Updates & Release Notes

Orna: The GPS RPG

Terms:
Damage multiplier: what the community refers to as “penetration”
Damage output: post defense damage adjustment

Summoner Classline

[PvP] Blood Pact I/II/III: Capped maximum damage multiplier to 3.0
[PvP] Battalions: Summons are now less likely to protect the summoner in PvP battles
[PvE] Attuner/Grand Attuner: Decreased the chance that Battalions will protect the player in battle
[PvE/PvP] Attuner/Grand Attuner: Decreased HP
[PvE/PvP] Upgraded Summoner Hydrus/Grand Summoner Hydrus Battalions passive from I to II
[PvE/PvP] Summoner Hydrus/Grand Summoner Hydrus: Increased most player stats
[PvE/PvP] Summoner Hydrus/Grand Summoner Hydrus: The Hydrus passive now increases summoner stats as summons are defeated, but no longer gives the player a second chance

Titan Augments

[PvE/PvP] Steady Hands of Prometheus: decreased crit damage bonus to 10%, crit chance from 12% to 8%
[PvE/PvP] Steady Hands of Selene: Decreased hybrid damage bonus from 20% to 15%
[PvE/PvP] Two-handed Celestial Weapons now gain 1 additional augment slot


Thief Classline

[PvE/PvP] Realmshifter: All stats slightly increased
[PvE/PvP] Realmshifter: To better synergize with Resurgence, replaced Recharge II with Recharge
[PvE/PvP] Arcanic/Nyx/Realmshifter: New passive: Avidity. This passive gives these classes the ability to gain additional turns in battle
[PvE/PvP] Arcanic: Replaced “Critical Hits” with “Avidity”
[PvE/PvP] Nyx: Replaced “Saboteur” with “Avidity”
[PvE/PvP] Realmshifter Dorado: Added Avidity III
[PvE] Realmshifter Corvus will now keep its crit chain from floor to floor in dungeons

Valhallan Classline

[PvE/PvP] Beowulf: All stats slighty increased, Recharge passive removed
[PvE/PvP] Beowulf: Valhallan Dissonance now affects both the player and follower
[PvE/PvP] All Valhallan classes now have minor built-in follower AI bonuses, allowing followers to avoid using skills that may hit elemental immunities, etc
[PvE/PvP] When under an AI bonus, followers will now be considerate of offensive buffs when choosing a skill to use
[PvE/PvP] When under an AI bonus, followers will now prioritize dealing damage when opponent HP is low
[PvE/PvP] Valhallan classes: new passive, Bestial Bonds. The monster type of a follower now gives a variety of additional stats and passive effects

Other Classlines

[PvE/PvP] Deity Ara: Replaced Omnimancy with Unstable Omnimancy
[PvE/PvP] Deity Ara: Increased Steadfast to Steadfast II
[PvE/PvP] Gilgamesh Ursa: Can now wear thief gear

General changes

[PvE/PvP] Time Mage/Chronomancer: Added skills that can affect the turn order in battle
[PvE/PvP] Corrected an issue that caused spells like Deific Channel to be overprioritized by the follower AI due to it being both a ward upkeep and buffing spell
[PvE/PvP] Adjusted monster AI to allow better buff application for some particular monsters (Phaethon, for example)
[PvE/PvP] Ultimastrikes: Decreased turns required to 2
[PvE/PvP] Followers are now affected by your faction bonus
[PvE/PvP] Slightly reduce damage multiplier of all Ara Vesta spells
[PvP] Ultima: Decreased damage multiplier by 25%
[PvE/PvP] All Seal/Strike III elemental abilities can now crit
[PvP] Skills such as Perfect Shot can now be used to bypass Battalions and Valhallan

Hero of Aethric: An Orna RPG

Terms:
Damage multiplier: what the community refers to as “penetration”
Damage output: post defense damage adjustment

Summoner Classline

[PvP] Blood Pact I/II/III: Capped maximum damage multiplier to 3.0
[PvP] Battalions: Summons are now less likely to protect the summoner in PvP battles
[PvE] Attuner/Grand Attuner: Decreased the chance that Battalions will protect the player in battle
[PvE/PvP] Attuner/Grand Attuner: Decreased HP
[PvE/PvP] Upgraded Summoner Hydrus/Grand Summoner Hydrus Battalions passive from I to II
[PvE/PvP] Summoner Hydrus/Grand Summoner Hydrus: Increased most player stats
[PvE/PvP] Summoner Hydrus/Grand Summoner Hydrus: The Hydrus passive now increases summoner stats as summons are defeated, but no longer gives the player a second chance

Titan Augments

[PvE/PvP] Steady Hands of Prometheus: decreased crit damage bonus to 10%, crit chance from 12% to 8%
[PvE/PvP] Steady Hands of Selene: Decreased hybrid damage bonus from 20% to 15%
[PvE/PvP] Two-handed Celestial Weapons now gain 1 additional augment slot


Thief Classline

[PvE/PvP] Realmshifter: All stats slightly increased
[PvE/PvP] Realmshifter: To better synergize with Resurgence, replaced Recharge II with Recharge
[PvE/PvP] Arcanic/Nyx/Realmshifter: New passive: Avidity. This passive gives these classes the ability to gain additional turns in battle
[PvE/PvP] Arcanic: Replaced “Critical Hits” with “Avidity”
[PvE/PvP] Nyx: Replaced “Saboteur” with “Avidity”
[PvE/PvP] Realmshifter Dorado: Added Avidity III
[PvE] Realmshifter Corvus will now keep its crit chain from floor to floor in dungeons

