Honor Grounds Improvements

1. Gear-Balanced Teams. Teams are now balanced based on gear score instead of random assignment. Stronger players may end up on a smaller team to even out the overall power level. Teams can differ by at most 2 players.

2. Improved Gear Equalizer. The Blessing of Jaban buff now scales proportionally to each player's gear level. Players near the top get no buff, while undergeared players receive increasingly stronger compensation. Previously, most players received the same buff level regardless of their gear gap.

3. Spawn Protection. After respawning, you are invulnerable for 15 seconds with a visible shield effect. You can move and attack freely during this time. This prevents spawn camping and gives you time to rejoin the fight.

4. Buffs Preserved on Death. Regular buffs (scrolls, self-buffs, clan buffs, songs, dances) are no longer lost when you die during the match. Toggles and damage-over-time effects are still removed.

5. Pet and Summon Anonymity. Pet and summon titles now correctly show "Combatant" instead of the owner's real name during matches.

6. War Indicators Hidden. Clan war sword icons above players are now hidden during matches, so clan relationships cannot be identified.

7. Clan Skills Restricted. Beneficial clan skills (heals, buffs) no longer affect clan members on the opposing team. Clan skills only work on your teammates.

8. Clan Wars Protected. Kills during Honor Grounds no longer count toward the mutual clan war system. One-sided wars will not escalate to mutual wars from event kills.

9. Party Restrictions. You can no longer receive or send party invites while registered for Honor Grounds. This prevents party-related issues during team formation.

10. Schedule Adjustment. Matches now run every 1 hour 30 minutes (previously every hour) with a 15-minute registration window (previously 10 minutes). This gives more time between matches for dungeons and farming.

11. Registration Timer Fix. Players who log in during an active registration period now see the correct remaining time instead of always showing 10 minutes.

12. Discord Notifications. Death notifications during Honor Grounds are no longer posted to Discord.

Class Balance

1. Blood Rose. PvP damage slightly reduced.

2. Archers (Sagittarius, Moonlight Sentinel, Ghost Sentinel, Trickster). PvP damage slightly reduced.