[2/16 Patch] Lone Crescent Bellona and Hero Balances

We are getting a big patch this week, with Lone Crexcent Bellona coming out alongside balance changes for ML Tywin, Melissa, Fairytail Tenebria, Mui and Chaos Sect Axe. Guide to a Decision, Wall of Order and Crimson seed artifact are also getting a changes too.

The 2 new banners for the week are Ran and Kawerik, who are great additions to your squad if you need them for PvP.

Link: https://page.onstove.com/epicseven/global/view/9294356

1. Hero and Artifact Balance Adjustments

Balance adjustments will be made to certain Heroes, facilitating better strategies involving them.

※ The probability, number of turns, and cooldowns are based on fully enhanced characters.

※ Other skills will not be changed unless stated.

1. Hero Balance Adjustments

■ 5★ Ambitious Tywin (Light, Knight)

– The effect of <Icy Sword Storm> will be changed.

– The effect of <Battle Command> will be changed.

– The effect of <Flash> will be changed.

■ 5★ Melissa (Fire, Mage)

– The effect of <Manifestation> will be changed.

– The effect of <Blood Bloom> will be changed.

– The amount of Soul acquired will be adjusted. Curse Damage will be increased and its effect will be changed.

■ 5★ Kise (Ice, Thief)

– The damage dealt by <Dark Scar> will be increased.

 – The barrier strength of <Nocturne> will be increased.

■ 5★ Fairytale Tenebria (Ice, Mage)

– The effect of <One Pair> will be changed.

– The effect of <Wild Card> will be changed, and its additional damage will be increased.

■ 5★ Mui (Earth, Warrior)

– The Imprint Concentration effect will be changed from <increasing Dual Attack Chance by 2% ~ 6%> to <increasing Effectiveness by 9% ~ 27%>.

– The effect of <Lash> will be changed and the skill will no longer have a Soulburn effect.

– The damage dealt by <Punishment> will be changed and the skill will have a Soulburn effect.

– The effect of <Grand Finale> will be changed.

– Its Cooldown and the amount of Soul acquired will be adjusted.

– The Exclusive Equipment – Option 2 skill effect <Grand Finale> will be changed.

■ 3★ Church of Ilryos Axe (Dark, Warrior)

– The Imprint Concentration effect will be changed from <increasing Attack by 36 ~ 144> to <increasing Critical Hit Chance by 2.8% ~ 11.2%>.

– The damage dealt by <Disconnect> will be changed.

– The effect of <Attack Chain> will be changed.

– Its damage dealt and the amount of Soul acquired will be adjusted.

– The damage dealt and the amount of Soul acquired by <Plagued Strike> will be adjusted.

■ 3★ Chaos Sect Axe (Dark, Warrior)

– The Imprint Concentration effect will be changed from <increasing Attack by 36 ~ 144> to <increasing Critical Hit Chance by 2.8% ~ 11.2%>.

– The damage dealt by <Disconnect> will be changed.

– The effect of <Attack Chain> will be changed.

– Its damage dealt and the amount of Soul acquired will be adjusted.

– The damage dealt and the amount of Soul acquired by <Vigorous Strike> will be adjusted.

– The effect of the <Wedge Rune> will be changed.

– The effect of the <Obscurity Rune> will be changed.

– The effect of the <Courage Rune> will be changed.

2. Artifact Balance Adjustments

■ 5★ Guide to a Decision (Common)

■ 5★Wall of Order (Ranger Exclusive)

■ 4★Crimson Seed (Warrior Exclusive)

■ 3★ Timeless Anchor (Common)

2. Artifact Recall 

The recall of the 4★ Artifact, Crimson Seed, and the 3★ Artifact, Timeless Anchor, will be conducted as part of the Artifact Balance Adjustment.

