Dragon Nest KR Conference May 2015 : Machina and New Level 90 Active Skill 11.06

A conference for Dragon Nest KR has been held on 23rd May 2015,  where Eyedentity has revealed various exciting new upcoming updates, including a new class Machina, new active skills for Level 90 cap etc. The contents revealed in the conference are summarized as follows :

1. Unification of Dragon Jade
   Various Dragon Jade type will be unified into a single type.
   
   
   
   
   
2. Unification of Gear
   All armors no longer has class restriction.
   
   
   
   
   
3. New Class : Machina
   Only the silhouette of Machina is shown.
   
   
   
   
   The silhouette seems to be very similar to a certain NPC in Lotus Marsh, with pointy ears and a long tail:
   
   
   
   
   
4. Remake of buff/debuff of all classes
   • Party buff/debuff will be reduced/removed.
   • Skills in base job will be enhanced.
5. Costume preview function in Auction House
   
   
   
   
   
6. Action combat
   3R: Action Reverse, Stress Relieve, Content Reboot
7. Enchantment Inheritance System
   
   • Enchantment level can be transferred to new weapons (with some losses) of similar grade regardless of level.
   • The picture shows “+13″ of a Level 80 weapon is transferred to a level 90 weapon to become “+11″.
   • Requires special items for inheritance process.
   
8. 2 new nests Reboot
   Likely referring to Lv90 Reboot mode for Manticore & Archbishop Nest (based on info in client).
9. New Level 90 Active Skills : Hero Skills
   
   • All classes can learn these Hero Skills between level 80-90.
   • Party buff skills: attack increase, defence increase , or damage reduction etc.
   • These skills CD are shared (among other party members).
   • All original party buffs of all classes are removed, in exchange for higher skill damage.
   • Party setup which consists of specific classes (except for guardian and healer perhaps) is no longer required.
   • Allow players to setup party based on matching hero skills; lessen class discrimination.
10. Gear enchantment stats reduced  
    To reduce the stress on players, the stats gained from enchantment is reduced, in comparison with the base stats of the gear.
    
    
    
    
    
11. Dragon Nest Solo Mode
    Solo-mode for boss stage of Dragon Nest raid, with adjusted difficulties.
    
    
    
    
    
12. Pet Growth
    New pets which can grow and change their appearance will be introduced.
    
    
    
    
    
13. User Interface (UI) improvement
    
    • Indication for superarmor
    • Support UI for each class
    • Transparency of skill effect and synchronization of abnormal status.
    
    
    
14. Challenge mode
    New field, random monster, total 3 ~ 5 rounds.
    
    
    
    
    
15. Mercenary System
    
    • New way to use mercenary; allow players to send mercenary to clear quest and dungeon.
    • Allow you to earn gold and exp upon successful clearing.
    • The chance of success and time required will be shown and dependent on the ability of the mercenary.
16. Experience to level up is reduced.
    
    
    

Information from Q&A :

1. Major class balance patch in July
   
   • Smasher, Kali, Gladiator will be boosted in July.
   • The mechanics of bubble/block counter for Guardian will be revamped in July.
   • Hit limit of Artillery’s Rapid Shot EX to be removed.
   • level cap increase in July
2. Removal of 2-man Dragon Expedition.
3. New Special (side-story) classes.
   
   • Dark-series and Holy-series classes
   • The next special class is Holy-series.
4. Not releasing new job branch for Lencea
5. Not increasing the power of Ice elemental.
6. Difficulties of Level 90 Nest is reduced significantly.
7. Revamp of Farm system
8. No plan to add light-elemental to Smasher laser skills.
9. No plan to add S-grade dragon jade
10. Strengthen 2nd Job Advance
    
    • Allows 2-3 options of EX skills + Lv65 passives in 2nd job advance (similar to Dark Avenger).
    • For example, Triple Slash EX2 of Gladiator can hit up to 5 times.
    • Allows player to customize their character skills according to preference while preserving the characteristic of the class.
    • Current progress of this revamp is 50% complete.
11. Next character after Machina will be a male one.
12. Elemental conversion jade can be obtained through easier means.
13. Reduce buff clearing mechanics in raid; reduce invincible piercing mechanics; buff food/potion becomes more useful
14. Additional control for projectiles of skills such as laser cutter, moon blade dance, etc.
15. Reduce the healing ability of Iona in Hero Battle Field
16. Enchanting Lv90 gear will be easier than previous levels.
17. Improve rewards for ladder and pvp arena.
18. Introduce guild party system, guild war and guild reward point which can be used to purchase various goodies.
19. New continents and new Third core Nest.
20. Stats of monsters in dungeon will be reduced to facilitate solo.
21. Reduce party wipe mechanics in dungeon/raid.
22. Improvement to Citadel of Corruption