Battleground Rebalance

General Customizations

The following changes are applicable to all Battlegrounds environments.

List of fixes can be changed in future updates.

Game Mechanics

• All players receive 95% less damage from skills and 75% less damage from auto attacks.
• All players receive an innate 20% after cast delay reduction bonus.
• Items and skills which ignore reflect have a cap of 30%.
• Any methods of identifying items, such as Magnifiers or Identify, are disabled.

Items

• Piercing Shadow Gear, Reload Shadow Set, are disabled.
• Purified Knight's Shield's DEF and MDEF bypass enchants are disabled.
• Automatic Shield I's DEF and MDEF bypass are disabled.

Classes Rebalance

Acolytes

Arch Bishop

• Status Recovery can remove Stasis effect.
• Increased Adoramus damage by 100% in BG game mode.

Sura

• Cursed Circle can be removed by Dispell.

Merchants

Genetic

• All Homunculus S are considered Demi-Human.
• Crazy Weed's Cooldown cannot be reduced below 4 seconds in Battlegrounds.
• Full Chemical Protection has a 7-cells cast range in Battlegrounds.

Mechanic

• Arm Cannon's damage increased by 25% in Battlegrounds.

Thiefs

Guillotine Cross

• Cross Impacts damage reduced by 30%.
• Increased the cooldown of Cross Impact from 0.35s to 0.7s in BG.

Shadow Chaser

• Altered the weight of DEX on Masquerade-type skills formula in Battlegrounds.
  • Note: The actual change is a reduction to the minimum chance by about 20% and the maximum chance by 50%.
    • Minimum chance: DEX / 20 -> DEX / 25
    • Maximum chance: DEX / 4 -> DEX / 8
• Triangle Shot has 2 seconds CD after using Feint Bomb in Battlegrounds.
• Full Strip is disabled in Battlegrounds.
• Manhole cannot be used repeatedly to trap targets already under its effect.

Archers

Ranger

• Detect removes Shadow Form at 100% success rate.
• Reduced the fixed cast time of Aimed Bolt from 1 second to 0.7 seconds.
• Increased the damage of Cluster Bomb by 100% in Battlegrounds.

Minstrel / Wanderer

• Increased the damage of Severe Rainstorm by 100% in Battlegrounds.

Swordmans

Royal Guard

• Prestige Cooldown reduced to 30 seconds.
• Inspiration Cooldown reduced to 30 seconds.
• Devotion automatically transfers the status effects Defender, Auto Guard and Reflect Shield to the target, without requiring a recast.

Rune Knight

• Dragon Breath's and Dragon Breath Water's damage reduced by 25%.
• Using Dragon Breath will now put Dragon Breath Water into a 0.5s cooldown and vice-versa on BG game mode.

Sorcerer

• Mind Breaker is disabled.
• Land Protector removes Escape Ankle Snare unit.

Warlock

• Comet's damage is reduced by 33% in Battlegrounds.
• Soul Expansion's damage is reduced by 33% in Battlegrounds.

Expanded Class

Soul Reaper

• HP increased by 150%
• Soul Reapers receive Soul Linker Spirit status at spawn.
• Kaite increases physical damage taken by +50% instead of +400%.

Star Emperor

• Star Emperors receive Taekwon Master Spirit status at spawn.
• Solar, Lunar and Stellar Perception and Solar, Lunar and Stellar Opposition are enabled on Battlegrounds.
• Solar, Lunar and Stellar Union cannot be dispelled.
• Reduced the HP consumed by attacks while affected by Solar, Lunar and Stellar Union from 8% to 4% in Battlegrounds.

Kagerou and Oboro

• Kunai Explosion Increased the damage by 50% in Battlegrounds.
• Freezing Spear Increased the damage by 25% in Battlegrounds.
• 16th Night reduced the cooldown to 30 seconds in Battlegrounds.

Rebellion

• Max HP increased by 150% while inside Battlegrounds.
• Round Trip Damage Increased by 100% in Battlegrounds
• Slug Shot Damage increased by 100%; fixed cast time reduced from 1 to 0.7s.
• Fallen Angel does not consume 'coins' and is usable with any/no weapon equipped.
• Anti-Material Blast has a fixed 100% chance of applying its debuff.
• Shattering Storm Damage increased by 100%, fixed cast time reduced from 1 to 0.7s.
• Hammer of God Damage increased by 100%.
• Fire Dance Damage increased by 100%.
• Dragon Tail Damage increased by 100%.
• Platinum Alter Grants 25% defense pierce while active.

BG Shadow Equipment

Slot	Item	Description
	BG Paradise Shadow Shield	A small shield worn on the arm for additional defense. Needs a complete set to have bonus effect. _______________________ MaxHP +100 _______________________ Decreases Variable Casting Time by 10%. _______________________ Type: Shadow Shield Refineable: No _______________________ Requirement: Base Level 100
	BG Paradise Shadow Armor	A suit of armor worn on top of normal armor for additional defense. Needs a complete set to have bonus effect. _______________________ MaxHP +100 HIT +15 _______________________ Type: Shadow Armor Refineable: No _______________________ Requirement: Base Level 100
	Paradise Shadow Shoes	A pair of shoes worn on top of normal shoes for additional defense. Needs a complete set to have bonus effect. _______________________ MaxHP +100 _______________________ Increases Attack Speed (decreases After Attack Delay by 7%). _______________________ Type: Shadow Shoes Refineable: No _______________________ Requirement: Base Level 100
	BG Paradise Shadow Earring	A sacred earring which is believed to protect its wearer. It also draws the wearer's potential abilities. _______________________ MaxHP +100 MATK +15 _______________________ Type: Shadow Earring Refineable: No _______________________ Requirement: Base Level 100
	BG Paradise Shadow Pendant	A sacred earring which is believed to protect its wearer. It also draws the wearer's potential abilities. _______________________ MaxHP +100 ATK +15 _______________________ Type: Shadow Pendant Refineable: No _______________________ Requirement: Base Level 100
Weapon	Paradise Advanced Shadow Weapon (job-specific)