| Update
| - Approx ETA for Mini-Event Launch: Thurs, 7/2
We fixed the thorny issues that prevented us from launching on Thursday. We're starting a new round of QA testing on Monday, with the intent to get this to you next Thursday.
Stay tuned!
-- Q.
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Update Details:
Random events will occur in various zones now at random times, more in prime time than in off-hours. If you are in the proper zone when it occurs, you will be notified so that you're aware that it's happening. NOTE: This is just the start of the event structure. We'll be adding more and more events...some of them quite large!...in the coming months.
Instructions and details of the events are supplied to players in the zone when the event begins, but as a teaser for the sort of things you can expect to see, here's a list of the events:
- Barton Town : Aerial Bombardment!
- Village Greens : Rotary Menaces!
- Bill's Ranch : Grucken Chuckin'!
- Zen Gardens : Deadman Spies!
- Bass'ken Lake : BuzzKill!
- Old Aqueduct : Bug Breakout!
- Gold Beach : Trophy Hunters!
- Otami Ruins : Saving the Spirits!
And every zone also has occasional Orb Spills where Charge Orbs begin appearing for a short period of time, available to anyone that can grab them first. Scramble!
ADDITIONALLY
* The Night Patrol in Bass'ken Lake now spawn twice as often, but you must now also suppress to CL 5.0 or lower to fight them.
* The chapter end-boss encounter has been changed. If everyone in your Crew gets Dazed during the encounter, your unconscious bodies will be moved away from that encounter area. When you recover and return, the fight will begin again from the start. This means that you'll need to fight the tail, body, and head all in one session now. NOTE: Health totals on the EB body parts have been reduced to adjust for the need to do the encounter all in one piece.
* The logic of the Robofish have been changed. They are a bit faster than they were previously and they now have various ways of reacquiring targets, so the tactic of "run through the tunnel" won't work nearly as well as it used to do.
* The logic of monsters in general that have multiple attacks has been improved so they will change between the attacks on occasion and use them more logically. The upshot of this is that you may see a few attacks that weren't getting used very often, and some monsters may feel a bit different in game . This is the first in a series of improvements to the AI system that will occur over the next couple of months.
* You must now be CL 7.0 or lower to fight Landshark. Landshark itself is 7.5, and a Boss, so be prepared for a tough fight.
* Ring Buffer and Double-Orb PowerUp durations have been reduced from 60-minutes to 20-minutes. NOTE: We *are* going to compensate Buffer and Double-Orb owners for this change. Details will be announced on Thursday.
* An exploit has been sealed. When a higher-CL player buffs or heals a lower-CL player, the buff/heal is applied at the CL of the target. This prevents veteran players from reducing the difficulty of encounters to ridiculously easy levels, but still allows them to participate/help without suppressing their CL.
* The Papa Saw encounter now requires players to have been involved in the scenario before Mama Saw spawns in order to gain rewards at the end of the encounter.
* Suppression Feature Added! You can now go to the MENU and choose "Suppress CL" in order to downgrade your current overall CL to a lower setting. NOTE: You still have to go to the Null Chamber in order to raise your CL back up to normal, but this feature makes it very easy to suppress to a required CL when traveling or playing the mini-events.
* Graphics Options Added! You can now turn off the sillouhetting system , as well as changing settings on the ring animations within the game. Ring Animation settings are : All , Crew Only , and Self Only . These settings will allow players with slower framerate issues to easily toggle these features off in order to save framerate.
* Mini-Event Rules in GAME HELP The GAME HELP feature now has a section called "Random Mini-Events". That section describes all the game rules that are different in the various events and gives you better tips on how to play them and maximize your rewards. It is *highly recommended* that you take a look at this if you are confused while playing any of the Mini-Events.
Previous announcments Mini-Events Launch on Thursday! (6/25 MAINTENANCE)
Hi there, zOMGaians!
The game servers will be down on Thursday morning from 9:30am - 12:30pm while we update the servers with the mini-events!
We need an extra-long window so that we can ensure that everything we've been doing gets transferred correctly, and so we have a bit of time for QA to verify things after the transfer is complete.
This is a big update! Happy zOMG!Fest!
-- Q.
Mini-Events DELAYED!!! (Details updated.)
LATE BREAKING NEWS : Mini-event launch is on hold. We found a showstopper bug today, which is unfortunately a mystery issue. We're working on it, but we'll need more time for testing after we resolve it...so definitely not tomorrow .
Bummer, but it's better than launching with a bad bug. There is no revised time estimate, as we're still trying to determine the cause of the issue.
More soon.
-- Q.
Mini-Events DELAYED!!! (Update 6/25, 9:00am Pacific)
We still don't have a handle on the mystery bug we're chasing. The ETA for mini-events is therefore indefinitely postponed until we figure that out. Once we nail down that bug, we'll be able to target a new date.
More soon!
-- Q.
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