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  1. Oscar
    What it do, what it be? It's ya boi, the Glizzster coming at you hot with a new Patch!
    And I hear you asking, "But Senor Glizzy Daddy, we've already had so many today!"
    Yeah, we been cooking. Mad that you're eatin' more? Stay mad.
    Down to business. We didn't like how Labyrinth Hunts have been going down. Mechanics don't lend themselves well to parties, so you got one goon just soloing the whole thing my bad. And it's really supposed to be a community effort, yeah? But if we changed things around and made it more conducive for a 6-man to hunt it down, then that's still just one party of goons. So here's what we got:
    POINTS!
    Not just any POINTS! Exploration POINTS!
    Everyone gets to participate. Any time you run a thread or do a rumor or finish a Quest, you get to add to the running total. So using Floor 30 as an example:
    Exploration Points required: 1,000
    Threads Closed on the Current Highest Floor = 3 Points, per person
    Quests Completed on the Current Highest Floor = 35 Points
    Rumors = 100 Points, up to three
    Labyrinth = Upon being fully searched and Labyrinth Guardian slain, all remaining Exploration Points required will be obtained.

    At 50% of the total Exploration Points required, the Labyrinth will become available. We're doing something a little different with it. Instead of one big ol' thread, we'll be breaking them up into small threads. We'll still keep the Labyrinth Search threshold, but you will only be able to go up to 20 posts in a single thread. The point here is to involve as many people as possible. Avoid that "stolen thunder" aspect of it.
    I want to say here and put it in plain English: The current standard of Raid Boss creation is to significantly ramp up lethality. As a result Point Accrual will be capped until all Rumors are completed. While I don't want to draw a hard line in the sand, I also do not want to set out specifically to make encounters lethal without giving people fair means to play around that lethality. This means, even if you hunt down and slay the Labyrinth Guardian, the boss will remain unavailable until all hints have been successfully gathered.
    The goal here is to make this a team effort, rather than something run by a single person or a single party. Because, it makes sense that the Frontlines should learn more about a floor naturally as they explore and interact with it. But you're probably wondering what happens if and when activity dips. We've got you covered there. The Exploration Points will increase by 25 every week passively at midnight Sunday. This keeps us on the same standard 10-month schedule for bosses. But, again, the rumors will need to be hunted down and gathered before the boss becomes available through any means.
    All POINTS!, Exploration or Labyrinth will be tracked in a master thread within the Frontlines category. Please use the following template to add your POINTS! to the running total for Staff Auditing ease.
    Link to Thread:
    List of Participants:
    Exploration/Labyrinth/Rumor?:
    Points Acquired:
    Stay Sexy Babes,
    Glizzylord
  2. Oscar

    Incognito Questline Hotfix

    By Oscar,

    Incognito Antics Removed, Quest Line is now a Two-Part Series Failure Condition Removed from Incognito Analysis Incognito Analysis SP Reward increased to from 3 SP to  5 SP Incognito Assassination SP Reward increased from 5 SP to 7 SP Disguise Quest Condition Removed (Incognito Analysis) Disguise condition replaced with “Intercept.” After failing to trail Uso-Tsuki with Stealth, one can elect to fight Hogo-sha. Upon his defeat, he drops a coded missive. Players should roll 3 LD values. First to decode the message, second to locate a translator as it’s written in a foreign script, and a third to actually read the message. The LD values are 17, 15, and 13 respectively. Bonuses do not apply to these rolls. Stealth Route has been adjusted Uso-tsuki has a Detection Rating of 12; players must roll a 13+ after their stealth modifier to beat this roll. Number of allowed failures increased from 3 to 5. Players must attempt the Stealth Route before Intercept Equipment Reward changed from <<Cutlass of the Warrior>> T2 OHCS - Abs Acc | ACC | ACC to → <<Blade of the Warrior>> T3 Weapon of Choice Abs Acc | ACC | ACC
     
  3. Oscar
    Just a quick update rolling off the line right now. First and foremost, we're going to be standardizing crafting cooldown. In lieu of waiting a full 24 hours between crafts, the cooldown on a crafting day will reset at 12:00am local time for all users. The Player Support Team already recognizes this; I'm merely making this the new standard.

    Finally, for the meat of the update. Tierless item classifications. If you craft an item that does not scale with material tier, you will generate a "Tierless" item. Players should denote these types of crafts as "Tierless" or "N/A" in their evaluations. The thought process behind this is that a Tier 1 Player using a Tier 3 Evasion food will only ever get 2 Evasion maximum. Staff is of the opinion that there is no reason for a consumable to be locked behind level 50 if you don't get any extra benefit from this. Again, to reiterate in different words: non-scaling or player-tier-scaling consumables will be considered Tierless moving forward.
    If there are any questions, feel free to reach out to a member of Staff and we will do our best to elucidate the subject.
  4. Oscar
    Hello fellow Aincrad dudes! It's your boy Oscar here with an update. I'm sure you guys are wondering why we haven't done away with the Quarantine Bonus. It's been going for months now. Well, here's some good news about that:
    The Current SP Bonus Event will remain active until the launch of 3.0~~~
    Since the Labyrinth Guardian has been slain, we have decided to make this bonus period permanent until 3.0 is here. The update itself is progressing smoothly so rest assured that when the Raid Boss is slain, we will be ready with a ultra mega super Patch. Until then, enjoy being able to progress in our current leveling convention just a little bit faster.
  5. Oscar
    Hello fellow potential viral vectors!
    Staff is proud to unveil another Bonus SP Event! From now until ThE CoViD gets under control, enjoy an extra +1 SP to all threads. You may apply this bonus to threads locked today prior to this announcement. So stay home and enjoy some SP while you're bored on lockdown.
    And stay safe everyone~
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