[Recall Schedule]

– Schedule: 2/16 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 3/2 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

[How to Recall]

1. Select the Artifact you want to recall from the Artifact Inventory and tap the Recall button.

2. When you tap Recall, a list of all materials that will be returned will display.

    Here, if you decide you want to proceed, tap Recall. Once the Recall is completed you will not be able to reverse it.

[Recall Conditions]

– Artifacts eligible for recall that meet the minimum recall condition of 1,800 EXP for Artifact Charm can be recalled an unlimited number of times during the recall period.

※ Artifacts that are Limit Broken at least once can be recalled regardless of the EXP.

※ The requirements for achieving a cumulative Artifact Enhance EXP of 1,800 are listed below.

[Recall Details]

– 4★ Crimson Seed

① All enhancements for this Artifact will reset when recalled.

② Lesser/Greater/Epic Artifact Charms will be reimbursed based on the EXP of the Artifact.

③ The reimbursed Gold will be calculated as the Gold that would be consumed by the reimbursed Artifact charms.

④ The reimbursed Wisdom’s Gaze will be calculated as the Wisdom’s Gaze required to purchase Crimson Seed based on the Limit Break.
(For example, when recalling a Lv2 or higher Crimson Seed that has been Limit Broken 5 times, players will receive a +0 Enhanced Crimson Seed and 500 Wisdom’s Gaze as reimbursement.)

– 3★ Timeless Anchor

① All enhancements for this Artifact will reset when recalled.

② Lesser/Greater/Epic Artifact Charms will be reimbursed based on the EXP of the Artifact.

③ The reimbursed Gold will be calculated as the Gold that would be consumed by the reimbursed Artifact charms.

④ The number of Artifacts reimbursed will be based on the Limit Break.

3. Effect Change Temporarily Available for Exclusive Equipment Balance Adjustments

Effects can be changed for a set period as adjustments will be made to the Exclusive Equipment of some Heroes.

Players can change the effects only once.

■ Exclusive Equipment Effect Change

– Schedule: 2/16 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 3/2 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

– Details

■ Location

– Inventory > Exclusive Equipment Tab > Select a piece of Exclusive Equipment > Change Effect

– Hero > a Hero equipping Exclusive Equipment > Equipped Exclusive Equipment > Change Effect

■ Exclusive Equipment Effect Change

– Select the Exclusive Equipment to be changed and tap Change Effect.

■ Notes for Exclusive Equipment Effect Change

– The main effect value will not be changed.

– Players can change the effect of the eligible Exclusive Equipment only once.

– When a player changes the effects, the changes cannot be reversed.

– When a player changes the effects, the Equipment will be unequipped automatically.

– Equipment obtained after adjustments are made will not be eligible for this effect change.

4. Hero Review Improvements and Channel Information Sharing System Update

Improvements will be made to allow players to share their Equipment settings for a Hero when writing a review for that Hero.

A new function which enables players to share their Hero and Equipment Information on channels will also be available.

■ Hero Review System Improvements

Players will be able to share their Equipment settings for a Hero when writing a review for the Hero.

 ※ You can access the Equipment Setting sharing function from [Hero > Hero Review].

[Hero Review Eligibility]

– Reach Rank 10

– Awaken the Hero to 3★ or more

– The icon [ ] will be displayed when a Hero’s setting is shared on Hero Review.

– Sentences in Hero Reviews with two or more lines will be truncated with word ellipsis.

– The function that allows you to delete your Hero Reviews will be added.

– The downvote function that currently exists will be removed.

[Hero Review without sharing the Equipment setting]

※ You can access the Equipment Setting sharing function by going to [Hero > Hero Review], and the [Share My Equipment Info] button will not be available through any other method.
※ Note that Hero Reviews can only be written once a day.

※The word limit for Hero Reviews has been expanded from 60 to 300 words.

■ Hero Details Sharing Function Added

You can now share Hero Details on both the Basic Chat and Guild Chat.

[Hero Details Sharing Eligibility]

– Reach Rank 10

■ Sharing Equipment Information Function Added

You can now share your Equipment Information on both the Basic Chat and Guild Chat.

