May 9th, 2018 Patch

The following changes were made during the May 9 2018 patch. The patch note can also be read here.

## Lobby Changes

### Tech Lab Opening

The Tech Lab provides services where seasonal, limited-edition items can be obtained. Exclusive goods such as Credits, Mileage and Access Codes can only be used in Tech Lab.

* Mystery PC
	+ In a period, players can use Access Codes to obtain limited edition skins, and also deco items for decorating player’s own Research Center.
	+ Once the period ends, remaining excess Access Codes will be refunded as Mileage.
* Mileage Shop
	+ Mileage can be used to purchase the items in Mystery PC.
	+ Players will receive Mileage for each time the player uses Mystery PC. (1 Mileage per Mystery PC draw)
* Credit Shop
	+ Players will receive Credits for every duplicated/repeated item they get when using the Mystery PC.
	+ Credits can be used to purchase items in Credit Shop.

### Research Center & Housing System Introduction

Housing service is introduced for players to decorate their Research Center as lobby in-game.

* Players are now able to decorate their Research Center by positioning deco items, and there will be deco items that can be placed in according to the theme.
* Players can now take screenshots of their decorated room when clicking the “camera icon” and the UI will disappear enabling screenshots to be taken.
* Settings for players to choose to display their current selected character on Research Center via switch option on/off is available.

### Live2D Application

Several characters skins will now have their animated Live2D motion applied.

Settings for Live2D animation turn on/off in the In-game menu is available.

### Bear Point Improvement

The methods to obtain Bear Points are expanded and there will be more items be put available for purchasing via Bear Points.

### Character's Confidence Level Improvement

* Confidence Syringe added: Players can now easily promote and boost their character’s confidence by consuming gold coins via Confidence Syringe
	+ (In the pop-up menu, players can maximize the number of injections by clicking the “+” button continuously)
* Confidence Level Booster added: Before starting the match, players can now choose to purchase Confidence Level Booster item. The played character will receive a 100% Confidence level boosted after the match ends.

### UI/UX Improvements

* The option for the nickname area on the upper left screen in the lobby main has been replaced. When tapping on the option, nickname change pop-up now has been enabled.
	+ Players can also now check their highest tier for the current season in the record menu.
* The Collection tab on the left-side lobby menu has been added. Players can check their owned Aptitudes, Supply boxes, and Booster items in the “Bag” menu.
* Added the separation of two tab settings, “Default Settings” and “In-game Settings”. Also, added “PC Settings” only for STEAM.
	+ Default Settings: Sound Volume adjustments option added.
	+ In-game Settings: Live2D Effect on/off option added.
* Players in Steam can now access to “PC Settings” tab, and able to make adjustments to the settings that are exclusively for Steam players.
* Hot-keys Overlay
* Resolution adjustment
* Key settings option : The Steam key settings can now be interchangeable

### Match Preparation Pop-Up Menu Improvement

Players now can choose Aptitudes, Supply boxes, and also Booster items in the pop-up menu before starting the match.

### Display the Average Tier for all participated players in the match starting menu for Ranked Game

Normal Game and Ranked Game will now display the average tier for all participated players in the game.

### Device Transfer or Receive Deletion due to iOS Validation Policy

Due to the validation processes for AppStore, the iOS clients will not be able to engage in device transfer/receive menu for the temporary time being.

## New Skins

* Butler Alex
* Hanfu Li Dailin
* Maid Adriana
* Archer Nadine
* Ao Dai Mai

(Butler Alex, Maid Adriana and Ao Dai Mai are three limited edition skins that is only available on Mystery PC and Mileage Shop)

### Live2D Animation for Existing Skins

* Idol Hart
* Hitman Shoichi
* Chiara The Fallen
* Fallen Angel Chiara
* Happy Rosalio

(Players can purchase these Live2D Skins by purchasing at the Credit Shop and able to apply Live2D animation on the purchased skin.)

## In-Game UI/UX Changes

* Match Commence Animated Effect Added
* Responsive UI has been applied that enables the screen to zoom up or down or left / right on a device with a resolution other than 16: 9, the background will stretch to fit the screen and the button will fit in the screen area.
* Recovery Effect when using Recovery Item Added (Stimulants are exempted)
* ‘Move’ Button Icon replaced
* Peacemaker, NO Digging, and Blaze skill animated effect in-game has been added.
* Booster items applied, League Bonuses, Research Journal rewards are now displayed on the result menu.

