KMST 1.2.489 Skill Patch Notes

[JoeTang]

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<Skill Related>

• 1. Hero Classes Skills have been readjusted.
• Evan
  
  • Dragon Thrust: Damage has been increased.
  • Fire Breath: Number of hits has been changed to 2. Damage as been adjusted accordingly.
  • Earthquake: Number of hits has been changed to 2. Damage as been adjusted accordingly.
  • Flame Wheel: Damage has been increased.
  • Blaze: Number of hits has been changed to 5. Damage as been adjusted accordingly.
• Mercedes
  
  • Speed Dualshot: Number of hits has been changed to 3. Damage has been increased.
  • Charge Drive: Damage increased.
  • Final Shot: Damage increased.
  • Strike Dualshot: Damage increased.
  • Leaf Tornado: Damage increased.
  • Unicorn Spike: Damage increased.
  • Ring of Ishtar: Damage increased.
  • Legendary Spear: Damage increased.
• Phantom
  
  • Double Piercing: Damage increased.
• Luminous
  
  • Nox Spear: Damage increased.
• 2. Resistance Class Skills have been adjusted.
• Battle Mage
  
  • Teleport: Vertical range increased.
  • Triple Blow: Damage increased.
  • Hyper Dark Chains: Max level adjusted, damage adjusted accordingly. Can be chained into the new skill Battle Spurt.
  • Ordinary Conversion: A new passive skill that improves your max HP.
  • Battle Spurt: A new skill that uses chains to tie enemies up and pull them inwards as you move. Can be chained after using Hyper Dark Chains. Can chain into Finish Blow. While you are in the movement effect of this skill and you activate Finish Blow, Finish Blow will execute after you've moved the required distance to complete this skill.
  • Revive: Changed to an ON/OFF skill.
  • Shelter: While under the effects of Shelter, fixed HP attacks that can still damage you will have a portion of that damage reduced.
  • Big Crunch Aura: Can be used when all three auras are active and Super Body's effect is off. A new buff skill that maximizes the effect of your auras for all party members. While Big Crunch Aura is active, all aura effects are applied and Super Body cannot be used.
  • Dark Genesis: While Dark Genesis is on cooldown, there is a chance to cause a Dark Genesis eruption beneath targets that you attack. The cooldown is constant for all levels.
  • Conversion: An improvement on Ordinary Conversion, replacing the old skill.
• Wild Hunter
  
  • Triple Shot: Damage increased.
  • Double Jump: Changed from Triple Jump
  • Bomb Shot: Changed from firing a bomb to launching a shockwave. This has been adjusted so that even while riding the Jaguar, you can hit short targets.
  • Soul Arrow: Crossbow: Skill level adjusted. Provides a bonus attack effect along with its current effects.
  • Howling: Added an Evasion increase effect along with its current buff effects.
  • Wild Shot: Damage increased.
  • Claw Cut: Damage increased. Pushes monsters away a short distance when attacking.
  • Crossroad: Will now travel distance even if there are no monsters to hit in the path.
  • White Heat Rush: A new skill involving a vigorous jump forward, pushing enemies away.
  • Draw Back: A skill with a passive effect that reduces the amount of damage taken by a set amount. When used, you will retreat away from the direction your Jaguar is facing. While using Draw Back, if White Heat Rush and Triple Jump are used, there will be a long cast time incurred (?).
  • Concentrate: Attack boost moved to Soul Arrow. Skill deleted.
  • Jaguar Riding: Additional skill 'Armored Crimson' added. Armored Crimson provides additional resistance and damage absorption. Something about picking your Jaguar and the instructor.
• Mechanic
  
  • Mechanic Dash: Can now be used in midair
  • Flame Launcher: Damage increased.
  • Drill Rush: Can be used to travel even if there are no monsters to hit in the path.
  • Atomic Hammer: Number of hits changed to 2, damage adjusted.
  • Open Gate: GX-9: Max level adjusted to 5.
  • Rocket Punch: Damage has been drastically increased. Attack speed has also been made faster.
  • Healing Robot: H-LX: Now provides a passive effect of status resistance.
  • Laser Blast: Damage increased, attack speed increased.
  • War Machine: Titan: Added a passive effect that decreases damage taken.
  • Metal Armor Extreme: Added a passive effect that increases Max HP.
  • Metal Armor: Hovering: A new Hyper Skill that enables movement in Missile Tank mode while using its Heavy Machine Gun. While using the Heavy Machine Gun, the Missle Tank will convert into a hover craft, enabling movement while attacking.
  • Reactive Metal Armor: All effects have been moved to War Machine: Titan, Metal Armor Extreme, Heaving Robot: H-LX's passives. This skill is now replaced with Metal Armor: Hovering.

Didn't bother to cross reference with GMS names. Have fun figuring that out yourselves.

[ChosenFruit]

=o Summon Reaper Buff's a toggle now? Very nice, considering that its always had the shortest duration time.

I'm not sure what to think about Big Crunch Aura, it sounds like Body Boost, except you're only giving it to your party members, instead of only giving it to yourself? idk

I'm very interested in seeing Battle Spurt in-action.

[Grey]

"Armored Crimson", eh?

[Aggravate]

So Mech Dash becomes FJ, lmao.

Is it possible to use Siege Mode in this new Hovering Mode, and can you move with it? That would be pretty insane.

[JoeTang]

So Mech Dash becomes FJ, lmao.

Is it possible to use Siege Mode in this new Hovering Mode, and can you move with it? That would be pretty insane.

