Restoring the Balance of Arlor | Important Changes in the 12/11/14 Update
Good Evening Legends!
Remiem here with some important info about the latest Arcane Legends update on 12/11/2014.
The Ancient Planar Pendant Recipe Drop Rate
This has been a hot topic as of late. As of this update, the Planar Pendant Recipe has been increased and should drop reasonably more often after Arena runs. As you might know already, we set the drop rate on this recipe with the idea that it would be a grind that would last through the seasonal content and toward the time of the next expansion. However, after receiving a lot of community feedback on the impossible drop rate, we have reassessed the numbers.
In an update around 11/25 we raised the drop rate to a number that seemed more reasonable based on how many people were running the arena, how many recipes had dropped already, etc. In a later update a bug caused the drop rate to drop back down to its original rarity, causing another shortage in planar pendant recipes.
First, let me extend the apologies of our design and dev team for this unexpected change. In today's update, we raised the drop rate for the Planar Pendant recipe back to a level that will make it more obtainable without flooding the market, as originally intended. This means that the item IS still rare, but not unicorn, big foot, Loch Ness monster rare.
All of that being said, this situation has given us a lot of insight into how this form of itemization works for our game, and we will use this knowledge going forward to improve your play experience! Thank you all so much for you constructive feedback throughout this whole process. We always value your feedback and suggestions. They are what help Arlor continue to grow into a place that's fun and exciting for you to visit each day.
The Unexpected Return of Shady and Surge
UPDATE: Our Data Analyst ran another set of numbers and discovered that indeed only 2 Shady and Surge eggs were introduced into the game. The other entries in the database were trades and sales of those 2 pets among other players.
It came to our attention today that the Locked Grand Crates of Ursume has a very small chance to drop the Shady and Surge pet egg instead of The Brothers Whim. Our devs were able to react quickly and switch the pets out in the loot table so, as of this announcement, The Brothers Whim now drop as intended and Shady and Surge have been removed.
Luckily, thanks to the fast acting fingers of the devs the impact of this bug was minimal. Our numbers show that only 2 Shady and Surge eggs were introduced into the market as a result of this error. Again, I apologize for this unfortunate mix-up. The nature of the ever-evolving MMO means that something things like this do happen, and the best we can do is to rectify the situation as quickly as possible and move onward and upward! To the lucky recipients of the Shady and Surge eggs, we do not have any intention to remove these extra pets from the game. It was an honest mistake on our part and you rightfully paid to open the crates, so they are yours to keep. You lucky ducks really were at the exact right place at the right time. ;)
As always, we appreciate your understanding and will do everything in our power to reduce mistakes like this in the future.
