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Skills and Scarls
Starting February off, we have a number of new things for you to enjoy, including a new species obtained in a unique way through Adventure.
The Scarl is a pet you've seen before - there was a call for PSD files for it during the last weeks of January. It is a rare pet that is made with an item called a Mermaid's Purse.
This custom item allows you to make a 50% edited Scarl. But, it's different from other custom makers. Mermaid's Purse is account bound, which means it cannot be sold, traded, or given away (though the pet made from it can be).
You can also only have one on your account at a time, which means you need to make a Scarl before you obtain another Mermaid's Purse.
Mermaid's Purse are obtained through the "Hidden Item" hook of Adventure - you've probably seen it before, it goes like this:
If you come across a hidden item and obtain it, there's a small chance you'll get the custom making item along with it. But remember, if you already have one, you can't get another one until you use it!
Each pet is naturally born with a skill depending on its genus, and all pets have at least one natural skill. However, now you can obtain items to give your pets additional hidden item skills!
You can either buy the skill items at the Explore Shop for 6,500,000 BP each, or you can pick up a pack of four skills in the USD Shop for $15.00, depending on your preference.
Pets with all four hidden item skills will be able to pick up any hidden item they see, and will have a much higher chance of obtaining a Mermaid's Purse because you must successfully pick up the hidden item to have a chance at the custom maker.
The Edit Repository is what we are rolling out along with the Scarl release. This is a feature where artists can upload their FREE USE PSDs for custom pets (the only rule is that the PSD needs to be free. Any other rules can be indicated by the artist in the comments of the submission). Other users can download the PSDs, color them, and submit them to the custom queue.
Folks who were hired to create Scarl PSDs: please upload the designs you made to this new feature now. Other users will be able to enjoy them and start on submitting their Scarls right away. All designs paid for during that period will be automatically ruled Blue if not further edited by the player.
The repository will have a queue that is managed by multiple edit check trainees. They will mark whether a PSD is bronze, blue, gold, or silver for reference. When you turn in a repository custom pet that has not been edited further, indicate on your custom notes if the pet was ruled in the repository as that crystal to speed your service. (Please note that the customs department reserves the right to adjust the "color" of a repository PSD if a mistake is made, as these are our trainees.)
The repository is a neat feature that allows you to tag your PSDs with themes, and search by the themes, crystal color, and by pet genus.
Last (and admittedly forgotten), the experience gained per monster battle has been bumped up to about double what it was before. This month staff is going to be looking into the EXP curve of leveling and battling to make it more reasonable and fun to play.
We regret to inform you that the adventure recoders have dropped their project, so we will be working with adventure as it is.
We hope you enjoy the updates and look forward to the big February posts coming up later today and tomorrow!
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Sun Feb 1, 2015 4:40am
- moved away
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Posted on: Sun Feb 1, 2015 6:54am
SO EXcited to see the Edit Repository come out! Would like to see the crystal type choices to include "other" though to include all submissions that need one very specific item to make it: like snowman capsles, love potions, etc.
- Denixas
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Posted on: Sun Feb 1, 2015 7:14am
is super excited :O!
- Tech
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Posted on: Sun Feb 1, 2015 7:31am
How can you tell what skill your pet has. Already?
- Kwani & Kamorth
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Posted on: Sun Feb 1, 2015 7:33am
Blackstar Wish (#5057) It's on the pet's profile page. I'm guessing if you add other abilities they'll show up there too so you know what you've already given it.
- Saartje <3
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Posted on: Sun Feb 1, 2015 7:33am
Blackstar Wish (#5057) there is a list, somewhere, but I just adventured for a bit until the skill happened and then added the other 3 =) didnt take 5 mins.
Also, where to find the unedited Scarl PSD?
- Zenko
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Posted on: Sun Feb 1, 2015 8:13am
Cess (#2033) "now all them complaining people about how you can't get any cool stuff without being an artist and/or have tons of money can finally shut up! yisssssss"
I don't understand this?
This item is literally worthless unless you are an artist or can pay an artist to color/edit a Scarl for you. Hardly a cool thing for everyone and certainly not something to get "them complaining people" to "shut up".
- Diva
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Posted on: Sun Feb 1, 2015 8:15am
hmmmmm. i am not sure how i feel but i'm glad pets finally are able to fly or whatever to get items. that pissed me off so much before omg.
not sure how i feel about the scarl? it's not really my cup of tea but i might try to find one, anyways.
- Nhotemau
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Posted on: Sun Feb 1, 2015 8:34am
It's a massive bummer about the adventure rehash being dropped, hopefully it could be a thought to put on the back burner for the future and the idea won't be scrapped completely. I absolutely loved the idea of custom adventure areas! But the Scarl and the edit repository are really exciting! :D
- Fuzzball
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Posted on: Sun Feb 1, 2015 8:44am
Have always though it would be awesome to have a pet capable of tripping all the random events, so love that this has been implemented, thank you.
Though not sure how rare the mermaids purse is supposed to be... tripped about 100 random events so far and still haven't come across one.. though they are listed as a rae species so I wouldn't exactly expect it to be easy to come across them.
Posted on: Sun Feb 1, 2015 6:40am
OMG xD
The moment i change to pet with flying skill I get only pond events, and when I change to pond pet I get only burrow events AND when I change to burrowing pet I get only rockpiles... xD
How is that possible?! XD