I was performing a serious test of the functionality of the broadcast system. :(

We are still investigating this issue.

@Espereth, what antivirus software are you using?

TIL that the Jigsaw broadcast system is still functional.

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Hello folks, our sincere and humble thank you to our players who took the time to give us fair and constructive feedback on this issue. As you can see, it's affected change with respect to gem item cycling.

We are temporarily locking this thread in order to remove replies that are posting in bad faith or using inflammatory, accusatory language. Thank you for understanding.

There are no plans to add more items to the cycle in May. This is not double removal, this is an additional week to have cycled items back that is predictable for our players and can now be planned around without it being a mystery.

These items were chosen because they were some of the oldest items in the gem marketplace and have been around for almost a decade in a tab that's very full. They are all from the first year of release. After reading through the feedback here age will no longer be the sole basis for cycling items out, and we will likely be more choosy with what (if anything) gets added to the cycle pool each November.



They are all coming back May 8-15. Everything you see in today's post!

(bolding emphasis mine)

@PixelCat75332, @Amazingdragonlet, thank you for your diligence and your passion for our content. Rest assured, that closing parenthesis has a mate—the very first one at the opening of the image description.

Funny enough, the one I tend to forget the most is the closing one! xD

We've talked it over and agree that not knowing when items will return from cycle is not great for our game or our players.

We will be adding in a predictable May cycled item return for a week to go alongside the predictable Cyber Monday cycled item return and gem sale. When our items return should not be a mystery.

The update post has the next gem cycle information added to the bottom, which will be May 8-15th.

Thank you for the catch. Yes, the bundle should cycle as well. I will get that updated.

The gem marketplace is in no danger of being emptied out. It is also worth mentioning that we have no plans to add additional items from the specialty or breeds/genes tabs to the cycle.

Our apparel tabs are 20 pages deep in the gem marketplace, and we decided to add some of the apparel from the first year of FR to the cycle this year so that we can keep things fresh. We targeted the apparel tab specifically because of how many items are in it. And yes, cycling items does generate interest and buzz when they return!

You can count on items cycling (at minimum) every Cyber Monday for a week reliably.

Flight Rising is having a Cyber Monday sale, from now until Thursday December 1st at 06:00 server time! Gem Bonuses with every purchase.

Cycled items return until December 5th at 06:00!

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Bonus Gems

From now until December 1st at 06:00 you will receive 10% bonus gems with every purchase.


Marketplace Shuffle

The gem marketplace has shuffled as a hoard of cycled items re-enter it for the season. From now until December 5, at 06:00 server time, these items will be available, after which they will cycle out once more:

In addition, we're also going to be cycling out the following items from the gem marketplace on Monday December 5th at 06:00.

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Please note that the gem sale ends 4 days before the cycled items leave.

The next cycled item return will happen the week of May 8-15.

We do cyber Monday because it is during the work week and we have customer support available to help people. Black Friday goes into a holiday weekend, which is not particularly great for CS coverage should something go wrong with someone’s purchase.

So you can expect another cyber Monday gem bonus and item cycle :-)

All posts above this reply have been addressed if errors were present, with the exception of the wings on Undertide M secondary genes. They all have what was supposed to be a void filled in, and outputting corrections for these will take some time.

If a post was not addressed it means that we have audited the art and this is the intended effect. Please note that multi-gaze layering poorly with line-breaking tertiaries is not an intended effect, but is a technical limitation of our layering system.

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Thank you for the report. A correction has been uploaded, but it may take a period of time before the site's internal cache catches up.



Thank you. This has been corrected for all 3 poses. A correction has been uploaded, but it may take a period of time before the site's internal cache catches up.



The glow brightness may be partially because it's viewed on obsidian, (Other breeds are constructed in the same way and also look very bright when viewed against something so dark) but there are some strange artifacting pixels that I can correct. A correction has been uploaded, but it may take a period of time before the site's internal cache catches up.





Thank you (and the others who reported this) for the catch! A correction has been uploaded, but it may take a period of time before the site's internal cache catches up.




Thank you for the report. A correction has been uploaded, but it may take a period of time before the site's internal cache catches up.




Thank you for the report. These should now be properly wrangled back inside the lines. A correction has been uploaded, but it may take a period of time before the site's internal cache catches up.



Nice catch! A correction has been uploaded, but it may take a period of time before the site's internal cache catches up.



This one is a work in progress, and will take a while to fix - looks like these holes were missed on every secondary gene.

@hungryhobbits, we appreciate your diligence and passion to help your fellow players, but it might be time to close the tab.

@Sevi, fixed, thank you!

Good catch! It has been corrected.

Sadly, the multi gaze and line breaking tertiary issue is a technical limitation. Eyes must always layer over the primary, secondary, and tertiary genes, and they are not contextually aware of what is below them and able to alter their shape to accommodate. This is a limitation with all of our dragons that have line breaking tertiaries.

Unfortunately, Multi-gaze not playing well with line clipping genes is a technical limitation with all dragons and is not something that can be changed.

Deep beneath the waves, the silence calls...


