Login & Character Creation Improvements

Miscellaneous:

• Item Links are now working in chat! It's been really awesome to see players using this to share their items. Seeing some chat trolling with the system warms my heart.
  
  
• Research is now adjusted so monsters can only be researched once per kill. Monsters will only have the research option until the player has fully researched them in the monster dex. We can keep this in until getting the research bones ready to add to all mobs.
  
  
• Arin Winterfang has appeared outside of Ardholm, riding a Frost Lunarion. Players have requested that we have multiple ways to earn mounts and she will exchange a mount for 5 Crystallized Lunarion Hearts in the future. For now, if anyone wants to trade just PM me.
  
  
• The Chromatic Band is now fully craftable and requires level 40 to equip! We plan to add another small benefit soon, which will appear in game with a future restart.
  
  
• There is a small bug with class names at the moment, some players will have their classes registered as numbers on login or in-game. We will fix this shortly and your class is totally fine, it's just a visual bug.
  
  
• Window Position Saving: Most elements, such as the chat box, player / target frames, and the combat utility will now save their position between logins, allowing you to customize your UI to your liking.
  
  
• The Eternal Flame Insignia should now properly have an icon.
  
  
• Continued Dialogue improvements by @Winterslice! He's been doing an excellent job improving the early quests on SI. Let us know if you encounter any bugs or issues and we can fix. He'll be knocking out the tutorial very soon.
  
  
• Fishing has had a bit of a rework with how it flows. When casting in open water, you'll see a 30 second timer but will stop fishing with each catch. Hotspots will allow you to continue fishing for the full duration and offer a more noticeable bonus to catch rates. We will be adding lures soon, which will give another source of this bonus. Lastly, during the period of the Red Moon (Augem) players will have an additional bonus.
  
  
• @bacoustrips & @schreeder have gotten started on the foundation for Guilds. We're really excited to bring this system to players, so please let us know any feedback or ideas that you may have!
  
  
• @Sprocket is working on the bank system cleanup, which will include a bunch of QoL features to make banking much more user friendly!
  

Notes:

• DPS Meter bug fixes. Should now properly report DPS instead of total damage.
  
• The UI should now block clicks from triggering movement in the Left Click to move setting.
  
• Object detection is more strict now for left clicks. Left clicking should only work to interact with objects that are gatherable or have an important interaction.
  
• Scrolling the camera should only occur when the game is in focus. We will add the hotkey setting for next build, which should be tomorrow.
  
• Single right clicks will now bring up a context menu, instead of ctrl+right click.
  

• Open Nearby Corpses - Left clicking will open corpses and players can keybind "Open Nearby Corpses" to show all non-empty loot windows nearby. The loot windows can be closed by looting, closing them manually, or running away from the corpse.
  
• GCD reduced to 400ms, from 700ms.
  

• Cloak Physics - More cloaks now have some physics applied thanks to the absolute beast @Caleb Best ! We will continue adding this effect to other obtainable cloaks soon.
  

• Skinning Corpses can now be performed via the right-click context menu. This will make skinning knives more in line with other gathering tools and offer a variety of options to begin the skinning process. (Note: Should we re-enable the corpse hover outline when using the targeting system to skin? Let us know )
  
• Unity Analytics has been set-up in the project so we can begin gathering information to improve performance. We'll be able to monitor FPS and resource usage across different hardware setups so we can make Ethyrial run super smooth on more systems. You can simply opt-out of this during the prompt if you don't want to share these performance metrics.
  

• Void Claymore recipe has been fixed.
  

• DPS
  
• HPS
  
• XP/Minute
  

Notes:

• Shift + B now opens all bags, including the quest bag (we will add closing the quest bag with the next patch)
  
• Left click to move now requires a single click isntead of double
  
• Left click to move movement delay reduced to reduce sluggishness
  
• World Map transparency removed and zoom speed increased
  
• Left click no longer stops Auto Run
  
• Left clicking will now interact with objects and no longer requires Ctrl + Left Click. (We need to make a few improvements to this for next patch)
  
• Left Clicking will now interact with the hotbar instead of Right Click
  
• The camera will now zoom in/out on mouse scroll, without requiring ctrl + scroll
  
• Attempted fixes implemented for resource desync
  
• Nameplates should no longer rotate with the camera by default
  
• Attempted fixes for white/black screens when teleporting
  
• DPS Meter updated with DPS / HPS / and XP per Minute calculations, along with reset buttons to clear data
  
• GCD slightly increased to match animation durations
  
• Cloak physics implemented on a few cloaks, the rest will be done for next patch.
  
• Werewolves, Leshii, Greater Living Lava, Cyclops, Doombringers, and more mobs have had their mouseover area expanded so looting their corpse is easier
  
• /played command added to see your total playtime
  
• Leaderboards will now update daily in ⁠👑rankings
  
• Utensils should no longer be removed when failing a craft
  
• Original Cobble was added back in, we may switch to a new style in the future
  
• Seaholm conversation improvements continue - starting on a brand new tutorial very soon
  
• New Talent added for delivering your first trade pack from Edrivine to Narrowbane
  
• The large mammoth in the eternal mountains should now be killable and is intended to be a group world boss
  
