Class Rebalance

Several skills have been rebalanced and now behave differently on Payon Stories than their official server counterparts.

Swordsman

Skill	Original Value	Changed Value	Comment
HP Recovery	Ticks every 10 seconds.	Ticks every 5 seconds.	This is in line with the overall increased HP/SP regen already implemented in Payon Stories.
Bash	SP Cost: Levels 1-5: 8 Levels 6-10: 15	SP Cost: 3 SP + 1 SP Per level selected. (13 sp at max level)	Reduced the SP equations to give the Swordsman more control over the skill.
Magnum Break	SP Cost: 30 SP Range: 2 Cells (5x5 area) centered on caster	SP Cost: 18 SP Range: 4 Cells (9x9 area) centered on caster	Decreased the SP Cost from 30 SP to 18 SP. Also increased range of skill by double. It should see greater use now and is easier to use.
Moving HP Recovery	Job Level Requirement to Learn: 35 Quest requirement is 200 Empty Bottle.	Job Level Requirement to Learn: 15 Quest requirement is reduced to 50 Empty Bottle.	Reduced job level requirement as this skill provides a small passive boost when leveling and should be given early on as with other passive skill changes.

Knight

Skill	Original Value	Changed Value	Comment
Twohand Quicken	Increases weapon delay by 30% for 30 seconds per skill level. (300 secs at max level)	Increases weapon delay by 30% for 60 seconds per skill level. (600 secs at max level) Also increases FLEE by 1 per skill level and CRIT by 0.8% per level (+10 and +8% at max level)	In the vanilla game, auto-attack builds are relatively weaker. While the usage of skills should in general provide higher returns given the SP cost, agility builds for Knights are well behind other Knight builds. Therefore, changes to both survival and DPS were implemented through this skill change.
Bowling Bash	There is an invisible grid on every map that reverts the skill to its older self when performed inside it. The grid is present on every cell that is divisible by 40 on the X or Y coordinates, and the five adjacent cells to those. The old skill's description: Hits one enemy to start with an ATK modifier of 100% + 40% * Skill Level. The enemy is knocked west up to 4 tiles. "West" is towards the left-hand side of the mini-map. If that enemy hits any other enemies, then the hit becomes a 3x3 tile melee splash attack at that point. During the cast time, character's DEF is reduced to 2/3.	Damage is set at 400% at the maximum level and the skill hits twice, allowing damage up to 800% per instance of Bowling Bash. The gutter line bug has been completely removed.	Gutter lines are something that were never really addressed by the creators of the game and as a band-aid, their original fix was to just increase Bowling Bash damage. We do not think that lazy method is appropriate, so we have set Bowling Bash to do a little less damage (still very powerful and able to one-shot enemies when an endowed or elemental weapon is equipped) but with the added utility of not having to edit your GRF files or memorize gutter line placement.
Spear Mastery	Adds +4 ATK per skill level or +5 ATK per skill level when riding a Peco. (+40 or +50 at max level)	Now adds +5 ATK per skill level and +7 ATK per skill level when riding a Peco. (+50 or +70 at max level)	This skill was improved to help round out the Spear builds that Knights may opt to take. As with all other Mastery skill changes, this is mostly an adjustment to account for the high skill point investment.
Brandish Spear	Originally capped the amount of mobs that can hit.	Removed the limit on the amount of mobs that can hit. If a monster hits a wall during knock-back, it gets damaged a second time.	The second hit was born as a bug, but after consideration, it was decided to keep it since this balances this skills to be (somewhat) comparable with Bowling Bash.

