v.123 - Tempest: Into the Storm Update Notes

Empress weapon & gear recipes were added.

Getting ready for the Anniversary Coin Shop and Events, maybe.

NPC chat on the Y key and never look back.

I’m having a hard time adjusting. I hope it gets fixed in the Luminous patch, along with the portals and ladders etc.

Other changes to note:

You might have noticed some degree of lag when entering portals, or that you don't seem to be entering portals when you're around them. This is because they've done something annoying, which includes going down ropes. They've made the tolerance for the rope/portal site lower but also added introduced a delayed action, so if you're off the main "hit box" area for going down a rope or the portal, you have to hold your key down longer for the delayed action to kick in. Ass...

Also, when you're hunting items for quest, the item sprite now appears next to the text that flashes when you pick up an item (e.g. the orange mushroom cap will appear together with something like "Orange Mushroom Cap 4/10".

/edit: question to 4th job aran players out there. Has it always been possible for you to key in the Final Charge keystroke in midair and have it autocast when you reach the floor? It's abit like macro-ed Leaf Tornado for Mercedes...

Hadriel

This new portal hit box sucks ass.

guize

Use arrow keys and enter, no need to click.

I actually didn't know you could just use y/n for quests. o_o

For just one quest at a time, using the arrows and enter is no big deal.

However, 'y' was very useful when you need to repeat the quest a lot. For example, the "girl with a crush" room at Red Leaf High: there is no "right answer". No matter what you click, the RNG decides whether you pass or fail. If you fail you have to do it again. Holding down the 'y' key would let you very quickly redo the quest until your answer (always the first option) is accepted.
Same thing happened with the Rock-Paper-Scissors event we used to have. Fastest way to win it was to hold down 'y' until the first option came out winning.
Another example is trying to get into a hotly contested map, such as a non-instanced boss or a popular PQ (yeah, right). Again, holding down the 'y' key meant spamming entry attempts until the NPC let you in.

Now with this change we can't do that. Having to alternate between arrows, enters, and npc-chat key, slows one down a lot.

And that is why I'm sure they won't fix it. It's not a bug, they did this on purpose.
It's like now that they pay attention to forums somewhat, whenever they notice somebody going "oh, this is neat!" they immediately put that something on top of the list of "bugs" to fix.
Case in point: Toad stopped dropping powers.

This new portal hit box sucks ass.

So do the ropes/ladders not letting you do a run-by climbing.

For just one quest at a time, using the arrows and enter is no big deal.

However, 'y' was very useful when you need to repeat the quest a lot. For example, the "girl with a crush" room at Red Leaf High: there is no "right answer". No matter what you click, the RNG decides whether you pass or fail. If you fail you have to do it again. Holding down the 'y' key would let you very quickly redo the quest until your answer (always the first option) is accepted.
Same thing happened with the Rock-Paper-Scissors event we used to have. Fastest way to win it was to hold down 'y' until the first option came out winning.
Another example is trying to get into a hotly contested map, such as a non-instanced boss or a popular PQ (yeah, right). Again, holding down the 'y' key meant spamming entry attempts until the NPC let you in.

Spamming the NPC button does the same thing. In the example of the "girl with a crush" quest, all I did was hold down the NPC button until it was right.

I've never once used the 'y' button for anything. Just using NPC chat worked just as well if you were going for an accept/yes every time.

Spamming the NPC button does the same thing. In the example of the "girl with a crush" quest, all I did was hold down the NPC button until it was right.

I've never once used the 'y' button for anything. Just using NPC chat worked just as well if you were going for an accept/yes every time.

She's actually a bad example because she didn't have a quest, just a dialog.
NPC Chat no longer works when the NPC needs you to accept the quest before continuing the dialog.

PSA people:

if you exchange your lost WS for shields, the shields will have only a 24-hour duration! so make sure you need to use them!

you can exchange a specific number only (it asked me how many i wanted to retrieve) but i dunno if you can retrieve the rest later, or if it counts you as "rewarded"

How do you know they only last for 24 hours? Is there an expiration date on them?

She's actually a bad example because she didn't have a quest, just a dialog.
NPC Chat no longer works when the NPC needs you to accept the quest before continuing the dialog.

That's always been the case.

It kind of sounds like I'm arguing against something when I'm really not, oops. :U What I mean to say is, the way I've always talked to NPCs is: NPC chat, arrow key and enter if accept/deny comes up. So losing the ability to use Y/N isn't a big loss for me.

I seriously hope they have decent coin-giving events. Trying to get >500 coins is going to be ridiculous unless another of those PZak events are available.

Hadriel

How do you know they only last for 24 hours? Is there an expiration date on them?

on mine there is

on mine there is

Mine doesn't have it.

Mine doesn't have it.

I got one out to check, it didn't have it.
How many did you take out at once?, just want to be safe since I don't plan on using them before 12/31.

I got one out to check, it didn't have it.
How many did you take out at once?, just want to be safe since I don't plan on using them before 12/31.

I took out 9, which was all of it.

well, i got shafted hardcore then, i took four out. this was before the maintenance

Kaiser:
Gigaslasher -> Gigas Wave
Blue Streak -> Dragon Barrage
Advanced Will of Sword -> Advanced Tempest Blades
Unflinching Courage -> Unbreakable Will
Expert Sword Mastery

I can confirm that these are the names. My mass amount of MMBs helped with the Name <-> Icon comparison

well, i got shafted hardcore then, i took four out. this was before the maintenance

On the site it says "If you receive Shield Scrolls that are not permanent, they will be replaced with permanent Shield Scrolls later. "

On the site it says "If you receive Shield Scrolls that are not permanent, they will be replaced with permanent Shield Scrolls later. "

yea, there's a notice about it here now.

Didn't even notice this until someone smega'd but..

Reverse dual blade mask has full movement within the account!