Archlight Battlegrounds & Arenas
Archlight Battlegrounds are a new system coming to Archlight that will allow guilds to challenge eachother on a completely level playing field. Guild Leaders and Vice Leaders can simply pull up a UI window, input the opposing guilds name, and then fully configure the exact balance you want the battle to entail. Once you have fully customized the battle parameters, the invitation will be sent to the opposing guild, if/when they accept, a 15 minute countdown will start, at which time those guilds can enter the battleground and start preparing for battle.
You can set anything from a wager (comes from the guild banks), equipment skills/resistances, gems, rune upgrades, respawn time... Well, let's just show you!
To save time if you dont have specific preferences for the battleground, you can simply use the presets available - Novice, Adept, Expert, Master - To have all the custom presets filled out based on roughly that stage of the game.
On Launch, one battleground map will be available, however we will be adding in 2 more maps to add more diversity to the map pool.
We will also be using this same platform to make a 2v2 and 3v3 Arena System (using a smaller arena style map) where players will be scaled based on a pre-set balance, this system will indeed have a ranking system and leaderboard ranks to show the highest skilled 3v3 players.
A unique reward system will also be added to Archlight 3v3 Arena's as well. Every season players will be able to join teams with 2 other players, in which they will compete on a Rated Arena system. The top rated teams will obtain exclusive Heirloom Mounts based on their rank. The higher rank, the more valuable exclusive they will obtain. Every season new exclusive mounts will be added as that seasons Heirloom from the Rated Arena.
All Streamers are back! And massive advertising campaign
We're super excited to announce ALL of the streamers who played in the last NA Season are coming back for Season 3! Elias, Hardparadox, Vangoro, Addled, just to name a few, as well as even some EU streamers that couldn't get enough Archlight like TibiaLee/Dargor and Bubbagame! And no one can forget Layzall who we hope to lock in to stream Archlight NA (kappa). While in the past virtually all streamers we're paid to come try Archlight, now less than half are actually being paid to play and are coming back simply because they've fallen in love with Archlight as a game!
Additionally, we have put forth an even larger advertising campaign than our last EU Seasons, and we all saw how big of a punch that brought for new players making the last EU Season such a massive success! We have partnered with nearly a dozen youtube channels, several forums, facebook groups, and are being advertised on Rei Dos Coins 100,000 person email list! This is shaping up to skyrocket NA Season 3!
Game Pace Changes
The experience rate from 1-1500 (pre awakened) has been increased by 100%, experience rate post awakening has been lowered by 50%. While this will slow down awakening levels, it will allow you to get to Awakening faster, owning a house faster, and being able to place furniture faster as well (this will be extra relevant now with all the new furnitures in woodworking).
Lever mechanics in darksteel quest have been jumbled, this is to allow for a fresh experience for veterans going into past content not knowing exactly all the puzzles anymore. We plan to also introduce a few new mechanics and remove some old mechanics on other quests in the near future as well to keep things unique and interesting.
New Mounts Available from Mentor Shop
The mentor shop will now have 6 new exclusive mounts that can only be obtained by mentoring fellow players, increasing the reward for top players helping lower players progress through content.
Class & Misc Balances
Gunslinger
We are putting forward a bugfix now already to a haste issue that should be a significant nerf to gunslinger, based on the results we will further nerf or buff them.
Rogue
Shadow Step & Blink Step are now a support spells
Death Blossom, Viperfang, Jugulate, Shadowfang have all had their DOT damage increased by 20%
Reaping, Shiv, Slice and Dice and Throwing Knife have all had their damage increased by 10%
Monk
Kamakazi Punch base damage increased by 10%
Sorcerer
Thunder Shock spell range increased from 3sqm > 7sqm
Vortex Breath cooldown increased from 2s > 8s
Dragon Breath cooldown increased from 2s > 8s
Dragon Breath damage increased by 25%
Vortex Beam cooldown increased from 6s > 12s
Vortex Beam DOT Damage is now % based on the total damage dealt rather than a fixed amount
Thunder Shock DOT Damage is now % based on the total damage dealt rather than a fixed amount
Living Timebomb & Living Energy Bomb have both had their damage lowered by 20%, however their global cooldown has been lowered from 2s > 1s, effectively largely increasing their DPS.
Feats
Frenzy Attack Speed Buff Lowered from 50% > 25%
Enchantments
Grasping Enchantment Stun Duration Increased by 20%
Damage increase from being enraged by the enraging enchantment increased from 10% to 15%
Triple Referral Bonuses from now until October 11th!
All referrals from NOW until October 11th will have their bonuses TRIPLED. That means if you refer a friend, they donate, you will receive 30% of what they donate as coins! To refer a friend for the new Season, simply go to your account on our website, login, click on referrals and share them your referral code! When they sign up with it, they will receive 1 free week of premium, and anytime they donate you will earn coins for free! So get to referring your friends, or heck, invite random people to come try Archlight for it's largest season yet!
More Patch Notes will be posted leading up to the Launch on October 4th!
And the best news yet, Character Creation is NOW OPEN!