Crusader

Skill	Original Value	Changed Value	Comment
Holy Cross	Damage is (100 + 35 × SkillLV)%. (450% at max level) SP Cost is 10 + 1 SP per skill level. (20 sp at max level) Skill range is 1 cell.	Damage increased to (300 + 25 × SkillLV)%. (550% at max level). New SP formula is 6 + 1 SP per skill level (16 sp at max level). Skill has an accuracy bonus of +2% per skill level. (+20% at max level) Skill range is now 3 cells.	Holy Cross is quite inferior to Grand Cross and was given a little boost to bring it more in line.
Shield Charge	Damage is (100 + 20 × SkillLV)%. (200% at max level)	Damage increased to (200 + 20 × SkillLV)%. (300% at max level)	This skill is incredibly underwhelming and while the Stun provides some utility along with its huge knockback, the skill was given a little damage boost to compensate for its purely defensive behavior.
Spear Quicken	Reduces weapon delay by 20 + (1 * Skill Level)% for 2H spears. (30% at max level)	Now reduces weapon delay by 20% + 1.5% per skill level for 2H spears. (35% at max level) Now also reduces weapon delay by 7.5% + 0.5% per skill level for 1H spears. (12.5% at max level)	Spear builds were something that required a little bit of a boost. They pale in comparison to GC builds in term of PVE DPS, but the entertainment value out of these builds was stressed by the community and not only were 2H spear speeds increased via this skill, but also the introduction of a small bonus to 1H spears gives the skill even more versatility, especially considering the huge investment of skill points.
Spear Mastery	Adds +4 ATK per skill level or +5 ATK per skill level when riding a Peco. (+40 or +50 at max level)	Now adds +5 ATK per skill level and +7 ATK per skill level when riding a Peco. (+50 or +70 at max level)	This skill was also improved to help round out the Spear builds that Crusaders may opt to take. As with all other Mastery skill changes, this is mostly an adjustment to account for the high skill point investment.

Acolyte

Skill	Original Value	Changed Value	Comment
Blessing	Duration is 40 + (20 x SkillLV) seconds. (240 secs at max level) SP cost is 24 + (4 × SkillLV). (64 sp at max level)	Duration is 100 + (20 x SkillLV)) seconds. (300 secs at max level) SP cost is 24 + (5 × SkillLV). (74 sp at max level)	Increased the buff duration to a maximum of 5 minutes to bring it in line with other buff durations. SP cost also increased to compensate the longer duration. This is an overall buff, improving the duration per SP cost from 3.75 [sec/SP] to 4.05 [sec/SP] (at skill level 10).
Increase AGI	Duration is 40 + (20 x SkillLV) seconds. (240 secs at max level) SP cost is 15 + (3 × SkillLV). (45 sp at max level)	Duration is 100 + (20 x SkillLV) seconds. (300 secs at max level) SP cost is 15 + (4 × SkillLV).(55 sp at max level)	Increased the buff duration to a maximum of 5 minutes to bring it in line with other buff durations. SP cost also increased to compensate the longer duration. This is an overall buff, improving the duration per SP cost from 5.33 [sec/SP] to 5.45 [sec/SP] (at skill level 10).
Demon Bane	Increases ATK against Undead/Demons by +3 per skill level +0.05 * (1 + Base Level). (+35 at max skill and base level)	Increases ATK against Undead/Demons by +5 per skill level +0.5 × (1 + Base Level). (+100 at max skill and base level) Now also increases ATK against Non Undead/Demons by +4 per skill level. (+40 at max skill level)	This skill was reworked to improve certain builds, specifically Combo Monks and Battle Priests. The higher damage potential of auto-attacks was a means to expand the viability of some lesser used builds in the Acolyte tree.
Holy Light	Job level requirement to learn: 30 Does 125% MATK 2 Second Cast Time SP cost: 15	Job level requirement to learn: 15 Does (101 + Base Level)% MATK. (200% at max base level) 1.5 Second Cast Time SP cost: 12	The increase to this spell's damage, which scales with level, provides more viability as a spell that can be weaved into an Acolyte's rotation while supporting others. The lower cast time also provides greater versatility. This allows skillful players to contribute to DPS during downtime more effectively.

