Today a decision has been made on the future of Chat Channels. We have removed Online Chat and banners for now until a later date as to what we're going to do in the future. We may be bringing an IRC chat into use we haven't quite fully thought of the next steps.

This obviously means Chat Moderators are now suspended and we will work to integrate them into other areas.

Hello Legacy! This blog is to address the rising amount of bets happening in "fight club" type agreements. Staff are not for or against these ad we will not stop them. If you partake in these and place bets then you do so with the understanding that staff will not chase your winnings and will not put effort into make the wrongdoings right.

We will however take it as a report and punish any defaulter for scamming, defaulting on a payment after a bet is just the same as conducting trades through the bank. If you lose in a bet and find an excuse to not pay what you initially agreed on the chances of you being banned are 1/1, that's something I would bet on.

Sometimes I wish people who get very loud when they disagree with a change would be equally as loud when they agree with something. If all I hear is the vocal minority who disagree obviously get a distorted impression of what players want.

When players disagree with future changes, you better be equally as vocal if you want them to stay.

Void Sword: + 10 Minimum Damage, +18 Maximum Damage, +5 Melee Skill
Rift Gun: +25 Accuracy, +5 Gun Skill
Prime Amulet: +1 Accuracy, +1 Dodge, +10 All Skills

This makes Ventrix's drops clear upgrades over old Avatar equipment but equal to each other. Apart from the 2nd Amulet which is a clear upgrade over the Prime Amulet.

Crystal Fusion is delayed until next week as I have no idea what percentages to give each crystal yet to keep them in balance with each other. Feel free to play with the simulator and make suggestions.

I've spent the morning working on Tibos' combat simulator. Link to my new one can be found below, all open source so you can see exactly how it all works if you wish.

Link: http://jsbin.com/hiqujewe/13/edit?js,console

Using this new simulator I've tweaked the stats of Ventrix's drops. So that they give comparable results to an Avatar with 2 x Scythes equipped. It's never going to be perfect but this is as close as I've managed to get it.

Today I'm making the following item changes:

Void Sword: -10 Minimum Damage, -18 Maximum Damage, -5 Melee Skill
Rift Gun: -30 Accuracy, -10 Gun Skill
Prime Amulet: -10 Def Skill

These changes should bring the items back in line with Scythes. You're welcome to play about with the simulator and prove me right or wrong. The second Amulet Ventrix drops has been ignored from these tests as it was always intended to be an incredibly rare upgrade to current Misc Items.

I'm going to use this simulator to calculate exactly what percentage stats the new crystals should give, it's going to take some time though so please be patient. Have fun!