A few patches after big bang, skills are changed again.

I just thought i would come and share this information with the people of southperry. At basilmarket forums,according to Etherealize, the new KMST has introduced numerous balance changes. Below you can see the list of changes listed by a user from basilmarket who took the time to translate the information from KMS forums.

Etherealize (credits go to her)

EDIT: To those interested in the source, i can't confirm because i don't speak Korean, but it's supposedly on this page http://www.insoya.com/bbs/zboard.php?id=bbs12&no=354. I took a look, seems reliable :-) (visually)

Ready or not, here it comes:

In KMST (KMS Tespia), Mechanics have been properly Nexon'd (along with other jobs that got boosts, BUT they got the brunt of nexon's wrath!), with a decrease in damage in most of their skills. ABOUT TIME CHYUHHHHH. 8D

Well. The changes so far are:

Metal Armour Prototype defence lowered by 200
Drill Rush attacking 15 instead of 10, with 30% dmg decrease
Atomic Hammer ignoring defence lowered by 10%
Rocket Booster dmg decrease of 200%
Perfect Armour guard % decreased by 10%
Satellite damage 50% increase
Magnetic field casting time increased by 30 seconds; 50% damage reduction; cool down of 180 seconds (lasts for 60sec/cd of 180sec now)
Accelerator ignoring defence lowered by 15%
Healing robot casting time lowered by 10 seconds; HP recovery increased by 25%
Rocket punch damage reduction of 30%
Metal Armour extreme 10 attack decrease
Metal Armour missile tank MP usage formula changed (25 MP every 5 seconds; 30 MP if attacking); 10% damage reduction; 10% crit rate reduction
Robo factory casting time reduced by 5 seconds; 20 seconds cool down inserted
Laser Blast damage lowered by 40%
Heavy machine gun damage lowered by 5%.

Other classes got boosts too, but more noticeably, Aran, Evan and DB got boosts, as well as other changes like the change in TT formula for NW/NL and new effects for Arrow Rain/Eruption for Ranger/Snipers. Extractions will probably come up and Spadow will have the proper info on this, but I am ./overjoyed by how Mechanics have gotten so deliciously Nexon'd. No moar op'd jobs?

--- list of updates:

• Some Adventurers/Cygnus/Resistance skills and skills effects were changed
• Formulas for defence, avoid and accuracy were changed

Dual Blades

• Damage formulas of DBs were changed
• In accordance to this change in formula, all their skill damages were adjusted
• Some skills’ errors/bugs were fixed
• Some skills’ master levels were adjusted
• Some skills’ effects were changed
• New skills: Vital Steal (3+rd job)Blade Fury (4th job); Phantom Blow (4th job); and Sharpness (4th job)
• Modified skills: advanced dark sight (3rd+ job); upper stab (3rd+ job); Final cut (4th job); and Thorns Effect (4th job)
• Deleted skills: Sudden raid (4th job); Sudden Raid mastery books will be automatically changed to Blade Fury mastery books

Arans

• All skills will be given at job advance
• Required combo counts for some command skills were reduced
• Activation of some command skills were changed
• Some skills’ master levels were modified
• Most of skill damages were modified
• Some skills’ effects were changed
• New skills: combo recharge (3rd job); Cleaving Attack (3rd job); Combo Judgement (3th job); Swift Move (4th job)
• Modified skills: Combo Ability (1st job); Snow Charge (2nd job); Rolling Spin (3rd job); Full Swing (3th job); Over Swing (4th job)

Evans

• All skills’ speed received a boost in speed
• Some skills’ master levels were modified
• In accordance to the boost in speed of skill activation, all skills were readjusted
• Some skills’ effects were modified
• New skills: Dragon Blink (6th); Dragon Sparking (7th); Onyx’s ____ (have no idea how to translate D; 8th); Will of the Onyx (10th)
• Modified skills: Lightning Bolt (3rd); Magic Flare (5th); Killing Wing (7th); Ghost Lettering (8th); Blaze (10th)

Adventures/Cygnus/Resistance
• Magicians’ skill damages mostly received a boost in damage
• Some adventurers/Cygnus/Resistance skills were modified/adjusted
• Triple Throw’s damage formula was adjusted
• Arrow Rain, Arrow Eruption, Ultimate Strafe and Ice Strike’s effects were renewed
• When charging a skill (e.g. Big Bang, Piercing) when hit by a monster, skill won’t be cancelled
• When not in Dark Sight, when using Assassinate or Chains of Hell, DS will automatically be activated
• Dawn Warriors’ Brandish is issued at Level 70, after 3rd job advancement; Soul Driver will take Brandish’s place (obtain skill at Level 100)
• Some scrolls/use items’ effects (HP, MP, m.atk/wep defence, accuracy, avoid) were given a boost

