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Today's Content Update: Singe Returns to Locked Crates & More

January 14th, 2016 by Ninetofive (permalink)

The Thursday January 14th content update will be packed with goodies. In this week's Weekly Update (WU) Remiem informed us that, as of today, the original arcane dragon whelp pet Singe will be included in Locked Ren'gol Crates. Singe was first introduced two years ago, prior to the Dragon Enclave expansion.

Apparently, STS will be adding other items to Locked Crate drop tables. Remiem dropped a teaser in her WU, "There are some other special goodies coming your way that will definitely make you think about opening those crates you've been hanging on to." Some players have speculated that the anomalous Arcane Deary may be one of the items added.

Perhaps alluding to the coming expansion, today's content update will also include significant nerfs for aging zones "in preparation for future content." The most notable nerf is that of the infamous Nordr Alpha Wolf. Ice traps from the Nordr boss areas have been removed, Nordr boss damage has been reduced and the damage from one of the most lethal boss skills STS has ever developed, the Alpha Wolf's reflective shield, has been reduced.

Minor bug fixes and are also included in today's update, and STS is also expected to switch Brood Locked Crate recipies to a craftable state.

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Vintage Elite Zones To Get Fresh Achievements

January 22, 2016 by Ninetofive (permalink)

Responding to long-standing player requests and hoping to rekindle interest, STS will soon be dusting off aging elite maps and granting new achievements and titles.

Next week, dive back in to the most difficult content in Arlor--Elites--for brand new achievements and titles for every elite zone. But, don't get too excited! These definitely aren't going to be a walk in the park. To earn titles like: "Scourge of Goblins," "Rogue Hunter," "Shadowmancer" and "Dragonborn" you've got a long hard battle ahead of you.

Remiem's statement that players have "a long hard battle ahead" may indicate the difficulty level of the zones will rise. Players are left wondering whether there will also be changes to the loot the older elite zones drop.

with the revival of old elite maps with AP and titles, i also wish you prepare a refreshed loot in those maps, preferably in a form of jewels and/or vanity, things that are relevant to every level of players...

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STS Hosts Fashion Contest For AL Players

January 23 2016 by Ninetofive (permalink)

Arcane Legends players with a keen fashion sense now have an opportunity to use their talents to win some platinum. Today, STS Moderator Seoratrek announced the Arcane Legends Color Matching Contest, which charges players with creating an impressive, color-coordinated screenshot of their character in an ideal setting. According to the rules, player outfits must be as close to one color as possible, using any combination of items and vanities available in the game.

Five winners will be chosen, one for each of five categories:

1. Most Creative Use of Pet
2. "It Ain't Easy Being Blue"
3. Most Coordinated Location - your outfit is appropriate for the location (i.e.: snow vanities for Nordr)
4. "Down to Earth" - you're one with nature
5. Overall Staff Favorite

Three additional winners will be chosen randomly from all entries. According to the announcement, "creativity and presentation" will carry significant weight. Check out the original thread for full details and to submit an entry. The contest ends on Friday, February 5 at 10PM PST. Visit TimeBie for time zone conversion.

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Glintstone Aegis Update

January 24 2016 by Ninetofive (permalink)

STS Developer Carapace, replying to an inquiry about whether a Glintstone Aegis shield proc fix was on the horizon stated the following:

That is definitely an issue, however the particulars of it working the way it does on the first hit makes perfect sense given the way our system works. It's on the radar, but is not as easy to fix as one might speculate.

Thanks for bringing that back to my attention.

At issue is that a normal attack is required to trigger the Aegis shield proc, hobbling the effectiveness of the proc and the mythic weapon overall. Skill attacks add to the proc cycle, but cannot initiate the proc. Aegis owners are hoping developers will make skill attacks also initiate the proc cycle as they did when the weapon was originally released.

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Will Jewel Chests Grant Players Short-Term Relief?

January 28 2016 by Ninetofive (permalink)

The formidable obstacles woven into the current jewel crafting system remain one of the game's hottest discussion topics. The jewel system replaced the older Gem crafting system with the release of the Rage of Ren'gol expansion. After the expansion release, players quickly discovered that jewel drop rates were relatively low and crafting them was also expensive. For an individual player, farming a single noble jewel from start to finish required 123,570 gold and 2,187 cracked jewels. Any player attempting to obtain the noble version of one of the more sought-after jewel types had to face months of exhaustive farming, killing waves upon waves of high level mobs. To date, there are no known reports of a single player farming and crafting a popular-type noble jewel from start to finish.