[Equipment Sharing Eligibility]

– Reach Rank 10

– Equipment Lv.70 or above

※ The Hero and Equipment information of players who have been ignored will not be displayed in the chat channel.

5. Special Side Story, Romantic Getaway – Week 1

With Natalon at peace, Ran and Amid spend their days under the same roof. 

One day, after hearing that they could attain a token that represented eternal love, they make their way to find the black bunny.

 Thus, the two hit the road on a very special journey…

The first week of the special Side Story, Romantic Getaway begins now.

■ Schedule

2/16 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 3/9 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

■ Title Screen Change

■ How to Enter

Clear 10-10. Shrieking Hall in Episode 1

■ Special Side Story, Romantic Getaway Information

[Chapter Opening Schedule]

[Enhanced Heroes]

■ Week 1 Information

[Event Currency]

Icon	Description	Location
	[Perpetual Pocketwatch] A watch crafted by a wandering artisan. It automatically reflects the time difference based on the time zone.	Excited Steps

※ The event currency that can be obtained from each chapter is different.

※ Story Stages do not provide event currency.

[Enhanced Artifacts]

■ Stage Progress

The first week’s story of the Special Side Story, Romantic Getaway will take place in Reingar.

[Story Stages]

– Story Stages do not require Energy to enter and do not have any battles.

– Story Stages do not provide Event currency.

[Stage Difficulty]

– Players can choose various difficulties on 7. Sunset City.

– Players may select a higher difficulty after successfully clearing the one before it.

– As the difficulty progresses, the amount of Energy needed to play will increase as well as the amount of event currency earned.

– As the difficulty progresses, the amount of Energy needed to play will increase as well as the amount of event currency earned.

– Hell difficulty can be played up to 5 times during the side story period.

[Goblin / Molagora]

– During the period of the Special Side Story, Romantic Getaway, Goblin’s Den and MolaGora Habitat will be available.

– Players will be able to complete S. Goblin’s Den and S. MolaGora Habitat once per chapter during the Side Story period. 

■ Memories

– You can receive rewards by exploring the thoughts and emotions of Amid and Ran towards each other, as they embark on their journey, by clearing the story stage.

– Clearing Stage H. Black Bunny Office will unlock the stage for the first time.

– Meeting certain conditions (completing certain stories or stages) will unlock the hidden stage.

■ Main Rewards

[Main Reward]

[Illustration]

– Players can receive an illustration after completing each chapter.

– The illustration obtained will be added to [Journal > Art Journal > Side Story > Romantic Getaway].

[Artifact]

Common – 4★ VI. The Lover

[Pet]

– Battle Pet 3★ Black Sesame Bunny

[Equipment Set]

Exchange

– Players can exchange the event currency, Perpetual Pocketwatch for items in the Exchange.

– Players will be able to exchange event currency for items up to one week after the Side Story ends. Unused event currency after that period will then be deleted.

6. Special Side Story, Game of Princes – Week 2

Vivian somehow ended up in a different world. She helps Prince Kawerik, the eldest prince of the Kingdom of Kastamir, to get rid of his political enemies and uncover any conspiracies…

The last week of the Special Side Story, Game of Princes begins again.

■ Schedule

2/16 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 2/23 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

■ How to Enter

Clear 10-10. Shrieking Hall in Episode 1

■ Game of Princes Details

[Basic Rules]

– In the Special Side Story, Game of Princes, players will find the princes’ weak points to defeat them.

– Game of Princes consists of 3 chapters where players will collect and use clues in battles against the princes.

– Completing stage 1 will unlock Case Files.

– Players can complete stages by carrying out investigations.

– Use the collected clues to make the princes agitated during the battle against them.

– If you fail in perturbing the princes, you will not be able to defeat them and will lose the battle.

– Completing all stages for each week will grant the player special illustrations.

