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"Time to conjure up a little magic!"
Magic Quest is a feature that once debuted early in Aywas history. However, the feature was disabled for a period of years as the Adventure system was changed and overhauled. This is a particular site feature which also acts as a game of sorts, sending users out around the world of Ay to activate the magic of ancient places. As a reward, the top magicians every month would receive SP.
It is with great enthusiasm we announce that Magic Quest is finally back!
Some older users may remember Magic Quest while a great many have not seen it at all. Whether you're new or old, you should first acquaint yourself with the Knowledge Base Article that covers the feature in detail.
In order to activate Magic Quest, a user must master the Desert. Once a user has reached this requirement, they must visit the Parthenon, where they will be prompted as to whether they'd like to activate the feature.
After that, you're ready for questing!
When you accept a quest at the Parthenon, you will be shown a greyed-out image with a name. The objective is to find the location and activate it. Magic Locations are hidden within the "cities" of the Adventure regions. In order to access these cities, you must master the region it belongs to.
Once at the city, you must find the location needed for your quest by 'clicking' on it. When prompted, it will ask you if you which to activate the location's magic which will cost you some of your "Magic". Magic is a resource which regenerates over time. Select 'yes' and return to the Parthenon for your reward and a new quest!
The more magic locations you activate in your quests, the higher your score for the month will be. In addition, your magic level will increase and it will also increase the amount of Magic you have.
As a small note, Magic may still receive a few tweaks based on feedback and issues that may pop up. So if you encounter an issue, please post your findings on this thread.
But before you go running off, apprentices, we still have some other small announcements!
As you may have noticed, our city locations are now making their glorious return as well to Aywas. You can view the available cities at the City Hub. In the past, the cities only worked to benefit the Magic Quest feature. Going forward, the cities will play a much larger (albeit not-yet-fully-coded) role.
You will find that the cities will also host Gardening and Fishing. While these are not yet activated, you will find that new and returning-old features may be making their appearance in the city hubs. This also include new cities for our currently city-less Ara regions (and with them, new Magic Locations)!
In order to access a region's city (and thus gain access to its features like Magic Quest), you will need to master the region in Adventure. So get out there and adventure!
Finally, we have the infamous Book of Completion. Users read this book to automatically complete a region of explore, but it would also ban them from Adventuring for a week. Due to a rollback error years ago, the consequence of this book was removed in order to grant a grace period for users to re-master regions they had once already mastered but had loss due to the rollback.
As that issue is now long-since gone, the book is being put back into it's original coding. However, due to the fact that many users were not aware of this original punishment and use, there will be a continuing grace period to use this book without incurring the adventure-ban. After 11:59 PM on July 12th, this book will now once again ban users from Adventure for one week upon using it.
So whether you plan to use the book or master adventure the old fashioned way, get out there and master those regions!
ADVENTURE IS OUT THERE!
Posted by Hiiro
(#755) on Tue Jul 5, 2016 6:44pm
- Tee Hi <3
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Posted on: Tue Jul 5, 2016 7:08pm
Question about the Book of Completion: Does this mean there are NO consequences for using it before the 12th or is the ban time less? I never realized the week ban was incorrect [from the time I joined].
- Pali
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Posted on: Tue Jul 5, 2016 7:09pm
The new link for City Hub under Adventure is badly placed in the first column, first row. I'd suggest placing it in the second column last row, or at least somewhere so it doesn't impact the Adventure link and maintains the symmetry :P
- Honey
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Posted on: Tue Jul 5, 2016 7:26pm
I'd also really love some further clarification on when the points regen. Is it one point at a time, or do all of them regenerate at once? Does it happen at each new hour or at midnight? Is magic questing a daily or an hourly or something, because that's the feeling I'm getting regarding the magic regeneration but the article made it sound like it was something I could do all day, so I'm pretty confused to be honest.
- ChaosAzeroth
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Posted on: Tue Jul 5, 2016 7:27pm
I feel like people who can only be active certain time of the day are really going to be screwed over in this feature, and that they already are in many cases on site.
- Hiiro
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Posted on: Tue Jul 5, 2016 7:29pm
Pali(ndrome) (#2933)
I will make sue to add it to the KB article, but your magic will regain points throughout the day. There's not an exact time, because filling to max depends on your level (higher levels have more magic to use). But essentially you should see it going up over the next hour, it does not require items, daily resets, or the like. Someone who depletes their magic should see it refill a few times through the day. Reposted due to error in writing, sorry.
- Pali
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Posted on: Tue Jul 5, 2016 7:29pm
ChaosAzeroth (#43055) That is definitely inherent in this game. I was stuck on three quests or so many years ago because the rock I needed to activate was only available during the middle of the night, a time I couldn't get online when I was younger.
- Loveless
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Posted on: Tue Jul 5, 2016 7:30pm
Taena (#66637) I have gotten one point back so far xD So maybe a point an hour or so?
- Loveless
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Posted on: Tue Jul 5, 2016 7:31pm
Taena (#66637) or what Hiiro said @_@ lol
- ChaosAzeroth
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Posted on: Tue Jul 5, 2016 7:32pm
Pali(ndrome) (#2933)
I'm not even pointing this out for myself, I have no life. x3 It just seems a little unfair how much some people seem to lose out and I never thought this feature would be like that. ((I'm a Aywas baby in case you can't tell by my # and wasn't here for the inital one. x3))
Posted on: Tue Jul 5, 2016 7:07pm
Pali(ndrome) (#2933) "over time" does not mean anything. A week is "over time"
It would be nice if one of the FAQ questions was how do you get magic points back and they clearly stated if it was a daily reset, hourly.. what ever. if there was an item to restore points, like with pet health, stamina, pp, or if there was a spot in adventure that worked for restoration like how pets do. just saying "over time" means nothing.