Happy holidays and welcome to another awesome addition of the Alora Newspaper.
This week we saw a nice batch of updates from Omicron and our new developer GameDevJason.
Miscellaneous:
A portal to leave the Mage arena miniquest has been added
This is due to many people getting stuck inside without runes to fight with Magic
Monkeys can no longer steal from stalls quicker
Stamina potions can now be decanted
Mithril seeds now use the correct OSRS rates for flower spawning(rather than completely random)
New rates :
Clanchat fixs:
Although we're not completely done with this, clan chats will now save properly on logout.
We're currently in the midst of testing ranks, and those will be included in the near future.
Purple dots now appear on the minimap for members in your clan
Money Casket Rewards
There are now three types of money caskets. The first tier now grants between 50 and 100k, the second tier grants between 75 and 110k and the third tier grants between 100 and 125k. The first tier requires a monster to have between 1-50 combat, the second requires 51 and 150, and the third is anything exceeding that. Any player with a current chest before this update has a tier 3 chest, enjoy!
Coins for Reclaimables on Death
When a player dies in the wilderness with an item on their person that is reclaimable will have 50% of the reclaimable cost dropped in the form of coins for the killer. The purpose of this is to give back some of the money that is leaving the economy so that players that focus on player killing can make more money whilst doing so.
There were two rule updates this week please read below to get to know the new updates.
INGAME RULE UPDATE
Updated Rule 13. Item Scamming
With new gambling features added we want to ensure the most fair possible enviroment for all participants.
Part Edit/Added: RED
13. Item Scamming
Any player caught item scamming will be punished. We have a zero toleration policy with this, and take the matter very seriously.
a. Members who partake in changing or applying a weapon not originally agreed upon before entering a stake will be punished .
b. By Refunding the Scammed items the punishment CAN BE reduced.
Please note that we will not be accepting photo-reports of members scamming, it must be a video or it will not be handled.
All parties relating to the scam will be punished by the moderating team with punishments as they see fit.
(This rule includes interfering with others Gamble or Stake that can alter or hinder an end result)
First Offense (Items Refunded) - 7 Day Ban| First Offense (Not Refunded) - Perm Ban | Second Offense - IP-Ban
This means that from now all players caught trying to interfer with a stake or a gamble(For example standing on someone during a duel in duel arena). Will be punished.
FORUM RULE UPDATE
Updated Rule 2. Spamming (Forums)
Part Edit/Added: RED
2. Spamming
Posts that do not contribute to the thread is considered spam
a. Posts that are one word post (e.g. posting "support" on a suggestion thread,) is spam and will be deleted off the thread and an warning or infraction will be given out.
This rule does not apply to the Spam Forums and Introductions Section.
b. Posting in the correct section and board is required at all times.
c. Grave digging is considered spam and is the act of posting on threads in which the last post is at least 14 days old. This rule does not apply if you are adding something useful to the dead thread.
d.Trolling is not tolerated on the forums, you will be infracted if the staff member sees fit.
e. Posting in the marketplace section without the intent to buy or sell something is prohibited. This includes but is not limited to saying good luck or congratulating someone on receiving an item.
The rule is self explinatory, avoid spamming on the forums. You will recieve an infraction\warning.
There were changes to the staff team this week.
Thunder was demoted from his server moderator rank.
This section of the newspaper is one of my favorites to do, it's time to announce which member has been outstanding this week. This week's winner is no different from any of the past winners. He has been helping out extremely well and has been doing it an an ordealy fashion. We would look to announce that Drako has been choosen as player of the week.
Drako will recieve a prize of 10M. Please pm me when you get the chance for details.
Thunder: Alora has been on a steady pace since we launched, even though we had some mishaps in the beginning, is there anything you think needs to be changed in order to maintain our current pace and continue to grow?
Nexusgod: Yes, Omicron needs to communicate with the player more, I hardly get to see him. There is also times when bugs are here for too long and Omicron has gone silent, this needs to change for this to be fixed.
Thunder: I see, well Omicron just hired a new developer so that updates can come out in a faster pace, apart from updates is there anything else you'd like to see?
Nexusgod: Yeah, I've seem alot of him around the forums which is awesome to be honest. Having him communicate with us is key for improvements. As to your other question, I feel that donater benefits needs to be readjusted. For example right now as an extreme donator, there are some super donator benefits that I have lost, for example I'm not alerted when my farming patches are done. Something I did have when I was a super donator.
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