Solarian Insider - April 15th Edition

Greetings Solarians!

It's been a little longer than expected for this news article to be pushed out due to a variety of issues at the printing press! But we have some updates to some of the events going on around Solaria as-well-as some important news about specific items out and about.

April Feedback Form is live - get rewards!

The April Feedback form is now live, along with rewards during the first week of the form being live! That's right, until the 22nd of April, if you fill out the following feedback form and supply your username, we will be giving you 25 Credits and 10 Egg Tokens! 

It takes roughly 20 minutes to fill out, and can be found here: 
Click here to be taken to the feedback form!

Estertide in full swing; New items at the Estertide Stall!

Whilst we are far behind on updates due to the printing press being out-of-action these past two weeks, we are happy to mention a tonne of new Estereggs being found all around the place! Because of this, however, we have been noticing a few... odd occurrences. Apparently, according to some eyewitness accounts, some of these Estereggs have been found flying through rifts that apparently contain something inside! We are unsure how many there are out there, but with more and more popping up... well, maybe you should have a look?
 Go to the Estertide Event Page for more information on how you can find one of these Estereggs!

NOTE: Depending on how quickly these eggs get found, there will be more added to the event ^^

We also have new items added to the Estertide Stall:

• Kiamara Ka-3655 Raffle Ticket added! 
  • Cost: 3 
  • Users can have multiple tickets.
  • Soulbound.
  • This item grants the user a raffle ticket for the Kiamara Ka-3655, made by the amazing Free-Shade! 
    
    
• Kiamara Ka-3656 Raffle Ticket added!
  • Cost: 5 
  • Max 1 per user
  • Soulbound
  • This item grants the user a raffle ticket for the Kiamara Ka-3656, made by the amazing FireOmens! 
    
    
• Oozing Egg Truffle Added
  • Cost: 65
  • Max 1 per user
  • Stock: 3
• Perfectly Cooked Hot Cross Bun 
  • Cost: 15
  • Max 2 per user
  • Stock: 20
    
    
• Caspian Mask Added 
  • Cost: 150
  • Max 1 per user
    
  • Soulbound
  • Stock: 2
    
    
• Caspian Mask Raffle Ticket added!
  • Cost: 3
  • Users can have multiple tickets.
  • Soulbound
  • This item grants the user a raffle ticket for the chance of a Caspian Mask! Two winners will be rolled for this raffle.

A trash item will be added at the end of the event to help convert egg tokens to credits.

Limited Stock Items have also been re-stocked in the Estertide Stall. 
This will be the only time these items will be re-stocked:

• Ophelia Mask:
  • 5 have been added to the store.
• Lucky Rabbits Token:
  • 25 have been added to the store. 

IMPORTANt updates to breedings and breeding items:

Due to a noticeable increase in how rarer traits are being rolled and how breeding items are being used in conjunction with one another and any buffs a character will have, we have decided to make a few changes to breeding bonuses, breeding items, and mutato rolls.

• Breeding  Bonuses:
  • Breeding bonuses for items, such as Truffles and the craftable Snack/Lunch/Bento Boxes, and buffs, such as powers or mateship buffs, now have a limit on how high the bonus chance on a singular trait roll can go.
  • You can continue to stack items and buffs as you can currently however it will be capped at +25 for rolls. If an item/buff combination is present that would make the roll go above +25, the item and buff will still be used/consumed in the breeding but it will go no higher than the cap. If we notice additional items being used in a breeding that will have no effect due to all traits that are passable being bonus capped, we will simply inform you and not remove them from your banks.
  • For example: 
    • If you have +20 from powers/buffs and then use a packed lunch (+8 to all breeding rolls), then it will get a trait roll up to +25 but no higher. The item will still be consumed to reach the +25 mark. 
      
      
• Truffles are now stackable.
  • Due to the above changes to breedings, truffles are now able to be stacked on a single breeding. 
  • This change was decided due to there being a cap on how high of a breeding bonus traits can get and, since some of these items grant something as low as a +1 to breeding rolls, we have decided to allow these to be stackable. Other breeding items are not affected by these changes.
      
• Mutato Rarity Rolls are changing: 
  
  • The Mutato item is used in breedings to guarantee a trait neither of the parents have and can be anything from common to legendary in rarity. We are changing the chances that specific rarities are able to pass from these mutatos. Here are the new chances:
    • Common: 1-55                 (Unchanged)
    • Uncommon: 56-80         (Old: 56-70)
    • Rare: 81-93                         (Old: 71-90)
    • Very Rare: 94-99             (Old: 91-97)
    • Legendary: 100                (Old: 98-100)
  • These roll chances are only for the Mutato item only. The 25% chance mutation that all breedings have that can be opted out of remain with the older chances due to the chance of rolling for the mutation being fairly low. 
  • These roll chances also do not go over to Mutato Stones, due to the ingredients being relatively harder to get for the crafting of this item. 
    
    
• New Chaos Item to be implemented:
  
  • Whilst we are implementing a cap on breeding rolls, we will also be implementing a special item in the future that will remove the cap on breeding bonus', allowing for as many breeding items as you'd like to be used on that breeding. This will be very rarely seen within the game but will be an option for those who wish to have crazy breedings later down the line. 

We will monitor the effects of these changes and if we feel there is still a balancing issue we will begin to look into other solutions, such as a breeding cooldown. These changes will officially go into effect on the 18th. Any breedings requests accepted before this date will go by current rules/stats. 

Serah's Sketches - April Badge is now live:

It seems that Serah has a new task for you in the Community Hall for you to earn either a new pet! Everyone, meet Rolo, the strange Esteregg made entirely of chocolate! Expressionless in appearance and prefers the colder climate, you're sure to be shocked when he talks through an echo-y voice directed right at you telepathically!This task has been posted in the Community Hall with an end date of the 30st of April, and don't worry! This quest is quite short given the delay in the quest going live.

Just like last month, this quest is only once per account according to the poster in the Community Hall; so why not pop over there, give it a look, and see if you are up for the task?

Each Serah's Sketches quest will receive a new achievement as well on top of the reward!

Word is also in that the winner of March's Super Star Award goes to...
NARANDA!

Congratulations!

Community Day Update:

Whilst the community day has been pushed back due to the printing press causing delays, staff are in active discussion deciding on our top three from all the entrants! Thank you to everyone who has posted an idea to be added to Kiamaras. We will be notifying users on the 16th or 17th in terms of the top three, along with how you can vote for your favourite!

Drop Rate Increases:

A small announcement, but we felt a lot of users will be interested in this! 

• Bubs has a 0.5% drop chance of a legendary stone, up from 0.1% 

That's all, folks!
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