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TzatOps
06-22-2020, 12:35 PM
+ Increased gold cap to 999,999,999.
+ Increased drop rates of jewels when using jewel elixirs.
+ Standard and Weak jewels can now also drop from jewel elixirs.
+ Reduced drops of jewel elixirs from bosses.
+ Water Jewel Elixirs should give water jewels, not chaos.
+ Fixed Heroic Deston's happy bonus description - gives 35% move speed, not 30% (non-stacking).
+ Antonio's happy bonus description should indicate the move speed is stacking.
+ Jewel Elixirs only work in PvE zones.

THE GOLDEN KING
06-22-2020, 12:37 PM
Ohhhh


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discounts
06-22-2020, 12:37 PM
wow finally..

Albatroszz
06-22-2020, 12:38 PM
Op update. Thank u <3

Spell
06-22-2020, 12:38 PM
Thank you for gold increase cap!!

QuaseT
06-22-2020, 12:38 PM
Nice Ive been waiting for this, ty

Mastah
06-22-2020, 12:38 PM
I think new event or what xd
Good2

Sophiaaaa
06-22-2020, 12:39 PM
thank you for listening

sadisdude
06-22-2020, 12:41 PM
<3

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Wartrak
06-22-2020, 12:41 PM
Good news ! Thank you STS :D

Sherlocked
06-22-2020, 12:42 PM
Sad reality that price manipulators will increase price ranges of expected upcoming arcane items for expansion, lb vanities and limited items.

Nu.exe
06-22-2020, 12:42 PM
Dont put jewel drops on DM and gates(elite/normal) to at least put a limitation to gold loot farmers on increasing more gold that they get from gold loot farming. My opinion on that increased gold cap is that really shows that the game is in the side of gold loot farmers and for sure item prices will skyrocket.

Encryptions
06-22-2020, 12:42 PM
Ty 999m cap!!!

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IAmYummytea
06-22-2020, 12:44 PM
Oh no..

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avaunt
06-22-2020, 12:45 PM
Dont put jewel drops on DM and gates(elite/normal) to at least put a limitation to gold loot farmers on increasing more gold that they get from gold loot farming. My opinion on that increased gold cap is that really shows that the game is in the side of gold loot farmers and for sure item prices will skyrocket.I feel like ur the one siding with gold loot farmers and not sts lmfao..

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Marlbey
06-22-2020, 12:49 PM
Well i was lucky lol sold all jewels before content and i bought all when jewel farming nerfed

ninjers
06-22-2020, 12:49 PM
My gold 99k only :(

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Vinnr
06-22-2020, 12:49 PM
Wow 1b cap finally 😃

abdulaziizarroofi
06-22-2020, 12:50 PM
Thank you [emoji3]

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Avaree
06-22-2020, 12:51 PM
my pack mules will be happier! Lighter loads! Lol ty sts for gold cap increase.

Nu.exe
06-22-2020, 12:51 PM
I feel like ur the one siding with gold loot farmers and not sts lmfao..

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I actually dont I already told that jewel drops should not be allowed on DM or gates or any gold loot maps. What I mean about the increased gold cap is more items will price hike and price manipulators will take advantage of it. Sorry if u cant understand what im really saying because english isnt my main language. By price hikes gold loot farmers have no problem at all because they are farming gold without any lose and that jewel farming is for everyone now then that means it's 2 in 1 gold and jewel farm at the same time. What i'm fighting is let there be a circulation of gold to players not just gold loot farmers having everything on their farm site.

PatD
06-22-2020, 12:51 PM
thank you!! :)

Meeng
06-22-2020, 12:52 PM
Dont put jewel drops on DM and gates(elite/normal) to at least put a limitation to gold loot farmers on increasing more gold that they get from gold loot farming. My opinion on that increased gold cap is that really shows that the game is in the side of gold loot farmers and for sure item prices will skyrocket.

