"Failed to Save Legion" issue

May 18, 2016, 6:23 pm

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I just tried The Second Go Brigade II but it says Legion uses more generals or troops. Is this sort of an issue?

Solution: Cleared certain generals/troops/legions from my weaker legions.

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Legion-related lag

May 18, 2016, 10:17 pm

≫ Next: Question about The Orphan Drake raid [Loot]

≪ Previous: "Failed to Save Legion" issue

It has become very obvious to me that lag between hits on a raid is far far worse with any of my damage legions than my leveling legion. The major difference between these types of legions for me is the damage legions have slightly more complicated generals (as in, stats are dependent on more variables) and far more complicated troops. The legion gear is basically the same, and what I wear on my profile doesn't matter. So it appears it's not runes, or gear, but generals/troops causing the bulk of lag for me.

I have a suspicion you guys have it coded so that each time I hit, the server freshly calculates the legion power from my setup. Is that correct? Seeing as many people will perform hundreds or thousands of hits without changing their gear, seems like a waste of server resources if that's how it works. I would suggest having the calculation for legion power performed once, on the first hit against a raid.

The server saves time, and now only needs to redo the calculation when legion is changed or edited. There are a number ways that could be accomplished, like having a legion change/edit send a message to the server to let it know. Alternatively, have the client run some algorithm on database values related to every gen/troop in the legion to generate a unique hash, send that hash with each hit, and have the server only recalculate legion power if the hash changes. The server still calculates legion power by itself, so even if someone were to mess with the hash client-side, all they could do is waste server time.

Or maybe I'm completely wrong about how this is set up, in which case there is still a strange issue with my damage legions taking several times longer to register a hit than my leveling legion.

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Question about The Orphan Drake raid [Loot]

May 19, 2016, 1:39 am

≫ Next: Locked Raids

≪ Previous: Legion-related lag

How come i got dragons teeth is stead of Orphan Scales:smiley-signs002:

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Locked Raids

May 19, 2016, 6:48 am

≫ Next: Guster's Fault, Pure's Fix.

≪ Previous: Question about The Orphan Drake raid [Loot]

I have my small medium and large raids locked out for me, I don't currently have anything to loot.

my character ID on facebook is FUNUKDNJ

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Guster's Fault, Pure's Fix.

May 19, 2016, 7:31 am

≫ Next: Yet another Guster Suggestion.

≪ Previous: Locked Raids

Hello Dawn community. It's very apparent that the game is suffering from mass alt creation and mass LSI characters... This is due to the ever so "lovely" Powerful Apologies box and the massive amount of stat points low level players are getting from it. I am here to bring you some news, I have brainstormed and thought of some of the most logical fixes to this.

The Fix

Roleback all players with 100+ LSI back to a reasonable number

No, don't ban them, don't do a whole server role back.. Just role back players that can actually harm the game via LSI that can make them auto to ridiculous levels. Return all SP that was spent on Energy/stamina.

Make the Powerful Apologies be locked under level 101 and make the cap under level 100 set to ~100 LSI.

This will make player's have to EARN their LSI not to mention they wont be able to have crazy high stats. We already have the technology to do this so it wont be an issue.

Put a nerf on the magic to only drop on 20 hits

This will ruin LSI builds and unless they are EXTREMLY lucky, they will be forced to level out of range where they can exploit.

Make it so the Power Apologies can only come from the other boxes, not from Guster's itself

This would make the income of SP so reduced that it is next to impossible to abuse it!

Nerf the drop rate of sunken urns

The sunken urns are giving high level TOO MANY HONOR POTS! This is a huge issue as players are able to get ridiclous amounts of free pots. Please, nerf the drop rate to 3% or so.

This will fix the LSI issue, but, we will have players with insanly high BSI. In order to not have chaos throughout the player base, make level specific leader boards for each level bracket so that players can still be on the leaderboards and not below level 102 alts with 500 BSI due to books!

This magic is 100% fine in terms of functionality after level 100 and I Encourage the use of it. Please, 5pg. Listen to my above fixes and the game will run smoothly!

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Yet another Guster Suggestion.

May 19, 2016, 8:23 am

≫ Next: Guster's Fault (the magic, mostly)

≪ Previous: Guster's Fault, Pure's Fix.

So, we all know the whole Guster's Fault fiasco will have a fix come in of some sort. The shape it takes is obviously open to debate. But this is about something far more important.

