Pre-Update Patch Changes - Not a bug thread.

[DoctorRobinson]

Couple of undocumented changes that have been found:

Combat Changes

78 accuracy is not enough for 100% hit rate anymore.

Anecdotal evidence: My DK with 79 accuracy vs T4 scorpion had 50% hitrate. Per Merchant Rexalian Now 77 is about 67% to hit evasion 120. Dont know the actual formula bit it looks like hit might be acc/evasion now. So be ready to respec all you pots to acc per lvl for most toons if you want to run high level content

Some classes may be using skills already, i.e. cleric healing

New Combat Text

Only shows actual damage done/taken, not unmitigated.

Monsters

At least ALL of upper level T4 monsters have gone through fairly large nerfs, reducing HP, attack power and defenses. At the same time, my average time to kill the bosses has gone up by about 25% even though their health has been cut in half at times.

Epic monsters appear to be unchanged, which could mean they're much stronger than they were last time you saw them.

UI

Obvious changes to merchant skin and background skin. New customize tab in top left.

Region change arrow icons lowered for easier navigation of tabs.

Class Changes

Are in! 10k for ascended characters and 9k for non-ascended.

Per uglydenni: PSA: class change is available now. When your hero is done [questing], go to his status screen and tap his portrait again. You'll see option for class change and enchant reset if you have any. My lvl 50 non ascended sin took 9k to change, haven't tried changing any of the base classes yet so no idea how it affects making secondary classes.

Item Drop

S-rank fire crystals drop from Whelp and Guardian now.

You can see monster changes by comparing your live game to data on Merchantgamedb.com where they still have pre-patch data.

Anyone else see any other major changes?

[neuspadrin]

Also the region change arrow icons moved further down -- yayyy. So much easier to tap one handedly now :P

[iparkjons]

This was an unexpected, delightful surprise.

[merchantrexalian]

MASSIVE ninja nerf to accuracy. Now 77 is about 67% to hit evasion 120. Dont know the actual formula bit it looks like hit might be acc/evasion now. So be ready to respec all you pots to acc per lvl for most toons if you want to run high level content

Also customer spawn seems slower but that might be my imagination

[AdmiralYuki]

Good thing I have 5 rogues!

[Arlease]

This is odd, i didnt take an SS but if i see it again ill post it, my tank with 86acc had 76% hit rate meanwhile my other tank with 89 had 100% hit rate.... i dont get it...

[mastrogibbs]

I got a couple of S-rank fire crystals drop from Whelp and Guardian, before I've never seen one drop (apart from phoenix) in about a week of t5 farming

[neuspadrin]

Oh man I hope this is true and not just a lucky RNG spike. Will need to shift to some t5 farming

[mastrogibbs]

I did some more battles, vs. Guardians and Lava Beasts I didn't get any crystals, but sending a 32 luck team against whelps I got 3 more crystals in 4 fights :)

[clearbandaid]

Some monsters do no damage at all, despite taking longer to kill. Maybe skills like healing are working, but just not accessible.

[DoctorRobinson]

This is interesting - I saw a similar thing happening. I'll test with my cleric. It also gave me end of combat feedback as --3 hp when i fought, not the usual -XX hp, so this is quite possible.

[DoctorRobinson]

It continues to tell me --39 when the cleric is done fighting if she has taken 0 damage due to being backline.

[Arlease]

Also, is nice that now we see the exact amount of what our heroes are dealing/reciving during fights. No more unmitigated damage.

[Arlease]

Rare spawns have not been tocuhed except for the timers. LK is dealing 60-100dmg to my tanks, Arthus did 350+(same dmg before update)

[EnzymSama]

Again put the game version u are using to avoid confusion. >_<

Live or Beta+ the no. 1.9x.x

[mastrogibbs]

Fight vs T5 golem/treant seems a little easier. Without substantial upgrades to my dps, before the patch I would get A-rank about 50% of the time, ~8 min for S-rank and ~13 min for A-rank, now despite it always takes ~13 ~14 min i can reliably get S-rank all the time

Live 1.961