Announcement:Elite Ascension Skill - Transcend Destiny

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Category: Development
Subject: New Elite Ascension Skill - Transcend Destiny
Author: GS4-NYXUS
Date: 2024-09-02

[Elite Ascension Skill - Transcend Destiny]

The dev team is excited to announce that the first elite ascension ability is now live!

Transcend Destiny is a passive ability that increases a character's effective level in many combat equations. Transcend Destiny affects the following combat equations:

  • Ambush Damage - Offense and Defense - Up to 5 Ranks
  • Automatic Success of Certain Spells
  • Casting Strength
  • Evade, Block, and Parry - Offense and Defense
  • Force on Force
  • Hiding - Rogues Only
  • Sheer Fear Resistance
  • SMR - Offense and Defense
  • SSR - Offense and Defense
  • Target Defense
  • Two-Weapon Combat
  • UCS - Tier Up Probability

Note that Transcend Destiny will not factor into all level-based formulas, and is not intended to do so. If you feel that an important formula has been missed, please let us know and we will consider it!

Lastly, elite ascension skills are intended to be costly and have a high barrier to entry. Transcend Destiny has a pre-requisite of 150 ATPs spent in the common tier of ascension, and costs the following for the first five ranks: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50. The subsequent five ranks cost 50 ATPs per rank. Transcend Destiny has a max number of 10 ranks, and a capped character with 10 ranks of Transcend Destiny will have an effective level of 110.

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Transcend Destiny is an elite ascension skill that increases a character's effective level in many combat equations.