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You can just use the mask as a costume if you like it.

Those buffs are different and you don't have to recaste them for another 10 minutes.

The prices are expensive compared to the past. Like hair dye coupons used to be 50 points vs 500 now. Servant's set used to be 200(?) Points and had ap stats on it, now its 1000. Like the prices of individual items before wasn't that high but there were so many, and especially pay 2 win advantages it made you inclined to buy more. It's definitely good that the item mall is all cosmetic stuff now but yeah... it is a little steep.

I dont disagree with making mat drops more specialized (like feathers dropping everywhere at a low rate) but 99% dont buy mats from the valor shop; the fact that they are purchasable their doesn't deter actual farming spots, it's non specialized drop rates. Also little angel feather and devil feathers dropping in almost ever is just clutter and makes no sense.... Theyre only used to craft a single item each (you could count 2 for angel wings though they require little angel wings to craft, and not the feathers themselves but still) I was leveling in gorge of silence like 2 weeks ago and didnt realize how.... dragon scales even were; didnt see any drop and I dont think anything is supposed to drop them besides worm dragons.

I'm wondering if it may have been the result of the WASD changes for movement? It's really only happening when you actually click somewhere with your character while skilling, if you dont actually move, and just use target enemy or wait long enough after each skill it won't happen.

Mages were very strong at the end of NA (in both pvp and pvm) there was very little in terms of balance changes in the end years and realistically alot of those same problems will eventually arise again once more people get geared for end game pvp. So yeah I think mana shield is very powerful but there likely should be some balance update that adjust the things overall that need tweaking, instead of just straight up nerfing mana shield on its own.

Yeah but even if you have the mode set to 2 clicks to attack (as in you arent meleeing) it still can happen. It seems to happen when you skill and try to move your character before the animation is 100% done.

Do we know why this bug started to begin with? It didn't occur in narose at all; it's a new thing.

Both of these game modes originated from different time periods (Akram Arena is the equivalent of the old Union Wars and Crystal Defenders the start of the game arena) They have different amounts of players participating and can coexist together. The main issue about them is the group crashing bug which.... hopefully Rednim games can do what Genesis couldn't in resolving it. I know the game modes are also going to be harder for the attackers currently, simply because the game is new and players arent geared yet, thus struggle to deal enough damage to destroy the crystals; it's a bigger issue in Crystal Defenders too, the Crystal even had a bit too much hp at the end of NaRose as well.