Announcements & News

[center][permalink][img alt="Rockbreaker's Ceremony"]http://flightrising.com/dropbox/updates/ohnoes.png[/img][/permalink][/center] [br][br]This month, all of dragonkind come together to celebrate the [i]Rockbreaker's Ceremony[/i]. This festival celebrates the [b]Earth Flight[/b]. [center][permalink][b]Click here to read more about this update.[/b][/permalink][/center] [more] [size=2][Image Caption: "Rockbreaker's Ceremony: Earth Festival Familiar, Apparel, Scene, & Genes" The banner depicts a brown, tan, and white hognose snake wrapped around a peony.][/size] -------- [center][item=Deepearth Geode][/center] The [b][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/exchange/ rockbreakers-ceremony-shop]Festive Favors holiday stall[/url][/b] is now open for the duration of the holiday in the Grand Exchange and you may trade in [gamedb item=887] for exclusive items. It will remain open until the holiday comes to a close on [b]Sunday, December 3 at 06:00 server time[/b]. Our most prized possession, [gamedb item=887]s, can be found by found by doing activities across the site, and neutral and earth-aligned monsters also have a chance to rarely yield these items as drops [b][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=coliseum]in the Coliseum.[/url][/b] They may be crafted at [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/trading/baldwin/create][b]Baldwin's Bubbling Brew[/b] [/url] using alchemy reagents. [center][item=Crystalclaw Sheathe][item=scene: earthshaker's domain][item=Peony of Rockbreaker][item=tertiary Auraboa gene: rockbreaker][item=tertiary Sandsurge gene: rockbreaker][/center] [info]This year the Apparel and Familiar item will cycle into Joxar's Spare Inventory Crates as per usual, while the Genes and Scene will return each subsequent year for future Rockbreaker’s Ceremony in Festive Favors.[/info] --------------------- [size=4][b]Joxar's Spare Inventory[/b][/size] [emoji=gold crown size=1] Joxar continues to expand his offerings for those who want to buy spare inventory! New creations have appeared at [b][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/exchange/joxars-spare-inventory]Joxar's Spare Inventory[/url][/b]: [center][item=taurus][/center] --------------------- [size=4][b][i]Rockbreaker's Ceremony[/i] Skin & Accent Contest[/b][/size] [emoji=earth rune size=1] Each festival we run a skin contest so that our community may participate and show off their artistic skill. The results are in; congratulations to all of our winners! This year our winning entries have expanded to 16 (up from 14). [indent][LIST] [*]@888 [*]@ArcticTale [*]@Cayleth [*]@Deorwine [*]@fuddlestars [*]@glitchcow [*]@Kaenith [*]@lilacfeathers [*]@MoonzzZ [*]@MythicalViper [*]@Nuclearloop [*]@Onalew [*]@Owleics [*]@rndzvs [*]@RubyZoisite [*]@Talonmaster [/LIST][/indent] For the remaining duration of holiday, 14 of these skins will be [b][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/exchange/rockbreakers-ceremony-shop]stocking in Festive Favors in the Grand Exchange[/url][/b] and [b]seven[/b] of them will very rarely [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=gather]gathered by digging in earth territory[/url] or by battling in the Coliseum. [b]2[/b] of these skins will be exclusive to [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/trading/baldwin/create][b]Baldwin's Bubbling Brew[/b][/url]. [center][skin=53355][skin=53356][skin=53357][skin=53358] [skin=53359][skin=53360][skin=53361][skin=53362] [skin=53363][skin=53364][skin=53365][skin=53366] [skin=53367][skin=53368][skin=53369][skin=53370][/center] There were so many amazing entries, we had to take note of several [b]honorable mentions[/b]. A special thanks to: [indent][LIST] [*]@BeeWhisperer [*]@BlindEcho [*]@Cayleth [*]@Dreadnoughtus [*]@Drytil [*]@eridenthe [*]@eyeguy [*]@FluffRaptor [*]@Kaenith [*]@KeirAutomaton [*]@LonesomeFish [*]@lumibear [*]@MaficMystery [*]@MayMallard [*]@MystikOmen [*]@SashaTheAlien [*]@Shadeyrain [*]@Son [*]@Wrenmedy [/LIST][/indent] [br][center][img alt="An image of a piece of draped brown cloth with the earth emblem on it. This used to hang in Joxar's original artwork during the Rockbreaker's Ceremony."]http://flightrising.com/dropbox/earth_contest.png[/img][/center] --------------------- [size=4][b]Ancient Gene Scroll Naming Changes[/b][/size] [emoji=ancient size=1] We wanted to provide everyone with a heads-up regarding an upcoming change to the naming scheme for Ancient genes. Before the end of the year, the naming schemes on Ancient gene scrolls will be changing to better facilitate item searches on the [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/auction-house]Auction House[/url] and in the [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/game-database]Game Database[/url]. Currently, if a player types in [i]"Primary Gene: Fade"[/i] into the search bar of the Auction House or Game Database, they will return results for: [LIST] [*]Primary Gene: Fade [*]Primary Gene: Fade (Aberration) [*]Primary Gene: Fade (Aether) [*]Primary Gene: Fade (Auraboa) [*]Primary Gene: Fade (Banescale) [*]Primary Gene: Fade (Gaoler) [*]Primary Gene: Fade (Sandsurge) [*]Primary Gene: Fade (Undertide) [*]Primary Gene: Fade (Veilspun) [/LIST] This can make it very difficult to find results for the modern version of the gene, and provides no easy way to see all genes available for the primary, secondary, or tertiary of a given Ancient. In the coming weeks, we will be updating the naming scheme of Ancient genes from [center][b]Primary Gene: Fade (Aberration)[/b] to [b]Primary Aberration Gene: Fade[/b][/center] This will enable players to [b]search exclusively for the modern genes in the Auction House and Game Database with no cross-pollination of Ancient gene results[/b] by typing [i]"Primary Gene: Fade"[/i]. (Note that simply searching for [i]"fade"[/i] would still return results for all items with fade in its name.) It will also enable players who want to see all genes available for a given Ancient by type. Players could type [i]"Primary Aberration"[/i] and all results for primary genes for Aberration dragons would be returned. Changing the naming schemes of the genes will have the unfortunate side-effect of breaking existing item codes for Ancient genes in forum posts and biographies, as these items will no longer have the specific name they had previously. Database widgets and database links would remain unaffected. As an example: [code][item=Primary Gene: Fade (Aberration)][/code] would no longer work, and would need to be updated to the following, or it would no longer display: [code][item=Primary Aberration Gene: Fade][/code] We have additional plans for addressing the large quantity of Ancient gene items across the site that we will be working on in the future. However, we hope that this change will benefit our players more immediately in their efforts to search for specific genes in the Auction House and Game Database!