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Hey guys, welcome back to the latest edition of the Alora Newspaper.
In this months edition we will be going over some huge updates, some new staff and a couple of new rules updates!
Have a good read!
Date & time of updated rule: 11/18/17 8PM EST
Updated section: In-game
Time or date that the updated rule(s) will be put into effect: Immediately
Part(s) added, changed or removed: RED
Brief explanation (optional):
7. Account Sharing
An account should only and will only be possessed by a single person. Players are not permitted to allow anyone on their account or share it with anyone else. Players are not to sell (see rule 6), lend, share, or provide their account to anyone else for any duration of time. Failure to cooperate will result in a permanent ban, followed by an IP-Ban. This rule is to prevent any unfairness throughout Alora as a whole. This rule is to also further commend players that independently earn achievements, onerous or effortless, and to preserve the triumphant feeling in which the achievements aforementioned possess. The hiscores are meant to display the efforts and achievements of one player, unaided.
- a. Buying/Selling any type of service for an account is prohibited ex: Inferno cape service. First offenders will receive a 7 day ban with a wipe of the cape and GP used to make this exchange, the second offense will result in a Permanent ban.
Keep up to date with our rules by clicking HERE!
The Updates that come out on 11/5/17 & 11/25/17 was huge! The following was added;
- Miscellaneous:
- Duel arena fix:
- Items can no longer be picked up or dropped within the Duel arena.
- Duel arena fix:
- Engine performance update:
- We’ve made some changes to the game engine in hopes of reducing the processing delay of players every cycle. We’re going to continue to monitor this and make the necessary changes to ensure that the server doesn’t lag after extended periods of uptime.
- Trade interface fix:
- Very often in-game, the second trade window would say “You are about to trade: Item” without listing the items in the trade, or would show “Trading with: Other” instead of the other player’s name. Both of these issues have been fixed.
- Thieving update:
- You can now thieve cakes from the Ardougne cake stalls with level 5 Thieving.
- Lost items shop update:
- New items that will be protected upon death:
- Jonas mask:
- Reclaim cost: 250k
- Birthday hat:
- Reclaim cost: 250k
- Jonas mask:
- New items that will be protected upon death:
- Zulrah fix:
- Sometimes, Zulrah would be invisible once it goes down under and wouldn’t come back up again for a long time. This should no longer happen, and you’ll be able to see Zulrah as soon as it comes back up.
- Inferno fix:
- JalTok-Jad should no longer go invisible in the final wave.
- Grotesque Guardians:
- Recently released in OSRS, this pair of Gargoyles — Dawn and Dusk — terrorize the rooftop of the Slayer tower.
- You’ll need to find a brittle key — occasionally dropped by regular Gargoyles at a rate of about 1/121, to unlock the portal to access the roof.
- These gargoyles are highly unusual, and you’ll need stay on your toes while fighting them to make sure that you can leave the rooftop alive!
- Notable Rewards:
- Granite dust:
- You can mix this dust with Cannonballs to make Granite cannonballs.
- These cannonballs have a max hit of 35 rather than the usual max hit of 30.
- You can only have one type of cannonball in your cannon, so if you still have 10 regular cannonballs left in your cannon, you’ll need to fire them all before loading any granite balls, and vice-versa.
- You can mix this dust with Cannonballs to make Granite cannonballs.
- Granite hammer:
- A hammer requiring level 50 attack and strength, with a special attack that has one powerful swing at 50% increased accuracy, requiring 60% special energy.
- Granite gloves:
- Gloves requiring level 50 defence, slightly superior to Adamant gloves.
- Granite ring:
- A ring requiring level 50 defence.
- Can be imbued with a scroll, effectively doubling its bonuses.
- A ring requiring level 50 defence.
- Black tourmaline core:
- Can be merged with Bandos boots, leaving you with Guardian boots — which have the best defensive melee bonus in-game.
