Dear players,
The servers of NARAKA: BLADEPOINT will be suspended for maintenance from Apr 12th, 2023 at 23:00 (UTC) to Apr 13th, 2023 at 03:00 (UTC). We suggest that you log out in advance and enter the game again after the maintenance.
The details for this update are as follows:
Brand New Content!
I. Akos Hu's new Skill [Roar: Terror] and Ultimate [Feral Frenzy: Lockdown] are now available!
1. Skill [Roar: Terror]
Akos roars like a tiger, unleashing a continuous shockwave towards the aimed direction. Deal damage and [Terror] enemies, making them unable to move.
When affected by [Terror], enemies will be immune to further [Terror] effect after being attacked or when the effect ends.
·During the shockwave, Akos can stop it at any time.
2. Ultimate [Feral Frenzy: Lockdown]
Create a banner array that lasts for 15 sec, chaining enemies to the banner.
·The chain pulls back enemies who struggle to escape, but can only take effect twice.
·Relocation skills (excluding Wuchen's Teleport) are disabled while chained to a banner.
·[Lunge] towards the aimed direction. Can be used 3 times.
·[Lunge] at a banner to climb on it and launch a Tiger-Claw Scale Rush in Golden Focus.
[Lunge] at a banner can be used under attack.
II. Map Updates
With the advent of spring, peach and pear flowers at Pool of Cleansing on The Morus Isle have bloomed. Go and enjoy the springtime.
III. Justice Chamber Optimizations
1. The max initial number of Justice Chamber members has been expanded to 15.
2. Added the level system to Justice Chamber, which now can rise to a maximum level of 20 by accumulating experience. The activeness points of the Justice Chamber will be transformed into equal experience.
3. New contents added to Justice Chamber Store, unlock more rewards with the levelling up of Justice Chamber.
4. More benefits will be unlocked with the increase of Justice Chamber's level, such as a higher upper limit of members, more Justice Coin rewards, advanced Justice Store, account experience bonus, intimacy bonus and Showdown luck bonus.
IV. Clash League
1. Rules:
1) Basic Rules
Same as the rules of NARAKA: BLADEPOINT official tournaments.
2) Time
·Available Time: From Apr 12, 2023 at 20:00 to Apr 26, 2023 at 6:00 (UTC).
NA Server: 1:00 - 3:00 (UTC) every day
EU Server: 19:00 - 21:00 (UTC) every day
AS Server: 12:00 - 14:00 (UTC) every day
SEA Server: 13:00 - 15:00 (UTC) every day
·Redeem Reward: From Apr 12, 2023 at 20:00 to May 2, 2023 at 20:00
3) Stage
·The games are divided into Preliminary, Semifinals and Finals stages.
·Scoring 6.0 or higher in a single game of preliminary advances the participants to the semifinals, and scoring 6.0 or higher in a single game during the semifinals advances the participants to the finals.
4) Rounds
·A round ends when you fail to advance or complete the finals.
·You will start over from preliminary after a round ends.
5) Reward
·Get League Coins based on the survival time and individual scores for the round. Use League Coins to redeem for rewards in the Redeem store.
·As the clash league ends, players can get extra rewards according to their Justice Chamber Total Score.
·Advancing to Finals or winning in the Finals unlock exclusive Hero Badges.
6) Matchmaking Rules:
·Only chamber members playing in the same stage can join the game together.
·Cannot fill party.
2. Score Rules:
1) In-match Score
·In-match Score = Ranking Score + Eliminates by the Team*Ranking Multiplier
*Eliminates: A player being killed to Death (one's Cairn runs out of Health with or without Rebirth chance) is regarded as an Eliminate.
2) Round Score
Round Score is the sum of all games scores within the round.
3) Justice Chamber Total Score
Justice Chamber Total Score is the sum of all members' in-match scores gained in the chamber.
