Updates/December 2020

The following updates occurred in December 2020.

Update 06

December 6, 2020

Enemies

• The following enemies are now immune to Freeze and Stun:
  • Grass Assassin
  • Kagajibari
  • Bil De Vear and Bil De Melan
  • Grinna Bete C
  • Dilnazen
  • Svaltus, Lutus Jigga, Orgdus
• Rare Enemies have received increases to their item drop rates.
• Lutus Jigga item drop for LV60-99 has been changed from Hard / Power Charge to Hard / Hit Charge.
• Kamatoze HP modifier increased from 320% to 420%.
• Enemies that appear as LV100 in certain A rank missions can now drop a LV100 item.

Items

• Te / Mind S rarity has been corrected.
• Vahra Claws sound effect has been corrected.
• Cati / Force S rarity and rank has been corrected.
• Izlucre and B'duki Biso should now properly take Kubara Wood.
• Harpoon Rifle and Sand Rappy Bow firing visual effects have been corrected.
• Ank Piko and Ank Pikor sound effects corrected.
  • Ank Piko now has majorly increased variance.
• Twin Crea Saber board now drops from Raffon Meadow and Raffon Lakeshore areas.
• Shigga Desta should now be able to drop from Bladed Legacy.
• Lumiess Blau and Huge Cutter board should now be able to drop from Lightning Beasts.
• Thunder Cannon should now be able to drop from Sunken Shrine.
• Uransara board and Ran-Misaki will now drop from Sakura Blast and Flowery Pursuit.
• Seimei-kikami will now drop from Dancing Birds.
• Bar Counter is now properly account bound.

Photon Arts

• Laser Cannon bullets have received about a 50% increase in width.
• TECHNIC experience has been fixed on Gi-, Ra-, Dam-, and certain line TECHs.

System

• The DNR party scalar no longer increases the base DNR of a box, and instead now rolls separately from a box (like DAR or Drop Anything Rate), to fix issues with some rates being calculated incorrectly.
  • The increase per party member has been reduced from 8% per member to 6% per member, for a total of 30% with 6 players.
• The Enemy -> Player damage formula has undergone an experimental revision thanks to suggestions by Milranduil.
• Packet fragmenting has been improved to hopefully fix the Infinite Loading screen bug.
• A potential fix for incorrect hard flinch or knockback has been applied.
• Room Decorations now rotate at a 45° angle instead of a 90° angle.

Update 07

December 11, 2020

Subzero Outbreak

• Ice-infected SEED have begun invading Neudaiz, and appear to have contaminated the Mizuraki Forest and surrounding areas!
• Maya Shidow has come to aid in the purification of the SEED, and will be providing each GUARDIAN with a Photon Reflector at the Kugo Hot Springs.
  • The Photon Reflector is required to participate and complete Subzero Outbreak.
• This event will introduce 20+ new items to acquire, such as weapons, armor, units, materials, and even clothing. These items will be exclusive to this event.
  • Many of the items in this event will be a part of two new Set Bonuses.
  • Rappy Noel will be available from Subzero Outbreak's rare variant, making items such as Dagger of Serafi available.
• WEEK 1: LV cap increased to 69, and Grinding chances have been boosted by 10%.
• WEEK 2: PA EXP boosted by 2x, EXP boosted by 2x, and 3* Photon Fortune for all races.

Enemies

• Due to a miscommunication, the enemy Freeze and Stun immunity change from the previous update has been reverted. -Marmy "OOPS myb"
• Enemy damage resistance will be reverted to its official value of 50%.
• Drua Gohra and Galvapas/Zamvapas no longer take reduced damage on their head.

Missions

• Fixed translation issues with Train Rescue.

