Introduction screens gone since Sandstone Cave patch? Possible Android only

[bronislav84]

It started happening today that whenever I enter somewhere the information screen for the new zone no longer appears and the screen just blinks and I'm in my destination without having to tap the screen. The new tutorial was doing that too but I figured it was because the tutorial was made more impersonal and not unique to each character class, so I paid it no mind. Now all places I enter blink and no longer show description, and I'm starting to wonder if it is something on my client or if a patch did something. I cleared out the cache and redownloaded the patches fresh but that didn't fix the missing description screens. I'm considering reinstalling but figured I'd ask on the forum first, since it was fine yesterday and only started to happen today when Sandstone Cave was added. Maybe something server side got messed up for Android users.

I've asked my friends and they say it isn't happening to them, but they play on iOS.

Can anybody shed some light on this situation please?

[Rolocoaster]

yes same thing happens to me im on a unrooted droid x 2.2 . havent redowloaded though

[bronislav84]

No root here either. My Touch 4g

[Darkfader]

iPhone 3GS here and same thing. I'm sure they will update soon to patch this bug.

[asommers]

Looks like that patch note was missed. They have all been removed.

-ALS

[Otukura]

It feels sorta empty now, could we get the guy running but not have to tap it? I dun like black screens... :/

[Ellyidol]

Is it actually possible to have it implemented again? I liked how there was that intro screen before, when I first noticed that it was removed, I thought my app crashed. Lol

It's just a small thing, but it just seems that without the intro screen the transition isn't as fluent.

[Otukura]

It's just a small thing, but it just seems that without the intro screen the transition isn't as fluent.

Exactly what I'm trying to say :P

[Kingofhurtz]

Is it actually possible to have it implemented again? I liked how there was that intro screen before, when I first noticed that it was removed, I thought my app crashed. Lol

It's just a small thing, but it just seems that without the intro screen the transition isn't as fluent.

Exactly! Every time that happens, I think that my app is crashing!

[bronislav84]

Great, so now the game is more grind and "You're here, go kill." as opposed to "You're here, go kill because _________." What if I like having a reason to kill something and mask the grind?

I'm sorry but this change is basically removing story from the game. How is a lack of story a good thing? I liked seeing those blurbs about the zone because it tells what the zone is about. Now they might as well be apartment buildings occupied by demons or something, because we don't know what they're doing there anymore. No background, just a place without substance. It's really got no substance now, like the tutorial was made an impersonal zone instead of explaining the origin of the player characters. Towns are just completely without substance now. What is this place about and why choose here to send the player? Why am I here? I don't know, because it's story was removed and my phone feels like it just crashed for 2 seconds. Both the new tutorial and the removed intros have decreased the overall depth of this fantasy world of Alterra.

I actually asked my party today where we were because I'd lost track of which boss we were up to after the amount of killing we had already done today.

The mob intros returned, and although they sometimes get me killed I like them because they more clearly show me the mob to be slaughtered. The same way the zone introductions tell you a little about the zone you'll be slaughtering mobs in.

Please can it at least be put back in as an option instead of blatantly removed?

[Riccits]

Looks like that patch note was missed. They have all been removed.

-ALS

i like it ty!

plz just remove the black screen while switching maps too. looks a bit buggy.