New Quest System? UT Exchange System? What is Mad Pass? Find out! [Production letter & Patch Notes X.32.1.2]

Mynamerr · 2019-11-06 16:22:17 UTC

x-post from https://www.reddit.com/r/RotMG/comments/dsiamn/new_quest_system_ut_exchange_system_what_is_mad/

Deca_Dytto:

Greetings Realmers,

Now that Halloween has come and gone, the events that came with it are also coming to an end. We hope you had a blast during this spooky time of the year!

Some things end, but others are in the works! We are currently preparing the final stage to the Unity Beta release for Supporters. But that does not mean that we do not also have some things planned in the meantime. Here is what we’ve been working on and what should be released in the near future:

New Quest System

Next week, we will be rolling out some revisions to the Tinkerer’s quest system. The changes aim to expand the quests so that they have greater relevance in the early game and endgame so all types of players feel they have something to gain from completing quests.

More details will be shared upon release, but the most notable change is that each endgame dungeon will now receive its own individual chest as a reward for completing quests with their marks. This allows us to put highly valued items in quests while ensuring that the extra chance at loot has been directly earned, rather than bundling them together in a single generalized chest.

Note that although all chests are becoming more rewarding, certain drops are being relocated, namely those from endgame dungeons like the Nest that are currently included in the general epic chest. If you are pursuing specific drops like these, you may want to use your current epic chests before next Wednesday.

Guild Keys

A new, special type of key for guild runs will be introduced during events. The keys will be usable only in the Guild Hall, but will spawn a chest upon opening a dungeon. It will look something like this ! (Disregard the fame, these are not planned to award any XP. The Loot drop chance will also be adjusted.)

New ST Distribution System

Going forward, future ST sets will be rolled out in a scheduled three stage system.

In the first stage, a new ST set will be created and made available exclusively through a tiered spender campaign, similar to the promotions we have occasionally had in the past but specifically geared toward acquiring the pieces of the new ST sets. Simultaneously, the older ST sets for the respective class will have its drop rates dramatically increased, so that they can be acquired more like traditional UTs and be more attainable for F2P players. This phase will last about 2 weeks.

In the second stage, the ST items will be obtainable as a bonus reward upon opening keys for events using a new item-dropping functionality created recently. This will give an extra perk to the opener by giving them a random item, including the new ST set at a good chance.This phase will also last about 2 weeks.

In the third stage, the ST pieces will be introduced as normal drops, but at a much greater rate than previous ST drop tables. The idea at this point is to integrate them as normal items that can be realistically acquired by any player.

Overall, the plan is designed to both ensure that paying players of any degree don’t feel cheated if they are trying to get the items in the “early access” stages, and also allow the ST set to become a more legitimate part of drop tables instead of keeping them at very low chances indefinitely and discouraging F2P players. From start to finish, the stages of gradual implementation will progress over the course of approximately a month and a half.

UT Exchange System

We are working on a system which would allow players to exchange unneeded UTs over time for those which they desire. This aims to help solve two topics that have been requested for many years: An alternate use for unwanted UTs beyond basic feed power, and a semi-pity timer system to help ensure you will eventually get the items you want after enough farming. We will be sharing more info regarding this system later on. It is more complex than just a simple 1:1 exchange, but since the finer details are still being worked on, we do not want to get too much into the specifics for elements that are still subject to change.

RIFT Infestation

We will be hosting another season of RIFTS Mode! Infestation is coming! This season will start onNovember 14th and will last for 7 days!

While the spooky season may be over, don’t think you’ve quite seen the last of the realm’s most nasty creatures. Among other exciting changes and twists, Infestation will pit you against a remixed version of Oryx’s Castle, Chamber, and Wine Cellar, this time overrun by parasites. We hope you will look forward to this last hurrah of the Halloween season!

Additionally, with this season of RIFTS, we will be introducing a new feature - RIFT Mad Pass ! Short version - more rewards! Long version - you will be given a set of quests which you need to complete in a specific order to get many rewards on Original Mode.

