So, beyond them being pretty meh-worthy for the effort you'd need to put forth to get them, I have a few issues with the clear bonuses (the current bug with the 'full' clear aside, as I've already made a report about it).

For one, in the situation where a party or even a person is trying to get a Full clear bonus, all it takes is one person going for the core to sabotage the run. There isn't really much you can do to stop that, but it makes it even worse when in the event you -can- peacefully clear an entire dungeon without interference, the reward is fairly miniscule.

To give an idea, let's take the average max level floor in a level 60 dungeon (it's typically 66, going as high as 68, for the record).

A full clear would reward (assuming the reward is based on the dungeon level and not the max floor's level) 210,000 EXP. And some mura, but, the amount (level * 10, so, 600. Wow.) is so low, it's not even worth mentioning, that's about what one or two fights of that dungeon's level would give.

That may seem like a lot, but, considering the effort it takes(seriously, try doing this in a dungeon that isn't a desert or cave, and lacks the spacey prefix. it's not fun.) and the likelyhood of it being either 1. impossible to get (see: dungeons spawning sealed pockets with monsters in them, another potential bug that I reported in light of the bonuses) or 2. nullified by the core being finished prematurely by another party, you're better off just hunting for a dungeon with optimal prefixes for your dungeoning needs.

The EXP reward is pretty close to being fair, but that's assuming the dungeon is optimal for clearing (see: open ended dungeons like deserts and forests, or those with the spacey prefix to minimize time spent finding enemies). The Murai reward is absolutely pathetic. You'll earn more in the fights it takes on one floor than what the 'full' bonus would award you, but in the odd event you've a full party, odds are it'll be slightly better due to how money is split (but it's still rather low).

The EXP reward could be slightly higher (like, say, 750-1000 times level instead, but like I said this isn't too bad as is, it's just not worth doing at all for dungeons not-optimal for full-clearing). The Murai reward should at least account for all floors for the full-clear, it'd definitely be worth the time if it counted each floor for the bonus (even if it was reduced to level * 5 as a result, a level 60 dungeon with the min. amount of levels would still award 2,100 murai, which while not -amazing-, that's about what a core-rush gives you).

In a perfect world we could have something like 'Dungeon Complexity' that offered higher rewards for obviously more difficult dungeons to clear (I.E. Giant Crypts/Fire Altars) as the +5% exp bonus for prefixes doesnt take into account just how hard a dungeon is made by certain combinations of prefixes and dungeon types (I.E. a Giant Desert is almost entirely unchanged compared to the latter examples, yet gives the same rewards for fights assuming equal level).

Dungeons can possibly spawn completely closed off areas, which have a chance to spawn monsters inside them.

While I've only witnessed this once due to a teleport trap sending my party into it, it's worth noting now that full clears are encouraged.

After clearing a crazy-spacey dungeon in its entirety, I only ended up getting the partial reward.

I even double checked, and there were no monsters, the only thing still around was an Assassin NPC.

Then I did another, prefixless dungeon (a Whirpool, level 5), and...again, only got the partial reward, despite looking in every accessible area I could.

Im thinking the 'full' reward is bugged, or at least whatever variables it's using are.

EDIT: People seem to be claiming they can get it. I think both these incidents were due to the other bug I reported.

The new ten star dagger does not apply any levels of fray. I hit a player and an NPC in the back with 0 upgrades and 3 upgrades (should be fray level 1 and level 2 respectively), but the status was not inflicted. The defense of the target is not lowered either, so it simply does not appear to be working.

I can't tell if it's from a specific circumstance or not, but damage absorbed by Know No Pain does not add to the Matador's Rage Energy.

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Well, here we are. Do you know what number is greater than 9? 10. 9 also happens to be the currently highest rarity of item... until now. I've been working on, well, planning the next series of updates over the course of a few months. I am introducing, for your hunting pleasure, 10* equipment items. These are a bit more unique than existing items for reasons that will be elaborated in the notes below.

Currently, there are 5 new ones. These all drop from the bandits. Every week, I will add items for another dungeon group (there are 8 total, so most likely, 8 weeks worth), and in total, we'll have 42 new equipment items for 10* rarity. There will also be some other stuff added!

