Hello everyone
As you all know, Requiem has gone through some massive changes. There have been a lot of questions and thoughts on the matter. While we cannot say much here is a brief description as to where we are now.
1. The Merge is complete. However, there are some issues that need to be addressed.
- It appears that some characters may be missing after the merge, luckily we did make back-ups before we proceeded so we should be able to locate the previous data. Please submit a petition via our Warpportal Support Site. Each account will need to be addressed on a case by case basis.
- In regards to the PVP vs PVE partying system. That is an issue we are investigating. At this time, however players may visit the NPC in-game to purchase a free PK Protection Remover item. Be warned though, after the item is consumed, you will no longer be able to regain PK protection.
- In regards to the naming issue, Trifri is the senior server so the names as stated on the website took precedence. However, after examining the suggestions listed in previous threads we discussed the matter and have come up with a solution. If you were on the Nova server, and would like to change your character names with your current Trifri server names, please write in a petition with the names or list of names of characters you would like to have changed and we will manually change them out.
- Please make sure to clearly state which character names you would like changed.
- In regards to honor points you may simply need to reinitialize and your points should shuffle in normally.
2. Class changes
- We are still in the process of completing this. However, at this moment the Merge has taken priority, but this is next on his agenda. However, if you have any questions or ideas you would like to discuss in regards to the class changes you may do so on our forums or you may contact your Class Representative.
3. The New Dungeon
- Truth be told at this time we do not have any further updates. We are in the process of discussing quests and strategy. The one thing I can say is that we want to make the new dungeon exceptionally challenging. One of the major issues that comes up time and time again, is that the game itself is too easy and there is not enough content that is challenging enough. We want to make this one different, however we won’t know till we have time to fully address it.
4. Vox Update
- After much effort we were finally able to pull the Vox texture and begin testing. '
- What took so long?
- Due to Requiem’s age, it made it a bit more challenging than just pulling the texture. We also had some major issues through the month of December, followed by the Server Merge, and with all of our focus on the Class updates, unfortunately Voxyon got pulled back.
- What took so long?
- Where are we now?
- We were finally able to pull the texture and do an alternate version. We now have to see if everything works smoothly in the new system and see if Voxyon will cooperate.
- We are also looking into some changes, regarding her, but they are not set in stone.
- Why are we doing this?
- Some players have expressed a desire to want to get involved in Requiem as more than just players. This has been in discussion for some time, however we have not said anything till we knew what we could and could not do. Now that we have some answers I can more accurately express some of the events we would like to do.
- Quest writing Events:
- Players would have the opportunity to write in the horror we keep hearing is missing from the game. If you ever wondered what it would be like to be an actual quest writer, this is the perfect opportunity to find out and hone your existing skills.
- Costume Design Contests
- Ideally we want to give players the chance to design new costumes, that will be featured in the item mall.
- Redesign Volunteers.
- It has come up again and again that the game looks dated. Luckily the style of the game and the function of the game are two things that can be tackled on two different fronts. While Helium is working on the class skills, updates, and bug reports, we can work on the cosmetic changes.
- Most know that our resources are slim, so major changes would have to happen gradually. Volunteers wishing to get involved in technical art can try their hand at re-texturing various models.
- Quest writing Events:
- All of these are on a volunteer basis, but if someone truly wants to make a difference these are the opportunities we are hoping to present. We have seen many of these same events in our other games and wanted to give our own community the same opportunities.
- Some players have expressed a desire to want to get involved in Requiem as more than just players. This has been in discussion for some time, however we have not said anything till we knew what we could and could not do. Now that we have some answers I can more accurately express some of the events we would like to do.
5. Which leads me to the functionality of the game.
- We have been reading and keeping an eye on the various bug reports. Kazara created a rather all inclusive list and we now have the Bug Submission Form to assist in further bug reports. While we cannot guarantee any immediate action what we do hope is when the class skills slow down and we have more time to devote to each issue, we can give more updates on what has been resolve and what is still causing issues.
6. Moving Forward
- The Christmas cards will be removed during next weeks maintenance.
- We hope to have new items and hopefully a new dungeon sometime this year.