Preview 8/17/2022 | Release the Kraken + Quality of Life Updates Galore

[Remiem]

Happy Wednesday, Legends! If you haven't noticed already, it's been a busy week for the Spacetime developers, who released a whole wave of "Quality of Life" updates over the last week based on things you've suggested here in the forums! Here is a recap of what happened:

Quality of Life Updates

Guilds:
+ Guild Leader transfer now requires checking a small additional checkbox.
+ Guild Leaders can now ban players from joining.
- to add: /guildban add <name>, to remove: /guildban remove <name>
- Invites to characters on accounts of banned characters will not be sent and cannot be accepted.
- Removing a guildban requires using the same name with which it was added.

HUD:
+ Hud potion purchase now has 500 potion option.
+ Hotbars may now be locked individually.

Pets:
+ Stable now shows pet counts by rarity
+ Allow spaces in pet names (spaces do count as a character and pet names have a 13 character limit).

Auction:
+ You can now specify terms to exclude from auction search results by prefixing them with '-'.
- For example, "-sword" would exclude items with sword in the name.

Other:
+ /stats now also shows spirit xp % and ultimate charge rate %.
+ Updated Gold Looted achievement note to specify Gold must come from enemies


Bug Fixes:
+ Fixed various achievements not granting until the next time the player logs in
+ Fixed broken side quest Potions offered by Petrox in Brackenridge.
+ Fixed broken side quest Mines of Nordia offered by Julip in Stronghold.
+ Fixed broken side quests Missing Merchant and A Grim Task offered by Boltag in Windmoore.
+ Fixed Bah'Moth's Spray warmup time not matching the animation
+ Fixed quest journal refreshing unintentionally when clicking on empty space

Achievements

For all you achievement hunters out there, it's time to get back out there for some new achievements!

+ Has Underwater House Environment
+ 1 Pet at Level Cap
+ 5 Pets at Level Cap
+ 10 Pets at Level Cap
+ Married

And, overall achievement titles:
+ 35k APs [The Admired]
+ 40k APs [The Elevated]
+ 45k APs [The Storied]
+ 50k APs [The Idolized]
+ 55k APs [The Worshipped]
+ 60k APs [The Deified]

New Elite Rewards

There are also a nice bundle of updates to the rewards you can get from running Elite content! To start, Cinco released a bonus preview on the new Electrum Elite Runner Chest, which drops from Zodias Elite Zones, or can be crafted from Gold Chests.

Among other exciting things, it contains the new Legenday pet Glokus!

You can read more about the chest, how to get it, and what's inside, over in Cinco's post: https://www.spacetimestudios.com/sho...Runner-Chests!

Other new drops include Zodias bosses and minibosses now dropping Jewel Elixirs.Plus, Valley and Festerfang Elites can now drop Gold Elite Runner Chests.

Arcane Equipment + New Fossil Fusion Vanity Set

There was a second bonus preview covering what to expect from the new Level 81 Arcane Gear!

You all shared some GREAT feedback and ideas on the stats and procs, so the original post (linked above) has now been updated in consideration of your feedback. We're excited to hear your thoughts.

As for when and where to get the new Arcanes? You can look forward to a new mini-event next week with your first chance to get your hands on them!

There will be more on it in the next preview, but the gist is: You'll defeat Zodias bosses for a chance to loot the new Massive Locked Kraken Battle Shell crate. Open this crate for a chance to loot the new Level 81 Arcane armor and helmet, and the "Fossil Fusion" vanity set, which looks like this!

Enjoy! And we'll see you next week for that Arcane Mini-Event!