## Character Changes

* For every Research Journal completed, players will now be receiving 400BP.
* Jan: Research Journal Interview added
* Lenox
	+ Fishing cooldown: 180 secs → 140 secs
	+ Adjustments to the probability of items received upon Fishing
		- Smelt 15% (Newly added)
		- Saury 15% → 10%
		- Mudfish 15% → 10%
		- Carp 15% → 10%

## Item Changes

### New Items

* Heated Oil (Epic, Thrown)
* Bird Egg (Basic, Health)
* Bird Meat (Basic, Health)
* Fried Egg (Basic, Epic)
* Scrambled Egg (Basic, Epic)
* Fried Chicken (Rare, Health)
* French Fries (Rare, Health)
* Smelt (Basic, Health)

### Item Image Changes

The following items' images have been replaced:

* Iron Mace
* Flubber
* Vintage Card
* Crow Card
* Storm Bolt
* High Explosive Grenade
* Fuhma Shuriken
* Long Crossbow
* Power Crossbow
* RDX
* Herb
* Honey Medicine
* Herb Medicine
* Pickled Garlic
* Spicy Noodle
* Hot Honey Water
* Meteorite
* Starsteel

### Changes to Existing Items

* The existing item “Gasoline” has been replaced with “Oil”
* Storm Bolt
	+ 35 damage → 38 damage
* Wizard's Fishing Pole: Adjusted fishing probabilities
	+ Can 59% → 29%
	+ Smelt 22% (Newly added)
	+ Turtle Shell 10% → 12%
	+ Mudfish 10% → 12%
	+ Carp 10% → 12%
	+ Saury 10% → 12%
* Silencer
	+ When using the item “Silencer”, adjustments have been made to clarify player’s stance through icon’s mark.
* Icebox Supply Box
	+ Bird Egg added
	+ Bird Meat added

## Area Changes

* Town Hall
	+ Baseball Set : 6 → 4
	+ Arrows : 12 → 10
	+ Bird Meat : 0 → 2
* Cemetery
	+ Pickaxe : 6 → 5
	+ Long Sword : 3 → 2
	+ Bird Egg : 0 → 2
* Lighthouse
	+ Bullets : 9 → 7
	+ Bird Egg : 0 → 2

## Bug Fixes

* Fixed a bug issue on the tab movement of “Gold&Gem”.
* Fixed a bug when a player is automatically kicked out from the Practice Range screen pop-up during preparation for combat in tutorials
* Fixed a bug on the incorrect display on the game history log when players with long username is killed in the game by other players or AI
* Fixed a bug on the removed UI casting does not display in tutorial when player consumes Oriental Concoction.
* Fixed a bug on the non-displayed health recovery action log when a player uses the First Aid Kit.
* Fixed a bug where the skill Tit for Tat does not display the number of kill records when the game has ended.

## Additional Patches

These patches were made shortly after the May 9th patch to fix remaining bugs.

### May 9th 4.3.01

* Fixed a bug on the inaccuracy when purchasing Assistant Researcher in the shop
* Fixed the issues of empty display on items in the Collection > Bag right after logging into the lobby
* Fixed a bug where the Ressurection time does not display appropriately in the main lobby
* Fixed an issue in regarding the mislocated tab icons on lobby in iPhone X display
* Fixed the missing pop-up icon messgaes when opening the attendance compensation mail
* Fixed a bug where Booster items can now be selected properly when selecting items in match preparation pop-up menu on tool-tip.

### May 10th Live Patch

* Fixed an issue on certain skill’s damage was doubled when in combat.

### May 13th 4.3.02 Patch

* Fixed a bug issue where the Resurrection button the died character does not displayed appropriately.

1. ↑ https://medium.com/@cs\_90978/additional-patch-4-3-01-ios-5e6afddb86a7
2. ↑ https://medium.com/@cs\_90978/live-patch-issues-on-doubled-skill-damage-during-combat-4d1867474b39
3. ↑ https://medium.com/@cs\_90978/additional-patch-4-3-02-android-1a7bfaff5305