OP FACTIONS SEASON 30 NETHER UPDATE

Hello everyone. Thanks for checking out OP Factions latest update. I do apologize that it took longer to get everything done than I planned. I do hope you guys enjoy the additions to the game. I look forward to your feedback so I can make adjustments. NETHER

Nether Surface

• This can be accessed from the nether portal at spawn.

• Users aren't allowed to enter until the server meets the key fragment requirements.

• *Fragments have a chance to be obtained after killing the Cerberus Boss in Towers or the Hades boss.

• Users must be level 15 to enter the nether.

• While in the nether, if you have not donated to the obelisk and are not wearing a mining helmet, you will have permanent darkness.

Nether Mobs

• Added various nether mobs that spawn throughout the map.

• Killing mobs will grant you XP and have a chance of dropping materials.

• Each mob has its own drops for different recipes.

Nether Mining

• You can now visit the nether to mine ores throughout the map.

• You can find the sparkling hallows on the surface to farm glowstone and nether quartz.

• Better ores can be found in the molten caverns

• You can sell the ores for profit or use them for various recipes.

Nether NPCs

• Hecate

• *You can find hecate in your library on the surface of the nether.

• *You can visit her to buy Books of Atonement that increase enchants past max level, or for a Book of Unity used to enhance Immortal Sets.

• Hades

• *Visit hades in his castle and complete his quest for additional nether bonuses.

• Harmonia

• *Visit Harmonia in Hades castle to craft a faction crystal.

• *Faction crystals can be used to obtain additional perks for your faction.

• Alchemist

• *Visit the alchemist in Hades castle to sell potions.

• *He will offer you plenty of coins for your journey to sell him potions.

• Gatekeeper

• *Located at the entrance of Tartarus, you can speak to him to get permission to enter the depths.

Molten Caverns

• The molten caverns is the 2nd map you can visit in the nether.

• Visit the whispering graveyard to obtain soul sand and bone blocks.

• Visit the Burning Abyss to obtain crying obsidian and netherrite.

• Users in the Burning Abyss will get darkness unless they have a mining helmet on.

• PvP is not permitted in the Molten Caverns.

Mining Helmet

• Crafted at the blacksmith

• Doubles your chance of getting iron / gold scrap as well as shiny diamonds / emeralds when mining ores

• Gives you permanent night vision and also removes the Darkness Effect when worn in the Nether Dimension.

Lord Demons Reflector

• Crafted at the blacksmith

• Using broken reflectors from the Lord Demon, you can craft a reflector that provides you temporary immunity to attacks, all physical hits on you will be reflected back to the user.

Movement Scrolls

• Crafted at the blacksmith

• Using Hooves from the Minotaur, you can craft a scroll that can boost you forward in the direction your looking.

Titans Blessing

• Crafted at the blacksmith

• Using the blood of the titans found from bosses in Tartarus, you can bless your item with random enchants (all enchants are max level)

Soul Cage

• Crafted at the blacksmith

• When a boss spawned in tartarus gets below 50% HP, you have the option to trap it using the cage.

• You can place the boss in this weakened state at the outpost to attack players.

• It will find and attack players that are not in your faction / allied faction of.

• *A boss will also fight other factions spawned bosses (if any)

Potion Crafting

• You can use the various materials you find in the nether to craft custom potions.

• Increasing your potioneer level will unlock the ability to craft more potions and increase the duration of the potions you craft.

Tartarus

• Located in the Burning Abyss, Tartarus is where the bosses choose to reside.

• Visit Tartarus and pay the gatekeepers fee to take on bosses for rewards.

ENCHANT BALANCES

Winged Set

• Crouched damage decreased from 1.5 -> 0.5 hearts.

• Any damage done from the crouch is converted to health.

• The Crouched Ability radius is increased from 4 -> 5 blocks.

• There is now a maximum of 3 players being affected by the ability.

• The Damage Boost has been decreased from 10% -> 5%.

Poseidon Armor

• Guardians will not spawn if another Guardian is within a 20 block radius of it.

Warden Immortal Set

• Added a +3 hearts set bonus (like other immortal sets)

Bow enchants now have a limit of being able to be activated once per second

• Dev Note: “In the future I would like to experiment with bow enchants being influenced by how much power you put into your bow shot. More power = higher chance of activating and low power = less of a chance of activating”.

DELPHI OUTPOST

• Added a 2nd Outpost option for users.

• Gives 1 less STR per tick than Meteora

• A max of 5 members of each faction can be in this outpost at once.

• *Additional members will be denied entry

• Dev Note: “The point of this change is to see if we can offer a solution to users who feel like they have no way to fight the large groups of players that conquer pvp. This is our first attempt at stopping a zerg playstyle.”

ADDITIONAL CHANGES

• Increased Ender Pearl sell price by 100%

• Increased String sell price by 60%

• Removed the rebirth limit from pickaxes and fishing rods

• Changed rebirth limit to 1.

• Dev Note: “Next season I want to change it back to 2, and change the cost of having rebirths on your item”

• Decreased bow overall damage by 20% from hits. (May need further adjustments)

• Alligator Necklace is now considered a craftable by the filter system.

• Added Refinements and what each one does to /support

• Added potion crafting to /support

• Added armor crafting to /support

• Added the Tower to /support

• Added the Nether to /support

• Added custom fishing items to /support

• When changing your name color, it will now save for when you log on next.

• Axolotls in the tower AI Adjustments

• *The first time they spit is now randomize (to prevent them from spawning and wiping someone)

• *The damage the spit does is now between 1-2 hearts (rather than always 2 hearts)

• Sand & Gravel will no longer fall from gravity

• Fallen Demigods will now be split randomly between Meteora and Delphi Outpost

• *The moshpit event will still only take place in Meteora

• Dueling now requires a user to be level 15 (same as pvp)

BUG FIXES

• Fixed Boss items such as Zeus Lightning

• *Newly crafted ones will work, old ones will still not function correctly.

• Fixed an issue where you could surround a 3x3 vault with a 7x7 vault

• Fixed an issue where enchant effects wouldn't apply over your existing enchant effects

• *This fixes an issue with resistance and turtle guardians

• Updated many enchant projectiles to correctly hit 1 user rather than more than one.

• Fixed an issue where Odysseus Bow Tornados would vanish right away.