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Posted by Szeszej on 12-15-2017 at16:33:

Content patch - what's coming in the upcoming patch?

Hello players,

The release date of the next content patch is slowly approaching. Here you can see what changes are coming.

Content patch

Due to the fact that we were in a hurry to make the patch ready for Christmas, it will be marked as Beta. If you have any comments about the balance, please share them with us here.

New stat â€“ Resilience
With this new stat, you will be able to counter the omnipresent defence-ignoring effects. It will be given to the strongest armours, trousers, defensive affixes and, of course, monsters whose defence should be their biggest strength.
The stat will be mostly found on epics.

The last three opponents from the second expedition map
Zepar, Malphas, Hastur.
These will be the most powerful and difficult demons ever encountered in BW. Their mechanics are tuned in such a way that you will need the might of your whole clan combined with the most powerful server events to take them down and it will still be extremely difficult.
Their design is based on Chronos from the first map, who remained undefeated for a very long time.

Evolutions level 5
We are aware that many of you have completed your evolution trees. That is why we are introducing a new level of evolutions. It will also allow you to activate a FIFTH rune in talismans.

Armoury archives
A new tab in the armoury will allow you to see and manage all your items.
You will need premium to activate it.
The cost is 20 days of premium for 3 days of the service.

4 new events related to the effects of Talismans... or lack thereof
Some will activate all racial Talismans, others will activate non-racial ones. Some will even disable Talismans altogether!

Call of Blood
- racial talismans work without runes and are maxed out

Night of Power
- non-racial talisms work without runes and are maxed out

In the Dark
- racial talismans don't work

Water and Blood
- non-racial talismans don't work

Crafting Epics 1.0 and legendary items on Underworld
We are introducing the long awaited Epic items to Underworld. You will have to make them on your own â€“ trading them will not be possible. It will also be possible to add the Legendary trait to items without it.

Cain's cube will have a new option - the Forge. It'll allow you to upgrade items:
Non-legendary to legendary
Legendary to epic

The upgrading will be automatic, no more randomisation like in Well of Souls. However, the price will also be quite steep.
The cost of reforging 2-handed weapons will be twice the cost of upgrading one-handed weapons to balance different character builds.
EPIC items cannot be traded (but you'll be able to downgrade them and sell then). They also cannot be put in the CA.
Full stats of epic items will be found here (after the patch is live): https://r1.bloodwars.net/test_items.php

So, when will this happen?
We hope to implement the patch on 20.12.2017, we're still working on it. We'd like to polish it as much as we can.

Posted by Aichi_Sendou on 12-15-2017 at16:41:

Sorry to nitpick but thats the necro link

Posted by Szeszej on 12-15-2017 at16:45:

Fixed, thank you :-)

Posted by Falek on 12-19-2017 at14:16:

RE: Content patch - what's coming in the upcoming patch?

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Originally posted by Szeszej

Content patch

Due to the fact that we were in a hurry to make the patch ready for Christmas, it will be marked as Beta.

We are already beta since v. 1.7.0 beta 1 August 2015
Now it's v. 1.7.21 beta 30 October 2017

Posted by Scourge on 12-20-2017 at08:54:

20 days of premium for 3 days of use ? Are you sure about this ? It's not 3 days of premium for 20 days of use ?

Could you explain what is so amazing about armoury archives that it justifies this pretty insane price please ?

Posted by Indica on 12-20-2017 at11:29:

RE: Content patch - what's coming in the upcoming patch?

This armoury sorting sounds pointless to me, is that not what we have different shelves for? and if it's to find something without spending effort ctrl + f, or find in page from mobile :>

Posted by theheraldofogc on 12-20-2017 at14:08:

Word is getting around that the patch will probably be tomorrow now.

Any chance we can get the updated items check early though so we can at least look at what Epic does?

Posted by Szeszej on 12-21-2017 at06:49:

The item test is connected to what is currently live, so unfortunately no.

As for the Armoury Archives - well, it's a quality of life option, and once you enable it, you can sift through items pretty quickly so 3 days should be all you need for some cleaning up Smile

The patch will MOST PROBABLY hit live today.

Posted by theheraldofogc on 12-21-2017 at11:15:

Whoooooo! Patch! Big Grin

Any way to find out how set bonuses are effected? Smile

Posted by Szeszej on 12-21-2017 at11:37:

They aren't yet, we'll be working on it Smile

Posted by theheraldofogc on 12-21-2017 at11:39:

It's going to be a while before we see them anyway XD

Other evolutions of mine have changed level. Is this because their costs changed too? (Only one got mentioned in the patch notes)

Posted by makavelli on 12-21-2017 at11:46:

Black set needs a mental bonus, it's poor for such a hard set to make

Posted by Szeszej on 12-21-2017 at12:49:

We are currently experiencing some problems with the Armoury Archive (huge lags when using it). We're working on a solution. If we can't fix this fast, we'll simply extend the duration or refund the premium spent on it.

