The devs are not dead. They are just focusing their efforts on the next big update: v1.3.0
Update v1.3.0 will drop within estimatedly three weeks
Beast Tower: Dragon’s Terror (200 Floors) will drop on 21st May 2018 (PST)
Battle of The Greats: Season 3 comes with a prize pool of USD$2,200 on top of gems
Global Exclusive Feature Pirate’s Loot opens in v1.2.9 where hunters can trade your Gems or Gold for Summon Tickets, Elixirs, Potions, Equipment Crystals, Magi Fragments and Stones.
In v1.3.0, DP is introducing Magi with multiple elements, Accesory feature, new weapon mechanics (Soul Spear, Soul Bow, Burst GS, Burst SnS), old weapon revamps, and Tablet restoration, Light and Dark elements, as well as the Lord of Destruction raid event
Devs apologise for the broken ‘Repeat Battle’ feature, and the issue that our Android users encountered.
DP had a reorganization of the team, and a new leadership as reinforcement. The new producer will work more closely and more directly with the team’s developers This means that you can look forward to more improvements in network connectivity and other exciting new contents.
Clan features like Clan Mascot Battle, and Clan Camps are reprioritized within the new leadership. (Gonna be held back probably)
Shishui: Today we have ZanGod back as our guest again for another discussion! So.. Zan! In your previous discussion, Discussion: Future Equipment Banner Review (16/05/2018) (ft. ZanGod), you mentioned you categorised future equipment sets under "Tier 1, 2 and 3".. Can you tell us more about these "Tiers"?
ZanGod: This is based on damage output perspective and considering factors like weapon magi slots, ability, armour ability, attack and passive magi. I will categorise them under each element.
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Shishui: Our guest for today is ZanGod, who will be sharing with us his review and recommendations on whether the upcoming behemoth banner is worth summoning. From this, we can get an idea of the each banner and plan ahead on which banner to summon because we ain't got that much gems to summon every banner right? Woo im excited! Hit it Zan! I mean.. Lets start the discussion!
ZanGod: Fire SNC is here!!! Ok we should know by now fire snc is tier 1 set and earth soul gs you can ignore (its not bad though). How many to get? Minimum 5. Can put 2 nura weps to it / wait for 2 future fire burst sns (magi play) / 7/7 if have a lot fire incants. The armour is really good and can mix with other snc weps (24% demon hold dmg + 24% soul gauge boost each!)
Value - 3/5 (got one junk)
Important - 5/5 (tier 1 fire + high usability with other sets)
ZanGod: First soul bow! Earth soul db can ignore. Thunder soul bow is tier 1 cause of zap (longest debuff). If you have thunder heat bow set can consider one wep or 3 for max dodge ability (86%!) I reckon will be better than light soul bow against dark with cloak, incants and zap!
ZanGod: Light and dark era! Light soul bow is tier 1 but dark soul spear is tier 2 only. Can consider just get 3 light soul bow (or even 1 if budget) and later match with light heat bow armour for 15% light magi gauge charge each. Otherwise pretty decent with its original armour too.
Value - 4/5 (both can be used)
Important - 5/5 (tier 1 light + high usability with other sets)
ZanGod: Earth snc and fire soul db. Hmm... Earth snc is tier 1. Can consider get 3 to mix with fire snc armour / with earth burst sns armour for 252% fatigue dmg. Can even consider 1 with 2 nura and burst sns armour for 420% fatigue dmg!) Fire soul db dmg is decent but need magician mark. Tier 2.
ZanGod: First water burst gs. Not really a fan of it yet. Lightning soul spear is good and rated as tier 2 but not really a must if you have nura / thunder soul bow. Do consider skipping this to rest.
ZanGod: Dark SNC and Light DB? Dark snc is tier 2 and light soul db is tier 1. Recommended to get 3 dark snc wep to match with fire snc armour. 7/7 light soul db can be considered.
ZanGod: Finally! Water soul db! Absolute tier 1 wep. Double atk slots and 15% water magi gauge boost per armor! Lightning burst gs can ignore. Can skip if don’t play water.
Value - 3/5 (got one junk)
Important - 5/5 (tier 1 water + high usability with other sets)
ZanGod: Personal favourite. Light heat bow! Of course tier 1 too! As mentioned earlier you can mix light soul bow weps with light heat bow armour. 7/7 is a must to play heat bow unfortunately. Earth burst sns is very good as well 252% fatigue dmg armour and can use for earth snc. Recommend 5/7 with 2 nura wep for max fatigue dmg.
