Post:Tuesday Tidings - 169 - Bountiful Bonus Bonanzas on 05/16/2023 15:56

Tuesday Tidings - 169 - Bountiful Bonus Bonanzas · on 05/16/2023 15:56	2013
Happy Tuesday! This week, Paklin tackled some new BONUS events for us all to enjoy, and one not-so-bonus event to fear! 1) 4x REXP bonus events can now show up in the BONUS verb. 2) Swarm events can cause hunting areas to generate MANY more creatures! Beware! And maybe check out some "low spawn" areas! 3) There's now a global luck bonus possible. When active, everyone gains +1 to their luck. If you're already under the affects of an astrolabe or other luck-increasing mechanic (BOOST, SPECULATE, etc), you'll gain +1 up to the cap. If you have no luck, the bonus will give you +1. If you have bad luck, you'll have +1 less-bad-luck. There are some quirks -- you MAY not be able to start a new bonus effect from some sources after the bonus event starts. For example, you can't activate the Trader speculate while the bonus event is running. An astrolabe, however, will work. Right now, these quirks are intended, but we may revisit in the future. 4) There's a possible UNLUCKY event, which functions similar to the lucky event, but instead is -1 luck. We don't intend to run this, but the mechanic to have was handy in case we need it, so we included it. We won't be trialing this one today. Thanks to Paklin for the work on these! We'll be running each (except bad luck) of them over the next few hours today, and then they'll show up from time to time in the future like other BONUS events. Zadraes (for the team!)
This message was originally posted in Discussions with DragonRealms Staff and Players / Game Master and Official Announcements, by DR-ZADRAES on the play.net forums.