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The Lore You Know: Zealot
February is the month of love, so why not shine a light on our more fanatical of Goddess-lovers, the Zealots. For those of you who are not as familiar with this Cleric-tree class, our Zealots do not call upon the power of a specific Goddess but instead sacrifice their life energy and similar forces to invoke a different type of power to use in battle. There are also rumors that they tortured and assassinated demons during their search for the missing Goddesses. But in regards to this, how does our MMORPG version of the Zealots differ from that of history? First, let’s break down the etymology of the word "zealot". Zealot comes from the Greek word, zelotes, which means, “one who is a zealous follower.” Zealot is also the common translation of the Hebrew word, kanna’im, which means “one who is zealous on behalf of God.” In this historical context, this term was used to characterize members of a 1st century Jewish sect who fought against the Roman rule in Palestine. The more extreme members of this group participated in acts of terrorism and assassination in order to fight against the pagan Romans. When discussing this sect, the word zealot is usually capitalized. The Zealots were adamantly opposed to the pagan Romans that ruled over them. And their views were so extreme that they also opposed any idea of peace between the two political bodies. As Zealots believed they were the defenders and true devotees of the law of God, some Zealots even carried daggers beneath their cloaks to stab anyone they believed were committing a sacrilegious act or who were being too friendly to Rome. A lot of our knowledge about the Zealots during the 1st century comes from the historian and scholar Josephus (37-100AD) who wrote influential works on Jewish history and the political climate of the time. However, Josephus labeled the Zealots as dangerous fanatics and pointed them out as a possible reason why the Romans destroyed the city of Jerusalem. With all of this in mind, it is also important to state that although Jewish Zealots are seemingly the more popular mention, there are zealots in other areas of history as well. The Zealots seen in TOS are not a reflection of the Zealots from the 1st century but more of an interpretation of the word’s core definition “one who is a zealous follower.” Our Zealots express themselves through various skills that reflect the actions of a zealous follower. Skills that involve blind fate, fanaticism, and immolation. Therefore, as you search for the Revelations of the Goddess, have you also given thought to devoting yourself as their follower and becoming a Zealot yourself? References Poole, G. 2017. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Flavius Josephus. [Online] The Editors, 2014. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Zealot. [Online] Etymoline. Zealot. [Online] Jewish Encyclopedia. Zealots [Online] Wikipedia, 2018. Zealotry in Jewish History. [Online]
[COMPLETE] Official Forum Maintenance - Feb 7, 2018
Greetings Saviors, We would like to announce that the Official Forums will be temporarily inaccessible as it will be undergoing maintenance. - Maintenance Period : (EST) 21:00 - 21:20 Feb 7, 2018 Please note that access to the other sections of the Official Website will not be affected in any way during this maintenance period. Sincerely, IMC Staff
Known Issues: February 7, 2018
Greetings, Saviors. The following issues have recently been reported. 1) Irregular Event Boost Pack Rewards - Players carrying the Boost Pack from the January 2018 Rookie Savior Event: Get Ahead have reported receiving only the basic pack from the February edition of the event, without the remaining milestone guide boxes. This issue has now been fixed and you will be able to receive all Boost Packs from the event as intended. Please restart your game to apply the fix. If you already used the basic pack, you will receive the correct Boost Pack for the event via your character's Market retrieve tab during the scheduled maintenance of February 13, 2018. 2) Event Boost Pack Not Opening - Players participating in the February edition of the Rookie Savior Event: Get Ahead have reported being unable to open their Boost Packs. This issue has now been fixed and you will be able to open the Boost Pack as intended. Please restart your game to apply the fix. Please let us know via Support Ticket if you are experiencing other problems. When reporting issues, please be as detailed as possible. Screenshots, character/team/server/class details and timestamps would be greatly appreciated. The more information we have on a specific issue, the quicker it will be resolved.
