Server updateServer MaintenanceWritten by Erza,

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Dear players,
A patch to the server has been applied, you can find a list of changes below.

Changes

• Fixed a bug where progress to the "Gold Digger" achievement was not properly being added for digging up scarab coins
• Prepared the reward table for the Guild Event of Week 2
• The price for renting war arenas has ben reduced from 1,000,000 gold per hour to 250,000 gold per hour
• Fixed a bug that caused players to not receive their temporary equipment in war arenas, if they did not have enough capacity to hold it
• Fixed a bug that did not properly destroy fireworks rockets after being used
• Adjusted the skills players receive in the war arenas when stat templates are enabled, they should now more properly reflect average values, according to our highscores
• Fixed the corpse of mini-boss Cublarc The Plunderer, which appears in the Zzaion Orc raid
• Corrected the loot of Draken Spellweavers
• Added rewards to both teams when a Capture The Flag event ends in a tie - The reward is half of what the winning team would receive
• Added ring of healing to NPC Benjamin's sell offers
• Prevent the use of the "utana vid" spell in the Deathmatch waiting room
• Adjusted the loot, experience & health of The Mutated Pumpkin
• Increased the mana cost for using paralyze runes & the paralyze beam spell (this has been live for a few days already, in order to observe player reactions)
• Updated the damage formulas of AoE runes (Avalanche, Great Fireball, Stone Shower & Thunderstorm)
• Slightly reduced the damage of sudden death runes (this has been live for a few days already, in order to observe player reactions)
• Prevented the use of UE spells when there are more than 10 players on your screen
• Adjusted the exhaust period of mage wave spells (this has been live for a few days already, in order to observe player reactions)
  • 8 seconds if there are 15 or more players on screen → 5 seconds if there are 10 or more players on screen
• Reduced the damage of the Strong Ethereal Spear (exori gran con) spell (this has been live for a few days already, in order to observe player reactions - it received a couple follow-up adjustments due to player feedback, and another one with this update)
• Updated the damage formulas of mages wave spells (this has been live for a few days already, in order to observe player reactions) - Sorcerer spells have a higher damage scaling than druid spells
• Fixed a bug that would result in players still being unable to use AoE spells after leaving a war arena that had AoE spells disabled in it
• Updated the equipment that players receive in an arena that has temporary equipment enabled
• Added die to the loot of Pirates
• Updated the responses of the help channel bot
• Reduced the level requirement of Paw Amulet from level 300 to level 250
• Increased the cooldown of the Annihilation (exori gran ico) spell from 0.85s to 1s (this has been live for a few days already, in order to observe player reactions)
• Reduced the range of the Annihilation (exori gran ico) spell from 5 SQM to 3 SQM (this has been live for a few days already, in order to observe player reactions)
• Players will now receive 30,000 gold upon advancing to level 30
• Added a new version of the anti-push system, which will receive a test-run shortly, due to the poll being relatively split between the community wanting to place items, and others not wanting it (there is no guarantee that this system will be used at all, we will just be testing it for 1 day or so - right now the old system is still active) - we will then make a follow-up poll and see what the community thinks of it
  • When placing a stackable item under a player, an exhaust period of 3 seconds is enforced until any other item can be placed under a player again
  • When placing a non-stackable item under a player, an exhaust period of 0.3 seconds is enforced until any other item can be placed under a player again
• Reduced the monster density of the Asura spawn behind the mirror in the Asura palace
• Added automatic blessings after dying, you can enable them by saying !bless on and disable them by saying !bless off
• Reduced the cost of blessings, after level 120, 5 blessings will now cost a total of 50,000 gold instead of 100,000 gold
• Updated the game token exchange rates at NPC Premium Exchanger
  • 50 game tokens
  • 6 premium points → 10 premium points
  • 100 game tokens
  • 12 premium points → 20 premium points
  • 200 game tokens
  • 24 premium points → 40 premium points
  • 500 game tokens
  • 60 premium points → 100 premium points
  • 1000 game tokens
  • 120 premium points → 200 premium points

Server updateServer MaintenanceWritten by Erza,

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Dear players,
A patch to the server has been applied, you can find a list of changes below.