Priest

Skill	Original Value	Changed Value	Comment
SP Recovery	Ticks every 10 seconds.	Ticks every 5 seconds.	Inline with the doubled HP/SP recovery already present on Payon Stories. Note: On Payon Stories this skill's timer does not reset with movement.
Battle Mastery formerly Mace Mastery	Increases ATK of maces by +3 per skill level. (+30 at max level)	Increases ATK of all weapons priests can equip by +4 per skill level. (+40 at max level) Also decreases weapon attack speed delay by 12% on Maces if the Priest has learned the maximum level of the skill. [Lv 10 Bonus]: Mace ASPD +12%.	This skill is only really used by melee priests. So a large value bonus was provided to it. This skill now impacts all weapon damage and increases attack speed of priests substantially.
Turn Undead	Damage done on failure: [Base Level + INT + Skill Level × 10]	Damage done on failure: [Base Level + INT + Skill Level × 10] × 2.5	Increased damage by 2.5x to keep the skill more beneficial than Holy Light given the changes to that skill.
Gloria	Lasts 5 + (5 × SkillLV) seconds. (30 secs at max level)	Lasts 10 + (10 × SkillLV) seconds. (60 secs at max level)	Doubled the duration of Gloria.
Slow Poison	REMOVED		This skill has been removed and replaced with Renew.
Renew	NEW SKILL		This skill retains all the functionality of Slow Poison (stopping the health reduction while poisoned without curing the status). Renew heals the target for [(25 + 1.5% of Target's Maximum HP) × SkillLV] every 3 seconds. The effect lasts for 30 seconds (This means that the target gets healed a total of 10 times). The maximum skill level is 4. The skill is instant cast. Has a high SP cost of [40 + (15 × SkillLV)]. The skill cannot be used on monsters and therefore cannot be used offensively against undead. The skill can be used on players using Evil Druid, healing them instead of doing damage.
Holy Strike	NEW Platinum Skill		Created specifically to improve battle type priest viability and edge in combat. It is a melee-based passive skill that allows you to do a holy damage attack based on your strength and level to an enemy you are attacking. More information can be found in Holy Strike.

Monk

Skill	Original Value	Changed Value	Comment
Dodge	Increases FLEE by 1.5 per level rounded down. (+15 at max level)	Increases FLEE by 2 per level. (+20 at max level)	For a skill that takes up to 10 skill points, the reward should be useful.
Mental Strength	Set the user's armor (hard) DEF to 90. Set the user's armor (hard) MDEF to 90.	Set the user's armor (hard) DEF to [Hard DEF × 2] capped at 90. Set the user's armor (hard) MDEF to [Hard MDEF × 4] capped at 90.	This skill used to require nearly no gear to effectively become an unstoppable tank. With these changes, gear will now be required to reach the same pinnacle tanking ability as before. The justification is that an ungeared Monk should not be more effective at tanking than a fully geared Knight.
Iron Fists	Increases damage of fists and bare hands by +3 ATK per skill level. (+30 at max level)	Now provides +5 ATK per skill level and reduces the weapon delay of fist weapons and bare hands by 1% per skill level. (+50 and +10% at max level)	As with many other mastery type skills, Iron Fists needed a boost to create some even ground between mace builds and fist builds.
Raging Quadruple Blow	Original Damage Value: [Lvl 1]: 200% ATK [Lvl 2]: 250% ATK [Lvl 3]: 300% ATK [Lvl 4]: 350% ATK [Lvl 5]: 400% ATK	Total damage per level increase by 30%. [Lvl 1]: 230% ATK [Lvl 2]: 280% ATK [Lvl 3]: 330% ATK [Lvl 4]: 380% ATK [Lvl 5]: 430% ATK	This small bonus was added for some flavor to the Monk combo build.
Raging Thrust	Original Damage Value: [Lvl 1]: 300% ATK [Lvl 2]: 360% ATK [Lvl 3]: 420% ATK [Lvl 4]: 480% ATK [Lvl 5]: 540% ATK	Total damage per level increase by 25% and now also provides a 15% increased attack buff for 8 seconds after using this skill. [Lvl 1]: 325% ATK [Lvl 2]: 385% ATK [Lvl 3]: 445% ATK [Lvl 4]: 505% ATK [Lvl 5]: 565% ATK	This small bonus also was added for some flavor to the Monk combo build. The justification is that if the Monk follows through with an entire combo chain, there should be a little bonus for doing so. A moderate attack increase for a short period is reasonable. This does also chain further into Asura Strike, which may give a Combo Monk more incentive for using that skill in combination.
Snap	Snap can be used to escape ankle snare traps.	You may no longer snap out of ankle snare traps.	This balancing change was meant to provide a little balance for PVP and WoE. Being able to just snap right out of an ankle snare trap and then continually doing this to wipe out all ankle snares is not balanced in our opinion.
Throw Spirit Sphere	Formerly nerfed	Retains its original values for damage of 100% + 50% per skill level for each sphere. (350% at max level)	This skill may be adjusted if considered too powerful in the current landscape.
Spiritual Cadence	Ticks every 10 seconds. Ticks every 20 seconds if the player is overweight. Does not work over 90% overweight.	Ticks every 5 seconds. Ticks every 10 seconds if the player is overweight. Ticks every 10 seconds if the player is over 90% overweight.	Inline with the doubled HP/SP recovery already present on Payon Stories.