WE MUST HAVE AN APOLOGY FROM GUSTER!!!!

Seriously, when this get's fixed, I expect a long post from Guster apologizing for how he ruined everything. I DEMAND SATISFACTION!!!!

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Guster's Fault (the magic, mostly)

May 19, 2016, 9:52 am

≫ Next: Guster's Fault From a New Player's POV

≪ Previous: Yet another Guster Suggestion.

Greetings community!

At the time of my response yesterday, we didnt have any plans to adjust Gusters Fault, but since then Ive received an enormous amount of feedback both in World Chat and in the forums that many players are understandably concerned about the state of this magic. Reviewing data we have collected since yesterday and combining it with your feedback, we are going to make some short term adjustments to the magic today with the idea that well make bigger, long term changes hopefully as soon as tomorrows regular maintenance.

Changes in todays build:
Were removing the ability to receive Powerful Apologies boxes
Were adjusting the drop rate of Random Apologies boxes to be lower
Were removing any consumable thats above the quality of Orange from the remaining boxes

Now, were aware that this is a pretty extreme cut to the usefulness of the magic, but, as many of you have pointed out, the magic in its current form is essentially game-breaking, which is why were applying this fix right now with the knowledge that its a short term bandaid. We want more time to explore a couple of options that youve suggested and weve discussed, but we also want to get a fix in sooner rather than later, so this buys us some additional time.

Long-term changes were exploring:
Were going to bring the Powerful Apologies back, but well likely reduce their drop rate a tad and are likely to remove anything above Orange or, at least above Red from dropping
Were discussing making boxes only drop from x20 hits
Other options yet to be fully discussed

Were aiming to ensure that Gusters Fault is a novelty item with some legitimate usefulness, but not make it so good that it completely trumps other areas of the game and the rest of the content. There are a lot of possibilities for this magic, so its hard to nail down the specifics of everything we may ultimately change about it at this time. Per the name of the item, Guster is quite apologetic for the shenanigans this magic has caused.

Thanks you, adventurers.

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Guster's Fault From a New Player's POV

May 19, 2016, 10:02 am

≫ Next: AP Red Prince

≪ Previous: Guster's Fault (the magic, mostly)

There's a lot of posts about Guster's Fault already and with good reason however I'm talking about something else.

To put this in perspective, I am a new player to DotD. I've spent some money, about $20 (or so) so not really that much. My 'age' is 19 days and I'm just about to reach level 500. This is from an autoleveling guide and recently Orphan's Drake, managed to get quite a few levels from that to be honest. Think I was about 425(?) when it started. Anyway, my point is that Guster's Fault has ruined DotD for me, not to the point where I'll just give up and quit but to the point where I've lost all care for the game. I play DotD as I like the type of game that it is and I was having fun - note: was - but with Guster's Fault it's basically just ruined the mood for DotD. I've put time and money into DotD but now due to an exploit people are reaching crazy stats which (in my opinion) should not be obtainable this quickly. A lot of these people have made an alt account and abused this exploit.

Where's the fun of that? It's ruined the feel, the mood of DotD, what's the point of continuing? My personal point now is because it's a nice pastime, it gives me something to do. Before this, I was actually excited about getting new and awesome gear so I could have that feel of progression and getting stronger, that's now gone. I have Guster's Fault and it did give me a nice boost to my stats which is a good thing (due to some 'elitism' talk in the WC it's a good thing) but I didn't exploit it, I actually looked on the Wiki what the Box even was! Then later I found out it was being exploited to people who have 10-40k of Energy or Stamina and aren't even level 90. It's quite ridiculous and such a slap in the face that it's not funny.

I have here a screenshot of the current (20/5/2016) Leaderboard for Overall Stats on the server I play. I want you to just take a moment and look at it.
http://i.imgur.com/SCpQQ06.png

Just take a moment to see the difference between 1st and 2nd place. The 'top player' has abused this exploit and for our viewing pleasure has shared his/her stats.
http://i.imgur.com/fvGJMLH.png

According to the WC, the 'top player' is also an alternate account. This is but an example of evidence of what is happening, the leaderboard is viewable by anyone and it was the player who shared a link to a screenshot of their stats in WC.