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combat mastery
master level: 10; ignores 40% of monster’s physical defence

brave slash:
master level: 30; attacks 3 enemies 3 times with 240% damage

advanced charge:
master level: 10; charge blow’s damage increased to 510%, maximum target 6. When charged, mastery of weapon increases by 70%

blast:
master level: attacks enemy 3 times with 280% damage; ignores monster’s defence by 20%; added crit rate of 50%; instant death rate of 10%

crusher:
master level: 20; attacks 3 enemies 3 times with 170% damage

fury:
master level: 20; 410% damage, attacks enemy 6 times

mp eater:
master level: 20; absorbs enemy’s max mp by 10% with 20% rate

explosion:
master level: 20; attacks 6 enemies with 535% damage

poison mist:
master level: 20; 230% damage; when affected, DoT damage of 180%/sec

magic composition (fire/poison):
master level: 20; 600% damage; 80% chance of being affected; 90% DoT damage/sec
fire demon:
master level: 30; 430% damage to 6 enemies; 110% DoT damage/sec;

paralyse:
master level: 30; 540% damage; paralysed for 5 seconds;210% DoT damage/sec

meteor:
master level: 30; 1700% damage to 15 enemies; 220% DoT/sec; 30sec cooldown

ice strike:
master level: 20; 125% damage to 6 enemies x 4; freezes for 3 seconds



thunder spear:
master level: 20; 155% damage x 5 to 5 enemies; 80% rate of 5 second paralyse

magic composition (ice & lightning):
master level: 20; 625% damage; 2 second freeze

ice demon:
master level: 30; 400% damage to 6 enemies

chain lightning:
master level: 30; 810% damage; 15% crit rate

blizzard:
master level: 30; 1600% damage to 15 enemies; 30 sec cooldown; 205% DoT damage/sec for 10 seconds

bless:
master level: 15; +15 attack, m.atk, +150 physical/m.atk defence, +90 accuracy/avoid increase for 300 sec

shining ray:
master level: 30; 530% damage to 6 enemies; 80% rate of stun for 5 seconds

summon dragon:
master level: 20; 410% damage for 180 seconds; uses one Summoning Rock

bahamut:
master level: 30; 600% damage to 3 enemies for 260sec

genesis:
master level: 30; 1900% damage to 15 enemies; 20% crit rate; 30sec cool down

marksmanship:
master level: 10; ignores monster’s physical defence by 20%; max HP 10% increase

dragon pulse:
master level: 30; 320% damage to 6 enemies

hurricane: (WOOOOOOOOT TAKE THAT WILD HUNTERS 8D)
master level: 30; 220% damage/shot

ultimate strafe:
master level: 10; 210% damage x 6 shots

sniping:
master level: 30; cool down of 5 seconds
drain:
master level: 19; 235% damage, absorbs 43% of enemy’s HP

triple throw:
master level: 30; 280% damage x 3; ignores monster’s physical defence by 15%

band of thieves:
master level: 20; 435% damage to 5 enemies

assassinate:
master level: 30; 590% damage x 4

boomerang step:
master level: 30; 630% damage x 2 to 4 enemies; 90% rate of stunning enemies; passive effect: boost in savage blow, steal, assaulter and band of thieves’ damage by 30%

blade mastery (or whatever it is for DBs.)
master level: 20; mastery raised by 50%; +120 accuracy

triple stab:
master level: 10; 110% damage x 3 to 2 enemies

fatal blow:
master level: 30; 85% x 8

slash storm:
master level: 20; 190% x 2 to 6 enemies

tornado spin:
master level: 20; dash with 155% speed; use extra MP and inflict 300% damage to 8 enemies

flash bang:
master level: 5; 160% damage; 80% rate of decrease in accuracy by 85% in monsters for 20 seconds; 55 seconds cool down

upper stab:
master level: 20; 240% damage to 6 enemies; if attacked in mid-air, added 70% damage

advanced dark sight:
master level: 10; 49% rate of ds not being cancelled during attack; when hit, 20% rate of ds automatically activating; 50% damage increase if attacked in ds

vital steal:
master level: 10; 5% rate of converting 10% of damage inflicted into HP

bloody storm:
master level: 10; 225% x 2 to 8 enemies

owl dead:
master level: 20; 49% rate of instant death; 130% bonus damage if insta death’d x 15; 60 cooldown

flying assaulter:
master level: 20; 280% x 2 to 8 enemies; 7% rate of stun for 6 seconds

chains of hell:
master level: 20; 80% x 10; crit rate 100%

sharpness:
master level: 10; crit rate 25%; crit min damage 25% increase

final cut:
master level: 30; 2000% damage to 8 enemies; 15% rate of insta-death; 140% damage increase for 40 seconds; 60 cooldown

monster boom:
master level: 30; 1100% damage explosion after 3 seconds; 4 sec cooldown

