Updates ahoy! Battlegrounds testing

[GM Seiren]

Nom nom nom, more updates! Today there are some big changes, so pay close attention

Battleground PvP Testing

We have now implemented Battleground PvP for testing purposes. The matches are 5 vs 5 and at the moment there are no rewards decided yet. However! You do gain points for playing, thus once we decide on the rewards, your efforts during the testing will not have been for nothing.

To warp there, talk to an NPC at one of the following locations:
    * Prontera: (123, 83)
    * Geffen: (109, 66)
    * Al De Baran: (146, 109)
    * Payon: (189, 105)
    * Morroc: (moc_ruins 75, 162)
    * Lighthalzen: (153, 86)
    * Rachel: (149,138)

More information about Battlegrounds can be found here: http://irowiki.org/wiki/Battlegrounds

Now for further updates.

TalonRO Updates

• Marriage script updated to work in multiple locations again. Also you can now divorce again by talking to Marry Happy.
• Valkyrie Randgris now spawns within 5 ~ 13 hours.
• New player command added: !noks, which protects you from Kill Stealing for 5 seconds.
• Thanatos Card fixed. It pierced 30% Mdef instead of Def.
• Monster of the Week is now Blazer (found in Magma Dungeon). It will give 50% more EXP and a 10% chance to get 2 Reward Points and a random Level 1-5 Food Item.

eAthena updates

• Fixed TaTaMiGaEShi(Improvised Defense) not working.
• Fixed the Memory Book combo using Eye Patch instead of Monocle.
• Fixed Butterfly Wings not working on maps blocking Teleport.
• Skill through items will not be blocked when 90% overweight.
• Now you can drop items when hiding. Now you can't logout when hiding, cloaking or chase walking.
• Various fixes/changes behind the scenes

Ratemyserver.net Reviews
The last couple of days a lot of the TalonRO reviews on Ratemyserver.net have been taken off the listing because they were too old. So it's time for a new round of reviews!

Doing so helps the server out a lot. If you have already written one in the past, it's the best idea to delete the old one (as it's not visible anymore) and write a new one.

To do so, visit this page and click the Write Review button. You will have to sign up for an account, but that should not take more than a minute.

Thank you!

[soonevil]

yay!!! ty so much.

[Ding]

Very nice work again.
I noticed that my Ratemyserver-review was not there but I could not either make a new one before I deleted the old. So the deleted ones might be there for a while in a hide.

[KTBP]

[GM Seiren]

Very nice work again.
I noticed that my Ratemyserver-review was not there but I could not either make a new one before I deleted the old. So the deleted ones might be there for a while in a hide.

They only show reviews of the last 6 months, so if your review was older than that, it will not be displayed on the main page. However, it still exists, so it indeed has to be deleted first.

[Mauhart]

Battleground pvp sounds cool, the map is nice, looks like it would be very interesting a 5 on 5 war to decide the heir for the throne

very nice!!!

[Crisis~]

Niiice huh

[felixmercado]

Nice update GMs you are working hard for us, and for the monster of week the spawn rate of the blazer is low can you increase it for this week???

[Gold]

[xinu]

Well me and a few players have tested the battlegrounds, overall its something else other than pvp and woe but there seem to be a few disappointments  in the battlegrounds. SP doesn't fully recover like hp, don't know if it meant to be or a bug, and it would be great if there would be an auto-repair function since we will get equipment broken. it was tested and someone broke a weapon for the first 2 minutes. that's all there is about testing it. XD

[Gold]

You do gain points for playing, thus once we decide on the rewards, your efforts during the testing will not have been for nothing.

When you say - we do gain points - do you mean Reward Points? I did not remember receiving any Reward Points. I got 2 Badges for being part of the Winning Team when testing Tiera Canyon, and 1 Badge for being part of the Loosing Team when testing Flavian. Badges are cannot be dropped /traded or stored.

I think it should be clearer - what do you want tested on? Wat aspect of the Battleground do you want feedback on? It's kinda open ended as it stand.


btw, can you pls add an Exit NPC in Poring Catcher. You simply can't get out unless a Poring kills you (which will take FOREVER). Alternatively, you can force log out.

[GM Sushi]

No not reward points, simply points which are logged. Have nothing to o with reward points, at least yet. So when we do decide on prized we have full logs of everyone who have participated in every BG round o we can eward themaccordingly once we do get prizes decided.

As for testing, well it is pretty open ended testing since we want some feedback on the entire thing. But if you want some concrete things to test;

How long does a round last usually?
How easy is it to cheat the system? (i.e two teams who decide in advance which one wins)
Does it need vanilla mode? Or any other restrictions as far as items go?
Is the player requirementtoo big/small?
Any idea on what might be good prizes?
Are there classes which have a huge advantage compared to others in current BG setup?

[GM Faith]

SP doesn't fully recover like hp, don't know if it meant to be or a bug.

Can you be more specific? Does it not recover at all? I'll check out how exactly its supposed to work, We know its designed for larger player groups so prhaps its presumed that SP recovery skills will be abundant but I'll look into it.

And it would be great if there would be an auto-repair function since we will get equipment broken.

I'm definitely going to be pushing for this, people shouldn't have to pay to PvP.

[xinu]

I mean when a player dies, we wait until we respawn, our hp is fully healed but our sp remains the same as when you die, so your forced to use gj to recover sp.

[gilito]

I'm definitely going to be pushing for this, people shouldn't have to pay to PvP.

Is he really Faith? Is Faith back to Tro?

On topic:

GM Team you are so.......great. Nice work.