# Content
New Character ‘Lu/Ciel’ becomes playable.
# Event
Chemi Explosion! Winter Break Event starts.
We worked towards providing enjoyment for all players including New, Returning, Current and Lu/Ciel players.
1. New players obtains ‘Chemi attendance tickets’ daily when logging in for more than 30 minutes.
Attendance ticket can be exchanged for various items.
(2014 12 18 ~ 2014 12 30)
2. Returning players can obtain an enhanced Secret dungeon equipments on the first character they log in for more than 10 minutes.
(2014 12 18 ~ 2014 12 30)
3. For current players we prepared an exchange event for exchanging existing secret dungeon equipment to different ones.
(2014 12 18 ~ 2014 12 30)
4. Lu/Ciel players will obtain useful gifts upon reaching certain levels and will obtain +9 Enhanced Boss weapon when reaching level 70.
(2014 12 18 ~ 2014 12 30)
5. All characters when logging in for longer than 10 minutes will receive a cube that contains gear and items useful for leveling up.
Players will receive various gifts upon each level up and when players reach the max level 75, they will receive great gifts like B-Slot medal, Magic Necklace(II), Skill Ring…etc.
(2014 12 18 ~ 2015 01 08)
6. During the event duration, it becomes possible to level up seamlessly just by completing the Story Quests.
Each Story Quest completed will automatically level the character up to the amount needed to complete the next story quest.
(2014 12 18 ~ 2015 01 08)
# Cash Shop
[New]
1. Sale starts on ‘Lu-Archdevil IB’ and ‘Ciel-Archangel IB’
– 2014 12 18 ~ 2015 03 05
2. Sale start on Lu and Ciel’s ‘Classic Attitude avatar’ and ‘Blood Lord/Count’ avatars.
Package is limited but separate parts will be available all the time.
– Package: 2014 12 18 ~ 2014 12 30
3. Sale starts on 4 kinds of accessories for Lu and Ciel
4. Limited sale for Ara,Elesis,Add’s 2010 Christmas Avatars
– 2014 12 18 ~ 2014 12 30
[Ended]
1. Cobo New Employee avatar
2. Lu/Ciel pre-packages
3. Ara Dark Shadow IB and reform tickets
[Sale duration changed]
1. We identified a problem with User Contest cut-ins not having an ‘end of sale’ date.
We decided that works created with such care and dedication should stay rare.
– Sale Duration: until 2015 01 15
# Changes
[Character]
* Shared
1. We felt that skills that targets the location of other characters were being used too easily, allowing players to catch too easily by targeting above the target character’s head or just below the character. We determined that those being hit by this skill would feel this was unfair.
Range of the following skills are now limited to Top/Bottom 35 degrees (In skill user PoV), and PvP range is changed to 500.
– Vital Drain
– Energy Drain
– Mind Break
– Force Finger
* Ara / Sakra Devanam
1. With the monsters that are not affected by delays increasing, there was an issue where Ara’s secret art wasn’t hitting targets as intended. Thus, following were changed so that secret art would work as intended.
– Ara command skill ‘→→X’, ‘XXX↓X’ changed to not lift targets and instead will hitstun then push targets.
– Knockdown is removed for the Full Moon slash (When using “Dragon 4th Stance: Moonlight slash” by charging it)
– Sakra Devanam’s skill note True Moonlight Slash’s effect for the Full Moon Slash is changed from knockdown removal to increased damage.
* Dark Knight / Crimson Avenger
1. HP recovery for Dark Knight’s ‘Blood Runaway’ passive that activates when debuff is removed was considered to be too effective compared to other characters without HP recovery skills.
Thus in PvP, HP recovery per stack and amount of HP recovered has been reduced.
2. ‘Blood Runaway’ buff stack could happen very quickly using certain fast hitting skills. This, cooldown of 1 second has been added between stacks.
3. Dark Knight, Crimson Avenger’s damage increase when using ‘Blood Hit’ was deemed to be too effective in pvp when considering the ‘HP cost’ to ‘Damage increase’ ratio. Thus damage increase has been changed to 30% in PvP.