Now, according to the ToS (bringing us to another point I wish to bring up) there are two points that I shall copy and paste for ease;

Quote:

engage in cheating or any other activity deemed by 5th Planet to be in conflict with the spirit or intent of the Games.
create more than one personal profile.

The first point has indeed happened and so has the second, I cannot confirm for the top player, according to WC it did appear that were the case. However, that's not to say that there are more players who have breached both points of the ToS. Now, what is going to be done? These players have broken the ToS and according to the ToS the accounts would be terminated or so it reads. Something should be done to any account that has abused this exploit as it has breached the ToS even more so if the account is an alternate.

Another thought crossed my mind after someone mention it in WC is that something like this is what happens when the game is going to shut down.

There are many other players who feel the same (or similar) as well, I honestly wonder what their motivation for continuing to play is. If I were in the shoes of someone who's spent many days/weeks/months/years and money to get to where I am, only to have this exploit happen, then I'd furious and stop playing, probably also provide some hateful thread as well.

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AP Red Prince

May 19, 2016, 1:06 pm

≫ Next: Fake Drops - Ice Walls

≪ Previous: Guster's Fault From a New Player's POV

Howsabout making ALL the Red Prince items unique? I'm sure many - like myself - have an abundance of the non-unique Red Prince items from before the AP 'shop' came about! Those of us who have excess Red Prince gear should get adequate AP instead! Thanks!

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Fake Drops - Ice Walls

May 19, 2016, 2:39 pm

≫ Next: Patch Notes: May 20, 2016

≪ Previous: AP Red Prince

Hi,

In my log appears that i got ice walls (including orange!!!), but i don't have Betty on that character.
And for sure i don't got any ice walls....and that means that log is false or at least inaccurate
.....
Big or Small, Get Them All! (Steed) contributed 2,618,234 damage.
You have obtained: Gear.
You have obtained: Orange Old Ice.
Come Closer contributed 77,006 damage.
Queen Bee contributed 100,000 damage.
Scented contributed 300,000 damage.
.............

Gear	99	4.35 %
Orange Old Ice	73	3.21 %
Blue Old Ice	89	3.91 %
Grey Old Ice	82	3.60 %
Unstable Companion	262	11.51 %
Brown Old Ice	77	3.38 %
Orange Dragon Bile	75	3.30 %
Blue Dragon Bile	83	3.65 %
Green Old Ice	67	2.94 %
Brown Dragon Bile	80	3.51 %
Grey Dragon Bile	91	4.00 %
Green Dragon Bile	79	3.47 %
Purple Old Ice	81	3.56 %
Purple Dragon Bile	82	3.60 %

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Patch Notes: May 20, 2016

May 19, 2016, 4:19 pm

≫ Next: New level based consumables

≪ Previous: Fake Drops - Ice Walls

Happy Anniversary!
Features

Energy Potion Bundle Sale!
Quest on this week with 10 Volatile Energy Potions for 27 PC!

Daily Reward Update!
For this week, get a Blue Anniversary Cake along with a Pitchfork Token and random prize each day you login!

Loyalty Familiars
All players who have had accounts for one and three years will receive these familiars upon logging in. If your account is not that old yet, not to worry! As soon as you qualify, you’ll get your new toys!
Toy Dragon-Rider (1 Year Familiar)

Quote:

"Wait a minute," Bosso Twinklefingers says, "I didn't make that thing!"

"You're not the only toymaker in the kingdom. I saved some gnomes from the Yules, and they gave me presents."

Bosso snorts.

"Shoddy workmanship, if you ask me..."

Siren Slyph (3 Year Familiar)

Quote:

A strange little air elemental that's become infatuated with you, the Siren Sylph will often sing you to sleep with songs from faraway lands and forgotten empires. Her voice changes from minute to minute: Sometimes it is dry and cold, like the wind of a mountain pass, other times it shakes with the passion of a thunder storm. But it is always beautiful. And it is always just for you.

Reduced Energy Timers!
Energy timers for all classes have been reduced as follows until regular maintenance on May 27!