Archer

Skill	Original Value	Changed Value	Comment
Arrow Shower	Not targetable on enemies, targets ground. Knockback is randomly spread. Can break traps.	Skill is now targetable on mobs and will push them back 1 cell instead of 2 cells. However, the pushback will always be away from the caster, not the area of impact. Can no longer move or break traps.	Players have requested that this skill be improved for precision by making it both targetable and making the pushback more consistent. That said, to balance the skill, we have decided to no longer allow the ability to move traps. Furthermore, the knockback has been reduced by half.
Improve Concentration	Duration is 40 + (20 x SkillLV). (240 secs at max level) SP Cost is 20 + (5 x SkillLV) . (70 sp at max level)	Duration is 100 + (20 x SkillLV). (300 secs at max level) SP Cost: 20 + (6 x SkillLV). (80 sp at max level)	Players have asked that most buffs have similar buff durations. The buff durations for core skills have been increased to a 5 minute maximum at the additional marginally higher cost of SP.
Arrow Crafting	Job Level Requirement to Learn: 30 Quest requirement is 13 trunks.	Job Level Requirement to Learn: 15 Quest requirement is reduced to 5 trunks.	As with most other Platinum Skill reworks, this one gets the treatment of a smaller item requirement since it can be learned at a lower level. Arrow Crafting Quest

Hunter

Skill	Original Value	Changed Value	Comment
Blitz Beat	Auto-blitz damage is split evenly among mobs it hits. Damage formula per hit: [2 × Floor(INT/2) + 2 × Floor(DEX/10) + 6 × (Steel Crow level) + 80]	Damage is done in full to all hit mobs regardless of being autocast or hard cast (that is, splash damage no longer is split among targets). The damage formula per hit is: [2 × LUK + INT + 12 × (Steel Crow level) + 40] Auto-blitz proc chance has remained unchanged. Auto-blitz amount of hits per Job level remained unchanged.	Falconer builds have seen less play given how strong Double Strafe builds are. However, many players have requested improvements to Blitz Beat. In developing the skill changes, an emphasis on LUK was made as LUK not only increases proc chance, but under this new formula will also provide investment towards damage. This skill is now improved to a level that is competitive in play.
Blast Mine	Damage Formula: [SkillLV × (100 + DEX) × (100 + INT) / 200]	Does small splash damage to targets. The damage formula is now: [SkillLV × (70 + DEX) × (70 + INT) / 65]	Trapper builds have also been outshined by Double Strafe builds. By increasing the trap damage rate, players may be more incentivized to prioritize stats towards a trapper build, allowing a third core build to be competitive as a Hunter.
Land Mine	Damage Formula: [SkillLV × (75 + DEX) × (100 + INT) / 100]	Does no splash damage but has high damage output with modified formula of: [SkillLV × (80 + DEX) × (100 + INT) / 70]	Same comments as Blast Mine to justify the changes.
Freezing Trap	Damage Formula: (25 + 25 × SkillLV)% of your normal ATK.	Flat increase of damage by 650. New damage formula: [(25 + 25 × SkillLV)% ATK + 650]	Same comments as Blast Mine to justify the changes.
Claymore Trap	Damage Formula: [SkillLV × (150 + DEX) × (100 + INT) / 200]	This trap has a medium splash damage range. New damage formula: [SkillLV × (30 + DEX) × (100 + INT) / 100]	Same comments as Blast Mine to justify the changes.

Bard/Dancer

Skill	Original Value	Changed Value	Comment
Musical Lesson	Increases ATK of instruments by +3 per skill level. (+30 at max level)	Increases ATK of instruments by +5 per skill level. (+50 at max level) Reduces weapon delay of instruments by 1% per skill level. (+10% aspd at max level)	The increase in damage will make non-bow weapons a little more desirable.
Dancing Lesson	Increases ATK of whips by +3 per skill level. (+30 at max level)	Increases ATK of whips by +5 per skill level. (+50 at max level) Increases CRIT Rate by 1% per skill level. (+10% at max level)	The increase in damage will make non-bow weapons a little more desirable.
Throw Arrow	Does [125 + (25 × SkillLV)]% ATK with a whip weapon. (250% at max level)	Does [175 + (25 × SkillLV)]% ATK with a whip weapon. (300% at max level)	Increase skill damage output to a 300% ATK maximum. While still not as strong as other archer skills, it does provide more damage while supporting a party.
Musical Strike	Does [125 + (25 × SkillLV)]% ATK with an instrument weapon. (250% at max level)	Does [175 + (25 × SkillLV)]% ATK with an instrument weapon. (300% at max level)	Increase skill damage output to a 300% ATK maximum. While still not as strong as other archer skills, it does provide more damage while supporting a party.

