Nevergrind Online News

482: Early Access 0.18.82
September 11, 2023 12:25 AM EST
• Warlock's talent tree is now playable! Have fun!
• Warlock's explosion on poison damage explosion is now called Rancid Putrefaction instead of simply saying "Explosive Plague".
• Resist Fire for Templar's Molten Sigil now has diminishing returns built into it instead of receiving 2 per point.
• Added Poison Damage for Warlock's Profane Spirit was increased.
• Fixed the enhanced ice damage on Wizard's Frozen Barrier.
• Druid's Blizzard base damage was increased.
• Fixed Daiyo and Tyranid's add spell fire damage bonus.
• Fixed a bug that caused "+Add Spell Damage" to be an invalid value in some cases.
• Made some tooltip label adjustments where spell damage is enhanced/increased.
• Improved asset caching... should see less "on the fly" loading of assets now.
• The character stat sheet now updates Character stat values properly when returning to town.

Enjoy a 10% experience and 40% magic find bonus until we decide to turn it off! Have fun!

After much anticipation, we are happy to report that the Wizard tree has been completed! This will allow you to invest talent points in whichever skills you prefer! Wizards have a copious array of skills capable of unleashing destruction on their foes. So which path will you choose?!



The first tree is the Ice Mage, which allows for specialization in spells that do cold damage. Cold damage tend to be more defensive due to its ability to reduce threat, chill targets, and even freeze targets. Will you invest your points in Ice Bolt, Frost Nova, or perhaps Deep Freeze?! Their mastery talent gives your wizard additional armor, health, and ice damage which would make for a wise selection if you want to improve your chance of survival!



The second tree is the Pyromancer, which specializes in unleashing fiery destruction on their foes! Fire Bolt, Fireball, Meteor and even Mana Shall are all intriguing options to consider. Since you can share Mana Shell with your party, you can further boost their elemental resistances, maximum mana, silence resistance, knockback resistance, and mana regeneration! Destruction Mastery even allows you to summon additional meteors from the heavens!



The third tree is the Chaos Mage, a practitioner of lightning and arcane magic skills. Invest points in favorites like Magic Missiles, Chain Lightning, Lightning Bolt, and Mirror Image! Points in Mirror Image will allow you to spike your damage output in exciting new ways! This makes it possible to burst at key moments, with the spells of your choice, when the situation calls for it. Chaos Mage is uniquely equipped to handle groups and single targets with fearsome potency! Give it a try and let us know your results!



Or perhaps you'll decide to spread your talents across multiple trees? That's the beauty of customization in Nevergrind Online! We leave it up to you to decide!

Up next—we turn our attention to the Warlock which wield poison, blood, and dark magic in ways never before seen in Nevergrind Online! Stay tuned! Warlock should be completed within two weeks!

469: Early Access 0.18.69 - September 2, 2023 11:50 AM EST
• Wizard talents have been completed! Have fun! 🧙‍♂️🔥❄⚡
• Adjusted how Wizard's Chain Lightning targets. It will no longer chain hits on a single target, however it will still be very effective against multiples.
• Wizard's Frozen Barrier now pops up restored health and mana values.
• Templar Mastery talents now have new effects.
• Templar buff talents now include group casting.
• Shaman's poison damage bonus from their Calamity talent has been fixed.
• Druid's Tornado ice damage tooltip (ranked up version) at the Academy is now accurate.
• Plus to Hits and Targets from talents is now calculated more smarterer. For example, the Superior talent my start at +0, but get additional targets at 2, 4, 7, 10. Others will get additional hits at 4, 9. I wanted to avoid the free hit/target for a one-point investment and give it a smoother power return per investment.
• Slightly reworked the Flurry haste curve for warrior and shadow knight. It should feel slightly faster at max level.
• Possibly fixed a bug that caused items to receive the wrong base values.
• Fixed a Cleric achievement title from Vicar to High Priest.
• Fixed a visual bug with some town NPC artwork at certain screen sizes. Sometimes they didn't fill the container properly.
• The log timestamps now default to true instead of false.

Druid talent trees have been completed! So what's in store for the druid? Druids can choose to invest in skills across three trees: Flamecaller, Stormcaller, and Gladewalker.



[h2]Flamecaller[/h2]
Flamecaller specializes mainly in fire skills such as Starfire, Molten Boulder, and Fissure. They can also invest in Mastery: Armageddon which unleashes additional molten boulders on mobs! Superior Toxic Spores even unlocks a debuff that reduces mob fire resistance which benefits the entire party!

[h2]Stormcaller[/h2]
Stormcaller specializes in a blend of lightning, cold and arcane magic to unleash the power of nature on their adversaries. Choose to invest in spells like Lightning Blast, Tornado, and Blizzard! You may even opt to invest points in Mastery: Hurricane, which unleashes additional tornados on your foes!

[h2]Gladewalker[/h2]
Gladewalker tree focuses on protecting the natural forests and groves that druids draw their spiritual power from. They can choose to empower their healing spells such as Nature's Touch or Synthesize or they can opt to be a brawny protector in the form of a powerful Kodiak!



With the completion of Druid talents, the NGO roadmap now shows 5/14 class talent trees completed! So what's next? Next we are planning on completing the Wizard talent tree, so look forward to that—it should be quite explosive! 💥🌠