60 Seconds	55 Seconds	50 Seconds	40 Seconds	35 Seconds
Peon	Realmwalker	Wanderer	Immortal	Demigod
Battlemaster		Worldstrider	Immortal Drake-Slayer
Adventurer		Luminary
Champion
Hero
Warmaster
Warlord

Citadel Update!
Stable looking a little bare? Use the Stable to construct the following Vintage Mounts:

Krellan Shadowcat
Cavern Spider
Guru Bear
Bhanipuri War Elephant

Premium General!
Bosso Twinklefingers will be available for 150 Planet Coins until our regular maintenance on June 3, 2016.
Bosso Twinklefingers (General: Gnome / Any / Any)

Quote:

As you watch Bosso wander through his workshop, it occurs to you that he isn't as young as he once was. The mad gnome is aging, and as far as you're aware he has no heirs or family. As much chaos as his toys have caused, it makes you sad to think that his legacy might one day be lost.

"Who will you leave your workshop to when it's time to retire, Bosso?" you ask.

He snorts and tightens a bolt on a work in progress, something with dragonfly wings made of glass or crystal.

"Retire? That's for lesser craftsmen. When it's time, I'll just create a life-sized duplicate to store my soul in and carry on making my toys. There we are," he says, and gives the winged toy an affectionate pat.

You chuckle at the thought of a clockwork Bosso puttering about, creating new hazardous toys for all eternity.

But for once, Bosso isn't laughing.

Attack: 500
Defense: 500
You Know, For Kids!:

10% chance to deal 100,000 damage;
Gains 25 Attack and Defense, extra 5,000 damage, and increases Player Attack, Defense and Perception by 50 for each unique Familiar owned;
Gains 2 Attack for each Toy Solus owned, 10 Defense for each Toy Bronze Man owned, and 40 damage for each Toy Medea owned (MAX: 1,000 each);
10% chance to create and use an Unstable Companion to deal 100,000 damage;
Extra 5,000 damage for each unique Familiar owned;
5% chance to find a Gear; Increases the Attack and Defense of all Construct troops in the active legion by 75;
(Passive): Provides a 1% Legion Bonus for every 3 unique familiars owned.

Expedition Pack Update!
Mundane Murder and Magic have come to the Relic Pack!

Tier 1	Type
Expose Weakness	Magic
Brough's Trick	Magic
Annus Mirabilis	Magic
Battousai	Magic
Shadow Strike	Magic
Devouring Darkness	Magic
Kyddin's Nexus	Magic

Tier 2	Type
Mark of the Raven's Wing	Magic
Shadowstep	Magic
Melinda's Magekiller	Magic
Mad Marcia's Momentary Massacre	Magic
Stanzas of Slaughter	Magic
Lyria's Swiftness	Magic
Terracles' Blessing	Magic

Tier 3	Type
Cari	General
Mundane Murderers	Legion
Mundane Murderer's Steed	Mount
Mundane Murderer's Hammer	Main Hand
Mundane Murderer's Sword	Off Hand
Mundane Murderer's Helm	Helmet
Mundane Murderer's Breastplate	Chest

Tier 4	Type
Mundane Murderer's Gauntlets	Gloves
Mundane Murderer's Leggings	Pants
Mundane Murderer's Sabatons	Boots
Mundane Murderer's Ring	Ring
Mundane Murderer	Troop

Vintage Vanity Bundles!
The following vintage bundles are also available in the Bazaar until May 27, 2016 for 20 PC each! Each bundle gives all items listed.

Fey Bundle

Desert Mystic Bundle

Chevalier Bundle

Name	Type	% Chance
Fey Folk Sword	Main Hand	100 %
Fey Folk Wand	Off Hand	100 %
Fey Folk Headpiece	Helmet	100 %
Fey Folk Wings	Chest	100 %
Fey Folk Bracers	Gloves	100 %
Fey Folk Pantaloons	Pants	100 %
Fey Folk Boots	Boots	100 %
Fey Folk Ring	Ring	100 %
Fey Folk Flutterer	Mount	100 %

Name	Type	% Chance
Desert Fire	Main Hand	100 %
Desert Wind	Off Hand	100 %
Mask of the Desert Mystic	Helmet	100 %
Raiment of the Desert Mystic	Chest	100 %
Bracers of the Desert Mystic	Gloves	100 %
Salwar of the Desert Mystic	Pants	100 %
Boots of the Desert Mystic	Boots	100 %
Ring of the Desert Mystic	Ring	100 %
Camel of the Desert Mystic	Mount	100 %

Name	Type	% Chance
Chevalier's Casque	Helmet	100 %
Chevalier's Cuirasse	Chest	100 %
Chevalier's Vauntbras	Gloves	100 %
Chevalier's Cuisses	Pants	100 %
Chevalier's Jambeaux	Boots	100 %