Magician

Skill	Original Value	Changed Value	Comment
SP Recovery	Ticks every 10 seconds.	Ticks every 5 seconds.	Inline with the doubled HP/SP recovery already present on Payon Stories. Note: On Payon Stories this skill's timer does not reset with movement.
Energy Coat	Job Level Requirement to Learn: 35 Quest requirement is 3 Glass Bead.	Job Level Requirement to Learn: 15 Quest requirement is reduced to 1 Glass Bead.	As with most other Platinum Skill reworks, this one gets the treatment of a smaller item requirement since it can be learned at a lower level.

Wizard

Skill	Original Value	Changed Value	Comment
Sense	Gives you information about a monster.	Now also provides a passive 2% reduction in physical attacks of fire, water, wind and earth property.	This skill was absolutely useless. Added some reason to get it.

Sage

Skill	Original Value	Changed Value	Comment
Sense	Gives you information about a monster.	Now also provides a passive 2% reduction in attacks of fire, water, wind and earth property.	This skill was absolutely useless. Added some reason to get it.
Advanced Book	Adds +3 atk and 0.5% aspd per skill level while a book is equipped. (+30 atk and + 5% aspd at max level)	Now adds +3 ATK, 0.7% ASPD and 1% MATK per skill level while a book is equipped. (+30 atk, 7% aspd and 10% matk at max level)	Up to 10% MATK and 2% ASPD buff should make books almost on par with rods.
Dispel	Spell breaker Level 3 as pre-requisite.	Spell breaker Level 1 as pre-requisite.	In the future this skill will be useful in PVM situations. The change makes it more accessible in more builds.
Auto Spell	Every time the caster does a melee attack there is a chance that he automatically casts a certain spell. The Sage must know the autocasted spell, and the SP Cost for them is 2/3 the normal cost. Level 1: up to LV 3 Napalm Beat/7% overall auto spell chance Level 2: up to LV 1 Elemental Bolt/9% overall auto spell chance Level 3: up to LV 2 Elemental Bolt/11% overall auto spell chance Level 4: up to LV 3 Elemental Bolt/13% overall auto spell chance Level 5: up to LV 1 Soul Strike/15% overall auto spell chance Level 6: up to LV 2 Soul Strike/17% overall auto spell chance Level 7: up to LV 3 Soul Strike/20% overall auto spell chance Level 8: up to LV 1 Fire Ball/22% overall auto spell chance Level 9: LV 2 Fire Ball/23% cast chance Level 10: LV 1 Frost Diver/25% cast chance	Every time the caster does a melee attack there is a chance that he automatically casts a certain spell. The Sage must know the autocasted spell, and the SP Cost for them is 2/3 the normal cost. Level 1: up to LV 5 Napalm Beat/11% overall auto spell chance Level 2: up to LV 3 Elemental Bolt/13% overall auto spell chance Level 3: up to LV 4 Elemental Bolt/15% overall auto spell chance Level 4: up to LV 5 Elemental Bolt/17% overall auto spell chance Level 5: up to LV 3 Soul Strike/19% overall auto spell chance Level 6: up to LV 4 Soul Strike/21% overall auto spell chance Level 7: up to LV 5 Soul Strike/23% overall auto spell chance Level 8: up to LV 5 Fire Ball/25% overall auto spell chance Level 9: LV 5 Earth Spike/27% cast chance Level 10: LV 5 Frost Diver/30% cast chance	There is a huge difference between soul linked skills and regular ones. The cast chance was increased, but the skill improvement comes from higher levels of skill being casted, as well as the addition of earth spike, an element previously ignored.
Abracadabra	Casts a random skill. Learnable up to level 10.	Max skill level is 5. Skills remaped to lower levels.	Reworking of Hocus Pocus skills will happen in the near future, and should make this skill see usage other than purely an MVP generator
Dragonology	Increases DEF and MATK against dragons. Up to +3 INT at max level.	Increases DEF and MATK against dragons. Up to +3 INT at max level. Now also increases experience gained from dragons by up to 10%.	A small boost when the sage kills a dragon
Gemstone Extraction	NEW Platinum Skill		A new platinum skill that will give sages a small chance to drop gemstones and elemental stones when killing enemies. This skill was proposed as a way for sages to get materials for their spells. To obtain this skill, Sages must complete Gemstone Extraction Quest.

