[Full Update] [4/16/17] 2017 Easter event, Wilderness Slayer Master and more! - Updates - Alora

Hey guys,

First off, Happy Easter! I hope all of you have been able to enjoy time with your loved ones, and enjoyed the long weekend :) This update includes a festive event that takes place on Wester Island - you can speak to the Easter bunny at home to be transported there. Additionally, Krystilia has been added to the Edgeville jail cell, where she can assign you Wilderness-only Slayer tasks for double the points and a chance at receiving Mysterious emblem drops, as well as the new Slayer enchantment scroll to enhance your Slayer staff!

[Hotfixes]

Mysterious emblems drops from Wilderness tasks fixed
King Black Dragon will now count towards your Black dragon task
- NOTE: The KBD is not technically in the Wilderness (safe area), which means it will NOT count towards your Wilderness Black Dragon task.

NOTE: As of this update, the Hardcore Ironman highscores will not contain your rank/skills until you relog in-game to "refresh" them.

[Updates]

Clan chat update:
- Hardcore/ultimate/regular ironman symbols will now appear in the clan chat messages.
Hardcore ironman fixes:
- Upon death, you will be reverted to a NORMAL ironman from this point forward, rather than a normal player.
  - Unfortunately, any previously fallen HCIM cannot be set to normal ironman.
- Upon death, there was a bug causing players to not show up on the hardcore highscores. This has been fixed.
- In your Quest tab, the "Mode: " line will now accurately show "Hardcore Ironman" and "Ultimate" ironman.
- "The Resurrected" achievement is now automatically completed for HCIM.
  - This achievement, which involves dying 5 times, can be completed by speaking with Paul at home.
Barrows brother adjustments:
- Guthan, Torag, Dharok, Verac changes:
  - All melee-based brothers are now much more defensive against Melee/Ranged.
    - Magic should be the primary style used against Melee based brothers.
Monster respawn times decreased:
- The following monsters will now respawn more quickly:
  - Black demons
  - Cyclops in kourend
  - Bronze dragons
  - Black dragons
  - Blue dragons
  - King Black Dragon
  - Abyssal demons
  - Dark beasts
  - Gargoyles
  - Cave horrors
Items on death fix:
- Previously, untradable, NON-reclaimable items (those that do not go to the Lost items shop, and are not visible by other players) were disappearing from the ground much more quickly than other items. This has been fixed, and these items will stay on the ground much longer.
  - Eg. Amulet of Torture (or) -- ONLY when not killed in the wilderness
Bond changes:
- You can now only buy as many bonds as your "total donated" amount will let you buy.
  - If you had $20 "total donated", you can only buy 2 bonds, even if you have 300 tokens, as each will need to remove $10 from your total donated.
Event area changes:
- The event area is now SAFE on death. You will not lose any items at all, similarly to the FFA portal at Clan wars.
Slayer master functionality:
- Previously, only the Slayer master at home would work to receive assignments.
  - This has been changed to allow the following masters to give assignments:
    - Turoth
    - Duradel
    - Vannaka
    - (new) Krystilia
Easter Event is now available!
- Speak to the Easter Bunny at home to embark on a quest to receive some Easter cosmetics:
  - The Easter Bunny will transport you to Wester Island. Without spoiling too much, you'll have to do some favors for his brothers!
- Rewards include:
  - Easter egg ring
    - If you die with this, it will go to the lost items shop
  - Edible Easter egg
  - Easter egg helm
    - If you die with this, it will go to the lost items shop
- *NOTE: You will have to kill some bunnies in the quest, but for those of you who are skillers - don't worry, you do not gain combat experience within the dungeon.
Exclusive 3-day Easter outfit has been added to the webshop!
- For a limited time, you'll be able to purchase the *tradable* Easter Bunny set in the web shop! This will only be available for a few days, so make sure to catch this offer before it's too late!
  - Bunny ears, top, bottom, gloves, feet
- (until Tuesday (4/18/2017) at 12:00 am EST)
- Pictured here: http://i.imgur.com/R3fjMbt.png
Miscellaneous:
- Bunny ears are now tradable (as is the rest of the bunny set)
- Vanguard "Pet" option animation has been fixed.
- Monkey madness reward bug fixed:
  - If you complete Monkey madness with a full inventory, your Dragon scimitar reward would not appear on the ground. This has been fixed.
- Black dragons are now accessible in the Wilderness:
  - Climbing the ladder within the Lava Maze (not the ladder to KBD) will take you to the Black dragons area (For new Slayer tasks).
