Introducing the new event Sands of Lahoun: Unveiling the Tomb of Serket!

As the sandstorms in Maelstrom Desert were less intense than usual, your leaders took the opportunity to carry an immense operation to bring excavators to the temple site. It took them a little while but they successfully dug up the entrance and got inside. They discovered incredibly well-conserved walls, as if time hadn't passed in there. On the walls and the ceiling, different shapes and symbols were carved, and they needed a few weeks to figure out it was a map leading to a location at the center of the deadly Maelstrom Region. From what they deciphered, there should be something capable of accumulating and using the energy of the desert. Worried that it is describing a powerful weapon, they sent a team led by Chief scientist "Jacob" to get information but lost contact. Refusing to give it up, they decided to allow you, their best pilot, to go deeper into the Maelstrom Desert to make sure that thing doesn't fall into the wrong hands...

  • Added the new event maps Lahoun (ANI/BCU/Neutral)
  • Brand new map where we went all out to provide, a very good - if not the best we have made - looking visual experience for our players
    • Added new Boss Serket's Keeper with a respawn time of ~8 hours
    • Added new Goldies to the map with a better spawn rate than usual events
    • Added neutral hours to BCU/ANI maps: 04:00 to 05:00, 12:00 to 13:00, 21:00 to 22:00
    • Added new SP on ANI and BCU Lahoun
    • Added NME event on Neutral Lahoun
    • Added new monsters for the NME of the Neutral Lahoun
  • Created a new map chain linking existing maps with the new neutral event map: With this new Artificial chain we want to our players to revisit some of the old maps that have been taken for granted and give them a more active role during the event
    • Neutral Lahoun -> Zaylope Beach -> G-ARK -> Eopi -> NGC Marine Laboratory -> Gjert Road -> Neutral Lahoun
    • All of the event maps (plus the Artificial Map Chain) holds a "relic", who knows what they are for...?
  • Added new recipes for the new drops from event monsters
    • Each event monster drops a specific item corresponding to a gear type

Following the information obtained from the ruins in Maelstrom Desert, you discovered a way to use the resources found in Lahoun to infuse your weapons and armors with a powerful archaic energy

  • New Weapons and Armors can be crafted through this recipe:
    • 1x Archaic Boss Upgrade Item + 1x Refined Boss Upgrade Item + 1x Boss Strengthening Card + [Old Armor/Weapon] = Archaic Armor/Weapon
    • Crafting the Archaic Boss Upgrade Item: 5000x Event Killmark + 20x \dCarapace\d + 20x \rClaw\r + \mStinger\m + \wWing\w = Random Archaic Boss Upgrade Capsule
  • Players will not be able to pick and choose the items they can get and upgrade specific equipment through the Random Archaic Boss Upgrade Capsule - The idea behind these new armors and weapons is to have them be very exclusive and rare. Players will need to compete for a while and at least in the early stage of the event everyone will be on equal playing field.

  • Or can they, we'll let you figure that out. The event is full of mysteries...
  • Something is different with the.....Foreign Plan Parts
  • Changed the Daily and Weekly mission objectives and rewards
  • Each enemy taken down will get you an Event Killmark for the duration of the event

Balance

  • REJOICE - O.R.C.A and Dismeight are making a come back having been reworked to fulfill their original purpose without being overpowered
  • Adjusted O.R.C.As Min-Max damage to 355-443
  • Adjusted the induction rate of O.R.C.A from 140 to 120
  • Adjusted the valid angle of of O.R.C.A from 8 to 6
  • Dismeight is back with a Min-Max damage of 132-165
  • Dismeight now has a -20% pierce to align with our original intentions of it being a probability weapon
  • Adjusted Dismeights Re-Attack from 1.2s to 1.6s
  • Players can now add their I-GEAR skill "Hyper Moving" to their skill PET SOCKETS
  • Added a complete new set of Armors and Weapons - (Our intentions with their introduction is to create and new and improved gear balance and shift the meta where people are forced to use the same equipment to stay competitive to a more variety based one where they can choose their gear depending on the scenario.)
  • Adjusted BG Halloween Armor V1 Pierce to 1.5% and Min-Max to 5%
  • Adjusted BG Halloween Armor V2 Pierce to 2.5% and Min-Max to 5%
  • Adjusted IG Halloween Armor V1 Pierce to 1.5%
  • Adjusted IG Halloween Armor V2 Pierce to 2.5%
  • Bringing all IG boss armors D types shield to 4915 instead of 5415

None of the balance changes are permanent. Everything can be subject to change if deemed necessary.

Cosmetics

With this latest patch our players have a massive variety of new and ChromeRivals original cosmetics to choose from. Everything was made in-house with great attention to details.

  • New Limited Edition "MYTHICAL ROAR" PET Contour - Available through Boss and Goldie drop as well as on the webstore
  • Added 20 new trails with both Model-S and Model-C variations - Available through Boss and Goldie drop as well as on the webstore
  • Custom Trails are of type Plasma, Hurricane and Dark Plasma
  • Introducing the new "Lahoun Armor Collection". Limited only for the duration of the event - Available on the webstore
  • A series of limited armor contours, each one customly made with extra details and a new type of "conditioned" glow that shines through when using booster (normal glow can still be applied)
  • We picked 3 of the most liked contour for each gear type and made two versions of each of them: "Neon" and "Graceful"
  • M-GEAR: Jealousy Defender, Soul Of Phillon Defender, Rigid Defender
  • B-GEAR: Stormriser Veil, Advanced Tackle Veil, Soul Veil
  • I-GEAR: Excorcist Binder, Serapia Binder, Rapid Binder 2
  • A-GEAR: Advanced Revival Guarder, Quellease Guarder, Creticus Guarder
  • Each contour also has extra slip-streams with matching colors to go along with their theme. Their length now depends on wether the gear is boosting or idle.
  • Once owned, these contours are permanently added to the gears contour collection
  • Every single cosmetic item was made carefully as to not cause any FPS issues

Miscellaneous

  • Nation leaders will now get 10 Mute items instead of 50
  • Decreased selling price of Mini-Stealth Cards, Glory of Influence and Mystery Data
  • Reduced the quantity of IF orbs required to complete certain missions
  • Replaced every Infinity Field Access Cards by the one accepted by the Chrome Orb mission. Only the right one can be obtained now
  • Mystery code red is now WH-shareable
  • The following shops were reorganized and saw their prices being readjusted to match the current economy of the game:
    • War Point Shop
    • Boss Token Shop
    • Gold Coin Shop
    • Killmark Shop
    • Gear Shops
  • Reduced the amount of kills needed to get the Decca reward
    • BG/IG/AG: 80 -> 65
    • MG: 40 -> 30
  • Increased the amount of Shield and Energy restored after a kill in FFA
    • BG/IG: 8000 Shield/4000 Energy
    • MG/AG: 5000 Shield/4000 Energy
  • Increased the amount of random PvP Events spawning each day
  • Random PvP Events will mostly spawn in the new artificial map chain

P.S There will be a follow up announcement about whats to come next and A LOT more about the event. Stay tuned.

For more information about the patch check out our incredibly well made CR wiki! It will be updated in a timely fashion.
https://wiki.chromerivals.net/

Author Void
Published on 2024-03-17 19:51