SPRING UPDATE 2022

Have you ever had your intrepid explorations into the wilderness cut short by hopeless frustration at not knowing where you are? No longer! Introducing: the new in-game world map!

As you'd expect, your position on the map is displayed, and as you explore new areas, the 'fog of war' will clear around you.

This update will also tackle many of the common 'quality of life' criticisms of Phobos from players. These are the problems that on their own may be a little annoying, but all together, make the game feel like a chore.

For example, we have rewritten the auto-attack timers to fix an issue that was—uh—lovingly referred to by players as the "immortal rabbit issue". In which a monster (e.g. rabbit) running away from a low-level/high-ping player was impossible to hit.

Other changes include being able to pin panels on either side of the client, ability to add 'foes' to your friendlist, RMB context menus on panels, and many more. Please see the changelog for full details.

Finally, we made some bulk changes to monster HP and defense (physical and magical). Specifically, the range of defense values has been narrowed so that it will be rare for any monster to have a def or mdef value less than 100 or more than 200. This has been balanced as much as possible with increases in monster HP, such that this shouldn't have a major affect on balance in most cases. The aim here is that it will help players to feel like they are progressing as they gain levels and skills.

A big thank-you to the player testers who took the time to try these things out over the last few weeks, and provided the feedback to help us improve them.

CHANGELOG

IN-GAME MAP

In-game world map
- Open via shortcut (default: CTRL + E), or by right-clicking minimap
- Zoom in/out
- Tracks current position on map
- Shows town names
- Add/remove markers
- Setting/option: hide all markers
- Fog will slowly clear when discovering the world
- Fog/game data is saved per account
- Note: world map will not help you in dungeons
Small minimap in UI
- Fixed position; auto-tracking current location
- Zoom in/out
- Optional display of markers

COMBAT

Fixed the 'immortal rabbit' issue
- The auto-attack (AA) combat delay now applies after a successful AA, instead of being applied before an AA
- The AA combat delay is no longer reset on a failed AA (e.g. due to target being out of range)
- When chasing a target, some leeway has been added in the melee AA distance check, so that if you target something and just before your AA hits they start moving away, then the AA may still hit

CLIENT QOL

UI elements (containers, friendlist, equipment, etc.) can now be pinned/unpinned and moved between panels using RMB context menu
UI element layout is now saved & loaded on login (per client, not per player)
- Size & location of containers is not included in this, but this is also on our todo
Friendlist reworked
- Support for marking people as a 'foe', with
- RMB context menu functionalities added
RMB context menu in channel/chatbox for PM, also support for left click for PM
Fixed issues with private messaging which caused messages to be lost sometimes
When dragging items you now see a translucent version to know where you'll drop it
Setting added to enable/disable holding RMB for continuous movement towards cursor
Info channel now logs gained experience
Fixed bad formatting on house info window 'Due Date'
Fix context menu for guide window
Fix to prevent opening multiple character/help/map windows
Fixed issue where clicking on an invisible tile ignores any input
Fixed issue where you couldn't attack creatures under the widescreen chatbox
Fixed centering of skull on death of party member
Added support for proper mouse scroll speed input
Fixed an issue with setting item count when buying items
Disabled feature for using ladders in the top-left square
Fixed report channel bug in widescreen
Fix for the way that some third-party programs 'steal' the cursor
Disabled 'elastic camera' as a standard config option
Added new widescreen display setting which is a combination of classic and widescreen modes; get the widescreen UI layout without losing any view distance

