Maintenance will begin at 2:00PM (-8:00 UTC) Tuesday, February 26, 2013.
Along with this update, we have several other changes going in to effect as well. Some you may like, some you may shake your first at us for.
So, here's some of the details coming tomorrow.
Game and Feature Changes!
We understand that being able to do only one dungeon through the Game Arena is kind of the pits. Not only that, but being able to go only once a day means you could out level a dungeon and the items inside might not be so great anymore. So what we decided to do was make a change to how frequent basic accounts can access Game Arena Dungeons. We are implementing a one hour, persistent, cool down, between being able to access Game Arena selections.
Now what this means is that once you leave a Game Arena mode, you will need to wait one hour's time before you can queue for another. This applies to both the PvP and PvM Game Arena modes, however the timers are independent to one another. So you have to wait an hour between PvP matches and PvM (Dungeons). Please note, that this only applies to basic accounts. Premium Accounts will not have this cool down timer restriction and will be able to freely queue for any Game Arena selection.
Special note: If you quit/leave before a match or dungeon is completed, your timer will begin! So make sure you stay to the very end! Disconnections allow you to respawn in the map, so that's not an excuse!
Premium Account Status
As you've all been aware, there has been discussions regarding how to improve the Premium Accounts to help make it more valuable. Part of this was mentioned before, Draconis Peaks will be given an early access for Premium Accounts. This means, if you have a Premium Account, you will be able to queue for Draconis Peaks once its implemented tomorrow.
Cheesy announcer guy voice: But wait, there's more!
The Daily Gift Box.
We've heard a good amount of feedback, hate and griping about how some items are not very useful or even exciting to get. So, we've finally gotten around to modifying the contents. You now have the ability to receive, once a day, one of the following items listed below from the Daily Gift Box for Premium Accounts.
- Jewel Chest (1 ~ 5)
- Box of Chemicals
- Box of Catalysts
- x2 EXP Medal
- x2 Drop Medal
- HP&MP Booster (Party)
- Defense Booster (Party)
- Speed Booster (Party)
- Critical Booster (Party)
- Agility Booster (Party)
- Damage Booster (Party)
- Life Insurance
- ROSE Teleportation Ticket
- Soul Crystal
- Re-Roll Hammer
- Premium Coin (25 Premium Points)
- Lucky Spin Coin
- Nepturune
- Arua's Blessing
- Gold Bar
- Plain White T
An additional value to Premium Account status will be that dungeons will now be yielding experience for you. You read correct! Now you can farm for items and experience by going through the Game Arena Dungeons, if you are a Premium Account user.
And of course, Draconis Peaks will be added. We look forward to creating more content both for PvP and PvM over the course of the year as we continue forward with developing new game features for everyone to enjoy and look forward to the completion of the next project already underway.
With these enhancements and the new Draconis Peaks Game Arena mode, now's a great time to purchase a Premium Account subscription!