[12/12 Patch] Wanda Specialty Change and More!

Overview

We are getting a new chapter for Cidonia – Aakhen Exile Colony. The new epic equipment is a destruction sword with good crit rate and crit DMG sub stats. Specialty change Wanda is here! We can rejoice! They also made some improvements for equipment conversion.

Violet is the 1 week banner if you want him on your team.

Also, we are getting new exclusive equipment for Kayron, Lidica and Romann. They look pretty good.

Link: https://page.onstove.com/epicseven/global/view/4374191

Patch Note

Episode 2, Chapter 6 of Aakhen’s story which takes place in an exile colony is now open!
What adventures will take place in this vast wilderness, a prison without bars?
Players will also be able to meet All-Rounder Wanda this week through her Specialty Change!
Other additions to the update include three new pieces of Exclusive Equipment,
and the main lobby being changed into a Holiday theme!

Additionally, we have made various changes such as improvements to Equipment Conversion!
Check out all these changes in this update!

1. Episode 2, Chapter 6 – Aakhen Exile Colony

What adventures will Ras undertake in a former prison colony where the descendants of imprisoned and lower-class people live together?
■ Aakhen Exile Colony 

[How to Enter]

Players can enter [6. Aakhen Exile Colony] after clearing Episode 2 [5-2. South Fortress City Perland] to stage [5-12. Southern Outskirts of Perland].

[Aakhen Exile Colony Stage Layout]
Episode 2, Chapter 6, Aakhen Exile Colony consists of 10 main stages and 6 optional stages.

[Quests]

Chapter 6 has a total of 10 Quests that players will be able to complete.

[Stage Missions]

– Every stage will contain 3 missions.

– When players clear a Stage Mission, they will receive Skystones as a reward.

[Region Reward]

■ Aakhen Exile Colony AP Exchange

– After clearing [6-10. Trail of Lamentation] players will be able to access Aakhen Exile Colony AP Exchange Quests.

– After clearing all the stages of Aakhen Exile Colony, players will be able to acquire AP.

* The name “Goddess of Healing” was incorrectly written. The correct name of “Goddess of Recovery” will be inputted at a later time.

– Receive AP in Aakhen Exile Colony by playing stages and exchanging your AP for items in the AP Exchange.

[Perlutian Mercenary’s Sword]

■ Story Journal

– Episode 2, Chapter 6 will be added to the Story Journal

– Players will be able to receive the Episode 2, Chapter 6 Background Pack “Village of the Forgotten” in the Story Journal after completing the necessary requirements.

2. Violet & Violet Talisman Drop Rate Up!

Meet the special Hero of the Perland Raiders,

And the Thief exclusive Artifact, Violet Talisman, in this Drop Rate Up event!

■ Schedule

12/12 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 12/19 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

3. Specialty Change – All-Rounder Wanda

The 3★ Hero, Wanda, will be able to undergo a Specialty Change!

After completing the Specialty Change, Wanda will be granted a new sprite, new skills, and new animations!

Additional stat changes and skill enhancements can be made via the Skill Tree.

■ All-Rounder Wanda

[Specialty Change – New Skill Information]

■ Specialty Change Quest Requirements

Enhance Wanda to level 50
■ How to Complete a Specialty Change

– From the Lobby, go to the Hero menu > Specialty Change.

– Once all 4 Specialty Change Quests have been cleared and the Trial Battle has been successfully completed, the Specialty Change will be complete.

– After completing a Specialty Change, the Hero’s appearance and skills will change, and the Hero cannot be reverted to their previous state.

 ■ Skill Tree

After a Specialty Change, the Skill Tree can be accessed via the Awakening menu.

Spend Elemental Runes to enhance the Runes in the Skill Tree and make your Hero stronger!

[Rune Enhancement Results]

The rune enhancement effects are according to the maximum enhancement standard.

– Effectiveness increases by 5%.

– Effectiveness increases by 7%.

– Health increases by 15%.

– Increases Combat Readiness by 15% when using Weak Point.