Value - 5/5
Important - 5/5 (Tier 1 light + high usability with other sets)
ZanGod: Personally this could be a banner to skip if you have 7/7 dark snc and 7/7 fire snc. If you don’t have both, this would be the perfect banner. :sweat_smile: Both dark soul gs and fire soul spear are tier 1. Dark soul gs has ridiculous abilities and fire soul spear is the fastest soul charge spear (143% soul gauge boost!) It has very high fire elemental atk as well!
ZanGod: Earth soul bow is best soul bow. It has soul gauge boost and also 15% magi boost on armour. Can even use its armour to mix with other soul bow. Good to have 7/7. Lightning burst sns. I can use the armour for my 3 wep nura but not really important. Can use 2 nura wep for this so 5/7 is good enough.
Value - 4/5
Important -5/5 (Tier 1 earth + high usability with other sets)
ZanGod: Here comes our very first burst water db! Pretty fun but not sure how useful yet. If really want can get 3 wep and mix with water soul db armour with 15% magi boost. Fire burst sns not a must when you have fire snc / fire soul spear. No support slot means cannot maximise 2 stage magi dmg. Good to get 2 to support fire snc.
Today we have a special guest: Deranged who will be sharing with us his knowledge of the Incarnation Magi Series!
ShiShui: Introduce yourself Hunter! Deranged: Hi, I'm Deranged, the clan master of Dragon Project Singapore. I'm currently a student in a local university (Singapore), and I enjoy playing games in my free time. I got into Dragon Project since Global launch and have been playing since!
ShiShui: To start off.. Can you tell us a little bit about the Incarnation Series Magi? Deranged:
Thunder incarnation: 20% lightning damage & 10% lightning magi charge rate
Water incarnation: 20% water damage & 10% water magi charge rate
(Earth and Fire incarnation is not out yet)
ShiShui: Is it true they are very broken? Deranged: These magis are incredibly broken in the right scenarios, and were released in JP Dragon Project as bonus magis that players could obtain after pulling 3 times in a specific magi banner. However, it was capped to only 1 incarnation magi per element per player (while in Global, we can get an unlimited amount with gems).
ShiShui: So how do they work? Deranged: These magis do not work the same way as the elemental % on your armour. These magis affect your base elemental attack directly, which then stacks multiplicatively with your armour %, making it much better in many scenarios. The following is an illustration of the damage calculation
E.g.
1000 water attack + 100% water % from armour abilities (1000)x(1+1) = 2000 water attack
Adding 1 incarnation (20% of 1000 base water attack) :
(1200)x (1+1) = 2400
As seen from the above example, elemental attack from incarnations are amplified by armour elemental % just like base elemental attack from the weapon.
ShiShui: I see! Are there specific weapons that works better with the Incarnations than others? Deranged: As incarnations increases the elemental attack, this makes it extremely good for weapons that rely on elemental damage, as compared to passive magis such as iron mastery which can only increase physical attack (e.g. skyfall damage is mostly elemental)
On the other hand, as incarnations give a percentage of your elemental attack, its effect on magi damage is not as prominent on weapons with low elemental attack due to alternative passive magis that provide a flat increase in physical damage. The following is an example with an explanation of how magi damage is calculated,
For Anubis bow with 489 base water attack:
20% incarn gives 97.8 water attack
Iron mastery gives a flat 87 physical attack
Fiery bow rite gives flat 150 physical attack
For magis, all physical attack are converted to elemental attack for magi damage (armour elemental % is applied on the sum total of physical+elemental attack from magi + weapon)
Magi damage is indifferent to whether the attack provided by the passive magi is physical or elemental. Do note that physical attack does not scale up with elemental % on armour except with magis.
Thus, incarnations are only marginally better than iron mastery for magi damage for weapons with low elemental attack and worse off compared to alternatives like fiery bow rite for heat bows and DB mastery for heat DBs. (sakura DB an exception with higher elem attack)
ShiShui: Wow! I understand now! So.. the incarnation's effect on magi damage is limited to a certain extent.. Deranged: While it may not be the best choice in increasing magi damage for such weapon types, the boost that incarnations provide to lockdown/overdrive damage is amplified by armour elemental %, unlike physical attack from magis like iron mastery. Thus, incarnations are still a great choice for heat bows and heat DBs unless the situation calls for heavy reliance on magi damage. Even so, the 10% magi charge rate that incarnations provide often makes it more effective than fiery bow rite/DB mastery. (a balance might be required situationally, to charge a magi at its fastest rate while being able to dish out just enough damage to take out the behemoth)
In addition to the damage, incarnations also provides a 10% magi charge rate for same type attack magis. Charging magis faster does more than just increasing damage. It also enhances the utility of magis such as Jupiter's descent (paralysis) and Frozen water rush (freeze) with more frequent casts.