-1 bro seriosly. We spent a lot pf gold for gears just to run EVG Plus its hard and putting a lot of effort an to it. Pls dont make devs nerf it just bcuz ur lazy or idk why u want them to nerf it . Btw im poor and im happy for this update cuz i dont need to spend gols for jewels like i can farm tit and farm golds at the same time ^_^

Freckert
06-22-2020, 12:53 PM
DMTHRFCKR enter chat
DMTHRFCKR instantly put 999m in auction for 1 elite awake gem

Field
06-22-2020, 12:54 PM
DMTHRFCKR enter chat
DMTHRFCKR instantly put 999m in auction for 1 elite awake gemI died

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Illegaly
06-22-2020, 12:55 PM
Sometimes I wonder whether u think about consequences of your updates or not. Let's wait for economy to be completely destroyed.

Nu.exe
06-22-2020, 12:55 PM
-1 bro seriosly. We spent a lot pf gold for gears just to run EVG Plus its hard and putting a lot of effort an to it. Pls dont make devs nerf it just bcuz ur lazy or idk why u want them to nerf it . Btw im poor and im happy for this update cuz i dont need to spend gols for jewels like i can farm tit and farm golds at the same time ^_^

If u really want that then that means no one will play the game (newbies) because gold loot gears and end game gears needs huge amount of gold. Gold loot farmers already have the gold anytime, u guys really dont want to circulate the gold u guys are farming? that will just cause everything to price hike because u guys are keeping every gold u get.

Nu.exe
06-22-2020, 12:58 PM
-1 bro seriosly. We spent a lot pf gold for gears just to run EVG Plus its hard and putting a lot of effort an to it. Pls dont make devs nerf it just bcuz ur lazy or idk why u want them to nerf it . Btw im poor and im happy for this update cuz i dont need to spend gols for jewels like i can farm tit and farm golds at the same time ^_^

Btw i was never lazy to the game, I helped newbies to at least like the game and i was a jewel farmer. About a week later the newbie quits the game because it will take him months or years to get at least a good end gear. Dont u see what i am saying? Gold loot is destroying the game and sts is letting it. I'm trying to prevent the game from destroying itself because i loved the game since 2013.

xkadoodle
06-22-2020, 01:00 PM
Btw i was never lazy to the game, I helped newbies to at least like the game and i was a jewel farmer. About a week later the newbie quits the game because it will take him months or years to get at least a good end gear. Dont u see what i am saying? Gold loot is destroying the game and sts is letting it. I'm trying to prevent the game from destroying itself because i loved the game since 2013.

Sounds like that you want to control the game, perhaps :v

Gaprisha
06-22-2020, 01:03 PM
Yall could increase gold cap but not stash and inventory?.... Smh...

Nu.exe
06-22-2020, 01:03 PM
Sounds like that you want to control the game, perhaps :v

Good for u then coz I dont like what is happening to the economy of the game. U can search the forums and u will see how others feels about newbies playing the game :)

Sherlocked
06-22-2020, 01:05 PM
Ty sts for supporting lb people and price manipulators. Note sarcasm...

luanwallace
06-22-2020, 01:08 PM
Well... I dint even have 99m xD, But the increased cap will be helpful

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Soyeonara
06-22-2020, 01:10 PM
I'm feeling not right about this update... The increased gold cap....Lets just see what happen in future with increased gold cap

Moscu
06-22-2020, 01:15 PM
I think a good idea is: Separate the "Vanity Inventory" from "normal inventory items", That gives more space to all players and they don't need to add more stash slots to lag the server..
Who support me?

Meeng
06-22-2020, 01:22 PM
Btw i was never lazy to the game, I helped newbies to at least like the game and i was a jewel farmer. About a week later the newbie quits the game because it will take him months or years to get at least a good end gear. Dont u see what i am saying? Gold loot is destroying the game and sts is letting it. I'm trying to prevent the game from destroying itself because i loved the game since 2013.

I was a newbie once i know its hard..
But there’s a lot of gold farms like event,ESS,
Save gold buy gears buy GL gears and boom ur one of us GL farmer hahahaha.. ^_^ peace bro

Ilove_Poopoo
06-22-2020, 01:28 PM
The increased gold cap is now relative with the gold pool, and the average gold per player. Everything will eventually rise due to inflation, this change made trades more convenient, safer and flexible.

This may result to the sudden jump of some items, but that only proves how much gold people have and would still be willing to pay that price.

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xkadoodle
06-22-2020, 01:28 PM
I was a newbie once i know its hard..
But there’s a lot of gold farms like event,ESS,
Save gold buy gears buy GL gears and boom ur one of us GL farmer hahahaha.. ^_^ peace bro

Also! You could be a merchant, by sit and screaming all day long at paradise/expedition. No need to reach 76 to be a farmer to gain some gold.

Nu.exe
06-22-2020, 01:30 PM
I was a newbie once i know its hard..
But there’s a lot of gold farms like event,ESS,
Save gold buy gears buy GL gears and boom ur one of us GL farmer hahahaha.. ^_^ peace bro

Sure u can buy gold loot gears how about ur stats? I know u know gold loot farmers are very picky to their fellow runners. I was used to be a gold loot farmer that have 500+gl but the toxicity of gl farmer is not a very good environment for me so i went back to jewel farm. I dont think u know what will happen in the long run about gold loot farmers having everything in their farm site. My close friend to the game told me that not having a death engine weps almost all gl farmers will leave him to run the map can u explain that why to me then? Easter and eggzav is the only one worth every run. For example a newbie will play the game how long will he take to buy gl gears and end game gear? maybe he can buy it after a new expansion. U have everything and STS is giving everything to u gl farmers is that fair?

Nu.exe
06-22-2020, 01:32 PM
The increased gold cap is now relative with the gold pool, and the average gold per player. Everything will eventually rise due to inflation, this change made trades more convenient, safer and flexible.

This may result to the sudden jump of some items, but that only proves how much gold people have and would still be willing to pay that price.

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That's positive if u have millions of gold only and i agree that the positive thing about more flexible trading. But who knows what will happen in the future, economy is dying and no newbies are coming in the game.

Meeng
06-22-2020, 01:55 PM
Sure u can buy gold loot gears how about ur stats? I know u know gold loot farmers are very picky to their fellow runners. I was used to be a gold loot farmer that have 500+gl but the toxicity of gl farmer is not a very good environment for me so i went back to jewel farm. I dont think u know what will happen in the long run about gold loot farmers having everything in their farm site. My close friend to the game told me that not having a death engine weps almost all gl farmers will leave him to run the map can u explain that why to me then? Easter and eggzav is the only one worth every run. For example a newbie will play the game how long will he take to buy gl gears and end game gear? maybe he can buy it after a new expansion. U have everything and STS is giving everything to u gl farmers is that fair?

Sorry bro.. but i know a lot of player whos verry op and rich without using gl and plats they just farm events and hoard things . Im just following their steps and wait for my luck ^_^

Avaree
06-22-2020, 01:59 PM
....economy is dying and no newbies are coming in the game.
Fake news
#11

Giant bench
06-22-2020, 02:01 PM
Fake news
#11

Not fake news lol, only reason why there was player growth this year is because of players stuck in their homes.

Nu.exe
06-22-2020, 02:02 PM
Sorry bro.. but i know a lot of player whos verry op and rich without using gl and plats they just farm events and hoard things . Im just following their steps and wait for my luck ^_^

Then that is for u hoarding things is for rich players only not newbies and poor players. Farm events can give u gold but not enough to compensate the expenses of items. Gold loot is dominating all farms for all i know and it affected the prices of every items. My post should just be about not letting gold loot farmers get more advantage than they already have by just farming gold. U are alright about what is happening to the game because u already have everything. Like what someone said newbies farms but is not enough towards the prices of items to the game which will make them use real money to buy plats or they will just quit. U are still saying everything is alright and i know too that i maybe right or wrong but we will see in the future what will happen :)

marsu4u
06-22-2020, 02:06 PM
+ Increased gold cap to 999,999,999.

This is mad ahahaha!

Nu.exe
06-22-2020, 02:11 PM
Fake news
#11

Sure, but in my experience many players came back because of quarantine same goes to me i just came back because of quarantine. Most friends of mine in the game will quit the game when the quarantine ends, also yes there are newbies that played the game because im helping them run maps, do dailies and be friends with them, sometimes they even ask me how to get gold or where to farm because they are surprised about the prices of end game gears. So i told them ways to get gold i even gift them magnate amulets or fob amulets to run elite maps(gold elite chests, runner chests) because it is the best farm for newbies that are leveling. And by time they already told me it is impossible to get that gold by just farming in there which made them quit, some didnt gave up because i always tell them there is hope which is events and still they quit.

Roblox
06-22-2020, 02:21 PM
Thanks sts:sorrow: day

Paste
06-22-2020, 05:59 PM
Gold cap exceed when i tried retrieving gold from auction. Bug or not?

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Futumsh
06-22-2020, 06:36 PM
Gold cap exceed when i tried retrieving gold from auction. Bug or not?

This should be fixed.

jc1314
06-22-2020, 06:46 PM
Tysm sts for your efforts [emoji1666]


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Idly
06-22-2020, 07:15 PM
Just did a couple jewel farm dummy runs of Maus+Tindirin didn't drop a single jewel 🤔

Mage using hex staff+magma all 3 main elixirs. Not played for a while so idk if the whole way to farm jewels changed in a few months?

Claybear
06-22-2020, 07:29 PM
"jewel farm appreciation post"

I started jewel farming this quarantine. logged in with around 250-300 GL. and it was really a "hack & slash" game where there is no real strategy or anticipation in DM or gates(if u are a warrior). struggled to get skull aegis(50m at that time vs. 65-80m axe). sold some of my GL gear to get one(just to feel "not nab"). so aegis gave me some opportunities in evg, dm, maus(toxic players leave on the sight of my wep). so I wanted to play not being judged by other players. so I got on my old friend YT. and searched how to get gold in arcane legends. all showed pretty basic/boring stuff you should do non-stop. then I saw jewel farming and it was love at first sight. the complexity, the art, the beauty, the satisfaction, the patience, the anticipation, strategy, and technique of waiting for the dmg debuff, executing procs, bashing health potions, and ms hotbar ready when curse warning is on sight. I just loved it man, at 1st I would get 25-30 weaks. and played more and more, it was never boring man! so I thought about techniques and info i got from players. skull axe+glint then skull aegis+glint magma in between it was the main ingredient in getting 60-80 weaks. and thought what could make this better
its "MS GEAR" so i continued to farm what i got in total at the time for gears are 75m+50m+15m(axe,aegis,glint). then worked my way slowly to ms gear. played non-stop bought 30ms armor(7-8m), helm 25%m(7-8m), 18%ms belt (1.5m), nox set(18%ms each) 7.5m each, and alacrty arti 25%ms(40m) FYI the DEX based arti is for dodge boost and low DMG output if anyone is wondering and it really helps in crypt. so you do the math? it was great stuff my time and investments finally payed off but there was still a problem. no matter how OP my ms or my weps or procs were, I would always die time by time. I farmed deaths at the same time. so I bought 6.5m each lvl 76 end set with 15%armor. 7% drag ring(1.5m). also was able to buy arc werewiger for ms to boost my jewel production. so now what hurts is after all that. after my dedication to perfect my art. the "exploit" bomb came, maybe were getting 100 weaks per elix. but at what cost? 250+m(plus buy/sell of testing other weps/gears). now if you still dont understand my frustration I'm sorry. maybe you would never get it. it also hurts seeing a comment from a dev stating "I have no remorse for exploiters". but I came into a realization because of these updates. of how stupid i was to waste/invest my time to something so meaningless while I could've done something more productive with my life(quarantine is not an excuse). I can say now I'm slowly letting go of my addiction to this game. Never wish what I felt to be felt by any other player don't farm with ignorance. if you gain then you are doing something wrong. just like in the casino. the house always wins. :) thank you for a good quarantine time. it was fun and satisfying until it last. GLHV ya'll!

Xmenarmy
06-22-2020, 09:13 PM
+ Increased gold cap to 999,999,999.
+ Increased drop rates of jewels when using jewel elixirs.
+ Standard and Weak jewels can now also drop from jewel elixirs.
+ Reduced drops of jewel elixirs from bosses.
+ Water Jewel Elixirs should give water jewels, not chaos.
+ Fixed Heroic Deston's happy bonus description - gives 35% move speed, not 30% (non-stacking).
+ Antonio's happy bonus description should indicate the move speed is stacking.
+ Jewel Elixirs only work in PvE zones.Thanks STS but consider to increase the gold drop also a bit.


Its like stash increased 999m and of no use people getting same gold from maps.....

EpicX
06-22-2020, 10:15 PM
"jewel farm appreciation post"

I started jewel farming this quarantine. logged in with around 250-300 GL. and it was really a "hack & slash" game where there is no real strategy or anticipation in DM or gates(if u are a warrior). struggled to get skull aegis(50m at that time vs. 65-80m axe). sold some of my GL gear to get one(just to feel "not nab"). so aegis gave me some opportunities in evg, dm, maus(toxic players leave on the sight of my wep). so I wanted to play not being judged by other players. so I got on my old friend YT. and searched how to get gold in arcane legends. all showed pretty basic/boring stuff you should do non-stop. then I saw jewel farming and it was love at first sight. the complexity, the art, the beauty, the satisfaction, the patience, the anticipation, strategy, and technique of waiting for the dmg debuff, executing procs, bashing health potions, and ms hotbar ready when curse warning is on sight. I just loved it man, at 1st I would get 25-30 weaks. and played more and more, it was never boring man! so I thought about techniques and info i got from players. skull axe+glint then skull aegis+glint magma in between it was the main ingredient in getting 60-80 weaks. and thought what could make this better
its "MS GEAR" so i continued to farm what i got in total at the time for gears are 75m+50m+15m(axe,aegis,glint). then worked my way slowly to ms gear. played non-stop bought 30ms armor(7-8m), helm 25%m(7-8m), 18%ms belt (1.5m), nox set(18%ms each) 7.5m each, and alacrty arti 25%ms(40m) FYI the DEX based arti is for dodge boost and low DMG output if anyone is wondering and it really helps in crypt. so you do the math? it was great stuff my time and investments finally payed off but there was still a problem. no matter how OP my ms or my weps or procs were, I would always die time by time. I farmed deaths at the same time. so I bought 6.5m each lvl 76 end set with 15%armor. 7% drag ring(1.5m). also was able to buy arc werewiger for ms to boost my jewel production. so now what hurts is after all that. after my dedication to perfect my art. the "exploit" bomb came, maybe were getting 100 weaks per elix. but at what cost? 250+m(plus buy/sell of testing other weps/gears). now if you still dont understand my frustration I'm sorry. maybe you would never get it. it also hurts seeing a comment from a dev stating "I have no remorse for exploiters". but I came into a realization because of these updates. of how stupid i was to waste/invest my time to something so meaningless while I could've done something more productive with my life(quarantine is not an excuse). I can say now I'm slowly letting go of my addiction to this game. Never wish what I felt to be felt by any other player don't farm with ignorance. if you gain then you are doing something wrong. just like in the casino. the house always wins. :) thank you for a good quarantine time. it was fun and satisfying until it last. GLHV ya'll!

If this doesn't change the perspective of devs, nothing will. Not an exploit if it was available since start and players found a way to maximize the drops (no hacks, just patience and trial and error .. lots of trial and error).

Good job on the max limit tho, that will affect secure trades to the richies of Al (no hate lol)

Welp, I think it's safe to say jewel farming outran it's course. Let's all just go farm gold like robots now. Ooh robots...an actual issue in game, the botters, yet they get a free pass.

Cheers!

Nu.exe
06-22-2020, 10:32 PM
"jewel farm appreciation post"