Thief

Skill	Original Value	Changed Value	Comment
Double Attack	Adds chance to do a double attack at 5% x SkillLV. (50% at max level) Adds +1 hit per skill level which only applies to double attack procs. (+10 at max level) Increases off-hand damage of katar by 1 + (2 x SkillLV). (+21% at max level)	Now adds chance to do double attack at 7% x SkillLV. (70% at max level) Adds +1 hit per skill level which only applies to double attack procs. (+10 at max level) Increases off-hand damage of katar by 1 + (2 x SkillLV). (+21% at max level)	Increases damage through higher double attack chance, making the thief class a little more competitive with classes such as archers when fighting. Note: Sidewinder Card also benefits from this change. It now adds 7% Double Attack to the weapon that is compounded in. If the user already knows Double Attack it will use that skill level chance.
Envenom	Damage Formula: +[15 × SkillLV]ATK (+150 attack at max level) SP Cost: 12	Damage Formula: [100 + 15 × SkillLV]% (250% at max level) SP Cost: 8 Check note on poison changes.	This is coupled with the change of poison versus monsters and makes the skill useful at lower levels.
Detoxify	Cures poison status effect.	Cures poison and hallucination status effect.	Gives versatility to the skill and provides an extra way to confront an ailment that doesn't has many ways to deal against.

Assassin

Skill	Original Value	Changed Value	Comment
Right-Hand Mastery	1: ATK 60% 2: ATK 70% 3: ATK 80% 4: ATK 90% 5: ATK 100%	1: ATK 80% 2: ATK 90% 3: ATK 100% 4: ATK 110% 5: ATK 120%	Dagger sins are incredibly weak (one of if not the weakest melee builds). In addition to the higher double attack chance, improvements to enchant poison, the increase to attack power when double wielding should greatly improve viability of this build.
Left-Hand Mastery	1: ATK 40% 2: ATK 50% 3: ATK 60% 4: ATK 70% 5: ATK 80%	1: ATK 60% 2: ATK 70% 3: ATK 80% 4: ATK 90% 5: ATK 100%	Same as above.
Enchant Poison	Duration and poison chance: 1: 30 Sec 3% Chance 2: 45 Sec 3.5% Chance 3: 60 Sec 4% Chance 4: 75 Sec 4.5% Chance 5: 90 Sec 5% Chance 6: 105 Sec 5.5% Chance 7: 120 Sec 6% Chance 8: 135 Sec 6.5% Chance 9: 150 Sec 7% Chance 10: 165 Sec 7.5% Chance	New duration and poison chance: 1: 100 Sec 3% Chance 2: 150 Sec 3.5% Chance 3: 200 Sec 4% Chance 4: 250 Sec 4.5% Chance 5: 300 Sec 5% Chance 6: 350 Sec 6% Chance 7: 450 Sec 7% Chance 8: 500 Sec 8% Chance 9: 550 Sec 9% Chance 10: 600 Sec 10% Chance Check note on poison changes.	Increased the chance slightly to provide a little more viability with keeping a weapon enchanted. Increased the duration greatly to bring this more in-line with an endow-type skill.
Katar Mastery	Grants +3 ATK per skill level. (+30 at max level)	Grants +4 ATK and +0.5% CRIT per level with Katars (+40 and +5% crit at max level; before the doubling effect of Katars, so think of this as a maximum of 10% increased crit rate with Katars).	Minor boost to attack and crit as Katars have historically been better than dagger assassins, but still fall short of many other DPS builds.
Venom Splasher	Requires 1 Red Gemstone Enemy HP must be less than 3/4. 1: 5 Sec Explosion Timer 2: 5.5 Sec Explosion Timer 3: 6 Sec Explosion Timer 4: 6.5 Sec Explosion Timer 5: 7 Sec Explosion Timer 6: 7.5 Sec Explosion Timer 7: 8 Sec Explosion Timer 8: 8.5 Sec Explosion Timer 9: 9 Sec Explosion Timer 10: 9.5 Sec Explosion Timer	Gemstone Requirement Removed HP Requirement Removed 1: 2.5 Sec Explosion Timer 2: 3 Sec Explosion Timer 3: 3.5 Sec Explosion Timer 4: 4 Sec Explosion Timer 5: 4.5 Sec Explosion Timer 6: 5 Sec Explosion Timer 7: 5.5 Sec Explosion Timer 8: 6 Sec Explosion Timer 9: 6 Sec Explosion Timer 10: 6 Sec Explosion Timer Damage modifier cards do affect the damage outcome	This allows it to be more consistent with other "finisher" skills.
Venom Dust	Requires 1 Red Gemstone	Requires 2 Venom Canine	A cheaper catalyst will allow this skill to see more use.

