[08/20 Patch] Guild Wars New Season, Tywin and Lidica Banners

Overview

Hello Epic 7 players, we have a medium patch that improves our quality of life for real time PvP. Also, Lidica and Tywin banner is up for a week. Keep in mind that Tywin has a new artifact that you can pull, which is awesome for PvP. It is highly recommended for veteran players to pull Tywin’s artifact to prevent AoE cleave teams.

New guild wars starts on the 22nd of August.

Link: https://page.onstove.com/epicseven/global/view/5902090

Patch Notes

The third Guild War season, Endeavor Season is open.

Who will be the strongest Guild this week? Join forces and take on the challenge!

A new battle mode has been added to the World Arena Mock Battle. Now players can enjoy battles that are even more exciting thanks to a new mode where you cannot use Heroes of the same class.

In addition, we have various improvements such as the expedition team improvements, which will be applied with this update.

Please see below for more details.

1. Guild War Endeavor Season Open

 

The Guild War Endeavor Season will now be available.

Join forces to become the strongest Guild!

■ Endeavor Season

1. Schedule: 8/22 (Sat) ~ TBD

2. Guild War Start and End Time

– Guild Wars will be held three times per week and will end/reset at your server reset time.

* Korea/Asia: 18:00 UTC

* Europe: 03:00 UTC

* Global: 10:00 UTC

■ Challenge Season Frame Distribution Information 

[Challenge Season Frame Distribution]

– An exclusive frame will be distributed after the Endeavor Season begins based on the ranking achieved in the Challenge Season.

– This frame will be distributed to Guilds, and not to individual players, to make your Guild Emblem look incredible!

※ The frame design for the Teamwork Season frame will be adjusted as shown below.

– You can view the previous design by going to this notice: 4/2 Update Content 
 

[Hall of Fame]

– The Guild War Challenge Season Hall of Fame will be opened.

– You can view the top 3 Guilds by going to [Guild > Battlefield > Guild War > War Ranking]

■ Guild War Endeavor Season 

[Guild War Progress]

– All rewards for a victory or defeat of a Guild War can be obtained before the end of the next Guild War.

[War Preparation]

– During the War Preparation period, each guild member will form a defense team.

– The Guild Captain and Vice-Captain will place a minimum of 16 players at the base.

(The Stronghold and Fortresses must have a defense team.)

[War Progress] 

– Attack the buildings of the enemy. These battles are 3 vs 3 battles with two rounds.

– During a guild war, one Guild Crest will be consumed when the matched enemy’s guild building is attacked during the guild war.

[Obtained Rewards] 

– Depending on the result of the battles for 2 rounds, you can obtain Commander’s Armband and Havoc.

– You can purchase various items at the member shop with the Commander’s Armband.

– You also get 50 Commander’s Armband, in addition to Mystic Medals, in a default victory.

■ Guild War Shop Items Added

[Member Shop]

– The purchase limit for Proof of Valor will be increased.

– Purchase Limit: 6 times per account ▶ 12 times per account

[Captain Shop]

– By consuming Gold, you will be able to give 30 Energy to all Guild members.

– Cost: 1,000,000 Honor Coins

– Purchase Limit: Once per day

2. New World Arena Mock Battle Mode Added – No Duplicate Classes
 

The World Arena pre-season will see the addition of a special mode that is different from the regular season.

Enjoy a new arena where Heroes of the same class cannot be selected!

■ World Arena Entry Conditions Adjustments

The World Arena entry conditions will be adjusted following the update where Heroes of the same class cannot be selected.

■ Mock Battle Progress Rules – Cannot Select more than one Hero of the same class 

– Players will be able to select Basic or No Duplicate Classes mode.

– Select a different Hero class in the Ban/Pick stage. (Total of 6)

– The battle will take place with four Heroes. (With 1 Hero Banned)

– On a team, you cannot select more than one Hero of the same class.

– Both players cannot select the same Hero. (ex. If player 1 selects Charles, then player 2 cannot select Charles.)

– The battle rule details (Standard/No Duplicate Classes) will be displayed on the Mock battle list and in the room.

■ Other

– Improvements will be made so that when you enter the Mock Battle, if there is a Hero that has already been defeated, this Hero will be displayed as defeated.

– Adjustments will be made so that a Mock Battle will end if a player is offline for more than 60 seconds.

– An issue where battle result window did not appear when players did not start the match and 60 seconds have been passed from the ban & pick phase, in certain occasions, will be fixed.

