What’s New
The past few weeks have been pretty exciting for anyone looking for something to do while they aren’t leveling. New weapon glows have been added, as well as new rewards for Ursa Caverns, including the Unique rarity Mystic Koala pet. Finally, an epic battle of good vs. evil is in full swing in the Easter Event!
Mystic Jewels will be the most apparent change to players who don’t spend time in Ursa Caverns. These shiny gems are available in both Elite and Basic flavors, and they add a cool glow effect to any weapon. You can enhance them further with Mystic Shards purchased from a Merchant. Elite Mystic Jewels are available in the Hidden Village from a new vendor, while Basic Mystic Jewels can be purchased with Gen Points from Ursa Caverns Vendor Cleo.
Ursa Caverns got some fun new rewards at the end of February. The Basic Mystic Jewels are only the tip of the iceberg. Also added were new “Bear Bombs” that are only usable in Ursa Caverns, but can deal major damage to up to 20 bears at once! Bear King Recovery Potions were added, too, that will heal 30% of HP and MP while in Ursa Caverns. They’re very useful to people looking to improve their Ursa Caverns times. And, of course, a “unique” reason for spending time in Ursa Caverns was introduced at the same time: the Mystic Koala. This pet boasts major tanking ability, plus the ability to increase your critical strike chance. Not to mention a buff that will actually increase your drop rate. It’s certainly the luckiest pet around!
Our Easter Event this year has a new twist on the classic battle of Good vs. Evil. Moon rabbits everywhere have been corrupted and turned black. Agents of the Witch and Goddess are offering rewards for players to bring them moon rabbit eggs. The Witch offers tempting prizes, but will choosing Evil pay off in the long run? This Easter, you control your own destiny!
Event Insider
In February and March the GM Team decided it was time to refresh the server slogans that grace the Rappelz Server Select screen. While the previous ones were great, we wanted to add some variety. Plus, the server slogan contest was so much fun the last time we did it, we were excited to see what slogans and artwork people would come up with this time. As expected, there were some fantastic submissions!
nSaNeTrInITy of Yeti server liked the new voting format, but “wished Yeti server could have come up with a more ‘fierce’ slogan.”
E3holywarrior had a suggestion, “Next time make images based in gameplay to avoid the use of Artwork by Google.” This is certainly something we’ll consider for next time, as we think it’s much cooler for the images to have a strong connection to rappelz rupees.
It was another fun and creative contest, although there were some initial problems with people stuffing the ballot box. We sorted out the trouble and made sure the vote was fair in the end. It took longer than we wanted to go through each step, so when we do this next time we will probably try to make things more streamlined. Getting the word out to more people to vote is a priority, too!
You can see the winners of the contest at the rappelz rupees Forums. The winners each won an item of their rank.