Escanor Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Hello and Welcome To Our Largest Update To Date! Although there's a ton of new content in this update, the bread and butter lies in the major changes we've made to the core gameplay and progression. The changes we've made might be overwhelming and might take some time getting used to. However, these changes are quite necessary and fix some of our largest underlying issues that hindered our ability to properly balance new content. Once you get used to it, you'll absolutely love the direction we're headed! NOTE: We recommend you read every section of this thread to its entirety before you login. It will answer most questions/concerns you might have! Table of Contents 1. Tier System & Gear/NPC Overhaul 2. Invention & Perks 3. Olympus Rank Rework 4. New Donator Ranks & Caskets 5. New Armors 6. Q&A Miscellaneous Changes - New players now start with 99 combat stats upon account creation - Curses are now the default prayer book - Forgotten Abyss has been disabled for the time being - Owner Dart Boss has been disabled to be reworked - Owner accessories have been replaced with Telos, Telos Elite, or Vorago gear. - Human Pet has been temporarily disabled - Reworked the entire Ranged and Magic system - Reworked Back-end for punishment system - Ammo is no longer needed for Ranged - Removed yell timer limits - Power Crystals are now stackable Due to the vast amount of changes with this update, we expect you'll probably stumble upon some bugs. However, we will be working to get them fixed ASAP! Expect to see lots of patch notes over the next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escanor Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 Tier System & Gear/NPC Overhaul Probably the most important change we’ve made so far is that we’ve completely re-balanced gear and NPC progression. All relevant gear and bosses have been placed into a tier. There are 16 Tiers and every gear type within a tier will have the same stats. As we all know defense bonuses on Athens have been useless for as long as we've been around. This really shouldn't be the case and makes it quite difficult for us developers to manage progression properly. Especially with Soulsplit being so overpowered. So what we've done is a combination of buffing armor/defense bonuses and rebalancing Soulsplit. What exactly does this mean? Basically, survival will now be less reliant on Soulsplit and more so on your defense bonuses. Fighting a Tier 4 boss with a Tier 4 weapon won't do you much good if you're stuck wearing starter gear. Which is ideally the best way to handle progression. With this change, we've decided to completely remove all KC requirements! If you want to challenge yourself as a beginner and kill an NPC a couple of tiers above, you can try but you probably won't get far without dying. TL;DR: The monsters you can kill are now mostly reliant on whether or not your defense bonuses can keep up with its damage output. With this new Tier System, we've also added new armor sets in order to fill some gaps. You can read more about these new armor sets by [clicking here] You can view which items are in which Tier under the Quest Tab > Green Star > View Tiers Or by typing ::tiers in-game Equipment bonuses will be broken down into 5 categories: All item stats now serve a purpose in combat Attack Bonuses - This will determine your accuracy Defense Bonuses - This will reduce the amount of damage you take Damage Bonuses - This will determine your max hit Drop Rate Bonus - Self Explanatory Soulsplit Bonus - The amount you heal from SS will have a base cap. Unless you've got a SS bonus you won't be able to heal over 97 HP Damage Modifier - This will add all of your damage boosts such as rank benefits, prayer scrolls, etc NPC Changes NPCs have gotten the same treatment as armor, each NPC is now in one of 16 tiers, you will be able to see what tier an NPC is through the teleport interface. There will be no more KC requirements for monsters, aside from Hephaestus, King, and Ban who require scrolls to get to them. Each tier of NPC will have a drop rate cap, which will also be on display in the teleport interface, and under the show drops interface. Previously NPC's had a drop rate capped at 10%. This is no longer the case and you will now have 100% of your drop rate affect the drops, maxing out at the DR Max of that NPC.Example: Shifter's Drop Rate is maxed out at 200% no matter what your Drop Rate is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escanor Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 Invention Invention is a brand new skill for Mid-End Game players that involves disassembling gear for benefits. This skill is entirely optional and only serves to supplement and give you additional bonuses! To begin training invention, please locate the Invention Workbench in the western part of the home area near the Telos Portal. You will also be able to click the Invention skill to teleport to the workbench You must also purchase an Invention Toolkit along with a Charging Torch from the Skilling Shop next to the Invention Workbench or at ::shops. You will be needing them to charge/uncharge items. Disassembly All Tiered items can be disassembled into either Materials or Invention Shards. You can open the disassembly interface by opening your Invention Toolkit or by using the Invention Workbench at home. Disassembling items into materials will not give you any invention experience. You must use the materials to create perks which will then provide exp. Disassembling shards will give you instant exp but at a lower rate than creating materials. What are "Shards"? Invention shards allow you to boost the attack, defense, and damage stats of any tiered item by 25%! You can store the your Invention Shards in the Charging Torch. Then you use that torch on the items you want to charge. Perks Materials obtained from disassembling gear will allow you to create perks. Perks are boosts to your account that have a limited lifespan. There are a total of 10 Perk Tiers, the higher the tier the better bonuses it will provide. Any material