[6/8 Patch Update] Hero and Artifact Balance Changes + Politis Banner

The characters getting changed are Arunka, Assassin Cartuja, Sharun, Summer Break Charlotte, Jack-O and Spirit Eye Celine. For artifacts, the minor changes are Wings of Light and Shadow, Sword of Winter Shadow and Iron Fan.

Link: https://page.onstove.com/epicseven/global/view/9517657

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★ Little Queen Charlotte (Light, Warrior)

– Damage Dealt against Dark Elemental targets will be increased when using the skill <La Mare’s Will>.

■ 5★ Spirit Eye Celine (Light, Thief)

– The effect of <Mighty Strike> will be changed.

– The possession’s amount of absorbed health will be increased when using the skill <Spirit Gate: Burning Possession>.

■ 5★ Jack-O’ (Fire, Warrior)

– The effect of <Trick or Treat> will be changed.

– The effect of <Forever Elysion Driver> will be changed.

– Damage dealt will be increased.

■ 5★ Summer Break Charlotte (Ice, Knight)

– The effect of <Caught A Big One> will be changed.

– The effect of <An Adult’s Responsibility> will be changed.

– The skill cooldown of the skill, <Whale, Hello There> will be deleted, and will be changed to consume Fighting Spirit instead.

– The skill effect will be changed.

■ 5★ Sharun (Earth, Soul Weaver)

– The effect of <Just Trust Me> will be changed.

– The effect of <May You Perish> will be changed.

■ 5★ Arunka (Earth, Warrior)

– The effect of <A Thrashing In The Prairie> will be changed.

– Damage dealt against the target granted a Barrier increased.

■ 4★ Assassin Cartuja (Dark, Warrior)

– The Imprint Concentration, Devotion Skill effect will be changed.

– The effect of <Shred> will be changed.

– The skill name of <Battle Frenzy> will be changed to <Battle Fever> and its effect will be changed.

– The Exclusive Equipment – Option 1 skill effect <Battle Fever> will be changed.

2. Artifact Balance Adjustments

■ 5★ Wings of Light and Shadow (Knight Exclusive)

■ 5★ Sword of Winter Shadow (Thief Exclusive)

■ 5★ Iron Fan (Ranger Exclusive)

※ World Arena Replay History before the maintenance on 6/8 (Thu) will no longer be playable.

※Please refer to the [6/8 (Thu) Balance Adjustment Preview] for more details.

2. Artifact Recall

The recall of the 5★ Artifact, Iron Fan will be conducted as part of the Artifact Balance Adjustment.

[Recall Schedule]

– 6/8 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 6/22 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

[Recall Target]

– The 5★ Artifact, Iron Fan, that has been acquired prior to the 6/8 (Thu) maintenance will be eligible for recall.

[How to Recall]

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

2. The materials you will be given if you proceed with the recall will be displayed. Tap [Recall] to proceed with the recall.

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 Scope and Reimbursement]

– 5★ Iron Fan

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: 6/8 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 6/22 (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. Summon UI and Effect Improvements

The Summon UI and the summoning effect will be improved.

■ Summon UI Improvements

[Summon Banner List]

– When entering the Summon screen, the summon banners and the basic summon menu will be displayed on the right side, organized by their respective categories.

– The Mystic Summon menu will now be displayed on the top side of the list as a banner.

– For summons that are available for a certain period, the <Leaving soon!> icon will be displayed starting from 2 days before the summoning period ends.

ㄴ Target: All the <Recommended Summons> excluding the [Selective Summon]

[Summon Mileage Display and Notification Exposure Improvements]

[Hero Summon Standby Screen Improvements]

– The Skill 3 animation of 5★ and 4★ Heroes will be played on the standby screen when entering each summon banner.

– If it is difficult to identify the summoning target, the skill animation of 5 random 5★ Heroes, chosen among those who can be summoned via the banner, will be played.

– However, this change does not include Element Summon and Friendship Summon.

[Other Improvements]

– As part of the improvements for consistency, the UX component of the summons that are not yet unlocked will be displayed with a lock icon.

– The Mystic Summon UI will be simplified.

– Improvements will be made to the frame design displayed on the screen when summoning Heroes and Artifacts in Summon x10, Selective Summon, and other summoning features.

■ Summon Effect Improvements

– The Summoning effect of Heroes and Artifacts will be changed.

■ Summoning Effect Skip Function Improvements

– Improvements will be made to the Hero summon effect skip function.

[All Skip Function Added]

– All summoning effects will be stopped, and the final result screen will be displayed immediately when tapping the skip button located on the top right side during Hero summon x10.