Potions!
Get an extra boost against this week’s brand new World Raid: Vampiric Wyrm!
Greater Gravedust Draught (Potion)

Increases Player's Attack by 20% against Undead raids for 16 hours;
10% chance to discover a Zombie Beastman's Pelt on-hit against non-Guild related Undead raids

Dragonbreath Draught (Potion)

Increases Player's Attack by 20% against Dragon raids for 16 hours;
10% chance to discover a Dragon in a Bottle on-hit aganist non-Guild related Dragon raids

Limited Offers!
Following the weekly Limited Offer rotation, the following are 20% off until May 27, 2016.
Iirhinian Arrow Master's Breeches (Pants)

Quote:

"Arrows have the pragmatism of an executioner. They make no distinction between friend and foe." -- Iirhinian proverb

Attack: 750
Defense: 1000
Iirhinian Volley:

20% chance to deal 10,000 damage; Increases Stamina by 10 and Energy by 20;
Extra 5,000 damage, 3 Stamina and 6 Energy for each unique piece of Iirhinian Arrow Master Set equipped;
Extra 15,000 damage, 9 Stamina and 18 Energy if From Iirhine with Love is owned;
Increases Player Perception by 350

Iirhinian Arrow Master's Boots (Boots)

Quote:

"In battle, archery is like a marriage. Keep the other party at a distance so they don't punch you in the face." -- Iirhinian proverb

Attack: 750
Defense: 1000
Iirhinian Volley:

20% chance to deal 10,000 damage; Increases Stamina by 10 and Energy by 20;
Extra 5,000 damage, 3 Stamina and 6 Energy for each unique piece of Iirhinian Arrow Master Set equipped;
Extra 15,000 damage, 9 Stamina and 18 Energy if From Iirhine with Love is owned;
Increases Player Perception by 350

Close Unhit Button!
You can now close any completed raid that you did no damage to by using the new “Close Unhit” button in the Completed Raids tab.

Events

New World Raid: Vampiric Wyrm!

Quote:

Whether a joke of the gods or the long work of a vampire's bite during the Dragon's War finally coming to gestation, rumors among the undead of a vampiric dragon stirring below the earth are too horrific to ignore.

This is a 120 hour, timed event, starting on Friday, May 20.
Vampiric Wyrm is categorized as Colossal, Dragon, Undead.

On Hit Drops: Brown, Grey, Green, Blue, Purple, Orange, and Red Draconic Ash, and Arethusa's Archer
Common Loot: Brown and Grey Draconic Ash
Uncommon Loot: Green and Blue Draconic Ash
Rare Loot: Purple and Orange Draconic Ash
Epic Loot: Potion Satchel
This raid also contains a Sculpted Crystal and the Life-Debt Helm as guaranteed drops as you make your way up the Loot Poster.

Community Rewards for Vampiric Wyrm!
There are five tiers of Community Rewards integrated into the Vampiric Wyrm World Raid.
Each tier has both a Community Goal and a Personal Goal.

You must reach the Personal Goal in order to receive the rewards, even if the Community has reached its top goal.

Rewards will be cumulative (ie: if you reach Tier 3, you will receive rewards for Tiers 1-3).
The Community Reward in-game tracking system will update once an hour.

Tier	Personal Goal	Community Goal	Rewards
1	5B	1T	200 Stat Points
			6 Red Draconic Ash
2	50B	50T	300 Stat Points
			1 Vampire Blood
3	100B	100T	45 Attack Points
			45 Defense Points
			1 Vampire Blood
4	250B	150T	100 Attack Points
			100 Defense Points
			100 Perception Points
			1 Vampire Blood
			2 Dragonbreath Draught
5	3T	300T	150 Attack Points
			150 Defense Points
			150 Perception Points
			1 Vampire Blood
			5 Pickpocket Elixer

Fixes, Known Issues, & Updates

Update - We’ve added some optimization to the raid attack feature that should hopefully reduce lag during raiding.
Update - LSI for all accounts under level 101 is now capped at 60. You can read more about this change here.
Update - Guster’s Fault has been updated as follows.

