And I have no idea what's going on in the game right now. Would anyone be as kind as to give me a quick heads up about what I missed in the year and a half?

Well at least the Onigiri anime managed to pull one former player back xD

• Oushuu Highway added
• Maringashima + Tanegashima added
• Moon+ Mare Ibrium (or however you spell it) added
• Level cap raised to 120
• Skill 'balancing and buffs'
• Oushuu Highway Terminus added
• Ougi buff
• Monster weakness and resistance to elements adjusted
• Room of Rites Seal dungeon added in Yamataikoku. Arcane Byakkou, Arcane Seiryuu, Aracane Suzuka and Arcane Genbu dungeons added to Yamataikoku Underground Cavern
• Element stacking nerf
•Level cap raised to 125

ID costs were slashed as well, along with repair and smelting costs. I think smithing might have too but I haven't checked to be honest. If you act quickly, you ought to be able to get Izuna as a partner too, before her event ends (don't know when that'll happen, so seize the opportunity while it lasts. She's adorable therefore worth it). I think that's everything. No wait: Point Daruma. Appears in every town. You can trade your crap for points, which can be used to buy outfits, skill cards, ougi cards, lucky boxes, artisan swords, partner items, and some other shit.

There are also Youkai partners now. You can get Summoning tickets from Point Daruma (easier to obtain than Spirit Incense), then speak to Ashiya Douman in Onigashima (he stands next to the Point Daruma there, near the Kikai Gate). Ashiya summons the Youkai for you. So far we have Kijimuna (not bad), Ittanmomen, Kijimuna Maiden (adorable and badass) and Kijimuna Empress (allegedly more adorable and more badass, but I can't confirm this). Also, I don't know if you've already logged in yet, but Onigashima was remodelled recently. The whole place was completely altered, things have moved around, but overall it's much better.

Okay, *now* that's everything I can think of.

A year and a half...

Guess there's also "Just Guarding"

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Just Guard: When you guard an attack with little delay between guarding and getting hit, a "just guard" is performed. This will increase the speed of your next attack provided you execute it soon after (you usually have enough time to switch weapon) and will cause all "just guarded" hits to deal 0 damage. Additionally, it does not drain stamina and instantly gives enough additional SP for most skills. It has been tweaked to make projectiles easier to "just guard".
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and "Warding Dungeons" in Onigashima.

Drop rates have also been increase (mainly for recipes, imo) for some dungeons. Magatama rates still seem low from what I've seen, but some can now also be farmed from the Aragami Magma Warding dungeon and moon dungeons.

Also, welcome back :)

Khaos Muffins wrote:• Oushuu Highway added
• Maringashima + Tanegashima added
• Moon+ Mare Ibrium (or however you spell it) added
• Level cap raised to 120
• Skill 'balancing and buffs'
• Oushuu Highway Terminus added
• Ougi buff
• Monster weakness and resistance to elements adjusted
• Room of Rites Seal dungeon added in Yamataikoku. Arcane Byakkou, Arcane Seiryuu, Aracane Suzuka and Arcane Genbu dungeons added to Yamataikoku Underground Cavern
• Element stacking nerf
•Level cap raised to 125

Thanks o/
By the way, did they change wand/staff ougis?

HelixDraxzonyx wrote:ID costs were slashed as well, along with repair and smelting costs. I think smithing might have too but I haven't checked to be honest. If you act quickly, you ought to be able to get Izuna as a partner too, before her event ends (don't know when that'll happen, so seize the opportunity while it lasts. She's adorable therefore worth it). I think that's everything. No wait: Point Daruma. Appears in every town. You can trade your crap for points, which can be used to buy outfits, skill cards, ougi cards, lucky boxes, artisan swords, partner items, and some other shit.

There are also Youkai partners now. You can get Summoning tickets from Point Daruma (easier to obtain than Spirit Incense), then speak to Ashiya Douman in Onigashima (he stands next to the Point Daruma there, near the Kikai Gate). Ashiya summons the Youkai for you. So far we have Kijimuna (not bad), Ittanmomen, Kijimuna Maiden (adorable and badass) and Kijimuna Empress (allegedly more adorable and more badass, but I can't confirm this). Also, I don't know if you've already logged in yet, but Onigashima was remodelled recently. The whole place was completely altered, things have moved around, but overall it's much better.