MONSTERS

Monster physical (def) and magic defense (mdef) has been significantly reduced on almost all monsters. More specifically, the range of defense values has been narrowed so that it will be rare for any monster to have a def or mdef value less than 100 or more than 200. This has been balanced with increases in monster HP, such that this shouldn't have a major affect on balance. The aim here is that it will help players to feel like they are progressing as they gain levels and skills.
Improved quality of monster scripts. You shouldn't actually notice this in-game at all, but it will help us longer-term.
There are also several other changes included here that *will* affect balance. And, in general, these adjustments will favour the physical combat classes.
Archenaid
- HP 1700 => 2500
- DEF 300 => 190
- MDEF 280 => 200
Badger
- HP 40 => 50
- DEF 130 => 120
Beetle
- HP 35 => 50
- DEF 180 => 145
- MDEF 170 => 145
Boar
- DEF 115 => 110
Brown Bear
- HP 155 => 190
- DEF 190 => 150
- MDEF 160 => 135
Cave Troll
- HP 1200 => 1600
- DEF 240 => 175
- MDEF 180 => 145
Chicken
- DEF 75 => 85
- MDEF 75 => 85
Ferorn Morphis
- HP 900 => 1300
- DEF 260 => 185
- MDEF 300 => 200
Forest Imp
- HP 90 => 130
- MDEF 150 => 130
Frog
- HP 50 => 55
- DEF 120 => 115
- MDEF 120 => 115
Gloptoad
- HP 500 => 590
- DEF 150 => 130
- MDEF 160 => 135
Goat
- HP 32 => 50
- DEF 125 => 120
Goblin
- HP 85 => 90
Goblin Summoner
- HP 340 => 410
- DEF 115 => 110
- MDEF 220 => 165
Goblin Witchmaster
- HP 290 => 300
- MDEF 190 => 150
Goose
- DEF 85 => 95
Grorus
- HP 2200 => 3000
- DEF 270 => 185
- MDEF 210 => 160
Helina Floretty
- HP 560 => 800
- DEF 270 => 185
- MDEF 245 => 175
Hill Giant
- HP 3000 => 4300
- DEF 280 => 190
- MDEF 240 => 175
Huntsman
- HP 75 => 90
- DEF 140 => 120
- MDEF 120 => 130
Lord Volent
- HP 1200 => 2000
- DEF 320 => 200
- MDEF 220 => 165
- Increased loot value by +15%
Lucenfly
- HP 150 => 180
- DEF 150 => 130
- MDEF 140 => 125
Maggot
- DEF 80 => 90
- MDEF 90 => 95
Maned Trow
- HP 90 => 100
- DEF 160 => 135
- MDEF 140 => 125
Mordrir
- HP 8000 => 13000
- DEF 350 => 220
- MDEF 350 => 220
Mountain Troll
- HP 1300 => 1750
- DEF 250 => 180
- MDEF 200 => 155
Nysandra Celistriel
- HP 1100 => 1800
- DEF 250 => 160
- MDEF 270 => 185
Orc Beastmaster
- HP 480 => 600
- DEF 200 => 155
- MDEF 170 => 140
Orc Bowman
- HP 150 => 200
- DEF 160 => 135
- MDEF 130 => 120
Orc Brute
- HP 180 => 200
- DEF 140 => 125
- MDEF 120 => 115
Orc Hunter
- HP 480 => 580
- DEF 170 => 140
- MDEF 150 => 130
Orc Legionnaire
- HP 550 => 740
- DEF 260 => 185
- MDEF 190 => 150
Orc Magus
- HP 440 => 520
- DEF 140 => 125
- MDEF 170 => 140
Orc Savage
- HP 1050 => 1250
- DEF 190 => 150
- MDEF 160 => 135
Ostren
- HP 130 => 170
- DEF 180 => 145
- MDEF 150 => 130
Outlaw Bandit
- HP 450 => 500
- DEF 210 => 160
- MDEF 160 => 135
Outlaw Hunter
- HP 350 => 400
- DEF 165 => 140
- MDEF 135 => 125
Outlaw Thief
- HP 250 => 260
- DEF 130 => 120
Pisaura
- HP 410 => 560
- DEF 230 => 165
- MDEF 230 => 175
Predator
- HP 900 => 1250
- DEF 240 => 165
- MDEF 240 => 180
Protectorate Knight
- HP 900 => 1300
- DEF 300 => 200
- MDEF 230 => 170
Quagwyrm
- HP 380 => 420
- DEF 160 => 135
Rabbit
- DEF 90 => 95
Rhodosus
- HP 240 => 320
- DEF 260 => 185
- MDEF 190 => 150
Rioter
- HP 260 => 280
- DEF 150 => 130
Rioter
- HP 260 => 350
- DEF 180 => 140
- MDEF 160 => 130
Rioter
- HP 390 => 500
- DEF 190 => 150
- MDEF 150 => 130
Rooster
- DEF 75 => 85
- MDEF 75 => 85
Sal Cotton
- HP 350 => 500
- DEF 230 => 170
- MDEF 190 => 150
Shrachlor
- HP 10000 => 14500
- DEF 275 => 190
- MDEF 250 => 190
Sirl Imparo
- HP 1200 => 2000
- DEF 320 => 180
- MDEF 300 => 200
Sirl Imparo (Dummy)
- HP 200 => 200
- DEF 320 => 180
- MDEF 300 => 200
Skeleton
- HP 120 => 130
- DEF 150 => 125
Skeleton Archer
- HP 175 => 200
- DEF 180 => 140
- MDEF 150 => 140
Skeleton Warrior
- HP 250 => 380
- DEF 240 => 165
- MDEF 190 => 165
Snake
- DEF 90 => 95
- MDEF 100 => 105
Soil Golem
- HP 200 => 300
- DEF 290 => 195
- MDEF 230 => 170
Spiderling
- MDEF 100 => 110
Squirrel
- HP 27 => 25
- DEF 80 => 90
- MDEF 90 => 95
Swamp Troll
- HP 1100 => 1400
- DEF 230 => 170
- MDEF 170 => 140
- Fixed telegraph ability damage pattern
Toad
- HP 190 => 230
- DEF 140 => 125
- MDEF 180 => 145
Trow
- HP 90 => 100
- DEF 130 => 120
- MDEF 115 => 110
Warg
- HP 350 => 440
- DEF 220 => 165
- MDEF 160 => 135
Webweaver
- DEF 115 => 110
- MDEF 110 => 115
Wiralof
- HP 650 => 800
- DEF 200 => 150
- MDEF 170 => 160
Wirathistle
- HP 800 => 930
- DEF 150 => 130
- MDEF 150 => 130
Witch
- HP 900 => 1200
- DEF 180 => 140
- MDEF 210 => 160
- Lightning beam ability is now able to bend around projectile-blocking objects (+/- 1 sqm)
- Lightning beam ability now has some randomness in its path (+/- 1 sqm)
- Lightning beam base damage reduced by -12%
- Lightning beam damage no longer increases with distance
Witch Freia
- HP 1200 => 1700
- DEF 220 => 160
- MDEF 260 => 190
Witch Keka
- HP 1000 => 1200
- DEF 160 => 135
- MDEF 220 => 165
Witch Rosice
- HP 1300 => 2000
- DEF 250 => 170
- MDEF 240 => 180
Wolf
- HP 80 => 90
- DEF 170 => 140
- MDEF 130 => 120
Wyvern
- HP 1000 => 1400
- DEF 170 => 140
- MDEF 180 => 145
Zombie
- HP 220 => 210
- DEF 90 => 95
- MDEF 90 => 95