- Jar of stone
- Noon:
- Arguably the coolest looking pet now available in Alora, which can also be changed to it’s gargoyle variant, Midnight, through the metamorphosis option!
- Granite dust:
- Notes:
- This is a safe death, which means you’ll keep your items, BUT a dangerous one for HCIM who will lose their rank if they die here. You’ve been warned.
- Level 75 Slayer is required to enter the portal.
- Another huge thanks to @Chase for the wonderful work on the homepage slogan (Grotesque guardians await you)!
- Classic Trading Post:
- The long awaited Classic mode Trading post has been released!
- You can now trade items with other Classic players. Of course, the items listed here are completely separate from the original Trading post. You won’t see normal player’s items, and vice versa.
- Besides this, it will work exactly the same as the original system.
- You can now trade items with other Classic players. Of course, the items listed here are completely separate from the original Trading post. You won’t see normal player’s items, and vice versa.
- The long awaited Classic mode Trading post has been released!
- Raids changes:
- Reward changes:
- We’ve increased the drop rate for rare loot in Raids, across the board. You are now more likely to receive loot in all scenarios.
- Bug fixes:
- Fixed an uncommon bug in Raids that would break the session.
- Fixed a bug with getting stuck on the tightrope in the final room.
- Overload pickup bug:
- If you tried to pick up an overload with a full inventory, and then made space for the overload it would tell you that you already picked one up. This has been fixed.
- Solo raid changes:
- Making solo raids more feasible has long been requested, so we’ve made some changes to appease players who are interested in raiding on their own:
- The hitpoints of enemies in a solo raid are now up to 25% lower. This includes the hitpoints for Olm.
- During the Vanguard phase, solo raiders are now allowed a bit more lenience when it comes to the Vanguards’ HP regeneration. In a normal raid, if the hitpoints of all 3 Vanguards are not within 25% of each other, they all heal. In a solo raid, this number is raised to 35% to make it a bit easier.
- Making solo raids more feasible has long been requested, so we’ve made some changes to appease players who are interested in raiding on their own:
- Reward changes:
- Ahrim’s staff update:
- The staff has been one of the worst Magic weapons in-game and not deserving of being a Barrows weapon. Due to this, we’ve followed OSRS’s footsteps and updated the weapon:
- The staff is now single-handed instead of two-handed, making it much more useful as it can be used with a shield.
- The staff now provides a 5% Magic damage boost.
- The staff has been one of the worst Magic weapons in-game and not deserving of being a Barrows weapon. Due to this, we’ve followed OSRS’s footsteps and updated the weapon:
- Bandos godsword update:
- The BGS has also been a weapon that dulled in comparison to its counterparts. To combat this, we’ve made the special attack take 50% rather than 65% of the special energy (as per OSRS’ update), which matches the energy requirement for all other godswords.
- Ring of wealth (i) on death update:
- This ring would be lost on death in PvP if not protected, due to it reverting to a regular Ring of wealth. Considering it is a donation item for ironmen and the reverted version is essentially worthless, this item will now be added to the untradeable shop just as it would be in a PvM death.
- Miscellaneous:
- Veteran/Ex-staff ranks as a secondary will no longer over-ride staff (and other) ranks in-game (particularly when using ::yell).
- Grotesque Guardians fixes:
- Dawn will no longer appear at home in the death area.
- Marble gargoyles will now drop brittle keys as well, but at a higher rate than normal gargoyles (2x as likely)
- Thermonuclear smoke devil change:
- The respawn time for this boss has been changed to 10 seconds to allow players to kill it more easily.
- The Birthday event has been removed.
- Construction fix:
- An issue with the cape rack not removing your cape has been fixed.
- Fixed a no-clip bug with a trapdoor near GE.
- Fixed a bug with certain dialogues not closing when clicking “continue” or the space bar
- For example, if you tried to open the Crystal chest without a key, it would send you a dialogue that could not be closed unless you walked somewhere.
