Masters of the Book,

This is Kim Young-mo, the director of ASTRA: Knights of Veda. The development team is here to answer the feedback and questions you, our Masters of the Book, have shared.

1. The drop rates for Goddess’s Armor seem to be very low. Since there are no features like Sweep on Nightmares of the Abyss, it feels harder to farm them, are there any plans to adjust the drop rates?

We understand the frustration with the drop rates. There are currently plans to make adjustments to the higher Abyssal Levels of the Nightmare of the Abyss with the February 2025 update. After the update, we’ll carefully review the data and adjust the difficulty and drop rates accordingly.

Additionally, the Nightmare of the Abyss is a content that requires consistent challenges to complete the Goddess’s Armor you wish for your Knights of Veda. Since Goddess’s Armor has fixed sub-stats, once you fully refine and upgrade it, you will only need more of it to build your other Knights if you so wish.

2. I mostly play solo and want to do so still. However, I’m forced to use Co-Op when playing Nightmare of the Abyss, which is inconvenient since parties can only be made by directly inviting other players. Is it possible for a lobby system to be added to the game where you can openly recruit players to create a party?

Due to the Nightmare of Abyss’ difficulty level, many Masters of the Book feel the need to create parties to tackle the content together, lowering the difficulty as a result.

Adding a lobby system to the game corresponds to a big investment of development time and resources and would potentially make the game more bloated in terms of systems. Additionally, there could be issues when there are no players available, so we plan to introduce a similar Quick Matchmaking system. This will allow players to set the Abyssal Level they want to tackle and quickly match with users who wish to party up. 

Rest assured that we will prioritize the addition of this feature and then consider updates to it afterwards.

3. Currently, Anais is performing well for a newly-released Knight of Veda. However, the Wound Recovery part of her kit is lacking. Are there any plans for buffs of any kind?

Anais’ Kit was made with having her the best Healer knight in terms of damage and buffs applied in mind, in addition to having the Wound Recovery mechanic. Due to this, she has quickly become a necessary part of any team when tackling Celestial Trials and Nightmare of the Abyss.

However it would seem that this part of her kit is found to be lacking contrary to expectations, of which we would like to apologize for. Buffing the Wound Recovery part of her kit could be risky, however we’ll continue to keep an eye on the situation and make adjustments after careful consideration and review.

4. Many recently introduced content include a time-limit rule, which I feel limits the players in terms of build diversity by making them be simple DPS checks.

Are there any discussions regarding this, specifically if more new content will include this rule? Will the upcoming World Boss also have it?

Time-limits are used in content where it matches the gameplay goal, which in the case of Nightmare of the Abyss, is a key element. Teaming up with other users allows them to clear the content faster, allowing for better efficiency in farming Goddess’s Armor and the upgrade materials for it.

As for the World Boss content, it does include a time-limit, but it is used differently from current implementations. In this content, the boss becomes more ferocious and deals more damage as its health decreases. Ranking is then based on how much damage has been dealt by each user within a limited time. This means that you will also need to focus on your Knights’ survivability alongside their attack power if you wish to rank high in this content.

However, as the time-limit rule is dependent on the gameplay goals for the content, we’re considering content without this rule in place and hopefully introduce them to you as soon as possible, so please look forward to it.

5. Since the introduction of Goddess’s Armor, PvP Matches have suddenly become longer. Are there any plans to adjust the effects of the Goddess’s Armor based on if the content is PvP or PvE?

We’ve received numerous feedback regarding this and are looking to make adjustments to the equipment for PvP-related content to realize our aim of PvP matches not being too long or too short. 

6. Are there any plans to allow “Hero’s Shoes” to be usable on Nightmare of the Abyss? It would make the more tedious parts of content, specifically the farming, much more manageable.

We completely understand your feedback and are making adjustments to ease the frustration. Alongside the upcoming Quick Matchmaking feature, we’re actively considering allowing the use of Hero’s Shoes on Nightmare of the Abyss. 

We will inform you as soon as possible once we have finalized the details and would like to ask for your understanding and patience as we do so.

7. We’ve already cleared Floor 50 of Celestial Trials, when will the additional floors be released?

Floors 51~60 of Celestial Trials will be added to the game on the 1/23 Update alongside an update to the lower floors to reduce their difficulty.. 

※ The information stated was provided to help our Masters of the Book understand our upcoming content schedule. More precise details will be given regarding content names and specifics through the patch notes.

Thank you.