Future Improvements: Character Slots, Inventory and More
Greetings, Saviors! For us at the dev team, there have always been certain UI/functionality improvements that we’ve wanted to bring into the game, many of which were also requested by players. We’ve been working on a few of them recently, and today we thought we’d share a little preview of the updates we’re preparing. As always, remember that the details of these updates can look different when they are actually applied to the game. Personal Shops (Repair, Spell Shop) What’s changing: - Comma (,) used to separate numbers. - Total amount included in new confirmation window. It’s not always easy telling how much you’re spending on a personal shop. Important price information doesn’t really stand out from the rest of the UI, so many of us end up clicking that confirmation button without fully knowing the total amount we’re paying. Less honest shop owners can take advantage of that to sneakily hike up their prices or otherwise cause trouble for unsuspecting customers. <The new confirmation window.> To combat that kind of problem, we’re going to start using commas in numbers (displaying “1000” as “1,000”, for example) and add a new confirmation popup window that tells you the total price of what you’re about to purchase. Lodge (Character Selection) What’s changing: - More character slots. - New character list organizing function. - New popup alert about items not transferrable via Team Storage. - New popup alert about deleting characters with cards equipped. We’re finally bringing in the much needed maximum character slot expansion. Also, we have plans for a new function that lets you reorganize the order of your characters in the list; that way you don’t have to fumble through the pages of your Lodge every time you want to login with your favorite characters. <This window alerts you when you are receiving items not transferrable via Team Storage.> As you know, some items in TOS cannot be transferred between characters through the Team Storage (namely timed items). To avoid mistakes by receiving this kind of items on the wrong character, we’re going to add a new popup window that asks for your confirmation before sending the items to the target character’s inventory. Gem Enhancement What’s changing: - Processed equipment items no longer used as materials for gem enhancement. We’re sure some of you will have made the mistake of accidentally using an important equipment item as gem EXP. All those resources spent on identifying, enhancing and transcending that one item, only for it to disappear in the blink of an eye… We know that can be tough, and we don’t think anyone would feed important equipment items to a gem in any case, so we’re going to remove processed equipment (items that have been enhanced, transcended or added sockets/gems) from the range of items that can be used to increase gem EXP. <Processed equipment items are blacked out and cannot be selected when you’re enhancing a gem.> <A message pops up when you right-click a processed equipment item.> Market What’s changing: - New categories. - Character name included in ‘sale completed’ message. - Less restrictions on search term length. Our plan for Market categories is to reorganize them into more specific subdivisions, in a way that makes it easier for players to find the item they’re looking for. In the future, this will also include advanced search options that let you filter items by stats, added sockets, etc. <This popup message will include the name of the character that sold the item.> If you’ve seen the alert that pops up whenever you have Silver to retrieve from the Market, you’ll know that it isn’t the most informative, especially when you have multiple active characters. Because of this, we want the popup message to start including the name of the character that sold the item, so you’ll always know where to go to pick up the Silver. Guild Hangout What’s changing: - Time frozen inside Guild Hangouts during maintenance. Guinea Pigs and guild crops can only be grown inside the Guild Hangout, with players needing to regularly check on them for food and water. <Guinea Pigs and Dilgele need to be fed/watered regularly.> This system can sometimes work against guilds when there’s a server maintenance going on, since guild members aren’t able to access the Hangout. That is why we’re working to stop time inside Guild Hangouts whenever the server is down, so you won’t have to worry about your growing crops or Guinea Pigs even if maintenance gets extended. Inventory What’s changing: - Improvements on the problem of undiscardable items. - New function to batch-delete selected items. - New function to filter and display items. - Grade/enhancement/transcendence displayed even with the tooltip off. <What do you do with a Kepa Doll?> Kepa Dolls and potions obtained from quests are only some of the items which can’t be deleted from your inventory. We want to allow players to delete these items at will, so we made plans to revise the Inventory UI in a way that lets you filter out the items you want and batch-delete those you don’t need. Dungeons What’s changing: - New ‘Return’ function for Mercenary Post missions, Saalus Convent missions and Uphill Defense. - New Hunting Grounds info UI. We would like missions to have the ‘Return’ function that allows you to go back to the original map without having to wait, the same way you can do with instanced dungeons. We would also like to add a proper Hunting Grounds UI like the Instanced Dungeons window (F10) since, currently, there is little information on them outside the World Map (N). <Instanced Dungeon cleared vs. Mission cleared.> We also considered suggestions to add a Storage NPC in Saalus Convent to make storing Blessed Shards easier after each mission, but we didn’t want to encourage players to permanently move their characters there, so in the end we decided against it. Error Popups What’s changing: - New execution error popup messages. We’re preparing new popup messages for errors related to the execution of the game. We’re trying to improve the source of the errors too, of course, but we also think the error messages should provide more information on how to deal with the issue when it occurs. <Example of a possible popup error message.> Other Future Improvements - Customizing the location of buff UI and monster HP bars. - Improving character stat visibility. These are only a few functions we’re working on at the moment, but we hope they give you an idea of the kind of improvements we’re hoping to implement in the future. As for when you’ll see these updates in the game, their development will likely depend on the progress of higher priority issues like bug fixes, new content, balance adjustments, etc. We will keep releasing more details about these and other improvements through the dev blog and the patch notes, so keep an eye on our official pages.