Okay, *now* that's everything I can think of.

Is Izuna that summoner scroll thing that's in the shopping plaza?

And I saw the new onigashima, though it seems more laggy than I remember ><

And thanks for the reply :3

Firon wrote:A year and a half...

Guess there's also "Just Guarding"

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Just Guard: When you guard an attack with little delay between guarding and getting hit, a "just guard" is performed. This will increase the speed of your next attack provided you execute it soon after (you usually have enough time to switch weapon) and will cause all "just guarded" hits to deal 0 damage. Additionally, it does not drain stamina and instantly gives enough additional SP for most skills. It has been tweaked to make projectiles easier to "just guard".
----

and "Warding Dungeons" in Onigashima.

Drop rates have also been increase (mainly for recipes, imo) for some dungeons. Magatama rates still seem low from what I've seen, but some can now also be farmed from the Aragami Magma Warding dungeon and moon dungeons.

Also, welcome back

Thanks =D

How do the warding dungeons work? I ran into one of them yesterday after I finished the quest in the dimensional rift (and the lady told me to go visit her in onigashima) and got my backside handed to me by the gargoyle boss thing at the end Threw like 20 hellfires at it before I ran out of revives @.@

Heimarmene wrote:
Thanks o/
By the way, did they change wand/staff ougis?

The speed Rapid Storm providing got nerfed 50 -> 35. Also:

The skills Unbreakable Aura, Strike Boost and Magic Shield have been modified to increase their effectiveness, however this is also now affected by the difficulty of the dungeon in which the spell is cast.

Further more, Unbreakable Aura now lasts for 60 seconds, and Strike Boost for 30. (dat wat they said on the website)

Heimarmene wrote:How do the warding dungeons work? I ran into one of them yesterday after I finished the quest in the dimensional rift (and the lady told me to go visit her in onigashima) and got my backside handed to me by the gargoyle boss thing at the end :x Threw like 20 hellfires at it before I ran out of revives @.@

Coincidentally, this is a "just guard" dungeon. Here's a random vid. Also, elements are fairly important for these...

Firon wrote:

Heimarmene wrote:How do the warding dungeons work? I ran into one of them yesterday after I finished the quest in the dimensional rift (and the lady told me to go visit her in onigashima) and got my backside handed to me by the gargoyle boss thing at the end Threw like 20 hellfires at it before I ran out of revives @.@

Coincidentally, this is a "just guard" dungeon. Here's a random vid. Also, elements are fairly important for these...

So it's a bad idea to enter them as a wand/staff?

No wonder I died every time I tried to cast any spell with a slightly longer cast time

Miyano311 wrote:

Heimarmene wrote:
Thanks o/
By the way, did they change wand/staff ougis?

The speed Rapid Storm providing got nerfed 50 -> 35. Also:

The skills Unbreakable Aura, Strike Boost and Magic Shield have been modified to increase their effectiveness, however this is also now affected by the difficulty of the dungeon in which the spell is cast.

Further more, Unbreakable Aura now lasts for 60 seconds, and Strike Boost for 30. (dat wat they said on the website)

Eh? Rapid Storm was nerfed? No wonder I feel still feel so slow even after using rapid storm @.@ I thought I just forgot about having to drink moon king non-stop in order to move around town.

Firon wrote:

Heimarmene wrote:Coincidentally, this is a "just guard" dungeon. Here's a random vid. Also, elements are fairly important for these...

So it's a bad idea to enter them as a wand/staff?

No wonder I died every time I tried to cast any spell with a slightly longer cast time :x

Oh, wand and staff can also guard now.

Forgot about that one XD.

Wands wreck gargs as long as you're using the correct skills.

Inferno: Freezing Bullet (rank V+)

Levi: Hellfire (rank V+)

Sleet: Thundercrash/ Earth Glaive (rank V+)