Instances
There were quite a few guesses what the RP announcement meant, and some were correct: it’s about the Catacombs dungeon Dark Spire.
We are going to introduce instanced dungeons for somewhat challenging level 50 PvE content, there will not be any level instances. As this is the first instance and hence the first test of our new instance implementation as well as our first attempt at implementing challenging group pve content we’re going to use the rather small Dark Spire dungeon. We plan to release more instances as time goes on, depending on how it’s received etc.
Please note that we do not attempt to rebuild the instances as they were on live, we are merely using the same maps.
We do not intend to make everyone redo their template with this update and to that end there will be no new named items or even new stats introduced.
Please note that this instance might undergo rather large changes in difficulty even after it has been made public, the instances are not meant to be something you half afk through. Every single pull will be designed as a somewhat challenging encounter for the intended group size and in case of non-boss mobs normal BAF rules will not apply, instead there are fixed mob groups, if one of them is pulled the entire group is pulled and that group of mobs represents the encounter.
The instances will feature a leader board (clear time) and a mythirian slot item that provides PvE bonuses while in instances depending on the number of instance completions done on your account.
The intended duration for a run is around 60 minutes, that is assuming nothing goes wrong. The intended feather yield is around 8k to 10k on the first run per day, consecutive runs will potentially give less. Each boss will drop the usual 3x 3 rogs and the rog level will be set accordingly. There will be no respawn in instances and killing every single instance mob (ignoring spawned adds and similar) will count as a completion. There will be measures in place to prevent people from releasing and rejoining ongoing fights. Leaving the group or having ld while in an instance will port you back to your bind point. You will access the instances via some teleporter in the capital cities and border keeps, there will be prerequisites for entering an instance, for dark spire it will be a simple quest.
Respecs
With the same update we’ll also introduce new respecs:
- Starting stat respec
- Appearance respec
- Race respec, class / race restrictions still apply, includes appearance respec
These respecs will be available on the bits & pieces merchant and will require the kill credit of the end boss of the instance.
These respecs will also be available for bounty points, however, as of now we are not entirely certain if this will mean a general exchange for bp to feathers or just another merchant selling specific items also for bp.
Jewel Crafting
We will introduce jewel crafting as an actual profession that allows you to craft ROGs, this might potentially be introduced in a later update.
There will be recipes of different levels per slot (ring, bracer, neck etc.) which will require something you will get from salvaging a rog of the same slot and level (e.g. supreme ring rogs) as well as some material that costs gold, for example metal bars, and some amount of Phoenix Ash.
The item resulting from this recipe will not have any stats, instead it will be a usable item that when used creates the actual rog with stats for the class of the one using the item, the rog will have the same quality as the craft result item and, as for all rogs, the quality will affect the available imbue points as will the recipe level.
There were quite a few guesses what the RP announcement meant, and some were correct: it’s about the Catacombs dungeon Dark Spire.
We are going to introduce instanced dungeons for somewhat challenging level 50 PvE content, there will not be any level instances. As this is the first instance and hence the first test of our new instance implementation as well as our first attempt at implementing challenging group pve content we’re going to use the rather small Dark Spire dungeon. We plan to release more instances as time goes on, depending on how it’s received etc.
Please note that we do not attempt to rebuild the instances as they were on live, we are merely using the same maps.
We do not intend to make everyone redo their template with this update and to that end there will be no new named items or even new stats introduced.
Please note that this instance might undergo rather large changes in difficulty even after it has been made public, the instances are not meant to be something you half afk through. Every single pull will be designed as a somewhat challenging encounter for the intended group size and in case of non-boss mobs normal BAF rules will not apply, instead there are fixed mob groups, if one of them is pulled the entire group is pulled and that group of mobs represents the encounter.
The instances will feature a leader board (clear time) and a mythirian slot item that provides PvE bonuses while in instances depending on the number of instance completions done on your account.
The intended duration for a run is around 60 minutes, that is assuming nothing goes wrong. The intended feather yield is around 8k to 10k on the first run per day, consecutive runs will potentially give less. Each boss will drop the usual 3x 3 rogs and the rog level will be set accordingly. There will be no respawn in instances and killing every single instance mob (ignoring spawned adds and similar) will count as a completion. There will be measures in place to prevent people from releasing and rejoining ongoing fights. Leaving the group or having ld while in an instance will port you back to your bind point. You will access the instances via some teleporter in the capital cities and border keeps, there will be prerequisites for entering an instance, for dark spire it will be a simple quest.
Respecs
With the same update we’ll also introduce new respecs:
- Starting stat respec
- Appearance respec
- Race respec, class / race restrictions still apply, includes appearance respec
These respecs will be available on the bits & pieces merchant and will require the kill credit of the end boss of the instance.
These respecs will also be available for bounty points, however, as of now we are not entirely certain if this will mean a general exchange for bp to feathers or just another merchant selling specific items also for bp.
Jewel Crafting
We will introduce jewel crafting as an actual profession that allows you to craft ROGs, this might potentially be introduced in a later update.
There will be recipes of different levels per slot (ring, bracer, neck etc.) which will require something you will get from salvaging a rog of the same slot and level (e.g. supreme ring rogs) as well as some material that costs gold, for example metal bars, and some amount of Phoenix Ash.
The item resulting from this recipe will not have any stats, instead it will be a usable item that when used creates the actual rog with stats for the class of the one using the item, the rog will have the same quality as the craft result item and, as for all rogs, the quality will affect the available imbue points as will the recipe level.
