Flight Rising Discussion

[quote]Another question related to the above... are there plans on increasing how effective a dragon sink exalting is or adding a new dragon sink? [/quote] We are pleased with the current rate of which dragons leave the active population. At this time, there are no plans for additional "dragon sinks". [br][br] [quote]Are the plans to expand the flight festivals to other areas of the game (IE beyond the banner under the logo, gathering, coliseum and festive favours)?[/quote] We are always looking at ways to improve the game and all of its various events, however there are no immediate plans to change the format of flight festivals. [br][br] [quote]You mentioned that the Night of the Nocturne event was shaky due to the volume of chests being opened and that was due to the unique to setup of 2014 Night of the Nocturne.. does that mean there will be less chests or will the chests be removed and replaced with drops that would normally be in the chests?[/quote] We'll be releasing information about changes to [i]Night of the Nocturne[/i] when it goes live in December, and likely not before then. A lot can change between now and the event. [br][br] [quote]I hope this doesn't sound rude, but why do some questions seemingly go unanswered entirely or are answered incredibly vaguely? I can understand missing questions that were asked while you were already typing a response, but I occasionally see a bunch of unanswered questions sprinkled between the answered ones and it makes me wonder why.[/quote] For the Q&A Thread we try to answer around five questions a week, but quite often we're able to answer more than five. Though we're not able to answer all questions, for a number of reasons, all questions are documented for future review. [br][br] [quote]About how big are the 2014/2015 festival bears? Are they the size of RL bears? The size of a particular dragon? Or do they vary from element to element, or bear to bear?[/quote] They vary from bear to bear, but in general are twice the size of "Earth" bears. [br][br] [quote]I have a burning desire to know; How are dragons measured? Especially length. Are they, for instance, measured from nose to the base of the tail like many animals, or is it from nose to tail tip? Would you catch hatchlings complaining to their mothers because "Tommy has a longer tail than me!" That would be cute. Done rambling now.[/quote] They are measured from nose to tail in terms of length. This is part of why spiral and imperial dragons are so long, but do not weigh as much as some of their "shorter" counterparts. [br][br] [quote]How big are the deities compared to the different dragon breeds? Are they all bigger than Imperials? The size of guardians? Are they all roughly the same size?[/quote] The deities range in size, but even the smallest (@Arcanist) is many times the size of the largest dragon. [br][br] [quote]Amongst FR's staff, which dragon breed is the most popular?[/quote] Xhaztol's favorite is [b][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=wiki&article=23]Snappers[/url][/b], Undel's favorite is [b][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=wiki&article=25]Coatl[/url][/b], and I'm having a terrible time trying to choose between Coatls and Snapper hatchlings. [br][br] [quote]What prompted the change of the Strangler's element from Nature to Neutral? Are you filling a quota of Neutral enemies in each venue (or just the X first venues for the newbies), or trying to keep number of same-element enemies per venue low (Nature in the Woodland Path was the highest, with four), or what is the reasoning behind it? Was it just a random one-off change, or should we expect more similar ones? In addition, were the frequencies of different enemy groups in the Woodland Path changed as part of this update?[/quote] The change was a step towards a more balanced venue/monster/element ratio. Additional information on this can be found in our latest community update here: http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/ann/1482729 [br][br] [quote]Are there any plans to add more Courier dragons to the ranks? I imagine the three in charge of all the mail now could use a little help now that Sornieth is so populous and busy![/quote] It is a quite a bit of mail! However, there are no plans to add additional courier NPCs at this time. Just like Crim and Pinkerton are not the only tundra dragons in Sornieth, [b]Pearl[/b], [b]Edgar[/b], and [b]Spitfire[/b] are not the only courier dragons. There are many more off camera helping get packages from lair-to-lair!