■Adjustments:
•Changed the sheath/draw weapons and Living Artifact inputs on Control Type D to make them easier to use while pressing other buttons.
•Decreased the amount of elemental damage dealt by Martial Arts while Living Artifact is active.
•Set a limit on how many times certain Martial Arts can be used consecutively while Living Artifact is active.
•Reduced the duration of the Blindness effect inflicted by the special effect Blindness (Onmyo Magic Hit) from Sunakake-baba's Soul Core.
•Increased the duration of and decreased the damage dealt by the Onmyo Magic item Soul Purge Talisman.
•Increased the number of Kappa that appear on the "1572 CE - Warring States" field.
•Increased the power of the Martial Art Swallow's Wing for the Samurai weapon the sword.
•Increased the power of the Martial Art Raijin for the Samurai weapon the dual swords.
•Decreased the power of the Martial Art Water Sword II for the Samurai weapon the dual swords.
•Increased the power of the Martial Art Victory Rush for the Samurai weapon the axe.
•Slightly increased the launch speed of the Martial Art Wild Lions for the Ninja weapon the tonfa. Decreased the amount of Ki damage.
•Increased the power of the Martial Art Chain Hurl for the Ninja weapon the hatchets.
•Increased the power of the Martial Art Biting Hail for the Ninja weapon the hatchets.
•Increased the power of the Martial Art Dragonfly for the Ninja weapon the hatchets.
•Increased the amount of enemy Ki depleted when using the Martial Art Dual Hawks for the Ninja weapon the hatchets. Decreased the power of the Martial Art.
•Increased the power of the Martial Art Black Vines for the Ninja weapon the kusarigama.
•Increased the power of the Martial Art Serpent Strike for the Ninja weapon the kusarigama.
•Increased the power of the Martial Art Radiant Moon for the Ninja weapon the splitstaff.
•Increased the power of the Martial Art Roar Power for the Ninja weapon the splitstaff.
•Decreased the Ki damage of the Martial Art Shin Crusher II for the Ninja weapon the splitstaff.
•Decreased the Ki damage of Strong Attacks for the Ninja weapon the splitstaff.
•Made other minor adjustments.
■Bug fixes:
•Fixed an issue occurring when ending multiplayer sessions that would occasionally cause the player to fall through the map or would make it impossible to progress past the loading screen.
•Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the game to crash when the player selected Become a Visitor.
•Fixed an issue where the player would lose half their Amrita upon returning to their own game world after experiencing a connection error after selecting Become a Visitor.
•Fixed an issue where users who were not friends with the player would sometimes show up in their friend slots when summoning a visitor.
•Fixed an issue where the player's current Amrita value would sometimes be displayed incorrectly temporarily if the player had lost as a guest in Expeditions.
•Fixed an issue preventing the room for the Battle Scroll Princess Tsubaki from being found when searching for rooms with no conditions set under Expeditions in Mission Mode.
•Fixed a bug preventing the Amrita Gauge from accumulating and thereby preventing Living Artifact from being activated under certain conditions.
•Fixed an issue causing Kappa to always appear at certain locations.
•Fixed a bug allowing players to pass through paths they should have no access to.
•Fixed an issue causing the Martial Arts for the Samurai weapon the cestuses to favor the inputs for forward movement and Strong Attacks.
•Fixed an issue preventing stance changes after activating the Samurai Martial Art Frost Moon while in Mid Stance.
•Fixed an issue where performing Martial Arts right after the Samurai Martial Art Frost Moon would trigger a Grapple even if the player did not press the button for a Strong Attack.
•Fixed an issue causing the Martial Art Iai Quickdraw for the Samurai weapon the sword to be performed more quickly in Mid Stance than in Low or High Stance.
•Fixed an issue allowing players to perform the Martial Art Tornado Edge multiple times in a row by continually pressing the button for Strong Attacks just after successfully performing the Martial Art Spinning Slide for the Samurai weapon the axe.
•Fixed an issue where the Martial Art Roar for the Samurai weapon the axe when using Control Type A differed from the description.
•Fixed an issue preventing the Martial Art Celestial Retribution for the Samurai weapon the switchglaive from landing unless the player was facing their enemies head on.
•Fixed an issue allowing a second aerial jump while performing the Martial Art Flying Chariot with the Ninja weapon the tonfa.
•Fixed an issue allowing a second aerial jump when performing the Martial Art Flying Drill for the Ninja weapon the tonfa after an aerial jump.
•Fixed an issue preventing the player from performing a Martial Art when descending from the jump they made during the Martial Art Sacred Fire while using the Ninja weapon the tonfa.
•Fixed an issue preventing a Dash Attack just after dashing while using the Ninja weapon the tonfa.
•Fixed text in the descriptions of the Martial Arts Death from Above Water and Chain Hurl II for the Ninja weapon the hatchets which differed from the actual performance of these Martial Arts.
•Fixed an issue where using the Ninjutsu Lightning Step to move to the enemy's location and then using Lightning Step again would cause a Style Shift.
•Fixed an issue where unequipping a weapon while the Onmyo Magic item Soul Purge Talisman was active would not reset the player's familiarity level with the weapon.
•Fixed an issue preventing the use of elixirs during Gale Sprint.
•Fixed an issue where performing a Burst Break with some weapons would deal damage to the player.
•Fixed an issue where the Toggle Grapple and Martial Arts setting did not work properly against yokai when using some weapons.
•Fixed an issue where enemies' resistances did not work against the negative effect Blindness.
•Fixed an issue that sometimes allowed Jakotsu-baba to jump outside of the boss area.
•Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented the use of Burst Breaks against the Nure-onna's paralyzing attacks.
•Fixed an issue allowing two consecutive Grapples against Ippon-Datara.
•Fixed an issue causing the number of Gaki defeated by the player to include the Thorned Gaki called forth by the Gaki Chief.
•Fixed an issue preventing the ! mark from disappearing from the New Items tab of the Items menu.
•Fixed an issue where photo mode camera settings were not reflected properly.
•Fixed an issue preventing Exposure Correction settings from being reflected properly in photo mode.
•Fixed an issue causing the player's weapon to be unequipped after the player selected a randomized appearance in Character Creation.
•Fixed a bug where the voice type in Character Creation would not carry over even though the Same Appearance for Both Styles setting was checked.
•Fixed a bug where other character appearances would save over the player character's appearance in Character Creation.
•Fixed an issue occurring in Character Creation where saving another player's character appearance would change the character's body type.
•Fixed an issue where setting Change Stance to a single key when using keyboard/mouse controls would prevent Ki Pulse from triggering at the same time as the stance change for certain weapons.
•Fixed an issue preventing the player from moving forward upon activating the Martial Art Roar for the axe when using the keyboard/mouse controls.
•Made other minor fixes.
Note: These fixes are also reflected in the final retail version of the game.
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We have identified errors in the Patch 1.02.02 patch notes and would like to inform you of the corrections as follows:
■Corrections
Incorrect: Increased the power of the Martial Art Water Sword II for the Samurai weapon the dual swords.
Correct: Decreased the power of the Martial Art Water Sword II for the Samurai weapon, the dual swords.
Incorrect: Increased the power of the Martial Art Dual Hawks for the Ninja weapon the hatchets.
Correct: Increased the amount of enemy Ki depleted when using the Martial Art Dual Hawks for the Ninja weapon, the hatchets. Decreased the power of the Martial Art Dual Hawks.