Siege Mode is called Heavy Machine Gun in Korean.

[Endgame]

Didn't Ishtar's Ring just get buffed to 300% or so?

.....And it's getting ANOTHER buff?

Good time to be a Mercedes, although I've kind of abandoned mine, even though she's my highest level character and all.

[Aggravate]

Siege Mode is called Heavy Machine Gun in Korean.

I see, thanks! Great day for all Mechs with the improved mobility.

[IllegallySane]

Siege Mode is called Heavy Machine Gun in Korean.

B>Korean name of skill to GMS.

But that being said,
>mobile Siege Mode

[CJScarlet]

Reactive armor HP buff and damage decrease made passive. I need this.
Mech dash FJ. I need this.
Siege mode hovercraft. OH LAWD, I need this.

[Satellite]

Aran was left out...

L> double jump for Aran seriously nao

[Arrol]

Aran was left out...

There's always the other patches....right? Besides, they said Heroes, Resistance, Cygnus and Nova...There's three parts to this....Then again.. (Make the combo system awesome please.)

[Silento]

I hope BaMs get some animations even cooler than the ones that they had in the last revamp before it was tossed out.

[Takebacker]

Good thing i don't main any of these classes because i would be pissed.

[shouri]

Good thing i don't main any of these classes because i would be pissed.

Given that these changes appear positive... I assume you would be pissed because it's only a number tweak (small buffs everywhere) instead of an actual revamp like the explorers?

[Eyon]

Bowmaster Arrow Platter still does NOT ignore Reflect? Fail patch
/end thread

[Takebacker]

Given that these changes appear positive... I assume you would be pissed because it's only a number tweak (small buffs everywhere) instead of an actual revamp like the explorers?

It doesn't need to be a full RED revamp. If any class got something like that so soon after it would undermine what explorers got.

However, this patch doesn't exactly add anything majorly innovative mechanically in my opinion. Mechanics and WH got some mobility options (plus options that we've never seen before), which were needed (especially mechs), but don't exactly appear to be as helpful as it could be. Those two classes seem to get revamped less than anyone else so i don't think this is enough to put them in good spots as characters.

For example, wild hunters can move backwards while attacking forwards if i understand correctly? I understand why that makes sense given the jag, but i can't really see where it would make such an impact that it would change the course of a battle significantly.

[shouri]

Moving in siege mode (depending on the speed) will be amazing. Especially if "backing up" while still shooting forward is possible... that'd be awesome :D.... probably wont happen.

Other changes... yeah I guess I can see that. But as you said... if they added in majorly innovative mechanical changes... that'd be too close a RED level revamp... so by your own statement, they would kind of NEED(?) to keep it low key for now.

[Takebacker]

But as you said... if they added in majorly innovative mechanical changes... that'd be too close a RED level revamp... so by your own statement, they would kind of NEED(?) to keep it low key for now.

Not really. RED level revamp basically reinforces a characters strengths and weaknesses. Every class in RED had major holes plugged (bucc mobility, cannoneer committance, I/L uselessness, hero DPS, DrK's role in general, etc), while giving them all advantages that make them viable without being easily outclassed over time, on top of adding "flavor" through upgrades that were never before seen (DrK's encouraging death, ultimates giving vastly different effects on cooldown, bowmaster arrow switching and arrow platter turret, marksman buff strengthening based on damage dealt, bishop support in general, etc etc etc). Not to mention hypers being reworked. The free job system makes the entire update because updates to one class are no longer irrelevant to someone who doesn't play that class as long as they're in the same branch.

These classes are basically getting the left overs. Obviously they don't need a full reimagining but given this is another tier 1 update or whatever i expected a bit more surprise.

[Dredragon]

Is claw cut the hp draining move? If so, why does it have to knock mobs bacckkk :<

It would be so much better if it didn't, and I would love noxen forever if they made that change

[ZeekFox]

Moving in siege mode (depending on the speed) will be amazing. Especially if "backing up" while still shooting forward is possible... that'd be awesome :D.... probably wont happen.

Having finally seeing a video, it looks a little disappointing. One additional transformation (so now you have the animations of regular mech, tank mode, seige, and finally hovercraft) basically just gives you tank mode's 120%/100% movement ability. You don't get to fly at all, or use Laser Blast (although I think Distortion Field may be useable for 170+ Mechs...the video only showed a 150). You can move through your portals if you set them beforehand, which makes for some quick escapes or faster returns after a super KB, but you can't drop robots in seige/hovercraft.

I'd personally make it so tank -> hovercraft was one button+animation, and hovercraft would adapt seige mode normal attacks, effectively replacing it. Then allow laser blast and setting robots and anything else available to regular Missile Tank mode.


Also, the seige mobility fixes one bossing problem for Mechanics, which is dealing with OHKO attacks that need to be avoided. Now we need to address the other two- transformation and banishment (I'm looking at you, Ms. Empress). Banishment for most classes is a mild annoyance. To a Mechanic? It makes all your set robots go poof when you leave the map, including your +30% damage Amplifier field. Transformation skills are also an issue because of the animation required to go back into tank and then seige mode (and now into hovercraft). By the time you're done with all that, you barely have a moment to attack before something else happens.

So, to fix that, I think the Mechanic 150 hyper should have a passive ability that safeguards against any unresisted banishment/transformation attack. But instead of giving Mechs a total free pass, have it "stun" them instead by causing a temporary short-circuit issue so that they lose some time from being affected by the skill, but aren't totally boned by being such a setup-dependant class.