All in all, it is a top tier passive magi for most weapon types
ShiShui: Can you tell us specifically which weapon complements the incarnation and which does not? Deranged:
Excellent-best passive generally
SnS (heat+soul+burst)
Spear (heat+astral+soul)
DB (soul+astral) astral reliant on atk magis
GS (soul+burst)
Bow (soul)
Very good-top tier choice
DB (heat)
Bow (heat)
Bad-compared to enchantments
GS (heat)
Note: Incarnations are ineffective for Heat GS due to a unique mechanic for pulverise where pulverise damage scales mostly on elemental defense instead of elemental attack. Efficacy on yet to be released weapon types like soul bow are inferred and may be subject to change.
ShiShui: I definitely learnt alot from this discussion Deranged! Thank You so much for sharing with us! Deranged: No problem, happy to share this with everyone :D
We are finally done with our recruitment!
A big shoutout to everyone who applied to join Clan OP! We received a lot of applications and trust me, it was a tough decision to select only 3. Everyone has their own unique strengths and talents (I wish i could keep all of you! TT) After thinking long and hard, we decided take in the following members..
ShiShui: Introduce yourselves Hunters!
Baroness: Pleased to meet you, I'm Baroness, a hunter from Indonesia.. I play this game since like day 3 of the game first released on SEA.. I'm not a whaler, not a dolphin either, I only buy monthly card
Annihalor: Hello I'm Annihalor and I'm also a F2P
sQuiphy: Hey, I'm Squiphy, from Brazil. I've been playing for a few weeks now. I'm a f2p hunter and I'm loving the game more and more.
from left to right: sQuiphy, Baroness, Annihalor
ShiShui: How did you come across Clan OP and what made you want to join?
Baroness: I heard OP from several mentions in FB and my friend, Ayoner, recomended OP as a good friendly clan. Then I saw OP post about review writing challenge, and I'm taking it, about time i share my knowledge to other hunter
Annihalor: I applied to join OP mainly because aikeva is there, yes I'm aikeva's fan. Also, I'm seeing OP as the most active and lively clan as compared with other clan. I play DP everyday with minimum 15 hour playing time a day and I see OP member often in game.
sQuiphy: Some OP members helped me before and I saw them helping a lot of people. Since then I have been wanting to join this wonderful team in order to help other players along with them ;)
ShiShui: What are some of your achievements?
Baroness: My achievements are probably around completion of event and such, I'm not a hardcore competitive player, but I usually try to take top tier rewards when events are going on
Annihalor: Grand Prix, because F2p player can be participate and have a fair amount of chance as P2w player. In the recent GrandPrix, I was ranked 11 at the end of the event. sQuiphy: I always try to complete all the events and missions that are available without haste, but also without laziness. My favorite competition so far is the Grand Prix, where even f2p players can have the chance to win. ShiShui: What are some of the challenges you've faced in game and how did u tackle them?
Baroness: In-game challenge would probably be the Tower (especially the 200F), as my set is limited, and I will have to make do all I have and request help from other hunters.
Annihalor: The challange is that there are several events that are designed only for P2w players. For example altair arena, some bingo mission and gem managing system because f2p players only depend on free gems and other freebies that given by the game. At altair arena, I just go as far as i can... For cases like Bingo mission: "deal 1000 damage in 1 hit”, It's beyond f2p capability, and because of this many f2p player quit this game...
ShiShui: *Hints DP* :P
sQuiphy: I think the one of the biggest challenges is to be able to complete the set and magi. Each banner is really tempting, so some players end up spending their gems on every different banners. It takes patience to save a good amount of gems to have a real chance of getting a good set
ShiShui: As of now, how many sets do u have?
Baroness: I have 5/7 Gorynich, 5/7 Azdaja, 4/7 Mercurius and 6/7 Fafnir
Annihalor: I have 7/7 aragami/fantail set, 6/7 farnir set and 5/7 mercurius set. Those 3 are my best sets
sQuiphy: My best are 7/7 gorynych, 7/7 azdaja and 4/7 fantail/aragami.
ShiShui: You guys mentioned y'all are F2P. Could u give the F2P players some tips on how they could advance in the game without spending?