These factors together placed intense pressure on the prices of popular Noble, Superb and Excellent jewels. As the situation became clearer after the expansion, players of all wealth levels began to experience prolonged sticker shock because jewel prices consistently remained high enough to bust the budgets of even the wealthiest Arlorians. Prices for many in-demand level 20+ jewels have remained in the 'several millions of gold' range for the past seven months.

On November 5th last year, STS moved to address player complaints with a trial-run of Jewel Elixirs. By spending 8 platinum, players received a much higher than normal drop rate for 15 minutes. Player reviews on the elixir experiment were mixed. Perhaps due either to undesirable game metrics, player feedback or both, STS decided not to continue with Jewel Elixirs.

Today, STS announced their second attempt to address the continuing Jewel Conundrum: Jewel Chests:

Now available in the plat store! Purchase a Jewel Chest to gain 2 jewels of "Weak" quality or higher! Chests cost 40 platinum and have a chance to drop jewels of any type, with a rare chance to drop up to a Noble quality jewel

The Jewel-Chest trial run lasts only until Monday, February 1st. Players have the opportunity to leave feedback regarding the chests on the announcement thread.

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Glintstone Aegis Fully Optimized, Warriors Grateful

January 30 2016 by Ninetofive (permalink)

STS has followed through on its commitment to make changes to the Glintstone Aegis. The mythic warrior sword & shield weapon has been returned to its original release condition, minus the weapon-switch glitch. The proc now triggers upon damage dealt:

First, I want to thank everyone for your patience and feedback on the Aegis and its functionality over the last few weeks. Sometimes things that seem like simple fixes actually take some noodling behind the scenes to find the right solution. Your bug reports and overall feedback were critical in us landing on this week's changes. The Glintstone Aegis will now begin to stack toward the proc on damage dealt as opposed to on-attack.

Aegis owners were pleased with the news:

thank you for the aegis fix - extrapayah

Thanks for Aegis fix - soon

After a first brief test: Aegis is back, Yay! Thanks for that! - Ardbeg

Top Warrior Ravagerx confirms that the Aegis does not proc on damage received, and it never has:

I tested the first iteration of Aegis on taking damage to see if there was a hidden proc. No luck. Sorry. I stood there for about a minute taking hits. I attacked to get 1 shield stack up and stood there to see if more shields would stack. I got a full 10 stack and see if it would proc more but it wouldn't.

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Links & Information

January 30 2016 by Ninetofive (permalink)

Top 50 guild ranking stats for January 27th, 2016 have been posted
Color Matching Contest ends Friday February 5, 2016 at 10 PM PST - FAQ here
Justg updates players on how they can help stop the gold-for-cash spammers

Game Content Updates

2015-1-28 Content Update (202642)

+ Available now in the store: Jewel Chests! Purchase a jewel chest to receive 2 jewels of Weak quality or higher. Visit the store for more info!
+ New Elite Achievements now available for Elite Brackenridge and Elite Ydra Forest. Check out the forums at spacetimestudios.com for more info.
+ The Glintstone Aegis now gains stacks toward its proc on damage dealt, rather than on basic attacks.
+ Arcane Deary will now grant the "Red Letter Day" achievement if you have not already earned it. (If you already have Arcane Deary and haven't gotten the achievement, it will be granted the next time you summon the pet.)
+ Corrected an issue where the recipe for the Soul Etched Axe was not appearing correctly for some players.
+ Edited the Arcane Deary Dimensional Ring description for better clarification of stats.
+ Updated description of Ursoth's Assault recipes to specify that they are only craftable during the event.

2015-1-22 Content Update (202367)

+ Fixed a bug where the Arcane Deary banner in the game lobby would take you to the forums.
+ Banners updated to match Arcane Deary's appearance.

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Spacetime Clamps Down On Rules Violations

February 1 2016 by Ninetofive (permalink)

According to reports on the forums and on social media, Spacetime Studios has issued a large number of player bans for a variety of rules violations. Today, STS CEO Justg confirmed the recent upswing in bans, "We're cracking down [on rules violations] with zero tolerance."