Rogue

Skill	Original Value	Changed Value	Comment
Strip Weapon	Reduces attack of monster by 25% for skill duration.	Reduces attack of monster by 40% for skill duration.	The changes make this skill more desirable to use in a PVM setting. These changes only impact monsters.
Strip Shield	Reduces hard defense of monsters by 15% for the skill's duration.	Reduces hard defense of monsters by 50% for the skill's duration.	The changes make this skill more desirable to use in a PVM setting. These changes only impact monsters.
Strip Armor	Reduces VIT of monsters by 40% for skill's duration.	Reduces VIT of monsters by 80% for the skill's duration.	The changes make this skill more desirable to use in a PVM setting. These changes only impact monsters.
Strip Helm	Reduces INT by 40% on monsters for skill's duration.	Reduces INT of monsters by 80% for the skill's duration.	The changes make this skill more desirable to use in a PVM setting. These changes only impact monsters.
Sword Mastery	ATK +4 per level. (+40 at max level)	ATK +4 per level. (+40 at max level) On rogues, sword mastery provides +7% chance to use double attack with swords per level.	Allows for a new meta without reliance on the Sidewinder card by allowing swords to have double attack ability.
Back Stab	Needs to be used directly at enemy's back at 1 cell range for it to work. Cast Delay is based on ASPD.	Now allows the player to cast it from 3 cells away to an enemy from any angle, "jumping" behind them and doing a strong attack. Cast delay is now [3.4 - 0.1 × SkillLV ] seconds. All other effect remains the same.	Redesigned to be an easier to use gap closing skill. Future development may add a toggle to revert back to the original function of this skill at the user's choice.
Raid	Damage Formula: [100 + 40 × SkillLV]%. (300% at max level)	Damage Formula: [100 + 80 × SkillLV]%. (500% at max level)	--
Preserve	NEW SKILL		Allows Rogues to not lose the skill learned via Intimidate even when hit by a different skill for duration of the skill. Note: It is part of the rogue's skill tree as such you will be required to invest one point of your skill points in it if you are planning to take it.

Merchant

Skill	Original Value	Changed Value	Comment
Discount	Reduces NPC sell prices by [5 + 2 × SkillLV]%.	Reduces NPC sell prices by [5 + 2 × SkillLV]% Now also reduces the cost of Mammonite by 5% per Discount skill level, up to 50%.	Using one skill to buff another (and one skill that is almost always taken by merchants) will help merchants improve the gameplay experience.
Cart Revolution	150% ATK in AOE plus up to 100% extra damage depending on weight of the cart. Job Level Requirement to Learn: 35 Quest requirement is 20 Iron.	Weight requirement of cart has been removed. This skill now does 250% damage at all times. Job Level Requirement to Learn: 15 Quest requirement changed to Iron Ore and reduced to 15.	The requirement to fill up your cart with useless junk to reach a weight limit to maximize this effect, while good in flavor, is poorly executed. Therefore, the requirement of weight has been removed.
Crazy Uproar	Quest requirement is 7 pearl.	Quest requirement is reduced to 1 pearl.	This skill is grossly overprice for its effect and intended job level (15) at which it can be learned, therefore the cost was reduced.

