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Chapter 8

Generation 26: Winds of Fate

Micro-site Web page Generation 26: Winds of Fate has been released.

• Players who have completed Generation 25 will automatically receive the quest When Fate Comes Knocking.
• Players who have not completed Generation 25, but have reached at least Level 5,000 will receive a window notification that the storyline is available to start if they so choose.
• You may start the storyline by clicking the “Start G26 Winds of Fate” button in the Storyline Menu.
• Voice acting (Korean) has been added to all characters in the story.
  • You can adjust the volume of the voices through the options menu by going to the following:
    • Options -> System -> Sound -> Voice Volume

Qol Changes

• Enchant Scrolls will now display the name of the enchant in the scroll's name.
• The Auction House search function has been updated to allow you to search by the enchant name.
• Searches within the Auction House and Traveler's Guide are no longer case-sensitive.
• The Chat Log now has a dedicated tab for NPC Chat.
• All conversations that appear in the NPC Conversation window will appear in the chat log.

Durability Indicator

• A new window will appear when the durability of your equipped item is close to breaking.
  • Above 20%, the indicator will display normally.
  • At under 20%, the indicator will display Yellow.
  • At 0% durability, the indicator will display Red.
• The indicator will appear when you have any items equipped in your gear tab.
  • You can disable the indicator in the settings by going to:
    • Options → Game → Etc. → Hide Durability Alert

Forgetful Potions

• All Special Forgetful Potions will be renamed to “Forgetful Potion”.
• All Forgetful and Special Forgetful Potions now reset every day at 7:00 AM PDT.
• The timer of any Forgetful and Special Forgetful potions currently on cooldown will reset with the upcoming maintenance to accommodate the change.

Inventory Identifier

• Improvements to the UI have been made so it can be easier to see which inventory space belongs to a bag.
  • Hovering over a bag will darken the inventory that the bag belongs to.
  • Hovering over an item name in the "Inventory Magnifying Glass" will darken the inventory space that item is in.

Erinn Essence

• When using a title coupon obtained from Erinn Spirit that has already been collected, you will now receive Erinn Essence, which can be traded in with Eavan at Dunbarton for a title coupon you may not yet have.

Gold Limit Expansion

• The Gold Bank Limit has been increased to 30 Billion gold.
  • First 10 characters on the account will now increase the bank storage by 30 Million gold.
  • The 11th character and onward will now increase the bank storage by 15 Million gold.
  • An Active Life VIP or Combination VIP Membership will now increase the deposit limit by 600 Million gold.
• The Auction House/Tara Auction Gold Limit has been increased to 30 Billion gold.
• The design of the Bank Checks has been improved to accommodate the new limits.
• The Check withdrawal amount from the Bank has been increased from 10 Million to 30 Million gold for Milletians without Life VIP or Combination VIP Service.
• The Check withdrawal amount from the Bank has been increased from 60 Million to 100 Million gold for Milletians with Life VIP and Combination VIP Service.
• The Remote Check-Issuing Ticket (100 Million), which can be obtained from the Erinn Merchants’ Guild Souvenir Box, has been increased to 300 Million.
  • Both the title and description of the item have been updated to reflect this.
• New Bank Limit Expansion Coupons have been added to the Cash Shop:
  • Bank Limit Expansion Coupon (300 Million)
  • Bank Limit Expansion Coupon (500 Million)
• When hovering over the [Limits] field in the Bank Tab UI, a new tool tip will be displayed with detailed information on how to increase the limit of your bank’s gold limit.

Other Changes

• Additional UI has been added to help prevent trade items from being lost during commerce.
• Extra info has been added to the fossil mini-game to clarify how to do a better job at excavating those bones.
• Food will list whether they can be used as a Catering Ingredient or not once the character has learned Catering.

Generation 26: Winds of Fate Part 2 + Moonlight Island

Web Post

• Moonlight Island was added.
• Bugles now have a cooldown.
• Jukeboxes on Homesteads/Moonlight Island have been updated to allow playlists.
• The ability to mass move items is now available for Homesteads/Moonlight Island.
• New products have been added to the Homestead/Moonlight Island construction list.
• Windmill
• Magic Cauldron
• Engineering Rack

Due to errors that could be caused by playing a mini-game in Homestead or Moonlight Island, you can no longer play a mini-game in Homestead/Moonlight Island.

