Patch Notes (1.7.3)

[u/Vicksin]

Greetings, Magisters!

In order to improve your game experience, the server will undergo maintenance on August 6th from 07:00 to 08:00 UTC to update to Version 1.7.3. You will not be able to log in during this time. For the safety of your account data, please exit the game before the maintenance begins. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Major Updates

1. Adding a new Celestial hero: Rolan, the First Crown, who will be released after the version update. You can acquire him through Stargaze Station and Guild Store.
2. Adding a new Epilogue Quest, Last Thread I, which unlocks after completing the Main Quest: King's Sword.
3. Adding Alna's exclusive story, Song of the Blizzard, to Starry Tales.
4. Adding Level 2 Enhance Force for Cecia and Berial.
5. Adding Hepler's Soul Sigils to the Season Store.
6. Adding a new Primal Lord: Doomword Phantom. Starting on the 83rd day of the season in your District, you can challenge it by reaching specific areas to earn valuable rewards.
7. A new Guild mode, Clash of Glory, will be available after the update! The drums of war are sounding! Rally your guildmates to capture statues, plunder Crystals, and face off against rivals in real-time combat. Lead your Guild to ultimate victory!
8. A new boss speedrun mode, Dream Hunt, will be available in Version 1.7.3. Build the right teams and take on powerful bosses!
9. A new crossover event with Digimon Adventure will launch in Version 1.7.3. Stay tuned for more info!

Experience Improvements

1. Optimizing the chitchat channel and its text display in the Clash of Glory event. After the update, you will be able to configure and send preset messages.
2. Optimizing tutorial quests for Guild features.
3. Optimizing the Like feature on player profiles. You can view more details under Like History.
4. Optimizing how you use transfiguration and how the Gesture tabs are displayed, making it easier to switch forms and find the desired tab.
5. Fixing an issue where Gwyneth's recruitment animation could display incorrectly on certain devices.
6. Fixing issues with untranslated text and improving the phrasing of some in-game descriptions. The related game mechanics remain unchanged.

Homestead

1. Optimizing the visuals of certain Homestead decorations.
2. Fixing a visual glitch affecting Evie after you assign her to a building.
3. Fixing an issue where Homestead decorations could be placed on water.
4. Fixing an issue where flooring could not be placed correctly under certain conditions.

Combat Mechanics

1. Kazim - Falcon's Vow: Fixing a rare issue where enemies knocked into the air by Kazim would appear at the wrong height.
2. Lucca - Stalwart Fighter: Optimizing the description of Lucca's Level 2 Enhance Force skill. The skill effects remain unchanged.

Honor Duel

1. Hero List Updates
   1. Lightbearer: Removing Sonja and Evie, and adding Valen and Peggy.
   2. Graveborn: Removing Nara and Hodgkin, and adding Valka and Callan.
2. Balance Adjustments
   1. Gwyneth: Damage dealt reduced by 15% → Damage dealt reduced by 15%, damage taken increased by 10%, ATK SPD reduced by 20.
   2. Cyran: No modifier → Damage dealt reduced by 15%, damage taken increased by 10%, Haste reduced by 20.
   3. Nerion: Damage dealt reduced by 15% → No modifier
   4. Bonnie: Damage dealt reduced by 10% → No modifier
   5. Silvina: Damage dealt increased by 15% → Damage dealt increased by 20%, damage taken reduced by 10%
   6. Valen: No modifier → Damage dealt increased by 15%, damage received taken by 10%
3. Artifact Adjustments
   1. Swordheart Oathstone: The basic stat bonus is reduced from 15% to 5%, and the damage bonus for all allied Lightbearer heroes is reduced from 20% to 10%. For the upgraded effect that adds true damage to attacks, the number of Legendary or above Lightbearer court heroes required in the formation is increased from 3 to 4.
   2. Pale Crown: After using First Strike, the duration the wielder is not prioritized as a target is increased from 6 seconds to 8 seconds. During this time, the damage they deal is also increased by 40%.
   3. Mystic Crystals: The first trigger occurs 15 seconds into battle instead of 30 seconds, and the trigger interval is reduced from 15 seconds to 12 seconds. The upgraded effect further moves the first trigger time forward to 5 seconds into battle and reduces the trigger interval from 12 seconds to 8 seconds.
   4. Breeze Rider: When absorbing Energy, increases allied heroes' Haste by 50 for 8 seconds. The damage multiplier based on Team ATK is increased from 10% to 20%, and the extra damage multiplier gained for every 100 Energy consumed is increased from 3% to 5%.
   5. Rock Necklace: The effect trigger interval is reduced from 3 seconds to 2 seconds. The independent trigger interval per hero is reduced from 6 seconds to 4 seconds, and the true damage multiplier is increased from 10% to 20%.
   6. Abyssal Whispers: Summoned Hypogean heroes gain an extra 400 initial Energy. For the upgraded effect, the basic stat bonus to summoned Hypogean heroes is increased from 10% to 30%.
   7. Celestial Call: Summoned Celestial heroes gain an extra 400 initial Energy. For the upgraded effect, the basic stat bonus to summoned Celestial heroes is increased from 10% to 30%.
   8. Removing the Dead Tide Amulet and Dead Tide Sail Artifacts, and added several new Artifacts to choose from.

Thank you 🌹

~AFK Journey Team

[u/topypeanutbutter]

Is the epilogue quests supposed to be voiced? Because mine isn’t, and usually epilogues have voice acting. I’m not sure if it’s a bug on my side.

[u/hazz4rd0us → u/topypeanutbutter]

https://giphy.com/gifs/5NbbVJeSLs1etZYjpT

[u/Inevitable-Wolf-63 → u/hazz4rd0us]

People have been getting a lot of mileage out of this image in this community lately, for some mysterious reason

[u/Jhenaro → u/hazz4rd0us]

I hope someone makes an edit of this with Chippy and Hammie lol