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10* Equipment - The addition of 10* equipment has begun. This will take place over several updates.

• 10* equipment is dropped by a specific enemy that is level 61 or higher. The higher the level, the higher the chance. (Be warned; the chance is relatively small, slightly rarer than 9* items.)
  
• 10* equipment requires a new crafting material called Raremetal Shards to be upgraded. You can obtain this material by breaking down items with a rarity of 8* or higher (the higher the rarity, the more you can obtain.)
  
• 10* equipment have unique, powerful effects... Discover the rest yourself! (For now, at least...)
  
• All of the items added in this update are dropped by Bandits.

• Minor visual improvements to the walls.
  
• Can now spawn several special rooms, such as weapons storage, stolen goods cache (which you can search for stolen goods in), prison cells, etc.
  
• Bandits now gain stronger potions the higher level they are instead of always having Stabilizers.

• Battle quick bars and item belts can now hold up to 10 pages.
  
• You can change through the pages by clicking the up and down arrows now displayed next to these interfaces.
  
• You can also use the Shift+Up and Shift+Down (for battle bars) and - and = (for utility belt; the shift+direction functionality is already taken by directional facing) macros to change the pages. (Up/down function exactly as if you'd clicked the arrow of the same direction.)
  
• Classes with tons of active skills such as Magic Gunner, Demon Hunter, and Mage classes will benefit the most from these changes!

• A 'cleared' dungeon floor is a dungeon floor without any monsters in it.
  
• You earn rewards after defeating the core boss. You cannot retroactively earn clear bonuses if you clear floors after defeating the boss.
  
• Partial Clear Bonus - For every dungeon floor cleared, gain an additional (Dungeon Level * 10) Experience Points and (Dungeon Level * 1) Murai. (Does not stack with Full Clear Bonus)
  
• Full Clear Bonus - If all floors in the dungeon are cleared of monsters, for each floor, gain an additional (Dungeon Level * 500) Experience Points. You will also gain (Dungeon Level * 10) Murai; note that the Murai does not get multiplied per floor.
  
• Important: You can only gain clear rewards if you participated in a normal battle within the dungeon. Therefore, people who came afterwards to clear the core, or alts you bring to a cleared dungeon afterwards cannot earn the bonus!
  
• Lastly: Since you must clear the core floor in order to defeat the boss, you will always earn at least a Partial Clear Bonus (assuming you won a normal battle first).

• All items can now give materials when broken down. If there is no material present on the item, it will default to the basic types.
  
• The 'possible yield' now shows how many of a material you can get instead of just x1. (For example, you can get x1 to x4 with an 8* item.)

• Base Power is now 22 (from 25).
  
• Base Accuracy is now 55 (from 50).
  
• Base Weight is now 20 (from 15).
  
• Rarity is now 9 (from 6).

The Issue: Evasion triggers against the pierce damage from Poison Bite. This is not right. The bite can miss. It's not an autohit.

Theory: Poison Bite does not trigger on-hit effects due to not using the weapon. As such, it likely falls under the same Jurisdiction that Mad Chop used to. However, I've also missed bites when my weapon hit was over 100%, so poison bite likely has it's own base accuracy, unaffected by weapon.

Can you add a verb to manually toggle the typing indicator/does one already exist?

This would mostly be useful for people that use macros to bring up say/emote/etc (like me).

So I set a few macros to be able to use the emotion bubbles easier in combat, but Ctrl+R seems to be the only one that doesn't work, and setting it to a different key works fine.
Is that some secret Dev macro for a battle debug option, or what?

I've spent the last few days trying to think of ways to stop the so-called "omni-classing" that's been rising in popularity lately.

Now, using every class is a bit of an exaggeration, obviously - but it's more accurate than you might think, with people frequently swapping between six to ten different promoted classes in the span of an hour or two, depending on their opponent.. leading to their opponents doing the same to keep up with them, and so on.

In the past, there was talk of 'tokens' that had to be used to unlock class promotions - a limit on how many classes you could get, essentially - but I believe that idea was generally disliked as it was too restrictive and would be far too punishing to players that changed their minds down the line.


After some careful thought and discussion, I came up with an idea that I believe would be fair: Adding a cap on total SP spent towards promoted classes.

The way it would work is simple: