2013-02-28 Content Update (114745)

[Jed]

I am seeing only this when I open the game any of you know why? Is it because of the update?


Hall of Fame lvl. 4,6,7,8,10

An update is happening, as it says on that screen. "Arcane Legends is down for a content update."

[hebron03]

, i dont agree about mityc nd arcane items having achivments , and u can only have achivments wen u loot it , what if i bought it , im still not gona get achivments , huhuhu , SAD ! . . . but rather dan dat , i love d update . . . .

[Genuinous]

• ancient mariner reef now has a minion kill requirement for the boss to spawn. Leaderboard times for this zone have been reset.

die minions, dieeeee!!!! :d

[Lowlyspy]

I know it's just to prevent people from borrowing their friends for a few seconds just for the achievement thus hurting your revenue (not by a huge margin though i'd imagine), and i'm not just saying that because that was my plan, i'll be honest it totally was my plan, but locking the achievement to first loots isn't the way it should go. Arcane and Mythics cost a butt ton in the auction and locking the achievements essentially screws over anyone who doesn't have the plat to open crates or time to farm endlessly for chests to open (which i imagine have an even astronomically lower chance to drop them than crates do.)

The rest of this update is cool though

[Swede]

Achievements are only given when looted (same for eggs) or Store bought (like Ripmaw)

This is very important and not something we will change. If we were to give you the achievement for just owning the item, then players can trade it around to give the achievement to each other. That in itself is not such a big deal to us, but when someone decides to log off with someone else's Mythic (i.e. steal it) it becomes a problem. Or the players that have an Arcane/Mythic item and constantly get tells in town from players that want to borrow their item for the achievement.

If you looted a Mythic or Arcane out of a chest and didn't get the achievement, send an e-mail to support@spacetimestudios.com

[Mysticaleagle]

Mythic and Arcane items now give out their achievement, but only when first looted.

So some of us spent millions or even thousands platinums for, nothing? Not cool.

Anyways, awesome update.

[Energizeric]

Perhaps someone who has Hammerjaw can let us know when exactly you got the achievement. Was it when you first acquired the egg, or was it when you opened it?

Edit: Question answered above. Thanks!

[Lowlyspy]

Main question, does buying the item from the auction house grant the achievement? This update would be fair if it did. Sure people could put it in for a low amount for friends to buy, but who in their right mind would risk it getting snagged in the second or two it's up? and even if they did, it would be their own fault.

[digitalbot]

i would think originaly that you get achieve when its opend, makes complete sense

as for mythic...have to pay that 15 plat chance or loot that gold chest i guess!

[Mysticaleagle]

I know it's just to prevent people from borrowing their friends for a few seconds just for the achievement thus hurting your revenue (not by a huge margin though i'd imagine), and i'm not just saying that because that was my plan, i'll be honest it totally was my plan, but locking the achievement to first loots isn't the way it should go. Arcane and Mythics cost a butt ton in the auction and locking the achievements essentially screws over anyone who doesn't have the plat to open crates or time to farm endlessly for chests to open (which i imagine have an even astronomically lower chance to drop them than crates do.)

The rest of this update is cool though

100% agree,

bye millions gold. And bye achievement since I don't have 24 hours a day to farm that arcane item.

[Energizeric]

So some of us spent millions or even thousands platinums for, nothing? Not cool.

Anyways, awesome update.

As was said in the post before yours, you can send them an email and they will grant the achievement.

[Meteorregen]

yeah woot woot !

send this with my blood on the mirror.

[Mysticaleagle]

As was said in the post before yours, you can send them an email and they will grant the achievement.

I didn't spend platinums, nor gold (yet, I was about to buy one from a friend) but lots of my friends did, and i'm sure they won't like this change.

[Mysticaleagle]

, same like the 10M achievement , u can just borrow it from some1 to get the achivments , so how is this diffrnet on arcane and mityc items ,

OMG THIS THIS!

Devs, this post is 100% correct. It just is.

[Lady_Pebbles]

So basicly pay hundreds of dollars for an achievement... Smh.. I'll pass. Lol

[Swede]

Main question, does buying the item from the auction house grant the achievement? This update would be fair if it did. Sure people could put it in for a low amount for friends to buy, but who in their right mind would risk it getting snagged in the second or two it's up? and even if they did, it would be their own fault.

No you will not get that. We don't have the tech currently to make that distinction. Besides, that's a strange precedent to set. If I trade it to you for 5 million you won't get the achievement but you will if I put it up for that price in the Consignment Store and you buy it there. I'd rather be consistent with this to avoid any confusion or Customer Service problems.

[Natrich]

Achievements are only given when looted (same for eggs) or Store bought (like Ripmaw)

This is very important and not something we will change. If we were to give you the achievement for just owning the item, then players can trade it around to give the achievement to each other. That in itself is not such a big deal to us, but when someone decides to log off with someone else's Mythic (i.e. steal it) it becomes a problem. Or the players that have an Arcane/Mythic item and constantly get tells in town from players that want to borrow their item for the achievement.

If you looted a Mythic or Arcane out of a chest and didn't get the achievement, send an e-mail to support@spacetimestudios.com

Maybe a dumb question but you don't get the achievement for actually opening? (in the case of Hammerjaw)

[Mysticaleagle]

Some of us will then NEVER get the achievement, since we don't have 8 million gold, nor 3000 platinums, nor 20 hours a day play time. :/

[Swede]

OMG THIS THIS!

Devs, this post is 100% correct. It just is.

It's not a valid argument to say, 'You have one rotten egg in your game, now give us a dozen!' We don't want to add more versions of something that will only give us customer service problems. Could you imagine walking in to Kraag with an Arcane weapon equipped if trading it would give the achievement? You'd have to put half the server on your ignore list.

[Genuinous]

I still can't help, but feel sorry for all those, who spent 10+ mil trying to acquire hammerjaw or arcane blades. I wish there was an option to get around the issue of passing items along...