Smilegate is preparing to buff two melee classes on September 23 for its MMORPG Eclipse: The Awakening, while targeting a September 30 launch for two new party dungeons under its new "Co-Op Battle" content.
Smilegate held a developer live stream titled "PD Lee's LIVE Broadcast" on the official Eclipse YouTube channel at 8:30 PM on September 21. Community Manager (CM) Park Ga-young served as MC alongside Npixel Producer Lee Sang-moon, answering real-time questions from players and outlining major improvement directions and upcoming update plans.
In the regular maintenance on September 23, two melee classes will receive overall buffs in response to feedback that melee gameplay remained difficult even after the initial round of adjustments. Accuracy values in "Weapon Refinement" and skill accuracy effects will be adjusted to narrow the gap between accuracy and evasion, and a portion of "Refinement Stones" will be distributed to reduce the burden of re-refinement. The team noted that "Class Change" cannot be implemented immediately, and that balance adjustments for ranged classes will follow sequentially in future updates.
The regular maintenance on September 30 will adjust the character deletion waiting period. The waiting period will start at a minimum of one day and scale up to a maximum of three days depending on the number of deletions per slot. Intended to reduce fatigue from repetitive leveling, rewards for rerolling will remain unchanged for now. The developer is reviewing options to offer major existing rewards through alternative avenues such as events, while the shortage of "Enhancement Stones" will be addressed first through Chuseok holiday events and rewards before analyzing supply levels to determine if further adjustments are needed.
Six Quality-of-Life (QoL) improvements are also in preparation. Checking item information in the "Collection" feature will no longer close the "Marketplace" tab, and a "Location Save System" allowing teleportation to registered coordinates will be added. Players will be able to set "Friendly/Hostile Relations" with players from other servers. For "AI Mode," reported issues—such as characters stopping in areas with no monsters—will be addressed first, with weekly optimizations and bug fixes to follow. Additionally, "Stat Descriptions" will be made more detailed so players can easily check the effects of each stat, and map location indicators currently applied to field bosses will be expanded to dungeon bosses.
To reduce server queues, Smilegate is reviewing plans to expand server capacity and preparing measures to ease character creation restrictions during regular maintenance based on server load. Cumulative penalties against bot farm accounts have surpassed 30,000, and monitoring of suspicious accounts will continue. Disconnection issues are expected to improve with an optimization patch scheduled for implementation on September 23.
The new "Co-Op Battle" content consists of two party dungeons targeting "Raserien" and "Tulkan." Players can form a party of up to five players directly or use automated matchmaking. On the public recruitment list, players can check party members' classes, levels, and recruitment count before joining or listing a party, with private party options also supported. The weekly entry limit is set to three times, resetting every Monday at 4:00 AM, though specific numbers may change during the update process. Exclusive rewards are also under consideration, with detailed specifics to be revealed in future update notes.
Looking ahead, growth points will be added to "Transcendence" and "Weapon Skins," while the scope of "AI Mode" will be expanded to normal dungeons. Rehauls of hunting and combat environments in "Inter-Server Dungeons" and QoL improvements such as "Tablet Combination" and "Potential Presets" are under review. Additionally, support features for large-scale combat, such as "Raids" and "Alliances," as well as mobile graphics optimization, are being actively pursued.
