Siege Customizations

Siege Customizations are changes applied to certain behaviors and skills in Battlegrounds, War of Emperium and/or Draft War of Emperium environments, which are generally made in an attempt to balance the game and create a more engaging Player vs. Player experience.

General Customizations

The following changes are applicable to all Siege environments:

Game Mechanics

• All players receive an innate 20% after cast delay reduction bonus.
• All players receive 50% less damage from skills and 28% less damage from auto attacks.
• All Baby characters are considered Medium size, including baby Dorams.
• Critical Wounds lowers the effectiveness of healing received by 10% per level instead of 20%.

Items

• Sropho Card only affects auto attacks.
• Vellum Flail has a very low chance to apply its effect for 30 seconds (does not apply every hit).
• Gioia Card is disabled.
• The Tomb of the Fallen special enchants are disabled. Affected enchants:
  • Mettle , Magic Essence , Acute , Master Archer , Adamantine , Affection .
• The fixed casting time reduction bonus from the 850 Gold Coins hats and their EVT variant is disabled. Affected headgears:
  • Amistr Beret [1] , Ruff Officer [1] , Fancy Feather Hat [1] , General Helm [1] , Spell Circuit [1] .

Guillotine Cross

• Cross Ripper Slasher has a cooldown of 1 second instead of 0.3 seconds.
• Enchant Deadly Poison multipliers for Soul Breaker are reduced by 30%.
• Soul Breaker cannot apply critical hits.
• Cross Impact cannot apply critical hits.
• Cross Impact damage modifier is reduced (the class rework change was not applied).

Rebellion

• Fallen Angel does not consume 'coins' when used.
• Anti-Material Blast has a fixed 100% chance of applying its debuff.

Royal Guard

• Devotion automatically transfers the status effects Defender, Auto Guard and Reflect Shield to the target, without requiring a recast.

Rune Knight

• Ignition Break cannot apply critical hits.
• Pertz Runestone (Storm Blast) cannot apply critical hits.

Shadow Chaser

• Manhole cannot be used repeatedly to trap targets already under its effect.

Sorcerer

• Land Protector removes Escape's Ankle Snare unit.

Star Emperor

• Hatred of the Sun, Moon and Stars has its bonus effect halved.

Summoner

• Doram-race characters are considered Demi-human/Player race instead of Brute.
• Summoners are allowed to wear WoE Robe set.

Sura

• Cursed Circle can be removed by Dispell.
• Cursed Circle cannot be cast on top of the Emperium.
• Gates of Hell damage is altered.
• Gates of Hell consumes 5 Spirit Spheres instead of 2.
• Tiger Cannon is calculated individually for each target in the area of effect.
• Gentle Touch Revitalize does not increase the damage of Gates of Hell and Tiger Cannon.

Warlock

• Stasis blocks the usage of all skills except Status Recovery, and can be removed by Status Recovery.
• Mystical Amplification damage increase effect is reduced (the class rework change was not applied).
• Crimson Rock damage is reduced (the class rework change was not applied).
• Soul Expansion damage is reduced (the class rework change was not applied).
• Jack Frost damage is reduced (the class rework change was not applied).
• Comet damage is reduced (the class rework change was not applied).
• Comet does not apply the Magic Intoxication status effect.

Battlegrounds Customizations

The following changes are applicable only in Battlegrounds:

Game Mechanics

• Negative status effects last a maximum of 20 seconds.
• All gear break chances are halved.
• Every player receives the skill Freedom.
  • An exclusive Battlegrounds skill that instantly cures the caster from any negative effect and can be use while disabled. Has a 2-minute cooldown.

Items

• The SP Drain effect of Illusion Immaterial Sword is reduced (10% less chance to drain and 10% less drain amount).

Minstrel / Wanderer

• Performer Chorus skills can be used without being in the same party (Ensembles still require a party).

Rune Knight

• Lux Anima Runestone does not apply the 30% all size physical damage modifier.

Sorcerer

• Vacuum Extreme is disabled.

Star Emperor

• The Miracle of the Sun, Moon and Stars effect is disabled.

Sura

• Asura Strike does not deal double damage when the caster has 5 or more Spirit Spheres.
• Snap is enabled.

War of Emperium Customizations

The following changes are applicable only in War of Emperium and Draft War of Emperium:

Game Mechanics

• Players receive 65% less damage, instead of the usual 50%.
• Barricades receive only 20% of the damage / healing inflicted.
• Players take double damage from any source while casting Emergency Recall.

Items

• The SP Drain effect of Illusion Immaterial Sword only applies through auto attacks.

Rune Knight

• A new WoE exclusive Runestone was implemented, Algiz Runestone , in order to emulate Lux Anima's pre-rework effect.
  • It applies the effects of Millennium Shield, Stonehard Skin, and 50% increase in healing effectiveness to all party members (not including the caster) in a 7x7 area and has a 1-minute duration and cooldown.

Sorcerer

• Mind Breaker is disabled.

Soul Reaper

• Kaite increases physical damage taken by +50% instead of +400%.

Draft WoE Customizations

The following changes are applicable only in Draft War of Emperium:

Minstrel

• Poem of Bragi applies to the caster's entire guild instead of just the party.