[Ralath]

Some of these updates will make a lot of people happy. :3 Bolding is mine.

Hi all,

Next scheduled maintenance will occur tomorrow at 11:59 PM (PST).

Expected updates in the 01.28.08 patch are as follows:
New Shop Items
- Brown Hobby Horse Mount
- Black Hobby Horse Mount
- White Hobby Horse Mount
- Skill Reset Scroll 10
- Perfect Red Eye (Grade 3)
- [Defense] Red/Blue/Yellow Set
- Multi Shark House
- Normal Red Eye *Removed
- Normal Blue Mile *Removed
- Normal single menian pieces *Removed
- Gathering Pack *Removed (contents will be sold seperately later on)
- Storage Pack *Removed
- All non-multi Mini Houses *Removed

Content
Battle Field (Phase 1)
Battle Field will have level limited PvP zones. Zones are accessed by NPCs located in different areas of the map. You can group with others (max 5). Normal chat is disabled. Party Chat/Whispers are enabled.
- Zone 1 - Level 30-39 (Access in Vine Tomb - Grave of Abyss)
- Zone 2 - Level 40-49 (Access in Goblin Camp - Abysmal Summit)
- Zone 3 - Level 50-59 (Access in Luminous Stone 1 - Dungeon of the Abyss)
- Zone 4 - Level 60-69 (Access in Luminous Stone 1 - Passage of the Abyss)

*Please see notes later on for other levels and phases


Expected updates in the 02.04.08 patch are as follows:
New Shop Items
- Blue Valentine's Pack
--- Beauty Shop Coupon
--- [Critical] Blue Valentine's Day Costume (10%) (30 Days)
--- [Critical] Blue Round Hat (5%) (30 Days)
--- Pink Raccon (30 Days)
- Pink Valentine's Pack
--- Beauty Shop Coupon
--- [Critical] Pink Valentine's Day Costume (10%) (30 Days)
--- [Critical] Pink Round Hat (5%) (30 Days)
--- Pink Raccon (30 Days)
- [Normal] Red/Blue/Yellow Menian Sets (Permanent)
- Hunter's War Rant (150%)
- Gathering King's Touch (200%)
- EXP Boost Card (120%)
- All hourly items converted to 7/30 Day items

Other Changes
- Guild Freeze Bug *fixed (If not this patch, patch after)
- Sand Hill Scroll Bug *fixed (If not this patch, patch after)

Other News
Battle Field (Phase 2) (Expected Late February)
This will be a free battle zone where all levels 1-79 will be able to PvP.

Battle Field (Phase 3) (No ETA)
This will include level limited zones for levels 70+

Vitality 2 Issue (No ETA)
This is being worked on. Names will be re-named to avoid confusion. It will take some time considering we must keep consistency and form against all scrolls and recipes and icons.

Spam Filter (Expected February)
This is currently in development to better protect the player from the gold spammers.

Class Imbalance (No ETA)
Under research for the past 2 weeks. Developers are currently looking at statistics and will be evaluating the statistics for the next few weeks. I'll keep you updated as I find out more information.

That is all for now. If I have more news, i'll update later.

-SKiNG

Maybe they are secretly browsing FF and taking note of our ideas because at least they have given a schedule (no matter how roughly) of expected updates. :3