Character Card System

It's finally coming to GMS, I think it's time to centralize information. If you see anything wrong, or in need of clarification, post about it.

Basics
- You pick 3 sets of 3 cards from the characters on your account per server (6 total)
- Each character can be present once (1 total)
- Each job can be present once
- The level of the character determines the effects of the card
- The level, job and class of all characters in a set determines the set bonus
- Effects and set bonuses apply to all characters on the account on the same server

Individual Card Bonuses
Arranged into four ranks:
- B: 30-59
- A: 60-99
- S: 100-199
- SS: 200+
Zero starts at level 100 so has different ones.
- B: 110-129
- A: 130-159
- S: 160-199
- SS: 200+

Job	Class	Origin	B	A	S	SS	Card Bonus
Hero	Warrior	Adventurer	2%	3%	4%	5%	weapon defense
Paladin	Warrior	Adventurer	0.5	1	1.5	2	level to physical damage
Dark Knight	Warrior	Adventurer	2%	3%	4%	5%	max hp
Fire/Poison Mage	Magician	Adventurer	2%	3%	4%	5%	max mp
Ice/Lightning Mage	Magician	Adventurer	0.5	1	1.5	2	level to magical damage
Bishop	Magician	Adventurer	5%	10%	15%	20%	mp potion effect increase
Bowmaster	Bowman	Adventurer	2%	4%	6%	8%	accuracy
Marksman	Bowman	Adventurer	1%	2%	3%	4%	critical rate
Night Lord	Thief	Adventurer	2	3	4	5	jump
Shadower	Thief	Adventurer	2	3	4	5	speed
Dual Blader	Thief	Adventurer	2%	3%	4%	5%	avoid
Viper	Pirate	Adventurer	2	3	4	5	level to physical+magical damage
Captain	Pirate	Adventurer	4%	6%	8%	10%	summon duration increase
Jett	Pirate	Adventurer	4%	6%	8%	10%	summon duration increase
Cannon Shooter	Pirate	Adventurer	2%	3%	4%	5%	reduction in exp loss after dying
Demon Slayer	Warrior	Resistance	1%	2%	3%	4%	resistance to all statuses
Battle Mage	Magician	Resistance	2%	3%	4%	5%	reduction in damage taken
Wild Hunter	Bowman	Resistance	0.5	1	1.5	2	Chance of instantly killing an enemy
Mechanic	Pirate	Resistance	5%	10%	15%	20%	buff duration increase
Xenon	Pirate&Thief	Resistance	5	10	20	40	+all stats
Demon Avenger	Warrior	Resistance	1%	2%	3%	5%	boss damage
Aran	Warrior	Hero	2%	4%	6%	8%	70% chance of healing %HP (1 per 60s)
Evan	Magician	Hero	2%	4%	6%	8%	70% chance of healing %MP (1 per 60s)
Luminous	Magician	Hero	10	20	40	80	+int
Mercedes	Bowman	Hero	2%	3%	4%	5%	skill cooldown decrease
Phantom	Thief	Hero	1%	2%	3%	4%	meso drop rate increase
Dawn Warrior	Warrior	Cygnus	2%	3%			weapon defense
Blaze Wizard	Magician	Cygnus	0.5	1			level to magical damage
Wind Archer	Bowman	Cygnus	2%	4%			accuracy
Night Walker	Thief	Cygnus	2%	3%			avoid
Thunder Breaker	Pirate	Cygnus	2	3			level to physical+magical damage
Mikhail	Warrior	Cygnus	2%	3%	4%	5%	weapon defense
Kaiser	Warrior	Nova	10	20	40	80	+str
Angelic Buster	Pirate	Nova	10	20	40	80	+dex
Zero	Warrior	?	4%	6%	8%	10%	exp bonus (note: ranks are 110/130/160/200)
Kanna	Magician	Sengoku	1%	2%	3%	4%	boss damage
Hayato	Warrior	Sengoku	2%	4%	6%	8%	min crit damage
Beast Tamer	Magician	?	2%	4%	6%	8%	monster defense ignored

Card Set Bonuses
Rank is determined by the rank of the average character in the set. 100+100+94 -> A rank (98 average), 106+100+94 -> S rank (100 average).

These are based on either class, or origin. The requirement must be met by all characters in the set. Each effect is unique, and can only be active once (if both sets satisfy it, it'll choose the higher).

