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Hello dears, I'm sorry to appear out of season but I've been sent to you with an important message from the Lunaris Council, the governing body of this corner of the universe.
It's very possible you haven't heard about them since they have been mostly absent during the seven years that humans have colonised here on Ay and Ara. You see there were a few problems they've had to attend to in order to keep you all safe here, and because of that we - the Lunarii and the Shapeshifters - have mostly been absent. We've sent down contacts on a monthly basis for a long time now, and a few Shifters - like myself and Tech - have recently come to make our homes here.
What enabled us to do this was the presence of some people you have come to know well - Kaz, Shoe, Chaos and the others. They came here from their own world to look after all that lived here, and guide you beings that are so like their form in becoming settled, and in accepting people such as myself who are both humanoid and creature.
Now that the worlds are safe again, and that you have accepted us as we are, it is time for them to return home. They catch their transport home tonight at midnight to return to friends and family who miss them dearly, and the lives they have so graciously put on hold for so long to be here with you all.
We thank them for their services, their advice, and their love, and wish them well going forward.
So what does this mean for you?
Well, now that myself and those like me are once again able to be here, we're hoping to keep things running for you as you know them. There may be a few small tweaks, a little personalisation by each of us, but we will try to not rock the boat too much while you become more accustomed to us.
We're all very pleased to be here, and look forward to speaking and spending more time with you. We sincerely hope you feel the same.
As for the Lunaris Council... they are rather hands off and don't like to interfere in interplanetary affairs, but they are watching over us from the skies, keeping us safe as always.
Take care, my loves, and I will see you in February if not before.
Staff just have a few quick notes to add on to what Eryn has said.
We want to give you a list of what the games have been known as and what they are becoming as of tomorrow (June 15th), along with any extra notes we think you might want or need to know about the updated games!
- "Xero's Pet Research" will become "Dylan’s Pet Project". The game remains the same.
- "Axl's Pet Research" will become "Naoki’s Pet Research". It has been updated to show if you have the pets or not, same as the Aywapedia, and the pet name even links you to the Aywapedia so you can go in search of one to buy! Be careful though - the button to give up shows in the same place as turning in a successful trio, so watch what you're doing!
- "Scavenger Hunt" will become "Miksa’s Pet Bingo". The game is the same, but will bring back the old game mechanism where you cannot use "Search" or the Aywapedia purchase options to find a Pet ID.
- "Talk to Xero" will become "Manju’s Musings". Your old data will be transferred to the new game - but beware, the mechanic that resets your BP amount if you miss a day has been fixed! The day is counted as 00:00:01 to 23:59:59, so you can check in with them any time of the day, just so long as you don't skip it!
- Free Food will now randomise between 1 and 10 items for you, but still feeds all your pets.
- "Tam's Item Quest" will become "Pablo’s Item Quest". This too remains the same, but again has a click through to the Item Directory page for the item they want to make it easier to complete!
- "Kaz and Shoe" will now feature Rowan and Minerva! Our cutest Aywas couple will throw plant pots and blow kisses, and you might even get an item out of it!
- "Tak's CDs" will become "Tech's CDs". Once again the item name will click through to the Item Directory so you can see what they gave you!
- "Rogue's Zapping" will become "Ambriel's Alterations". Other than a new caretaker of the random result, the game will remain the same.
There's also new NPC Plushies for you to collect... Some of them come from the updated games, if you're lucky...
We will have more on those at a later date!
Posted by Aywas Official
(#2) on Wed Jun 14, 2017 3:32pm
- Zenzo & Astro
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 5:16pm
-sobbbs- I'm gonna miss them all so muuuuch
- Scar
- Arinaya Rutherford
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 5:18pm
How will this affect grave robber? That's one of my favorite games...
- Aywas Official
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 5:21pm
Arinaya Rutherford (#34865) - Game mechanics are the same, just reskinned.
- Quit
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 5:28pm
Glad to see this push ❤ I never cared for the old NPCs as they just seemed to be reskins of each other(except like 3) and didnt really fit into the lore of the site.Im excited to see more changes and updates. (Plus i have a Minerva plush aleeady, thanks to a gold balloon! Just need Rowan now, which ate my fav npcs.)
- shiya
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 5:34pm
Meh. a bit miffed about no Kaz&Shoe birthday tomorrow..as I prepared myself for that. ah well...
(Else I don't mind the shift, tho I too feel a bit sad at seeing the familiar faces leave..)
- Tae
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 5:34pm
Question - will we get a new museum collection for the new plushies?
- Mortem
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 5:36pm
Nooooo ;.;
- Fwipfwip
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 5:49pm
Goodbye to old...friends? People who generally aren't mad at me? Uh...
I dunno. Certainly moreso friends than the new ones. I'd have rather had more holiday 'shopkeeper' style intelligent animals than this anthro stuff that doesn't really fit the world either. But it's too late in the game now, here we go.
- 💜Leslie💕LL
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 5:52pm
Honestly, I am not pleased with the planned change to "Talk to Xero" / "Manju’s Musings". It isn't humanly possible to log on to the site every single day from now on. Life will always manage to find a way at some point to sabotage things. Be it an internet outage, some kind of family event, or even some kind of emergency to name a few possibilities. To me, it isn't fair to be robbed of everything I have built up when this day comes. That was always one of the coolest things about Aywas in my opinion. I thought they understood this and to those players who would put in the effort of logging in each day, we were rewarded and for those that didn't, well they simply didn't build up any value to their streak. I realize it isn't like we are getting a whole bunch of BP for checking in each day, but when you make it a point to be faithful and check in for a long period of time and do manage to build it up to a nice amount ... the one day that battered you down and costed you all that time and what you had built up can be terribly depressing! Couple that with whatever emergency, or event that costed you to lose out and it's just not fair!!!
Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 5:15pm
This sucks. I never liked the new shifter characters. The originals were way better.