[Week 2 Event Currency]

Icon	Description
	[Suspicious Book] A method to summon a suspicious being might be written in it.

※ Players can collect different event currency each week.

※ Story Stages do not provide Event currency.

[Enhanced Heroes]

※ Enhanced heroes will have increased stats in the side story stages.

※ Lead Hero Buff: The Heroes will become 6★, fully Awakened, and have all of their skills enhanced to +15.

[Enhanced Artifacts]

※ Players may equip the event Artifacts during the event period for free.

■ Week 2 Information

[Stage Progress]

– In the Special Side Story, Game of Princes, players will collect clues for cases and resolve situations to help Kawerik ascend to the throne.

[Case Files]

– Use Case Files to carry out investigations.

– Completing certain cases will leave you clues that can be used in battles against the princes.

– Use the collected clues to perturb the princes in the Final Stage.

 
[Final Stage]

– In the Final Stage, players will be battling against the princes, selecting dialogues.

① Players will be choosing answers to the given questions.

② Players can collect clues in advance to narrow down the options.

– Each time the player selects the proper dialogue, the Boss will be weakened and the player will come closer to a win. If not, the player will end up facing a loss.

[Story Stages]

– Story Stages do not require Energy to enter and do not have any battles.

– Story Stages do not provide Event currency.

[Stage Difficulty]

– Players can choose various difficulties on 15. Final Stage.

– Players may select a higher difficulty after successfully clearing 15. Final Stage.

– Players may select a higher difficulty after successfully clearing the one before it.

– As the difficulty progresses, the amount of Energy needed to play will increase as well as the amount of event currency earned.

– Hell difficulty can be played up to 5 times during the side story period.

[Exchange]

– Players can exchange the event currency, Suspicious Book, for items in the Exchange.

– Players will be able to exchange event currency for items up to one week after the Side Story ends. Unused event currency after that period will then be deleted.

7. New 5★ Hero, Lone Crescent Bellona

An aloof, lonely lady from a lineage of martial artists!

Players will be able to meet Lone Crescent Bellona in Covenant, Mystic, and Moonlight Summons.

■ Lone Crescent Bellona

[Hero Introduction]

[Skill Introduction]

8. Romantic Vacation Season Epic Pass

Epic★Pass! Romantic Vacation Season begins.

Ran is wearing a uniform given out to candidates of eternal love. Introducing Ran with his new skin, Pure White Heart!

We hope that many of our Heirs will participate in this Epic Pass.

■ Schedule

2/16 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 3/16 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

■ Location

Players can access the Epic Pass by going to the main lobby and tapping the “Epic Pass” icon.

■ How to Use

– You can increase your Season Rank by consuming the currencies specified.

– As you increase your Season Rank, you can earn a variety of rewards.

   ① Free Reward: Basic rewards that can be acquired according to a players’ Season Rank.

   ② Premium Reward: Rewards that can be acquired when the Pass is upgraded to a Premium Epic Pass.

   ③ Special Reward: Rewards that can be acquired when the Pass is upgraded to a Special Epic Pass.

[Season Rank & Season EXP]

1. Currency Value

   – Players can receive season EXP by consuming the currencies listed below in different game modes.

   – The consumable currencies that provide Season EXP for the Romantic Vacation Season are as follows:

2. Purchase Season Rank

   – Players can use 100 Skystone to increase their Season Rank by 1.

■ Epic Pass Upgrade

– Players can upgrade to the Premium Epic Pass or the Special Epic Pass by using Skystone.

※ After purchasing the Premium Epic pass, players can upgrade to the Special Epic Pass for 900 Skystone. (900 Skystone)

※ Players can purchase Epic Pass upgrade items during the Reward Period. However, it is not possible to acquire season EXP.

Reward

[Epic Skin – Pure White Heart]

– The illustration and cut scenes will change when this skin is equipped on the 5★ Hero, Ran.

