LC NEWSLETTER
Here is a link for the LC newsletter. Just cut and paste and then you can read the lastest LC newsletter
ttp://lastchaos.aeriagames.com/newsletter/

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These are topics that I find of interest from the LC forum for everyone. This way you will be able to read stuff that affects everyone in general. If anyone is an old player and you know of a minor change, please post here please. Hard for me to be everywhere, lol.


August 2008. If you have not finished a quest and you level beyond the quest availability, the quest disappears.

Sp in the two Temples are up now. 3300 sp in the Velpist Temple in Randol and 5500 sp in the Prokion Temple in Dratan. Other temples are reported as not changed, that is 1100 max sp for killing a monster your level.


New Patch Developments Concerning Evasion

New Patch: Please read about the future of LC by GMAracton, Game Master, pasted from LC Forum Updated June 25th I would like to first say, that the changes to evasion and hit rate are very noticeable. Players with full evasion gear will no longer be invulnerable. The game dynamic has changed so that grouping will become more important at mid to higher levels. Soloing is still possible, but players should definitely expect to be burning through Hp stealers and Healing potions. Monster difficulty has been lessened. The monsters are now easier to kill and have lower overall attack ratings and hit points. However some monsters have been changed to elite status (watch out in Velpist temple). So their difficulty is on par with what they were before the change. It is very important that all high level and mid level players understand that this patch will change PVE and PvP. Players are no longer going to be able to train 8 monsters at once. Now, it is possible that if players are just absolutely getting crushed in the new dungeons, we can see about getting monster aggro turned off. This is a possibility, but if the changes are fully hated game wide, it is an option we can explore. Overall this patch will bring some excellent new features to our game. But some of the changes are going to take getting used to. I have no doubt that many of you will not like them at first, but I ask that you give them some time. So here we go. Evasion/ Hit Rate Changes (The following descriptions of changes are directly from the developers documentation given to Aeria games, and have only been altered slightly by me...to make them...readable) Old System of Evasion: The standard rate of Evasion was calculated 100 - Monster Hit Rate and Character level, class, dex (melee) or int (magic) Evasion rate was added to by player armor options. When the dex/int of the character was inadequate the effects gained by the items was way too advanced. (AKA no player should be invulnerable to attacks, at any level) New System of Evasion Statistics Hit Rate 1 Dexterity point = +1 Short,Long Hit Rate 1 Intelligence point = +1 Short, Long Magical Hit Rate Evasion 1 Dexterity point = +1 Short, Long range Evasion 1 Intelligence point = +1 Short, Long range Magic Evasion Armor Options Hit Rate 18 Short Range Hit Rate points = +1% increase in Short range hit rate 18 Long Distance Hit Rate points = +1% in Long Range hit rate 18 Hit Rate points = 1% hit rate 5 Magic Hit Rate points = 1% magic hit rate Evasion Changes 11 short range evasion points = 1% Short range evasion 11 long range evasion points = 1% Long range evasion 11 Evasion points = 1% evasion 5 magic evasion points = 1% magic evasion In combat the hit and evade system will work as follows: 1) A random selection of values from the attackers numerical value of hit, and a random choice of value from the defenders numerical value of evasion will be placed against one another 2) The higher value will determine if a hit is placed Example: If the total numerical value of evasion for a Rogue is 1000 and the numerical value of hit for a Monster is 300, then at the time of the attack the value of the rogues evasion will be 700. If the value of Monsters hit rate is 300 then the rogue will evade the monsters attack since 700 (Rogues evasion) > 300 (Monster Hit Rate) Preemptive questions and answers Q: GMAracton will armor and weapons be made obsolete by the new patch? A: No Johnny. While the effects of armor options concerning evasion and hit rate have been lowered, it does not make them obsolete. The more evasion and hit rate you have the higher your percentages will increase. Q: GMAracton what about the monster aggro in places like the tower? Wont it be hard to level if I get aggrod by 9 monsters at a time, and repeatedly die horrible deaths? A: Well Johnny thats a fine question. While I will not sit here and pretend that aggro wont be a problem. It is definitely possible to kill monsters faster than before. So if you and Suzy-Jane decide to go into the tower and lay the pwnage down on some baddies you should be okay. As a soloer though I would not expect to wade through 5-8 monsters at once. But you know what they say Johnny, its always better with two people. Q: GMAracton how will PvP be affected by this change. I have a mage and have been totally owning everyone, because they can't hit me. HAHAHA silly melee classes. A: Johnny you silly little tart. Mages will no longer be able to pwn uncontended in PvP. The evasion changes make it so that PvP is actually a bit more fun. Skill has definitely become more of a factor, and with the new skills being impervious to merchant potions, it will be interesting to see how everything plays out. PvP will definitely be more fast paced, and it will be interesting to see if some of the former invulnerable top dawgs can hold there own against lower level players that can actually hit them now. Q: GMAracton, why are you so cool? A: Because I eat my wheaties Johnny. Also, when I was born my mother smacked me hard in the face so I wouldn't grow up to be a crappy human being. Monster Changes Monsters lvl 63 and above have been changed as follows 1) Monster Attack Power and Defensive power has decreased 2) Monster Hit Points, HP Regen have been changed 3) Monsters have GAINED skills such as blind, slow, MP steal, and are generally more nasty in this regard. Lower Level Drop Rate 1) The lower level drop rate in Velpist Temple and Prokion Temple has been increased to 20% Post 3 Updated June 23rd Currently some of the new skills that have been placed on test have absolutely astronomical Skill Point costs. As I mentioned in my earlier post we will not let this abide. So here