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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
- Suea Peek
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Posted on: Sun Feb 1, 2015 10:53pm
Oh my god the edit repository! Such a great idea!
- Graymare
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Posted on: Sun Feb 1, 2015 11:45pm
@Shycat (#45175) - choose a tag from the dropdown menu and then the "Add Tag" link before clicking the Search button. You can also add more than one tag to narrow your search.
- spock-sickle (ToT)
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Posted on: Mon Feb 2, 2015 3:12am
Eri & Dew (#17) Every time I try to battle it says I am in a battle but it's letting me explore. I used a burnt bone like I was suggested before, but it still won't let me battle anything. I think it's done this since the update..... Is it supposed to do this?
- Inksy ( hoards MBCs)
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Posted on: Mon Feb 2, 2015 5:08am
I have one more question to pretty please be pinged with an answer? C: i'm assuming that there will be no notification of the item being found, and will instead show up in my inventory? just wanted to make sure! XD I've been grinding looking for them all night.
- Kalid [hiatus]
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Posted on: Mon Feb 2, 2015 5:10am
Two questions! One about explore: Are the 'upgrades' equipped as explore items, or are they permanent upgrades to the pet they are applied to?
Second Question: the edit repository(btw I freaking love this idea and omg i love you guys) I was wondering if there will be away for me to upload and/or search for event linearts. Like, for event SCCs(like the cracked teacup, pawprint dog bed, tramer's companion, etc) Limited and/or unlimited.
- ☸Cy Bear RePan☸
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Posted on: Mon Feb 2, 2015 5:16am
anyone else having trouble getting page 5 of the edit Repository to show like at all?
- MourningStar(Hiatus)
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Posted on: Mon Feb 2, 2015 7:56am
since the skills are linked to genus, will silver pets get skills too? If I created a pet using silver crystal or downtime potion or something, will they have a skill? What skill will they have? Will it be random? Or will whoever checks the custom pets assign a logical skill for that type of pet to have? PLZ ping me with an answer
- Dracona
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Posted on: Mon Feb 2, 2015 8:13am
Is it ok to download from Edit Repository, colour and charge a small amount for the colouring while giving credit to the ER?
- shiya
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Posted on: Mon Feb 2, 2015 10:03am
MourningStar (#56068): as far as I know, all customs classified as 'pet' (means, all SCCs no matter if uploaded with crystal, crumbs, etc, as well as those from downtime potion) have assigned the swim feature. Skills are not manually added per custom, but rather are set per genus.
Posted on: Sun Feb 1, 2015 5:22pm
If the revamp is a no go,can we have the underwater adventure area?