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[Oda]

Ask your questions for this week's Tiki Tuesday liveshow! Here's last week's archive: 

 

 

Today we say happy birthday to the mad maestro of Japanese Games: Hideo Kojima. 

 

Born on this day in 1963, Kojima brought us the landmark Metal Gear series of Tactical Espionage games, which combined hilariously over the top storytelling , and memorable characters with solid/unpredictable gameplay 

 

 

 

He's responsible for some of the dumbest moments in games and some of the smartest. It's a weird mix of extreme high brow philosophy and extremely low brow humor at times. Playing through MGS2 and 3 this year definitely made me appreciate that it's still a series that 100 percent reflects the likes and interests of the creator. Sort of like FLCL in a lot of ways. 

[JadedCynic]

I posted my question from last week too late. As a result, it didn't receive an answer. My question remains, so I'm just going to quote myself:

Right now, there are two types of Shadow Equipment:
 
1. Event Shadow Equipment dropped during the event by event monsters
2. Shadow Equipment sold by the Cash Shop
 
Last Tiki Tuesday, there was some discussion about the potential value of event Shadow Equipment, and I just wanted to reiterate that point because I didn't see a response in the thread itself. +4 to all stats may not seem like much, but it is very useful in certain situations like brewing. The complete set basically offers 4 stats you can't obtain anywhere else, even if you purchase the Cash Shop Shadow Equipment. These stats are also provided without taking up any of your normal equipment slots, making it impossible to find any substitutes.
 
Other items that are obtainable only from events do make their way back into the game periodically. Examples include Adventurer's Trusty Towel and King Poring Hat. Other items such as the RWC Rally Box can only be obtained from the Cash Shop at certain times of the year, but even such items eventually return.
 
At the moment, there's absolutely no way for newer players to obtain the 4 stats from event Shadow Equipment. Aside from being unfair to new players and older players who simply missed the event, taking a functionally useful item out of the game permanently seems contrary to precedents set by previous events and the Cash Shop.
 
I suggest making event Shadow items tradable and allowing the event to return.

Campitor mentioned the possibility of placing the Shadow Equipment event monsters on "that map you go to tame the little poring on." If he means the pet taming map inside Izlude's novice academy, I don't think it will work very well because there's no way you can get back inside after you graduate. The monsters should be on a map any class (not just novices) can get to.

Edited by JadedCynic, 24 August 2015 - 04:06 PM.

[Necrohealiac]

hey Oda,

when will the dbl shadow refine event end? it was sort of sprung on us without any warning so it'd be nice to have it last another week at least.

cheers.

[Campitor]

I posted my question from last week too late. As a result, it didn't receive an answer. My question remains, so I'm just going to quote myself:

Were thinking about adding one or two of the event mobs to the newbie map with the little porings on a semi permanent basis. 

hey Oda,

when will the dbl shadow refine event end? it was sort of sprung on us without any warning so it'd be nice to have it last another week at least.

cheers.

September 2nd

[skulper345]

Will RWC accessories ever become unbound?

[Campitor]

I destroy cities in an instant, but cities must have me to survive. Too much of me and you die yet you must consume me every day. What am I, Oda?

Will RWC accessories ever become unbound?

There are currently no plans to change this.

[JadedCynic]

Were thinking about adding one or two of the event mobs to the newbie map with the little porings on a semi permanent basis. 

September 2nd

That sounds like a great idea. Will those event mobs be able to drop a full set of the event Shadow Equipment, or just some of the pieces? And if by "newbie map" you meant prt_fild08a, could you also add them to prt_fild08?

[Campitor]

That sounds like a great idea. Will those event mobs be able to drop a full set of the event Shadow Equipment, or just some of the pieces? And if by "newbie map" you meant prt_fild08a, could you also add them to prt_fild08?

They can drop a full set, I was thinking of that map you go to tame the little poring on.

[JadedCynic]

I destroy cities in an instant, but cities must have me to survive. Too much of me and you die yet you must consume me every day. What am I, Oda?

Water?

[Campitor]

Water?

noooo, I wanted Oda to have a bunch of Riddles to answer on air.

[JadedCynic]

Sorry about the riddle!

The map you tame the little poring on meaning the one inside Izlude's novice academy? Will non novices be able to enter the map?

[Kadelia]

Technically air would answer the riddle too.

[guieiki]

Hi, when loyalt homunculus event come again? Thanks!

[Campitor]

Hi, when loyalt homunculus event come again? Thanks!

Maybe later in the year. Currently we are working on an expansion to the fishing event.

[Oda]

Technically air would answer the riddle too.

We live in Los Angeles so I probably wouldn't have guessed that. 

[Braska]

Is it possible to seperate the cooldowns from guild skills?

 

There are many skills in the guild skill tree, yet most of em are not in use because recall trumps them all.

 

Unfortunately we are not able to change how the guild skill cooldowns work. 

[LegendaryTorgue]

Any more shadows sets coming out before the shadow upgrade event ends? =P

 

E.g Blitz Shadow set

[son12]

any news on Rebellion?

[Campitor]

Any more shadows sets coming out before the shadow upgrade event ends? =P

 

E.g Blitz Shadow set

Not likely we have put all the shadow gears we have in game.

 

any news on Rebellion?

We will let the players know as soon as we know.

[guieiki]

Will Come to iro mvp shadow gears? Or others like blitz?

Edited by guieiki, 24 August 2015 - 02:20 PM.

[Kadelia]

We live in Los Angeles so I probably wouldn't have guessed that.

Owwwww

[Mynameispaul]

double post 

Edited by Mynameispaul, 24 August 2015 - 04:14 PM.

[Varmundt]

May I please request for additional drop rate until the end of august?

[Mynameispaul]

and is the shadow double upgrade working on thor

[q8dynez]

and is the shadow double upgrade working on thor

no it's not atm

 

 

 

hey Oda,

when will the dbl shadow refine event end? it was sort of sprung on us without any warning so it'd be nice to have it last another week at least.

cheers.

 

 

September 2nd

 

any chance of patching shadow double upgrade on thor this coming week, sir? it's kinda unfair you know.

Edited by q8dynez, 24 August 2015 - 03:16 PM.