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@Merlin it's already in. It's under primary. :)

Thank you! I'll pass your compliments onto @Fable. She did the shaping on this gene. :)

Bar and Daub are also happening. Many new genes being worked on. :)

Ripple Gene
A new gene is stocking in the treasure marketplace. Ripple is a gene that will apply a subtle ripple pattern to the primary area of your dragon, the effect much like sunlight through water. Ripple's pattern is rather unique, in that it carries the pattern into the belly of your dragon; this feature is sure to make for some strikingly handsome dragons!

@marquiseMindfang, none that I am aware of. If that is a function you would like to see, feel free to post it in Suggestions.

@Azophel, that is not information I can share. :)

Hey everyone! We haven't forgotten about these other breeds. There wasn't any real specific reason for why Coatl lore came out before them, it's just how it worked out. We're still fleshing out a lot of lore as time goes on (some taking us a bit longer to envision/build), so these breeds will receive their background treatment just like all the rest. Don't worry - they're not being ignored!

@Basshead, Forum Search is currently off while we work on optimizing the site. Our apologies for the inconvenience, I know it's frustrating. :(

@Ilium, the message from Amalythia is the link.

If Flights don't have a mod and would like to request a sticky, please message me. :)

For the curious:

• Wildclaws are nature.
• Imperials are Light.
• Skydancers are wind.

There is no limit to 1 species per elemental origin. Icewarden in particular was disappointed in Tundras. (Poor Tundras - daddy no love.)

In the future you can expect to see additional breeds that herald from all over the world. We have 2-3 breeds being worked on at any given time, as there is a ton of gene and apparel backlog to cover. Shadow flight can rest assured that one or more of the in-production breeds are going to originate from Tangled Wood. :)

Don't make Mama Rasa unhappy! ;)

On a serious note, major thanks to @Amalythia for all that she does. ♥


*returns to Tidal Trouble*
I may or may not see TT bubbles when I close my eyes...

@Weenyah, we review the win/loss ratio of the puzzles and that determines if a puzzle needs to be removed. :) I'm going over that today.

What an exciting couple of months! Gather round, dragons, we have words to share!






We are sorry for April going by without a Words on the Wind. The influx of 20,000 new users demanded my attention, I turned around twice and suddenly it was May! Words on the Wind is back on for once monthly installments.






Senior Moderator, @Amalythia, has written up a reminder for our players, old and new, about the forums. We strongly recommend you read through it as the post covers forum expectations and thread placement.

If you have any questions or reports of on-going harassment, please send them through Contact Us. While we encourage players to privately message the moderators or myself of a thread that requires active moderation, all other reports need to go through Contact Us so that we may properly track everything.

On weekends, if you need help sooner rather than later, please message the moderators before messaging me as I most likely will not see your messages until Monday. While the Administrative team is never very far from the site, we all try to take our weekends. In the event of something urgent, the mod squad is able to quickly reach us if it is required.

If your forum is without a moderator, please PM me for sticky requests.




Current skin and accent approval times have been a bit on the longer side. To address this, we have brought on a new staff member, @suburbansamurai, who will be helping with skin/accent approvals so that you can turn your creativity into in-game equippables that much swifter!

If your skin or accent has an error or was uploaded incorrectly, it is helpful for players to continue to utilize the skin/accent tracking thread so that all the skin queue staff can coordinate to address issues as they come up. It's harder to miss a reported problem when they're all consolidated in one place rather than all over the forums.






Oh sweet Arcanist, nothing could have prepared us for that registration window! It was incredible!

We've gained 20,144 new community members and we've also gathered quite a bit of valuable data. The entire team was working behind the scenes. Our developers had a finger on the pulse of the site the entire time, information was flying back and forth, we were determined to give you the smoothest, most enjoyable experience we could. There were hiccups, yes, but those hiccups were very informative and we have several leads on how to improve the site so we can throw the registration doors open permanently.






We are slowly rolling out additions to our Encyclopedia. Here are a pair of new entries for you to enjoy:

• Coatl Dragons
• Swipp's Swap Stand - information and swap list.

We are very happy to see the site remain stable under the weight of our new userbase and use of Coliseum! We know some of you are struggling with your Coliseum connection and we are continuing to investigate what is going on. Our apologies for the frustration, we want everyone playing our games!

We are continuing to balance the coliseum loot tables to provide a rewarding loot curve as you level. Here are a few of the recent additions you may find in your skirmishes:




Tidal Trouble: Oh my! For awhile there, we had 2000 puzzles pending approval at any given time! We are happy to say that that is no longer the case! The queue is at a much more manageable level now and you shouldn't have to wait too long going forward to find out if your puzzle is approved.

