Two-Week Synopsis
Thanks for keeping up with ALLN! Here's a brief synopsis to bridge the two-week gap since the last ALLN post.
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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Spacetime Clamps Down On Rules Violations
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.
Originally Posted by
Kaylin
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.
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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.
Glintstone Aegis Fully Optimized, Warriors Grateful
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:
Originally Posted by
Remiem
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:
Top Warrior Ravagerx confirms that the Aegis does
not proc on
damage received, and it never has:
Originally Posted by
Ravager
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.
Will Jewel Chests Grant Players Short-Term Relief?
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 have 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:
Originally Posted by
Remiem
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.
Community Reacts To Arcane Deary
The newest arcane pet to enter the Arcane Legends stables has caused quite a stir. Available for 1,350 platinum, through opening Locked Crates of the Ren'gol or on the open market, many players quickly acquired Arcane Deary and have taken the serious-but-hilarious pet out for some trial runs. Apart from the usual abilities, AD grants players a chance to open a portal, upon defeating a qualifying PvE boss, to Deary Island where players can dig for gold, locked crates, and a new mythic ring.
The community reaction to Arcane Deary has been mixed. Here are some of the more positive reactions:
Rogue player Kakashis best captured one of the most positive aspects of Arcane Deary:
Originally Posted by
Kakashis
It's a chill pet and a different way of farming! I get some locked by killing bloodhammer, get some locked at deary Island, but get lots of laughs when I get trololololol by fake portals! At least you can tell which are real by the red dot on the HUD. Once my deary reaches 35 which is the SS map cap, I won't even feed him (portals still open) and farming is truly free from pots, gold, and effort! haha
Many players also took note of the less attractive aspects of the new arcane pet. Most
criticism was focused on AD's Arcane Ability, which displaces up to eight "lesser" mobs for 6 seconds then returns them with a random debuff. The aa may be helpful in preventing some players by being overwhelmed by large mobs, but other players found it to be a hinderance. <Deviant Misfits> Officer and experienced records runner Twoxc:
Originally Posted by
twoxc
By removing mob to another dimension for 6 second and returning it with a status effect does not help what so ever, cause when if the mob is left alone and not taken to another dimension, at least our AoE or we can just attack that mob which will definitely hurt the mob more then being vanish for 6 second for nothing.
Additional criticism focused on Arcane Deary's Dimensional Ring. Many players found the Ring's stats underwhelming.
Originally Posted by
bonjovi3223
I do agree that the stats are very bad. I nearly bought it because I also thought it was 35 all + additional.
This ring is actually an everlasting blood ruby with crit instead of dmg.
STS has yet to respond to criticisms of Arcane Deary.
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