Changes

• Added effects to the map selection teleporters in the war arenas
• Added safe zones to the spawning points in every war arena map
• Added magic supply NPC's near the safe zones in every war arena map, as well as the map selection hub
• Added an alias to the quick-join command for war arenas, you can now use !joinarena and !arenajoin
• Increased the effectiveness of paralyze runes
• Fixed a bug in the !guildpoints command that would show all the disconnected characters in the server instead of just the ones in your guild
• The Void Base now shows the correct amount of world progress when entering the portal
• Updated the responses of the help channel bot
• Added a notice that is sent to all players on the Standard client every 15 minutes, incentivising them to switch to the Ascarus client, in order to enjoy all the additional server features
• Rewrote the Desert quest script
• Minotaur Mages now properly drop purple robes
• The reward chests of the Yalahar quest now won't drop your reward on the ground, in case of not having enough space or capacity to hold the item
• Party Animal will now more consistently drop gold
• Increased the loot rate of black wool from Black Sheeps
• Added a quest portal to the Lost City Quest to the quest tower in the VIP area, which was previously missing
• Updated the stats of Ironworker
  • Hit Chance: +9% → +20%
• Added a limit to how many Demons can spawn in the Parchment Room Quest
• Reduce the required level to chat in miscellaneous chat channels to level 30
• Hunters now properly drop hunter's quivers
• Reduce the level requirement for the final boss in the Vesuvian Tales Quest
• A Sweaty Cyclops will now instantly repair Koshei's Ancient Amulet, instead of making you wait 24 hours
• Corrected the in-game price of the Golden Outfit
• Reduced the shop price of the Golden Outfit
• Reduced the loot chance of items from the Vesuvian Tales quest in the Venom boss
• Changed the requirements for the hourly lottery
  • There is no longer a level requirement for participating in the lottery
  • Players are no longer required to be outside of trainers
  • A maximum of 2 entries will be counted per IP address
  • A character can not be idle for longer than 10 minutes
  • Players must be using GameGuard
  • A character can not be x-logged (no active connection)
• Fixed an error in the arena renting command
• Updated the help text for the arena renting command
• Moved the Super Spawns to the top of the Spawns tower in VIP (first tower)
• Added a bank NPC to the shopping tower in the VIP area
• Added additional portals to the shopping tower & bottom floor of the content towers in the VIP area for quick navigation
• Slightly decreased the respawn rate & spawn density, as well as moved monsters away from the spawn entrances in the spawns around Harambe's cave, as players had trouble losing their PZ lock in them
• Corrected a dialogue of NPC Lyrius
• Rewrote the scripts for Sam's Old Backpack Quest
• Reduced the cost of the Epic promotion from 30 gold nuggets to 15 gold nuggets
• Added job prefixes to some NPC's, to help players easily find what they are looking for
• Fixed a bug that caused status icons from buff spells not being sent to the client
• Added a notice about having to use the Ascarus client in order to see new outfits to the outfits page
• Added a notice about having to use the Ascarus client in order to see new outfits to the outfit offers in the shop
• Updated the offer description for Upgrader Chests in the shop, it now includes the amounts and chances to drop for each kind, as well as a notice that they can be commonly obtained from bosses in game
• Reduced the damage output and healing of these quest bosses: Arceus, Rumpelstiltskin & Michael

Top fraggers [49th Week] awarded!EventsWritten by Ascarus staff,

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Top fraggers awards for the 49th week have arrived!
These players were the most active in PvP battles and in securing kills during the past month, thus acquired top 3 positions and have been rewarded.
Here is the list of the victors:

1. Jiren [25 unique frags] - 500 premium points.
2. Stabila Abjat [24 unique frags] - 250 premium points.
3. Dexorius [21 unique frags] - 100 premium points.

First Week's Guild EventEventsWritten by Erza,

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Since Ascarus traditionally launches on Fridays and Guild Events happen on Saturdays, we have decided that instead of disabling it for the first week, like in previous seasons, we will allow the Guild Events to happen, but will be reducing the rewards in these first 2 weeks, in order to not create big gaps between competing guilds early on, and enjoy fun battles on lower levels.

The reward table for the first week will be the following:

1. Guild Trophy, Mystery Gift, 3 Gold Nuggets, 2x Stamina Refiller, 100 Game Tokens
2. Mystery Gift, 2 Gold Nuggets, Stamina Refiller, 80 Game Tokens
3. Mystery Gift, 1 Gold Nugget, Stamina Refiller, 70 Game Tokens
4. Pair of Soft Boots, 50 Crystal Coins, 60 Game Tokens
5. Pair of Soft Boots, 30 Crystal Coins, 50 Game Tokens

The reward table for week 2 will be posted next week.

Facebook ContestEventsWritten by Erza,

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We are currently hosting a Facebook contest where we will give away a total of 10000 premium points!
There will be a total of 20 winners, each winner will receive 500 premium points! It will end on 4th December 2020 17:00 CET.

LIKE and SHARE our post, then post a comment with YOUR CHARACTER NAME for a chance to win 500 premium points!
We also invite you to join our Discord server, where you can interact with staff & other players.

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The winners have been picked! Here are the names: Szymon Niewiadomski, Pubg Defflex, Mestan Gökhan Güven, Yakari Uzimika, Ibrahim Hashish, Mahmut Demirel, Ali Amini, Göksel Avcı, Mahmoud EL Masri, Berkant Gün, Chuchee Cruz, Mateusz Rejlich, Marius Chiperi, Pisi Meovv, Daban Jobb, Markiewicz Adrian, Tinker Sherm, Joseph Weed, Carlos Monto & Harbor Noun.
Your points keys have been sent to you on Facebook and they can be redeemed at the redeem page.