Baroness: Sure, always plan well what you spend on, don't splurge on every banner. Every gem is counted, read reviews from other hunters, and make friends. tough events like tower will be much more easier when you do hunt with people you know
Annihalor: My tips for f2p will be.. do not spending any gem yet until you saving up to 4k gems... yes that is the hard part because you will only be wearing weak armor and weak weapon while saving gems. After saving 4k gems, you can spend them all at 1 banner so chances of getting 7/7 are much higher. Do not summon on magi banner until you got a great set ready or you can summon at magi banner when is it guaranteed SS magi.. Because without good set, your magi is useless
sQuiphy: Don't pull on impulse, save a fair amount of gems to increase your chances. I know that some events and missions can be quite complicated, so when you have difficulties don't be afraid to ask other players for help. Communicate with other players, we have a discord where you can get tips and talk about the game with other players (Click here to join Clan OP's Public Discord)
Welp, that is all for our last 3 members! Thank you for your time and I'll be looking forward to slay some behemoth with y'all soon! And again, I would like to thank everyone who applied and would love to hang out with y'all in game too! ><
"Shi! Have you heard the news?", Pamela asked as she walked towards me.
"What news?", my eyes widened.
"The Battle Royale! It's out!"
"Whaaaaat!? Wanna team up?", I bubbled with enthusiasm.
"Sure! But we'll need more people.", said Pamela. "Guess I'll go to town to recruit."
Meanwhile.. Alone in lounge..
"Ah this is so cool!" I was so excited i could barely control my excitement " Maybe i should go and take a sneak peek.." I tried the door knob and stepped into the portal behind the heavy iron-bound door.
And.. was teleported in the middle of 10 Emphiteras!
"What happened while I was away in town?!", Pamela gasped in horror as she saw me covered in bandages.
I giggled bashfully, "Long story short, I was almost eaten alive by an army of Emphiteras."
"Again?", Pamela let out a small sigh as she crossed her arms.
Covering my face in my hands, I replied, "Yup.... Heh!"
Pamela shaked her head and casted Pure Cure to heal my injuries.
"So did you manage to recruit anyone?"
Just as i was asking Pamela, I heard a knock on the door
"Oh they're here!" Pamela exclaimed. "Welcome and thank you for joining our party."
"Apologies if i kept you waiting" they replied as they walked into the lounge.
The 2 who joined our party, Zan and Dantez introduced themselve before the 4 of us enter the portal together. We were teleported into a forest.
The grass was crispy beneath our feet because of the recent dry spell. We arrived at a wide glade, where the trees fell away, revealing the sky.
Sigzarthus, known for it's ferocity and majesty, sat literally like the king of the forest with it's forelegs crossed on top of each other, looking around for any signs of food at the center of the scene.
It noticed us and stood up, then it crounched and was ready to pounce. Zan and i dodged it's attack as it jumped at us and managed to do a few hits on Sigzarthus's abdomen before leaping into the air and skyfalling down to it's neck in harmony.
It's life meter plummeted, reaching the zero mark and the team shared the blue chests Sigzarthus left behind as it vanishes into thin air.
"That's it?", I said scratching the back of my head.
"I don't think it's that easy.." Dantez doubted.
"Hmm let's wait and see if anything's gonna happen", Pamela suggested.
We decided to venture deeper into the tangled heart of this primeval forest and prayed that the forest would reveal it's secret to us.
All seemed to be well until.. a gigantic figure flew past us above our heads. Then it drifted across our visions and landed right infront of us. It was Gorynych!
Gorynych's scales gleamed in the sunlight and violet streaks shot through them brighter than the sun. It's teeth could rip through armour and it's tail was as hard as rock.
"You ready guys?" Zan swung his spear around as he charged at Gorynych. But Gorynych stretched it's wings and flew towards Pamela.
"I...", lost of words, Pamela took a step back.
In the nick of time, Dantez jumped in to defend Pamela while Gorynych swung it's tail.
Dantez hit the floor, his shield dented and paint damaged. Groaning in pain, he struggled to his feet, blocking the next attack from Gorynych.
I sped over and used my spear to pierce Gorynych's chest. Gorynych staggered, flapping it's wings as he fought to balance himself.
Pamela seeing this as an opportunity, ran up and plunged her sword into Gorynych's tail. And Zan leaped into the air with his spear again to do the last hit.
Victory!
Mad Gorynych's defeat dropped us a tablet which we used to craft the Halley Heat Spear.
Watch my Collaboration Video with Clan Indo for Battle Royale Below!