Reports indicate the most common bans have been for inappropriate chat related to PvP and for purchasing gold from a third party. The length of the bans have varied from 24 hours through seven days, with some players receiving the stiffest penalty, a permanent "forever" ban. Justg warned players not to engage in transactions outside the game, "Don't buy anything for real world money, don't sell anything for real world money."

Players who have been banned may seek information from support.

Just a friendly reminder.... If you have questions about your account, or why you may have been banned, please feel free to contact support@spacetimestudios.com

They will be more than happy to answer any questions you have! :-)

Edit: Added additional helpful links.
Contact Support Online Form | More Information About Bans | Rules of Conduct | Terms of Service

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Two-Week Synopsis

February 12 2016 by Ninetofive (permalink)

Thanks for keeping up with ALLN! Here's a brief synopsis to bridge the two-week gap since the last ALLN post.

* Arcane Deary portal sometimes brings players to an already-cleared island with no treasure. The issue is caused by the instance of the Deary Island persisting after players leave, as per normal zone behavior.

* In January, Spacetime Studios hired a new moderator: Kaylin. Welcome Kaylin!

* Spacetime Studios has partnered with experienced live-stream broadcaster Paradigm. Paradigm live-streams Arcane Legends every weekday 10am - 12pm CST. Check out Paradigm's stream on Mobcrush.

* Top 50 guild ranking stats for February 3, 2016.

* Juggernaut changes are confirmed ready and awaiting the release of client version 1.5.

* STS implemented stringent measures to combat the cash-for-gold spambots. Anyone typing any version of the advertised website in any in-game chat is permanently banned moments later. Discussing even accidental bans is not permitted on the forums.

* Arcane Weapons for each class were released with the February 4 content update.

* Many Rogue players were almost immediately concerned about the stats on the arcane Dragon Hunter Daggers. STS opened an investigation the next day. Changes to the Daggers were announced the following Wednesday and implemented during the February 11 content update.

* The arcane Dragon Hunter Sword had two bugs that have now been fixed. The sword was removing the Arcane Ring aura effect and improperly ignoring stun immunity.

* Lovecrafting Valentine's Day event started February 11.

Game Content Updates

2015-2-11 Content Update (203549)

+ The Lovecraft Event is live! Check out the "How to Play" section by clicking on the Potions Meter, or visit the forums at spacetimestuidos.com for details.
+ Bonus Free Platinum for offers is in effect! Complete Free Offers to earn extra platinum now through Sunday 2/14.
+ Arcane Daggers have been updated with increased base damage, proc chance and increased chance for electricity to bounce to another enemy.
+Fixed a bug causing the Arcane sword to ignore stun immunity.

2015-2-5 Content Update (203207)

+ Fixed a big that caused the Arcane sword to remove the Arcane Ring aura effect.

2015-2-4 Content Update (203129)

+ New Arcane Weapons now available! The Dragon Hunter daggers, staff and two-handed sword are now available in the Massive Locked Ren'gol Crates! Check out the forums at spacetimestudios.com
+ New Elite achievements added for Kraken Isles and Dead City. Details at spacetimestudios.com.
+ Stepping in an ice pool in Nordr will no longer stick you in an infinite freeze

2015-2-1 Content Update (202951)

+ Jewel Chests are no longer available in the plat store.

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[anague]

dont make it craftable anymore....alot deleted it, alot of players craft the brood crate on time....only few hoarded recipes...its thr fault if they took the risk...they are not sure if its craft-able or not after event, they know the consequence about that risk and still they hoarded those recipes .... leave it as it is....dont make it craftable anymore....cuz even if u make it craft-table...alot will still complain....if u want, allow us to sell those remaining recipes for 3-7k each....so that its fair for everyone... just my opinion tho...

[Greatankush]

Stickied up.....gl trying to keep it up to date.

[bonjovi3223]

Please do not post any of your grievances/complains on ALNN925.
Arcane Legends News Network 925.
Let this thread remain core to its purpose. Ty.

[Saxon6]

Ty STS for this announcement. I've sold all my 250 recipes at 5 gold. U're the best...