9. Ran & Sword of Winter Shadow Drop Rate Up

In this Drop Rate Up meet Ran, an Ice elemental Thief capable of enhancing allies, inflicting Stigma, and decreasing enemy Defense. Players can also obtain the Thief-exclusive Artifact, Sword of Winter Shadow, which reduces enemies’ Soul gain upon using a non-attack skill.

■ Schedule                                                                  

2/16 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 2/23 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

10. Kawerik & Black Hand of the Goddess Drop Rate Up

In this Drop Rate Up event, meet the Fire elemental Mage, Kawerik, who is capable of inflicting various debuffs on the enemies, and the Mage-exclusive Artifact, Black Hand of the Goddess, capable of increasing the caster’s Critical Hit Chance and Critical Hit Damage at the start of the battle. 

■ Schedule

2/16 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 2/23 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

11. Other Improvements and Adjustments

■ Adventure and Story

– The battle difficulty for certain stages in the 5★ Hero Charles’s Side Story will be adjusted.

– The spacing in the skill descriptions of some monsters in the 5★ Hero Ray’s Side Story will be changed.

 – The Skill of Treasure King Goblomu, appearing in Side Story and Special Side Story, <Money Shower>, will be adjusted to accurately reflect its effect.

– An issue where some of the previews for certain Side Stories were not displayed in The Book of Memories, will be fixed.

– An issue where the number of Reputation count increased for a different Side Story when clearing stages in the Special Side Story, Game of Prince, will be fixed.

– An issue where the Quest tracking icon was not displayed properly after multi-difficulty stages are unlocked when clearing the last case file in Special Side Story, Game of Princes, will be fixed.

■ Heroes and Artifacts

– An issue where the “Cannot Revive” effect from the 5★ Hero Briar Witch Iseria’s passive ability was applied to monsters that are immune to that effect will be fixed.

 – An issue where the escaping motion for the stage boss, Alencia after being defeated was unnatural in 5★ Hero Alencia’s Side Story, will be fixed.

– An issue where 5★ Hero Astromancer’s ‘Cannot Couterattack’ effect applied to enemy monsters will be fixed.

■ World Arena

※ The Epic Skin [Little Queen Charlotte: Elegant Excursion], which will be rewarded to Heirs who finished the season in the Master League in the World Arena Triumph Season, will be sent to their in-game mailbox after the 2/16 (Thu) maintenance.

– The World Arena Replays before the update will no longer be playable after the update on 2/16 (Thu).

■ Automaton Tower

– Improvements will be made to trigger Basic Skill Activation Device in Automaton Tower accurately for basic and extra attacks.

– An issue where the boss monster ‘Luele of Light’ on Floor 15 was revived with 1 HP when defeated by additional damage after using her skill ‘Light Ascending’ on herself will be resolved.

■ Labyrinth

– Improvements will be made to display mission information instead of available keys on the labyrinth map.

-An unlocking effect will be displayed when the Labyrinth, Malicus’s Consciousness is unlocked for the first time.

-An issue where the skill effect of the boss monster Arahakan in Azmakalis of Cycle worked differently than the skill description for some Heroes will be fixed.

■ Abyss

– An issue with the display of incorrect system text in the immune list when boss ‘Ken’ receives lethal damage and uses his skill, Phoenix Flurry in [Abyss > Floor 86], will be fixed.

-An issue where the death animation of the enemy was shown when reviving an ally with Destina’s skill <Destina’s Grace> during the boss battle against ‘Destina’ in [Abyss > Floor 99] will be resolved.

– Skill descriptions for the stage boss monster, ‘Destina’ in [Abyss > Floor 99] will be updated to include bolded effect text and a pop-up screen informing players of the buff effects.

■ Chat System Improvements

– The display of certain notifications in the Channel and Guild Chat will be improved.