[Tap to Skip Function Added]

– You can skip the summoning effect by tapping any part of the screen while it is being played.

– However, the summoning effect cannot be skipped under certain conditions.

※ As the summoning effect skip function is being improved, the options to skip the 4★ and 5★ summon animations will be removed from the Settings.

※ The summoning effect changes will not be applied to features other than the Hero Summon.

5. Politis & Knowledge Seed Drop Rate Up

In this Drop Rate Up, meet Politis, a Fire elemental Mage who is capable of decreasing enemies’ Combat Readiness increase effects and inflicting debuffs. Players can also obtain the Mage Exclusive artifact Knowledge of Seed that can grant all allies except for the caster a random buff upon receiving lethal damage.

■ Schedule

– 6/8 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 6/15 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

6. Other Improvements and Adjustments

■ Music Player

– 5 new songs will be added.

■ Heroes and Artifacts

– The Command, Charm, and Politics information displayed on the Hero Journal and Hero Background, which are not utilized in the game, will be removed.
– An issue with the skill effect of the 4★ Hero, Auxiliary Lots’ skill Black Magic, being displayed in the incorrect location will be fixed.

■ Adventure and Story

– An intermittent issue, where the Region Reward corresponding to the stage mission progress in Adventure and Side Story, was not distributed normally, will be fixed.

– Improvements will be made to allow skipping to the next effect by tapping the screen while the dialogue is being displayed in the Story.

ㄴ If the voice actor’s voice is currently playing, tapping the screen will immediately cut the voice and skip the dialogue to the next screen.

ㄴThe narrative directions for the prologue, “A Meaningless Death,” will be revised to align with the dialogues of the voice actors.

– The summoning effects of 3★ Aither and 4★ Mercedes from the Story will be updated to align with the Connection Complete effect.

– Background Battling will be available in Adventure and Side Story. (Does not include Advent Side Story)

ㄴ You cannot enter the World Map while Adventure Background Battling is in progress.

ㄴ Side Story, Advent Side Story, and Unrecorded History will not be available while Side Story Background Battling is in progress. (Moonlight Theater will be available)

ㄴ You can acquire AP and complete Achievements with Background Battling.

ㄴ Background Battling will end when completing a new achievement.

(Specialty Change quest, Adventurer’s Path, AP Exchange mission for each chapter, Trust missions, etc.)

ㄴ Watching an advertisement during Background Battling will pause the battle. You can either resume the Background Battling from where you left off or choose to end the current Background Battling session and start a new one.

ㄴThe Background Battling section in the Help menu will be updated.

■ Battle

– The skill description of Boss Kayron’s skill, Immortal Will, in the Hall of Trials will be edited to accurately reflect the skill’s functionality. No functional changes will be made.

– An issue where certain Hero’s points were displayed as negative values on the result screen in World Boss will be resolved.

– An issue where duplicate supporters were displayed on the Supporter selection screen in World Boss will be fixed.

– The effect of Curse will be displayed when activated.

– An issue where the displayed number of battles completed did not match the actual number of battles completed in Background Battling will be resolved.

■ World Arena

– The poster illustration of E7WC 2021 and E7WC 2022 will be added to Journal.

– An issue where the game closes when attempting to check the profile of players who have previous season records during the World Arena preparation period will be fixed.

– An intermittent issue preventing players from accessing World Arena Ranked Battle after playing the Mock Battle will be resolved.

– The following Battle Frenzy effects will be applied, starting from the current pre-season.

1. The existing Battle Frenzy effect will be changed

ㄴ When a Covenant Hero is attacked by an advantageous element, damage received decreases by 30%: Remains unchanged

ㄴ Final Speed of Mages increases by 7: Removed

2. The value of basic effects associated with Battle Frenzy Stage will be adjusted.

[Current]

Changed

■ Other

– Improvements will be made to prevent the scroll position from changing when transmitting or retrieving Heroes or Artifacts from Storage.

– Improvements will be made to prevent the selection of 5★ Heroes and Artifacts from Storage when transferring Heroes and Artifacts.

– Improvements will be made to allow players to select Protection Set and Torrent Set Modification Gems from the  Modification Gem Selection Chest.

ㄴTarget: The Greater Modification Gem Selection Chest obtained from the Forge Your Epic Gear event, Arky’s 7-Day Growth Guide, and those stored in Inventory/Mailbox.

– An issue where an error message was displayed when tapping the Play with Pet button consecutively in the Pet House will be fixed.

– An issue where some of the backgrounds were displayed as empty when entering the Side Story screen in certain situations will be fixed.

– Assassin Cartuja, a member of the Mercenary Captain Cartuja team in the Arena NPC Challenge, will be replaced with Mucacha.