The Vindictus team has shared an early look at the December update in a new developer’s note. The headline addition is the fifth Space Time Distortion, but the reworks to Gold and item tradability will probably matter more to most players day to day. The developers point out that English names are not final and that some details may still change before launch.
Garvan and the new Insignia slot
The new Space Time Distortion, Forsaken Isle of the War God, pits adventurers against Garvan, a martial artist who fights barehanded. According to the developers, the encounter leans on clean reactions to his attacks rather than environmental mechanics or long cutscenes.
Garvan drops the War God’s Insignia, which goes into a brand-new accessory slot. Players can upgrade it to the War God’s Complete Insignia through Magic Power Infusion. Insignias also get their own enchants:
- Rank 3 Prefix (Level 115+): ATT +700, M. ATT +700, ATT SPD +1, Critical +3, BAL +2, ADD DMG +100
- Rank 4 Prefix (Level 110+): ATT +450, M. ATT +450, Critical +1, BAL +1
- Rank 3 Suffix (Level 115+): Artifact cooldown reduced by 20 seconds
- Rank 4 Suffix (Level 110+): Artifact cooldown reduced by 10 seconds
The update also adds a Transcendent grade above the Fallen One’s Complete Rhod Compass and The Watcher’s Complete Artifact. It gives 1,000 extra ATT and M. ATT and 200 extra Destruction, and your enchants and equipped status carry over when you advance. Advancing requires new materials such as War God’s Essence and War God’s Remnant, which can be traded on the Marketplace, along with Tarian Steel, shards and a sizeable Gold cost: 100,000,000 for the Compass and 150,000,000 for the Artifact.
Garvan uses the same twice-weekly Departure limit as the other Space Time Distortions. Owners of the Lord’s Complete Obsidian Bracelet will get a bonus Departure to the Usurper’s Throne, and Revivals there go up from one to three.
Gold and tradability changes
Gold is being divided into tradable Normal Gold and untradable Bound Gold. Bound Gold covers progression spending such as enhancement, Tuning, Advancement, Repair, NPC shops and Crafting, and the game uses it first whenever either type is accepted. Raids will award both types, while story content and Hero’s Path will hand out generous amounts of Bound Gold, which the developers hope will help newer and returning players without flooding the market.
Normal Gold becomes account-wide. Any amount over the 2.1 billion cap will go into your Wallet, and its capacity is being raised to fit it. All Marketplace and Gold Trading Post listings will be canceled when the update goes live. Bound Gold and certain Seals can be moved between characters that share equipment, but Bound Gold is lost when a character is deleted.
Tradability is also being reduced to three states: Bound to Character, Account Shareable and Tradable. Some items bought from the Marketplace will become account-shareable rather than bound, although equipment keeps its current rules. Shared Storage will accept more items, and identical items like Tarian Steel and Tarian Steel [AS] will stack once their tradability matches.
On the character side, Kael, Letty, Sanyaa and Belle get quality-of-life changes. Kael, for example, now starts each battle with full Brilliance, and Sanyaa’s Stiletto Shank gets simpler controls. Hurk (Teide), Lynn (Battleshade), Achel, Miri, Eira and Charon are getting damage buffs, while Lann (Twin Swords), Evie (Staff) and Lumielle are getting small nerfs. The exact numbers have not been announced yet.
Source: Vindictus official news.