[UPDATE] Scheduled Maintenance for February 6, 2018
Greetings, Saviors!We would like to announce the details of our weekly maintenance for (February 6, 2018). Make sure to check below for the maintenance schedule and patch notes.Please note that other issues and bugs are also being worked on even if they are not mentioned below.
Goddess' Blessed Cube Item List: Feb 6, 2018
Important: All the Goddess' Blessed Cubes follow the updated item list regardless of the date it was purchased. This policy will be standard unless stated otherwise. e.g. Goddess' Blessed Cube A (purchased in November of '16), B (purchased in January of '17) and C (purchased in May of '17) will all follow the item list the most current.
[CLOSED] Playing Cupid (Feb ‘18)
Greetings, Saviors! The Girl In Love is back in town, just in time for Valentine’s Day. This year she has new crushes and she is determined to win them over with the most beautiful box of chocolates. All she needs is a little help from Cupid… Event Period FROM the scheduled maintenance on February 6, 2018 TO the scheduled maintenance on February 27, 2018 Who Can Participate - Players of Team Level 5 and above How to Participate STEP 1. Find the Girl In Love in the cities of Klaipeda, Orsha or Fedimian. She is looking for a kind friend who can help deliver a Box of Chocolates to her crushes for Valentine’s Day. STEP 2. If you decide to help, check the Box of Chocolates for the location of the Cute Boy to whom it’s addressed. Just click the box from your inventory after you get it from the Girl In Love. STEP 3. Uh oh. The chocolates look so good, they’re almost impossible to resist… The temptation is there every time you check the Box of Chocolates, but it's up to you: deliver the chocolates or eat the whole box? STEP 4. If your sweet tooth gets the best of you and you eat the Box of Chocolates, you’ll receive 1 hour of +50% EXP gains from monster hunting! STEP 5. Resist the temptation and deliver the Box of Chocolates to the Cute Boy for different rewards according to your total number of boxes delivered! See below for the list of items you can win. Cute Boy Rewards - Receive a different reward every time you deliver a Box of Chocolates according to your team’s total amount of boxes delivered! 1-4 Boxes - EXP Tome (14 Days) x2 5-8 Boxes - Attribute Points: 100 x2 9-12 Boxes - Instanced Dungeon Multiply Token (14 Days) x2 13-14 Boxes (receive all) - EXP Tome (14 Days) x1 - Attribute Points: 100 x1 - Instanced Dungeon Multiply Token (14 Days) x1 15 Boxes (receive all) - Instanced Dungeon Reset Voucher (14 Days) x1 - EXP Tome (14 Days) x1 - Attribute Points: 500 x1 - Instanced Dungeon Multiply Token (14 Days) x1 Important - The Box of Chocolates can only be obtained once per day, per team. - You cannot carry more than one Box of Chocolates at once. To receive another Box, you must either deliver or eat the one you have in your inventory. - The Box of Chocolates can be moved via Team Storage but it cannot be traded. - Items with time limits cannot be moved via Team Storage and they will begin to count down as soon as they are received in your character’s inventory.