For a week, I was hunting behemoth of the sea. I've encountered and defeated countless behemoth (6 Abaia, 2 Akra, and 4 Perioph and some Maniathalmus)
"These tablets should be enough!" I said as i gazed over the jewel blue sea to the line that divides the sea and the sky. Sometimes i wonder, how far am i from that line? How far away am i from the Kingdom of Heiland? As i believed behind that line is the Kingdom of Heiland where everyone is at. It keeps me calm to be able to see horizon while i am at sea. I took one last glance at the scenery before i take a nap. Then i noticed something strange. There seemed to be a behemoth as i saw the shadow casted under the surface of the water. "Must be another Abaia..." i thought to myself. "Oh well one more abaia tablet for the people!" I said, keeping my eyes fixed on the shadow. The menacing shadow enlarged as it got closer to the surface of the water. Then i realised it was too huge to be Abaia nor the other sea behemoth that i've met. "No... It cant be!" Then it appeared. Mercurius, one of the Legendary Creature of the sea (along with Leviathan and Fantail) . It was glowing blue, enormous yet majestic. I've heard rumours about it and only 2 people had seen and survived it. I had to rub my eyes. I couldn't believe what i saw. At that moment, i remembered a story of mercurius my mother had told me when i was little. Defeating it would get me a tablet that is different from what we already know. The tablet is embedded with a mysterious power that would grant people the ability to be immune to burn and could be sold for millions. Mercurius was standing still and calm. But as I looked into its eyes, i could feel it searching deep into my soul. Stormy clouds began to roll in, swallowing the last rays of sunlight. Mercurius summoned the waves to tower over and slamed my ship. "I don't want to do this but you leave me no choice", I whispered. I ran to the nearest cannon on my ship and started shooting at Mercurius but it was to no avail. Mercurius dived into the sea. "Did mercurius retreat?" Projectiles started appearing in mid air and a tempest of lances was rasping through the dark sky. Luckily i managed to take shelter behind a huge pillar and remained silent. 5 minutes passed and i heard no signs of Mercurius. I decided to head out to take a sneak peak at what is happening. Somehow, Mercurius knew and surged through the ship to the other side. At that moment, i felt as if i could hear my heart pounding on my ribcage. Images of my family and friends appeared in my mind. Then i recalled what Ange said back then when she agreed to lend me her ship. "Do not use the captain's cannon unless you faced an HUGE emergency. It is a magic cannon that can only be activated once as it takes 10 years to recharge before it can be used again." "Ange this is an emergency right?" I screamed at the sky. Magic Cannon countdown... 5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1.. And a gash of radiant blue light broke through Mercurius and disappeared into the cauldron-black sky. Victory!
Mercurius's defeat dropped me a tablet and i used it to forged the 1st Astral Spear in the Kingdom of Heiland.
Temporarily increases Lightning ATK +180%, Water Element DEF +800 and immunity to stagger for 30 seconds
Cooldown:
100 Seconds
Review:
Perendi's Wrath is part of the Fury Series (not sure why the name changed LOL but the stats are similar to Vulcan's Fury so i assume its supposed to be) As compared to the Cloak Series, this magi provides additional 10 secs buff duration which can improve your arena scores by alot. 10 Seconds is able to provide you the buffs needed for another round of arena. (Cloak only last for 2 rounds while Perendi's Wrath/Vulcan Fury can last us 3 rounds). The cast time is shorter too. Definitely recommend to get this if you want to compete in the arena!
Rating:
I believe everyone have different playstyles. So instead of rating the Magi according to myself, i will include other player's opinion also. This way you can have a better overview of the Magi from different perspective.
Lets hear em from the Elites! Kiyodo: "Elemental DMG and DEF greatly complement the normal GS and heat GS cleave / pulverize ability and it gives the anti-stagger buff."
Karyu: "Similar to cloaks, it provides a high amount of element damage buff. Even though the amount is slightly less, the duration is 10 seconds longer, and CD is 20 seconds shorter than cloak, which makes it easier to perform higher dmg in shorter interval and easier to maintain unlimited element damage buff (the blank time between buffs for cloak are quite long). Only Tranquil gives HOT instead of anti-stagger."
Creates a sphere that can block any attack, status effect and binding effect when standing inside, also gives anti-stagger and increase revive speed when inside the sphere, sphere will last for 60 seconds, will disappear after durability goes to 0. ❈Only 1 sphere can exist in the field (per person)
Cooldown:
120 Seconds
Review:
Rating:
I believe everyone have different playstyles. So instead of rating the Magi according to myself, i will include other player's opinion also. This way you can have a better overview of the Magi from different perspective.
Lets hear em from the Elites! DReaper: A really great and OP magi! Immune to any damage and anti stagger. Useful for ranged weapon (especially bow and dbs) so you can deal attack peacefully. Also a good way to support and protect your teammates from behemoth ultimate skill.
Crzyapple: Best friend for long-ranged weapon, nullify any attack and status debuff, the endurance is good too so not easy broke
LeoNaxus: A really great and OP magi! Immune to any damage and anti stagger. Useful for ranged weapon. Not only a safe place to stay, it can boost the revive gauge super fast! So OP, love this one