• The following consumable items have been renamed in order to make them more consistent with other Stardust items:
  • Guardian of the Divine Beast Stardust
  • Casual Tech Chic Stardust
  • Basic Stardust Form (Type B)
  • Basic Stardust Form (Type C)
  • Basic Stardust Form (Type D)
  • Basic Stardust Form (Type E)

Bug Fixes

• Functionality has been restored to the Guilds, once again allowing Milletians to access management options, and transfer ownership of your Guild.
  • There is a lingering issue when Requesting Guild Budget within the in-game Guild Home window.
• An exploit under investigation involving Treasure Chest Keys has been fixed.
• G26 and Homestead related text fixes.
• The following book has been renamed: Annals of the Dreaming Bard > A Record of a Bard's Dream

The following Books have been updated:

• Guidebook for Dungeon Exploration - Theory
• Guidebook for Dungeon Exploration - Theory [G26]
• The Goddess Who Turned to Stone
• The Goddess Who Turned to Stone [G26]
• Lugh, the Hero of Mag Tuireadh
• Patrol Records
• The World of Handicrafts
• Musicians of Erinn
• Enchant Collection - Vol 2
• Improving Your Composing Skill
• A Campfire Memory
• Fashion Item - Hat
• A Record of Bard’s Dream

September Quality of Life Update

Elemental Knight Changes

Skill Changes Web Post September QOL Web Post

• The Link Bonus effect has been improved.
  • At Link Level 10, you can now use all 3 Elemental Instillments simultaneously.
• Instillments will deactivate if either your Mana or Stamina are exhausted and will reactivate again when both are above 100.
• When multiple Elemental Instillments are activated, the consumption rate will increase based on how many Instillments are active.
• The Minimum and Maximum Damage effects now stack when multiple Elemental Instillments are activated.
• Instillments no longer provide +1 Elemental Attunement.
• Instill Flame : The Minimum and Maximum Damage Increases have increased for most skill ranks.
• Instill Frost: The Minimum and Maximum Damage Increases have decreased for each skill rank.
• Instill Thunder: The Minimum and Maximum Damage Increases have changed for each skill rank.
• Blazing Assault Slash: Additional Effects have been added while using Instills.
• Shattering Windmill:
  • Damage Calculations have been changed.
  • Additional Effects have been added while using Instills.
  • Cooldown has been reduced from 12 seconds to 10 seconds.
  • Increased the duration of frozen enemies at higher ranks.
  • The duration of the Frozen Status effect now resets when Shattering Windmill is used again while the target is still frozen.
• Dynavolt Smash: Additional Effects have been added while using Instills.

Harmonic Saint Changes

• The Link Bonus effects have been improved at the following levels: 6, 8 and 9.
• Echoes of Salvation:
  • Now heals wounds for each skill rank.
  • MP and Stamina recovery are now instantaneous rather than increased recovery speed.
  • Additional MP and Stamina recovery based on the Rank of Enduring Melody’s recovery speed.
• Voice of Vitality: Voice of Vitality’s Effect will now remain even when incapacitated.
• Blessing of Protection: If the health of an ally or self is below 10% or in Deadly status, casting Blessing of Protection will now restore health up to 10%.
• Pulse of Purification:
  • The usage method for the skill has been changed so that you can click the area that you wish to cast the skill.
  • Numerous changes have been made for each rank.
    • Casting Time has been reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second.
    • Cooldown has been drastically reduced from 360 seconds to 60 seconds.
    • Now only consumes Mana upon use.
    • The skill can now be canceled by using the skill again while activated.
    • The skill’s Piercing Effect has been removed.
  • Visibility of the Skill’s Effect has been enhanced. (From a solid black to a translucent white)
• Added a new skill, Polyphonic Melody.
  • When activating Provides a chance for the next use of Enduring Melody, March Song, or Harvest Song to stack with other Musical Buffs.