– Has a 100% chance to be granted stealth for 2 turns when using One Shot, One Kill.

– Increases Hit Chance of Weak Point by 40%.

– Increases Hit Chance of One Shot, One Kill by 70%.

– Has a 15% chance to be granted increased Speed for 2 turns at the end of the turn.

– Has a 25% chance to decrease cooldown of One Shot, One Kill by 1 turn when using Weak Point against a Targeted enemy.

– Increases chance of inflicting unhealable by 50% when using One Shot, One Kill.

4. New Exclusive Equipment

– New Exclusive Equipment will be added for the 5★ Hero, Kayron, the 5★ Hero Lidica and the 4★ Hero, Romann in the Hall of Trials Exchange,

– Players can obtain Exclusive Equipment from the Hall of Trials Exchange using Wisdom’s Gaze.

– Exclusive Equipment Stats and skill effects will be randomly applied when the equipment is purchased.

■ Exclusive Equipment Information

[5★ Kayron]

[5★ Lidica]

[4★ Romann]

■ Cost

5. Equipment Conversion Improvements & Fixes

■ Equipment Conversion Balance Changes

– Changes will be made to the factors that affect the increase of Quality Points

– Balance changes will be made so that Equipment with a 0 enhancement level will be able to achieve the highest Quality Grade.

■ Compensation

– Due to the time necessary in order to view the data regarding Equipment Conversion that has already occurred, we will provide additional compensation information via a separate notice at a later time. We ask for your understanding.

■ Other Improvements

– The monthly limitation for Equipment Conversion will be removed.
– The text that displays when a player does not have an Equipment Conversion Gem has been improved.

– Players will be able to buy an additional Equipment Conversion Gem Chest at [ Guild > Member Shop ]

6. Other Improvements & Fixes

■ The title screen and main lobby has been updated with a Holiday theme!

– Enjoy this holiday season with Epic Seven!

– Winter has also come to the World’s End Pub! Enjoy the holidays with your favorite Epic Seven Heroes!

– The lobby’s BGM will also be changed to match the holiday spirit!

■ Skill Improvements & Fixes

An issue where, upon activation of Elbris Ritual Sword, after defeating an enemy, damage via Curse effect was not inflicted, will be fixed.

– The effect display for Curse will be fixed so that it will be activated only when the Cursed enemy receives damage

– The description for Dual Attack will be improved.

– An issue has been discovered where, Elena’s skill, Consecrated Ground, applied a cooldown if she is asleep or stunned, while her ability did not activate, will be fixed.

– An issue where Dingo when given the immunity buff effect, defeats enemy, the cooldown for his skill, Free Dinner did not decrease, will be fixed.

– The skill description for the Artifact, Goblin’s Lamp, has been improved.

– An issue where, additional damage dealt via counterattack against a Cursed enemy did not apply, will be fixed.

– An issue where Wandering Eradicator’s skill effects in the Stage 10 [Shade Hideout] of the Side Story “When a Star Falls”, was not displayed as Dark element, will be fixed.

– An issue where Hurado’s Dark Magic skill passive effect did not activate against Elena during the first turn of battle, will be fixed.

■ Story Improvements & Fixes

– Colie’s relationships will be fixed.

– Cerise and Ray’s facial expressions in the story will be fixed.

– Typos in Episode 2, Cidonia, Flame Heart District Main Story will be fixed.

– An issue where, after going to [Story Journal > Reputation > Three Sisters’ Diary > The Unique Services of Three Sisters Merchant Guild] the title did not display correctly will be fixed.

■ Guild Improvements & Fixes

– An issue where, in the Guild, sorting by “Assistance” did not work as intended will be fixed.

– Weekly Missions will be changed to make the goals more intuitive.

* Six Guild missions per week will be randomly assigned, with additional Guild missions being added.

* As the number of monsters in the game has increased, certain monster missions have been removed due to the difficulty in finding these species of monsters in order to complete the mission.

– An issue where, some text did not match the language settings displayed at the moment when a player created a guild and proceeded to the Guild screen, will be fixed.

