Balance Update:
Kankuro: Nerf(Puppet Preparation)
Naruto: Nerf(Shadow Clones)
Anko: Boost(Hidden SHadow Snake Hand)
Shino: Boost(Female Bug)
Kiba: Boost(Double Headed Wolf)
Oboro: Boost(Haze Clones) forgot to list him

Luapman

UPDATE:

Everything is now as good as new; your ladder games will no longer have any issues being recorded/finished.  Thank you all very much for your patience with us during this inconvience.

Spirit in Black

QUICK NOTICE:

We are very much aware of the current situation involving (quick) ladder games suddenly not counting.  A fix will be worked on and given to you as soon as possible.  Thank you very much for your patience and please try to continue to enjoy yourself on the site while this is being done.

I will update you once the fix is in place.  However, if you have any additional concerns or questions, please feel free to contact Yondaime10101.

 Spirit in Black

8/13/10 BALANCE UPDATE:

Read all balance changes HERE, and discuss them HERE.

Luapman

7/27/10 BALANCE UPDATE:

Anko: Hidden SHadow Snake Hand (nerf)

Luapman

7/26/10 BALANCE UPDATE:

The list of changes can be found here. Most changes were boosts to characters effected by the recent meta-game change, and there was one moderate rework and two minor ones.

Luapman

All users that still have over 300 buddies in their buddy list will have their list cleared next week if they do not drop to the 300 mark. This has to be done in order to reduce server lag. Thanks for your understanding.

All invulnerabilities have been reverted back to their pre-meta-game change state. Stuns now target 2 classes each (this is an and/or parameter). Drains now target 1 of 2 chakra types, the one drained is chosen at random. Steals now target the chakra types the skill doesn't use, the chakra type stolen is chosen randomly. The specific changes are as follows:

Stuns:
Snake Coil - Physical/Melee
Mega Palm Thrust - Physical/Chakra
Sanbou Kyuukai - Physical Ranged
Chain Shred - Physica/Chakra
Desert Coffin - Physical/Melee
Acupuncture - Physical/Chakra
KO Punch - Physical/Mental
Nin-Dogs - Physical/Ranged
Samehada Slash - Physical/Chakra
Wild Lion Mane - Pysical/Melee
Compression Blast - Physica/Melee
Dance of the Clematis - Physical/Ranged
Fuuton Atsugai - Chakra/Ranged
Spider Web - Physica/Melee
Desert Prison - Chakra/Melee
Water Prison Technique - Physical/Ranged
Origami Blanket - Chakra/Melee
Kyuubi Rasengan - Physical/Mental
Great Waterfall Technique - Physical/Ranged
Dual Pin - Physical/Melee
Shadow Bind - Chakra/Ranged
Long Range Bind - Chakra/Melee
Shadow Sewing - Physical/Ranged
Underground Ambush - Physical/Ranged
Extended Kusanagi - Chakra/Ranged
Great Beast Painting Snake - Physical/Chakra
Demonic Flute Illusion - Chakra/Ranged
Tree Strangulation - Physical/Melee
Twin Rising Dragons Trap - Physical/Ranged
Painful Sky Leg - Chakra/Mental
Tsukuyomi - Physical/Mental
Crow Genjutsu - Chakra/Ranged
Rasengan - Physical/Chakra
Temple of Nirvana - Chakra/Ranged
Oodama Rasengan - Physical/Ranged
Change of Heart - Mental/Ranged
Mind Body Disturbance - Physical/Chakra
Mind-Body Switch - Mental/Melee
Four Column Prison - Physical/Ranged
Tree Bind Death - Chakra/Melee
Plant Form Attack - Physical/Ranged
EDIT: Water Shark Projectile - Chakra/Mental
Shiki Fuujin - remains the only full stun

Drains:
Totsuka Sword - B/G
Sound Manipulation - T/B
Chakra Node Strike - T/N
Doki Ghosts - N/G
Eight Trigram Sixty-Four Palms - T/B
Finishing Blow - B/N
Hakke Kuushou - T/N
Impale - T/B
Kusanagi - B/G
Hinata Gentle Fist - T/N
Hakke Hasangeki - remains T+N
Major Summoning Manda - remains B+N+G

Steals:
Chakra Leach - T/N/G
Energy Drain - T/N/G
Draining Assault - T/N/G
Dungeon CHamber of Nothingness - T/B/G
Samehada Shred - B/G

Balance Changes
Boosts: Anko Twin Snakes Mutual Death


Luapman

Because of a technical issue the game was mostly unplayable in the last 48 hours. The issue has now been resolved.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

BALANCE CHANGE:
Yoroi: Rework/Nerf (Energy Drain, Draining Assault)
Anko: Rework (All Skills)
Kin: Rework (All Skills)
Rin: Nerf (Pit Trap, Medical Kit)
Shikamaru: Boost (Shadow Bind, Shadow Neck Bind)
Lee(S): Boost/Rework (Konoha Shoufuu)
Konan: Boost (Origami Blanket)

Luapman

Because some users were misusing the buddy list we have made a cap of 300 buddies to the buddy list. If you currently have more buddies then this number, you are no longer able to add new buddies untill you dropped to 299.

Furthermore some server and forum performance tweaks were done to hopefully increase the speed on naruto-arena.

Each generic invulnerability skill (1 random chakra, 4 turn cooldown, 1 turn invulnerability) on all characters can now be used even if that character is stunned. This is primarily done to give stunners another counter other than other stunners. In addition, this makes generic invulnerability moves more useful.

 Gametester Update: The changes are now fully live and functional.

Luapman