DEVELOPMENT UPDATE 1.10.0

[Akka]

• We took our time working on all of this. Our aim was and will always be to keep everything consistent, AnotherWay believes in quality.
• We won’t be covering any new abilities or skill balancing in this changelog, as it remains a volatile topic.
• Another not-so minor thing that won't be mentioned in this changelog are the "Optimizations": we've put a great deal of effort into optimizing old and/or outdated systems and functions that been there since or before the initial release.

NEW FEATURES

• The old market system has been removed and replaced with a new auction system.
  • Features of the new auction system:
    • The main page is now organized into item categories for easier navigation.
    • Clicking on a category will display all listed items of that type.
      • Listings are sorted by lowest price.
    • When browsing equipable items, item stats will be compared.
    • You can now set price per unit.
    • Each listing now has a duration that can be set to 12, 24, or 48 hours.
      • When a listing expires, the items are mailed to seller.
    • Purchased and withdrawn items are also mailed to the buyer or seller.
• Newly unlocked skills are now automatically assigned to a free slot.
• Added a "None" option to the skill menu for classes that use bows.
• Enchanted items now have an enchant specific glow. ( Can only be seen on P_ models aka you can only see the glow on other players. )
• Magic & Ranged attacks can now critical strike.
• Broken items now can be equipped but will not give any stats.
• Separate hud for quests/objectives auras and mail notification on the right side of the screen.
• New Daily Rewards System.
  • You can now choose from a selection of specific rewards each day.
    • The only requirement is to be active for a certain amount of time to redeem the rewards.
• You can now switch between 90, 100 FOV settings.
• Added a sound when player opens the chest.
• Added a new sound when somebody mentions(or whispers) you in the chat.
• Added the ability to whisper:
  • /whisper(/w) name 
    • Akka sends a message that only Sixin can see.
      • /w Sixin helu
  • /reply(/r) name
    • Sixin replying with Hallo. ( Only Akka can see it. )
      • /r Hallo
• Added /roll command.
• Character Statistics.
• Account Statistics. ( Also has combined character statistics. )
• Cross Server features:
  • Ability to detect if a player is already online on one of our servers.
  • Cross-server chat.
• Reputations.
  • Improve relations with the NPC's to unlock higher-quality services from them.
  • Reputations are account wide.
• Items now have quality.
  • If item's quality is 80%, it will have 20% less stats.
• Items can now have effects.
  • Zombie Slayer - Tier Z ( Zombies, Mummies ) will no longer explode.
  • Azure Wrath - Damaging enemies with spells has a chance to summon a meteor that deals AOE damage.
• Account & Character feature unlocks.
  • Some features only need to be unlocked once per account, such as gathering Rocks, Herbs, Skins & Cubes, NPC's, etc.
  • Other features must be unlocked separately for each character, including Daily Rewards, skills, repairing, etc.
• XP Sharing for people who assisted in killing monster.

NPCS

• New Norgannon ( Enchanter ) NPC.
  • Reworked Enchanting:
    • No longer RNG-based.
    • Obtain exact enchantments using new materials from disenchanting.
    • Higher-quality enchantments are unlocked through reputations.
  • Disenchanting:
    • Disenchant items dropped from monsters to obtain materials for enchanting.
    • Grants reputation based on item level requirement. ( Ranging from 4 to 20. )
  • Break Enchantments:
    • Removing an enchantment from an item now costs 50 gold and grants 5 reputation.
• Reworked Malfurion ( Jeweler ) NPC.
  • Reworked gem crafting menu.
    • Higher quality gems now require higher reputation standing with Malfurion.
  • Reworked gem extracting menu.
  • Added a menu to buy Mystery Mining Bags. ( Contains mining materials, obviously. )
• Reworked Sylvanas ( Alchemist ) NPC.
  • Added an indicator showing the number of identifiable items.
  • Reworked Buy/Sell menu into a single "Shop" option.
  • New consumable crafting menu.
    • Use herbs to craft consumables.
    • Higher potency consumables will require a higher reputation standing with Sylvanas.
  • Reset Stat Points & Specialization are now cheaper for the first few resets, gradually becoming more expensive.
• Reworked Neltharion ( Blacksmith ) NPC
  • Reworked Buy/Sell menu into a single "Shop" option
  • Added bunch of possible filters when buying items.
  • New crafting menu.
  • New smelting menu.
  • Improved Repairing menu.
• Reworked Campfire ( Cooking )
  • new cooking menu.

FIXES

• Fixed Heroic Strike damage type.
• Fixed monsters instantly disappearing after they die which caused them to stop spawning.
• Fixed Durability not being saved.
• Fixed random lightning not being visible.
• Fixed player death not detecting a correct killer.
• Fixed Necromancer skill "Bone Armor" getting reset after using it sometimes.
• Fixed force equip for rings.
• Fixed bow still being drawn after unequipping bolts/arrows.
• And many more..

BALANCING

• Weapons can have varying attack ranges (longer/shorter) and attack speeds (slower/faster) however we've decided to keep all weapon ranges and attack speeds default except maybe with some cases in the future.
• All classes have been rebalanced. There are too many changes, so we won't be covering them in this .
• Rogue energy now regenerates at 1 per 0.15second rate ( Used to regenerate 10 every second. )
• Base damage of all classes changed from 5 -> 10.
• Reworked defense stat priority for all damage types.

REWORKS

• Chest has been reworked with a lot of QoL additions.
  • Holding CTRL to withdraw a specific amount of materials, consumables, etc..
  • Option to deposit all gems / sockets / materials.
  • & more...
• Reworked chat formatting.
  • new: [SomeTitle] « Lv.40 | SHAMAN » Akka ->
• Reworked Equipping item menu with QoL additions.
  • Added Item compare.
  • You can now see Enchant and Socket Types in the item list.
• Reworked Repair pricing.
• Reworked Title System for easy assignment of unique titles.
• Reworked Paragon menu.
• Reworked Herbs & Rock spawning method.
  • Instead of multiple Herbs or Rocks spawning simultaneously every 3 minutes, they will now spawn one by one.
  • Each Herb and Rock spawn point now has a cooldown period, preventing it from being reused for the next few spawns.
  • Herbs will spawn individually every 15-30 seconds, with a maximum of 10 existing Herbs at a time.
  • Rocks will spawn individually every 45-65 seconds, with a maximum of 10 existing Rocks at a time.
• Reworked Aura System. ( Buffs & Debuffs )
  • All issues with the old system have been fixed.
  • Auras can now have precise durations, allowing for more accurate crowd control effects
  • Auras can now persist trough maps.

MISC. STUFF

• Added a couple new sky boxes.
• Quest objectives now have a glow.
• Player can now wear a second ring only after reaching level 35.
• Monsters now get incinerated upon entering spawn area.

REMOVED FEATURES

• Removed XP from monster kill assists.
• Removed Necromancer Skill Teeth.