– An issue where players were shown an interface as though they were already a member of a guild, will be fixed. (Players could not access the guild member functions despite the interface showing otherwise).

■ Pet System Improvements and Fixes 

– The consumption of Handmade Snacks for Repeat Battles will be changed so that they are consumed at the end of the battle after instead of at the start of the battle.
* If a player ends a Repeat Battle or yields before the Battle Results screen (success or failure), the Handmade Snack for that stage will not be consumed.
– Improvements will be made where, if you cannot proceed with Synthesis because a second Pet has not been selected, the Synthesis button will be greyed out and unable to be selected.

– Improvements have been made to the Pet Synthesis UI for easier understanding of where to tap for Skill Inheritance and how to change it after a skill has been selected.

– Improvements will be made to the readability of newly acquired skills after Synthesis.

■ Game UI Improvements

– If there are no ingredients left when Memory Imprinting max level Heroes, players will be automatically moved away from the page.

– Players will now be able to see their current Account Rank’s experience in the main lobby and in the battle results screen.

– The Hero Sorting function will be improved so players will be able to more quickly select the Hero they are looking for.

– The Reputation notification in the main lobby will be improved to display the number of reputations that can be claimed.

– Tapping and holding the Banshee Queen’s debuff, Curse, will be fixed to display more information

– Improvements have been made for certain languages to the summoning UI due to the length of the text and the spacing.

■ Additional Improvements & Bug Fixes

– Epic Seven will now load quicker.
– An issue where, Level 70-85 Heroic/Epic equipment bought from Huche was displayed as those dropped from Wyvern Hunt regardless of the Set, will be fixed so that the image matches the Set.

– An issue where Lord’s Wyvern from Lorina’s Specialty Change Quest, did not use Fire Breath, will be fixed

– An issue where Lorina’s Passive Skill was not displayed correctly, will be fixed.

– An issue where, in Reingar, area [2-S1. Forest of Song], the summonable monster, Porpex Howler had the effect, Erosion applied, will be fixed.

– An issue where, upon leaving battle during the final wave of battle, an error message would display, will be fixed.

– An issue where the screen didn’t display the scroll section for certain Heroes with long Hero descriptions in the Hero Journal, will be fixed

– An issue where the Exclusive Equipment slot displayed as open, despite not fulfilling the requirements to use it will be fixed.

– An issue where, in the High Command>Active Missions, did not display as intended will be fixed.

– An issue where, Healing proportional to the damage dealt was not displayed in the Battle Results window will be fixed.

– An issue where, in the Arena –> Defense formation, the memory imprint formation was incorrectly displayed, will be fixed.

– An issue where an abnormal screen appeared if a player tapped the Back button from the shop after being moved to the shop due to having insufficient Gold while Enhancing or Memory Imprinting Heroes will be fixed,

– An issue where players were shown an incorrect screen when they visited the Shop due to lack of Gold when Memory Imprinting or Hero Enhancing and tapped the [Back] button, will be fixed

– An issue where an error message appeared when a player did the following: [Check summon rate for Elemental Summon → Check summon rate for Covenant Summon → Tap Back button from top left] will be fixed.

– An issue where, after tapping the back button on the World Boss detail screen, the image did not fade out as intended will be fixed.

– An issue where, after moving from the World Boss to another menu, using the Quick Menu, the BGM did not change as intended will be fixed.

– An issue where, a red dot appeared from the Battlefield tab on the right side when a player tapped the [Back] button after clearing the World Boss two times will be fixed.

– An issue where the vibration notification (haptic feedback) was not working as intended at the end of a World Boss battle will be fixed.

– An issue where the game crashed from the STOVE terms of service page under certain conditions will be fixed.

– An issue where the text [Lv. Max] overlapped with other text on the screen in Artifact User Interface, will be fixed.

7. Holiday Side Story Preview

■ Holiday Side Story Preview

– Next week, the holiday Side Story, “A Small Miracle” will be upon us! We hope you enjoy our story in Ezera!