We’re excited to announce that the next addition to our ancient breeds system, the Undertide, have now been launched. Ancient Breeds are a way for the Flight Rising team to release more regular dragon content, with a few restrictions to make that possible. You can read about the ancient breed system in our Developer Update on the subject.


Undertide
Voluntarily estranged from their deity and the world, Undertide dragons have found a new family deep beneath the waves. When the Tidelord falls silent, they emerge to aid in the search for the sake of dragonkind and their found family.

You can read more about the emergence of Undertide in our short story, Echoes of the Deep, and gain some knowledge of their characteristics in the Encyclopedia.




If you’re looking to change your dragons into Undertide , breed change scrolls may be unearthed in the Deepsea Dive in Arlo's Ancient Artifacts.


To celebrate the debut of the Undertidebreed, all active players can visit Galore’s Glorious Gifts and pick up two (2) free Clanbound Undertide breed change scrolls to welcome these deepsea leviathans into their lairs!


You will have until Tuesday, November 29th @ 06:00 server time to claim your gifts.



Undertide Genes: Unique & Parallel
It wouldn't be an Ancient Breed release without an impressive slate of unique and parallel genes!

Unique Genes
You can pick up the following unique Undertide genes in the Treasure & Gem Marketplace:



You can create the following unique Undertide genes using Baldwin’s Bubbling Brew:



You can find the following unique Undertide genes by battling monsters in the Coliseum:





Parallel Genes
In addition to the unique genes above, Undertide can also exhibit some parallel genes that resemble those found in modern dragons. These genes will be available through the same type of gameplay (with the exception of boulder, myrid, tide, and foam, which are available through Baldwin) that their modern counterparts are. The parallel genes releasing today are:







Undertide Forum Vista
You can show off your newfound Undertide appreciation by sporting the following forum vista, now available in the Treasure Marketplace:



New Emojis

A set of frilly Undertide emojis are now available!

This thread is to track any gene errors that occur with the new Undertide Breed. This thread is for this breed only.

Many genes have accommodations for dragon anatomy where one breed is every so slightly different than others because it worked better for them. These are not considered errors.

Please report any errors you encounter and we will do our best to correct them in a timely manner.

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Sadly, the multi gaze and line breaking tertiary issue is a technical limitation. Eyes must always layer over the primary, secondary, and tertiary genes, and they are not contextually aware of what is below them and able to alter their shape to accommodate. This is a limitation with all of our dragons that have line breaking tertiaries.

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Using different languages to circumvent our profanity filter is not allowed. This thread is now locked and will be undergoing further review. Thank you.

@KrystalRage, fixed, thank you!

Ahem.

Hype is fun, but hype responsibly. xD

Hello @PantasticalCat, thank you for your feedback. I understand how this can feel like a personal slight and why it would make you feel irate. I apologize for any frustration caused by our content moderation policies.

These decisions are made due to the repeated choices made by players acting in bad faith or malice, exploiting the fact we are a small team unable to support a multi-lingual platform at this time. We've had to clean up some truly vile, deplorable dragon names and broadcasts that sat for far too long because players were able to circumvent our rules via special characters.

As many here have noted, special characters for multilingual use are still possible in the forums—just not in dragon names (which show up on the front page) or broadcasts. Moderating a platform with significant user-generated content is a constant balancing act, where each decision is weighed between the well-being of the community, the well-being of the employees tasked with content moderation and clean-up, and the company. We are doing our best with the resources we have.

I hope this information helps clarify any concerns or confusion surrounding our decisions. As this is ultimately a moderation and policy issue, I am locking this thread. If you would like to make a suggestion regarding policy changes, you can do so through Contact Us.

Update: If you've experienced this issue on your home IP, please send us a message via Contact Us:

1. Use the email address registered to your Flight Rising account
2. Title your ticket SSL Protocol Error Report
3. Include your username
4. IN YOUR TICKET please include the IP address that leads to this error message

If you've already done this, you don't have to resend the information! Thank you!

(@ElysionLycaon, @Shiver)

Flagged this thread with a tracking tag for everyone.

We received a couple reports about this issue very late last week and our engineers are investigating. It appears to be hitting more players now.

The current workaround appears to be to use a VPN. If you're experiencing this issue and are able to reach this thread, please comment confirming so and include the browsers and devices you've tried. Do not share your IP addresses, even VPNS. Thank you!

Thank you for the report @Pardalis and all!

The bug should now be gone, but we would definitely appreciate hearing if the fix worked for you or not.

A new site of archeological interest has been discovered. Dragons across Sornieth seek to uncover the history of Deepsea Dive, our newest dig site.

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Deepsea Dive
A new dig site has been opened for dragons with an archaeology skill of three and above! Deepsea Dive explores the fossils and fauna of the deep sea.

Items available through the Deepsea Dive dig site include:


But wait... Hold up! We may need to save some pickaxes! They've just found another plot! It'll take less than a fortnight to set up the equipment for this last plot, but the effort should not be in vain. This plot looks ancient.

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Rockbreaker's Ceremony Contest

The tenth annual Rockbreaker's Ceremony will begin on November 27, 2022, and we're running a skin and accent contest in celebration! Click here for more information!