Patch 3.5.1 is now live - Hardcore mode , Party Looting (Need/Greed) and more!

Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore

A F2P 'Open Alpha' MMORPG! 23 Unique Classes - Charming Quests & Story - 100s of Monsters - 18 Professions - 8+ Dungeons - 4 World Bosses - 1 Pinnacle Boss - Total Level, Skill, & XP Rankings - Active and Friendly Devs... & Much More!

Patch 3.5.1 is now live on Steam! Hardcore We've added a new game mode, Hardcore, to character creation. We will eventually add Ironman (No Trading / Partying), and Hardcore Ironman [img]https://i.imgur.com/iKiGPCu.png[/img] This is a simple version of Hardcore - you will have a helmet icon next to your name and a Hardcore status effect on your character if you have never died. You can still party up and play with friends On death, you will revert to a standard character New Hairstyles & Beards We've added over 20 new hairstyles and 10 beard types to the game, including new hair color settings so you can customize your character exactly the way you like! [img]https://i.imgur.com/xQDzWGF.gif[/img] Note: we added back the 'change look' button to the character window in case you want to adjust your existing character Party Looting (Need/Greed) A Need/Greed/Pass loot system has been added for partied up players to roll on gear. We still need to add some QoL here but the basic system is functioning Let us know any thoughts around this system and what else you'd like to see! Weapon Coatings Weapon Coatings will convert 15% of your dealt damage into another type, based on the coating applied The monster hunters possess alchemical knowledge regarding Weapon Coatings. For 5 Writs and a bit of gold, you can buy the Hunters Handbook: Alchemical Coatings from the shop to learn these new recipes They also sell the rare Weapon Oil which is a reagent used in the craft Elemental Residue has now begun to drop from relevant mobs around Irumesa [img]https://i.imgur.com/v1OaIN5.png[/img] Primordium We've added 10-30 Primordium as rewards for completing the repeatable dungeon quests for all dungeons except Old Mine. We will add Old Mine later on This should help you obtain more Primordium by running group content with friends and guildies! Login Announcements We setup the login screen to support announcements and also added a link to discord! This will help new players get some key info without having to rely on our posts here Corrupted Grove Rework Chisme has completely re-designed Corrupted Grove to be a more enjoyable and less-confusing dungeon It looks pretty epic! Check it out and let us know what you think Quest Tracker We've added hide/show buttons to the Quest Tracker to control the visibility of objectives. This will help you hide excessive information when going about your quest-completing business! Miscellaneous Many bugfixes related to Solitary Isles, Tutorial Island, and more conversations, objects, quests, etc Monster Aggro and Flee on Low HP logic has been added to a few monsters for testing Show/Hide Cloak is now available in the settings menu Further attempts to polish player rotation syncing to nearby players Bug Fix for moving items to a bank tab Attribute descriptions have been updated /played time has been added to character select Quick responses should now require Escape or Enter instead of F4/F5 Shrine of Melrenor memory leak issue fixed The party panel has been cleaned up to be more concise The 'Change Look' button has been re-added to the character window Monsters that are much higher level than the player have a chance to take reduced damage from attacks by that player Dealing damage to other players no longer gives skill XP Assassin should no longer start with the old spells Attempted improvements to companion combat behaviors The 'Tools/Drakonium Pickaxe' submenus have been removed and the tools will simply appear on the immediate context menu Total Level calculation corrected to not include deprecated skills Dungeon Bosses should (mostly) no longer give Monster Hunter XP if killed while on a task Fishing hotspots should be visible again Trader Path bug fix Verdant Barrage moved to a starting spell for Ranger instead of Spiritroot Arrow We are working to hotfix a few bugs from this patch - please let us know if you encounter any issues! See everyone in game -Team OG [img]https://i.imgur.com/2wPHe6Z.gif[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/GIFtX0a.gif[/img]