Gran Skrea Online
Update 122
New
- Swordsmanship ability "Execution": A medium range slash attack, deals extra damage on stunned targets
- Swordsmanship ability "Energy Blade": Absorbs non-physical damage for 5 seconds, after which 200% of the damage absorbed is dealt to nearby enemies in an explosion of magical energy
Changes
- When harvesting you will now automatically switch weapons if you have the correct tool as your secondary weapon
- Harvesting no longer works in combat
- Updated game rules, Rule 6: Staff Impersonation
- Increased AFK disconnect time to 20 minutes
- Swordsmanship ability Stunning blow cooldown and range increased
Bugfixes
- Weapon ability cooldowns resetting when changing weapons
- Level up message and effect not showing
- Players sometimes getting stuck on a boat after logging out and back in
Update 121
New
- Introducing primary/secondary weapons. You can freely switch between the two in combat, default hotkey Tilde (Left of number 1 key)
-- *Note*: Any US player unable to swap via tilde (~), use the backslash (\) key instead above Enter on the keyboard. We'll get a fix out asap but for the mean time that'll work.
- New swordsmanship ability which increases movement speed and ignores all stuns and slows for 7 seconds
Changes
- Items cannot be equipped or unequipped in combat
- Weapons cannot be changed while weapon ability cooldowns are active
- Monster kills now progress quests for all players who participated in the kill
- Swordsmanship abilities can only be used while holding a broadsword, greatsword or a halberd
- Poison and combustion effects are now removed on death
- Changed how in combat flags work, now a player gets flagged on taking or dealing damage
- Renamed Swordsmanship old ability Charge to Stunning Blow
Bugfixes
- Fixed line of sight checks on abilities. You should no longer be able to use them through walls
- Tax collector window sometimes not resetting
- Criminal skull sometimes not showing to other players
Update 120
New
- Guild collectors tab now shows collector location, status (under attack, shield active) and an option to locate the collector
- PvP window now shows roughly how long your outlaw status will last
- Added a 20 second PvP Immunity when changing zones
- 5 minute cooldown to disable PvP mode after enabling it
Changes
- Increased experience drops on higher level monsters
- Guild levels are now capped at 65
- Disabled using teleport items in combat
- Using bandages now give healing experience only after a monster kill
- Criminal bounties now decrease by 5 silver every 60 seconds
- Dying to monsters as an outlaw now gives a reduced jail sentence, getting caught by guards gives the full sentence
- Robes now count as light armour
Bugfixes
- Attacking enemies sometimes incorrectly giving "That's too far away" errors
- PvP Protection not activating on death
- Visual bug showing 0 collected experience on tax collectors
Update 119
New
- Warning message if you're approaching a guarded zone as an outlaw
Changes
- Removed auto targeting when using a weapon or ability without a target
- Losing line of sight no longer resets target
- Global loot from bosses is now unique to each player
Bugfixes
- PvP mode not disabling when sentenced to jail
- Some players having level 0 skills after experience reduction in update 117
Update 118
- PvP is now temporarily enabled for testing, items are still NOT dropped on death
Changes
- Increased spawn times of low level enemies
- Toned down psychic damage on Roke's staff
- Reverted graphics changes from last patch causing weird colors and FPS drops
Bugfixes
- Corrected xp gains in soft capped skills
- Unable to attack or use abilities if the target is too close
- Fixed bug related to player jail time
- Sounds not working in Goldon
- Goldon bank sometimes not working
PvP Info
Attacking players
To attack another player you need to activate your PvP mode (hotkey P). An exception to this rule is attacking a criminal, in which case you'll be able to attack them even without activating the PvP mode. Attacking another player who has PvP mode on will not flag you as a criminal, and will not attract guards. Attacking a player who does not have PvP mode activated will always flag you as a criminal.
Criminals
Attacking a player without PvP mode on will flag you as a criminal, indicated by a white skull above your head. Killing a player without PvP mode will flag you as a murderer, indicated by a skull with red outlines. Your crimes will slowly be cleared over time, or when you are caught by a guard or killed, and sentenced to jail. Murdering twice in a row will flag you as a serial killer, which greatly increases the severity of your crimes, and will result in a longer jail sentence.
Guards
There are guards around the world, who will attack and stun criminals and sentence them to jail. The protection zone of guards is quite large, and whenever you are in a guard's zone, you will receive a "You are now under guard protection" message in your chatbox.