Unfortunately, we are rejecting more than we approve so here's some good rules of thumb to help you when submitting your puzzles! These guidelines help to ensure that puzzles are enjoyable, challenging, but not unsolvable.

• Puzzles with 9-11 bubble colors will not be accepted.

• Puzzles with 8 bubble colors must have a low bubble/row count or they become impossible to solve. 3 nearly full rows or 4 partial rows.

• Puzzles with more than 5 bubble colors may not go more than halfway down the screen.

• Puzzles with multiple 5+ consecutive chains in the puzzle. This becomes a judgement call, but if there's a chain of 15 bubbles in the puzzle we're going to be looking hard at it.

• Barrier elements are discouraged. Barrier elements with high bubble variety counts are very discouraged and will most likely be rejected immediately.

• Puzzles should take at least 6 shots to solve.

• Connecting to the top in more than one location is good. Consecutive chains count as one connection. If the majority of a puzzle is connected to the top by one chain, that counts as one connection.

• Puzzles should not create logos from other companies, this is a copyright violation.

• Puzzles should not use trademarked terminology in their titles, also a copyright violation.

• Puzzles should not use foul language, reference sexual acts, reference drugs, reference real life religions, reference real life tragedies, reference nations/nationality, or call out specific players. Titles should also be words, not random letters.

We've heard your concerns about the difficulties of puzzles. To address this we, daily, review the data collected on the win/loss ratio of each puzzle and remove them as needed.

@Fara Adding an item to the coliseum does not affect the drop rate of other items or chance of them appearing. It's a stand-alone system. Adding a food item does not affect battlestone drop rates.

@Juba And balloon bellies are the cutest of all. You have to see them in a tank. If its possible for a fish to waddle, they do.

Good catch. It looks like I uploaded it at 375x375. Whoops! It should be fixed now.

@SpectralDragon Tundra with fae skin is someone purposefully messing with skins and breed changes at the same time in multiple tabs. It's not something you would ever encounter through normal gameplay.

Balloon Belly mollies. :) I just got some for my aquarium. They are so cute! @Suburbansamurai art again.

Me: I estimate they will find it in 17 minutes.
@Suburbansamurai: I estimate within 8 minutes.

You found it within 4 minutes of implementation >>; (Suburbansamurai made this item, and we were chatting as I implemented it. Bets were made.)

@amphoteric, I moved your thread over to FRD! You'll get more dragon discussion here. :D

@charmens, it's five. Within five generations, dragons cannot breed.

I've gone ahead and locked this as we having a tracking thread that has been linked and the post is months old.

Thank you!

It is a pretty high requirement, but I assure you that the vines do drop. This might be up for a tweak in required components though.

The aqua and venomscale probably seem to pop up more frequently because there's 5 of each in the system. However, they are unique pieces, in that they cover different areas of the dragon.

I think all doom tertiary colors depends entirely on the color which they are paired with.

I think swamp is the one that's most doomy for me personally. Tough to make it look good, even against similar colors. I think it works pretty well with forest though.

There have been no changes to the breeding system. Here's the percentages:

When you interbreed 2 dragons of different species, this table is used: A chance at a 5th egg is added because you rolled the dice with species outcome.

• 5 eggs (5%)
• 4 eggs (10%)
• 3 eggs (45%)
• 2 eggs (30%)
• 1 egg (10%)
  

If you breed two dragons of the same species, this table is used:

• 4 eggs (12%)
• 3 eggs (40%)
• 2 eggs (38%)
• 1 egg (10%)

We're adding things in as its possible to get them. Like right now no one can gather level the higher skill items until there's been enough time to actually level that high. There's no sense having them in all at once, but as its possible to get them. More joy of discovery this way! :)

@Sandstorms You may level your gathering past level 20, which gains you access to a larger pool of items to gather from.

If you payed with an echeck instead of your paypal balance or paypal linked bank account, the check can take 3-7 days to clear. As soon as it clears the gems will be delivered.

If you did not pay with an echeck, that is unusual to have a delay. If they don't appear after 24 hours, please use the contact form and we'll get your purchase straightened out.

@LunaAiris, at Loyal the gains are very very small. Could you please take a screenshot tomorrow of before you bond and another one after? Thank you!

@BotanyBlack, yes. I'll PM you as soon as I have information for you.

@Gwennafran You can still sell to other players. Before if you clicked "select all" and "sell" in your hoard, you could vendor your currency... for 0 treasure. We don't think anyone wants to do THAT!

So now it's an unsellable item so there can be no mistakes that way.