[p][/p][p]Hello,

We know how important quality-of-life improvements are for your gaming experience. While we always try to squeeze in a few little enhancements of this type with each larger patch, in this update we wanted to place the focus on the thing that makes NosTale so amazing – on you, the players.
Raids are the most common activity in the game, yet we know how tedious some things can be. That’s why we wanted to introduce some meaningful improvements with this update, concentrating on quality-of-life features for raids.

Look forward to the following QoL improvements in the update:[/p]

• [p]Added a 63-slot raid inventory, which can be found in the top-right of the inventory.[/p]
• [p]Added a 20-slot mount inventory, which can be found under the additional inventories.[/p]
• [p]Added an option which allows you to automatically open up to 999 raid boxes in succession. Double-click on a raid box and then decide how many you want to open.[/p]
• [p]Added an option to quickly invite raid members from the previous raid team.[/p]
• [p]This option is only available to the raid team leader.[/p]
• [p]Only works if the team size is the same or smaller than the previous raid.[/p]
• [p]Added two new settings:[/p]
• [p]You now have the option to toggle the damage, healing and bleeding effects inflicted by other players.[/p]
• [p]You can now toggle various visual effects from other players including:[/p]
• [p]SP wings[/p]
• [p]+16–20 SP upgrade effects[/p]
• [p]Mount visual effects[/p]
• [p]Rune animations[/p]
• [p]Partner S-skill glow effects[/p]
• [p]Equipment upgrades[/p]
• [p]Smileys[/p]

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But these aren’t the only changes we’re introducing, we will also have a further round of SP balancing changes. Specialist cards are one of the major features which make NosTale so unique and enjoyable. Over the past 18 years, many new specialist cards have been introduced, and some of the older ones have gotten a little long in the tooth and suffered over the passage of time. This includes the 5th generation of specialist cards, which will be the main focus of these SP balancing changes, but a few other specialists which have been somewhat overpowered in recent years will also be tweaked to produce a more level playing field.

The following specialists will be updated:[/p]

• [p]Fire Cannoneer[/p]
• [p]Gladiator[/p]
• [p]Volcano[/p]
• [p]Scout[/p]
• [p]Seer[/p]
• [p]Dark Gunner[/p]
• [p]Hydraulic Fist[/p]

[p]All changes can be found here: https://nostale.comastuff.com/SP_Balacing_Raid_QoL_Patchnotes.pdf[/p][p]Another issue we want to address is inflation, which has been particularly exacerbated in recent months. We’ve seen your suggestions and feedback on this issue, but it is not something that can be solved in one fell swoop. Remediating this issue will be a longer process that takes place bit by bit, and we’ll take the first step with this update by reducing the gold which can be found in Zenas and Erenia’s raids. Our data shows that these raids have generated the most gold over recent months. While this may seem like a drastic decision, we believe is the right act to take in order to maintain a healthy economy in the future.

Here’s the full list of changes:[/p]

• [p]Map instances will be added to the most important level maps in Acts 6–9 and all maps in Act 10.[/p]
• [p]These will replace the map copies.[/p]
• [p]11 map instances will be available for the selected maps.[/p]
• [p]Instances can be changed from the minimap.[/p]
• [p]When changing to another instance, you receive a penalty making it impossible to earn experience for 120 seconds.[/p]
• [p]This excludes Amulets of Return and the Miniland.[/p]
• [p]The HP and respawn times for monsters in Act 10 have been changed: https://nostale.comastuff.com/Raid_QoL_Misc_Patchnotes.pdf[/p]
• [p]The channel-wide message when a raid has been successfully completed has been removed.[/p]
• [p]When switching maps, the camera is now zoomed out to the maximum.[/p]
• [p]From Act 6.2 onwards, NPCs can now be found in front of the raid instances who provide the relevant daily quests.[/p]
• [p]The gold drops in the Erenia and Zenas raids has been reduced from 25,000 Gold to 5,000 Gold.[/p]
• [p]Various NPCs like Graham, Dr Dimensio etc. have received shop names to make it easier to click on them.[/p]
• [p]Anti-bot measures have been introduced:[/p]
• [p]The general chat can only be used from level 65.[/p]
• [p]Items like Speakers and Speech Bubbles can only be used from level 65.[/p]
• [p]Speakers have a cooldown of 1 minute.[/p]
• [p]Sending a Note now has a cooldown of 10 minutes.[/p]
• [p]Whispering now has the following restrictions:[/p]
• [p]Whispering to different players now has a 5-minute cooldown below level 65.[/p]
• [p]Whispering to the same player has no restrictions below level 65.[/p]
• [p]There are no restrictions from level 65.[/p]
• [p]Full Moon Crystals from minigames are now limited.[/p]
• [p]The following changes have been made to hardcore raids:[/p]
• [p]You can now receive limited Full Moon Crystals when successfully completing a hardcore raid.[/p]
• [p]You can now receive fairy experience for successfully completing a hardcore raid.[/p]
• [p]Hardcore raids now have a weekly limit instead of a daily one.[/p]
• [p]Two new items have been added to the token shop.[/p]
• [p]Various changes have been made to the token shops: https://nostale.comastuff.com/Raid_QoL_Misc_Patchnotes.pdf[/p]
• [p]Gold has been removed from the Glacernon, fairy and party Time-Spaces.[/p]
• [p]The minimum level for party Time-Spaces is now level 70.[/p]

[p]Bug Fixes:[/p]

• [p]The ‘Hat is invisible’ option no longer hides costume wings.[/p]
• [p]The ‘Toggle smileys’ option is now available in the visual effect options.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the new passive equipment buffs from Act 10 were removed when entering the Rainbow Battle.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the Sunchaser’s wolf didn’t receive damage reduction like NosMates.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue in the Nezarun raid where certain mechanics could be triggered simultaneously.[/p]