- A miscellaneous Zulrah error has been fixed.
- A miscellaneous bug with the ::yell command has been fixed.
- Grotesque guardian changes:
- Slayer task:
- You can now receive a Grotesque guardians slayer task. The experience/deduction will be applied after defeating both bosses.
- Additionally, if you are on a gargoyle task, you can kill the guardians instead. In this case, the deaths of both guardians will be counted.
- You can now receive a Grotesque guardians slayer task. The experience/deduction will be applied after defeating both bosses.
- Slayer task:
- House update:
- You can now kick players from your house. Simply use the right-click “Kick” option and your player will chase after the other player until you reach them, at which point they’ll be kicked.
- Members of the owner's clan can also kick from the house provided they have the minimum kick rank requirement (follows the clan chat settings)
- PvM Lectern fix:
- Some bosses were bugged due to the use of a cannon.
- For example, if your cannon started damaging a boss, the time at which you started attacking the boss would not register. So if it takes you 1 minute to kill the boss, but your cannon did the first 30 seconds, your kill time would be 30 seconds.
- We’ve fixed this bug, and we’ve tried to remove all known unrealistic kill times from the PvM lectern.
- For example, if your cannon started damaging a boss, the time at which you started attacking the boss would not register. So if it takes you 1 minute to kill the boss, but your cannon did the first 30 seconds, your kill time would be 30 seconds.
- Combat/Wilderness updates:
- Combat fixes:
- Freezing fix:
- A bug which caused players to still continue running to their destination even if they get frozen has been fixed.
- A frozen player will now be stopped right in their tracks as soon as the freeze lands.
- A bug which caused players to still continue running to their destination even if they get frozen has been fixed.
- PJ timer changes in Edgeville:
- The PJ timer is currently set to ~5 seconds all across the Wilderness. This is still the default PJ timer, but for players in Edgeville (up to level 10 wilderness), the timer has been doubled to 10 seconds to make PJing less of a grievance in 1v1 fights.
- Freezing fix:
- Wilderness updates:
- Bloody chest:
- Loot rate update:
- The loot rate from the chest has been heavily increased across the board, making it easier to get worthwhile rewards from the bloody chest. Make sure to try your luck at opening the chest after this update!
- Skulling function/warning:
- You will now be skulled once you open the bloody chest. Before you open the chest, you will be warned that you will be skulled (if not already skulled). If you are already skulled, no warning will be issued.
- Loot rate update:
- Bloody keys spawn:
- To make the wilderness more eventful, we’ve added a new hourly event in which players will be able to get a free key in the wilderness!
- Every 45-75 minutes, an announcement will be made to all players that a key will spawn at a certain location in 3 minutes.
- Eg. “News: A Bloody key will appear at the Rogue’s castle in 3 minutes.”
- This will give players a bit of time to prepare and gather supplies in case they encounter any fights on the way to obtain the key.
- The location of the key is random and the locations available are spread across the wilderness. With that being said, most of the locations are deeper in the wilderness.
- Bloody chest:
- Combat fixes:
- Client updates:
- QOL updates:
- Welcome screen “Space-to-continue”
- This means you won’t have to click the “Play” button on the welcome screen to get into the game. Just hit space!
- 1-2-3-4-5 keyboard keys:
- You can now use the number keys on your keyboard to select dialogue options rather than having to click them! This works for all dialogues, and combined with space-to-continue, you’ll never have to use your mouse again for dialogues.
- Welcome screen “Space-to-continue”
- Mini-map icon fix:
- Some of you may have noticed that the minimap has been missing the icons (bank/poll booth/cooking ranges/etc) for quite some time now. This broke awhile back and I hadn’t noticed until recently. It has been fixed for the entire map.
- Client timer fixes:
- The way that client timers are initiated has been redone.
- This is primarily intended to fix the bug where a player could yell “Oh dear, you are dead!” which would cause your death timer to show up. This will no longer happen.