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Arcane Deary Returns

January 10th, 2016 by Ninetofive (permalink)

Italian Rogue player Zuorsyra reports:

I was lvling my lvl 27 rogue in Shuyal, killing mobs in the first map.
I killed the shadowmancer on the first bridge and all of a sudden a portal appeared, and a red Deary pet jumped out of it (I'm serious, no trolling). It said "I wish I could stay for longer..." Or something like that.

The last time we saw Arcane Deary was during the lead-up to the Rage of Ren'gol expansion. The appearance of a "four legged creature" was first announced on May 20, 2015. At the time of this writing, it has yet to be confirmed with a screenshot, but the enigmatic deer's appearance may indicate that we are now in the lead up to the next expansion. Courtesy Sorcerer Magecleff:

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Brood Crate Update

January 10th, 2016 by Ninetofive (permalink)

When the Brood of Syrillax winter event ended many players, unfortunately, deleted their Brood Locked Crate recipes because they were not craftable. Following STS' announcement that Brood Locked Crates would be made craftable next Thursday 1/14, players who deleted their recipes took to the forums to voice their concern:

I deleted alll 300+ recipes because I believed they were not craftable. Sts if you do decide we can craft it again can you please give me back on my recipes please. Thanks in advance

Fortunately, players who deleted their recipies can email STS support. This reporter believes STS will likely restore deleted recipes upon request.

[Dex_addict]

Great thread!

[Ninetofive]

Need To Know: Trap Bleed Stack Question Remains Unanswered

January 12th, 2016 by Ninetofive (permalink)

It has been sixty-seven days and Rogue player DarrenPR is patiently waiting for an answer to an important, but complex, question regarding rogue mechanics that only an STS developer can answer. The question at hand is about the Rogue skill Entangling Trap (ET) and its second upgrade, Razor Wire. When the ET skill is activated, Razor Wire adds bleed Damage over Time (DoT) to enemies. When coupled with the first ET upgrade, Adept Construction, which eliminates the skill cooldown 20% of the time, a situation is created where multiple traps can be active simultaneously. Additionally, when other traps from other Rogues are added and with the Rogue Glintstone armor set special ability of releasing additional stunning Entangling Traps, the question of how exactly the traps are supposed to behave becomes even more important.

Decisions on how to spec a character and decisions on which strategies to employ are made based game mechanics. Rogue players spend platinum/scrolls on spec-ing and in-game time using the Entangling Trap skill based on their understanding of how the game functions. Several Rogue players have spent time testing the ET bleed effect and have discovered:

• Trap bleeds currently do not stack (trap bleeds did stack immediately following the Ren'gol expansion)
• Bleed effects from other sources, such as pets, do stack with traps.
• When traps from multiple rogues are used simlutaneously only one player will see damage from the bleed effect
• Glintstone armor-related traps will consecutively stun for 4 seconds only if no bleed effect from a prior trap is present. If a prior ET with DoT bleed effect is present, glint-traps will not stun.

Rogue players have expressed frustration that they have yet to receive an answer, but many are still hoping developers will take the time to answer.

Yes, patience is key.

Thing is, I'm not asking for a fix just yet. Simply a developer to "yes, traps are supposed to stack the bleed effect" or "no, traps are not supposed to stack bleed effects". We can beg for a fix later, if deemed necessary. In my opinion, it shouldn't take over a month to be able to say "yes" or "no" but then again, maybe it does.

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Legendary Dragon Hunter & Dragon Stalker Weapons Update

January 13th, 2016 by Ninetofive (permalink)

CM Remiem has clarified that the legendary weapons do indeed exist, but they were not released during the Brood of Syrillax winter event. Remiem stated the confusion on the matter was due to an internal miscommunication at STS.

Hey folks! I've been seeing a lot of threads since the Winter Event regarding the legendary Dragon Hunter and Dragon [Stalker] weapons missing from the [icy and greater icy chests]. I'm happy to clear this up.

The Dragon Hunter and Dragon Slayer sets, as they stand in the game now, do not include weapons. This was due to a small miscommunication that unfortunately made it through to my initial event announcement. The weapons may make an appearance in future content.

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[Jazzi]

Nice thread indeed. Keep up the good work! Thanks!

[geeman75]

So what are thay doing about the legendary weapons? Will these weapons be released im another manner?

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[tomsawer]

Yes geeman they ( may) be released in future content . scroll up 3 ^