I started jewel farming this quarantine. logged in with around 250-300 GL. and it was really a "hack & slash" game where there is no real strategy or anticipation in DM or gates(if u are a warrior). struggled to get skull aegis(50m at that time vs. 65-80m axe). sold some of my GL gear to get one(just to feel "not nab"). so aegis gave me some opportunities in evg, dm, maus(toxic players leave on the sight of my wep). so I wanted to play not being judged by other players. so I got on my old friend YT. and searched how to get gold in arcane legends. all showed pretty basic/boring stuff you should do non-stop. then I saw jewel farming and it was love at first sight. the complexity, the art, the beauty, the satisfaction, the patience, the anticipation, strategy, and technique of waiting for the dmg debuff, executing procs, bashing health potions, and ms hotbar ready when curse warning is on sight. I just loved it man, at 1st I would get 25-30 weaks. and played more and more, it was never boring man! so I thought about techniques and info i got from players. skull axe+glint then skull aegis+glint magma in between it was the main ingredient in getting 60-80 weaks. and thought what could make this better
its "MS GEAR" so i continued to farm what i got in total at the time for gears are 75m+50m+15m(axe,aegis,glint). then worked my way slowly to ms gear. played non-stop bought 30ms armor(7-8m), helm 25%m(7-8m), 18%ms belt (1.5m), nox set(18%ms each) 7.5m each, and alacrty arti 25%ms(40m) FYI the DEX based arti is for dodge boost and low DMG output if anyone is wondering and it really helps in crypt. so you do the math? it was great stuff my time and investments finally payed off but there was still a problem. no matter how OP my ms or my weps or procs were, I would always die time by time. I farmed deaths at the same time. so I bought 6.5m each lvl 76 end set with 15%armor. 7% drag ring(1.5m). also was able to buy arc werewiger for ms to boost my jewel production. so now what hurts is after all that. after my dedication to perfect my art. the "exploit" bomb came, maybe were getting 100 weaks per elix. but at what cost? 250+m(plus buy/sell of testing other weps/gears). now if you still dont understand my frustration I'm sorry. maybe you would never get it. it also hurts seeing a comment from a dev stating "I have no remorse for exploiters". but I came into a realization because of these updates. of how stupid i was to waste/invest my time to something so meaningless while I could've done something more productive with my life(quarantine is not an excuse). I can say now I'm slowly letting go of my addiction to this game. Never wish what I felt to be felt by any other player don't farm with ignorance. if you gain then you are doing something wrong. just like in the casino. the house always wins. :) thank you for a good quarantine time. it was fun and satisfying until it last. GLHV ya'll!

I'm also the same as u bro, I invested in jewel farm more than gold loot farm not knowing they will kill it like that. I have the gold to go back a little in gold loot farm but I've lost interest to the game like what u said that even the devs says they dont care about us jewel farmers. And now that they even confirm that jewel drops even if u dont kill mobs (somebody did) much as well still telling jewel farmers that they dont need us to that work. Well ranting about this in forums wont give us anything anyway since devs will never bring it back but it is good to let something go. Still thanks to everything been great to at least came back to the game for 3 months and enjoyed it.

kersey
06-22-2020, 11:11 PM
Any chance the expiry days in CS will be increase to 5 and/or 7 days?

Ign: kersey

kersey
06-22-2020, 11:14 PM
Any chance the expiry days in CS will be increase to 5 and/or 7 days?

Ign: kerseyIncreased*

Too many grammar nazis out there [emoji38]

Ign: kersey

gogbollds
06-23-2020, 02:50 AM
Finally fixed

gogbollds
06-23-2020, 02:53 AM
Noice 11char

gogbollds
06-23-2020, 02:55 AM
Hmmmmmmmmmmm 10th post

Aweapon
06-23-2020, 03:31 AM
Thank you for new update sts :3

zabaletajd
06-23-2020, 06:21 AM
Wow this is huge!! I hope the jewels really drops, cause I habe tried and tried getting lile 5-8 jewels per lixir. We know you work by your standars but you have to work for your players. Ty sts.

Akali
06-23-2020, 05:48 PM
oh nice gold cap

Changelojacob
06-23-2020, 06:05 PM
Is booty event gonna happen? I'm feeling it because gold cap increased :D

Dhaniel
06-23-2020, 11:36 PM
Nice, I like

Pulaxgang
06-24-2020, 04:12 AM
:highly_amused:When this only benefits all the richest hahaha

goodmorningbans01
06-27-2020, 06:36 PM
good work devs

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Eriel Delgado
08-26-2020, 06:55 PM
We need to create a massive gold sink that would be too good to pass on, maybe vendors like crate tokens that sell stuff for gold for each respected expansion. For example nord vendor sells any loot that can be found in both normal and elite maps for gold. Even old arcanes. It will help with gold sink and it will aslo help hardcore new players. Same for shuyal, tindirin and Ren'gol. Glintstone already has their own vendors.

Tired of you
09-07-2020, 07:00 AM
nice work as always