Requirement	Set Name?	B	A	S	SS	Set Bonus
Warrior	Powerful Charge	4%	6%	8%	10%	hp to damage
Magician	Magic Storm	4%	6%	8%	10%	mp to damage
Bowman	Precise Aiming	1%	2%	3%	4%	final attack damage
Thief	Weakness Targeting	1%	2%	3%	4%	maximum critical damage
Pirate	Pirate's Spirit	2%	4%	6%	8%	ignore monster defense
Adventurer	Free Spirit	2	5	7	10	+all stats
Cygnus	Concern for Cygnus	2	5			+all stats
Hero	Great Return	2	5	7	10	+all stats
Resistance	Resistance's Spark	2	5	7	10	+all stats

Additionally, for sets of particular ranks, you get bonuses. These sets are not unique - both sets can give the same or different ranked ones.
All characters in the set must have achieved the rank to get these bonuses.

Requirement	Set Name	Set Bonuses
B rank	Warrior's First Step(B)	+300 HP, +300 MP
A rank	Warrior's Growth(A)	+500 HP, +500 MP, +1 ATK, +1 M.ATK
S rank	Warrior's Feat(S)	+700 HP, +700 MP, +3 ATK, +3 M.ATK, +3% damage to bosses
SS rank	Completed Warrior(SS)	+1000 HP, +1000 MP, +5 ATK, +5 M.ATK, +5% damage to bosses

Questions
Q: What does "level to physical/magical damage" do, anyway?
A: There are two types of these bonuses - one adds to your damage range (Paladins/Mages, only affects one or the other), and the other adds to each hit after all other damage calculations (Buccs/TBs, affects both types of range). To get the total, add up all similar bonuses, then multiply by the level of the character receiving the bonus. This is added to the physical/magical damage range, or to the damage dealt by each hit.

Q: What does "hp/mp to damage" do, anyway?
A: Take a percent of your base HP, add it to the damage range. Note that while the displayed range changes, skills first use the range without it, and then the amount is added to each hit after all other calculations.

Q: Wait, so which of those is better?
A: Take for example an S rank Viper vs. the S rank Warrior set. These bonuses are 4*level and 8% of base hp respectively. On a level 170 Dark Knight with 9800 base HP, they will add 680 and 784 damage to the range. On a level 30 Brawler with 1000 base HP, they will add 120 and 80 damage. The key is knowing what the base HP is - from that you can figure things out. It's harder to compare Paladin & I/L because they're applied slightly differently.

Q: How do Evan/Aran's "70% chance of healing %HP (1 per 60s)" work?
A: Well the description's bad. Seems like it has a 100% chance of triggering every 10 seconds, for the % listed. Then, on the next attack, it has a 70% chance of triggering a second time, with double the %. There may also be a smaller chance of triggering a third time. In either case, it's a percent of your base HP/MP - ie. not including any % skills or +hp/mp equipment.

Q: Does my potential affect the stats?
A: Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Kaiser's card and Xenon's card stats are not affected by potential. The set bonuses (2 5 7 10) are affected by potential. Seems likely other individual cards are not, but I haven't tried them.

Thanks to
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[MENTION=5537]Locked[/MENTION];
[MENTION=1747]iAmFear[/MENTION];

I think you got B and A confused.

It's Nexon's fault for not knowing what an alphabet is.

Fixed.

Can the card effects apply to the character that is the card?
Ex. After the patch, would my mechanic's 15% cooldown decrease effect apply to itself as well?

As far as I know, yes, the effects apply to every character on the account.

As far as I know, yes, the effects apply to every character on the account.

In the account... or in the server?

In the account... or in the server?

Per Server.

Per Server.

I was pretty sure already, but oh well, doesn't hurt to ask :p

I was pretty sure already, but oh well, doesn't hurt to ask :p

Not sure how it works in Allianced servers though.

Well, original table can be found here, original discussion can be found here, original testing can be found here

Should pretty much have most of the information you're looking for.

Say I have 2 sets of triple SS sets.

Do I recieve two different 5% boss damage and hte other crap? So I end up with 10% total boss damage?

Say I have 2 sets of triple SS sets.

Do I recieve two different 5% boss damage and hte other crap? So I end up with 10% total boss damage?

Yes.

Well, original table can be found here, original discussion can be found here, original testing can be found here

Should pretty much have most of the information you're looking for.

Thanks, that cleared up DBs and a couple other things I wasn't sure of.