Rev .0.9.2.12901 - 7639

Handy Feedback Format
My very favorite thing about this week's update is: [Insert your favorite thing]
I liked it because: [Please explain why as best you can, the more specific you are, the better]
Maybe we could: [Tell us if you want us to bring this event back, if you think we can do the same thing a new way, etc]

This week I didn't care for: [Insert what you didn't like]
I didn't like it because: [Please explain why as best you can, the more specific you are, the better]
Instead, let's: [Tell us how we can improve something like this in the future]

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New level based consumables

May 19, 2016, 6:55 pm

≫ Next: Citadel - Limited Time Scrolls

≪ Previous: Patch Notes: May 20, 2016

This idea was one I posted on the Guster's Fault thread over in news. Posted here as a suggestion thread for comments/improvements at request.

Add new level based att/def/perc/sp drops (which if put in the Guster's boxes solves the issue of overpowering low level players).

Orange: Adds 1 att/def/perc per level for 4 hours or 1 SP per 5 levels.
Purple: Adds 1 att/def/perc per 2 levels for 4 hours, or 1 SP per 10 levels.
Blue: Adds 1 att/def/perc per 3 levels for 4 hours, or 1 SP per 15 levels.

and so on.

At level 1k for an Orange drop, that's 1000 att/def/perc for 4 hours, or 20% less than an Orange pot would give, and 200 SP or 40 more than an Orange book would give. Which isn't going to be game breaking.

At level 2500 for Orange, that's 2500 att/def/perc or 500 SP, or the equivalent of a Bronze pot and midway between a Red and Bronze book. Again, not game breaking.

At level 5000 for Orange, that's 5000 att/def/perc or 1000 SP, the equivalent of a Gold pot and midway between a Bronze and Silver book.

The fact that for SP books the value decreases relatively at higher levels means that higher levels would still be better off farming elites for SP, while lower levels would get a needed, but not overpowered, boost.

In addition to that, add in level based resource pots.

Small: Restores 1 SP of a bar per 50 levels (one of the three, not all three)
Medium: Restores 1 SP of a bar per 20 levels
Large: Restores 1 SP of a bar per 10 levels
Huge: Restores 1 SP of a bar per 5 levels

At level 1000, that's 20/50/100/200 SP worth of a bar, not a whole lot, esp compared to a volatile, but still a reasonable amount.

At level 2500, that's 50/125/250/500 SP worth of a bar.

At level 5000, that's 100/250/500/1000 SP worth of a bar.

So the amounts are modest, esp compared to a volatile for a specialized build. But more useful than the fixed amount pots.

Could even add a Volatile, which is 1 SP worth per level. Which is still only 1/7 of the player's total bars, compared to 1/4 of a single bar for a regular volatile (and could be as much as 1/6 of the player's total bars for a specialized build). Where this would make a major difference, though, is the H Volatile, which would restore the player's base H (a much more useful Volatile than the current H Vols, so if it would need to be dropped singly instead of in the 2:1 ratio current H Vols get dropped/sold in compared to E/S).

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Citadel - Limited Time Scrolls

May 19, 2016, 8:07 pm

≫ Next: Hire a player as an advisor

≪ Previous: New level based consumables

I believe it is about time to bring those limited time scrolls back. So, I and many other players can finish our citadel, and get the benefits. Preferably, add them permanently.

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Hire a player as an advisor

May 19, 2016, 10:02 pm

≫ Next: Unable to connect from home

≪ Previous: Citadel - Limited Time Scrolls

This might fit more into suggestions tab, but i feel like it's a good discussion point aswell.

You seriously, seriously need to consider hiring a player or two to discuss new stuff releases before airing (not even for money, i bet there would be free volunteers or ones that would go for small-pc rewards).

Believe me, if any intelligent and active player that spent at least couple of months and is close to immortal would see things you implement, we would avoid ALL of your failures until now.

Myself when i came back from work and seen what that gifts drop, i knew it's a disaster. Me, and many other people had the same thoughts about omer's collar for example. "It's too good to be true" they said, exactly the same happened with this magic. A player can think of tons of ways to abuse new stuff if opportunity comes, you, as a devs? Apparently not.

Don't get me wrong, but you simply do not have the sense about the game as some players do. Mouse, you wrote it yourself at some point, that you monitored the magic, and you do not consider any changes yet. That was until you got a flood of people complaining about high lsi players and people getting tons of pots warning you about inflation.