* Infinity Sword
1. Infinity Sword’s ‘Cruel Slayer’ was considered to be in similar situation as Dark Knight’s ‘Blood Runaway’ thus cooldown of 1 second was added between stacks.
* Add
1. Add’s ‘Particle Prism’ being available continuously long as resource allowed it was identified as a problem in team matches
Cooldown time was increased and MP cost was increased so its usage will be more planned out.
* Time Tracer
1. Players remaining vulnerable after the end of ‘Void field’ due to its debuff was identified as a problem.
Debuff duration was changed to 1 second so that debuff is only maintained when skill is being used.
2. ‘Maximum Strike’ hitting targets far away regardless of character locations and granting easy catch was considered to be unfair compared to the skills in other character’s repertoire.
So the skill’s maximum target range has been limited, and it has been changed so that even if the target is within range, the target will become unlocked if the hits do not happen within 2 seconds.
It was also determined that the skill was dealing too much damage to characters that weren’t intended targets. Thus, the damage reduction has been added depending on distance traveled by projectile.
* Diabolic Esper
1. There was a problem where ‘Time Control’ effect was activating too frequently and compared to other Add classes, the benefits of using DP was too great and effects of cooldown penalty almost couldn’t be felt.
Thus ‘Time Control’ will only activate on Special Active skills and unintended cooldown reduction of ‘Seal of Time’ will not happen anymore.
[Other]
1. Additional Channels added for Winter Break event and Channel composition and level ranges changed.
2. Channels have been added but level range of channels has been increased to limit channel disparity.
Most enticingly, Sander Channel has been added and it has the level range of 61~75.
3. To prevent players from not being able to play in desired channels during the Winter Break event. EXP bonus for playing in channels within level range will temporarily always work regardless of the channel played.
<Update Item Preview>
– Ara Elesis, Add 2010 Christmas Avatar –
– Classic Attitude avatar’ and ‘Blood Lord/Count’ avatars –
– Lu’s crown, Assassin’s X shaped scabbard –
– Lu Archdevil –
– Ciel Arch Angel –
YESSSS FINALLY THE NERF DiE MOVEMENT IS WORKING! KEEP NERFING HIM TILL LP IS THE MOST OP ADD!!!!!
it doesnt change the fact that he is the most predictable as well
Every nerf on add is planned for the future op char :)
Well gonna still play Add like always :D
Add>>>>>>>LuCiel
Pliz, nobody can have a colourful personality like him
Oh look, they’re nerfing DW again.
**** you KOG.
deal with it…
(finally ;D)
What’s a DW? Can you eat it?
Stop nerfing add. Soon nobody will play him due to all these haters, now you are making him even less fun to play. And fyi, the first maximum strike nerf reduced the damage so much, that stardust shower was better, now they nerf again, and i am wondering why KOG even made DiE if all they are gonna due is nerf him cause all these hating bitches ask them to. Omg grow up, you guys are mad that Add’s OP but my question is: if you know how to play, should it matter?
LOOOOOL LOOK AT THIS BUTTHURT ADD PLAYER
DiE was actually more fun when Maximum Strike wasn’t OP
Also, it’s not fair that some players have it easy while others have to struggle.
Funny how your the only butt hurt hear. All i am saying is that all add whiners should stop bitching. Funny how u complaine about chung, then when ara cme you complained about her, then elesis came you complained, now add came and you complained. How about picking a player to complain over cause now you are starting to look like little babies. I hope you dont slander luciel when they are released. Ok at the very least, show mercy, you guys remind me of hating critics over a new movie. LOL
It’s a common trend this is a poison which been festering over ages which is why we have a bad community to begin with
And im am sure your one of the butthurt victims of add’s reign of terror. You mad cause you got a total, complete, inevitable ass whoping. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLIPOPS
And i think you’re the only one who is struggling! Lol.
