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08-04-2014, 02:46 PM
The following updates have been made to how drops (quest, companion, and magic) will proceed. These changes have been made in the interest of fairness to all. As always, if you have any questions, please PM Aud, Rayo or Tamme.
The one-month waiting period for wishlists has been re-activated. After a trial period, we have decided to reinstate the one-month rule for wishlists. We will be going through wishlists and updating them and ensuring that information is listed correctly, to avoid confusion during drops. On your wishlist, you may list one of each type of companion (NS, SS, Regular), and 4 magic ideas (not including upgrades), as well as items.
- New Characters: In the interest of fairness to all, new characters may create a wishlist that has immediate effect. However after the initial list is made, like any other character, any changes or amendments will be bound by the one-month rule.
All drops will now be multi-staged. What does this mean? Basically, you will have to post more than once per drop, and your character will often have to complete some sort of task in order to proceed to the next round. Whether or not you advance depends entirely on how you respond IC - it has to do with your creativity, ingenuity, and whether or not your character responds appropriately to the task at hand.
- What this means is: You will only be able to list a drop as a 'prior refusal' if you make it to the final stage. This is to deter people from entering just to receive a refusal, without putting in any effort. The amount of 'stages' will be dependent on what the prize is. A drop for a royal SS companion will require more effort than one for a regular common companion.
All posts under 250 words will be immediately disqualified. Although we generally allow a buffer before sending warnings for posts that are under our required minimum, this buffer will not apply in drops. Any posts under 250 (as counted by programs like Microsoft Word, or Open Office) will be immediately disqualified.
Prior Refusals now have specific application. Magic refusals will now be divided up into type. For instance, if you are trying to gain FirexWater magic from one drop, and enter another drop asking for Time magic, your previous FirexWater refusal will not count towards this new magic. It would however count, if you tried to gain FirexWind magic. Similarly for companions, refusals for a regular companion cannot be used towards a species-specific companion, and vice-versa.