[Added]

– Hero Details sharing message

– Equipment Information sharing message

– Emoji speech bubble message

[Removed]

– Hero Awakened to 6★notification

+15 Equipment Enhance notification

+30 Artifact Enhance notification

※These will also be removed from the options.

– The display of the time stamp for chat messages will be improved.

– A special effect will be applied to sentences in chat messages that contain a certain keyword.

– On-screen keyboard size will be adjusted when typing messages.

ㄴ Improvements will be made to allow players to view recent chat messages when using on-screen keyboards.

– Improvements will be made to adjust the transparency of the speech bubble when adjusting the channel transparency. 

■ Sound Quality Improvements

– Sound quality for some Heroes and monsters will be improved.

※ Additional improvements will be made sequentially.

 Music Player

– New songs will be added.

■ Other

– An issue where the hit motion of the 5★ Hero Luluca, Top Model Luluca, and Luluca wearing the Lovely Patissiere skin was incorrect will be fixed.

– The skill animations that remove a buff twice will be improved to accurately reflect their skill descriptions.

– Improvements will be made to display the set expression of Heroes on the result screens of [Advent Side Story], [Expedition], [Ancient Inheritance], [Guild War MVP], and [World Arena > Mock Battle].

– The size of the speech bubble displaying the remaining time for the Hall of Trials will be adjusted.

– The display of colors for Hero and Artifact Summon Tickets, and Weekly Reputation Reward will be improved for better clarity.

– An issue where unnecessary system texts were displayed at the bottom of the screen when navigating to another screen after applying filters on the Hero Details screen will be resolved.

– An intermittent issue where you could store additional Equipment even when the Equipment Storage is full will be resolved. 

– In the guide content [Adventurer’s Path], all preceding quest progress that has been pre-cleared based on the conditions, and quests that can’t be continued because the conditions have not been met, will have guide messages added.

– An issue where incorrect system texts were displayed on the right side of the screen while opening the map during the initial tutorial will be resolved.

– [Settings > Account Settings] Banner UI will be improved.

 ㄴ It will be improved to allow players to directly copy the STOVE account number.

– The ‘#number‘ identifier located on top of the profile banner will be removed.

– Improvements will be made to apply the correct app resolutions when using the window mode system on Android and iOS devices.

– The order of languages on [Settings > Language Settings] will be displayed according to set rules.

– An issue where some of the texts in Episode 2, ‘5-4S. Shining Blade Avenue did not display properly, will be fixed.

– Epic Seven’s App icon will be changed from Challenger Dominiel to Top Model Luluca.

– Some of the Specialty Change quests for the 3★ Hero Doris will be changed.

 – An issue where the Combat Readiness UI and Hero Images were displayed on the map when checking the map after entering a battle, will be fixed.

– Skill descriptions for the stage boss monster in Episode 2, 7-S3 will be updated to include bolded effect text and a pop-up screen informing players of the buff effects.

– An issue where tapping the Recent Battle button on the Hero Side Story World Map would display the Battle Preparation screen for Advent Side Story after playing Advent Side Story will be fixed.

– removed in v2

– An issue where the Hero’s image was magnified beyond the limit when setting the same Hero as Hero Lobby repetitively, will be fixed.

– An issue where the Triumph Season Frame image did not look natural when set will be fixed.

– An issue where the pop-up function was not working properly when using the [Pause > Settings] option at the end of a World Boss battle will be fixed.

-An issue where the Triumph Season Background was being cut off in the Hero Lobby setting will be resolved.

– An issue where Background Battling did not proceed to the next battle after a stage was cleared in the Moonlight Theater, at the moment that Repeat Battling was completed, while progressing through a stage in the Moonlight Theater after Background Battling will be fixed.

 – An issue where the game did not proceed after changing certain options in [Pause > Settings > Game Settings] during a World Boss battle will be fixed.

– An issue where the skills of certain monsters did not function properly when battling in Ancient Inheritance with a team that includes the 5★ Hero Astromancer Elena will be fixed.