We've decided not to rush the store as I don't want to disappoint people with it. As such it will be released after this week-end. For now everyone has been given expanded inventory and friends list unlocks free. These will be removed once the store goes live.

Have a good week-end, I'll be away at a LAN party in Reading but will be checking back to see how things are going.

Stage 1 of the 'Platinum Update' is now live. You can buy platinum from us using OneBip or PayPal, or from other players using credits. You can also sell items on your market stand for platinum if you wish. You should have 1,680 platinum per week of subscription, which is 10 platinum per hour.

Work is now under way on the store which will sell boosts, unlocks and outfits. Please report any bugs you find with the new system.

Thanks for being so patient, the platinum system is now done on the development server. The store is still under construction but the core of this project is finished. Stage 1 will be the transition to Platinum, including the addition of being able to transfer it through the bank and use it for sales on the market. Stage 2 will be the opening of the 'Platinum Store' and rebuild of the outfit system.

I'm not sure how long it will be before the store opens, but stage 1 will be happening tonight at around 7pm (EST) / 12am (GMT). This process will include some down time as we test some parts of it (like PayPal / Onebip) that could not be tested on the development server.

You will be able to trade platinum amongst yourselves and purchase it from us, but you will not be able to spend it on unlocks or account buffs until stage 2. I'll try to get it done as soon as possible but I have a pretty crazy week-end ahead.

Kind of hard to focus on the screen now, been coding for so long. Easily written a few thousand lines of code and made quite a few images. Sadly, my development got pushed back by family visiting to wish me happy birthday. I've got the new Platinum Market working on Dev and Platinum transfers, still PayPal and OneBip integration left to finish.

So, some more information on how this is going to happen. All current subscription will be converted in to unbound Platinum. So yes, if you trade it now it will not be bound when the new system is implemented. There are 2 types of things you can purchase using Platinum, detailed below.

Unlocks are permanent additions to your account, you Unlock the Friends List for example and you have it forever. Expanded Inventory, Permanent Account and Increased Turn cap are all permanent unlocks from one time purchases. Outfits will also be permanent but are separate.

Boosts are temporary additions to your account, these include getting extra trades on hunting drops / item purchases, +2 ability point training per hour and increased daily tokens / cheaper token exchange. These will be purchased on a weekly basis much like the current subscription.

I imagine most subscribers will want the increases trades and ability boosts permanently, if you purchase these 1 week at a time then it will not work out much less than buying subscription now. However, buying them for say 10 - 20 weeks at a time should work out a significant saving over the weekly cost of having them now.

In addition to this we'll also be allowing players to sell items on the market for platinum, buy platinum for credits from one player to another as a gift and be giving those who refer players free platinum when their referrals make their first few purchases! So lots of ways to get hold of it!