is what is being done about it. The skill point costs of all of the new skills will be reduced based upon GM and GS suggestion to the developers. Currently I have the game sages going through the new skills and giving recommended SP costs for each one. I believe that this should ease the majority of players that were up in arms about the reported costs of skills, and it will also make the effects of the skills more palatable. Bottom Line: Skill Point Costs for the new skills will be changed "But , why can't just just change the skill effects downward?" My original intention was to increase the effects for each skill. This would have made the cost of each skill bearable since players would have gotten a super powerful attack, or buff for the SP. This was deemed to be not feasible by the developers as changing the effects would take far too much development time, and is a very complicated and frustrating process. We must take into consideration that they have been working on these changes for several months, and to have them change the effects would literally erase all of their hard work (yes they do have feelings, and do occasionally work hard). Now it is important for you to know the following. The skill point cost changes will not take place before the patch is put live. They will be implemented after in future patches (sooner rather than later) The reason for this is that there are legitimate bugs with the current patch that the developers must take the next week to fix before we can put the patch live. This is good news guys, so all of you out there worried about SP costs for the new skills, can just chill and go back to hating Dratan Castle Siege, the tomb of theos, puppies, orange tang, and GM's. Issue # 2 Evasion is still broken...more information when it gets fixed (it will be this week) Updated June 20th Here is what we know so far. 1) New skills have been added to the test server. Issues: Many of these new skills have a poor SP Cost to Effect ratio. For example: Temple Offense Lvl 6 costs 874 Skill Points for only +5 physical attack. This is horrible, and we know it. Important Note: While some of the SP costs or the effects of skills will be changed, it is important to remember that the reason the SP costs more is because these skills are for the higher levels. I truly believe there should be some work involved while improving your character. Before you go apepoo however, I also believe that that work should be rewarded with a skill effect that is actually useful, and we will do our best to deliver just that. What are we doing about it? A) Currently the Game Sages are testing the crap out of the skills. They are providing detailed information what they feel needs to have there cost reduced, or there effect increased. B) I have basically told the developers that these skill effects or SP ratios need to be lowered, or the effect increased. C) The GM's are working very hard to test all skills thoroughly and document the testing on a spreadsheet, so we know exactly what has changed. 2) The Monster Combo System has been added. A) This monster combo system is a cool group instance that is comprised of various stages. Players actually get to choose what monsters they fight in the dungeon, and they receive tokens for the completion of stages, which can then be turned in for some cool new accessories. Issues: 1) Some of the accessories given for the system don't have any statistics on them 2) Occasionally (not often) players who fail to complete a stage are sent back to the waiting area, but there is no NPC available to port them back into the dungeon...essentially leaving them trapped forever... What we are doing about it A) Both of the above bugs have been documented and will be sent in for fixing next week. The main issue with this patch is that the developers have added things without telling us. There are many changes we are finding completely by accident because we have not been informed of their existence. For example: High level monsters now use skills against players. While this is a fun and exciting twist on combat, it would have been nice to friggin know that a nivas can now blind you while kicking you in the butt. I found out the hard way... Now I know you all are wondering about the biggest changes of all. The Evasion, and Hit Rate. Currently we have little information on these changes and are gathering more. As far as I can tell its broken, and this matter has been brought to the dev's attention via a long winded rant by me. Until they fix it, we cannot test it properly. So more than likely you will have to wait until next week to hear about these changes. Bottom Line: This new patch has many good features which I think players are going to enjoy. Of course there will be some issues, and not everyone will be happy, but if we can get all the major problems with skills , and evasion fixed then I think this patch will add some really awesome end game content, and provide a more enjoyable play experience overall. More information as I get it! Original Post Today we received a patch from the developers. This patch is incredibly vast in scope and includes several changes to Last Chaos game play. Right now we are still sorting through the information given to us by T-Ent, so no details can be given. However, I will keep you informed over the next few weeks about exactly what is on the patch, and what we are doing in terms of testing it. We have already organized the Game Sages into a test team, and they will be let loose on this patch tomorrow. I will say, from what I can tell about this patch from a surface test, is that many of the changes will be good. We will do our best to test the living caca out of it, and with the Game Sages help, will hopefully be able to bring you content that will not make you want to go insane and club a baby seal. This content includes a new instanced group dungeon (sort of. more info as I get it), and of course additions to skills in game (which have not been tested, so I have no info for you on these yet). It also includes other changes which aren't documented very well, and I will be doing my best to obtain this documentation by the weekend. Important Note: Please do not ask the game sages about the contents of these patches, as they cannot tell you, and risk being banned from the live server temporarily if they do. All of your information on this patch will come directly from me. Thanks!

_________________ Posted:18 Jun 2008 23:04 Last edited by GMAracton on 25 Jun 2008 22:28; edited 6 times in total