- The way that client timers are initiated has been redone.
- Client background/logo update:
- The background/logo on the client have both been updated to match the most recent homepage/forum design.
- QOL updates:
- Forum updates:
- The profile photo upload limit has been increased from 500kb to 2,000kb.
- Additionally, some groups were only able to upload a 150x150 photo, but this has been increased to 200x200 for all groups.
- Some bosses were bugged due to the use of a cannon.
- Recently released in OSRS, this pair of Gargoyles — Dawn and Dusk — terrorize the rooftop of the Slayer tower.
You can find more information about our recent updates by clicking HERE!
Many thanks to Omicron for these spectacular updates!
Over the past couple of weeks there have been some coming and goings. The following changes have been made to the team. I'm sure you'll all join me in welcoming the new members to the team as well as thanking past staff members for their efforts.
Staff update as of November 17th and 24th, 2017:
Promotions:
Thorr2 has been promoted to Global Moderator.
Classic Xuf has been promoted to Server Moderator.
Elvemage has returned as Server Support.
Poor Level 3 has returned as Server Support.
Doctor Drew has been promoted to Server Support.
Resignations:
Blank has resigned from Community Manager.
Demotions:
None.
Congrats to everyone promoted and best of luck to those gone.
All staff updates can be found HERE.
This week I've decided to Interview 2 staff members from the community I hope you guys enjoy what they had to say!
The first person I interview is casual!
Greetings.
Diva: When you are old, what do you think children will ask you to tell stories about?
casual: My non-existent life experiences.
Diva: What weird food combinations do you really enjoy?
casual: Pizza and tea.
Diva: What was the last photo you took?
casual: I took a photo of the frost outside literally 5 minutes ago, but I don't usually take photos.
Diva: What is the funniest joke you know by heart?
casual: Heard this one a few days ago;
How do you get a squirrel down from a tree?
Show him your nuts.
*Ba dum tsss*
Diva: In one sentence, how would you sum up the internet?
casual: A place full of normal people that act weird.
Diva: What is the best and worst purchases you’ve ever made?
casual: Best purchase would be this laptop I got 10 years ago. Worst one would be a 10$ donation to Alora... misclick btw.
Diva: What game are / were you really good at?
casual: Call of Duty Black ops 2.
Diva: What is the most unprofessional thing you’ve seen someone do?
casual: IRL wise - a person running around slapping everyone in public.
RSPS wise - when a hacker got on a mod acc on another rsps & banned the entire server(200+ players)
Diva: What is the most impressive thing you know how to do?
casual: I can drink 1 litre of water in around 12 seconds, which is kinda impressive I guess.
Diva: If you died today, what would your greatest achievement be?
casual: Being richest on Alora, obviously. 
Thank you for your answers, casual. 
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Next on our list is
Greetings.
Diva: When you are old, what do you think children will ask you to tell stories about?
Diva: What weird food combinations do you really enjoy?
Diva: What was the last photo you took?
Diva: What is the funniest joke you know by heart?
Diva: In one sentence, how would you sum up the internet?
Diva: What is the best and worst purchases you’ve ever made?
Diva: What game are / were you really good at?
Diva: What is the most unprofessional thing you’ve seen someone do?
Diva: What is the most impressive thing you know how to do?
Diva: If you died today, what would your greatest achievement be?
Thanks
Disclaimer:
Have any interview questions you would like to ask any of the staff members?
Don't hesitate to send me a private message via forums/discord and I'll include them in next edition along with the answers from that staff member!
The November community award event has ended!
Go to this link to see all the nominees of November:
http://www.alora.io/...-award-results/
Congrats to the winners!
Community awards will return in December! Stay tuned.
http://www.alora.io/...ey-spawns-more/
Be sure to cast your votes on this link at the top poll for the Rev Caves suggestion!
That concludes the end of this newspaper!
Read our last newspaper by clicking HERE!
