1a. Fairgrounds - cap stays the same, payouts increase?
2a. Coliseum - something small but guaranteed for each battle, be it food or even treasure? I know we have Coli grinders but we also have casual players and I know how disheartening it can be to get through a particularly taxing battle to get a blank screen at the end.
3a. Colors - (art note: very labor intensive and would require some serious heavy lifting) Breeding pairs to consider, wheel positioning, more warm tones?
4a. Information - teasers more than anything else?
are there plans to increase the range of colors in the current available color wheel for the dragons?
@Roccy, right now I'm just polling players to get a feel for what people may like to see in the future. Adding colors is very labor intensive and not a task to be taken lightly.
Thank you, everyone who has replied so far! Please keep posting your answers, I'm here, reading every message and taking notes to bring back to the team! ♥
We are currently working our way through the backlog of skins/accents that built up during the site outage/security problem and the lost password/account recovery forms.
I apologize for the delay, I know this is frustrating, we're working as fast as we can to get this finished up for everyone. ♥
Hello @Lowly, this appears to be related to the overall Festival Lag. We apologize for the frustration and we're working on ways to address this. Thank you!
@Dragoness, incidents of suspected scamming should be reported for further investigation. While this type of transaction is unsupported (we are looking into secure item trading), we also do not support player trust and interactions being abused and will review the situation regardless.
@Jamethyst, @Microraptor, without giving specifics, we are indeed exploring all possible avenues to address this and make the festivals festive again! :D
Hello @Dieselmouse, I apologize for the delay, the password/account recovery emails have been the priority this past week as we've gotten hundreds of them. Please send your information back in, include the link to your original post.
I'm locking the thread as it is a duplicate thread about the same issue and requires back-end customer service. Thank you.
I've seen you guys discussing the lag waves and performance issues that accompany site holidays. You all have mentioned you'll be looking into optimization to resolve these problems. My question is:
Are the optimizations that are going to be considered purely back-end-code based? Or are game design tweaks also a possibility (e.g. offering alternative ways to acquire the holiday currency to lessen the coli load some)?
Edited to clarify: I understand one alternative method exists in acquiring holiday currency -- gathering turns, but, due to the limited nature of gathering turns these usually get blown through and then people turn to coli grinding.
@Microraptor, we are looking into all possible avenues to resolve the problem and make this an enjoyable experience once again.
Hello everyone, the lag is due to the holiday event and we are aware of it. We are looking into various ways we can improve this experience so everyone can enjoy the holidays instead of struggling.
We are very sorry for the frustration and inconvenience.
Could you make a FAQ thread connected to this, or a list of questions you've fully answered? I've noticed some questions being repeated and this may cut down on that especially as the thread gets longer.
@wildcat, I apologize for the delay in reply. I plan on organizing this information and feedback into the update Words on the Wind. It may not all make it in on the first one but I will be regularly checking for player feedback and questions of all kinds as I compose these community updates.
@Aequorin
I'm guessing it was done via the block-report-delete options along the red bar on top of the message when it's opened. Confirmed that it's not greyed out when there's items in there.
@Vendrus, yes. We put in a confirmation window on that screen to help players prevent such an accident. It's why I was a little confused and needed more information but it appears that the issue was just a delay and everything has worked out! :)
@Niverdia All 5 are stocking in the marketplace. Some just get bought up pretty fast or had lower stock quantities (all have a chance to stock 1-15 skins each time they restock, so skins that the RNG stocks at the lower end may disappear faster.)
Crystalline Gala Winners & Honorable Mentions
Your prizes will be arriving tonight during rollover. My apologies for the delays. My inbox is not immune to the holiday-event lag love either. :)
Edit: Prizes have been awarded. Thank you for your patience!
This month, all of dragonkind come together to celebrate the Crystalline Gala. This festival commemorates the stoic Ice flight. Their most prized possessions, Eternal Snow, can be found by using any gathering type in Ice areas this week. Neutral and Ice element monsters also have a chance to yield these items as drops in the Coliseum.
A clump of frigid snow. It does not appear to melt, even when placed somewhere warm. This can be traded at the Festive Favors shop during the Crystalline Gala.
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The Festive Favors holiday stall is now open for the duration of the holiday and you may trade in Eternal Snow for exclusive items. It will remain open until the holiday comes to a close on Saturday, February 1rst at 23:59 server time.
Frigid Armband
Apparel
A cold jeweled armband, commonly worn by denizens of the Southern Icefield. (Crystalline Gala Holiday Item 2014)
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Frigid Emblem
Apparel
A glowing ice rune; the sign of a true magical adept. (Crystalline Gala Holiday Item)
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Frigid Fugitive Shackles
Apparel
The frozen-over limbs of this dragon are forever bound by frigid shackles.(Crystalline Gala 2014 Holiday Item.)
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Ice Sprite
Familiar
Entourage of the Icewarden. (Crystalline Gala Holiday Familiar 2014.)
On the plus side the coli isn't freezing as often since the reboot (it is still freezing up though) but on the negative side favours are no longer dropping since the reboot :(
@Elizlareth, we just checked the database and verified that they are still dropping. Keep killing Ice and Neutral* monsters, they'll show up. ♥
*edit: Neutral mobs do have a lower drop rate than enemies of the appropriate element.
This is one of the reasons why we are waiting until we push the site optimizations from development to live before opening another window. We are aware that festival events drag down site performance, negatively impacting your play experience.
Our goal is to ultimately have open registration, not windows, and that means addressing this very issue. Our sincerest apologies and thank you for your continued patience and understanding. ♥
I've been wondering for a while now, what scale is the world of Flight Rising, and how does it affect to how different species perceive it?
@Melis, I don't have an exact answer for you at the moment but they are excellent questions to explore!
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I've heard some rumours from my friends about you guys adding something like professions or crafting since there isn't really any current use for materials other than swipp's swap stand. I was just wondering if this was true?
@Aequorin Are you guys planning anything for Flight Rising's first anniversary this summer? Maybe a mini-event, a contest, or a new big feature? I'd love to see what you guys could come up with in celebration of the site being open for a year!