Maintenance 2012-12-20

From the Maintenance Notes:

All Servers Floating Rates event has begun! Rates will change every hour! Some unidentified items which caused errors have been fixed. In game Christmas event has started! See the mentioned page for more details in helping Santa retrieve his stolen presents! Prontera has received a make-over. For bonus Christmas points, turn on the BGM and feel super Christmasy! Christmasy/Winter Seasonal donation items! Rabbit Knithat Loki: +25 All stats. +25% damage against all races. If Snowflake Ring is equipped, 15% defence against Water. 5 Defence. Eir: +4 All stats. 3 Defence. Tyr: +2 Int. +10 SP. If Snowflake Ring is equipped, 3% defence against Water. 0 Defence. Snowflake Ring Loki: +25 All stats. +25% walking speed. 6 Defence. Eir: +5 All stats. 6 Defence. Tyr: +3% defence to all races. 0 Defence. Christmas Sale! Every day from the 21st for 7 days will see a sale of various premium items. Be sure to check the sale everyday; a few, new, never seen before headgears have been added - but they are for a limited time only! The Rune Knight (3rd class Lord Knight) sprite has changed to that of the official sprite. Alberta has been updated to reflect official changes. Loki Non-donor castles will now correctly store investment. Treasure Chests in the non-donor castles will spawn correctly and with the proper amount. Mobs within the non-donor guild dungeons have had skills added. The Halls of Abyss will open again after Saturday's WoE (lolwoops). Investment Tickets will finally be given for every successful 5,000,000 Zeny investment you make. War of Emperium: Second Edition changes: Pierre's Event has ended and been removed from the game. Kublin has been replaced by his buffed up counterpart. This Kublin will drop the Red Cape item and will spawn based on a timer like a regular MvP. There will be two Kublins, one for Rachel and one for Yuno. Item changes: Bronze Greaves' effect has changed to: Increased Max HP/SP + refine%. Reduces Long and Misc attack by refine/2%. Decreases walking speed by refine/2%. Can't be knocked back. Bellum Arcwand's magic damage to demi-humans/after-cast delay has been halved. Hardened Steel Shotgun's ATK has been reduced to +45%. Effects of refine on ATK and chance to cause a double attack have been reduced. Variegated Vest's attribute change will now randomly cycle between the four major elements when using Warm Wind: fire, water, earth and wind. Poring Blacksmith Card will now give +5% damage with Cart Termination if used in conjunction with Hollenghren's Hammer and a Whitesmith card (will not stack twice). Ralph's Requinto's and Vanessa's Stockwhip's effects have changed to Int/Dex + 5. Damage to medium size monster +2*Dancing Lessons skill level%. Grants an extra 2 levels of Tarot Card of Fate. Has a chance that increases with refine rate to cast level 10 Tarot Card of Fate when casting Arrow Vulcan. Sniper Card's (both legit and premium) description has been modified to represent the script (5% chance to pierce Pneuma). An error with Cowring, Nekoring, Pandaling and Whispering which caused a larger than expected increase in ranged damage has been addressed. Guarana Candy will no longer stone curse you (Woops). Mental Destroyer has been made two-handed (this is a bug; Mental Destroyer was originally meant to be two-handed). Zircon Rings will now give significantly less Hit. Pyuriel Card's effect has been reduced to +8% more damage with AD. Sterne now increases damage with CT/AD by 15%. The bonus Hit received by Pragmatists Mail has been halved. Hardened Steel Spiked Shield + Poof Eye Ring combo will now give less Hit. Both the slotted and unslotted versions of the Turtle General Shield have had the -10 Def/Mdef replaced with "+10% more damage received from all sources". Rata Cards will no longer grant +3% Matk. Instead they will grant a flat +250 Matk. An error which allowed you to enter PvP without being debuffed has been fixed. Card art for the new HoA MvPs has been implemented. Tyr Father's White Moustache has had its attack bonus reduced by 10. Rainbowring Sash no longer grants demi-human resistance. Quest Red Tailed Ribbons have been renamed to Red Ribbon. A warning has been added to the item description. The rate at which homunculi intimacy is gained during feeding has been doubled. The healer will now function during the War of Emperium. Bloody Branches have been added to the Token Redemption NPC for 2 points each. Eir & Tyr Mother's White Flower has been added to the event shop.