Items

• Ank Piko sound effect has been corrected.
• Normal Swim Shoes are now available from G's MODE.
• The following new items will be introduced with this update: Poron, Christmas Tree Spear, Popsicle Sword, Popsicle Sword+, Salvadore, Sonichi, Secrit Cross, Festive Sweater, Popsicle Stick, Ice Bar MIX, Lightweight Fabric, Colored Wool, Christmas Ork, Dagger of Serafi, Merry Christmas, Rappy Noel Madog, Gi / Smart, Papillon Ciel, Tension Repeater, Sori / PP Generate, Santa Dress, and Reindeer Suit.

Photon Arts

• Ramegid experience requirements have been corrected, as it was missed in the recent update. This will cause some players to have negative experience. Just use the TECHNIC as normal and it should correct itself.
  • Ramegid experience is now the same as other Ra- spells, it technically requires less experience now.

System

• The level cap has been increased to LV69.
• Fixed an issue where exchanging for an item with a full inventory would soft lock the player.
• Fixed an issue where exchanging for clothing would not give the correct color.
• The Roulette Wheel at Casino Voloyal will now give correct coin payout.
• Fixed an issue where certain chair decorations caused some My Room events to trigger.
• The packet fragmenting implemented in last update has been reverted, as it did not solve the infinite loading screen issue.
• Added a potential fix for boxes dropping nothing instead of meseta.

Update 08

December 18, 2020

Subzero Outbreak

• Subzero Outbreak will give 50% increased experience from enemies, and new meseta clear payouts.
• New items have been added to A rank:
  • Vivienne, Puyo Puyo Launcher, and Ice Warden will now drop from A rank clear boxes.
• Drop rates have been increased for clear boxes, SEED-Zoma, and SEED-Flower items.
• WEEK 2 boosts are now active!
  • Enjoy 2x PA EXP, 2x Player EXP (stacks with the EXP boost from Subzero Outbreak), 3* Photon Fortune AND 2x daily Casino Voloyal coins.
• PSU Disc 19 "Contamination: Ice" is now available for purchase from Maya Shidow at Kugo Hot Springs.

Missions

• The following missions had much higher meseta clear payout than intended, and will be reduced to be more in-line with all other missions:
  • Sinners' Banquet
  • Castle of Monsters
  • Sunken Shrine
  • Beach Bum Beasts
  • Red Hot Jungle

Enemies

• Fixed an issue with Grinna Bete C attacking with the wrong element.
• Rappy Noel special drop rate has been increased.

Items

• Cati / Force S now has the correct line shield rank requirement.
• Various TCSMs have had Endurance added as hidden stats.
  • The only TCSMs available that were affected are R. Noel Madog, Pannon Madog, and Dadajinjic.
• Graldike's model has been corrected and now properly shoots bullets.
• Sonichi's stats have been adjusted.
• Shuzak Sealed no longer has a special ambient effect.
• Rappy Gugg Figure board now properly takes Gugg Crown.
• RCSMs that apply debuffs now have a 100% proc chance.
• Teroo P and Sonichi now have Blowdown.
• The set bonus with Secrit Cross for Poron, Christmas Tree Spear, and Tension Repeater should now properly work.
• Twin Varista/C has had its model corrected.
• Body Style Ticket price has been reduced to 2 at Casino Voloyal.

Photon Arts

• Foie and Diga have received increases to hitbox size.
• Fixes for bullet hitflags have been implemented for ranged weapons.

System

• SUV Weapons should now remove negative Status Effects, and also no longer reset the blast bar upon being removed.
• Ranged bullets should now display to other players instead of always being neutral and LV1.
  • There is a known bug where this does not update properly for the observer upon joining a mission until another player re-equips a weapon.
• A new command /noblind will limit other player's TECHNIC visuals to LV21.
  • If used inside a mission, this will only update for the user when another player re-equips a weapon.
  • This command's settings are not permanent, and will be wiped after logging out. Can be toggled at any time.
• Fixed an issue where equipping goggles and then using Nanoblasts would cause the player to use goggles each time they attacked.
• Fixed an issue where the Photon Reflector would stay equipped when using an off-hand weapon.
• Applied another fix to clothing exchanges where the correct color would not be given.