Notice Regarding a Skill Issue

Hello, Maplers,

Following the April 15 Maintenance, an issue affecting the damage for Explorer Thief jobs was identified.

Through investigation, we confirmed that the additional hit damage of the skill ‘Shadow Partner’ was being applied at a higher value than intended for 3 weeks - from March 25 to April 15.

Thus, this unintended buff applied to Shadower and Night Lord was reverted to its intended value during the April 15 Maintenance.

We would like to share the details on the background and history of this issue.

Details of the Issue and Its Resolution

[Unintended increase applied (3/25)]

After of the March 25 maintenance, the additional hit(100%) effect of the Shadow Partner skill, which was designed exclusively for the Dungeon Blast event, was mistakenly applied to the existing jobs Shadower and Night Lord.
As a result, from the after of the March 25 maintenance until the before of the April 15 maintenance, the additional hit of Shadow Partner for these two jobs was applied at 100% instead of the normal 70%.

[Issue identified and corrected (4/15)]

While preparing the April 15 Maintenance, we found that the 'Mirror Image' skill for the new Explorer Thief job, Dual Blade, was applying Additional Hit at 100% rather than the normal 70%.
The value was then adjusted to the normal 70%. Because this skill's structure was partially shared with the 'Shadow Partner' skill of existing Explorer Thief jobs, the same correction was inadvertently applied to Shadower and Night Lord.

This change affected existing jobs and should have been communicated in advance.
However, at the time, we recognized it only as an issue with the Dual Blade skill and did not include it in the patch notes.
We sincerely apologize for not fully confirming the scope of this impact and for failing to provide proper notice.

The additional hit damage of the Shadow Partner skill is now applying correctly at its normal rate of 70%.

We sincerely apologize for the confusion caused by not thoroughly confirming the impact of this skill system change.
We will continue to make every effort to provide a stable game environment through more careful reviews.