>tfw I love Add and main an LP
>tfw I also hate Add cuz he’s too easy
>tfw I talk about why I hate him and git bashed
>tfw person bashing has no logical arguments
Either troll or rlly stupid
Ok so u luv and hate him and u say i have bad logic? O-ok…and i look at other posts from other event details on the babel and realize in all of them that you do nothing but whine. So word of advice, stop being a baby, git gud, and get on my level. Punk ass kid.
Sigh What I’m saying is, yes you CAN beat Add if you try. But Add players don’t need to try to beat someone.
The problem is how Add is too easy to use and manuver and his animations are smooth compared to my BM whose still clunky and I have to strategize.
For Add, I have a bunch of resources at my hand, mind break, phase shift and particle shot all have hitstun and they use up very little mp. Pretty much free catches. Name some convenient catches other players have.
If I want an OP character, I want an EQUALLY difficult to control settings to make it fun. Honestly, playing LP and MM make me feel braindead. LP’s DP combos are boring. I want complex DP combos that allow me to be creative not ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
I haven’t played MM that often but he’s a clearing tool to farm. PvP is kinda boring with him as well.
/rant
Um easy catches, ok lets list them: leap, blaze wing, every ability that doesn’t KD for CA. BH’s >>^xxx, oh btw they are fluent as far as mobility. Moving on: All 2nd jon change for ara. Her >>^x(xxx for YR). Ok i gotta get to class but fwi, these are easy catches and the characters are easy to play and u have 6 classes to choose from, along with an infinite amount of creative ways to play them. Just stop commentig, your gonna lose this argument kiddo.
>all characters are easy to play
Sorry but have you even PLAYED each character? Elesis is part of the monster trio(Ara, Elesis, Add) she’s also OP.and has convenient catches. But what about Elboy, Aisha, Raven, Rena, Eve anc Chung? They do have catches but they aren’t as easy to play. Before Ara and 3rd paths came out everything was balanced because everyone had a weakness. Add also has a weakness but the range of his skills are stupid, you can’t even touch him(YES I pvp’d with him and other characters).
And have you even played other classes BEFORE Ara? Have you tried PvPing with them? Can you beat an Add on a CN, DW, WS or BM?
And I’m guessing you’re a n00b if you’re honestly not looking into this. Because you said “infinite amount of creative ways to play them”. “Infinite”, “creative” and KoG don’t go well together.
Hmmm? Isn’t it more fun to beat a stronger players? I main an LK, and hell it gets me excited when I fight basically anyone who has better equipment than me, has a higher level, higher rank, and/or better skills. And added to the fact that I’m only wearing a Waldo set, the bottom, gloves, and shoes of the advanced fire flower set, a +6 Golden Wings Celebration, and the kelaino accessories set against THE BLOODY HELL GRENDIZED SETS OF THE SD AND THE TRANSCENDENCE SETS OF HENIRS!(ehem, excuse me for that. I just drool over those sets.) and you tell me that “Infinite”, “creative” and KoG don’t go well together? Just how exactly? Sure the company has it’s flaws, but with flaws come potential.
I agree that there are a lot of ways to play each character. You just need to widen your imagination to look for it.
Sir I have every single character except the aishas and YR. D ey single ability aisha has is eith KD or catch. Mostly catch. Also, lil specter and asura changed not one damb thing so erase that from yout mind. Also setting aside the trio, we all know that WS catches easily, play pvp to figure that out, GA, eh i got nothing, and NW is elswords #1 catcher samming traps. Moving onto eve..her new core plus herspam of abilities that use cutscenes plus activate core. Yeah ok, thats a huge catch. Dont dare say that is not what happens cause it is. Onto raven, as long as he doesnt spam core catch he is alright. Now chung, 1, is not hard to play. Imma lay off DC cause i dun usually play him, but as for IP and TT, cmon now the howling wolfs, seige, super armor, bombs
bombs, leaps, homing missiles. Cmon now
Easy catches and everyone uses them. The only noob here is you. Again, get on my level punk.
My real question is have you beaten an Add on any other character. Try putting in the same amount of effort you would any other character and on Add.
Also, did you not look at the Arean ranking board? The top 40 players ARE ALL DIABOLIC ESPER.