The ranking coefficient and ranking score according to different rankings are as follows
|
Ranking |
Ranking Coefficient |
Ranking Score |
|
1 |
1.4 |
5 |
|
2 |
1.4 |
3 |
|
3 |
1.3 |
3 |
|
4 |
1.3 |
2 |
|
5 |
1.2 |
2 |
|
6 |
1.2 |
1 |
|
7 |
1.2 |
1 |
|
8 |
1.1 |
1 |
|
9 |
1.1 |
1 |
|
10 |
1.1 |
0.5 |
|
11 |
1.1 |
0.5 |
|
12 |
1 |
0.5 |
|
13 |
1 |
0.5 |
|
14 |
1 |
0 |
|
15 |
1 |
0 |
|
16 |
1 |
0 |
Hero Adjustments
I. Feria Shen
1. Optimized the performance of Bronze Mech's jump by adding a jet propulsion effect to its back.
II. Akos Hu
1. Now his Pounce and other Tiger-claw Strikes will no longer be triggered when equipped with ranged weapons.
III. Valda Cui
1. Optimized the hit determination of [Nether Nightmare] and [Nether Nightmare: Smite]'s Great Wave.
Weapon Adjustments
I. Spear
1. Slightly relaxed the restriction on [Dragonslayer]'s perfect use timing.
II. Staff
1. Slightly relaxed the restriction on [Stanchion·Rising Cloud]'s perfect use timing.
In-game Adjustments
I. Feature Optimizations
1. Adjusted some of the maps where players can select spawn points in Holoroth.
2. Optimized the display of tips on the loading screen. Besides, certain unnecessary tips will be filtered out according to players' use of input devices (keyboards and mouses/controllers).
II. Mechanism Adjustments
1. Dandelions can now be picked up repeatedly. They will regrow after all have been picked in every area.
III. BOT Mode Adjustments
1. Decreased the possible Hero types that AI opponents will use at the Easy level.
2. Now AI opponents have a chance to yield Legendary Souljades especially at the Easy level.
IV. Realm of Yang
1. Removed Realm of Yang from Quick Match Mode of The Herald's Trial.
(Ranked Mode and BOT Mode remain unchanged.)
2. Adjusted the number of first-round Morus' Blessing in Quick Match Mode of The Herald's Trial back to 2.
Out-game Adjustments
I. New Settings in Custom Room
1. In Custom Room, you can turn off Shadow Corruption settings in the Ranked Mode.
2. In Custom Room, you can Ban Grappling Hook in all modes.
3. In The Bloodbath mode, you can now toggle the settings as following: Restore Health and Armor upon defeating, restore weapon durability upon defeating, remove Biding Fury upon defeating, block Morus' Blessing and Souljade Rift Dealer.
II. Cross-rank Team Up Restrictions
In the Duos and Trios modes of the Herald’s Trial, matchmaking fails if the rank gap between team members exceeds two major ranks. For instance, if the lowest-ranked player in the team is Gold, they can only join teams with players of Solar rank or below.
Dev Notes: We've implemented this team-up restriction to prevent the huge gaps that may arise within a party. This way, players can enjoy a fair and balanced gameplay experience.
III. Team Up
Cross-rank restriction rules will be imposed on the upper and lower limits of the recruitable players when creating teams in Ranked Mode.
IV. Optimizations of Illume Project 2674 Event
1. Slightly raised the volume of the event page's BGM.
2. In some of the dialogues, the options that have been chosen will be marked.
V. The In-Game Wiki: Baizepedia is ready now!
1. Baizepedia will include such official content as tutorials, weapon introductions and hero walkthroughs to help beginners learn about and get familiar with all kinds of techniques.
2. Players can access Baizepedia on such pages as Hero, Weapons and Training Ground to check whatever they need.
3. After each match, Baizepedia will recommend the most suitable walkthroughs to players based on their performance, proficiency in using the chosen Heroes and rank scores.
Baizepedia will be continuously updated in the future to cover more contents such as Showdown. Please wait and see!
Showdown Adjustments
I. Enigma Domain Adjustments
1. Narrowed the alert range of all monsters in Enigma Domain to make players less detectable.
2. This round of Enigma Peak has been extended to April 23.
Feature Optimizations
I. Client
We will optimize the performance of multi-threaded disk reading to gradually reduce game stuttering caused by resource loading, thus improving game fluency.
