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Preamble For many years, Dalaya has been plagued by the opus phenomenon. People who have raided for a while know the opus pain from 1 of 2 sides: 1) Endlessly farming Tur`ruj for years and years. 2) Not farming Tur`ruj. Either way results in pain. It's not a great situation whichever side...

One of the biggest drawbacks of pets right now is that valuable gear is permanently lost when the pet dies. Obviously, this is desirable in terms of making you choose wisely in equipping your pet, but it can also back you into a corner if your well-tuned solo pet is forced to go on some...

On 12/10, we will be releasing the long-awaited group and raid improvements. Thanks so much to everyone who helped test - I am hoping there are relatively few issues upon release, but the change is massive, so there may be some emergency patching. I sure hope not. The purpose of this post is to...

I believe we are just about ready to put the raid/group changes live. I'm pretty comfortable with raids at present (except shared mind, which will be the very last fix), but I made a ton of changes to groups this week. In particular, groups should persist through linkdeaths/quits, etc. rather...

We've all seen the horrors of trying to drag a poor pet along on a group or raid encounter. Almost invariably, especially if you are a ranger bird, your life is about 3.6 seconds long until the first AE or whirlwind, then you've transformed into something akin to the dead parrot in that Monty...

After doing some reviews of where beastlords are post-revamp, overall I think it's been a decent success. One area where it has not is pet mimics of procs. This was highly debated during revamp as to whether it should be allowed at all, and I argued that it's worth allowing it. What I'm seeing...

After having real time to review GINA, we don't think it poses any threat to the game. As such, you are free to use it, or Gamparse, at your leisure. Keep in mind anything that modifies the client or otherwise attaches to the EQ process IS NOT ALLOWED. This includes Macroquest and its variants...

So after about a month of rework, it looks like we're ready to start testing a new raid/group system. As anyone familiar with these sorts of changes knows, they often break quite a few things, and sometimes make the situation worse. Hopefully that's not the case here. However, since the changes...

As you may have noticed, we have now eliminated all the old EQ client loading messages. Unfortunately, we have a relatively few to choose from right now, so we thought hey, why not make a contest! So here's how this works: in this thread, come up with a cool or interesting loading message...

Greetings Programs, it has been awhile. Life has released its relentless grasp somewhat, and I'm at the stage now where I can begin to have a sort-of life again. As that has happened, of course my thoughts turn to SoD. What I realized is what many of us know - the game is old and hampered by...

I expect complaints. I really do. And yes, I've heard a LOT over the past week. :) You absolutely are welcome to express your frustration over things. I ask that you either do so via personal messages, email or, if you really feel compelled to do so publicly, at least make it constructive...

As folks have seen, we're about to go live. This is really going to happen, holy crap. We have distinct tasks now to finish, including moving to the production hardware this weekend. Tools have been ported and just need testing at this point so that we can actually manage the game. Fomelo 2.5...

This is very, very important. Every player should familiarize themselves with the 2.5 cutover process, as 2.0 is going away. 2.5 is not optional. I do not know what the exact date will be, but it's coming up very fast here. We're rolling forward 2.0 changes, fixing a few last crash bugs we know...

A collection of FAQs I get asked a lot! Go-Live Info Q: When will 2.5 go live? A: We will see if it can happen, but I'd love to see around 12/12 or 12/13. We are pretty much set, but I need to make sure all critical bugs are closed by then, and there are a few remaining. Q: Where can I grab...

We've had success now downing 2 raid encounters (albeit with a little help to compensate for brokenness) and a 6 man. Congrats to the folks who received real loot from that! I think we're running a bit behind still, but not very much. The raids over this weekend yielded about 30 new bugs of...

As folks know, we had set a deadline of 10/31 to release 2.5. Sadly, we hit some major bugs late in the testing process. Coupled with a pretty significant life event, it means having to push things back a bit. That said, what I don't want is this to become an interminable wait with nothing set...

Folks, We're far enough along I think we can start doing some MINIMAL loot transfers on 2.5. What this means is, under CONTROLLED CIRCUMSTANCES, I will be willing to transfer 2.5 loot to your permanent (2.0) character. There are conditions, however, and they are non-negotiable, so please don't...

Many bugs fixed. Only a few big ones left, the largest being the inaccessibility of certain zones. That's a tricky one. We also still have not yet rolled 2.0 patches forward, though that's in progress. I was hoping to open things up this weekend to some more aggressive raiding, including a...

Gathering FAQs and "bugs" here for people to find quick solutions to things. Q: How do I play 2.5 beta? A: See the thread here. https://shardsofdalaya.com/forum/threads/installing-2-5-beta.29831/#post-302519. Characters were copied over beginning of September and should reflect their state as...

I will be holding a 2.5 Q&A THIS THURSDAY at 6pm PST / 9pm EST. This will focus on 2.5, though other questions are welcome time-permitting. We'll do it in GFaydark so it's reasonably accessible for most folks. Feel free to come and chat, or we will have a chat channel open to accept questions...