Bounty
If you don't have PvP mode on and if you are killed by another player, you will receive a 15 minute PvP protection, and you have an option to set a bounty on your killer's head. The bounty silver is withdrawn from your bank, and will appear as a red skull with a number above the wanted player's head. If a wanted player dies with a bounty, the silver is added to the killer's inventory and the wanted player will receive a "Humiliation" debuff. The debuff decreases gained experience and loot, and increases damage taken by 25%. The length of the debuff depends on the size of the bounty.
Jail
If you die as a criminal you'll be sentenced to jail to mine iron ore at a greatly reduced experience rate. The length of the sentence depends on the severity of your crimes and the number of previous sentences.
Update 117
New
- General merchants will now always buy items from players even if they are out of silver, but at a reduced rate
- Auction house added to Grimwall
- 5 second stun immunity after recovering from another stun
- Players will now receive a 15 minute PvP Protection if killed by another player
- You may now use /sit command to sit
Changes
- Silver regeneration on merchants changed from 2% to 10% per update.
- Increased the amount of maximum silver merchants have by about 17%
- Goldon level design changes
- Fixed Jute, Flax and Ramie capacities to be in line with all other harvesting nodes
- Slightly reduced Golem stun time
Bugfixes
- Lute healing level requirements not working
- Weak mana potion not working
The development team have decided to use following methods to balance the most recent monster experience bug-fix. Below are the guidelines we used:
1. All players have had their combat experience reduced by 50%. This will put all players in line with what they should have been if there were no experience bug.
2. We have added the experience earned since the patch to their appropriate combat experience pools to ensure that no-one felt cheated by the reduction for any time they invested today.
3. Experience for all professions now have a soft cap at level 55. This means that the amount of experience gained will decrease dramatically from level 55 to level cap.
4. Experience for all professions now have a hard cap at level 65. This means no experience will be earned in any given profession after level 65.
We feel that these changes are the best fit for the game and the community at this time. It will allow us to begin testing and balancing PvP. The caps to experience are being introduced to bridge the disparity between the new players and the more seasoned players without penalizing either party for their hard work. Lastly, we want to thank everyone for the continued support of Gran Skrea and look forward to seeing you online!
Update 116
New
- Bal Sardan level design rework
- Added loot for Cave dragons, Argis, Fire elementals, Beetles, Crows, Dark warriors
- 29 new house plots in Bal Sardan
- Shopkeepers now have a slowly regenerating amount of silver to buy items from players
- New monsters and loot in Bal Sardan
- New mining node "Sardanian brick"
- Added New Alchemy Recipes that require a new powerful alchemy ingredient
Changes
- Archaeopteris Lute and Staff have had their crystal resource requirement changed from Zircon crystals to Fluorite crystals
- Bows and crossbows now properly consume the appropriate resources when crafted
- Copper, Verum, Shadow, and Iridum ores have had their minimum content value increased
- Golem stun attack rate slightly decreased
- Experience scrolls are now untradeable
- Monster kill loot is now given to the player who dealt the most damage
- Yeast stock increased to 100 in Grimwall bakery
- Improvements to monster retreat mechanic
- Improved pathfinding in Roke's dungeon
- Toned down experience drops especially for higher level monsters
- Healing Aura cooldown increased from 10 seconds to 14 seconds
- Healing Aura mana cost now 70, up from 0.
- Healing Music mana cost now 50, up from 0.
- Bandages across the board have had their healing amounts increased.
- Bandage Self skills across the board have had their cooldowns increased by 2 seconds, from 7 to 9.
- New lute models
- Player house doors should now be easier to open
- Updated respawn times of gathering nodes, scaling up for higher tiers.
Bugfixes
- Cave dragons constantly healing
- Guild members list going off screen if there are too many members
- Removed XP gain on Portal cast
Lag issues
Meanwhile we have temporarily disabled PvP and losing items on death until the server is stable again. We apologize for the inconvenience, it is a frustrating situation, but we are working hard to get it fixed.
Early Access is live!
In other news, here's the change log for today's update:
New
- New NPCs and shops in Trout, East Athagos
- Quest 'A Fishy Request'
- 5 new Lute tiers
Changes
- Monastery banker has been removed, nearest banks can be found in Grimwall and Yorkhill
Bugfixes
- Wrong messages showing when taking control of tax collectors
- Depositing items to bank sometimes not working
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