Like every year... December is a full month of celebration and events to commemorate the server's anniversary. It's been 4 years since the server launched without any kind of reset or long periods of inactivity. Besides being a unique and rare achievement in the world of Shaiya private servers, it's also an accomplishment that isn't just ours but belongs to all of you who have supported and enjoyed everything T.O.T. has to offer.
During December, several updates promised in previous months will finally be implemented—they're almost completely finished. But what I want to announce here isn't about those updates, but rather about the dynamics we'll have throughout the month. A small spoiler of just some of the things coming during anniversary month includes:
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First Impression Improvement: A starter set will be created for new players that gives tons of stats so they can farm directly with great ease, making the game start easier without depending on others.
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Infinite Potions for Everyone: Starting December 1st and throughout the entire anniversary month.
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Farmable GM RR: As drops from various bosses.
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Farmable 80c Parts: Also as drops from different bosses.
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Random Pet Box: This box can give any pet in the game, including special event pets and exclusive ones. They'll drop from some bosses.
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Random Costume Box: This box can randomly grant any costume in the game, including limited event costumes and exclusive designs by Daniella and Amber.
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Random Skins Box: This box will randomly drop all weapon skins existing in the game, with a chance to obtain exclusive ones.
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Random Mount Box: This box will give any mount available in the game, land or flying.
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Increased Kanos Fragment Drop: Easier to craft 80c items and such through farming with high drop rates.
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Rank Restructuring: We're aware that the server, having been online for so long and with ranks giving stats, has created a huge imbalance between veteran and new players (or purchased ranks). Therefore, the ranking system will be completely changed. The ranks that will give the most stats and truly matter will be the blue ones. Starting from yellow ranks, ranking occurs every 50k kills—these ranks will only give 5 stats each. After reaching 3 yellow stars, ranks will increase every 100k kills, thus giving only 3 stats per rank from that point onward. This change brings 2 things: While current high-rank players won't lose their stats, new players won't be at such a disadvantage compared to those who already have them, making it more visual/cosmetic (also there will be new rank colors, 17 in total).
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Candys Return: Now they'll be Christmas sweets. The Chaotic Frame from the Halloween Event will reappear, but this time it will include both the new costume and the new Christmas pet. This isn't part of the anniversary event but the Christmas event itself and will be linked as a continuation of the Halloween event that ran for a short time and many couldn't complete. Now they'll have a second chance because Halloween items will also be available to request (they use the same candys, so those who saved theirs can take advantage).
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Medals Return: Medal farming will return at D-Water altars to add PvE + PvP dynamics.
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Increased Kill: Since it's the server's fourth anniversary, Kill x4 will be active throughout the entire month. Those with Double Kill active will have x8.
I didn't mention the updates I previously announced as pending in these points because that would be redundant, but what's written here isn't everything new coming for the anniversary. Everything will be rolled out gradually. Guaranteed starting today, December 1st: potions and various kill boosts. Happy anniversary to everyone.
Information added later and more detailed:
- Opalus and the Goddesses of Apulune and Iris have all drops (Costumes, pets, mounts, 80c sets, 80 weapons, 80 jewelry, 80 capes, weapon skins and GM RR).
- Level 15, 30 and 70 bosses have GM RR, Coupons, Powers, Flames and AP as drops.
- Level 60 bosses have no new drops added since officially level 60 isn't active on the server.
- All level 80 bosses drop 80c parts and GM RR.
- The "guardians" of the Kanos altars have now been moved to D-Water v2 and guard Heres, Entis and Medius.
Remember that costume, pet, mount and skin drops are random—they can give any that exists in the game, including special and exclusive ones (Tomorrow boxes will be added so you can accumulate them and try your luck opening several at once).
Other updates performed:
- Game FPS optimized, especially when using summons, movement, or during massive PvP battles.
- Improved response when using skills and items simultaneously while casting something, including what some call "spin".
- Skill speeds normalized again.
- Client security improved—it's been updated, preventing new methods to bypass the anticheat that have appeared in recent months.
- Uncontrolled "blinking" of the game icon in the Windows taskbar eliminated. Now it will only activate when receiving PMs in-game.
- Fixed secondary consumables used with Shift+X and Shift+Z—they will no longer open whisper when used.
- Title system added (It will debut with the GvG event, but several will be added to obtain in-game. More info in the coming days).
- Effect system added. Similar to the above, in the coming days I'll show photos and videos of how they'll look in-game. In summary, they're new items that when equipped will give your character some effect (like auras, lightning, fire, etc.).
- A new gift system has been added that will appear to everyone in the interface as a bar. These are the levels and requirements:
Christmas patch has been applied. Maps 1, auction house and capitals have Christmas decorations.
- In the case of the Island portal, it's now the same one that normally takes you to capitals.
- Event Chaotic Frame drop (the one that requests candys) added back to bosses. Now contains 3 new costumes and 1 extra pet (The ones in the photos).
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