can be used to create any tier of perk! The amount of material required will increase if the material is lower than the perk you're trying to create. In contrast, if you use a material that's greater than the perk you're trying to create, the perk will generate a higher lifespan. There are a ton of different scenarios to try out when creating perks. Deciding which is best will be left up to you. NOTE: The type of perk you receive along with it's attached npc's will always be randomly generated Dissolving Materials will grant you a fraction of the Shards you would normally receive from that associated tier of gear. While training Invention you will probably get a lot of lower-tier perks you may not want, so you can type ::destroyperks (perk tier) it will destroy all perks from that tier. WARNING: You will not get any shards from this command Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escanor Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 Rank Changes Your Olympus and regular dono rank will be combined upon login. You can type ::olyranks to view the new rank progression. You will not be losing any benefits from this swap, aside from some older benefits that no longer have a use. New Olympus Rank = (Old Olympus Total x 5) + Normal Total Donated Olympus Rank will also no longer be considered a “Donation” rank [Click Here] to get a proper list of Olympus Rank Benefits We have also replaced Bonds with Greek Drachma. All existing bonds in a player's bank/inventory will be 5x and from now on every shop, drop table, etc are replaced with Drachma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escanor Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 New Donation Ranks & Caskets The only way to obtain these Ranks is by donating. The total of your purchase will contribute to this rank. The Donation Store is currently being reworked and Caskets have NOT been implemented yet. We will make an announcement on Discord once this part of the update is functional! We do not ever plan to lock any content behind Donator Ranks. Inherently, your Olympus Rank will always be better. However, there are some major bonuses from these ranks that will supplement your Olympus Rank progress. Donator Rank Requirements: Bronze - $10 Silver - $50 Gold - $100 Platinum - $500 Diamond - $1000Bronze- 5% DR Cap Increase - 10% Chance at getting an additional 5 Drachma when opening a Bronze CasketSilver - 10% DR Cap Increase - 10% Extra Drachma - 10% Chance at getting a free Bronze Casket when opening a Silver Casket Gold - 15% DR Cap Increase - 15% Extra Drachma - 10% Chance at getting a free Silver Casket when opening a Gold Casket Platinum - 20% DR Cap Increase - 20% Extra Drachma - 10% Chance at getting a free Gold Casket when opening a Platinum Casket Diamond - 25% DR Cap Increase - 30% Extra Drachma - 10% Chance at getting a free Platinum Casket when opening a Diamond Casket What are Caskets? Work In Progress.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escanor Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 New Armors Blood Elite Set This set will be tier 9 You can make this set by using two identical Blood pieces on each other to make an elite item Vorago Set This set will be tier 11 This is obtained by forging Blood Elite, Vindictive, and a Vorago Scrap together at ::upgrade. You can get the scrap from Vorago Raids Telos Set This set will be tier 12 This is obtained by forging Omni with a Telos Scrap at ::upgrade, you can get the Telos Scrap from Telos Raids Telos Elite Set This set will be Tier 13 You can make this by forging Vorago and Telos pieces together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escanor Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 Q&A Why was the open beta so short? Prior to announcing the open beta the content team has been consistently testing and making adjustments. So just because the open beta only lasted one day, it does not reflect our entire testing process. Additionally, we did not get the amount of participation or feedback we were hoping to receive. This is understandable due to the small number of active players at the moment. The best feedback is always right after an update. Why are drop rates so much higher? Previously there was a cap on all drops of 10%! That cap has now been removed and your full Drop Rate will take into affect when rolling for drops within the DR Cap in the tier of NPC you are fighting. Why is my maxhit lower? All weapons and armors are now based around a tiered system that has been balanced to the new NPC tier system. This allows for a more streamlined progression within Athens. What happened to Forgotten Abyss? We disabled the minigame due to many issues it has. We will be replacing it with a new Survival Minigame that will be released soon! Why did you nerf Soulsplit? We have made Soulsplit to be less relied on due to it being so overpowered. This ultimately allows developers to allow for correct progression in the future. To compensate, we have buffed the Armor and Defense bonuses to rebalance Soulsplit. Why is human pet disabled? With all the combat rework we've been doing, a lot of the code for human pet was broken. We plan to go back and fix it all soon but getting this update out was more important. If KC requirements are being removed, will I be assigned a Slayer Task I can't do? The way Slayer will now work is you must kill an NPC at least 10 times before it will be assigned to youWhat happened to Owner Items? Owner items have been replaced with Vorago, Telos, and Telos Elite gear. This was a move to get progression back on track for how Athens is currently and in the future. Owner items will be there, but will no longer be obtainable in game. The conversion for the Owner Items are as follows: Owner Necklace - Vorago Necklace Owner Raids Necklace - Telos Necklace Owner Ring - Vorago Ring Owner Raids Ring - Telos Ring Owner Cape - Vorago Cape Owner Raids Cape - Telos Cape Owner Boots - Telos Boots Owner Raids Boots - Elite Telos Boots Owner Gloves - Telos Gloves Owner Raids Gloves - Elite Telos Gloves. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...