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As you are aware, Aywas has been making some changes - some big, some small - to some of the past elements of the site. One of the most notable changes is the NPC switch.
Despite the successful rolling out of our new cast, there are a lot of things that remain from the earlier days of the site, and while some of them are quite benign and we're happy to keep them as a curiosity, some are not things we're comfortable keeping on site.
Specifically the Handguns.
These are an extremely old item that users were told to collect for a future trade-in opportunity which... well, it never came. With staff changes and idea adjustments, this has left that suggestion and promise to the wayside as the original plan for these items was never passed on.
As Aywas and its lore continues to grow we've found that both staff and users alike don't feel that there is a place for these items on site any more. They are a symbol that reminds us of the violence and tragedies that we face every day - and it's jarring for most of us to cook up such an item while the news tells us of another mass shooting, another police incident, and so on.
We are not trying to make a political statement or a stance on gun ownership - but we are paying attention to those that tell us this makes them feel uncomfortable, and as such we are choosing to take on an old adage: make love, not war.
As I post this the four handgun items are being changed into four snapdragon items. They will come into play in an upcoming event, where we will fulfil the promise of their trade-in being beneficial to the collectors of these items.
For those wondering why we are changing these items but not other gun-based items, this is because the other items are either HA items or an extremely rare find, making them less likely to be obtained, or unobtainable, from games. At this time we have no intent to adjust them or make them unavailable, but should they become an issue we are open to discussing options.
If you have any questions, please feel free to post them below and we will try to have answers for you!
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Wed Nov 15, 2017 5:30pm
- Honey
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Posted on: Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:52pm
Thank you
- BreRo<3
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Posted on: Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:06pm
>One of the most notable changes is the NPC switch.
Still missing the old NPCs.
- Admiral
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Posted on: Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:12pm
This has actually bothered me from day 1 (and is the only item on this page I don't hoard because of it). <3 that you are changing it! (and into such pretty flowers as well - isn't there a poem about guns into flowers?)
- Answrs
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Posted on: Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:20pm
can anyone say what the four original items were by chance?
- Answrs
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Posted on: Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:21pm
the names, i mean.
- DelennDax7
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Posted on: Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:31pm
This change is totally fine with me - I turn them into trash points anyhow. And for those who are thinking they hope they can keep 1 of each kind in their collections, the way I understand the News Post is that....the guns are not being "removed" but rather all the guns are being re-coded to become snapdragons. So, if someone has a collection of these guns in their deposit box, they're going to open their DB to find a collection of snapdragons instead. But, I could be misunderstanding.
- Bullet
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Posted on: Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:32pm
RIP my gun collection in my deposit box. Ah well. Time to go sell some snapdragons. (for context to anyone comin across this, I stock piled the handguns cause of my username. gotta be meta sometimes)
- Eve
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Posted on: Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:46pm
AlexShadow (#13757) - They were Black Handgun, Gold Handgun, Black and Brown Handgun, Black and Silver Handgun. They are now Purple Snapdragon, Red Snapdragon, Pink Snapdragon, White Snapdragon. Hope that helps!
- Juke 🇵🇸
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Posted on: Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:50pm
Flowers smell better than guns anyway ❤
Posted on: Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:29pm
And if anyone doesn't want their snapdragon items, they'd be loved by me! ^_^ Yay pretty items <3