Posted by makavelli on 12-21-2017 at16:55:

I'm experiencing a cardiac, 5k evos for epic is well over the top, either lower it or we need another way of gaining evo, maybe exchange for lgo, people stones or my god damn soul

Not not even going to mention the difference in stats requirements for items to epic and beyond

No stuff it I am going to go there

Item: Epic Demonic Katana of Suicide (+5)

Two-handed melee weapon
Damage: 374 - 488
Requirements: LEVEL: 297, STRENGTH: 306, INTELLIGENCE: 210, KNOWLEDGE: 217, AGILITY: 138, Your character must be in act: 3
Price: 3 867 200 Lgo ; Value: 1 933 600 Lgo ; Mana: 40720 ; Nanites: 15685

Epic Demonic Thunderfist of Suicide (+5)

One-handed melee weapon
Damage: 195 - 306
Requirements: LEVEL: 227, STRENGTH: 182, AGILITY: 224, INTELLIGENCE: 180, KNOWLEDGE: 201, Your character must be in act: 3

Epic Desert Eagle (+5)

One-handed gun
Damage: 90 - 108
Requirements: LEVEL: 81, STRENGTH: 86, AGILITY: 72, PERCEPTION: 88, INTELLIGENCE: 72, KNOWLEDGE: 68, Your character must be in act: 3
Price: 3 113 600 Lgo ; Value: 1 556 800 Lgo ; Mana: 2810 ; Nanites: 13300

Epic Throwing axe of the Dryad (+5)

Two-handed ranged weapon (light)
Requirements: LEVEL: 146, STRENGTH: 137, AGILITY: 158, PERCEPTION: 74, INTELLIGENCE: 109, KNOWLEDGE: 112, Your character must be in act:3

All end game items and the difference in being able to equip them is so unbalanced,as u can tell the last too can be worn easily Meele as usual have been shafted, I could live with the massive amount of evos needed but being able to wear them in 2025 mite be to much

Posted by Scourge on 12-21-2017 at22:29:

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Originally posted by makavelli
I'm experiencing a cardiac, 5k evos for epic is well over the top, either lower it or we need another way of gaining evo, maybe exchange for lgo, people stones or my god damn soul

i agree, evo collection is way too limited. We need to be able to collect more in other ways or exchange stuff for evos, like stones etc.

Posted by theheraldofogc on 12-22-2017 at00:26:

Posted on the main board asking if Treasure Points would ever be exchangeable for evo (also runes...).

Posted by Bowmore on 12-22-2017 at02:23:

Why do I have less blood points following this update than I did before? It's not by a large factor - maybe 3-5% - but I definitely can't use as many points of arcana as I could before the update. I don't anything that changed that should have had this effect.

Posted by Demandred on 12-22-2017 at04:30:

Wow, didnt see this patch coming... what a nice surprise!! Smile

Quick question about Resilience... when you say it counters ignore defence, does this mean that it directly reduces the opponents ignore defence or is there some other way the mechanic is applied?

I also agree that we need another means to gather evo points considering the massive cost for epics (and lvl 5 evos to boot).
Also 5k mergestone?? Come on... I doubt I've even had that many stones altogether (about 240k bs from exp gain so far) and I'll likely have to spend that much just to get some items to Leg p5 before I even worry about epic upgrades (so far I've only had 2 successful P5 upgrades).
Its nice to know there's something to work towards, but I'm not into 10year plans, especially in browser games. Not everyone has a big clan to support them... :/

Posted by Grizly on 12-22-2017 at18:28:

Prices are really too expensive, i don't have time to wait 200 days until i will be able to have 1 epic item, and after another 6 to get all of them to epic, and after 5x this time to get them all to epic +5
this is almost 15 ears, just to upgrade what you have, and if you want to change tattoo, then it's easier to create your own server (a copy of the game) in 15 years you have sufficient time to learn programming Happy

)))

Posted by Szeszej on 12-23-2017 at08:52:

We aren't planning anything for now. We'll continue to evaluate so there might be some more options in the future.

EDIT:

Actually, there'll be a new source of evo in the near future. Stay tuned.

Posted by Szeszej on 12-23-2017 at11:05:

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Originally posted by Demandred
Quick question about Resilience... when you say it counters ignore defence, does this mean that it directly reduces the opponents ignore defence or is there some other way the mechanic is applied?

Exactly that, it directly reduced the opponent's ignore defence.