If you’re complaining about how Add isn’t “broken” search up PvP videos of him. He has really cheap combos and 95% of Add players use the same goddamn tactic. If you think every class has infinite and creative ideas, why do virtually all Adds play the exact same way? It’s boring as hell.
Also the only reason I replied is because you said this
>Stop nerfing add. Soon nobody will play him due to all these haters
Fact is, Add is BORING. By nerfing him, people won’t use cheap strategies to win forcing them to actually try. Tell me when you needed to put effort into winning on an Add? Maybe you play differently but many people use cheap tactics to win. And just because other characters can be cheap not an excuse for Add to have cheap skills. Nobody should be cheap in the first place.
youve got a p bad habit of ignoring other classes huh. well i suppose thats how most elplayers work. bitch about whats new even if whats new isnt as bad as the old stuff.
like elesis
like ara
like rena
like reckless fist
The Add whiners in general don’t make sense.
NO ONE should be whining about DE when he came out right after CA of all classes.
6. During the event duration, it becomes possible to level up seamlessly just by completing the Story Quests.
Each Story Quest completed will automatically level the character up to the amount needed to complete the next story quest.
this should be a thing normally. having to grind for hours after each quest later in the game kills any sort of urgency or dramatic tension the storyline can have. of course, that’s less a problem in korea, since the EXP table isn’t BSed for no reason.
[Sale duration changed]
1. We identified a problem with User Contest cut-ins not having an ‘end of sale’ date.
We decided that works created with such care and dedication should stay rare.
– Sale Duration: until 2015 01 15
“we decided that it was a bug for something nice to be available longterm. BUY IT NOW, PLEBIANS!” yeesh. anyone else see that coming? gotta milk every cash related thing as hard as nexon will let them.
>nerfing all of four homing skills
y’know if you’re gonna complain that homing is too easy for PVP you should nerf all of them in PVP. but I imagine they’ll screw up PVE for the sake of PVP when they figure out that there’s more than just those that could use adjustments in that shithole.
*Looks at character changes*
…Can we please have something done to Ara that actually makes her at least slightly balanced…
Please? No? Okay…I’ll just sit in a corner and cry whenever I encounter one in pvp.
Poor DW again suckish class and gets rammed even worse hurray for them nerfs for now theres screwing ppl up in pve hurray -.- for once think abou the players that actually enjoy pve and not having to kill themselves so much for damage my advice deal with it or make debuff specified for pvp only the only hate i have on a char is add and his annoying DP and even so i enjoy a good fight vs him to the one about ara complain dont worry ara isnt that OP worry most about YR overkilling u even so enjoy a very nice fight ^^ to add players yea…. idk just be more skillful and less spammy i suppose dont wanna get nerfed try to have some skills to CA players im actually laughing this one out ill remain BH for the rest of its existance later players
Oh gawd
Ciel why do you look so ghey there
*buys Classic Attitude*
omg thses 2 are gonna kill our wallets badly
So I made a Lu/Ciel for shits and giggles for the NX bribery event so I can spend the NX on CloserS. (Three more days!) Got up to level 25.
To summarize:
-They’re not total knockoffs like Elesis and Add’s base jobs were, (We can go back and forth on how much his job paths stole from Eve, DE didn’t even steal much from Eve at all. But his base job definitely heavily copies Eve.) but there’s enough similarities. Lu being a hybrid of Chung and RF, (Complete with XXXX being pretty much the same but with super armor.) and Ciel being DC with swords. Their >>^X is even the same type of midair launch as Chung’s. (And Ciel follows up with downwards bullets like DC to boot.)
-Their base job is weaker than the other base jobs. Long story short: You can spam their 150 MP skills quite often, but they are weak. Their “300 MPs” are much like Falling Dragon in that you get the charges for it from using skills, but I’m pretty sure 10 orb Falling Dragon is much stronger to boot. And their 300 MPs (Instead of 200 MPs)….. are pretty much a waste since you’re better off just spamming the 150 MPs and constantly switching between the two so they can charge up mana quicker.
-I’m pretty sure Lu’s model uses Rena’s as a base.
-Karis should have been playable instead.