I actually asked you once about that, do you have someone playing the game actively, that advises you about what you want to implement. I didn't get an answer, but if you do, then sorry but he's plain stupid. If you don't, then better consider doing it. I really do not want to see an more failures like that spoiling the game and breaking it bit by bit, spilling the bitterness over the players.

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Unable to connect from home

May 20, 2016, 6:35 am

≫ Next: To 5pg

≪ Previous: Hire a player as an advisor

I have been unable to get past the "connecting" screen for 48+ hours now. I have tried everything on 2 different computers with no success. I believe it is related to our network. Here is our situation - we live in the country and the only/best option for internet is using our phones to connect. We have at&t and this has never been an issue until now. While everything else fine , no 5th planet games work. Has anyone else had this issue and do you have any ideas ? As I said everything else is fine just not Dawn.
I have sent a ticket and they say all is fine on their end.

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To 5pg

May 20, 2016, 8:44 am

≫ Next: The New World Raid

≪ Previous: Unable to connect from home

To 5pg

Ever since this game went money hungry and lost its first truck load of big spenders, the little guys have suffered. In the beginning a person could be banned for having multiple accounts which allowed them to build stats faster than those without multiple accounts. Multiple accounts made it so people wouldn't have to spend as much. Now though, farming has far surpassed the multiple account issue giving people nearly 1000x more ability to gain stats and making it far less necessary to spend on pots which in turn causes an inflation in prices passed on to all. That's the real game-breaker. This game already resorts to trickery to try to force purchases and the inevitable is coming. This game will implode. It's unfortunate, I've been with this game from day one and I have seen all the devastating changes. I stopped all facebook games in order to enjoy this game to the fullest. Now I just wait for the day I sign in to a blank page.
Guster's fault is yours. I knew it was to good to be true and I knew farmers would complain as well that the little people here would level faster than they did and cause a potential threat to their names being on top of a clicker games list. Fix it as you wish, it was free and did and does require a nerf to protect game support only. However, I paid for bosso on the original terms, if you lower its abilities then you need to make a massive refund and consider it a freemium and not a premium. Otherwise don't touch it!
Also, I have complained for years about forced purchases when going through stamina and energy bars that had the pop up to purchase more but no safety for accidental clicks. I see that's now been fixed with an added trickery. If I weren't paying attention I would not have noticed you reversed the yes no buttons. It is standard throughout this game, yes on the left, no on the right. So people not realizing this game cannot be trusted will automatically click on yes trusting that the game is consistent and not out to steal funds with a slick button reversal. That's the same as having no safety and it remains as it always has, a theft.
I used to have a weekly expense on this game, now I spend only on rare occasions like Bosso and little tid bits here and there.
I began with you, I have watched you grow, I have supported you and I will still be here to the end. I have also watched you change for the worse, I have watched trickery, witness the whole exodus of more than half my friends leaving due to your disrespect for the player and now I can only hope you have the decency enough to give us ample warning before the entire game goes the way of the greedy junk yard. Your arrogance in believing this game is worth $1000's per person just to sit there for hours and do nothing but click, possibly see our name on a list that holds no value, look at cool pictures and collect picture items that cannot be traded and still deemed rare?It's destroying the game and is a sad use of brain matter my friends.
All this I have mentioned as a whole is the true game breaker, not entirely Guster's Fault. Greed takes such a hold that it normally takes a crushing end before it allows you to see past its veil, I certainly hope you get past that veil before it's too late. At this point I'll be thankful for your demise yet I'd rather enjoy the game equally with someone new as well as with someone old like myself, the gap is far too immense and most game benefit is one sided. . I still sport my Facegamer's shirt in vanity as I was once proud to be a part of all that and would gladly return to that if it ever became possible.

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LSI Change

May 20, 2016, 9:38 am

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Greetings, adventurers!

With the todays patch (5/20/16) were going to implement a change to the way LSI works for players below level 100 but this change will impact other players who are above 100 as well.

Currently
At the moment, we dont enforce a 7 LSI until level 101. This means that prior to level 101 you can raise your LSI to large numbers if you have enough raw stats to invest. The result of this allows that player to level at an expedited pace but has the negative impact of severely damaging the account until they outlevel their crazy LSI and it comes back down to 7; some of these problems include looting issues, locking up during minibosses, and a plethora of other problems.

