Today the North American and European offices of NCsoft held a meeting about Patch 1.9. They've released a list of the major changes included in the update.
- New skills for every class (including new skills specifically for countering stun attacks)
- Dozens of daily quests with different objectives and rewards
- New quests, increased quest rewards, and increased instance drop rates
- Dredgion enhancements
- Max item enchantment increased to +15
- An increase in experience gain (including a new experience bonus system: Energy of Salvation)
- Soul Healing, Soul Binding, and Flight Transportation cost decreases
- A mechanic that allows two two-handed weapons to be combined to create one more powerful two-handed weapon
- Looking for group (LFG) functionality improvements
- Numerous user interface improvements
The "tentative" patch notes, said to be over 20 pages in length, will be released later in the week.
