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- added blessing boxes for classes considered as underpowered:  Clerics (+8000 MP and 10% MP) and Archers (-20% casting time, +5atk level, +5def level) for balance purposes. Boxes can be edited in future to reach better balance
- upgrading Faction Base will now require 2x less XP and materials
- added new crafting service: Faction Trials materials for Epic Coins
- added Material Supplier NPC to the cities with all regular crafting mats
- fixed bug where players below level 150 couldn't enter Arena
- added new faction icons

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http://www.mediafire.com/?ayxykmxs22idq1x

mirror:
http://www.2shared.com/file/3szp6QuU/EPW_Descent_v22.html?

Hopefully there is little to no bugs (fingers crossed)   

I made bug thread here:
http://epicpw.com/index.php?topic=1470

Even though I tried to check everything, but it was just impossible with so huge patch. All glitched stuff should be fixed today (9th July)

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Patch 22 - [shadow=#b5b5b5,left]Descent Update[/shadow][/size][/b]

New Realm Morai:

• Epic zone for characters Lv95+ and Aware of Vacuity Spiritual Cultivation.

2 New Dungeons await!

• The Murid dungeon is a light-hearted romp through a rat den. If you know where to look, you yourself can become a rat!
• The Endless Universe dungeon is a test of cooperation for any 8 to 10-person group (see below). Players must first complete the main Morai storyline to unlock this daily dungeon. In addition, groups comprising of 10 different classes will gain a special buff when attempting this dungeon.

3 new Orders:

• Each Order is a group of Moraians who share a distinct philosophical approach. They offer specialized rewards for every class. Players will be introduced to all three as part of the main questline. Speak to their respective Elders to join.

New skill books:
New skills for every class have been introduced to enhance gameplay and balance.

They are divided in two types:

• Regular skills obtained from the Orders' quartermasters for prestige and influence.
• Advanced skills obtained from Endless Universe dungeon or Gold

Also added:

• 3 new fashion sets for female
• 5 new fashion sets for male
• Many new hair styles
• 2 new mounts
• 2 new Veno pets - Spotted Felis and Derjan's Ancient Hatchling added to the Pet's NPC

Other changes and improvements:

• 10 man squads (they work only outside instances and in the new dungeon 'Endless Universe')
• TW map reset
• Damage ranking reset
• Order of Bravery = EC trade ratio changed, now it is 1 Order = 1 EC, instead of 2 Orders = 1 EC
• Exchange rate for ECs in Theater Blood changed, now it is 5x Heart of Blood istead of 15x
• World Bosses respawn time lowered to 8 hours instead of 24
• Card Bosses will drop now Chrono Pages (around 50% chance) and final boss - Hammerfall will drop Super Level Scroll
• Drop Rate of Warsong Bosses increased
• Chest of Serinity now gives also Epic Coins
• Fairy Boxes from TT will give ECs instead of Mirages (3 each chest)
• Daily Archosaur Assults will be now activated only by GM, but the drop rate for old ECs from Bosses has increased by 100%
• Level 150 daggers re-skinned and re-named
• New Faction Icons
• Absolute Domain genie skill is no longer an AOE
• Faction Trials mats can be now exchanged for Epic Coins in Fortification's Forges near Archosaur Elder.

Balance changes:

• 5% damage decrease to 4aps and 5aps, 20% accuracy decrease
• MP Charm cooldown time lowered by 1 second
• Barbarian class-specific rings replaced with normal ones

New dailies:

• Treasure Hunter - NPC in South Arch and other cities. Rewards may suffer changes soon!
• Lucidgold/Lucidsilver. New daily in starter areas and Arch. May or may not be useful/changed.

Delayed stuff:

• Bless Boxes and other balance changes

Please refer to the Descent Expansion Guide for more info on Orders, EU rewards and skills.

Notice:
The game engine has been updated to utilize DirectX 9.0c. If you encounter an error that states "This application has failed to start because d3dx9_42 was not found" you will need to update your DirectX End-User Runtime. It is located at:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=35

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...but it's time to go. I had an overly good time being a GM, but I have to present my resignation from this position due to several real life matters that I have to attend. I hope the majority enjoyed my events, my help and pressence while being on this "job". I really don't know/have much else to say. So I'll leave it here.

Thank you all, and enjoy the game. (:

Regards,
Elu

P.S. I'll still play my normal toon every now and then, you can PM me anytime and you can hope I'm not PK'ing because I want to relief stress (in which case I'll be on a rampage of killing whoever crosses my path and insulting and generally bad mood ), and sorry for not being able to finish the UFC.