Non-Arcana Skill Changes

• Smash: Enemies who have Counterattack loaded and are not the intended target will not trigger its use nor be affected by the attack splash.
• Bash:
• Stacks now decrease by 1 instead of all stacks when the retention timer ends.
• Fixed an issue where the skill could not be used on enemies in Finish State.
• Rage Impact:
• Now accounts for sizes of enemies when measuring distance.
• Enemies hit by Rage Impact now have the debuff applied to them for the entire duration.
• Debuff duration decreased from 10 seconds to 7 seconds.
• Melee Attack Bonus Damage has been decreased at all ranks.
• Glyphs with the Rage Impact Skill augment have had the Melee Attack Bonus Damage reduced from 1% to 0.3% per level.
• The Bonus Melee Damage from the Rage Impact Enhancement on Imperial Knight Gloves have been reduced from +10% to +2%.
• Musical Knowledge: The chances of performing Excellent and Inspiring Performances have been increased at higher ranks.

Fahmes Ruin

Fahmes Ruins has been re-added to the game with significant changes.

• Fahmes Ruin Dungeon has been added to the Dungeon Guide.
• The dungeon is restricted to Milletians level 5,000 or higher.
• The dungeon consists of 6 Stages with 5 Floors each for a total of 30 Floors.
• A star reward system has been implemented.

Fantasy Life Changes

Blacklisting
The Blacklist system is now separate from the Friends list and has been moved to the Options.

• Settings → Game → Chat → Blacklist Setting
• Blacklisted players in your Friends list will be moved to the Blacklist Settings list.

When a player has been Blacklisted:

• Their character model will not be visible on screen.
• Direct Messages and Notes will not be received.
• Sound Effects are not heard.
• Their Demigod Form will not be visible.
• Props and Chairs set up will not be visible on screen.
• Their PvP requests will be automatically rejected/ignored.
  • It is still possible to be hit by a Blacklisted player in EvG/PvDK however.
• Their conversation and speech bubbles will not be visible.
• Marriage Proposals are automatically ignored.
• Couple Link Effects will not be visible. (i.e. Rose Couples Bracelet)
• The option to request becoming the player’s Soulmate will not be available (during Doki Doki Event).

Other Changes

The reward selection panel UI has been updated.

• You can now select the quantity.

The Combat Training - Training Dummy mission has been added to the Beginner Battle Class Board next to Duncan.

• • The mission will spawn 5 dummies that allow you to test your character's damage against similar Bosses in the game.
  • The Dummies added in the mission are:
  • Wooden Man as Weak as a Raccoon
  • Wooden Man as Sturdy as the Succubus Queen
  • Wooden Man as Sturdy as a Tech Duinn Geata
  • Wooden Man as Sturdy as Irusan
  • Wooden Man as Sturdy as Cailleach

The following bug fixes have been made to the game:

• A myriad of miscellaneous text fixes for a multitude of places! Mostly Moonlight Island, Homesteads, and G26, but also (best girl) Rua's questline, some polish on various other UI, and a few others.
  • An exploit under investigation involving Crom Bás has been fixed.
  • Warmth of Life will now properly trigger on use of Party Healing for Harmonic Saints at Arcana Link 6.
  • Elemental Knight's Instill [Element] skills will now properly clear on death. It will now only take one use of an Instillment to recast it after death, rather than two.
• Polished the following menus to improve overlapping text issues:
  • Spirit Weapon UI
  • Enchant UI
  • Moonlight Island UIs
• The following items can now be stored in the Dressing Room:
  • Diamond Patterned Leather Armor (M)
  • Diamond Patterned Leather Armor (F)
• The following items have been renamed:
  • Daby Scots Plaid Wear for Men -> Daby Scots Plaid Wear (M)
  • Daby Scots Plaid Wear for Women -> Daby Scots Plaid Wear (F)
  • Curry and Rice -> Curry Rice
• Costume Action 2 transformations from Special Hyperion Eclipse outfits can now properly use Rest.
  • Homestead Hillwen Ore will now properly reset when placed.
  • The Crom Bás enemy Melci Diafol has been renamed to Merch Diafol, to reflect the proper Welsh terminology.