Server Maintenance - [October 22, 2023]

Changelog:

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Halloween Event 2023 data pre-loaded. The event goes live at 2023/10/23 00:01UTC.

• Balance Changes:
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• Sparta PvP Updates:
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• Map Updates:
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• Quest Updates:
  • Legendary: Fright Club: Delayed the starting attacks. Moved 2 of the 3 Bosses to the side bases.
  • Legendary: Bring Out Your Dead: Delayed the starting attacks.
  • Legendary: Only the Gourd Die Young: Delayed the starting attacks. Decreased the difficulty of the AI.
  • Legendary: The Phantom of the Lava: Removed the infinite Mummy spawns.
  • Legendary: Trouble at the Tigris: Increased the starting resource amounts of co-op to match solo mode.
  • All Halloween Event minigame quests have had their rewards adjusted:
    • On Your Gourd!: Halloween Point reward increased to 300, from 100. Halloween Material rewards increased to 3/3/300/300, from 2/2/200/200.
    • Tomb Sweet Tomb: Halloween Point reward increased to 150, from 100.
    • Don't Let Bahram be Embalmed!: Halloween Point reward increased to 300, from 25. Halloween Material rewards increased to 4/4/400/400, from 2/2/200/200.
    • Dead in Your Tracks: Halloween Point reward increased to 100, from 50 for the base objective, and 300, from 100, for the optional objective.
    • Lots of Ghouls!: Halloween Point reward increased to 200, from 100 for the optional objective. Halloween Material rewards increased to 2/2/200/200, from 1/1/100/100.
    • Mummy Issues: Halloween Point reward increased to 300, from 100 for the optional objective.
    • Witch Way to the Village: Halloween Point reward increased to 100, from 50 for the base objective, and reduced to 300, from 1000, for the optional objective.
    • A Grave Mistake: Halloween Point reward increased to 100, from 50 for the base objective, and 400, from 300, for the optional objective. Halloween Material rewards increased to 2/2/200/200, from 1/1/100/100.
  • Several Halloween Event quests have had their rewards increased:
    • That's What Fiends Are For (Play co-op quests): Halloween Point reward increased to 600, from 400.
    • Creeping it Real with Halloween Points (Play event quests): Halloween Point reward increased to 600, from 400.
    • Spartan Daily Training - Halloween Event: Halloween Point reward increased to 350, from 225.
    • Spartan Daily Training Marathon - Halloween Event: Halloween Point reward increased to 600, from 450. Halloween Material rewarwds increased to 8/8/800/800, from 5/5/500/500.
    • Spartan Weekly Training Marathon - Halloween Event: Halloween Point reward increased to 9000, from 6000. Halloween Material rewarwds increased to 90/90/9000/9000, from 60/60/6000/6000.
  • The following quests have been temporarily removed from the Prison of Zahhak (Halloween Event Archive) building for the duration of the event:
    • Legendary: The Phantom of the Lava (Archive)
    • Legendary: Paint the Town Dead (Archive)
    • Legendary: Enter at Your Own Risk (Archive)
    • These quests are available as part of the quests available for everyone during the event (with increased rewards) and will be made available in the building again after the event is over.

• Art Updates:
  • Added a unique 3D model for several Event-exclusive items:
    • Set's Shield of the Solstice
    • Set's Light Spear of the Solstice
  • Updated the 3D model for several Event-exclusive items:
    • Zahhak's Sword of the Undying
    • Zahhak's Light Spear of the Undying
    • Zahhak's Heavy Spear of the Undying
  • Added a new and unique idle animation for the Persian Siege Workshop.
  • Updated the idle animation for the Roman Siege Workshop.
  • Updated and optimized all animations for the Roman Onager.
  • Optimized some particle effects on several Halloween Event assets to improve performance.

• Champion Mode Changes:
  • Greeks:
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  • Egyptians:
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  • Celts:
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  • Persians:
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  • Romans:
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  • Babylonians:
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  • Norse:
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  • Global:
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• Updated the Champion Mode Website to the latest build.

• UI Updates:
  • Increased the font type and size for the Market Buy/Sell interface for better readability.
  • Fixed a small misalignment on the Global Marketplace UI.

• Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue where the co-op player was not spawning properly in the quest "Incursion in Lebedos".
  • Fixed an issue where Double-Edged Axe was granting its Critical Hit Chance effect twice.
  • Fixed an issue where the Gear Dismantler loading screen displayed a wrong icon for Muslin Cloth.
  • Fixed an issue where using the Gear Dismantler would cause a crash under certain circumstances.
  • Fixed an issue where quests' optional objective required an incorrect amount of empty inventory slots before the quest could be turned in.

• Other Updates:
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• XLive Changes:
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• Backend Changes:
  • Fixed the responsiveness of the Item Crafting system.

 

We need to do a quick hotfix update.

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20:00 CEST: Start of maintenance.
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20:20 CEST: Expected end of maintenance.

 

The server is now shutting down and starting update. Expected downtime is 20 minutes.

 

Server is back online!