Greetings Commanders
The maintenance for January 22nd is complete.

1. New Packages

└ A Character Growth Support Pack will be added to the Weekly Packages, allowing players to choose and purchase ☆5 Promotion Certificates and Experience Chips.


2. Balance Patches

└ The difficulty of the Main Story: Challenge Mode has been reduced
└ The difficulty of HARD and EXPERT in 'Extermination' normal stages has been reduced
└ The balance of 'Special Ops' has been adjusted to better match each section
└ Issues where certain values became excessively inflated due to difficulty increases in some content have been improved.
└ All characters’ HP has been increased by 25%, and the effectiveness of the DEF stat has been improved.
└ The base stats of characters with a rarity of Rare or higher have been adjusted according to their role (Offense, Defense, Support Type) as follows:
※ Common to all rarities: CRIT Rate 2.5%, CRIT DMG 50%
※ Offense Type: Additional +2.5% CRIT Rate, +7.5% Critical DMG
※ Defense Type: Additional +5% CRIT RES, +2.5% EVD, increased chance to be targeted by single-target attacks
※ Support Type: Additional +5% ACC
└ Prices of items in the Gold Exchange Post will be increased overall.

3. Bug Fixes & Improvements

└ Repeat Battles can now be done without an exclusive ticket. When a stage is cleared using Repeat Battle Tickets, additional EXP and Gold can be obtained.
└ Conditions for displaying in-game notifications have been added.
└ The skill information pop-up has been improved to allow players to check each skill’s Upgrade effects and levels.
└ When a battle ends during Tactical Training, rewards are now granted immediately based on the current score, and the amount of rewards has been increased.
※ Reward amount increased from 50% → 100% of the rank-based reward
└ An Auto-Pick feature has been added, allowing targets to be locked even while Auto-Battle is active.
└ The item merge interface has been improved to display the list of group items that can be merged.
└ An introductory tutorial has been added for first-time entry into the Arena.
└ Fixed an issue where the prologue video of the next chapter would not play when proceeding via the "Next" button after clearing the final stage of each chapter.
└ Corrected the displayed number of shields granted by Nanase Mai’s skill “Paper Spirit: Absolute Barrier” to match its actual effect.
• Previous: Grants 3 Protective Shield to ALL allies, Grants 2 to allies whose HP is 50% or less.
• Updated: Grants 2 Protective Shield to ALL allies, Grants 3 to allies whose HP is 50% or less.
└ Changed the term “Clan Strategy Room Deployment” to “Clan Facility Deployment.”
└ Added missing probability values to the descriptions of certain debuff skills.
└ Fixed an issue where characters assigned to the Clan Facilities or Battle Arena – Defense Team could be duplicated and used in Clan Facilities under certain conditions.
└ Fixed an issue where the weapon “Gear Bracelet,” included in Shinohara Mari Step-Up 'S' Package, was displayed in the Weapon Development list.
└ Fixed an issue where a non-existent tutorial window would occasionally appear under certain conditions, preventing further input.
└ Fixed an issue where monster appearances were displayed abnormally after merging under certain conditions.
└ Fixed an issue where the boss name was displayed twice during the boss appearance sequence in Extermination: Set.
└ Fixed an issue where achievement descriptions were displayed incorrectly in Challenge Mode-related Journey Missions.
※ Main Story: Challenge – Achieve Maximum Stars → Achieve ☆2 in Main Story Challenge Mode
└ Fixed an issue where the number of consumed items was not immediately updated when merging Type Stone in the Inventory.

Thank you.