Store Updates
I. New Packs
1. Newly added Justina Gu Exclusive Pack [Frost Drift], including Legendary Outfit [2674·Frost Drift], Dagger Legendary Skin [2674·Shiver], Legendary Accessory [2674·Visor], and Epic Hairstyle [Lab Specialist]. Standard price: 5,000 Gold; Now: 3,200 Gold.
2. Newly added Viper Ning Exclusive Pack [Digital Serpent], including Legendary Outfit [2674·GasViper] and Legendary Hairstyle [Freelance Hacker]. Standard price: 2,600 Gold; Now: 1,850 Gold.
II. Added New Discounts
1. Newly added Staff Legendary Skin [2674·Plasma Saber Mk II]. Standard price: 1,500 Gold; Now: 1,250 Gold.
2. Newly added Justina Gu Epic Pose [2674·Bio-Tech]. Standard price: 500 Gold; Now: 350 Gold.
3. Newly added Viper Ning Epic Pose [2674·Holo Dancers]. Standard price: 500 Gold; Now: 350 Gold.
4. Newly added Justina Gu Epic Mark of Victory [2674·Cryobiology]. Standard price: 1,200 Gold; Now: 750 Gold.
5. Newly added Viper Ning Epic Mark of Victory [2674·Yushan Group]. Standard price: 1,200 Gold; Now: 750 Gold.
6. Newly added Justina Gu Legendary Outfit [2674·Frost Drift]. Standard price: 1,800 Gold; Now: 1,500 Gold.
7. Newly added Viper Ning Legendary Outfit [2674·GasViper]. Standard price: 1,800 Gold; Now: 1,500 Gold.
8. Newly added Dagger Legendary Skin [2674·Shiver]. Standard price: 1,500 Gold; Now: 1,250 Gold.
9. Newly added Justina Gu Legendary Accessory [2674·Visor], comes with Justina Gu Legendary Gesture [2674·Mini Workshop]. Standard price: 1,200 Gold; Now: 1,000 Gold.
10. Newly added Viper Ning Legendary Hairstyle [Freelance Hacker]. Standard price: 800 Gold; Now: 650 Gold.
11. Newly added Justina Gu Epic Hairstyle [Lab Specialist]. Standard price: 500 Gold; Now: 400 Gold.
12. Added Katana Legendary Skin [Gale's Edge]. Standard price: 1,500 Gold; Now: 1,250 Gold.
III. Discounts End
1. Feria Shen Legendary Accessory [2674·Mech Prototype] has returned to its standard price of 5,200 Gold.
2. Legendary Grappling Hook Skin [2674·SkyClaw 3000] has returned to its standard price of 1,200 Gold.
3. Dual Blades Legendary Skin [Gourmet's Feast] has returned to its standard price of 1,500 Gold.
4. Feria Shen Legendary Outfit [2674·CyberKitty] has returned to its standard price of 1,800 Gold.
5. Feria Shen Legendary Accessory [2674·GiantKitty] has returned to its standard price of 1,200 Gold.
6. Feria Shen Legendary Accessory [2674·Heart Tail] has returned to its standard price of 900 Gold.
7. Feria Shen Epic Hairstyle [Mech Pilot] has returned to its standard price of 500 Gold.
8. Epic Kill Announcement [Meow Meow] has returned to its standard price of 300 Gold.
9. Kurumi Legendary Outfit [Cirrus Fairy] has returned to its standard price of 1,800 Gold.
10. Kurumi Legendary Accessory [Mystic Tanuki] has returned to its standard price of 1,200 Gold.
IV. Spectral Silk Store Updates
1. Newly added Tarka Ji Legendary Gesture [2674·Motor Helmet], with the price of 9,000 Spectral Silk.
2. Newly added Epic Background [Stellar Plaza], with the price of 2,000 Spectral Silk.
Bug Fixes
I. Hero-related Bugs
1. Fixed an issue where Tarka Ji would sometimes sprint abnormally after dodging.
II. Battle-related Bugs
1. Fixed an issue where Heroes would perform on-beam gestures after a successful Counter on beams.