Blacksmith

Skill	Original Value	Changed Value	Comment
Adrenaline Rush	Decreases attack delay with maces and axes by 30% for caster and 20% for party members for 30 seconds per skill level. (150 secs at max level)	Decreases attack delay with maces and axes by 30% for caster and 20% for party members for 60 seconds per skill level. (300 secs at max level.)	Constantly buffing skills that provide constant passive buffs is not reasonable skill design.
Weapon Perfection	Weapon size modifiers no longer grant a penalty (all weapon types do 100% damage to all sizes) for 10 seconds per level. (50 secs at max level)	Weapon size modifiers no longer grant a penalty (all weapon types do 100% damage to all sizes) for 60 seconds per level. (300 secs at max level)	Constantly buffing skills that provide constant passive buffs is not reasonable skill design.
Over Thrust	ATK +5% per skill level. 0.1% chance to break own weapon per attack. Duration is 20 seconds per skill level. (100 secs at max level)	ATK +5% per skill level. Chance to break own weapon removed. Duration is 60 seconds per skill level. (300 secs at max level)	Brings buff duration in line with Weapon Perfection. Penalizing a skill does not make sense.
Skin Tempering	1: DEF +1% FireDEF +4% 2: DEF +2% FireDEF +8% 3: DEF +3% FireDEF +12% 4: DEF +4% FireDEF +16% 5: DEF +5% FireDEF +20%	1: DEF +4% FireDEF +6% 2: DEF +8% FireDEF +12% 3: DEF +12% FireDEF +18% 4: DEF +16% FireDEF +24% 5: DEF +20% FireDEF +30%	Gives additional survivability as merchants have low FLEE rates. Also provides decent tanking in more situations, especially against fire attacks and element.

Alchemist

Skill	Original Value	Changed Value	Comment
Axe Mastery	Adds +3 ATK per skill level. (+30 at max level)	Adds +5 ATK per skill level and reduces attack delay by 8% at max level. (+50 atk and +8% aspd at max level)	A material improvement to viability of melee builds was needed. Additional attack and ASPD assist in all specs.
Summon Flora	Cast Time 2 Seconds Cost 1 Plant Bottle	Cast Time 1 Second Plant Bottles cost removed. Plant Bottles are now a usable item that can only be used by Alchemists and will spawn a Geographer that is separate from the Summon Flora skill. These bottles have a 60 second cooldown for the user.	Less deployment time will give alchemist more activity in battle. This skill is rarely used due to the requirement of a plant bottle. Instead the plant bottles can be created to effectively have an extra geographer or a single one if the bottles are bought from another alchemist and you do not have the skill. More info at Alchemist Plants Guide.
Summon Sphere Mine	Costs 1 Marine Sphere Bottle	Marine Sphere Bottle cost removed. Cooldown after cast increased to 5 seconds. A quest is added that costs 50 Marine Sphere Bottles that gives you a Mobile Detonator Item that will allow you to activate the detonation on all of your summoned Marine Spheres, causing them to begin their detonation sequence. The Mobile Detonator is not consumed at use.	This skill can provide an alchemist more AoE viability and especially with the remote detonation item. Also gives alchemists more versatility in PVP/WoE settings. This is still a pretty powerful skill and without needing reagents, demands a cooldown or will become spammable and imbalanced.
File:Resource Roundup.png Resource Roundup	NEW Platinum Skill		Provides a low chance to get most items used in brewing potions from any mob killed by the alchemist. This is a platinum skill that any Alchemist can learn via quest. Since Homunculus aren't out for a while, this is a good addition to the class to give them a source of materials for their potions. To obtain this skill, Alchemists must complete the Resource Roundup Quest.
File:Resource Roundup.png Herbicide	NEW Platinum Skill		Kills off a plant or Marine Sphere so that the Alchemist can move or replant it. For Marine Spheres removed this way, they will not explode.
File:Resource Roundup.png Remote Detonator	NEW Platinum Skill		Immediately detonates the Alchemist's summoned marine spheres, doing their current HP as damage to all targets within the explosion range.

Super Novice

Skill	Original Value	Changed Value	Comment
HP Changes	HP gain per level is based on official formula	Will now receive bonus HP at every 10 level increment starting at level 40. They are additive and will be provided as follows. Level 40: +100 HP Level 50: +150 HP (+250 HP total) Level 60: +200 HP (+450 HP total) Level 70: +250 HP (+700 HP total) Level 80: +300 HP (+1000 HP total) Level 90: +400 HP (+1400 HP total) Level 99: +1000 HP (+2400 HP total)	--
SP Changes	SP gain per level is based on official formula	Will now get a bonus 10 SP every 10 base levels starting at level 20 and will get a special +30 SP bonus at level 99.	--