• More cooking recipes added
  
• the Chromatic Band is now craftable
  
• Ebonshade Spellbook added, was missing previously
  
• Trade Pack weight reduced to 225
  
• Berserker Battlecry and Bloodlust CDs reduced slightly
  
• Respawn times for some monsters on Solitary Isle increased
  
• Spirit Wolf retaliation bug fixes
  

Patch 3.1.0 is now live

New Enemies

• Stone Spiders
  
• Wicksters
  
• Possessed Boars
  

• Grimbears (moved up from 19-23)
  

• Treehounds
  
• Satyrs
  

• Harvest Reapers
  
• Desert Serpents
  

• Rat Brutes
  
• Skeletal Hounds
  
• Stoneshard Elementals
  

• Spirit Widows
  
• Demon Watchers
  
• Phoenix
  
• Revenants
  
• Doombringers
  
• Tundra Mammoths
  
• Cave Crashers
  
• Vilesworn Satyr
  

T9 Alchemy Elixirs & Potions

New Mounts

New Trade Route

• Blue Crystal construction recipe should work correctly.
  
• Efrain Bristol, the Seaholm trader, should now act as a general merchant and purchase most items from players.
  
• Enchanter: Clarity now performs a different function, restoring mana and healing the affected target for the mana gained when the buff expires.
  
• Enchanter: Debilitating Waters CD reduced.
  
• Berserker: Battlecry no longer reduces attack and cast speed, but slows the enemy for a short time.
  
• 40+ Mobs have had their armor values increased slightly to increase TTK a little bit. This is in preparation for a monster spell upgrade. We are going to try adding some telegraph-style attacks that can be dodged to make fights a bit more fun.
  
• Infused Darkshroud bugfix.
  
• Slightly increased silver gain from kills in the 40-44 level range.
  
• Sand Creature encounter has been reworked to be more engaging for new players. The model size was also reduced.
  
• A gigantic mammal has appeared in the Eternal Mountain region.
  
• Crippling and Haunting Shadow should now be dispellable as curses.
  
• Ritualist Cloak no longer turns players into gods.
  
• More resources placed around Irumesa.
  
• Progress continues on Warrens of Thought, suds' rat dungeon for levels 12-14.
  
• Pintos have appeared in the Edrivine stables and will be a new color variation available for sale soon.
  
• Grimbears moved up to the t6 range for monster hunting.
  

Glintstone Grotto

• Default construction recipes reduced so there isn't as much clutter, we'll be updating these to require materials soon as some players have requested.
  
• Hydrascale necklace crafting bugfix.
  
• Lycan Gland drop rate slightly increased.
  
• More Mysticbloom placed in WL.
  
• Fish have had their tooltips updated to declare their tier.
  
• Corrupted Disease now lasts 5m rather than 30m.
  
• More resources in general placed around Irumesa.
  
• Slightly increased spawn blocking radius to coincide with the average aggro range. This should be a sweet spot which prevents new players from getting respawned on too quickly/frequently.
  
• PvP 1v1 arena bug fixes.
  
• 30+ New monsters and 20+ new tiles setup in the project for future use.
  
• Miscellaneous dialogue spelling and grammar corrections.
  
• The Forgot Password email should now be sent properly from the server.
  

A New Dawn

Oath Games

• 100% FREE-TO-PLAY while in Open Development with a server that is always online
  
• Increased to 10 FREE character slots per account
  
• Upgraded server hardware
  
• Implemented Global Chat
  
• Mounts and Auto Run
  
• Native personal DPS meter
  
• 50+ new skills added across all 20 classes, with a complete tuning pass done so each one is playable and has a fluid rotation
  
• Crafting, gear, and character progression up to level 40
  
• Added Rare Drop Tables to every level bracket with rare, epic loot featuring particle effects
  
• 7 Group Dungeons polished with meaningful loot, including powerful trinkets
  
• 3 Open World Elite Areas w/ Bosses & mechanics polished
  
• 3 World Bosses tuned and implemented
  
• 1 Solo Boss encounter that has been played over 10,000 times since release in March
  
• Endgame crafted Dark & Light weapons with powerful effects and awesome appearances
  
• 3 new obtainable Titles and 2 new Talents added
  
• 50+ rare miniature pets, which drop off their respective mob to collect
  
• 20+ new trees, leathers, and fibers so that each tier supports crafting base gear for any relevant attribute
  
• 1000s of new resource nodes placed around Irumesa in both combat and non-combat locations
  
• Improved travel and movement, with a 15% base movement speed increase, a 'recall to home' stone
  
• The Monster Hunting skill with over 70 kill tasks across all levels. We'll have over 200 in the near future
  
• The Research skill and the Monster Journal, which logs kills and loot received from enemies directly in-game
  
• The Enchanting skill, which enables our players to add additional stats or effects of their choice to armor and weapons
  
• Implemented the Trading skill, which encourages players to move about the world and participate in a PvP loop; or skip it and buy Trading XP with gold
  
• Expanded the Fishing skill to feature over 25 types of catchable fish
  
• Expanded Alchemy with recipes up to level 40/T9
  
• A complete overhaul to crafting and gathering XP balance with a focus on smooth progression of all skills in game
  
• Designed and created 2 unreleased classes
  
• Added a fully featured Training Grounds area, where players can test all classes at level 30 on a temporary character, fighting live monsters or training dummies
  
• Over 30 new incredible, orchestral music tracks added to the game. Thanks to @Jake Lives lives for many of these beautiful songs!
  
• 21 /dance animations added and over 15 variety emotes
  
• Rewards for reaching level 30 in many professions which offer unique benefits
  
• …totaling over 10,000 bug fixes, database updates, and improvements to the game