ROGUE

Disembowel
- Reduced on-hit damage by -6%
- Base bleed damage reduced by -30%. However, bleed damage is now increased with every caster auto-attack for first 6s of ability. This stacking of bleed damage is now applied with diminishing returns based on the base (starting) bleeding damage. Specifically, every increase in bleed damage is half that of the previous increase. Like so: 1 + 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + [...]. The result is that the maximum bleed damage per tick is 2x the base bleed damage.
- Bleed minimum duration reduced from 4s to 3s. However, this duration is now reset to 3s on any attack against the target within 6s of the ability being cast. This reset can now be triggered by any source (previously it was only auto-attacks from the caster), with the exception of timed damage effects (e.g. poison).
- Updated description: "Inflict melee damage on a single target, followed by severe bleeding for 3s. For 6s, attacks against the target reset the bleed duration, and caster auto-attacks against the target increase the bleed damage (max: 2x base, diminishing). [Cooldown: 12s]"

SHAMAN

Harvest
- Reduced base and scaling of shield/HP/MP regen to balance this ability somewhat with monster HP/def/mdef changes
- Increased speed that shield degenerates by +6%
Virulence
- Reduced damage based on target HP to balance this ability somewhat with monster HP/def/mdef changes

MAP

Various minor map bug fixes

OTHER

Added visual effect on avatars on login/logout

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