3. Lidica & Sword of Judgment Drop Rate Up

In this Drop Rate Up event, meet Lidica, the Fire elemental Ranger who is guaranteed to decrease the enemy’s Combat Readiness and can inflict various debuffs on the enemy. Players can also obtain the Ranger exclusive Artifact, Sword of Judgement, which attacks again with a basic skill when the target survives a Single Attack.

■ Schedule

8/20 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 8/27 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

4. Tywin & Crown of Glory Drop Rate Up 
 

In this Drop Rate Up event, meet the Ice elemental Knight, Tywin, who decreases the enemy’s defense, greatly weakening their survivability and strengthening his allies. Players can also obtain the Knight exclusive Artifact, Crown of Glory, which increases the caster’s defense and removes a set number of Souls from the enemy when the caster suffers an attack that targets all allies.

■ Schedule

8/20 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 8/27 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

5. New Artifact – Crown of Glory 

■ A Knight exclusive Artifact, Crown of Glory, will be added.

※ This Artifact can be obtained in the Tywin & Crown of Glory Drop Rate Up Event.
– Following this Drop Rate Up Event, (which ends on 8/27 at 02:59 UTC), players will be able to obtain this Artifact from Covenant Summons and Artifact Summoning Tickets.

6. Expedition Improvements

Some features and rules of the Expedition will be improved and the unique buff/debuff icon design will be changed.

■ Expedition Features and Rules Adjustment

The button when you go to Lobby > Expedition will be improved. 
 

[Progress]
 

– Improvements will be made so that the progress of the Expedition for each Boss is displayed on the map.

[Obtain all Expedition rewards at once]

– When you enter an Expedition after the rewards time limit is over, the automatically acquired rewards and points will be displayed on the screen.

[Expedition Team Placement Improvements]
 

– Improvements will be made so that players can adjust their team placement even when there is no Expedition currently recruiting or in progress.

– Players will be taken to the team placement screen when they tap the Wanted Poster placement button on the Expedition list screen.

[Improvements to Rules for Creating an Expedition]

– Improvements will be made so that players who create an Expedition using Wanted Posters will be able to carry out one free battle.

[Improvements to Rules for Expedition Invites]

– Improvements will be made so that players who have not logged into the game for 3 days will be removed from the Expedition invite list.

[Time Attack Removal and Basic Rewards Amount Removal]

– The rules for Time Attack will be removed.

– The amount of basic rewards that can be obtained according to the Expedition difficulty level will be adjusted.

[Other Adjustments]

– Certain dialogue and screenshots in the tutorial will be changed,
– Certain screenshots in Expedition help will be changed.

– An issue where if a player currently has an invite, the player couldn’t be invited to another Expedition without them entering the Expedition lobby.

– An improvement will be made to show the amount of Energy you have from the Expedition preparation page.

■ Lasting Buff Effect Icon

– The design for the icon will be adjusted so that it is easily noticeable.

7. Japanese Media Pack Update 

The following are the heroes who can use Japanese voice. We will continue to increase the number of Japanese media pack-enabled heroes.

※ We will continue to increase the number of Japanese media pack-enabled heroes.

8. Other Improvements and Adjustments

■ Shop

[Pack Shop > Artifact Pack Renewal]

– The Artifact Pack will be renewed.

– Availability: Players can purchase this pack every first week of the month after the maintenance on 8/20 (Thu).

– Purchase Condition: This pack can be purchased 3 times per account during the monthly sale period.

[Transmit Stone Shop > MolaGora Purchas Limit Adjustments]

– Players can access this area by going to the Shop > Transmit Stone
– The purchase limit for MolaGora sold in the Transmit Stone Shop will be increased.

[Improvements to the probability info UI]

– If a pack includes two types of items or more, at the time of purchase of the package the UI will be improved to display the probability information for each item.

■ Monster

– An issue where increase Combat Readiness by 300% effect granted to Heroes remaining even after being resurrected if the Hero is killed when Brutal Pherus is in Offensive Posture will be fixed.

■ Hero Background Settings

– Improvements will be made so that players can change the Hero background using the background packs that they currently have.

– How to Change the Background

① Select a Hero on the Hero list and then tap the details button.

② On the basic information tab, tap the background pack to select a background.

③ You can view the applied background image from the Hero page or by going to the Details.

※ The background pack cannot be applied on screens such as skill enhance, hero enhance or awaken.

■ Lobby Fixed Team Settings

– A feature where you can select a fixed team to be shown on the lobby will be added. You can do this by going to Hero > Team Placement.

– If you do not set a fixed lobby team, the most recent team used will be used as the lobby team.

