confusing client-side behavior.

524: Early Access 0.18.124
November 2, 2023 8:29 PM EST
• Cleric's Deliverance now indicates Hits instead of Targets due to the fact that it can multi-hit the same target multiple times.
• Fixed some of Cleric's spell targeting issues with Sacred Revelation and Holy Sanctuary.
• Added Group Casting to both cleric buffs via talents.

522: Early Access 0.18.122
November 2, 2023 6:45 AM EST
• Completed the Cleric talent tree!
• Experience and magic find bonuses have been enabled!
• Updated and improved the Chinese translation. Thanks to benduo in Discord! 👋
• Crusader's bonus damage from Seal of Sanctuary now only applies while it is active.
• Fixed a bug that allowed your party data to become corrupted upon being booted in some circumstances.
• Fixed a bug where you could benefit from parry, riposte, and double attack despite not having the skill.