blade fury:
master level: 30; 180% x 3 to 6 enemies

thorns effect:
master level: 30; +30 attack for 210 seconds; 90% rate stance

phantom blow:
master level: 30; 110% x 6

double upper:
master level: 20; 225% x 2

energy buster:
master level: 20; 680% to 4 enemies; 50% rate of stun for 7 sec

shockwave:
master level: 750% to 6 enemies

dragon strike:
master level: 30; 850% to 6 enemies

energy orb:
master level: 30; 980% to 6 enemies

demolition:
master level: 30; 410% x 8; ignores monster’s physical defence by 20%

advanced homing:
master level: 20; 760% damage; increase in damage to targeted monster by 20%

battleship:
master level: 10; 20 atk; maximum hp/mp 600, 700 physical/m.atk defence

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big lol @ dual bladers losing their critic from thorn. Now 99% of dbs gonna on nexon.
And nice change to assasinate 4 hits instead of 3 sadly with dmg cap its only 2 mil dmg more
(wish i had my shad back for this heh)

Whops didnt see the sharpness or w/e its called , but still i guess weaker version of thorns for dbs. Ppl wont be happy anyway lol
wondering about new formula for dbs now ;s if its + or - for them.

@down
well i do have a 13x db with maxed thorns and honestly didnt bother looking on thorns after bb cause i dont really play it anymore but for me it looks weaker, if im wrong then sorry

happy now?

you rly dont know after big bang Thorn give crit rate and min crit dmg? so this is very good for us. U cant call Sharpness is weaker version of Thorn since after big bang crit system change and Thorn changed too >.<, learn to play DBs b4 u can talk about DB.
Anyway, this is nice patch, I rly love this

SP reset sale, anyone?

Why couldn't they get their balancing done before inflicting Big Bang on JMS and GMS?

I read in the extraction thread release notes that formulas got changed as well. Lovely. So do I reset my DEX to STR or not?

Gah, this just strengthens my resolve to quit Maple when BB hits GMS. I do *not* like games where you can't do any long-range planning because the carpet can be pulled out from under you at any given time. This is especially true when said long-range planning involves spending real-world money or considerable time (or both).

SP reset sale, anyone?

Why couldn't they get their balancing done before inflicting Big Bang on JMS and GMS?

I read in the extraction thread release notes that formulas got changed as well. Lovely. So do I reset my DEX to STR or not?

Gah, this just strengthens my resolve to quit Maple when BB hits GMS. I do *not* like games where you can't do any long-range planning because the carpet can be pulled out from under you at any given time. This is especially true when said long-range planning involves spending real-world money or considerable time (or both).

if you read what's in the quote, you will see that she mentions accuracy:

"• Formulas for defence, avoid and accuracy were changed"

Maybe dex will play a bigger role in the end after all? We can't really tell due to the lack of information. We will see how it goes

The other nice thing about Sharpness is that the mastery level is only 10, so by level 123, we could potentially have it maxed. Final cut has also bee,n altered in a nice way. 15% kill rate instant and 140% increase in damage over 40 seconds means we basically have a +140% increase 2/3 of the time. So essentially a 93% increase in damage if you have it maxed.

I still wonder do they still keep this with Final Cut: Passive Effects - Permanently increases damage for Fatal Blow, Slash Storm, Tornado Spin, Bloody Storm, Upper Stab, and Flying Assaulter by 25%. Cant wait for extractions, awwwwwwwwwwww!

I still wonder do they still keep this with Final Cut: Passive Effects - Permanently increases damage for Fatal Blow, Slash Storm, Tornado Spin, Bloody Storm, Upper Stab, and Flying Assaulter by 25%. Cant wait for extractions, awwwwwwwwwwww!

With fatal blow being:

fatal blow:
master level: 30; 85% x 8

I highly doubt that the increase by 25% is unchanged because:

phantom blow:
master level: 30; 110% x 6

That would make Fatal blow better than phantom blow, unless phantom blow is incredibly fast and/or has special effects, or is also increased by Final Cut.

Did any one realize that now DB got only 4th job instead of the old version with semi-dualer.

It is following the original thief job advancement.

maybe because madam sly has realize that it is black magician fault. She and darklord make up and get married. LOL

Did any one realize that now DB got only 4th job instead of the old version with semi-dualer.

It is following the original thief job advancement.

maybe because madam sly has realize that it is black magician fault. She and darklord make up and get married. LOL

No, this didn't change. They still have 1st, 2nd, 2nd+ 3rd, 3rd+ and 4th.

lol, if Lady Syl and Dark Lord get marry, that will be nice, and DBs should have some new skill like NL, how to Mirror Image + Shadow Partnerr? Triple Stab? xD

This has already been in the extraction section for over an hour, doesn't require more threads to discuss and repeat.

http://www.southperry.net/forumdisplay.php?f=9043