Dear Sword Art Online fans,

 

Thank you for playing SWORD ART ONLINE Alicization Lycoris.

 

The latest patch “Ver1.09” will be out shortly to fix major / minor bugs and improve overall gameplay. Please see below for details.

 

New Additional Contents

• Added Finish Arts to Wayfarer ReoNa
• Added “Raid Dungeon Extreme”

*Raid Dungeon Extreme can be unlocked by completing the normal Raid Dungeon.

• Added “Semi-auto mode”

• This mode is for players who want to focus on the main story and play the game with simplified combat.

*Super Arts cannot be used in Semi-auto mode.

• Added “Lightplay mode”

*This mode will be unlocked at the beginning of Chapter 2.

*In this mode, the player can play through to the start of Chapter 2 while cruising through the story. This is for players who have seen the anime or read the books and want to reach the game-original content faster.

• Added “Semi-auto mode” and “Lightplay mode” in the options menu

*This mode can be switched ON/OFF during gameplay

*Lightplay mode can be selected when starting a new game

• Added an option to skip battle in the central cathedral in Chapter 1

*This battle will be skipped automatically when Lightplay mode is ON.

*The battle can be skipped by choosing skip at the save point.

• Added an option to adjust the Order Mode speed.
• Added an option for a camera mode that does not move the camera when sending orders to part members.
• Added an option to adjust the speed of the cursor during Concentration
• Added an option to fix the camera position
• Added an option to reduce particle effects during battle
• Added an option to display details during battle

*By turning this off, the icons and damage rate will not be displayed during gameplay.

• Added an option to adjust the page turning speed when dialogue is on autoscroll.
• Added tutorials for the additional features

 

Adjustments System

• Super Arts can now be triggered when the player has a fixed amount of Arts Gauge

*The duration of Super Arts will vary depending on the amount of Arts Gauge used upon activation.

• Reduced the speed of Arts Gauge decreasing during Super Arts
• Switched the Finish Arts and Super Arts buttons
• World Map can now be zoomed in and out with the d-pad
• Multiple items can now be selected when selling at a shop
• [STEAM] Fixed the issue where the Bond Conversations end with the camera placed further than intended when playing in a certain resolution
• [STEAM] Added two types of Keyboard controls Map
• [Xbox One] Adjusted number of objects displayed on screen and texture resolution.
• [Xbox One] Improved loading time and FPS.

 

Battle

• Adjusted the battle difficulty of the Integrity Knights in Chapter 1
• The player will recover HP when succeeding in landing an Ally Skill
• Adjusted the movements when using an Ally Skill when enemy parts are targeted
• Adjusted the movements when using Renly’s certain sword skills
• Adjusted the particle effects when using the sword skill “Photon Eraser”
• Adjusted balance of certain sword skills Dual-wielding sword skill: Moment Bite, Bow sword skill: Fix Peer, Skill: At Wit's End

 

UI

• Route Guidance can now be switched to guide the player to the pinned location, main quest or Sub quests
• Route Guidance will now have different colors based on the selected destination Pinned location = green, Sub quests = yellow, and main quest = blue

 

Multi-play

• Players can now receive multiple CUBE tickets at once

 

Other

• Adjusted camera movements during battle

 

Thank you for your continued support, patience, and feedback.