The Mad Pass, which guarantees you more and better rewards, will be available to purchase in the in-game shop (check the Packages section) for 1199 gold starting tomorrow! You will also be able to get it during the event, but remember, Mad Pass quests completed before purchase will only reward you with the standard prizes! We will post more info about Mad Pass tomorrow.

Weekend events:

Event Quest: Doorman’s Permission - active starting 11/07/2019 12:00PM UTC till 11/11/2019 12:00PM UTC

Requirement: Marks of Janus x8

Reward: Mystery ST Chest x1

Type: Once Per Account

Double XP & Loot Drop in Puppet Master’s Encore

Event will last from 11/07/2019 12:00PM UTC till 11/09/2019 12:00PM UTC

Double XP & Loot Drop in Lair of Shaitan

Event will last from 11/09/2019 12:00PM UTC till 11/11/2019 12:00PM UTC

For the Make-a-Wish event winners, since a lot of you decided to participate in the raffle, we went ahead and picked not 10 but 20 winners! And the lucky winners are:

Oshog -> Helm of the Juggernaut

Iul -> Dirk of Cronus

Nzl -> Staff of Unholy Sacrifice

Yunogood -> Helm of the Juggernaut

TerraGolem -> Ring of Decades

GreyQlo -> Shield of Ogmur

LoveEmilia -> Seal of Blasphemous Prayer

SebbyNye -> Shield of Ogmur

RoomyStep -> Bow of the Void

Albort -> Sword of Splendor

cheeselasr -> Apprentice Wizard Skin

AvocadoAAA -> Omnipotence Ring

Kafe -> Titanium Rex Pet Skin

RobbyHobby -> Helm of the Juggernaut

Heal -> Dirk of Cronus

Jepzo -> Sadamune

Horlandius -> Omnipotence Ring

Gem -> Shield of Ogmur

LegendEzL -> Woodland Huntress Skin

Cwinner -> Tablet of the King’s Avatar

Miscellaneous

Fixes on the Playful Demon Trickster Skin

Fixed sprite for Caramel Apple

Fixes on the Mini Totalia Mystic Skin

Changed Nexus Theme to Autumn

Made Pumpkin Master a rare spawn in the Haunted Cemetery and adjusted his loot table - Removed Halloween Skin/Pet Skin items, Halloween Tokens and the reskinned Trickster Set; Added a chance for the Jack-o-mancer Skin to drop

@shatter please mov to #news:developers-corner

Urgle · 2019-11-06 16:29:16 UTC

Other mods : am i a joke to you ?!

Mynamerr · 2019-11-06 16:29:56 UTC

*other mods* not here for months

Ikenoka · 2019-11-06 16:30:04 UTC

battle pass pls no

Mynamerr · 2019-11-06 16:32:05 UTC

All the rewards except fame are already available for gold and fame is completly broken and meaningless

LuneCaptor · 2019-11-06 16:32:35 UTC

so I commented about everything and its big so open at your own risk

Hype

OwO

Mynamerr:

New ST Distribution System

Going forward, future ST sets will be rolled out in a scheduled three stage system.

In the first stage, a new ST set will be created and made available exclusively through a tiered spender campaign, similar to the promotions we have occasionally had in the past but specifically geared toward acquiring the pieces of the new ST sets. Simultaneously, the older ST sets for the respective class will have its drop rates dramatically increased, so that they can be acquired more like traditional UTs and be more attainable for F2P players. This phase will last about 2 weeks.

In the second stage, the ST items will be obtainable as a bonus reward upon opening keys for events using a new item-dropping functionality created recently. This will give an extra perk to the opener by giving them a random item, including the new ST set at a good chance.This phase will also last about 2 weeks.

In the third stage, the ST pieces will be introduced as normal drops, but at a much greater rate than previous ST drop tables. The idea at this point is to integrate them as normal items that can be realistically acquired by any player.

Overall, the plan is designed to both ensure that paying players of any degree don’t feel cheated if they are trying to get the items in the “early access” stages, and also allow the ST set to become a more legitimate part of drop tables instead of keeping them at very low chances indefinitely and discouraging F2P players. From start to finish, the stages of gradual implementation will progress over the course of approximately a month and a half.

