Updates & Info and things!

Posted by Admin-Wisteria on 22 Apr 2018, 1:50 am

Hi all!

First off, I'd like to let people know that you can currently upgrade your warrior items here.

Next, I'd like to detail some plans for upcoming events given the current circumstances we find ourselves under.

I'd very much like to avoid heavy coding edits until the DMM festival has been sorted. To that end, I'm not going to push for many changes - if any at all, to the code for the OFB festival coming mid-May.

Instead, I'm thinking that we reset valour points, adjust the caps (to favour PvE), and allow new purchases to be made for the two-weeks that the festival runs.
This would mean that held valour would be lost as well. If we do this, we'll give at least a week's warning.

You'll still get a few extra valour points for participating in PvP, but the PvE cap alone should suffice to buy all festival related goods at least once.

This isn't ideal, but it would require minimal coding and would ultimately be less disruptive to the upcoming fixes. The event will still include exploration events, magical plushies, and a slew of new items.

Additionally, I'm looking to release tier 6 & 7 warrior content around the release of the OFB festival. (Where Wandering Monsters is a tier 1 battleground, and Deadly Monsters is a tier 5 battleground - with deadlier monsters being somewhere between tier 5 - 6).

These would be permanent additions to the battleground roster that are designed for well-equipped warriors of at least the 20th level. This would come with a new tier of crystals, previously mentioned in the update notes, as "Superior" crystals.

At the same time, I'd also like to introduce "Broken" equipment, which serves as scrap-able items that drop frequently in various battlegrounds.

Generally speaking, if we do implement new tiers, expect the following to happen:
- Old recipes will remain the same, but materials for those recipes will be significantly more common.
- New recipes will require significantly more materials.
- This means that catching up to the current maximum power-level for warriors (essentially tier 5), will be significantly easier, whereas achieving tiers 6 & 7 will be much harder.

I'm in the planning stages right now, so feel free to ping me in discussion threads - if we can sort out details beforehand it'll save a lot of grief going forward.
Please Note: You may freely ping me.

Next up, I'd like to discuss a placeholder of sorts for the long-awaited achievements. Previously, we'd looked at overhauling quest & achievement systems to be more relevant, though per above, due to delays & expectations with coding, I'm thinking of introducing a new type of item which essentially acts as a trophy of sorts - akin to the Enchanted To Be Awesome Signet Ring - only extending to other careers.

If this ends up happening, you'll want to have a lot of FurCash and related materials from all villages.

And finally, in lieu of a dedicated PvP tournament (given we can't recode the matchmaking this year), I'm considering having a knock-out style tournament hosted by the community for players that would like to opt-in. No specifics yet, but I'm thinking something along the lines of best-of-three matches with gear swapping allowed between rounds. Winners will receive a "160%" Potency upgrade ticket, which can be exchanged with NPC-Traveler something, with spot prizes for participation.

Apologies for the incoherent post!

Nothing mentioned here is set in stone, and is just my initial impressions for the OFB festival!