Here's what's new:
New Eidos
The beginner city Eidos has received a complete facelift with a focus on helping new players get introduced to the game! A new Beginner Tutorial will help players learn the basic mechanics of Zezenia Online and dispatch them on their adventure.
(You can test the new tutorial on the test server by writing !tutorial in the Main chat. However, be careful: this will take your character back to level 1!)
If you own a house in Eidos, don't worry: you will find your house items in your depot.
There are also various new quests to discover and solve around Eidos. Be sure to check out the Beginner Island just south of the city, no matter which level you are at!
We will continue to iterate on the beginner experience to make sure that Zezenia is more accessible to newcomers. This is the first step in improving one of the most important parts of the game and acquiring new players!
Party Up
Parties have received a major upgrade! You will now see your companions on the minimap, making sure you never get separated from your friends. Various other improvements are also in place: the party leader can now be reassigned, and party invites can be easily accepted from a popup window.
Stamina
You will find a new Stamina meter on your character, which refills every 24 hours. Every day, you will receive 50% more experience for approximately an hour of gameplay. And of course, this stacks with Experience Boost Scrolls for the most efficient hunts.
Spells and Balance
To begin correcting the imbalance between classes and subclasses particularly in PvM there have been numerous spell tweaks. Mages will notice new damage patterns on certain spells. Warlock and Shaman PvM damage formulas have been improved.
Rangers have received a long desired AoE spell, Hellish Volley, to liven up those party hunts, as well as reworked formulas for spell damage.
In addition, rangers have received their previous defending skill table back, while the melee skill for mages has been weakened.
Last but not least, a number of spells have had their cooldown reduced to prevent hunt downtime.
Quality of Life
Many improvements and fixes have been made to everyday functions! Among other things:
- Heal, damage and loot messages are now placed in a new Log chat tab,
- Kill counters are now always visible, and will display the name of the NPC you are working for,
- Currently equipped items will no longer be considered for sale in NPC dialogs,
- Items can be dragged directly into hotkey slots,
- The chat box will no longer scroll down on a new message when browsing the backlog,
- Expensive dungeon tickets are no longer consumed for gold dungeons,
- Your health and mana points will now refill on Level Up as a reward for your hard work.
Thank you for your patience on this update! We hope you enjoy it, and we have more in store! Please let us know what you think, and if you find any issues.
See you ingame!
Sincerely,
Zezenia Staff