[EDITED] NEW! Log Calendar (Feb ‘18)
Greetings, Saviors! Login to TOS every day and get your hands on 21 days’ worth of special treats! Event Period FROM the scheduled maintenance on February 6, 2018 TO the scheduled maintenance on March 6, 2018 Who Can Participate - Players of all levels How to Participate STEP 1. Drop by the good old Event Notice Board to get your daily reward. The daily reward will depend on the total number of days you logged in during the event period. - Each reward can only be received once per day, per team. STEP 2. The Log Calendar is 21 days, so after you collect all 21 daily prizes, the calendar will restart, and on the next day you will receive the prize corresponding to Day 1. Log Calendar Rewards DAY 01: Fortune Cookie (14 Days) DAY 02: Lv2 Settlement Support Potion DAY 03: Goddess Statue (3 Days) DAY 04: Fortune Cookie (14 Days) DAY 05: Megaphone DAY 06: Miracle Seeds (3 Days) DAY 07: Instanced Dungeon Multiply Token (14 Days) [EDIT] DAY 08: Fortune Cookie (14 Days) DAY 09: New Year's Soup (3 Days) DAY 10: Soul Crystal DAY 11: Keista Restoration Potion Lv2 DAY 12: Fortune Cookie (14 Days) DAY 13: Instanced Dungeon One Entry Voucher (14 Days) DAY 14: Premium Awakening Stone (14 Days) DAY 15: Warp Scroll (14 Days) DAY 16: Fortune Cookie (14 Days) DAY 17: EXP Tome (14 Days) DAY 18: Silver Anvil (14 Days) DAY 19: Golden Anvil (14 Days) DAY 20: Enchant Scroll (14 Days) DAY 21: Attribute Points: 500 (14 Days) Important - If you don’t login on consecutive days, the calendar will not reset to Day 1. For example, you can receive the rewards for Day 1 today, then login 5 days later to receive the reward for Day 2 (you will not receive the reward for Day 1 again). - You cannot receive multiple rewards from this event on the same day. Each reward can only be received once per day, per team. - Items with time limits cannot be moved via Team Storage and they will begin to count down as soon as they are received in your character’s inventory.
Returning Savior Event: Homecoming Gift (Feb ‘18)
Greetings, Saviors! If you've been away from TOS for a while, make sure to login after the scheduled maintenance of February 6 to get your hands on some exclusive returning player goodies! Event Period FROM the scheduled maintenance on February 6, 2018 TO the scheduled maintenance on March 6, 2018 Who Can Participate - Players who haven’t accessed their TOS account in 30 or more days How to Participate STEP 1. Log into your TOS account and retrieve the Homecoming Gift (14 Days) from the Message Box in your lodge. This item will be sent automatically to all eligible players. - A total of 1 Homecoming Gift will be sent to each eligible account. STEP 2. Open the Homecoming Gift from your character’s inventory to receive the following rewards: - Returning Savior's Book (14 Days) x5 [Grants all party members + 2000 maximum HP, + 1000 maximum SP, and +1 movement speed for 1 hour. Cooldown is 1 hour.] - Returning Savior's Potion (30 Days) x1 [Grants +500 physical attack and +500 magic attack for 1 hour when used. Can be used multiple times (is not consumed). Cooldown is 1 hour.] - x8 EXP Tome (14 Days) x2 - Attribute Points: 500 (14 Days) x1 - Skill Reset Potion (14 Days) x1 - Stat Reset Potion (14 Days) x1 STEP 3. All players eligible for this event can also visit the Event Notice Board in Klaipeda to receive one Boost Pack (14 Days), regardless of Team Level or Character Level! - Click here to read the Rookie Savior Event announcement and see the prizes you can win with the Boost Pack. - The Boost Pack can be received only once per team. If you already got the Boost Pack from the Rookie Savior Event, you will not receive another one during the event period. Important - The edition of the Homecoming Gift announced here will be available to eligible accounts until March 6, 2018. After that, the Gift’s contents can be changed for future iterations of the event. - The Homecoming Gift is not transferable via Team Storage, so make sure to retrieve it with the correct character. Items received on the wrong character will not be exchanged or transferred. - Items with time limits cannot be moved via Team Storage and they will begin to count down as soon as they are received in your character’s inventory.