– To change the fixed lobby team, you will have to select a team from the team menu and set it to appear as the fixed lobby team.

■ Auto Battle Settings

– A feature on the battle ready screen where you can pre-select auto battle will be added.

– This will not only apply to Adventure and other battles but also to Arena and Guild Wars.

■ Hall of Trials Improvements
 

– Improvements will be made so that the points and grade are displayed in addition to the player’s rank in the Hall of Trials main screen.

– Improvements will be made so that a player’s current rank information is displayed on the lower right corner of the main screen in the Hall of Trials.

– Improvements will be made so that the current rank tab is displayed by default when you tap the Rank Info button.

– The color of the Exchange and Rank Info buttons will be changed.

[Tutorial and Story]

– A story will be added in the middle of the Hall of Trials tutorial. Some dialogue lines will also be changed.

– A button that will let you view the Prologue story will be added to the main screen of the Hall of Trials. This will allow players to revisit the story while they are in the tutorial.

■ Automaton Tower

– The icon for the different Automaton Tower Reward Chests obtained per floor will be slightly changed to make them more recognizable.

■ Adventurer’s Path System and UI Improvements 

– Adjustments will be made so that when going through the [Beautiful Pursuer] quest, a pop-up with Free Spirit Tieria and the appropriate dialogue will be displayed.

– Adjustments will be made so that additional details regarding Enhance, Upgrade, Awaken and Skill Enhance are given in the description of certain tasks for the Beautiful Pursuer quest.

– Adjustments will be made so that a gauge at the bottom will show if a quest has already been completed in the Adventurer’s Path.

– Adjustments will be made so that a notification dot will be displayed if there are rewards to be collected in the Adventurer’s Path.

– Improvements will be made so that you are directed to the Adventurer’s Path main screen when you tap the Adventurer’s Path icon on the Quick menu.

(However, you will not be able to move until the Adventurer’s Path content is unlocked or if you have completed all quests and no more quests to proceed.)

■ Skin UI Improvements 

– The description screen will be improved so that when you tap a skin you can view more details for the selected skin.

(However, the World Arena Skin Reward will be viewed in the same way as before.)

– Improvements will be made so that players can view the skin grade information from the Skin Shop.

■ Other

– New illustrations will be added in the main story of Episode 2 Chapter 5-2 and Chapter 8.

*These illustrations will also be added to the Art Journal and Story Journal.

– Some typos in Labyrinth Nixied’s Sanctum Zone 5 will be fixed.

– Adjustments will be made to shorten the effects when you touch the screen as well as make it more concise.

* For iOS devices, the effects on the title screen will be shown as before. This issue will be resolved with the next app update.

– Improvements will be made so that players can purchase arena flags through a pop-up that is displayed when a player does not have enough flags.

– Improvements will be made so that players are directed to the lobby when they tap the back button from the Arena team selection screen.

– An issue where players were directed to the Hero journal when hey tapped the back button from the Hero journal will be fixed.

– Adjustments will be made so that the notification dot that is displayed on the Hero icon on the lobby or quick menu is not displayed.

– Following the temporary maintenance which occurred on 8/18(Tue), an issue where newly acquired Heroes did not display the EXP they gained on the battle result screen will be fixed. (Global server only)

– An issue where when searching for friends or guild members the default text phrase in the Enter Nickname window did not disappear will be fixed.

– An issue where when searching for friends or guild members, searching was not possible if certain words were included.

– Incorrect information that was displayed in [Guild War > War Rank> Hall of Fame] will be fixed.

– Adjustments will be made so that players are redirected to Connections when they move to Hero review from Connections and then tap the back button.

– Improvements will be made so that the tutorial to obtain Aither will be opened when you enter Connections.

-Adjustments will be made so that if the notifications in the settings are not turned on then players won’t be able to turn night notifications on.

– An issue where the screen(s) were displayed incorrectly when you enter hero details on a Galaxy fold or iPad will be fixed.

■ Hall of Trials Weekly Rank Reward Distribution Error

After the weekly rank calculation in the Hall of Trials on 8/17 (Mon), some Heirs did not normally receive their rank grade reward. We will send rewards to these players as stated below.

– Schedule: 8/20 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 8/27 (Fri) 14:59 UTC

– Eligibility: Heirs who did not receive their rank reward after the Hall of Trials weekly rank calculation on 8/17 (Mon).

※ These rewards will be sent to the mailbox of eligible Heirs when they log into the game. These rewards will be stored in the mailbox for 7 days.

Thank you.