I guess the next big question is what combination yields the most damage. This is what I can think of so far;

For Warriors

 Spoiler

Set 1
120 DrK - 4% HP
120 Paladin - 1.5 physical damage
120 Hero - 4% wep def
-Bonuses-
(S rank) +700 HP, +700 MP, +3 ATK, +3 M.ATK, +3% damage to bosses
(3 Advent.) +7 all stats
(3 Warrior) +8% HP to Damage

Set 2
120 DrK - 4% HP
120 Paladin - 1.5 physical damage
120 Hero - 4% wep def
-Bonuses-
(S rank) +700 HP, +700 MP, +3 ATK, +3 M.ATK, +3% damage to bosses
(3 Advent.) +7 all stats
(3 Warrior) +8% HP to Damage

Total;
8% bonus HP
3 physical damage
8% wep def
+1400 HP, +1400 MP, +6 atk, +6% boss
+14 all stats
+16% HP to damage

I imagine this would be the highest yield of damage for warriors. They have high base HP, and you can wash, so they really take advantage of the 16% hp->atk. I'm aware you can replace the hero with whatever other warriors, like DS, but I'll leave that up to each person to decide whether the Adventurer bonus is worth keeping.

If you want a sort of hybrid damage/boss build, you could consider replacing the heros with Demon Slayers in your card sets. Having 8% abnormal resist is so god like, plus you still retain your sexy 16% Hp->Atk thing.

Other physical classes

 Spoiler

Set 1
120 Bucc - 4 damage
120 Thunder Breaker- 2 damage
120 Mechanic - 15% buff duration
-Bonuses-
(S Rank) - +700 HP, +700 MP, +3 ATK, +3 M.ATK, +3% damage to bosses
(3 Pirates) - +6% ignore wep def

Set 2
120 Bucc - 4 damage
120 Thunder Breaker- 2 damage
120 Mechanic - 15% buff duration
-Bonuses-
(S Rank) - +700 HP, +700 MP, +3 ATK, +3 M.ATK, +3% damage to bosses
(3 Pirates) - +6% ignore wep def

Total;
12 damage
30% buff duration
+1400 HP, +1400 MP, +6 atk, +6% boss
+12% ignore wep def

You can replace the mechanic with whatever other pirate you want that would suit your class better, some classes may prefer the extended summon duration. Having a flat 12 modifier is pretty awesome, and free 12% ignore def is great too. As far as I remember, the Rank set bonuses will go into effect based on the majority of your ranks, so having two S-Rank and one A-Rank should still yield the S-Rank bonus. If it doesn't, I'll have to re-think this.

The "I hit cap anyway, I just need help bossing." one;

 Spoiler

Set 1
120 DS - 4% status resist
120 BM - 4% damage taken reduction
120 MERC or MECHANIC (Ill be using Mech for my example) - 15% buff duration
-Bonus-
(S Rank) - +700 HP, +700 MP, +3 ATK, +3 M.ATK, +3% damage to bosses
(3 Resist) - +7 to all stats

Set 2
120 DS - 4% status resist
120 BM - 4% damage taken reduction
120 MERC or MECHANIC (Ill be using Mech for my example) - 15% buff duration
-Bonus-
(S Rank) - +700 HP, +700 MP, +3 ATK, +3 M.ATK, +3% damage to bosses
(3 Resist) - +7 to all stats

Total;
8% status resist
8% damage taken reduction
30% buff duration increase
+1400 HP, +1400 MP, +6 atk, +6% damage to bosses
+14 all stats

The mechanic can be replaced with whatever you want, merc for CDR, or summon duration increase, whatever. I know some classes prefer CDR to buff duration or vice versa, whatever.

All of these were done assuming multiple copies of a specific class. I threw these together just now with some hand waving, no numbers written down yet.

Edit; As far as I remember, the Rank bonus is still decided by the majority rank of your card set. So having a set of S, S, A, should still yield a S bonus. If not, I'll have to re-do these.

I hope you realize you would have to level two of the same class to get those bonuses. You can't put the same character into both decks.

Edit; As far as I remember, the Rank bonus is still decided by the majority rank of your card set. So having a set of S, S, A, should still yield a S bonus. If not, I'll have to re-do these.

That's my assumption too, but I have B (2 incl. Jett), A (4), and S (5) characters on my account so I should be able to test it when the patch lands.

Damn, now i need to make the 2 other warriors to get that dayumish bonus of Attack...

Wait, Does Aran and Demon Slayer(When hes unlocked again) Count as a warrior for that bonus?

edit:Theres also that CK warrior isn't it? Although he only counts as A at best.

Not sure how it works in Allianced servers though.

Funny thing I noticed was,
The HP/MP bonuses for having three S rank card seemed to work in a merged server for me,
But the other bonuses (individual card effect, card effect for having three of the same classes) did not work in Galicia, which is merged with Culverin in KMS.

Damn, now i need to make the 2 other warriors to get that dayumish bonus of Attack...

Wait, Does Aran and Demon Slayer(When hes unlocked again) Count as a warrior for that bonus?

edit:Theres also that CK warrior isn't it? Although he only counts as A at best.

Yes, Demon slayer counts as a warrior, and Dawn Warrior counts too.

But no the aran? or he counts too?