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| category = Paid Events: Adventures, Quests, and SimuCoins
| topic = Duskruin Arena
| messagenum = [http://forums.play.net/forums/GemStone%20IV/Paid%20Events:%20Adventures,%20Quests,%20and%20SimuCoins/Duskruin%20Arena/view/614 614]
| author = GS4-WYROM
| date = 4/27/2015
| subject = Arena and Ratacombs Updates
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I'm excited to say I've spent the remaining amount of my sanity on some Duskruin Arena updates! HOORAY!

''Just kidding, I never had sanity.''

The arena matches are much more action packed now. No more herb munching and waiting an obnoxiously long time to maximize your bloodscrip. Matches will be roughly 6 to 7 minutes long where you face 25 creatures one-on-one. Every 5 matches you'll face a champion similar to the champions in the previous version of the arena. There are over 20 new creatures in the arena to face. Most creatures can perish to a critical blow, outside the champions. You earn bloodscrip for each creature you kill. You also earn a bonus if you defeat all 25 creatures in the time limit. Dying no longer incurs a bloodscrip penalty, but surrendering still does.

I've also introduced new hazards. I removed the darts, arrows, spiked ball-and-chain, and boulders. Hazards can now be avoided in a small mini-game during arena matches. I will leave it to you to figure it out. It's not terribly hard, and the term "mini-game" probably is an exaggeration of what it is. But it adds flavor. Hazards are a little more deadly though.

You can now earn a time bonus too that works in a more favorable way. The quicker you make it through, the higher the bonus. You can earn a max of 225 bloodscrip plus the time bonus.

The Ratacombs have also had a minor update. It seems more wildlife has escaped into the sewers, as well as some other sort of rats. So you may find something different this time around. There are also some minor obstacles in the sewers when you SEARCH to add some flavor.

We'll be relaunching this Friday and staying open for a week.
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~'''Wyrom, APM'''<section end=savedpost />

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| category = Paid Events: Adventures, Quests, and SimuCoins
| topic = Duskruin Arena
| messagenum = [http://forums.play.net/forums/GemStone%20IV/Paid%20Events:%20Adventures,%20Quests,%20and%20SimuCoins/Duskruin%20Arena/view/736 736]
| author = GS4-WYROM
| date = 5/3/2015
| subject = More Updates
}}
Okay, based on feedback I made some updates. Also, due to the quantity vs quality argument, I've made changes to loot in the Ratacombs.

'''Arena'''

*Creatures that are bound should stop causing the hazards.
*RT locked creatures will still be able to fire off the hazards.
*Extra death messaging with no deeds is resolved (you weren't dying more, it was just being silly).
*Matches are roughly 8 minutes, not 6. This hasn't changed, but the intro messaging reflects this.
*If a GameHost or GameMaster enters your arena, it will pause the match briefly (not the creature), but they need to leave, and you need to ASSIST or REPORT when you're done.

'''Ratacombs'''

*>The sewage sweeper doesn't strike much at all anymore. It should be a rare occurrence. And it doesn't ever take you to the starting spot. This NEVER uses up a search attempt. Just because I said rare doesn't mean it can't strike twice in a trip. It can happen, but not that often. This is a 1% chance now.
*I've decreased the number of loot you can find in a single trip into the Ratacombs and stabilized the loot to not be so random. Loot drops at a rate of 10% of all searches. As an FYI, this is now better than anything you experienced on opening night last time. Loot is still random though, like a slot machine (this is the nature of GS). There will still be times you don't win great things, but you have better chances at a jackpot find now.
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~'''Wyrom, APM'''<section end=savedpost3 />

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| topic = Duskruin Arena
| messagenum = [http://forums.play.net/forums/GemStone%20IV/Paid%20Events:%20Adventures,%20Quests,%20and%20SimuCoins/Duskruin%20Arena/view/1074 1074]
| author = GS4-WYROM
| date = 5/14/2015
| subject = Future of Bloodscrip
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I've done a lot of thinking on this subject. I think there are two directions to go in at this point. And I think the better path is to adjust pricing going forward. Inventory won't see a massive jump. But we'll be giving a number of items a little bump in how much they cost.

The arena itself needs a few updates, but nothing extreme. I need to make it so the figurative 250 is possible to achieve. The sewers I think we're going to bump up. Now that the loot is more stabilized but harder to find, I think the next best thing is to increase the number of bloodscrip you can find there to be more on track with what you can earn on the low end of the arena (somewhere around 125 to 150).

I also need to see if there is anything I can do about the lag/freezing. The major culprit is rapid fire and implosion though.

Overall I feel this is the best decision to make for the inventory at Duskruin. In the future, we may offer raffles that cost bloodscrip to be able to win neat things. We also may have merchants work in the village that charge bloodscrip for their services. But this would be during special events, and not part of the general opening. I also have another game we'll introduce this year to Bloodriven Village. When it comes to high end loot for sale, we'll not be making any sort of auction, raffle, entry cost, bloodscrip on hand, etc. It will be in the shops and be a first come, first serve. The prices will be steep, and we'll make sure we offer a good spread of new inventory.

Like last time, your slips and tokens will be good for future runs of Duskruin. Right now, we're scheduled to close 5/15 at 9pm ET. We're still a long ways off from hitting our second goal on Facebook, and a huge ways off from the Twitter goal. But maybe we'll hit it and stay open for the weekend! Up to you guys!

Next run of Duskruin will likely be in the summer.
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~'''Wyrom, APM'''

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| topic = Duskruin Arena
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| author = GS4-WYROM
| date = 5/15/2015
| subject = Future of Bloodscrip
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Just a quick note. Don't fear or panic about any price increase. We just need to evaluate the costs to make sure they are in a good zone with the player economy. I know that many of you who were getting 240+ bloodscrip were using spell items, enhancives, and pulling out all the stops. We're not taking that away. It might end up being we don't adjust much, if anything. But we definitely need to make sure things are okay at the rate bloodscrip can be earned.
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~'''Wyrom, APM'''

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| author = GS4-WYROM
| date = 5/16/2015
| subject = Bloodscrips
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After spending a good chunk of my Saturday reviewing some data I pulled over the course of the last 2 weeks, I don't think we'll be adjusting prices of anything currently in the stores. Most people scoring high are specced to score high. I saw many people uses a lot of magic items as well, which is good.

So what you will see next time is the arena mechanics is trying to introduce something more to the mini game. I'm probably going to make the mini game play a bigger role in how you can score closer to 250, instead of it being all about steamrolling. I think that will be my last attempt to perfect it.

I think the Ratacombs will see a small boost to how many bloodscrip you can earn, but lessen the chances of a rat. The loot is pretty stabilized now.

For the limited release items. There are a couple options we can do. I'll discuss this closer to the reboot though.
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~'''Wyrom, APM'''
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