Runes of Magic US / AU

Skill Changes

Warden:

Briar Shield
Players can only have one of the two different skills Briar Shield, i.e. either for Warden alone or Druid/Warden (primary/secondary class) concurrently.

Mage/Knight:

Messenger of Light
Increased accuracy will no longer be displayed, but it will continue to have an effect. (2% increase)

General Changes

General:

Rules for Herald status
During a Siege War, when a player from your own camp achieves “Herald“ status, and then gets disconnected, logs in again or leaves the battleground, the other players in that camp taking part in the Siege War will receive 1000 points of Guild War Merit, but also be unable to achieve “Herald” status. However, when the player who was originally the first to achieve “Herald” returns to the Siege War, all he has to do is enter the battlefield and get close to the Guild Honor Crystal to regain “Herald” status.

Icons:

Vampiric Transformation
Visual effects when a hit was landed caused a slow FPS.

Items:

Tia´s Leg Guards, Cast Out Leg Guards
When Elven, Human and Wood Females equip Tia's Leg Guardsor and Cast Out Let Guards, the equipment appearance now shows up normally.

Descriptions:

Changed item descriptions
E.g., for 7-day items, the sentence “(Will last for 7 days. Within that period there is no limit on how often this item can be used.)”was added.

• Master's Simple Repair Hammer(7 Days)
  
• Home-sweet-home (7 Days)
  
• Guild Castle Transport Stone (7 Days)
  
• Convenient Mailbox (7 Days) (Simp. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, non-bound versions)
  
• Convenient Mailbox (7 Days)
  
• Master's Simple Repair Hammer(30 Days)
  
• Home-sweet-home (30 Days)
  
• Guild Castle Transport Stone (30 Days)
  
• Convenient Mailbox (30 Days) (Simp. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, non-bound versions)
  
• Master's Simple Repair Hammer(14 Days)
  
• Convenient Mailbox (14 Days) (Simp. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, non-bound versions)
  
• Guild Castle Transport Stone (14 Days)
  

Changed buff descrption
Added a sentence to the description of the Stab buff from boss Nr. 3 in Grafu Castle: “it decreases attack speed and spell casting speed.”

Changed buff description
Added a sentence to the description of the Quicksand buff from boss Nr. 5 in Kawak´s Thomb: “it decreases attack speed and spell casting speed.”

Corpse Poison
Description now also mentions that this decreases attack power and attack speed.

Bugfixes

General:

Teleport to the Ground Drill Grounds
The effect when an NPC transports a player to the Guild Drill Grounds (Zone 354) (when player chooses the option) no longer has a buff icon.

Fireboot Underground Fortress Portal
The Fireboot Undeground Fortress portal now functions normally. (You were previously unable to transport to the underground fortress)

Character Interface
Main/secondary hand critical hit ratings are now shown separately.

Malevolence Giant Scorpion
When you kill NPC Malevolence Giant Scorpion, you now get both XP and TP. (Previously only XP)

Phirius Shell
When exchanging Phirius Shells for special equipment with the Archeologists in Dalanis and Varanas, you now require 200 Phirius Shells, instead of 120.

Buffs:

Combat Mode, Piscine Bloodthirst:
Now increase attack speed (instead of decreasing it).

Zapped, Numbing Thunder, Disturbing Flow, Lightning Trap, Rotten Mud:
Now decrease attack speed (instead of increasing it).

Ebullient Morale:
Now increases casting speed (instead of decreasing it).

Primal Frost, Rotten Mud:
Now decrease casting speed (instead of increasing it).

Shockwave:
Now decreases casting speed and attack speed (instead of increasing them).

Items:

Transport Rune
A bound Transport Rune stored in the bank that is placed in the backpack no longer becomes not bound when it stacks with other Transport Rune when placed in the backpack. All Transport Runes in the stack will now be bound.

Runic Olivine Ingot
Runic Olivine Ingot now has the same Guild Contribution value as Exquisite Fastan Banyan Plank and Verbena Essence, which are of the same level - 15120.

Royal Tricon
The Royal Tricorn, which is dropped in the Treasure Trove no longer skews the display when the player changes the viewing angle to a downward one.


Skills:

Debuff “Steal Energy”
Steal Energy debuff cast by the Charionys in the Zurhidon Stronghold now disappears when player leaves the instance.

Limo Desert Minion Debuff “Slow Motion”
Slow Motion now decreases movement speed -15% (instead of +15%).

The Origin Minion Debuff “Wind Blade Area”
Wind Blade Area now increases attack speed +10% (instead of -10%).

Goblin Mines “Slow Motion Goo”
The spell Slow Motion Goo(503546) cast by the Redeye Cotton Worm now causes the player -55% casting speed and -55% attack speed like it is supposed to.

Relationship System: “Family Ties”
Now +15% to attack speed instead of -15%.

Relationship System: “Unbridled Rage”
Now +8% to attack speed instead of -8%.

Numbing Thunder
Now decreases movement speed and attack speed as it should.

Battlewolf Determination
Now increases attack speed as it should.

Rogue´s “Hide”
The Rogue’s “Hide” ability now functions normally in the Hall of Survivors. He will not be seen by monsters when using it.

Bosses:

Sandlord Sesphiroth
Bug fixed in the Sticky Quicksand effect cast by the world boss "Sandlord Sesphiroth". Now lowers affected players’ attack speed by 70% instead of increasing it by 70%.

Quests:

Several Quests
The scripts for several quests were adjusted.

Siege Wars Instance:

Rectified problem in the Siege War instance (Zone 402). When player captured the enemy’s Guild Honor Crystal or Crystal Source, the message that appeared could only display these names in English. These are now displayed in the correct languages.
The following messages are affected:

1. When player captures the enemy’s Crystal Source.
2. When player recaptures the Crystal Source from the enemy.
3. When player captures the enemy’s Guild Honor Crystal.
4. When player recaptures the Guild Honor Crystal from the enemy.

Zones:

Guild Drill Ground
Problems that result when players going offline and logging in again or selecting “Stuck Report” while an activity is in progress have been fixed. This affects the following activities: “Destiny” and “Spirit Warrior”.

1. Now, if a player presses the Esc key and chooses to fill in a stuck report while the activity is in progress, after he is transported to the nearest respawn point, even if the activity is still in progress, it will end and the points will be tallied. All relevant NPCs, treasure chests, point boards and countdown timers will also be deleted.

2. Now, if a player goes offline while an activity is in progress, and then logs in again on the same day and uses the Guild Drill Ground Repeat Ticket (206351) to enter the activity again, the problem whereby the NPC, treasure chests etc. are spawned yet again will not be encountered.