Seems good to me

Sounds good

Hype

I’m not sure about this but it seems cool

K great

I’m not seeing any LudwiGa in there…

Cool

Seelpit · 2019-11-06 16:37:16 UTC

Interesting new take on STs. I think that they have definitely put thought into this upcoming system - now to hope that the drop rates will indeed be increased >w<

Too bad I didn’t get to finish the bone sigil quest, but c’est la vie.

Events look pretty standard, but I’m spying some goooood rewards from RIFTS

^{Too bad I’ll probs still hate on Shaitan for using boring standard projectile sprites. Replace those already…}

Craftable · 2019-11-06 16:40:15 UTC

STs are the new UTs tbh

What would be really cool is to turn all currently existing UTs into some kind of ST set, making the untiereds as worthy to get cool sprites with them. And finally give these the love they deserve

Tauntauned · 2019-11-06 17:15:17 UTC

ill give ya 30 EPs for a jugg, thanks

DivineOryx · 2019-11-06 17:20:00 UTC

I WILL GIVE YOU CONFLICT + ICE SWORD FOR OGUMR
BUYING JUGG
omg you don’t know how long I’ve been waiting…

Craftable · 2019-11-06 17:27:16 UTC

1 jugg + 7 robe of tlatonis for 1 ogmur and 4 snake skin armors

Urgle · 2019-11-06 17:31:35 UTC

Deca’s poor attempt to abolish RWT

BigDaigo · 2019-11-06 18:04:24 UTC

Nice

Pixel · 2019-11-06 18:29:14 UTC

How would this cause RWT?

Bluewizadg · 2019-11-06 19:07:15 UTC

oh thank god maybe i’ll finally be able to get a tablet

Craftable · 2019-11-06 19:16:41 UTC

maybe you’ll get a tablet…

IN A HUNDRED YEARS

Bluewizadg · 2019-11-06 19:18:36 UTC

this is bullying ;-;
although knowing my luck ill get the table as soon as my wizzy dies
edit: wait no not table. i don’t want a table. i want a tablet

WindowsHDD · 2019-11-06 20:45:55 UTC

This is why I hate fortnite

Ecookied · 2019-11-06 23:52:07 UTC

So about the pass will it bee forever or like one week? Cause $dollars seems a bit too much for a weekly thing.

Nevov · 2019-11-07 03:03:10 UTC

My instinct is that I am not sold on the idea of guild keys with chest upfront in events, it will be a bit kinda gross seeing an escalation of players whoring themselves out in chat “invite me to guild I will open keys” which happened a bit with the wormhole keys. And the opposite side, beggers desperate to get into a guild, spamming “plz guild” during events.

A key (pun) question is why tie the bonus chest onto a GH-only key at all. What problem is it trying to solve? To drive the events into guild halls and out of nexuses? Isn’t that going to harm key sales by being an impediment to openers, to need to get into a guild, to call everyone into the GH, before they can use them, versus current simplicity of anywhere-open keys?

I sort of like guilds being just casual/friendly things, and fear there being introduced a genuine ‘guild-wall’ that players can get left behind if not in a superhighpowered guild. I guess that will depend on whether they make truly exclusive guild content that you can only access via a guild key as to how P2W (or how “rich-friend2win”) this feature becomes.

I’m not oblivious that key openers already buy their way into guilds (or Discords) with promises of keys. So maybe it’s not so different. Hard to avoid P2W labelling though, when it literally gives free item merely for using the key and absolutely no gameplay involved. inb4 GKPE-Guild Key Player Experience.

UT exchange: sounds good, something like this is long overdue as a replacement for UT trading.
New quest chests: lower tiers definitely good to expand, endgame specific chests yeah probably good, more routes to loot is a good thing as it’s using the different items that the game should be about, not purely grind.
Rest of it: yeah not much to say. ST changes sound logical. They’re still silent on making a 16th class. And Shaitan event = lol no that dungeon isn’t fun now. Best thing is it hopefully heralds a Reef event next.

Not that it will make much difference, I saw nothing but the tokens in the hundred–odd I did.

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