    - There have been many more Black dragon spawns added as well.
- Slayer's staff requirements added:
  - 55 Magic, 55 Slayer
- Event manager rank fixes:
  - Crown on yell is no longer mod crown, but the correct admin crown.
  - Rank color on yell is fixed.
- Guidebook updated to include Hardcore Ironman experience rates.
- Fixed a small bug where some NPCs would not face you when you spoke to them.
Fog changes:
- If you are in the wilderness with OpenGL mode toggled, the fog in the sky will now be a darker color rather than the normal blue color.
Wilderness GWD area changes:
- Interface fix:
  - Previously, the killcount interface would be displayed instead of the Bounty hunter / wilderness level interfaces. This has been fixed.
- Ecumenical key:
  - The ecumenical key which is dropped by enemies within this dungeon can now be used! Each one allows a one-time entry to a Godwards dungeon room of your choice, without having to get the usual killcount.
  - When opening a GWD door, if you have any killcount, that will be used BEFORE your key(s).
    - This means they are not prioritized over KC.
  - They keys are now *TRADABLE*. Unlike OSRS, you can now buy/sell these keys. This will create a viable method to obtain GP while in the wilderness.
Krystilia - Wilderness only Slayer master has been released!
- You can now obtain Slayer tasks from Krystilia in the Edgeville prison cell!
  - She can assign you tasks that can be found only in the Wilderness.
    - These tasks are NOT level specific. That means you can receive Venenatis as a task if you are level 3 combat.
    - Possible tasks:
      - All Wilderness bosses
      - Black dragons, Lava dragons, Green dragons
      - Rogues, bandits, chaos druids, dark warriors, earth warriors, ents, fire giants, greater demons, hellhounds, ice giants, ice warriors, lesser demons, magic axes, mammoths, scorpions, skeletons, spiders, spiritual mages, ankous
  - Benefits:
    - You will receive double the Slayer points from normal Slayer tasks (on every kill AND upon completion of your task).
    - You have the chance of obtaining a Tier 1 Mysterious emblem while on-task.
      - The chance to receive this item is based on your Wilderness level.
    - You have the chance of obtaining a Slayer enchantment, which can be used to enchant your Slayer staff.
      - The chance to receive this item is based on your Wilderness level.
  - Notes:
    - If you are assigned Black dragons by Kristilia, they must be killed in the Wilderness. Normal Black dragons will not count.
      - You AND the monster you are fighting must both be in the wilderness.
        For example, standing on the safe side of the Wilderness ditch to kill Skeletons will not count.
    - With this change, Wilderness bosses (eg. Callisto) can now only be assigned by Krystilia.
    - To differentiate your regular tasks/wilderness tasks, the quest tab will show the names in red with a (W) before them.
      - Eg.
Slayer's staff (e) is now available!
- You can obtain this staff by using a Slayer's enchantment on a regular Slayer staff.
  - Requirements:
    - 75 Magic, 55 Slayer
  - Benefits:
    - Using the Slayer's staff (e) significantly increases the damage dealt by the Magic dart spell *on your assigned monster*:
      - This effect applies to ANY assignment, not only those in the Wilderness.
        Formula for Max hit: (MagicLevel/6) + 13
      - When fighting players/non-task NPCs, the max hit is 16.
    - Upon enchanting your staff, it will have 2,500 charges before it *reverts back to the normal staff*.
      - Similar to a Trident of the seas/swamp, the Slayer's staff (e) holds charges and needs no runes to cast spells.
      - It will automatically cast the Magic dart spell.
    - Although the staff is untradable, the enchantment scroll is.
Slayer task changes:
- Killing Callisto on a Bears task will now count.
- Killing Scorpia on a Scorpions task will now count.
- Killing Venenatis on a Spiders task will now count.
- Killing Vet'ion on a Skeletons task will now count.
Xerician robes added:
- Obtainable from the Desert Treasure reward shop:
- Requirements:
  - 20 Magic, 10 Defence
Duel Arena secondary interfaces fix:
- When dueling other players, the second interface would sometimes be buggy (Eg. "staking mod_mazzy")
Backend changes:
- Major changes to our database system to fix recent bugs
  - Specifically, performance enhancements when it comes to logging player actions (queued batches)
    - This also addresses the issue with missing logs every so often.
- Additionally, we are now logging playercount periodically so that we can monitor it over time remotely.