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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
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- Lunch & Obi
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Posted on: Sun Feb 1, 2015 9:40am
Now a great reason to start adventuring again! Alright! Thanks for the update!
- See Profile, moved
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Posted on: Sun Feb 1, 2015 9:48am
J.A.K. (#15) - Are we allowed to submit a scarl with our own edits? Or do we have to choose one from..?
- kemp
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Posted on: Sun Feb 1, 2015 10:51am
Yay, loving this. Now I will actually spend some time in adventure! Great work :)
- ChaosAzeroth
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Posted on: Sun Feb 1, 2015 10:52am
Shadow misses Wolfie (#29394)
I see winged pets swim all the time. x3
Silver Species Genius are wonky. :3
- Inksy ( hoards MBCs)
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Posted on: Sun Feb 1, 2015 11:19am
Is the scarl item in every adventure area? Can someone ping me if they know? (: I'm super excited for this!
- 🐲 Darkness
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Posted on: Sun Feb 1, 2015 11:30am
Awesome. I use to hate exploring due to exp gain but now that's fix plus the other news makes it look like it might be fun!
- Lore
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Posted on: Sun Feb 1, 2015 11:40am
The Edit Repository is super cool!
If Adventure stays the same does that mean the really cool backgrounds that were made for that contest ages ago will be uploaded to spiff those few areas up?
- Arinaya Rutherford
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Posted on: Sun Feb 1, 2015 11:44am
I think this is an awesome idea and with the ability to get a free PSD of one of these to upload with it (if I'm reading this right?), everyone will have the opportunity to get a really cool pet. Question though. Are we able to have more than one scarl at a time or is it just like the mermaid's purse? I'll keep checking this for answers throughout the day ^^
- Twocue
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Posted on: Sun Feb 1, 2015 11:47am
Omg this is so cool!
Posted on: Sun Feb 1, 2015 9:37am
u-u i wish i had some more bp right now~ sounds like a fun item to have around thought, very nice idea!