Admittedly the majority of the reason were wanting to change the way this works is because the Gusters Fault magic. This allowed new accounts to raise their LSI to staggering levels, therefore allowing them to quickly and effortlessly bypass the efforts of many players who did not enjoy such an advantage. However, a change in this area has the added benefit of fixing some accounts and giving us a very easy and consistent way to expect how every player in the game might level up, allowing us to take a better look at the overall leveling experience. But I digress, lets discuss whats changing.

The Change
Starting with the build today were going to add an LSI cap of 60 for any player below level 101. This will allow a new player to still have a bit of an advantage early on, but is easy for them to outlevel their LSI and bring it down to 7 not long after level 101.

In addition to this were going to take away all of the Energy and Stamina players with LSI above 60 have spent in the game and return them to starting levels of 5 Stamina and 30 Energy. Were also going to refund those same players the appropriate amount of raw Stat Points so they can distribute it accordingly; they can reinvest into Stamina and Energy but will hit the 60 or 7 LSI caps depending on their level.

Stat Points Given = [Energy - 30] + [Stamina - 5]*2

Why change the LSI cap below 101?
Weve been considering this problem for some time, but it wasnt until the Gusters Fault magic that we truly felt it got out of hand. Its something that was a possibility before, but became a necessity; this will also fix several broken accounts and hopefully reduce the number of support tickets we receive for some of the issues brought about by an LSI above 7.

Why are you giving the SP back?
Because while we dont want to diminish the efforts of players who got where they are without the assistance of the Gusters Fault magic, the players with above 7 and 60 LSI still earned their Stat Points by hitting raids and completing activities within the game. It didnt make sense to us to not allow them to redistribute those stat points accordingly; theyll benefit from other advantages with Attack and Defense but the impact is considerably smaller than the impact their Energy and Stamina had.

Leveling is so annoying, this made it a lot more pleasant, it sucks to lose this advantage
Thats a separate issue that were not ignoring. Weve heard for a long time that you find the leveling experience to be very frustrating in Dawn and we will be taking a closer look at that going forward.

This isnt a guarantee that there will be some radical, sweeping change but it does open several doors allowing to potentially make changes if we feel its for the health of the game.

But Gusters Fault is useless now!
This post focuses on the LSI change, any discussion about Gusters Fault should be redirected to the appropriate thread found here.

How will this impact new players?
A typical player coming into Dawn shouldnt feel a major difference early on. Most players dont get really high LSI without knowing very specific steps to make it happen. Part of why we chose 60 LSI was to ensure a brand new player can invest adequately into their Energy or Stamina so they may continue to experience Dawn and progress their character.

Feedback/comments
Please leave your feedback with us here, and please keep it constructive and on topic.

Thanks everyone!

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I leveled up and my bars are empty...

May 20, 2016, 1:05 pm

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Like in thread title.

I leveled up and my bars are empty...help me retrieve my full stamina, energy and honor bars please.

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Loyalty Familiars in a better way

May 20, 2016, 1:29 pm

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This patch introduced loyalty familiars for 1 and 3 years. While in concept this is nice, a person who logged on 3 years ago and never logged back on until yesterday would receive both for having played three days (since I'm assuming it checks the character's age and not the number of days that a character has actually been played). What might work better is that since we now have pitchfork tokens as a sort of count of how many days a character has actually been played, have a new craft available for loyalty familiars. 365 tokens crafts to a new Loyalty Chest Year 1 containing the 1 year loyalty familiar, the current hero chest, and 65 tokens (so you aren't actually losing the tokens, just getting a hero chest and a free familiar). So you have to save for an entire year instead of just 300 days for the chest, but you still get back the 65 extra tokens plus the familiar for doing so.

Then you can add a craft using 365 tokens and the 1 year familiar to get the Loyalty Chest Year 2, containing a chest, 65 tokens, the year 1 familiar and the year 2 familiar. And so on. With this method, you can even have the different "Loyalty Year Chests" give different hero chests, so the year 2 chest would give a hero chest 2, and so on. Or even add additional gifts like potion bundles or PC as a bonus for saving for that entire year.

Granted, people who have already used tokens would complain, but they did already get what they crafted, and it's no different really from adding new crafts to repeat WRs. And people who have been daily players from long before pitchfork tokens were introduced would lose out on a reward for those days of yesteryear. But at least they'll all now have something else to look forward to, and it rewards current players for staying and playing.

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