Certain weapons, such as Battlepick axes and Knightslayer bows, pierce defense. Now, as they are now, they pierce 5 DEF worth of defense. As Defense values are typically very high (in excess of 15), this usually just translates to +5 damage. This is exacerbated even further by the recent increase to armor defense across the board with the new upgrades.

I'd like to change that, since it seems too static and seems to defeat the point of a defense piercing weapon, i.e. to pierce defense. Assuming an average DEF of 30 at level 45 (which I'm just pulling out of my ass) and the target in question wearing fully upgraded Light Armor, they'd have roughly 39-40 DEF, maybe 42 with racials and such (we assume elemental armor, such as rockdirt or carapace). -5 from this would be approximately 12%. . Thus, I'd say a defense-piercing weapon, to really be considered defense-piercing, should reduce 15-20% of DEF.

For fighting people and monsters who don't build a lot of DEF, the benefit is not significant, but when fighting those that do, there can be a significant improvement in damage. The weapons themselves are below average in stats (lower Power, etc) so to make up for that by giving them a significant advantage over armored opponents would create a useful niche for these types of items.

Firefox can and will summon Seeker Flames into the Arena walls.

After Kamekazi, Seeker Flames giant icon sticks around. In the Arena, at least.

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Version 1.05 contains a bunch of adjustments with Battle Weight in mind to make it more of a fair but strategic system. It also contains the long awaited ability to upgrade armor stats, a way to access and use homes for people who do not have an on-map house, and other neat stuff. Enjoy!

1.05
Added - You can now upgrade the Defense, Magic Defense, and Evade of torso items at blacksmiths. Depending on the armor type, there are different max. values for each;
Unarmored

• Defense - 3
  
• Magic Defense - 5
  
• Evade - 8

• Defense - 5
  
• Magic Defense - 7
  
• Evade - 4

• Defense - 8
  
• Magic Defense - 5
  
• Evade - 3

• Weapon talents now reduce the Battle Weight of weapons of the same type by Rank, starting at Rank 4.
  
• Packrat now increases your maximum Battle Weight by Rank, starting at Rank 2.
  
• Special Armament now reduces the Battle Weight of your sub-weapon by 25% (or 50% at Rank 2).
  
• Heavy Bow Mastery reduces the Battle Weight of Bow weapons with a weight of 20 or greater by Rank.
  
• Indomitable reduces your total Battle Weight (after flat reductions) by the same percentage it reduces physical damage you take.

I think that having the skill slots based on will along with the newer level based system is a little over the top.

First off, will based classes get -everything- for -every- situation. They get attacks for all the elements. If you use both the classes, you'll have the diversity to not care about any situation in pvp at-all. It makes events between the players that result in fighting feel senseless and one-sided. I don't see why if I'm a marital artist, that I cannot use all of my martial arts in a fight. It's part of a series of problems relating to the game's balance and I think it can be easily fixed. Here's my suggestion to make battle, pvp and pve more easy and balanced in terms of what a character can and cannot do in a battle-wise situation.

The current skillslot system is wil/10 + 5 + lv/10

My suggested skillslot calculation is Highest Base Stat/10+ 5 + lv/10

I think the Will stat should be completely removed from the equation.

If anything was unclear, please let me know. EDIT:Fixed the suggestion. I had forgot to put the +5 in there.

If you reflect shots back at a magic gunner, their shell effects YOU and themselves < In the case of Chain Shell that is >

Can Riposte counter ranged attacks that are made in melee. That'd be great.

Okay. So! I was invited to Seirina's party, and then to Kimiko's.
When either of them moved, I would teleport behind them.
Then Kimiko initiated PvP with Quinn, and Seirina, meanwhile,
absconded with poor Brynn to Cellsvich, pulling me out of the
battle!

This is the result, and note the battle hotbar:




When my turn comes up, things get really strange! Them
Papilions, I swear.



If I actually use the movement action, I can separate from her
by moving around Celly with battle movement. However, any
spells or attacks I select show no indicator and cannot be cast.
They can be cancelled with the X key, though.

Then I had Seirina take me to Zeo's, to see if I could talk with
NPCs during this little illusory projection trip. This, however,
was the result:



That's not Zeo's! When the battle ended, we were stuck in the
battle map, but not in battle mode, and could walk around in
it, but could not leave!



Ryu helped me escape the battle map by banning me for one
minute, to reset my location.

After being kicked or barred from a player's house,
sometimes your screen is off-center. In this shot,
Brynn is about five tiles off the right side of the
visible map area, in front of Seirina's front door.

Additionally, I'm still in Seirina's party after being
kicked or barred, so the first step she takes pulls
me back into the house following her. I suggest
that kicking or barring someone from your house
should also kick them from your party, if they're
in a party with you.

Double turns seem to be caused by Riposte Kills as well. Possibly off-turn kills, or whenever something dies on its own turn < Via walking in fire, etc. >

So far as I'm aware, you're supposed to be able to gain a momentum from critically hitting with a weapon once per round (+2 Momentum for duelists with Fleur). However, if you critically hit with a different weapon, you're able to gain additional momentum beyond that.

As an example: Say I'm a Kensei/MG (I am, in fact!) with 7M at the start of a round, using Fleur.
I whip out my katana with its wicked crit rate and critically hit someone. 7M - 3 + 2 = 6M
Next up, I take out that ol' standby, the Spirit Hunter to put some holes in a fella. What do you know! At least one of those was a crit! 6M - 3 + 2 = Still 5M left!
I could pull out a third attack, and even some 2M skill like Warning Shot! Or if I hit something with an elemental weakness too, a fourth attack!

Is this a bug, or intended?