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We will be doing the hotfix #17 update starting at October 13, 2023 10:30 AM(PST). When the patch starts, you will not be able to login to the game and players in-game will not be able to enter the matchmaking pool during this time. Players in a match or in-game will have 30 minutes to complete the match and exit safely. The server will return to full service 2 hours after the patch starts. During maintenance, all services, including the website, may be temporarily suspended to update various servers. Patch Notes:

Fixed an issue that could result in a crash when moving gold coins between gold coin containers.
Fixed an issue where postprocessing effects were not applied when using the Hide Mastery perk.
Fixed an issue where buffs would not be overwritten properly when a Bard plays the same song.
Fixed an issue where spells would sometimes not cast properly even when casting was completed correctly.
Fixed an issue where VFX was displayed abnormally large when applied to a Cockatrice.
Bard’s Allegro duration has been normalized to 8 seconds based on the Bard's default Persuasion of 20.
Bard’s Accelerando has been changed to be affected by Persuasion and has also been normalized to 8 seconds based on the Bard’s default Persuasion of 20.
Bard’s Aria of Alacrity's Action Speed reduced from 8/14/20% → 4/6/8%
Bard’s Aria of Alacrity duration adjusted to 30/60/120 seconds based on the Bard’s default Persuasion of 20.
Bard’s Ballad of Courage duration adjusted to 30/60/120 seconds based on the Bard’s default Persuasion of 20.
Bard’s Beat of Alacrity duration adjusted to 30/60/120 seconds based on the Bard’s default Persuasion of 20.
Bard’s Beat of Alacrity's Additional Move Speed reduced from 5/10/15 → 5/7/9
Bard’s Harmonic Shield duration adjusted to 30/60/120 seconds based on the Bard’s default Persuasion of 20.
Bard’s Harmonic Shield Cost increased from 4 → 5.
Bard’s Unchained Harmony Cost increased from 3 → 5.
The gold coin container rarity grade has been adjusted to ‘unique’ grade.
Longbow's projectile Speed ​​has changed reduced from 3500 → 3250, The Hitslow movement penalty from -35% → -30%, and the hit slow duration from 1.5s → 1s.
Recurve Bow’s hit slow movement penalty changed from -25% → -20%.
Higher grade Pickaxes gives more regular interaction speed.
Drum’s projectile speed changed from 1300 → 1000.
The trajectory of the drum when thrown has been slightly modified.
Damage from Dark Swarm no longer reduces the Recoverable Health.
Slightly lowered the drop rate for Trinkets and Treasures from Chests.
Very slightly lowered the drop rates for Armor and Weapons from the high grade chests (Ornate, Lion’s Head, Golden, Marvelous).
For testing purposes, you can now only enter ‘Normal' Dungeons with Rare grade items or lower. Higher grade items found in the dungeon can be used during that session.

New leaderboard system implemented for testing:

Players now need to play 20 games in a High Roller dungeon to be listed on the leaderboard for that specific dungeon.
Leaderboards now show an average score for each category that is based on the number of times you entered that specific HR dungeon.
One failed match session will be added to the average score for anyone ranked in the top 100 at the end of each day, so top ranked players cannot simply sit on their rankings.
Adventure points for HR high grade chests. (Ornate, Lion’s Head, Golden, Marvelous) has been increased significantly.
Adventure points for Goblins and the Skeleton Axeman, Speaman, and Crossbowman has been slightly increased.
Adventure points for the Sub Boss monsters has been increased.
Adventure points for killing another player has been slightly decreased.
With the completion of the patch, a new leaderboard season begins.

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Developer Comments: We have been fairly satisfied with the improved loot drops in incentivizing players to go into the dungeons. We do think that there was too much treasure being given by the chests resulting in excessive gold in the economy without enough money sinks built in yet. We have reduced the drop rate of treasure and trinkets from the chests to slightly reduce the gold supply. We have also decided to test out two large experimental changes. We decided to push out a temporary leaderboard system that we believe is less grindy than previous versions. We want to collect this data to help us build the real ranked system we have planned for the next big patch. Our data in preparation for the new leaderboards when using current proxy data also showed that bards were over represented and we have implemented some balance changes we feel will bring them in line. Finally we are experimenting with the first gear based matchmaking pool and have temporarily implemented a gear cap to the Normal dungeons. We are aware that this solution has its flaws but we are interested in collecting this data. Thanks again for all the great feedback.