Posted by theheraldofogc on 12-23-2017 at14:14:

Thanks for the hotpatch, shows you guys are on this and want it done RIGHT, and it's good to know there's another way to get evo coming up later Smile

Posted by Grizly on 12-28-2017 at00:12:

Any plans for re-balance of epic items? Especially 2HW?
Epic Demonic Chainsaw of Suicide (+0)
INTELLIGENCE: 162, KNOWLEDGE: 165

This is the item that is impossible to be equipped even on Epic LVL0 for anyone on this server without loosing 2 enchants (knw + int) + concentration ring or amulet to equip it on P+5...

Posted by theheraldofogc on 12-28-2017 at12:43:

The Intelligence and Knowledge requirements, while an interesting way of pressuring a player who want to use Chainsaws, are WAY off there.

A fully affixed E5 Chainsaw needs over 200 in each stat. Even with maximum easiness that's ridiculous for melee dump stats.

Either drop it down to sane levels, or give Chainsaws bonuses for it. Intelligence = Hit and Knowledge = Damage would make it worth jumping through hoops for, but having to run gun gear for melee with no benefits is shocking.

EDIT: I just checked, and an E5 Flamethrower needs less Int/Kno than a fully affixed E5 Chainsaw! What strange new hell is this? XD

Posted by Szeszej on 12-28-2017 at19:36:

Well, you need to KNOW how to use the weapon so that you don't hurt yourself Wink

On a more serious note - we have nothing to announce yet buy we continue to evaluate things. If anything happens, it'll be after New Year.

Posted by theheraldofogc on 12-28-2017 at22:55:

I'm pretty impressed you're answering during the holidays at all :p

Enjoy some time, but this IS poorly balanced. Melee users shouldnt need higher gun stats than gun users. While it's interesting up to a certain point to force us to diversify our stats instead of loading into a narrow set, it's pretty unfair as it stands.

Posted by Szeszej on 12-30-2017 at22:55:

I do work during holidays (if I have internet connection) buy I'm afraid Konrad and Sushi would rather take some time off the game. That's why if anything happens, it'll be after New Year.

Posted by Angel13 on 01-01-2018 at23:53:

Hello,

Is there a minimum level requirement for Cains Forge? I can't seem to get it to work!

Angel13

Posted by Demandred on 01-02-2018 at07:18:

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Is there a minimum level requirement for Cains Forge? I can't seem to get it to work!

You need to have an item at P5 to use Cains Forge. Your item(s) must be at this level to see them in the menu on that page.

Posted by theheraldofogc on 01-03-2018 at03:43:

How do you take something OUT of the Forge.

Stupid question maybe, but I HAVE stupidly gotten a Chain of Vengeance wedged in there...

Posted by Demandred on 01-03-2018 at14:29:

How did you get something stuck in the Forge???
Just reload the page... :Ã¾

Posted by Ba_al on 01-03-2018 at15:02:

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Originally posted by theheraldofogc
How do you take something OUT of the Forge.

Stupid question maybe, but I HAVE stupidly gotten a Chain of Vengeance wedged in there...

theres no "obvious" button to remove the item from cains forge

but @ heraldo if you see the green arrow pointing down just above the item you can click that and select a new item

Posted by theheraldofogc on 01-04-2018 at17:23:

Cheers! ;p

Posted by franz on 01-20-2018 at00:47:

Are there any plans on adding Legendary bonuses to non-weapons? Upgrading stuff to Legendary with no real gain except eventually affording Epic seems a little meh.

Posted by Demandred on 01-20-2018 at11:26:

Did you forget about the requirements being reduced for leg items...
For high requirement items thats a pretty significant bonus.

Posted by franz on 01-20-2018 at12:04:

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Originally posted by Demandred
Did you forget about the requirements being reduced for leg items...
For high requirement items thats a pretty significant bonus.

No, I know about the reduced requirements, and I have to disagree with the significance of its reduction. Most players that can afford epic items are at max easiness and don't need the added reduction.

I'm only asking if there are any plans for stat increases.

Posted by xpa on 01-26-2018 at10:05:

Any thoughs about breaking runes down LVL as we do with stones? Will be interesting cuz I've few LVL 4 runes I'm not using and need a lower LVL to upgrade epic items. So what do you think guys?!?

Posted by Paranoia on 01-26-2018 at10:08:

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Originally posted by franz

quote:

Originally posted by Demandred
Did you forget about the requirements being reduced for leg items...
For high requirement items thats a pretty significant bonus.

you dont use a 2h weapon do you......

Posted by franz on 01-26-2018 at10:54:

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Originally posted by Paranoia

quote:

Originally posted by franz

quote:

Originally posted by Demandred
Did you forget about the requirements being reduced for leg items...
For high requirement items thats a pretty significant bonus.

you dont use a 2h weapon do you......

I'm talking about Legendary on non-weapons. Legendary on weapons is a given...