Valhallan Classline

[PvE/PvP] Beowulf: All stats slighty increased, Recharge passive removed
[PvE/PvP] Beowulf: Valhallan Dissonance now affects both the player and follower
[PvE/PvP] All Valhallan classes now have minor built-in follower AI bonuses, allowing followers to avoid using skills that may hit elemental immunities, etc
[PvE/PvP] When under an AI bonus, followers will now be considerate of offensive buffs when choosing a skill to use
[PvE/PvP] When under an AI bonus, followers will now prioritize dealing damage when opponent HP is low
[PvE/PvP] Valhallan classes: new passive, Bestial Bonds. The monster type of a follower now gives a variety of additional stats and passive effects

Other Classlines

[PvE/PvP] Deity Ara: Replaced Omnimancy with Unstable Omnimancy
[PvE/PvP] Deity Ara: Increased Steadfast to Steadfast II
[PvE/PvP] Gilgamesh Ursa: Can now wear thief gear

General changes

[PvE/PvP] Time Mage/Chronomancer: Added skills that can affect the turn order in battle
[PvE/PvP] Corrected an issue that caused spells like Deific Channel to be overprioritized by the follower AI due to it being both a ward upkeep and buffing spell
[PvE/PvP] Adjusted monster AI to allow better buff application for some particular monsters (Phaethon, for example)
[PvE/PvP] Ultimastrikes: Decreased turns required to 2
[PvE/PvP] Followers are now affected by your faction bonus
[PvE/PvP] Slightly reduce damage multiplier of all Ara Vesta spells
[PvP] Ultima: Decreased damage multiplier by 25%
[PvE/PvP] All Seal/Strike III elemental abilities can now crit
[PvP] Skills such as Perfect Shot can now be used to bypass Battalions and Valhallan

Orna: The GPS RPG

* The Towers of Olympia
-- New Tier 9 and 10 content
-- Includes both GPS and Origin Town play
-- 5 new superbosses: the Titans themselves
* Tier 9 and 10 Celestial classes
-- These class aim to be sidegrades over current Tier 9 and 10 classes, offering unique playstyles
* Celestial Weapons and Celestial Augments
-- Alone, Celestial weapons may not seem that interesting. But, they can be customized to extreme levels using Celestial Augments, dropped by the Titans
* The Fishing Hut
-- New building that allows players to earn Coral from fish
-- Players can trade Coral for some rewards
* Inventory overhaul
-- Inventory is kept in sync with the server in smaller batches
-- These leaner batches greatly reduce the device processing power and RAM required by Orna
-- New management tools introduced, allowing greater management of larger inventories
-- Auto-dismantle options can now be found in the item bag and in-battle options
* The Benefactor specialization: a summon based specialization that trades their own prowess for that of their summons
* All dungeons types (including un-themed) can now be run in Horde Mode
* Item quests now take any quality of item
* Berserk enemies are now denoted in-battle when on low graphics mode
* Any kingdom quest can now be turned in by the Kingdom's officers
* Our new Runeshop is now live
-- EXP Potions can now be found in the Herbalist
-- Occult Candles can now be found in shops
* Graphical updates, bug fixes, and more

Orna: The GPS RPG

* Over the next few days, Daily Quests will transform into our new Daily Activities, allowing players to receive buffs to item discovery, orns, or experience for completing daily activities
* Some NPC quests now autocomplete. Players do not need to find the NPC again to turn the quest in. Quests that require submitting items will not autocomplete
* The dexterity of monsters such as Fjalar has been reduced, allowing players to build enough Foresight to outspeed them
* The monster and summon AI is slightly improved, and now allows monsters and summons to buff their party mates
* Chests, shrines, fountains and other map clickables no longer show in Wayvessels, preventing visitors from taking them from hosts
* We're fully rolling out the new Runeshop. EXP Potions can now be crafted at the Herbalist and Occult Candles can now be found in Shops

Hero of Aethric: An Orna RPG

* The Towers of Olympia
-- New Tier 9 and 10 content
-- Includes both GPS and Origin Town play
-- 5 new superbosses: the Titans themselves
* Tier 9 and 10 Celestial classes
-- These class aim to be sidegrades over current Tier 9 and 10 classes, offering unique playstyles
* Celestial Weapons and Celestial Augments
-- Alone, Celestial weapons may not seem that interesting. But, they can be customized to extreme levels using Celestial Augments, dropped by the Titans
-- 5 new superbosses: the Titans themselves
* Monster aggression: players under T9 can now visit areas that are a tier above them, but have to deal with monster aggression
* Inventory overhaul
-- Inventory is kept in sync with the server in smaller batches
-- These leaner batches greatly reduce the device processing power and RAM required by Orna
-- New management tools introduced, allowing greater management of larger inventories
-- Auto-dismantle options can now be found in the item bag and in-battle options
* The Benefactor specialization: a summon based specialization that trades their own prowess for that of their summons
* NPC quests now autocomplete without visiting the NPC
* Item quests now take any quality of item
* Any kingdom quest can now be turned in by the Kingdom's officers
* New music
* Graphical updates, bug fixes, and more