Today is a big day for Dragonica players in both North America and Europe. As we reported yesterday, today is the grand opening of the MMO in the United States, and THQ*ICE has updated the game's Web site will more information on all of the festivities. But that's not all! Gala Networks Europe announced that today marks the end of the Dragonica open beta in Europe and the beginning of commercial service, as well as the launch of the Tales of the Damned expansion.

Tales of the Damned adds controller support to Dragonica Online and raises the level cap to 65. It also introduces the Van Cliff Manor dungeon, which includes four new bosses. You can read the full patch notes after the jump.

Tales of the Damned patch notes

Map Changes

 

•     6 new field maps

        o     Tutu Tree Forest

        o     Pococo Garden

        o     Ruined Mushroom Factory

        o     Blizzard Ridges

        o     Storm Snowfield

        o     Frost Lake

 

•     1 new Town “Ash Mist Village”

 

•     Ellora Camp map redesigned

 

•     1 new Dungeon Lv 60+ called Van Cliff Manor with four new bosses and new kinds or monsters

 

•     New hidden map scrolls added

 

•     Five new field map boss monsters added

 

•     Rare monsters will respawn randomly

 

•     The order of the maps around the Forgotten Village was altered

 

 

System Changes

 

•     Integrated USB Gamepad Support

 

•     Three kinds of Pets integrated into game. Dog (Husky), Cat (Felix) and Bird (Griffon)

       o     They can be acquired in game and equipped.

 

•     Level Cap raised to 65

 

•     Guild Wars called Emporia War were added (will be available soon)

 

•     Tournament for Emporia War added

 

•     Improved Enchanting system with new maximum raised to +20

       o     Improved interface for enchanting

       o     New glow effects on enchanting weapons

       o     “Special” Rank allows to enchant till +15 now

       o     Above +15 you have to use the special insurance scroll

 

•     Mission maps are now measured in real-time and result screen shows individual performance

 

•     New Ranks available in Mission Maps (SSS – F)

 

•     It is measured individually how much you used skills and regular attacks and how many “Over Hits”, “Back Attacks” and “Counters” were achieved. (skill and sense)

 

•     Map Memory item function added

 

•     Shift key now skips quest texts

 

•     When ending a mission map before finishing the boss monster 5 times, you get barred from that map for one hour

 

•     New spam block integrated

 

•     Rankings are reset

 

•     GMs have a GM Emoticon when chatting

 

 

Misc Changes

•     New Journal with improved achievement system and help pages

 

•     Several Interfaces have been changed

       o     Charactersheet (added Pet and Charactercard Tab)

       o     Key configuration was extended  with a Gamepad tab

       o     Fashion Items can be made invisible without un-equipping them

       o     Crafting and Enchanting UI changed

       o     Unsealing UI had an additional button “Unseal all”

       o     The item registration UI in the Market was changed

       o     Item Tooltips were adjusted for illegal actions on items

       o     New Emoticon Window beside chat bar

 

•     The rolling away function does work reliably now

 

•     Emotions available as buttons

 

•     Emotion commands invisible

 

•     Server selection screen adapted

 

•     PvP request removed from character context menu

 

•     PvP now gives CP as reward  

 

•     General PvP performance improved

 

•     The thresholds for the PvP feedback messages were changed:

       o     1 = First Kill

       o     2 = Double Kill

       o     3 = Triple Kill

       o     4 = Excellent

       o     6 = Best Player

       o     10 = Unbelievable

       o     15 = Oh! My God!

 

•     New Emoticons “Dance1” and “Dance2”

 

•     New Loading Screens

 

•     Items +4 no longer shine. First shining level is +5

 

•     Pororings help bubbles can now be deactivated in the options menu

 

•     Character Card quest and function is added

 

 

Item Changes

•     New Boss items drop

 

•     Gada Coins can be used in Mission Map rewards now

 

•     Lavalon Ring is now Character bound

 

•     Several new Dragonica Shop items added

       o     EXP Potion 1.5x (1 hour)

       o     EXP Potion 2x (1 hour)

       o     Advanced Insurance Scroll

       o     Soul Craft Remover

       o     Skill Reset (Level 61-80)

       o     Angel's Feather

       o     Four Inventory Expansion Items

       o     Memory Transfer Card

       o     Mobile Vault

       o     Travelling Market

       o     Superior Lucky Stone  

       o     Pet Food (1 day, 10 days, 30 days)

       o     Mission Cards for most Mission Maps

       o     New looks will be released over time (hair and face)

       o     Lots of new fashion items released over time

 

 

Bug Fixes

•     Cure skill does not remove map debuffs anymore

 

•     Crash on Recovery Items  - fixed

 

•     Using an emoticon directly after a jump made one impossible to target. – Fixed

 

•     Artis was missing an image in the Journal. – fixed.

 

•     Thief has two claws

 

•     All Backpack items move (some more, some less)

 

•     PvP functionality should be improved

 

•     General lag issues should be improved

 

•     It is no longer possible to do "infinite key" for Lavalon.

(Users could store multiple keys by storing them in the storage, delete the quest and ask for rewards to NPC repeatedly)

 

•     Hunter Daily quests EXP rewards have been increased.

 

•     Ninja skill Mist Vanish fixed (Animation for Male and Female was different. Now they are the same.)

 

•     Ninja skill Shadow Walk’s random reveals fixed.

 

•     When doing the Harlequin skill Chain Hurricane Kick the player gets invincibility and can finish the skill effect/animation all the way up

 

 

Additional Changes

•     Lavalon Daily quest now rewards 3 keys.

 

•     Players need 2 Bullets to knock Lavalon down.

 

•     Gatto will soon offer a quest where players get a daily lucky coin.

 

 

Skill Changes

Myrmidon

•     Bruce Lee skill has new sound effects

•     Grizzly Power - 15% attack increase

•     Myrmidon can now use down + X continuously.

 

Paladin

•     Spear Jab reduced to 5 sec cool down

•     Aerial Smackdown now targets multiple enemies.

•     Revenge now can reflect long range attacks done by summoning skills.  

 

War Mage

•     Fire Emblem & Magic Missile cooldown reduced

•     Thunder Break damage worked 100% before. Now it depends on accuracy rate.

 

Ballista/Trapper

•     Auto Shot System & Gatling Rush cooldown reduced

 

Ninja

•     You can’t use command keys like "forward + downward + z" anymore for ninja form skills. All ninja form skills NEED to be assigned to hotkeys

 

Jester/Assassin

•     Burrow skill learned at the same level now with decreased MP consumption

 

Harlequin

•     For Moonwalk, invincible time is reduced to 2 seconds

 

 

Emporia Tournament Battle Type

 

    Tournament Quarter-Final / Semi Final : Core Defense

    Tournament Final / 1 star Emporia Battle : Dragon Defense